新标准大学英语1-outside-view听力原文

新标准大学英语1 outside view第一单元Julie:My names Julie Dearden, and Im the Director of International Programmes here at Hertford College.Eugene:My names Eugene Berger, I studied here in Oxford for four years er, studying modern languages at Somerville College.Julie:Oh, there are many Oxford traditions. Oxford is a very old university, the oldest English speaking university in the, in the world. And so there are many traditions which are associated with the colleges, with the times of the year, and with sport, and with eating, for example.Eugene:Each college is very different um, from um, the others, and it has its own character. Some colleges are very conservative, and some are much more liberal and have a tradition of um, kind of liberal politics. But there are also some specific traditions.Julie:Formal Hall is when we all eat together here in college, the professors and the students. Usually it takes places at seven oclock in the evening, and the professors sit on high table which is the table over here, and the students sit on common table, which are the tables here. But everybody eats together. Its a very beautiful evening because there are, theres a special meal and we eat by candlelight.Eugene:I think er, the traditions that make Oxford so unique are firstly the Oxford Union and er, secondly, May Day. The Oxford Union being a debating society where speakers come from all around the world to address the students and even allow themselves to be questioned by the students, making it a very interesting forum.Julie:My favourite is er, May Day. And May Day is the first day of May, and we have a tradition called May Morning, and on May Morning everybody gets up very early and the students have a celebration. There is a choir which sings on top of the tower at Magdalen College and all the people of the town and all the students go to listen to the singing. So its very nice.Eugene:The tradition that er, was most important to me was probably Summer Eights. I was a rower. And Summer Eights is a rowing competition, held in May in the summer term. And in this competition, each college is trying to improve its place which it won the previous year and gradually work its way up the river.Julie:When the students take exams, they must go to a special building and its called Examination Schools. And also they must wear a special uniform, so they wear a gown like mine, a black gown, and they wear a white shirt, and the men wear a white tie and black trousers. The women wear a white shirt and a black skirt or black trousers. And they must wear this uniform, which has a Latin name sub fusc and they must wear this uniform in order to take their examinations.Eugene:I think the Oxford traditions lend character to the place and its such an old institution, it should have traditions, but they can be very inconvenient. For example, sub fusc. This is the uniform that we are required according to the university rules, to wear.Julie:They also wear flowers in their buttonholes, and those flowers are carnations. And they wear different colours, the students wear different coloured flowers for different examinations. So when you take your first exam you wear a white flower, and when you take your second exam you wear a pink flower, and when you take your final examination you wear a red carnation.Eugene:So we have to dress up in a full black suit, starched collar, white bow tie and carry a mortarboard. And to write an exam in the summer heat whilst wearing all that which youre not allowed to take off is um, uncomfortable.Julie:I really like the Oxford traditions, I think its part of our history, and part of um, being a student or a teacher here at Oxford University.第二单元Voiceover:We were lucky to be invited into the kitchen at the Dooky Chases Restaurant. Leah has been working in the restaurant for over 50 years. She told us about her life and she explained how to make a simple dish called shrimp Clemenceau.Leah:This is a very simple dish. First you get some shrimp. You can do this dish with chicken or shrimp, but I like it with the shrimp better. So you just brown a little thing .Interviewer:And, and whats, whats the actual, whats the cooking in?Leah:Butter.Interviewer:OK.Leah:It just cook, so here you get a little cholesterol, but hey, thats it, a little cholesterol. Then you wanna get the garlic. So you see it works two forces. You get the cholesterol, and then you get a little garlic, cut out on the cholesterol, you see.Interviewer:OK. And where did you, where did you learn all the cooking?Leah:Well, my mother, you know. Im the top of the line of 11 children, so you get to learn how to cook whether you like it or not. You get to cook that way. Then here you want to add a little mushroom in here, this is just sliced button mushroom. If you like other mushroom, you can do that, we just saut that in there. You know, at home, when you, you have to cook, everybody had that turn in the kitchen. So this is a dish that is used in several restaurants, but this is my own version. Some people do it different than this, but I like it this way, because I like the . Can you smell the garlic in there?Interviewer:Oh, yeah.Leah:Alright?Interviewer:That smell is very strong.Leah:Uha, and then you want to add your peas. Its very, very simple.Interviewer:And did you, did your mum run the restaurant as well?Leah:No, no, my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law had this restaurant before I came in. And she started it in 41. I came in in 46. So, and I added many things. You have to understand in 41. Now here we can add our potatoes. You see our shrimp is all cooked