4+1听力口语MP3-语音 55

Part One 听辨练习
A. Listen, circle the corresponding number if you hear????? in the word.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. Write down the words you hear on the tape, then fill in the blanks below.
1. New _______ 2. _______ tongue 3. _______ and old
4. in_______ 5. trade _______ 6. in my _______
7. three _______ 8. one _______ 9. bathing _______
　　
Part Two跟读练习
C. Listen and repeat. Notice the sound ????in the sentences.
1. Are you familiar?
2. The uniforms of the police are blue.
3. Both my grandpa and grandma are sitting in the yard.
4. I used to live in Shanghai.
5. Yesterday I heard a curious and beautiful tune¹.
6. Excuse me if I refuse, but this suit isn’t suitable.
7. Yale University is not in the State of New York.
8. Don’t argue, or you’ll make me furious.
9. When the orchard²-yield will be gathered soon.
10. The dog in our yard awakes with a yawn.
D. Proverbs
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder³.
Love is the touchstone of virtue⁴.
E. Tongue twisters
The yellow yacht from the Vineyard was owned by a young millionaire.
Did Yuppies yesterday yearn⁵ to see New York?
Part Three综合练习
F. Read after the tape
Initial: you yours yard yesterday year yield unify⁶ yen⁷ use yawn yes
　　yacht yoke⁸ yearn ear young yet yellow
Medial: union coal-yard opinion million value few abuse accuse fuel
　　humor hue⁹ huge hula humiliate¹⁰ music mute mutual¹¹ numeral
　　nuance¹² nucleus¹³
Final: (this sound doesn’t occur at the end of words in English)
G. Sentence exercises
Exercise 1 : Listen to the sentences and write down the right words you hear on the tape.
1. I want some ______.
2. The _____ were painful for him.
3. Their son went to _____.
4. Haven’t you finished it _____?
Exercise 2 : Complete these sentences with the letters given.
1. The meter is a u____ of length.
2. May I u___ your pencil? Mine is lost.
3. In the y_____1867, they came to China.
4. We’re l_____ to our country.
Exercise 3 : Form a sentence with the words given below.
the new students about are union in arguing their things
Exercise 4 : Form sentences with the following words and give a reason.
1. you 2. your 3. yours 4. you
H. Passage
　　In the year of 1982, Ursular went to Yale University. After graduation, she started her own computer company. At the beginning, she didn’t do very well , but she accumulated a lot of experience from failure and later she became a millionaire.
I. Dialogue: underline the letters that sound ????.
A: Excuse me, you look familiar. Did you use to live in New York?
B: Yes.
A: Did you use to work at NYU?
B: Oh, did you know Hugh Young? He was a music student.
A: Hugh Young? Didn’t he use to wear a funny yellow jacket all the time?
B: Yes. And he used to play the piano with a jazz group at the university.
A: I remember Hugh. Most people thought he was a little…uh…peculiar¹⁴. Do you
know what he’s doing now?
B: Yes, he’s a millionaire in Houston now.
A: A millionaire? As a jazz musician?
B: Oh, no. He’s an executive for a large computer company. I saw an interview
with him on TV yesterday. They were asking his opinion about future uses for
computers.
A: Well! I guess people don’t find him so peculiar anymore.
J. Rhymes
　　⑴ We waddle¹⁵ away from the water,
　　And now we will waddle back;
　　Then swish, swish, we are swimming again.
　　Quack¹⁶! Quack! Quack!
　　
　　⑵ When the orchard yield will be gathered soon,
　　And the fields beyond are yellow with corn,
　　The dog in our yard awakes with a yawn,
And yaps and yelps¹⁷ at the yellow moon.

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

3 beholder   

n.观看者，旁观者

参考例句：

• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 看起来觉得美就是美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet. 有人说艺术是一种幽会，因为艺术家和欣赏者可在幽会的乐趣中相遇在一起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

5 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

6 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

7 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

8 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

9 hue   

n.色度；色调；样子

参考例句：

• The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
• The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

10 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。

11 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

12 nuance   

n.(意义、意见、颜色)细微差别

参考例句：

• These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别。
• I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事。

13 nucleus   

n.核，核心，原子核

参考例句：

• These young people formed the nucleus of the club.这些年轻人成了俱乐部的核心。
• These councils would form the nucleus of a future regime.这些委员会将成为一个未来政权的核心。

14 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

15 waddle   

vi.摇摆地走；n.摇摆的走路(样子)

参考例句：

• I am pregnant.I waddle awkwardly and my big stomach pressed against the weight of the world. 我怀孕了，我滑稽可笑地瞒珊而行，大肚子上压着全世界的重量。
• We waddle and hop and have lots of fun.我们走起路来摇摇摆摆，还一跳一跳的。我们的生活很有趣。

16 quack   

n.庸医；江湖医生；冒充内行的人；骗子

参考例句：

• He describes himself as a doctor,but I feel he is a quack.他自称是医生，可是我感觉他是个江湖骗子。
• The quack was stormed with questions.江湖骗子受到了猛烈的质问。

17 yelps   

n.（因痛苦、气愤、兴奋等的）短而尖的叫声( yelp的名词复数 )v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The woman emitted queer regular little snores that sounded like yelps. 她那跟怪叫差不多的鼾声一股一股地从被里冒出来。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• As the moments passed the yelps grew closer and louder. 一会儿，呼叫声越来越近、越来越响了。 来自互联网