Tom: Ooh. I L'" l'>qwnsi ve ...
Mary:ll's only $20 more than the one with the little earphom•1.;. Iakl• ill
Tom:Okay.What's next?
Mary:Wc have lo choo il tl'levision.
Tom: We nt'l.'J one''hich j., - ah - big enough to ...
Mary:But not llXl big. Idon't want an}thing larger than -18 cm.
Tom: I rcalh· think 3-t c:m jc; too small for our room.
That's onlv b<iut thirtl>cn and a half inches.
Mary: O) .Let's lake the sizc bigger than 3-t cm.
Tom:Wh.il <Jooul anolhl'r radio?
Mary: rkw. would you ti."I ab<1ut a clock radio instead of just a r.1dio?
Tom:I don't want a clock radio. I'm very fond of my alarm clock! But 1 l ikc this radio with the curved earn handlt!
Mary: So do I. I t's a good pric.:-, loo.So, now we've chosen an an..\\ crin mad1ine, a cord IC$ telephone, a radio for you lo use when you go for a walk, another radio and.1ldl•vi.,ion .
Tom:Anything l'b.. ?
Mary:No.Let''gci and hcl\'e a cu p of coffee!
Narrator. fom and Mary o for their cup of coffee.
Listen to their con\'crsation, and be ready to aJlS\\.'er questi(lns 5 to 10.
'\low Ji.,tcn tu the c:onvcr...1tion bctwa.>11 Tom and
"\1ary,and an...\n'r <1ueslion'> 5 lo Ill. Write no more than th rec words for l'ach answer.
Mary:Shopping's hard work!
Tom: I'm glad it's on•r.
Mary:Do vou w.mt to go home now'
Tom:Yt>:., I think I'll tai...e the things we bought home.
Mary:Oi...dy. I'll go to the office.I've got lots to do.
I'll comt' bilci... lilter, straight from the office.
Tom:Oi...ay. l'J bctlN hurry. M} brother's wai ting at the hoL1sc lo help carry thl• tl'lev1sion m.
Mary: Good. 1 hopl' hl•'tl still be there when l get
Mary: I ccrtlli nly apprcci.ill! it! 1dXi drivers always know where' City St1uarc i'>, loo.13y the way, are you going to watch Pt.'Oplc a rc Funny on TV tonight?
Tom:Whal did 'nu 1y? Wha t TV show? Oh, People ar<' I unny? Of cour..c I am. I'll tell you what happened when you get home.I nl"t'.Cl something lo laugh at - I'm going to the nl'\\' officc al Newtown tomorrow, and I m not looking l<.'rward lo it.
Mary:I'd better go.Takt.• C1. 1 !. I'll you later. Bye bye_
Narrat or. rhat j., thl• cnd of Section 1. You now have some time to dwck your answer.;.
'\ow tum ll> St.·tion 2.
Section 2.You arl.' going to hear a "tudcnt arranging to transtcr bl.'t\\ l'\.'n Engfi.,h cla ...::.e:,. Sh is lea,ing a message cm thl• l.1nguagc dcpartmt:>nt' s answering machine. The studl•nt's nanw i" May L. First look
at questions 1 1 Lo 17.
As you listen lo the first part of the La lk, answer questions 11 to 17.
May: l lcllo. This is M,1y ll'C :.pcclking. This message is for \'1r.:, Brooks, in sludi:nt affairs. M rs Brooks, Itclephon<.'d you la<;t W('l'k <md you told me to call back and put the dt.•taib of my rl.-que-.t to transfer on the answering machine I hope you can hear me easily. [ have the form here and I'll gl\'C you the information working from the lop lo the bottom.
As } ou know. my lamily namc is l..L>e, spelled L-E-E. give it:.lowly. I livl.' o:it Fl,1t 5, 10 University Avenue - you probably kmw• the building. it'sjust near the engineering school.
The telephone number is 818 607-l, and I share it with a lot of olhl'r J".'Opll.' c;o ii'" ofll'n l'ngaged. I'll give it to you again, 81l{ 607-l. I think that's all I have to put on this part of tht! form. I know you''ere curious about my rea<;(m for n.>quc..ting a transfer, so I'U explain that next.
Narrator: '\'o\\ look at qul.,..lions 18 lo 22
Ac; Ma} lee continUl'S her ml "Clgc, answer questions 18 to 22.
May:'\low I'll tell you why I want a transfer between classes. M r" Brooks, I n•.:illy hke my teacher and my daates, but I find it very hard not to speak in my own language. I just begin lo thini... in English when the class ends, dnd I 'm surrounded b} other people from my country so it's natural that we aU speak in our mother tongue. 1 havc bl'l'n looking around for a class where there arc very fcw other people from droppl'd (lUl of the l'\'l'ning class so there should be room for me. Could you plea"'4! SL>t.> 1f I can joi n the please lca' l'a ml':'-.agc for me at my friend
\1argaret'<> hou? Hl.'r numbN is 812 7543.and she has an answering machine.
