新英语视听说教程 答案及原文unit 7

1. B 2. D 3. A 4.C 5. D Task 2 Exercise 1

1. C 2. A 3. B 4.D 5.A Exercise 2

1. religious issues 2. rarely

3. churchgoer non-churchgoer Christians non-Christians Part 2 Task 1 Exercise 1

1. getting together lunar calendar the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of China.

2. normal theatre production professionals volunteers local community landmarks

backstreets Chinatown

3. special free musical performances guess-the-mooncake-flavour fan dance exercise 2

1. F 2.F 3. F 4.T 5.T TASK 2

1. family reunions football

2. civil holiday religious spiritual Thanksgiving may be the only time of year when

everyone gets together long-distance travel

3. turkey side dishes sweet potatoes dessert pumpkin Additional listening EXERCISE 1

1. A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A EXERCISE 2

1. It is a program that lets foreign students work in the United States during their summer vacations. (The State Department administers it for full-time college or university students who speak English well. Students come on a J-1 exchange visa. They can work for up to four months during their school break. They generally work in service jobs in stores, hotels, restaurants and amusement parks. But summer internships are also permitted.) 2. They are supposed to be paid the same as Americans.

3. Sally Lawrence advices students to avoid unapproved groups offering services, and to research a few different sponsors.

4. Sponsors must confirm the English language ability of students and make sure they are currently in school.

5. Sponsors do not all charge the same price for their services. Another difference: some sponsors arrange employment and housing for students before they leave home. Others permit students to find their own jobs after they arrive. PART 1 Task1

HOLIDAY FUN FOR EVERYONE

In china, the spring festival is the most important celebration of the year. Holiday celebrations take many forms; it can be a time to be merry, to exercise, to learn and to reflect. We take a look at how some Chinese people spend the holiday. Ask anyone about their spring festival plans, and the same place will always pop up.

Temple fairs have been an integral part of spring festival rituals for many generations. While the general idea is to have fun and deliver silent prayers, there are various ways to accomplish this. People throw coins to strike a lucky bell or patiently join a zigzagging queue to touch a lucky zodiac animal on the wall. They are all asking for blessings.

if you don’t like the cold winter weather, indoor temple fairs offer a cozy atmosphere to stroll around. Booths are set up selling everything from desserts to decorations. Toys in the shape of an ox are in hot demand.

Elderly people like to sit down with a cup of tea, and tap their fingers to the rhythms of a Peking opera performance. The LaoShe Tea House in downtown Beijing is doing a bustling trade, not to be overshadowed by temple fairs.

But for the adventurous type, it’s time to set out.

With the global economic downturn eating into travel package prices and fuel surcharges suspended on domestic flights, this spring festival is a great time to travel in china or abroad.

Travel agencies say airfare prices to foreign destinations have dropped thirty percent, with the Maldives, Bali, Sampan, all hot destinations.

While some people are heading to the beach, others are hitting the slopes. Seeking an adrenalin rush, more and more Chinese people are taking up skiing. The sport requires a lot of energy, so does a class of fencing or taekwondo.

After a spring festival feast, it may be time to burn a few calories. Hitting the gym is the choice for many commuters, who struggle to find time on workdays to work up a sweat.

The new year hoopla is taking a quiet and elegant turn at an ongoing exhibition at the national art museum of china. The Chinese folk arts and crafts show gives a mind-boggling look at the country’s exquisite craftsmanship.

Covering all nine halls of the museum’s first floor are 350 objects chosen from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions on the Chinese mainland. Visitors receive more than a lesson on art. Each work comes with its own history to tell. This is the first ever exhibitions of Chinese folk arts and crafts in the museum’s 46-year history. The exhibition gives an insight into less well known traditions, and runs into early February.

Browsing for the latest release at book fairs and in bookstores is another popular way to spend free time over the holiday.

With so many options around, the question now is: how will you spend the holidays? Task 2

Do you celebrate Christmas?

CNN’s bill Schneider reports on a poll that looks at people who celebrate the Christmas holiday. Americans are divided over many religious issues, but Christmas is not one of them. In a CNN poll conducted by the opinion research corporation, 94% of Americans say they celebrate Christmas; nearly three quarters send Christmas cards and have a Christmas tree in their home. Oh, well, people do that for the kids? Nope, more than seventy percent of Americans who have no children at home put up a Christmas tree. Religious people, right? Nope. Even Americans who

rarely go to church put up a Christmas tree. But what kind of tree? That’s where things are changing. Ten years ago, a third of Americans put up a real tree. Now that number is down to twenty-two percent. Today most Americans use artificial trees. Maybe because it’s cheaper than buying a new type tree every year; maybe because it is safer; maybe because people are more environmentally conscious, or maybe it is just easier. Putting up Christmas lights is not easy. But nearly six in ten Americans do it including this woman in Los Angeles who happens to be Jewish. I don’t think Santa Claus and talking snowman and flying reindeer and candy-cane trees have any religious significance at all.”

She happens to live in an orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Are her neighbors offended? Some are, some are not.

