新标准大学英语视听说教程听力材料文本2

1Unit1CollegecultureOutsideviewV/OHarvardUniversityinCambridgeisoneofthebestuniversitiesintheworld.WespoketoAlexJude,theuniversity’sHeadofCommunications.HeexplainedthatHarvardlooksforthebestandmosttalentedstudentsfromaroundtheworld.AlexHarvardactuallyseeksstudentsfromaroundtheworld,thebeststudentsthatwecanfind,tostudychemistry,orstudyliterature,orstudygovernment,orbusiness.Ourbusinessschoolisparticularlywell-knownaroundtheworld,asisthemedicalschoolandlawschool,so,um,and,andtheKennedySchoolofgovernment,fortheJohnF.KennedySchoolofGovernment,so,er,wedoseekvery,verytalentedstudentsandwehaveopendoorsforthem.V/OWeaskedfivestudentsatHarvardtotelluswhatkindofsociallifetheyhave.AshleyUm,wellrelaxingisalittlehardtodoaroundhere,butbasically,Imean,Istill,I,Ilivenearbyanyway,soIseealotofmyfriends,and…Um,there’sagoodsociallifehereifyoulookforit.Igotothegym,run.Sothat’swhatIdo.AdamItiswhateveryouwantittobe.It’sgood.Ifyouwannagooutparty,doanythingyoucan.Ifyouwannasitinyourroomandstudyallnightlikemyfriendoverhere,youcanalsodothat.BrianSocially,likeyousaid,it’s,it’salotofwhatyoumakeit.Um,wedon’thavefraternitieshere,andso,youknow,that’s,it’sobviouslynotassocial.There’snotasmanypartiesastherewouldbeonanothercampus.Um,butonaFridayorSaturdaynight,there,there,therewillbeaparty.Usuallyweendupstudyinguntilabout10o’clock.Andthenwe,andthenwe’llgooutandhavefunmaybe,orjustwatchamoviewithfriends,or,youknow,whateverisgoingonforthenight.JodieNoteveryonewouldagreewithme,obviously,butit’s,Ithinkit’safunplacetobe.Int.Haveyoumadealotoffriends?JodieOh,definitely.Int.：Mm.JodieMany.Int.What,whatdoyoudowithyourfriends?JodieUm,well,Iliketogotoconcerts.I’minthreemusicgroups,soIhavelotsofrehearsalsduringtheweekforthat.Um,justdo,youknow,somefunthings,ontheweekend.V/OWeaskedtheHarvardstudentsiftheyusetheInternet.2AshleyUm,I,Iuseitafairlygoodamount.Um,ourlibrarysystemisonline,soIusethatalot.Andalotofmyclasses,youknow,havetodoresearchpapers.Youcanfindalotofinformationonthere,so.Int.Sohowoftendoyouuseit,aweek,aday?AshleyUm,Iuseitprobablyonmoreofaweeklybasis.Maybethreeorfourtimesaweek.BrianOhyes,definitely.WelivethroughtheInternetactually.Well,IdoalotofresearchthroughtheInternet,followmystocksontheInternet.Um,well,eventhoughe-mailisnotofficiallyInternet,we,that’showwecommunicatealotatcollege,so,throughthee-mail.JohnUm,Iusetheinternetmostlyfor,er,I’dsay,sortofleisurepurposes.Imean,Iplay,um,Iuseitforalotof,Idon’t,wedon’thaveTVinmyroom,soIuseit,uh,uh,gototheCNNwebsite,keepuponcurrentevents,thingslikethat.Uh,Ialso,uh,youknow,there’ssomelittlegamestoplayovertheInternet.Um,justum,Igotoespn.comtoseewhat’shappening,followtheBostonRedSox,thingslikethat.Um,Ithinkalotofcoursesuseittopostthings,butI,Idon’tusuallyuseitthatmuchforresearch,orthings.Itendtousethelibrariesforsuchthings,so.ListeninginPassage1V/OHi,I’mNickCarter,andthisisSUR,youruniversityradiostation.Thismorningwewentaroundcampustoaskfreshers–nowhalf-waythroughtheirfirstyear–thequestion,“Howareyoufindinguni?”Herearesomeoftheanswerswegot.Speaker1It’scool.It’severythingIhopeditwouldbe.I’mveryambitious,IwanttobeajournalistandIwanttogettothetopoftheprofession.I’vestartedwritingfortheuniversitynewspapersoI’vegotmyfootontheladderalready.Speaker2I’mworkinghardandtheteachingisasgoodasIexpected.AndI’vemadesomegoodfriends.ButI’mveryhomesick.I’mNigerianandmyfamily’ssofaraway.IwenthomeatChristmasforamonth–thatreallyhelped,butman,Imissmyfamilysomuch.Speaker3“HowamIfindinguni?”It’sgreat.It’snotperfect,nothingis,but,like,I’vegotabrilliantsociallife,justbrilliant,andI’vemadelotsoffriends.ForthefirstfewmonthsIjustdidn’tdo,reallyenoughwork.ButI–ItalkedaboutitwithmyparentsandI’mworkinghardernowandgettinggoodgrades.Speaker4Actually,I’vebeenquitelonelytobehonest.I’mabitshy…everyoneelseseemedtofinditsoeasytomakefriendsstraightaway.Butthingshavebeenbetterrecently–yeah,theyhave.I’vejoinedacoupleofclubsandlike,itreallyhelpstogettoknowpeoplewhenyouhavesharedinterests.So,yeah–I’mfeelingalothappiernow.Speaker53Uni’sgreat,Iloveit.Myonlyproblem–andit’squiteabigproblem–ismoney.Myparentsarebothunemployedso,youknow,theycan’thelpmefinancially.Mygrantjustisn’t–it’sjustnotenoughformetoliveon,soI’vetakenapart-timejobasawaitress–alotofpeopleIknow,likealot,havehadtodothesame.Idon’twanttohavehugedebtsattheend.Speaker6Ilovemysubject,History,andI’m,I’mgettingfantasticteachinghere.IwanttobeauniversitylecturerandthatmeansIhavetogetafirst.Ihaveagoodsociallifebutworkdefinitelycomesfirstforme.Passage2OxfordandCambridge–twouniversitiessosimilarthattheyareoftenspokenoftogetheras“Oxbridge”.They’rebothintheUK,fairlynearLondon,andbothregularlycometopinanyrankingoftheworld’sbestuniversities.Thetwouniversitiesbeganwithinacenturyofeachother.OxfordUniversity,now900yearsold,wasfoundedtowardstheendofthe11thcentury.In1209therewasadisputebetweentheuniversityandthetownspeopleofOxford.Asaresult,someoftheOxfordteachersleftandfoundedauniversityinthetownofCambridge,some84milesaway.Eversincethen,thetwoinstitutionshavebeenverycompetitive.Unlikemostmodernuniversities,bothO