I do hope you can tr.m...fcr ml,Mr.> Brooks. If there is any more information you net.>d ple<Jse call me.
Thank you 'ery much.
Narrator. That i;, the end of Section 2. You will no\\'
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have some time to chc<.:k your answers.
Now turn lo Section 3.
Section 3. In Lh1s section you wi ll hear a discussion between a tutor, Dr Ll.'Slcr, ond two students, Greg and Ale\andra. at the end of ,, talk about music. In the first part of the discu.,sion they arc talking about some of thl' studl•ntc;' f,wouritc instruments, and favou rite o.;tyil-. s of music.
Complt.>te thl' t.ible .,howin the .students' opinions.
Choe>'-e your ans\\ ers from the box. There are more words than spac..-. s so }OU \'l.·ill not use them all. You may use any of the words mon.• than once. First look at qul'Slion., 23 to 27 "oh.• the example that has been done for vou.
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li'>ten
to tilt' fir..t p.lrt and answrr que>tions 23 toll.Dr lester: Ithink it's timt> we look al the results of our surve}. Ah. What did you find out, Alexandra?
Alexandra: \\'e'n.• J group with very diverse tastes, Dr lester.
De Lester: IIm . I'm not surprised. What were the favourite instruments?
Alexandra:\\'di, Grl'g lows drums. He told me he played drumc; wht.>n hl• was at primary school, and now he pl.iys drums with his friends at weekends.
The) haw .i b.md.
Dr Leslee: Hm. Good. Ah. \\'h.it do you like to play, Alexand ra?
Alexandra :My fi"l\'ourih.' is th'-• guitar. Howe,•er, 1hawn't pla}l'd for )l'ar., so I keep hoping to start
Alexa ndra: Harry sayo.; the best instrument of them a ll is the piano. I le claims it's more versa tile than any other i nst 1°L1mcnl. Emi ko plays the piano, but her favourite i nstru ment is the n llte.
Dr Lester: I he fl u lt•?
Alexand ra:Yes. Em iko plays lhc flute loo, of course.
Dr Lester: I-I m. !"hank yc1u, Alexandra. Ah, Greg, will you tcll u., thL• ..tudents' fovou rite style of music?
Greg: Wl''rc re illy very rnnst•rvative. My favourite is cla.•.;.s1c.:il mu.,1c, and th.1t's Alt>xandra's choice too.
Katja claims to likl• rod:.
Dr lester: So that's a votl' from Greg, Alexandra and Katja. D<lt. n't Rat:hl•I pr.?fcr clas,.ical music?
Greg: Rachel m.:ide a choic1.1 which surprised me.
She playc; the violin, I expected classical or opera.
but Rachel says that .,he prefers country music.
Dr Lester. •Im. l low int\'n.">ling! What's Harry'schoire?
Greg:Harry likt'S to listl'n to opera, and lov to go to a pt>rtormance. lle says opera ha" everything, wlour and spt?Clacll' and theatre and great muic.
Dr lester. And Emiko?
Greg: Emikl) say:-. j.:in is her favourite mu-.ic. She goes t0 listen to jan. every Fridt1y evening. She also likes
opera, heavy metal, cl.:issical ... bul jazz is the best.
Dr Lester: Than!-. you, Cr<.•g. Iwanted lo sec what you all l iked so I cou ld undt•rsland your musical taste5 more, and I w.:int to move from this to a discu.<.;.s. ion uf the physiologic.:il dfocts of music.
Narrator. In the c1md p.Hl of thl• dission Dr Lester w1ll talk <1bout the way music affects our bodil."S. Look at qul'.Slions 28 tl' 31 first.
As vou listen to the di'Uso.;ion. complete the sentences.
Dr Lester: For the purposes of this discus.-.ion, I'm gomg to divide music roughly into two l} pes:music think of lhings which ht.>lp us to relax?
Alexandra: Lim. Gt.?nlle rh\'thms?
Dr Lester. Yes, in part. Th·mdodiL>s which hdp us to relax are smooth flowing and often have repeated rhythm .1hcsc rhythms arc constant and dynamic.
a little like the crash of tht•-.ca on the beach. Their
\"ery p ictability i., Sl'l.iating, rda:-.ing. By contrast very loud, discordant mu.,ic with unprl'<iictable chvthms and slru<-.tu r'--s C'l.cites and stimulates us.
These
two generalisations about the differences between music which stimulates and music which soothes an:true a-; far,1s they go.but they are far from conclusiw. We still han a lot of research to do to find out wh.:it, ah, for instance. pl'Ople of different cultu res hear and foci wht•n tht•y listen lo music.This side of the t.ipc is now com plclc. Prnctlce Listenjng Test 2 conti nues on si de 6. Please turn the tape over.
Tape l Side B Practice Li Sll•ni ng Test 2 conti nues.
