新标准大学英语视听说教程(2)听力原文-Unit+3New

1Unit3-Conversation1Kate:Areyouonyourwaytotheboathouse?Janet:No.What'shappening?Kate:There'sapracticeracetohelpchoosewhowillrowonthecollegeteam.Markreallywantsaplaceontheteam,sohehastorowwelltoday.AndI'mgoingtowatch.Janet:Well,I'dliketo,butIhaveanessaytofinish.Kate:That'stoobad!Iknowhowyoufeel.Janet:MaybeIcancomelater?Kate:Sure.I'mthinkingofhavinglunchintheboathousebar,andthenwatchingtherowingallafternoon.Janet:HowdoIgettotheboathouse?Kate:It'seasy.Canyouseewhereweareonthemap?Here,look!Janet:OK,whichwayroundarewestanding?...Yes,gotit!Kate:OK,godownCatteStreet,andturnrightintotheHighStreet.GoalongtheHighStreetandturnleftintoStAldates.WalkalongStAldates,pastChristChurchCollegeuntilyougettoFollyBridge.Janet:Isee.Kate:Thenwhenyougettothebridge,crossovertheriver...turnleftandwalkalongtheriverbank.Keepgoingalongtheriver...Andyou'rethere!Theboathousesareontheright,andtheHertfordCollegeBoathouseisthelastonealong.Youcan'tmissit.Janet:Thanks.I'mlookingforwardtoseeingtherowing.Kate:Noproblem.Weshouldn'tmisstherowing—it'sagreatuniversitytradition!Janet:Iknow,Markwastellingme.Kate:LiketheboatracebetweenOxfordandCambridgeuniversitieseveryyear.Janet:Ofcourse!Thegreatrivals!Kate:TheBoatRacehasbeengoingforyears,maybenearly200years.Janet:AndOxfordwonitthisyear!Kate:Yes,butCambridgewasveryclosebehind.Anywayseeyoulater,downbytheriver.Janet:Bye.Unit3-Conversation2Kate:Sotherulesare...theboatsfolloweachotherandtheonebehindhastobumptheoneinfront...justlikethatonehasdone.Janet:IsthatMark'sboat?Kate:Yes!Look,hisboatisabouttobumptheoneinfront!Welldone!Mark:Hiyouguys!Kate:Fantastic,Mark.Youwereamazing!Mark:Well,wewonthepracticerace,butI'mworriedaboutgettingaplaceontheteam.Theproblemisthatthereareatleastthreeotherpeopleontheteamwhohaverowedbefore.AndIcan'thelpthinkingthattheywerebetterthanme.Janet:Don'tworry,Mark.EverythingwillbeOK.Mark:AndthenIhurtmykneegettingintotheboat.Janet:Oh,I'msosorry!Kate:Toobad,butit'sonlyascratch.Listenup,Janetisright.Noneedtogetnervous,Mark.Youwerethestrongestlookingguyintheboattoday.Chillout!Mark:Hey,they'reputtingtheteamlistonthedoor.Janet:Let'sgooverandsee.Mark:No,yougo!Ican'tbeartolook!Kate:OK.Kate:Hey,Mark,greatnews!Yougotaplaceonthecollegeteam!Janet:Congratulations!Kate:That'sgreat,Mark,youdeserveit.Youtrainedsohard.Mark:Ican'tbelieveit!Unit3-OutsideviewPart1Narrator:Ahistoricmoment,andyethemadeitsoeasy.UsainBoltbecamethefirstmantosuccessfullydefendboththe100-and200-meterOlympicsprinttitles,andhewentontoanchorJamaica’swinningruninthefourby100hundredmetersrelayinworldrecordtime.Attheendofthatrace,Boltgaveanodtoanothertrackstarwitha“Mobot”gesture,signatureofMoFarah,whobecameonlytheseventhpersonevertowinthe5000and10000double,infrontofanecstatichomecrowd.MoFarah:It’snotgoingtoaffectme,I’mthesametooldMo,nothing’sgoingtochange.Itjustmeansyou’vegottwogoodmedalsand…butsomethingyou’veworkedsohardfor,I’mjustgoingtoenjoyit.Narrator:Alsoalegendinthemaking,KenyanDavidRudisha,whosmashedthe800metersrecordwhichhadstoodsince1976.SwimmerMichaelPhelpsbrokeanotherlong-standingrecord.Hebecametheworld’smostsuccessfulOlympianwith22medals,18ofthemgold,breakingtherecordsetin1968.Hislastpodiumbeforeretiringwasanemotionalmoment.Phelps:Yeah,assoonasIsteppedup,ah,ontothepodium,I…Icouldfeelthetearsstartscoming.And,youknow,IsaidtoNathan,Isaid,“Uh-oh,heretheycome.Thiscouldbe…thiscouldbeprettybrutaluphere.”Andtheyjuststartedcoming.AndItriedtofightitbutthenIjust…Ijustdecidedjusttoletitgo.Part2Narrator:TearstooforcyclistChrisHoy,whobecameBritain’smostsuccessfulOlympian,withsixgolds.Andthentherewerealsomomentofanguishandfrustration.China’sstarhurdlerLiuXiangcrashoutofhissecondconsecutiveOlympics,andBrazil’sfootballersonceagainfailedtoliftgold.2Thesegameswerealsomarkedbywomen.TeenagersYeShiwen,KatieLedeckyandMissyFranklinsetrecordtimesinthepool.SaudiArabia,BruneiandQatarsentfemaleathletesfoethefirsttime.Women’sboxingbecameanOlympicsport.AndBritishpostergirlJessicaEnnisgavethehomenationadefiningmomentwhenshetookheptathlongold.ShewasattheforefrontoftheteamGB’sbiggestmedalshaulofmoderntimes,comingthirdinthemedaltable.TheUnitedStatesregainedtheirplaceatthetop,withChinacomingsecond.Forsomethough,itwasn’taboutthemedals.Butit’sthetakingpartthatcounts.Unit3-ListeninginNewsreportThere’sanewfitnesstrendinAustraliacalled“crunning”.It’sanewsportthatcombinescrawlingandrunningthatinvolvesusingyourhandsandfeetontheground.TheideawasstartedbyMelbourneresidentShaunMcCarthy,andhehopesitwillspreadtoothercountries.McCarthycan’tprovethatcrunningismorebeneficialthantraditionalrunning.However,hebelievesthatitisabetterwaytoexercisebecauseitinvolvesusingyourupperbodyaswellasyourlowerbody.Thereforeitprovidesacompletebodyworkout.Healsosaidthatcrunningburnsmorecaloriesthanrunning.Expertsaren’tsureifcrunningisactuallyasafeexerciseforpeople.Unlikeanimals,humansarenotbuilttomoveonallfourlimbs.People’swristsarenotasstrongastheirankles,andcrunningcanplacealargeamountofpressureonthewristsaswellastheirelbowsandshoulders.Itcouldresultinaninjurytothelowerback,shoulders,elbo