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1、Unit 4 Getting from A t o BLis t ening to the wo rldShar i ngS c r iptsF = Finn ; Ml = Man 1, etc。; W1 = Woman 1, etc.Part 1F: I usually get t o w o rk b y bus。It takes abou t ha 1 f an hour。 Somet i mesI read a book on the way。How about you?How do you ge t t o wor k ?Ml: I trave1b y bus. Um, its on

2、 ly one bus to work、 It t akes a b o ut15minutes。M2:I g et t o wor k b y car。W1:Bus.W2:I walk to work。M3:I get to work on the tube and I walk some of the way。W3: Ab out fiveminutes wal kto the stati on, Waterloo Station, and then Iget on a bus which takesabou t 2 0 . 25 m i nutes。M4: On mos t days I

3、 use the tube 一 my j ou r n ey into w ork and m y jo ur n e y home at the end of the d ay、M 5 : I cycle to wo rk、 Th a ts t he quickest and easiest way、W4: I c ycle in t o work ever y da y o n my bike、Part 2F: Wha t do you d o on your jo u rney to work?M3: I us u all y listen to mu sic or read、M1: S

4、 o metimes I 1 i s ten to mu sic an d somet i mes I r e ad a book。M4: I ei t her read the n e wspaper o r I r ea d books、W4: Take in the f resh air, the scener y, um . and try to avoid holes in the road whic h a re q uite dangerous、W3: I 1 i s ten to m y i Pod.M5 : W e ll, s o me t ime s , if . if i

5、ts a bit of a q uie t road, I c an think ab o ut w h at Im g oing to do th a t day。W 1 : I. I dream, u s ually. I just . I, I love . I lo v e journeys、 I love just look ing out of the window、M 2 : Well, i ts s o short; I dont act u al 1 y d o very much at all, a p a rt from ma k in g sure I d ont ha

6、v ean acciden t。Part 3F: What do yo u like about i t?M4: Its fa i rly sh o rt, so my journey to work is only 30 minut e s、W 3 : Its qu i ck.M2: Its short o I t onl y takes me seven or eight minutes、W1 : Seein g how the landscape changes through the s e as on s.M3: I l ik e listen i n g t o mus i c a

7、n d h avi ng s o me time t o t hink befo r e work、M1: Its qu it e early in the mo r nin g , which me an s that the bus is a l ways quit e q uie t , so um, I dont have to f ight for a sea toM5: I like to h ave some f r es h ai r a nd the exercis e .W4: I just li k e the exe rc ise that I get f rom it

8、 and being outsi d e in the ope noW2 : Its no t too f ar。 I can wal k o r run。Its about a quarter o f an h oursw alk, so I f e el very healthy oI dont h avetocatch a bus、Part 4F: What dont youlike ab o ut your jo ur ney to wo r k?M3: Um, I dontlikeit when its very busy in the mornings and I dontlike

9、 it when its hot and swea t y on the tube.W1: Its a very ful l bus、Its packed w i th p eople because i ts the“work busoM5: There are some very bad d ri v ers o n the ro a doW3: Sometim es the buses get overcrowded and a lot of people are go i ng to the same placeoW 4 : I really dont like c y clin g

10、to wor k when its rain i ng b e cau s e I get wet, (and) a l l my books getwet.M1: In the winter its very cold that early i n the m orning and um, s ometi mes if I miss the first busI ha v e t o wa it a b out 20 min u tes for the ne x t one to c o me a long、W2: I n wi n t er its ve ry windy c omin g

11、 ove r th e b ridg e an d it make s my eyes water、M2: Its so s h ort; ther es n o thing t o like o r dislike a bout it.List eningS cri p tsG = Guide ; V1 = Visitor 1; V2 = V i si t or 2; V3 = Vi s i t or 3G: S o, ladie s and gentlemen、 Lets mo ve into the t r an s port sec ti on now。Could y ou all c