there. Just add the potato. You can pre-cook your potatoes. You can boil them, or in this case, we, we blanch them a little bit. In that and just toss together, and you get one, you get just one casserole like here. And you can put a little pepper on it. Give it a good dash of pepper. A little salt. Its very simple, but its a good dish. And as I said, you can do it with chicken breast or shrimp. You see? Toss it and get it there.Interviewer:And what do you, what do you call the dish?Leah:A shrimp Clemenceau. And I, I really dont know how it got that name, but its popular in this area. But as I said, some people do it a little different. You can take wine at this point. You can hit a little wine in there if you like it, but I, I just dont like to kill the taste of the butter and the garlic. I like that a lot. And you can take the parsley, always parsley.Interviewer:Thats parsley, isnt it?Leah:Parsley. Uhm. And Im gonna show you something that all Creoles keep in their kitchen. You see you get kind of a like a dull look here. But every Creole has this paprika in their kitchen. And give it all a dash of paprika. And you get a little color there, you see? A little red color there. And its very, very simple, great dish to eat. Not hard to make. You see? And you have a good dish.第三单元Teacher:Good morning, class.Students:Good morning.Teacher:What were going to do today is start off looking at mind maps or mind mapping. Now have any of you heard about mind maps before?Students:Yes . No .Teacher:Yes. Some of you have, some of you havent. OK. Have any of you actually used mind maps in the past?Students:No .Teacher:No? OK. Who can tell me what a mind map is?Student 1:Its a way of thinking.Teacher:It is a way of thinking. Mind maps are diagrams which help us to generate ideas, and also to organize or structure our ideas related to a topic. What Id like to do next is look at some of the uses or the reasons for using mind maps. What are some of the reasons for using mind maps?Student 2:To make a list?Teacher:To make a list? Yes. We could say to brainstorm ideas. Everyone contributes their ideas as many ideas as quickly as possible, from everyone in a shorter time, er, as, as we can manage. OK, brainstorming is one of the most important um, um, uses of mind maps. What might be another use or another reason for using mind maps?Student 3:It can help me take notes in the class.Teacher:OK, for the note-taking, a very good reason. Mind maps help us to get an overview or a, a quick understanding about a subject. By using mind maps to collect the main ideas from what the teacher says, you can keep a, a very general understanding of a topic and understand connections quite easily and um, quickly. What are some other uses of mind maps?Student 4:Preparing for exams?Teacher:OK. Preparing for exams. Thats a, a very good reason. We might call this, er, revision. Before an exam, after having studied for many, many days or even weeks, you might want to capture the, the, the very general understanding about the subject. Are there any other uses that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 5:We can also use it for finding answers.Teacher:For finding answers. Thats, thats a very good, good answer. We could call this problem- solving. We can use mind maps to, to see other possible alternatives, or options to, to, to solve a problem. OK. Next, Id like us to talk about some of the advantages or the benefits of using mind maps instead of just writing everything on a piece of paper. One of the most obvious advantages, as you can see, is that mind maps are very visual. They give us um, almost a picture, a, a different perspective in terms of a picture, or a diagram of understanding information or understanding connected ideas, which is very helpful for people who like to learn from a different way. Are there any other advantages that you can think of for mind mapping?Student 4:It lists the main points.Teacher:They do. They do list the main points. We could call this um, a quick summary. As you can see, we have main ideas throughout our mind map, not long texts. And in this way, it helps us to grasp the, the key ideas and the key connections for mind maps or for our given subject. Are there any other advantages you can think of?Student 1:To think creatively.Teacher:To think creatively. Thats, thats a very good point. We could call this creative thinking. And what we mean here is basically thinking outside of the box or thinking laterally. Mind maps are illogical and by being illogical they encourage us to think creatively, you might say.Teacher:Next, Id like us to think about aspects of design or constructing mind maps. So far we have completed three quarters of our mind map about mind maps. And then Id just like you to have a look at this mind map and tell me what some of the most noticeable or striking features are that we can talk about.Student 2:There is a centre.Teacher:There is a centre. There is what we call a central word, a central word or a phrase. It might also be a sentence or a question. You might have that in the centre of the board and your related thoughts spiraling or radiating out. What else do you notice about the design of this mind map?Student 1:There are only words, not sentences.Teacher:Exactly. There are many what we call key words as they capture the main thought of, of an issue rather than a long sentence or, or a passage. This helps us to concentrate on the main issues and find connections between these issues as well. What other aspects of design do you notice here?Student 5:It looks like a tree.Teacher:It does look like a tree because it has branches. By