新編大學英語聽力4

[00:00.00] Listening 2 [00:04.03]Exercises 1 [00:07.20]Directions: [00:10.40]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions [00:17.39]with no more than 10 words. [00:22.25]A Christmas to Remember [00:26.42]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookies [00:33.44]She didn't have anyone to share them with [00:38.70]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhood [00:45.58]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famous [00:53.57]especially at Christmas-time [00:58.28]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children dim [01:05.12]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help. [01:14.16]Then one Christmas the old woman became ill [01:20.68]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the doctor [01:27.98]The children were very sad [01:32.02]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recipe [01:43.14]So the children started a cookie store.Soon they had a very good cookie busines [01:52.64]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank. [01:59.77]After the woman got well.she was asked to become the manager of the store [02:07.87]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the year [02:14.50]After the old woman died, the children, now grown up [02:21.88]kept the cookie business alive in her name.Maybe life is like a Christmas cookie [02:30.70]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it. [02:39.08]1) What did the old woman like? [02:44.12]2) Why did the children come to help the old woman? [02:50.86]3) What happened to the old woman one Christmas? [02:57.12]4) How were they able to pay the doctor? [03:02.66]5) Who continued the business after the old woman died? [03:09.83]6) What does the author compare life with? [03:16.70]Exercise 2 [03:20.20]Directions: [03:24.26]Listen to the passage again and retell the story. [03:30.35]Listening 3 [03:34.45]Exercise 1 [03:37.76]Directions: [03:41.36]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions [03:48.56]with no more than 10 words. [03:53.28]Saint Valentine's Day [03:57.67]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day [04:05.56]One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire [04:13.55]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, [04:20.75]wanted to increase the size of his army [04:25.97]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join [04:33.85]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry [04:41.23]until he had served a certain number of years in the army. [04:48.32]A priest named Valentine broke the rule [04:54.48]and secretly married a great many young people [05:00.53]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison [05:09.85]where he remained until his death on February 14. [05:16.94]After his death, Valentine was made a saint [05:23.14]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day [05:29.47]It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this day [05:37.54]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses [05:44.81]or chocolates and to send greetings. [05:50.21]1) On which day is valentine's Day celebrated? [05:57.48]2) Where did the story take place? [06:03.35]3) Why couldn't the young men there marry openly? [06:10.94]4) Who is the Day named after? [06:16.24]5) What did Valentine do in favor of the young people there? [06:24.23]6) How was he punished? [06:29.59]7) How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now? [06:36.50]Exercise 2 [06:39.82]Directions:

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