12、ome overth i s way? L ets look at th e se pho tosAs yo u can see, t h ese e ar ly me th o ds of transport havetwo thi n gs in c o mm o n . They r e al l gre a t ideas, g reat ways to t r avel t hro u gh the air ratherthan o n th e ground . but t hey werent suc c e s sful! Th er e was a b ig p r ob1

13、em with each one、V1: But th e monor a i 1 - tha t was successful.G: Well, yes and no. L ook a t this p hoto on the lef t . Its from the W o rld Fair in Sea tt1 e. Tha t wasin 1 9 62、 Mo n orails were a very popular i dea i n America at that time。Peo p le w a nted to 1 eaveth eir cars at home and go

14、to wo rk by pu b lic t ra n sp o rt、 Bu t th e y we r e nt su c cessf u1 -mon or a i1 s are difficult to bu i ld and exp e nsi v e to ke e p i n good c on d iti o n、 So y oure right.The r e are s ome mo nor ails in the wor 1 d . but n ot very ma ny!V2: Hey、 Look at this photo。 Is that a car under a

15、plane?G: Oh, yes。 Thi s was a very inter e sti n g ide a . P e o p1e want ed to fly fr o m Lo sA ng e les t o NewYor k .and th e n dri ve straight in to thecit yc enter f rom thea irport .V 2: No way! How?G: Well, the idea w asthatthe car cameoffthe bottom of t heplaneandthen you got in and dro v ea

16、w ay。T his was i n t he 1 940s。 Ah, yes。Lo ok、Her es t he d ate:19 48。 I twas a nice idea- noairp o rt s or w a i tin g a roun d - but it wasnt s ucc es s ful。V2 : Why not?G: There was an engineering probl em。The car was too heavy and s mall planesw er ent st r ong enough t o ca rry them (it)。V3: Wh

17、a t s thi s? A heli c opter in the garag e?G: Yes, indeed、 We laugh at this now, bu t peop1e were very seriou s about it a t t he time。P eoplewanted to 1eave home in the morning, say goodbye to the fam ily and go to wo rk by privateh el i copter o Th e idea was ver y popul a r, but, of course, it wa

18、s imp o ssi b l e、 H e licopters are verydifficul t to f1y and can you im agine th e traffic problems in the sky? . So nois y!V 2 : Yes、Very nois y . Theres far to o much t raf f i c the s e da ys in my opin ion。G: Ia gree。 P e ople shoul d g o t o work by b ike or on foot - by far t hebest way to t

19、ravel、 As you see, a 1 l these .Vi e wingScriptsP = Presenter; W1 = Woman 1, etc。； M1 = Man 1, etc。Part 1P: Heath r ow A i rpo r t is having a bad day。H u n dr e ds of p ass e ngers c a nt f 1 y because of ac omputer problem in a ir tr af fic c o ntr ol。 In Ter minal 1, things are gett ing wo r se。

20、Mo r e andm o re passe nger s are arriving. Som e ai r plan e s a re l e a v ing, but many fl igh ts are c anc e l ed.E ver y one is h o p i ng t o find a fli g ht. So me of the waiting p assenger s are h av ing a snack whi l eo t hers are s p e n ding th e ir time o u ts ide . Its a h ot summ e r d

21、ay. Back inside the t e r m i na l , i tsgettin g ho 11 er and hot t er. Som e p e opl e came h e re five h o urs ago、W 1 : Im here with my g r andmot h er and my p a r e nts a nd its t e rr ibl e f or us to wait here for such al ong time now。 We have to sl e ep a t the ai rp ort b e cause no ho t e

22、l is availabl e、 So, its ju s t terrible.M1: Have a l ook at this。Imp r ovis at ion at it s best。 Im g lad theyre sl eeping now. I was hoping to get to B e r lin so on。P : People are st i ll t r yi ng t o f i nd a fligh t、W2: Ive had my son go o n the Int erne t, my d a u g hter b e i n one queue, m

