新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 10-1

Uint10
II. Basic Listening Practice
1. Script
W: Many Chinese students are too shy to say anything in a classroom.
M: I think they don’t speak because their culture values modesty¹, and they don’t want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius.
Q: Why don’t Chinese students say anything in classroom according to the man?
2. Script
W: The government is doing something at last about sex discrimination in the workplace. Women deserve the same pay as men for the same work.
M: Yeah. In the United States, women earn only 70 percent of what men do for the same job. It’s a situation that has to be changed.
Q: What does the man say about women?
3. Script
W: I admire Michael Dell. He had a dream to be the world’s largest manufacturer of personal computers, and he has realized that dream.
M: And he dropped out of university to become a success. I wonder if there is a lesson in that.
Q: What do we learn about Dell from the conversation?
4. Script
M: Successful entrepreneurs are often self-made people who have a vision and know where they are going.
W: But do they enjoy life like you and me, or is money their only concern?
Q: What are the two speakers’ attitudes toward successful entrepreneurs?
5. Script
W: Do you agree that equal opportunity for all in an educational system is important?
M: Yes, but we have to recognize that all of us are not of equal ability.
Q: What does the man imply?
Keys: 1.C   2.A   3. D   4.B   5.A

1 modesty   

n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素

参考例句：

• Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。