新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 6-2

III. Listening In
Task 1: David Copperfield is coming.

W:     My brother is going to pick up some tickers for the David Copperfield show. You interested in coming with us?
M:     I don’t know. I’ve been card tricks before, and rabbits from hats. I even do tricks myself—watch me change this coin into an ice cream cone¹.
W:     Very funny. David Copperfield is the world’s greatest magician²; he’s certainly worth a look.
M:      Actually, I have seen him on television. He pulls off some pretty amazing stunts³. I wish I knew how he performed his tricks. Then I could also make a person float in the air. I could pull a rabbit out of my hat. I could escape from a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater. And I could saw a woman in half.
W:      A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible and no one has any idea how he does it. I saw him on TV when he walked through the Great Wall of China.
M:     How could he do that?
W:      I have no idea, but I know what I saw: He entered a canvas⁴ shelter on one side of the wall, and he came out of a canvas shelter on the other side.
M:     yes, bur was he always in full view of the camera, or did they cut to a commercial or something else?
W:      Not only was the camera running all the time, but he was hooked⁵ up a heart monitor, and you could track his progress as he moved through the wall.
M:     It’s difficult to know what to believe. I know it’s not possible for him to do that, but…
W:     It sounds to me like it’s a show worth watching.
M:     Count me in. Instead of an ice cream cone, I’ll turn my money into a ticket.

1. What is the dialog⁶ mainly about?
2. Which of the following DOESN’T the man mention?
3. What did David Copperfield do at the Great Wall of China, according to the woman?
4. Under what condition did David Copperfield go through the Great Wall?
5. What does the man finally decide to do?

Keys: 1C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C

 

For Reference⁷
1. He could make a person float in the air, pull a rabbit out of his hat, escape from a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater, and saw a woman in half.
2. She thinks Davis Copperfield in the world’s greatest magician and he’s certainly worth a look.
 

1 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。

2 magician   

n.魔术师，变戏法的人，术士

参考例句：

• With a wave of his hand,the magician made the rabbit vanish.魔术师手一挥兔子便不见了。
• The magician transformed the man into a rabbit.魔术师把那个人变成了兔子。

3 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 canvas   

n.粗帆布，一块油画布

参考例句：

• The times that people used canvas boat have become history.人们用帆船的时代已成为历史。
• Smith painted an oil painting on the canvas.史密斯在画布上画了一幅油画。

5 hooked   

adj.钩状的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。
• He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上，把她的头拉低。

6 dialog   

n.对话，对白

参考例句：

• At last there can be a reasonable dialog between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了。
• Address every primary view and dialog possible.要尽可能考虑到所有主要的视图和对话。

7 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。