23、e be in th e ot h er qu e u eand o n the mo b il e , a l l a t the same time, t rying t o get t o Amst e r da m for 9 :30 tomorrow morning。M2: Afte r five h ours qu e ui n g, yo u . you real l y be co me re a l ly Zen , you know 、. and her e its pretty calm。P = PresenterPart 2P: The airport ma na g

24、e rs fin d a n int er esti n g solution to o ne of the problems: garden chairs. Withthe chairs to re l a x i n , some passengers ar e f i nding new w a ys to pa ss th e t ime. Insi de Te r minal 1, i ts l ate at nigh t , aft e r mid ni ght、 And many pa s s en gers a re st i ll he r e, waiting for th

25、eir flight。Ar ound 3 00 flights l eft He a throw th a t day, but 319 f l i gh t s were canceled, and over 50 0 peop l e spent the nig ht in the termi nal.S pea king for c omm unicationRole- p layS c r i ptsB = Boss; S = S ecr eta ry; D = D a vid; G = Geor g eB : Where are t he o ther people? We we r

26、e su p pos e d t os tart 15 minu t e sago!S: Alex c a ll e d andsaid hedbe h er e in a s eco nd . He sai d he got tie d uP wit h a c ustomer、B : T h ats a ll r ight、ID : Morning, e v e r y on e!know what Al e xs cust o me r is lik e、Pie as e forgive me. I di d nt mean to c ome so1 at e。 I was just g

27、etting a c upof coffee at the coffee sh op and the li n e was way too lon g、 I h ad t o wait for 20 minutes to get my coffee!B: Davi d , this i s not acceptable。If I say the mee ting sta r t s at 10, t he m ee t i ng starts a t 10。 Not t e n-oone! An d de f i nitel y not tentwenty!D: Y es, sir。 It w

28、ont hap pen a gain, I pr omise。thing I wantB : I hope s o , David. All r ig ht。Le t s get startedo So th e first to taik about is our 。、G: Im real iy so r ry, e v ery one! I know I m late。 But rea 1 ly, its n ot my f a ult.B : OK, wh ats the sto ry t his time, George?G: The r a ilway servi ce was de

29、la ye d this mo rn ing。 Y ou know w h at ha ppene d? The y sa y a train hi ta cow that go t o n to t he line between two statio n s .B: A cow? George, do yo u e x p ect me to beli eve tha t ?Group d iscu s s ionS criptsA = A tt en dan t; P = Passeng erA: Your meal, sir。P : Tha n k you。 Um, excus e m

30、e.A: Yes, can I help you?P: H o pe so!Im s o rry, b ut theres a s m a ll pro blem here。I ordered a veget ar i an meal一 but this ismeat、A: Oh, just a momento I checked and w e d ont ha v e a recor d of your order。 P: What? ! But I alwa y s o rder veg e tari an、Im a f r e quent f ly er .A: I understan

31、d, sir, but we dont have an y more vegetarian m eais.P: I dont beiieve i t! You always have e xtra meals in business class.A: Yes, but this is economy class。P : You dont understand、L et me explain one mo r e t ime。 I d ont ea t mea t。 I ordered vegetarian。 Ic a nt fl y to Tokyo w ith o ut din ne r。

32、Its your j o b t o br in g me a m eal。 A business class vegetarian meal is fine。A:J ust a moment、H e re you ar e , sir. A v egeta r ia n meal.P:Thank you, bu tthi s is al rea d yopen、 And itscold。Um,can I speak to the person in charge, please?Further pr actice in 1 iste ningShort conversationsScr i

33、ptsConversa ti on 1M: Wou 1 d you like t o share a t a xi w i th me to the a irport? We can save money th at way。W: Actual 1y , Im not fl y ing。Im go i ng to the confer e nce b y t ra i n。I wa s thinkin g o f drivin g , but i t will b e too t i ri n goQ: How is the woman going to t r avel?Conversa t