I am not an orthodox Jew, and I think it’s unusual that merry puts on, but you know, it is ok, doesn’t faze me. I think it’s pretty.

Christmas is less and less likely to divide churchgoers and non-churchgoers, people with and without kids, even Christians and non-Christians. They can all agree on one thing: it is pretty. Part 2 Task 1

On 25th September this year, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families, look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivals in Chinese lunar calendar. However, the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of china. Here in the UK events are taking place for Chinese people living here, and to teach the people of Britain more about this popular festival.

The Soho theatre in London conducted a study which showed that Chinese Londoners don’t engage much with the arts world. As a result, moon walking in china has been created to celebrate the mid-autumn festival.

This is no normal theatre production though, as it doesn’t take place in the theatre. Theatre professionals and volunteers from the local community will take audiences around the streets of Soho on a magical lantern-lit walk through the landmarks and backstreets of Chinatown.

They tell the story of three generations of Chinese Londoners who all cross paths one night in Chinatown. Rabbits, karaoke and a woman who lives on the moon all feature prominently.

It’s the Soho theatre’s first site-specific production and looks to be a unique way of marking the famous Chinese festival.

And the celebrations don’t stop there! In early October the British museum is actually opening late for a special free mid-autumn festival event. There will be Chinese musical performances, a guess-the mooncake-flavour game and you can learn how to perform a fan dance.

You can also try your hand at a variety of other traditional Chinese arts and crafts, as well as learning mandarin and learning more about the history of china.

The Chinese population in the UK is quite large, so no doubt there will be events happening not only in the capital, but all around the country.

However you are celebrating, we hope you have fun. Happy mid-autumn festival from everyone at BBC learning English. TASK 2

Thanksgiving: filled with family traditions and food

Welcome to this is American in VOA special English. I’m barber cline

And I’m Steven ember. Our subject this week is what the writer o Henry called the one day that is purely American-thanksgiving

This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. This is the 143rd official observance of the holiday. But the tradition is much older. Thanksgiving is an autumn harvest festival like those found in many cultures.

Today the holiday is a time of family reunions, parades and watching football games on television. And, oh yes, food. For millions of Americans, thanksgiving is a day spent cooking, eating and talking.

Thanksgiving is what the social scientists call a civil holiday. It is not religious but it does have spiritual meaning. For some families, thanksgiving may be the only time of year when everyone gets together. The government says the Sunday after thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for long-distance travel as people return form greetings.

Now we come to part of the holiday that thanksgiving memories are often made of-the big Thanksgiving Day meal. Some families serve ham. Others serve a meatless dinner. But the traditional main dish is turkey. Most people cook the bird in an over; some prepare the turkey other ways, like fried in oil.

Turkey on thanksgiving is usually server with a bread mixture inside. Some Americans call it stuffing; others call it dressing. Popular side dishes on thanksgiving include cranberries, sweet potatoes and green beans. Then for a rich, sweet dessert there is often pumpkin pie or pecan pie. Many thanksgiving tables also are heavy with other dishes, often brought by guests. And if the guests eat all that is served, they too will feel heavy.

Some people like fruit soup, green salads and baked potatoes with their turkey. Others like baked squash, creamed onions, creamed spinach and corn pudding. Many people eat more at thanksgiving than any other time of the year.

For people who do not have much food or a home to go to at thanksgiving, charity groups play an important part. To help the needy, religious and service organizations across the country serve special thanksgiving meals. Additional listening

Summer work/travel brings many students to us This is the VOA special English education report.

This week, we answer a question from a student in Odessa, Ukraine. Marushra wants to know about a program that lets foreign student work in the United States during their summer vacations. The program is called summer work/travel. The State Department administers it for full-time college or university students who speak English well.

Students come on a J-1 exchange visa. They can work for up to four months during their school break. They generally work in service jobs in stores, hotels, restaurants and amusement parks. But summer internships are also permitted.

Summer in this case means summer in the student’s country. Those from south of he equator come to the united states during the northern winter.

Students cannot work as housekeepers in private homes or be involved in patient care. And they are supposed to be paid the same ad Americans.

Congress created this popular program under a nineteen sixty-one law, the mutual educational and cultural exchange act. Last year, one hundred fifty thousand students came to the United States this way.

Students can do the summer work/travel program more than once.

Sally Lawrence heads the state department office responsible for the program. She says students should begin to gather information a year before they want to travel.

More than fifty organizations are approved to act as sponsors. Sally Lawrence advices students to avoid unapproved groups offering services, and to research a few different sponsors.

Sponsors must confirm the English language ability of students and make sure they are currently in school. But sponsors do not all charge the same price for their services.

Another difference: some sponsors arrange employment and housing for students before they leave home. Others permit students to find their own jobs after they arrive.

Sally Lawrence says the first thing to do is to find the list of sponsors on the web page for J visa exchange programs.

The address is a little long, but here it is: exchange.state.gov/education/jexchanges. Click on designated sponsor list, then choose summer work/travel under category description. For more information about the program, go to the main page and click on private sector programs.

To make it easier, we’ll post a link at www.unsv.com. And that’s the VOA special English education report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I’m Steven ember.