Now Lum Lo Section 4.
Section 4. You will hear iln l'Xtract from a talk about preventative mcdicirw spct:1fica lly, how students can look af ter their own he 11th. l ist1.1n to what the spt>aker says,.md answer qul'!>lions 32 to 40.
Fin.t you have soml' timt.• to look at the questions.
'-O\\ lbten carefully and answer qutions 32 to 36.
Parker: Good morning. I'm Dr Pal Parker.and I'm here to talk t0 you about prt•n>nlative medicine in its widest and most pcrmal asi"'-cts. In other words, I'm here lo tell you how lhl' p.lti\.'nt should wTest conlrol oi their health away from the practitioners of medicinl' and take charge of their l)Wn medical destiny. I want to talk alxlut staying out of the hands of the doctor.
When the patient takl..., rl'sponsibilty for her or hie; own health - and ll•t's dl.'Cidc the patient is male for nm' - men.ue in fact mtirl' at risk than women
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anyv·ay - \\-hen the patient takes over his own health regime he must decide what he wants to do.The first thing, of course, is to give up the demon nicotine.
Smoking is the worst threat to health, and it'c; elf- inflicted damage. Ihave colleagu es who are reluctant to treat smokers. lf you want Lo stay well,stay off tobacco and smoking in all its manifestations.
Our department has recently completed a survey of men's health. \Ve looked at men in different age groups and occupatfons,and we came up with a disturbing insight. Young men, particularly working class men, are at considerable risk of premature death because of their life style. As a group, they have high risk factors: they drink too much a lcohol, they smoke more heavily than a ny other grou p, their diet is freq uently hea vy in saturated fats, and they don't get enough exercise.
We then did a smaller survey in which we looked at environmental factors which affect health. 1had privately expected to find air or water pollution to be the biggest h.uards,and the) must not be ignored. However, the effects of the sun emerged as a threat which people simply do not take su fficiently serious ly. Please remember that loo much sunlight can cause permanent damage.
Gi:ven this information, and the self-destructive things which people,particularly young men,are doing to themselves,one could be excused for feeling very depressed. However, Ibelieve that a well-funded education campaign will help us improve public health standards and will be particularly valuable for yow1g men. I'm an optimist. 1sec things improving, bu l only if we work very hard. ln the second part of the talk Iwant to consider d ifferent things that you as students can do lo improve your fitness.
Narrator: Now answer questions 37 to 40.
Parker: So now J 'd like to issue a qualification to everything I say. People will still get sick, and they wilJ still need doctors. This advice isjust to reduce the iJ1cidence of sickness - il would be great if disease were preventable, but i t'snot. However, we ha ve power. In the la Le 80's the Su rgeon-Genera l o( the Uni ted States said Lhat 53 percent of our illnesses could be avoided by healthy lifestyle choices. I nmv want to discuss these choices wHh you.
You should try to make keeping fit fun! lt's very hard to go out and do exercises by yourself,:.<> it's wi lo find a sport that you like and play it with other people.Ifyou swim, you can consider scuba diving or snorkelling. I f you jog, try to find a friend to go wilh. 1£ you wa l k, d10ose prelty places to walk or have a reason for wa lking. You r exercise regime should be a pleasure,not a penance.
The university is an excellent place to find other people who share sporting interests \, th you, and there are many sports teams you can join. This, unfortunately, raises the issue of sports injuries, and different sports have characteristic injuries. As well as accidental inju ries, we find repetitive strain injuries occurring i n sports where the same motion is frequently performed, like row ing and squash.
The parallel in working liJe is repetitive strain injury
which may be suffered by typists or other people
""·ho perform the same action hour after hour, day after day.
In this context, therefore, the most important thing to remember before any sport is Lo wa rm up adequately. Do streld1lng ex.erciscs, and aim at all times lo increase you r flexibility. I3e gentle with yourself, and allow time to prepare for the game you have chosen to play. Don't be fooled by the term
"warm up",by the way. It's every bit as important to do your warm up exercises on a hot day as on a cool one.
I think one of the most sensible and exciting developments in the red uction of injury is the recognition Lhat all sports can borrow from each olher. Many sports programmes arc now
encouraging players to use cross training techniques, that is, to borrow training techniques from other sports. Boxers ha\ e been using cross training for years: building up stamina by doing road work and weight training, while honing their skills and reflexes.Other sports which require a high level of eye-hand coordinalion are following th.is trend, so you see table tennis players runni ng .and jogging lo improve their performance, and footballers doing flexibility exercises which can help them control the ball better. All of these results are good, but the general
sense
of well-being is best, and is accessible to us all, from trained athletes to people who will never runa 100 metres in less than 15 seconds.Good health is not only for those who will achieve athletic greatness!
Narrator: That is the end of Sectjon 4. Now you have some timt;? to check your answers.
That is the end of Listening Practice 2.
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