大学英语听力第三册 lesson 15

　　Lesson Fifteen ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS (I)
Part B Macro-Listening (Tapescripts, Notes, Exercises with Key)
Passage 1
We Are All Survivors¹
Tapescript
I'm Bill Daniels. I live in Chicago. I was working in my office on the 28th floor of a skyscraper². I was dictating³ some letters to my secretary when the fire-bell rang. I rushed out to the elevator but it wasn't working. The stairs were full of thick smoke. We couldn't go down, so we had to go up to the roof. When we got there some people were waiting calmly. Others were shouting and screaming wildly. A helicopter managed to land on the roof and rescued six of us before the building collapsed⁴.
My name is Maggie Davis. I was on holiday in the South Pacific and I was staying on a small island. I was having a rest when the volcano⁵ erupted. The noise woke me up. I looked through the window. Everybody was running towards the harbor⁶. I just put on a coat and ran to the harbor too. I managed to get on a ship. It was leaving when the lava⁷ hit the town.
Hello, I'm George Green. I'm a farmer. I was working in the field behind my house when I saw the plane. It was on fire. Smoke was coming from the engines, and it was coming down fast. I was running towards my house when it crashed into the trees behind me. I heard a terrible explosion⁸... When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital bed.
Dialogue 2
What Qualifications Have You Got?
Tapescript
Catherirne has just left school and she wants to find a job. She and her mother have come to speak to the Careers Advisory-Officer.
Officer Come in, please take a seat. I'm the careers officer. You're Cathy, aren't you?
Mother That's right. This is Catherine Hunt, and I'm her mother.
Officer How do you do, Mrs Hunt? Hello, Catherine.
Cathy Hello. Pleased to meet you.
Officer And you'd like some advice about choosing a career?-
Mother Yes, she would. Wouldn't you, Catherine?
Cathy Yes, please.
Officer Well, just let me ask a few questions to begin with. How old are you, Catherine?
Mother She's nineteen. Well, she's almost nineteen.
Officer And what qualifications have you got?
Mother Well, qualifications from school, of course. Very good results she got. And she got certificates⁹ for ballet and for playing the piano.
Officer Is that what you're interested in, Catherine, dancing and music? Cathy Well...
Mother Ever since she was a little girl, she's been very keen¹⁰ on music and dancing. She ought to be a music teacher or something. She's quite willing to train for a few more years to get the right job, aren't you, Catherine?
Cathy Well, if it's a good idea.
Mother There you are, you see. She's a good girl really, a bit lazy and disorganized sometimes, but she's very bright. I'm sure the careers officer will have lots of jobs for you.
Officer Well, I'm afraid it's not as easy as that. There are many young people these days who can't find the job they want.
Mother I told you, Catherine. I told you, you shouldn't wear that dress. You have to look smart to get a job these days.
Officer I think she looks very nice. Mrs Hunt, will you come into the other office for a moment and look at some of the information we have there. I'm sure you'd like to see how we can help young people.
Mother Yes, I'd love to. Mind you, I think Catherine would be a nice teacher. She could work with young children.
Officer All right. But I'm afraid there's a lot of competition.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 skyscraper   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
• The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。

3 dictating   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary. 经理在向秘书口授信稿。 来自辞典例句
• Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest. 她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。 来自辞典例句

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 volcano   

n.火山

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning.火山一早突然爆发了。
• It is most risky to go and examine an active volcano.去探察活火山是非常危险的。

6 harbor   

n.海港，港口；vt.庇护，藏匿；心怀(怨恨等)

参考例句：

• The harbor lies to the south of the city.港口在城市的南边。
• At that time,our ship was tied up at this harbor.当时我们的船停靠在这个港口。

7 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

8 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

9 certificates   

n.证明书，执照( certificate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They accepted their certificates with words of thanks. 他们一边道谢，一边接过证书。 来自辞典例句
• The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates. 据说那个银行经理曾出具伪造的凭证。 来自辞典例句

10 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。