新编大学英语视听说教程3听力原文

Unite 1 Practice one Tom: Hey, Bill. Do you have any plans for this weekend? Bill: Yeah, Tom. Cindy and I are going ice-skating on Saturday. Tom: Oh. Bill: Why do you ask? Tom: Well, I thought you might want to come over and study for next week s chemistry test. Bill: Study?! No way. Hey, what if I try to fix you up with Cindy s sister, Kristi. We could double-date. She s really outgoing, bright, and funny too. Tom: Hey, I still remember the girl you fixed me up with last time. She was very moody and self-centered. She couldn t stop talking about how great she was. I m not sure if I can trust you, “Mr. Matchmaker“. Bill: Oh come on. So I made a mistake last time. Cindy s sister is really different. Tom: Well, what does she look like? Bill: Ah. Looks aren t important. She has a wonderful personality. Tom: Right. Bill: Okay. She has long wavy blond hair and blue eyes. She s of medium height, just a little shorter than you are. Tom: Go on. Bill: She has a great figure, a nice complexion, and she has a sexy voice. Oh, and she has a tattoo of an eagle on her arm. Tom: A what? Bill: No, just kidding. By the way, she was the runner-upintheMissCaliforniaBeauty Pageant two years ago. Well, you re probably not interested. Tom: No, wait! Bill: Ah, just forget I ever mentioned it. Tom: No, I m interested! Practice 2 David: Barbara, before you go, could you tell me about these students that are coming into my class? Barbara: Oh, yes. Now, let me think, well, there s.er.Paul. He s a tall, slim lad with fair hair. Very friendly face, lovely smile. He s particularly good with group activities, and he s a very helpful person to have in the class and very helpful with the other students. He speaks fluently, but does make a lot of mistakes! He doesn t seem to mind making mistakes. He asks a lot of questions.er.he tends to speak first and think later. But he s got lots of interesting ideas. David: Good. Barbara: Ah.Susan.Susan. Now, she s very lively, quick, and very bright. She talks all the time but not always in English. David: What? Is she difficult or anything? Barbara: No.she s quite young but she does behave in quite a grown-up way really for her age. It can be a bit difficult to actually shut her up sometimes and make her listen to you. David: Ah, right. Barbara: She s very nice. She has dark hair and dark eyes. David: Right, well.are there any other girls in the class? Barbara: Yes, there is Maria. She s Susan s sister. David: Yes. Barbara: Actually it s quite difficult to tell them apart although.er. Maria is slightly older. She s a bit plumper and has longer hair than Susan. She s not quite as bright as her sister and I think that makes her feel a bit inferior really. Well, you know, she sulks a bit whenshegetsthingswrongorshe misunderstands you. But on the whole, a very sensible girl. David: OK. Barbara: And then there s Peter, who s older than the others. He s got a sort of moustache, spectacles and wavy dark brown hair. He usually wears a jacket and so