having branches, it shows how, um, thinking is radiating out or spiraling out from key ideas or central ideas to key words to sub-words and, and so forth. Are there any other aspects of design which you notice in this particular map?Student 2:You used a lot of colours.Teacher:I did. I perhaps use too many colours. I have used different colour to show the different key words or different aspects of mind mapping. You might like to use different colours to highlight different sections of a mind map or key information. Or you may, you may choose to have it all in one colour. Its very much a personal choice, depending on how you like to, to think and, and plan your thinking. You might also like to use images or pictures related to some of the key words. Or you might even use symbols. Well put a question mark because this again is a personal choice and how you like to design your mind maps. For example, I might choose to use a thought bubble as a symbol, highlighting or identifying my central phrase, mind maps. This could be a, a feature of my own mind maps. Whenever I design a mind map, I highlight my central thought using a speech bubble symbol.第四单元Voiceover:Its the most popular means of communication in the 21st century. Nobody writes letters any more, especially young people. They all use text messaging instead. Officially called SMS short message service text messaging is slow to enter, and you can only key in 160 characters. So why is it such a success? The first text message was sent in 1992, but texting only became commercially available in 1995. It has grown incredibly quickly since then. Just look at the graph. In 1999, the number of texts sent reached one billion. Over the next three years, it grew to 20 billion! So people have now sent billions of texts, and the number continues to rise. It isnt difficult to see why it quickly became part of youth culture.Emily:I use it every day. I dont call a lot of people on it. I just use it for text messages because its easy and quick to send things and arrange things by text.Heidi:Mainly to friends. Sometimes its useful to get information for work as well. You know, if people want to give you contact numbers or things like that, its easier than phoning.Andy:Ive had my mobile phone for about three years. I mostly use it for just texting my mates and arranging sort of social meetings with them.Alice:I like texting. I dont really talk much on it except just to make arrangements but textings the biggest thing I do.Male:I probably text message about ten, 15 times a day.Alice:Usually, I dont know, about ten. Ten to 15. Fifteen maybe to 20.Voiceover:It isnt just young people who use texting. Companies use it too for advertising and promotion. For example, the Orange telephone network has run a text message promotional campaign since April 2004. People text a special number on a Wednesday and receive a discount voucher by text. They show this message to any one of 450 cinemas in Britain and get two tickets for the price of one. Why Wednesday? Wednesday has always been the worst day of the week for cinemas. Since the campaign started, cinema attendance has risen on Wednesdays by nearly ten per cent. And, of course, TV uses text message voting to decide lots of things. Texting has been one of the most successful inventions for years.第五单元Voiceover:Finding someone to love isnt easy. For years, single people have looked for prospective mates in a few tried-and-true ways. They met in school or at work, through friends or relatives. Or they met by chance in bars, at weddings, or at parties. Today theres a new way to find that special someone. Many people have met boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancs, husbands, and wives in a way that didnt exist up to about ten years ago. The Internet has completely changed the world of dating. Anyone can look for a match online at one of hundreds of different websites like these.Consultant:There are approximately 150 million singles in North America, and whats interesting is that a lot of them are trying online dating.Speaker 1:Ive never tried Internet dating.Speaker 2:I have friends who have tried Internet dating, and one of them is getting married to the person he dated.Speaker 3:I have not tried Internet dating, but I have a friend who has.Speaker 4:I have not tried Internet dating.Speaker 5:I have tried Internet dating. I had one good experience and one bad experience.Speaker 6:Ive tried Internet dating. It worked out very well.Carol:Hi!Daughter:Hi!Carol:Oh, its good to see you! You look great!Daughter:Thank you.Carol:Hey, I love the color.Daughter:Thank you. Come in, come in.Voiceover:How does Internet dating work? Carol is about to find out. Shes having dinner with her daughter, who has just registered on an Internet dating site.Carol:So hows work?Daughter:Work is really good. Its busy, so Ive been making money.Carol:Good. Have you met anyone yet?Daughter:No, not yet. But I just signed up. Mum? Mum, come on. Ill show you.Consultant:To get started with Internet dating, there are four steps. The first one is to find the service that works for you. Second step is to create your profile. Find a great picture of yourself that shows you doing something that you enjoy. Write about who you are and who youre looking for. Third step is to start searching for that special someone. Use the search function on the site to identify people in your area that you may want to hook up with. Fourth step is to reach out to those people. You write them a nice short letter. Show that youre interested in them and off it goes. After that, sit back, cross your fingers, and hope for the best.