语音讲解:
Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
Jealousy __ often ________ the ______to _______ something we do not have, _______ it's good ______, lots of _____ or ______________ being with ______. ________________________, jealousy often _________the____ of ______ something we already have-the _________of someone we __________. ______________________ is________. When people _____ to_____ overly ________ about their________ or if they begin to _____________ their__________________, the jealousy can _______________.
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
A
Father: I understand you have an________________ with Bakerton, Craig ____ Coleman.
Daughter: How do you know about that?
Father: I was in ___________ with Bakerton ____ Coleman.
Daughter: Daddy, this ___________ on my own merits. If he's ___________ city _____.
Father: _____________________, ___________. Stop _____ yourself _____. Last time I looked, you were the ____ of the ______ defender's ______.
Daughter: Just ________ if I want to work there. Maybe I'm________.
Father:___________. If they checked, legal office, you _________ the opportunity. Look at your __________.
Daughter: Well, it's not just about ________.
Father: It's not? Well, of course not. That only ________ in _______. Seriously Mel, this Bingham _____.
Daughter: Well, it's a _________. I'm going to have to win it in the closing.
Father: Then it's a good _________.
Daughter: I think this is why I don't ____ you as often as I'd like to.
Father: Well sometimes you need to hear what I say. I'll ___ you. Win the Bingham case, take the end of it. Mom?
Grandmother: You've worked hard enough for it, Eva.
Daughter: ____.
Father: ____. That's a ____.
B
Man: This is Chief O'Haran. Do you hear me?
Woman: I hear you. This is Gillian Cornell________ for CBS television.
Man: Gillian, are you airborne?
Woman: Roger, we're airborne. We just watched the whole ____city _____.
Man: We're _______.swheresare you?
Woman: Right now we are flying _______________ the Manhattan Bridge, or what's _____ of it. I cannot believe what's happened down there. Oh my God, look at the Brooklyn Bridge. Cables are ____ loose. Everything is _______ the runway. Cars are ______________ right now.
Man: Gillian, I need you. You're my _____________. Now _____ tell me what you see.
Woman: I don't even knowswheresto begin.
Man: Gillian just _____________. The better you can ______ what you see down there, the better we can _______.
Woman: All right. Right now we are swinging ________ downtown. I see the_______, they look _____, they're both still standing. Empire State Building looks good, Chrysler Building looks like it's okay, ____ some of these buildings _____ just ____ their ____, I mean, they've just _________. Over. Are you still with me?
Man: Uh, yes, I'm here. Have you been over ___________ side?
Woman: We _____ a ____________.
听力部分注解
Dictation:
insecure: lacking confidence and doubtful about one's own abilities没安全感
get out of hand: get out of control, or become unmanageable失去控制或无法驾驭
Dialogue Completion:
A
on one's own merits:靠自己
用法:Michael was offered the chance to cheat on his SAT exams, but turned it down, preferring to rely on his own merits to succeed.
在SAT考试中,Michael原本有机会作弊;但他拒绝那么做,他更想靠自己考过
office: here means a town's or city's legal department(负责地方或州的法律事务的机构)
track record: In this case,shavingsa track record refers to someone's past success or failure in a certain field or area. Take an actor such as Harrison Ford, who had a good track record in his early-mid career, when he seldom chose an unsuccessful acting role, but lately his track record has been relatively bad.(过去成功或失败的纪录/经历)
用法:My track record in scoring is pretty good-I average about a goal every soccer game.
我进球得分的记录相当不错--平均每场足球比赛我进一个球。
B
airborne: In this scenario, airborne means that you are flying in the air, in an airplane, helicopter or whatever. (乘飞机飞行过程中)
用法:I will be airborne this time tomorrow, and on my way to Australia with Qantas Airlines.
我明天这个时候会坐在飞机上--乘Qantas航空公司的班机飞往澳大利亚。
cables:电缆或钢索
over:表示"通话完毕",是无线电通话中一方明确告知对方自己讲话结束、对方可以开始讲话的标志用语。
用法:"I'm announcing an emergencylanding of a KLM jet at JFK airport. Over."
"荷兰航空公司喷气式飞机向肯尼迪机场请求紧急着陆。通话完毕。"