新編大學(xué)英語聽力16

[00:00.00] Listening 2 [00:02.12]Exercises 1 Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words. [00:14.83]A Christmas to Remember [00:17.28]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookie [00:22.72]She didn't have anyone to share them wit [00:26.32]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhoo [00:31.46]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famou [00:37.91]especially at Christmas-tim [00:41.08]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children di [00:46.55]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help. [00:53.75]Then one Christmas the old woman became il [00:58.54]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the docto [01:03.86]The children were very sa [01:06.49]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recip [01:15.49]So the children started a cookie stor [01:19.38]Soon they had a very good cookie busines [01:23.16]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank. [01:28.38]After the woman got wel [01:30.86]she was asked to become the manager of the stor [01:35.00]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the yea [01:39.90]After the old woman died, the children, now grown u [01:45.44]kept the cookie business alive in her nam [01:49.19]Maybe life is like a Christmas cooki [01:52.72]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it. [01:59.30]1) What did the old woman like? [02:02.47]2) Why did the children come to help the old woman? [02:07.30]3) What happened to the old woman one Christmas? [02:11.80]4)How were they able to pay the doctor? [02:15.68]5) Who continued the business after the old woman died? [02:21.34]6) What does the author compare life with? [02:26.56]Exercise 2 [02:28.39]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story. [02:35.56]Listening 3 [02:37.75]Exercise 1 [02:39.88]Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words. [02:50.46]Saint Valentine's Day [02:52.98]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day [02:59.14]One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empir [03:04.90]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of his arm [03:14.11]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to joi [03:20.20]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army. [03:29.77]A priest named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young peopl [03:38.48]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in priso [03:45.79]where he remained until his death on February 14. [03:51.12]After his death, Valentine was made a sain [03:55.66]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Da [04:00.41]It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this da [04:06.71]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses or chocolates and to send greetings. [04:15.67]1) On which day is valentine's Day celebrated? [04:21.00]2) Where did the story take place? [04:25.28]3) Why couldn't the young men there marry openly? [04:31.19]4) Who is the Day named after? [04:35.18]5) What did Valentine do in favor of the young people there? [04:41.34]6) How was he punished? [04:45.34]7) How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now? [04:50.92]Exercise 2 [04:52.72]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story of the origin of St.Valentine's Day.

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