34、 i o n 2W: I have to catc h the 1 0 :45 t ra in、 I think Id be tt e r get t o the stat i o n b yhalf past 10oM: Oh, its just a small station。 Itll b e fine if you arri ve th er e five minutes before the train departs。Q: According t o the man, at w h at time coul d t he woma n arr i ve at the s ta ti

35、on?Convers a tion 3M: D i d you say I s h ould take the No。46 bu s to your house? B ec a use I remembe r g o i ng the r e once on the No. 2 8、W: The No、 28 bus h as bee n canceled。 It us e d to run st ra ig ht to my ho u se and it was faster than theNo、4 6。 Its too badoQ: What does the wom a n sa y

36、about the bus s ervices?Con v er s ation 4W: Many peo pl e w ould rath er take t he bus o r the subway than d r i v e by them s e 1 ves、 P a rk i ng i s getting to be a real headache。M: Tha t doe snt s urpris eme, for more an d mo r e people a re b u y i ngtheir own cars.Q: What doe s t he man mean?

37、Conve rsation 5M: Excus e me, c ould yo u p 1 ease tell m e whe n the n e xt tr ain to Lon don i s?W: S ure、The next t ra i n to Lo ndo n is two hours f r om now, but i f youdo not mind connecting atManchester, the re is one indirect train 1eaving in 10 minutes。Q: What information about train serv i

38、ces does t he woma n provide?Long c onv e rsati o nS cri ptsM: Did you h ear? The new h ig h- s pe ed trai n ar ou nd t he c a pi t a 1 is a1most finished、 It wil1 trav el at180 miles per hour!W: I kn o w! I saw it on Cha nnel 6 t h is m o rning o n TV. I cant wa it ! It will c h ange my work tr a v

39、 elt ime from 2 h o ur s each way to ju s t 45 m i nut es eac h wa y、M: Wow! R a chel! T ha ts way too long to sp e nd traveli n g to wo rk。W: Wel 1 , Jo h n, I 1 eave home in the morn i n g at6 and arriv e at wo r k at 8。Le a ve work at 5 and arrive ba c k home at 7、 During m y 2- h our tr a vel ti

40、me o n the subway, I do c a tch up on em ai1sand try to read and rest a lit 11 eoM: S o , the new high-sp eed train w i ll be a b i g help for you t hen, Rachel!W: Yes! Now my tr avel time t o work is s o lon g t h at any extra t ime-lik e for sho p pin g - can bereally t ough . The new hi ghs peed

41、tr ai n will c o nn e ct our office in the o1 d p art o f t he city withall the new sho pp ing areas、So, I will be able to do my shop ping on t he wayhome from work!M: Oh, thafsgreat、And th e new h ighspeed t r ain will mak e a c i r cle around the entire city。 It will connect my neighborhood with t

42、he airport。 I w il1 be able to ride it f rom my ne ighborhood tot heai rp or t i n 2 0min u tes and sa ve money on pa rk in g mycar!QI: How lo n g willthe woman s pend on h er way toandf romworkby high-speed t rain?Q2:Wh e n does t hewoman arrive back h o me by subway?Q3:Ac c ordin g to thewom an ,

43、in wha t way w i ll t he newhig hspe edtrain b e a big help t o her?Q4: How will the new h ig hspee d t rain af fec t th e man?Pa s sa g e 1Sc r iptsS tu d i es show Amer i cans spend more t ime than e ve r co mmu ting。 The aver age o newayc ommute has grow n by 1 3 per c ent to 25 minutes . For a g

44、rowi ng numb e r o f people, getting towo rk take s mo r e than a n hour。 In 2000, only in New York State did more than 10 percent ofworkers spend more than an hour getting to work。 Now that sit uation can be found in several otherstates as well、Two point eight mil lion people have socalled extremem

