新标准大学英语视听说教程第一册视频及听力原文

Unit1StartingoutInsideviewConversation1PorterGoodafternoon.JanetGoodafternoon.PorterNewstudent?JanetYes.PorterWelcometoHertfordCollege.JanetThankyou.PorterCanIhaveyourfamilyname,please?JanetYes,it’sLi.PorterEr,L-doubleE?JanetNo,L-I.PorterAndwhat’syourfirstname,MsLi?JanetJanet.PorterJanetLi...ahyes,thereyouare.Hereareyourkeys.JanetWhere’smyroom?PorterYou’reinStaircase6Room5.JanetWhoamIsharingwith?PorterNobody.Youhaveyourownroom.Er...there’saMsSantosintheroomnexttoyou.JanetOh.Myownroom?InChinaweusuallyhaveseveralpeopleinadormitory.PorterWell,hereyoudon’thavetosharewithanyone.JanetThankyouSir.PorterNoneedtocallmesir,MsLi.EveryonecallsmeStewart.JanetPleasecallmeJanet!PorterOK,Janet,um,canyoujustsignforyourkeys,please?Conversation2KateHi,haveyoujustarrivedtoo?JanetYes!KateIguesswe’reneighbours.Myname’sKateSantos.JanetI’mJanetLi.Whereareyoufrom?KateFromNewYork.Howaboutyou?JanetI’mfromAnshaninChina.KateIsJanetyourrealname?JanetNo,it’smyEnglishname.MyChinesenameisLiHui.IsKateyourfullname?KateNo,it’sshortforCatherine.JanetSodoIcallyouCatherineorKate?KateEveryonecallsmeKate.JanetNicetomeetyou.KateOK,Janet.Seeyoulater.JanetBye!Conversation3KateHey!Thisisawesome!Lookatthesizeofthisdininghall.JanetIsthiswherewehaveallourmeals?KateIguess.MarkYoujustarrived?GirlsYes!MarkMetoo.Bytheway,I’mMark.Nicetomeetyou.KateHi,I’mKate.MarkHiKate,Iguessyou’refromtheStates.KateRight!Howcanyoutell?You’reBritish,huh?MarkYes,I’mfromLondon.Andyouare...?JanetI’mLiHui.I’mfromChina.ButyoucancallmeJanet.MarkHiJanet.WelcometoEngland.Whatareyoureading?JanetEnglish.MarkHowaboutyou,Kate?KateMymajorislaw.Andyou?MarkI’mstudyingPPE.KateThat’saspecialOxfordsubject,isn’tit?OutsideviewJulieMyname’sJulieDearden,andI’mtheDirectorofInternationalProgrammeshereatHertfordCollege.EugeneMyname’sEugeneBerger,IstudiedhereinOxfordforfouryearser,studyingmodernlanguagesatSomervilleCollege.JulieOh,therearemanyOxfordtraditions.Oxfordisaveryolduniversity,theoldestEnglish-speakinguniversityinthe,intheworld.Andsotherearemanytraditionswhichareassociatedwiththecolleges,withthetimesoftheyear,andwithsport,andwitheating,forexample.EugeneEachcollegeisverydifferentum,fromum,theothers,andithasitsowncharacter.Somecollegesareveryconservative,andsomearemuchmoreliberalandhaveatraditionofum,kindofliberalpolitics.Buttherearealsosomespecifictraditions.JulieFormalHalliswhenwealleattogetherhereincollege,theprofessorsandthestudents.Usuallyittakesplacesatseveno’clockintheevening,andtheprofessorssitonhightablewhichisthetableoverhere,andthestudentssitoncommontable,whicharethetableshere.Buteverybodyeatstogether.It’saverybeautifuleveningbecausethereare,there’saspecialmealandweeatbycandlelight.EugeneIthinker,thetraditionsthatmakeOxfordsouniquearefirstlytheOxfordUnionander,secondly,MayDay.TheOxfordUnionbeingadebatingsocietywherespeakerscomefromallaroundtheworldtoaddressthestudentsandevenallowthemselvestobequestionedbythestudents,makingitaveryinterestingforum.JulieMyfavouriteiser,MayDay.AndMayDayisthefirstdayofMay,andwehaveatraditioncalledMayMorning,andonMayMorningeverybodygetsupveryearlyandthestudentshaveacelebration.ThereisachoirwhichsingsontopofthetoweratMagdalenCollegeandallthepeopleofthetownandallthestudentsgotolistentothesinging.Soit’sverynice.EugeneThetraditionthater,wasmostimportanttomewasprobablySummerEights.Iwasarower.AndSummerEightsisarowingcompetition,heldinMayinthesummerterm.Andinthiscompetition,eachcollegeistryingtoimproveitsplacewhichitwonthepreviousyearandgraduallyworkitswayuptheriver.JulieWhenthestudentstakeexams,theymustgotoaspecialbuildingandit’scalledExaminationSchools.Andalsotheymustwearaspecialuniform,sotheywearE.gownlikemine,ablackgown,andtheywearawhiteshirt,aridthemenwearawhitetieandblacktrousers.Thewomenwearawhiteshirtandablackskirtorblacktrousers.Andtheymustwearthisuniform,whichhasaLatinname-subfuse—andtheymustwearthisuniforminordertotaketheirexaminations.EugeneIthinktheOxfordtraditionslendcharactertotheplaceandit’ssuchanoldinstitution,itshouldhavetraditions,buttheycanbeveryinconvenient.Forexample,subfuse.Thisistheuniformthatwearerequiredaccordingtotheuniversityrules,towear.JulieTheyalsowearflowersintheirbuttonholes,andthoseflowersarecarnations.Andtheyweardifferentcolours,thestudentsweardifferentcolouredflowersfordifferentexaminations.Sowhenyoutakeyourfirstexamyouwearawhiteflower,andwhenyoutakeyoursecondexamyouwearapinkflower,andwhenyoutakeyourfinalexaminationyouweararedcarnation.EugeneSowehavetodressupinafullblacksuit,starchedcollar,whitebowtieandcarryamortarboard.Andtowriteanexaminthesummerheatwhilstwearingallthatwhichyou’renotallowedtotakeoffisum,uncomfortable.JulieIreallyliketheOxfordtraditions,Ithinkit’spartofourhistory,andpartofum,beingastudentorateacherhereatOxfordUniversity.ListeninginPassage1InterviewerCanyoutellmesomethingabouttheIvyLeague?You’reaprofessoratHarvard,isthatright?ProfessorThat’sright,yes.InterviewerTellmehowmanyuniversitiesarethere?Howmanyinstitutions?ProfessorIntotalthereareeightinstitutions:There’sHarvard,Yale,Brown,Columbia,Cornell,Dartmouth,Prin