新编大学英语听力1 unit2

[00:03.13]Psychology in Our Daily Life
[00:07.63]Part Two 
[00:10.51]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:14.90]Listening  1
[00:18.22]Exercise  1
[00:21.71]Directions:
[00:25.38]Listen to the story and decide whether the following statements¹
[00:31.46]are true or false. Writer "T" for true and "F" for false.
[00:41.26]A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time
[00:49.43]when he should have been digging³ the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes.
[00:58.43]He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself,
[01:06.92]but that she could manage to do the planting;
[01:12.50]and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors
[01:20.06]who would be willing⁴ to do the digging for him.
[01:25.90]" Please do not dig² the potato field. I hid the money and the gun there."
[01:35.65]Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said,
[01:43.93]" I think somebody is reading your letters before they go out of the prison.
[01:52.54]Some policemen arrived here two days ago and dug⁵ up the whole potato field.
[02:01.86]What shall I do now?"The prisoner⁶ wrote back at once,
[02:08.81]" Plant the potatoes, of course."
[02:14.39]Exercise  2
[02:18.10]Directions:
[02:21.52]Listen to the story again and note down what the husband said in his first letter
[02:29.65]and the wife's reply.
[02:33.58]Then work in groups to complete the two letters. Read them to the class.
[02:42.47]A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time
[02:50.82]when he should have been digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes.
[02:59.93]He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself,
[03:08.50]but that she could manage to do the planting;
[03:14.18]and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors
[03:21.89]who would be willing to do the digging for him.
[03:27.68]So he wrote a letter to his wife which said,
[03:33.84]" Please do not dig the potato field. I hid the money and the gun there."
[03:44.42]Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said,
[03:53.21]" I think somebody is reading your letters before they go out of the prison.
[04:01.60]Some policemen arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole potato field.
[04:11.21]What shall I do now?"The prisoner wrote back at once,
[04:18.84]" Plant the potatoes, of course."
[04:24.31]Listening  2
[04:28.02]Exercise  1
[04:32.30]Directions:
[04:35.62]Listen to the passage
[04:38.82]and fill in the table with the information you get from the tape.
[04:45.12]The manager of a large office building
[04:50.05]received many complaints⁷ about the lift service in the building.
[04:56.50]He hired a group of engineers to study the situation.
[05:02.18]They suggested two solutions:
[05:07.19]1. adding more lifts of the same type;
[05:14.03]2.  replacing the lifts with faster ones.
[05:20.18]The manager decided⁸ that both suggestions were too expensive.
[05:27.10]So he asked a psychologist⁹ to study the problem.
[05:33.18]The psychologist noticed that many people felt
[05:39.01]angry and impatient¹⁰ because they thought they had to wait too long for the lift.
[05:47.65]However,the psychologist found that they only had to wait a relatively¹¹ short time.
[05:56.94]It occurred¹² to him that the reason they felt angry and impatient
[06:04.28]was that they had nothing to do while they were waiting for the lifts.
[06:11.09]He suggested a simple,inexpensive solution to the manager.
[06:18.00]This was adopted and complaints stopped immediately.
[06:25.27]The solution was to place a large mirror next to the lifts.
[06:33.16]Exercise  2
[06:37.30]Directions:
[06:40.75]Listen to the passage again and then discuss in groups to find out:
[06:48.78]1)the reasons why complaints stopped immediately after the solution was adopted;
[06:58.03]2)other possible solutions to the problem.
[07:04.19]The manager of a large office building
[07:09.26]received many complaints about the lift service in the building

[07:16.28]He hired a group of engineers to study the situation.
[07:22.22]They suggested two solutions:
[07:27.26]1.adding more lifts of the same type;
[07:33.92]2.replacing the lifts with faster ones.
[07:40.58]The manager decided that both suggestions were too expensive.
[07:47.42]So he asked a psychologist to study the problem.
[07:53.40]The psychologist noticed that many people felt angry and impatient
[08:01.64]because they thought they had to wait too long for the lift.
[08:07.94]However,the psychologist found that they only had to wait a relatively short time.
[08:16.76]It occurred to him that the reason they felt angry and impatient
[08:23.86]was that they had nothing to do while they were waiting for the lifts.
[08:30.30]He suggested a simple,inexpensive solution to the manager

1 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

2 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

3 digging   

n.挖掘v.挖，掘( dig的现在分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• They were digging up worms to use for bait. 他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade. 在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 willing   

adj.愿意的，自愿的，乐意的，心甘情愿的

参考例句：

• We never lack food and clothing if we're willing to work.如果我们愿意工作,就不会缺吃少穿。
• He's quite willing to pay the price I ask.他很愿意照我的要价付钱。

5 dug   

n.动物的乳房[乳头]v.挖，掘( dig的过去式和过去分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• He dug a deep hole in the garden. 他在花园里挖了个深坑。
• We dug a deep pit in the yard. 我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

6 prisoner   

n.俘虏，囚犯，被监禁的人

参考例句：

• The soldier reported that a prisoner was at large.士兵报告说一名囚犯在逃。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 complaints   

抱怨( complaint的名词复数 )； 诉苦； 投诉； 疾病

参考例句：

• a litany of complaints 喋喋不休的抱怨
• The company had received complaints both verbally and in writing. 这家公司收到了口头和书面的投诉。

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

9 psychologist   

n.心理学家；心理学研究者

参考例句：

• Dr.Sinclair is a child psychologist.辛克莱博士是一位儿童心理学专家。
• Psychologist is expert who studies at psychology.心理学家是研究心理学的专家。

10 impatient   

adj.不耐烦的，急躁的；热切的，急切的

参考例句：

• He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.他是那样急躁，我简直拉不住他。
• With an impatient gesture he thrust the food away from him.他不耐烦地把吃的东西猛地推开。

11 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

12 occurred   

v.发生(occur 的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• These changes have occurred over a long time span. 这些变化经过了很长一段时间才形成。