45、utes because theys pe nd mo re than 9 0 minute s on the i r way to work。Ste ven, an elec t r i cal en gi n ee r , ha s a n ex trem e mu t e between home and work。 He leaves home before d awn a nd returns af t er dark, but as tiri ng or borin g as Steve n s trip may sound, hesays its the way t o keep

46、 the home and job he loves、 “I have t he balan ce right n o w,” S te v e n sai d。 “Ico uld do simil ar j o bs c loser, but not with the wo rk rewa rds and job sa t is fa c tion I h ave now。 And Ico u ld live c 1 o s er, bu t I w ou Id nt have the life style that I des ire、”Lon g e r mu tes frequ ent

47、l y inv olve pe o ple who l i ve at o ne e nd of the city and work atanoth er。S uch a patt e r n pr ob ably beg ins wi th c o mpa n ies movin g awayf rom t he cit y c ent e r,a t tracti n g w o rk e rs t o m o ve to less e x pe nsive area s f arther away from th e c i ty center. People seet his a s

48、an o pp ortunity b e c a use s u ch a move ma y pr ov ide mo re a f fordable housing or better schools、S teve n spends a bo ut $185 a w e ek o n gas。 Ev e n h i gh fuel costs c an pay off in a better quality of life、Add e d to long mutes are i nc r e a sed traf f ic j a ms, h owe ver。C o mmuter styp

49、ical 1 y sp e nd 47h ours a ye a r i n traffic jam s , up f r om 40 ho u r s a de c ade earlieroQ1: How mu ch time o n av e rag e d o Ameri c ans spend o n their way to work?Q 2 : Wha t i s th e pr e sent situat i on about Americans c o mmuting to wo rk?Q3 : Wh y does S tev en ch o ose to hav e an e

50、xt reme commute?Q4: Which of the following is the disad vantage of long co mmutes?Pas sag e 2Scrip t s and a nswer sHum ans fi rs t mean s of tr ans p or tation w e re w a Iki ng and sw imming. 1) Gradually, humanslear n ed t o use animals f or t ranspor ta t i on、T he use o f animals not o nlyallow

51、ed heavier loads to behaul ed by th e m, but al s o 2) e nabled humans to ride the animals s o th ey could travel longerd istanc e s i n a sh ort er am o u n t o f t ime。The i nve nt io n of thewheel helped make animaltransportation more eff icient through the introduction of 3) vehicles。 Also, wate

52、r t ransportati on 4)dates back to very early time s and it was t he best way to mov e large quantities of materi als overl o ng di stanc e s befor e t he In dustri al Re v ol u ti o n. 5) As a res u1 t, most cities that grew up as sit e s fo rtrading have been established a long rivers or the coas

53、t. U n til the Ind u stria 1 Rev oluti o n, tr a n s portation was very slow and e xpen s ive。 Af t e r theRev o l u tion, trans p o r ta t ion cha n ged 6) thoroughly In the 1 9th c e ntury, the invention o f the steamengin e made land tra n spor t ation independent of human or a n ima 1 po we r .

54、Both s p ee d and 7) cap acit y in c reased rapidly.With the dev elop m ent of car s at the 8 ) t urn of the 2 0 th c e ntury, la n d tra n s p o r tat i on becamemor e c o mmon、 I n 1 903, the first co nt ro l 1 ab 1 e ai r pl a ne was i nvented, an d af t er World War I, i tbe came a fa s t way to

55、 tra n spo r t peo p le and g o ods. After Wor 1 d Wa r II,9) automobiles andairplanesb e came m o re pop u lar a s m e tho d s o f tr a nsp o rtation. Th en, a ft er high speed rail was fi rst introducedi n Japan in 1 9 6 4, pa sseng e rs star te d usin g i t in Asia and Eu r o p e i n stead of using airplanes to t rave1 1ong distances、N ow, 10) thanks to the deve 1o pmen t of t e chnol o gy, h uma n beings a r e a ble t o en j oy vari o u s methods of transportation for their speed and comf ort。