语音讲解:
Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
_______, the United States Motion Picture Association began ____________. The ______ of a _____provided a _____ to __________. The _____________ were ______ understood __________________. "G" ______that the movie was for General Audience, "PG" ________that it _______ Parental Guidance and "R" _________ Restricted Viewing. But why the ________________ "X" was ________ to____ the movies that _____________________________ or ________________? The "X" _________________ Extra Restricted.
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
A
Mother: It doesn't____________ at all. Truman. I see him ten times a week in___________ different ______. I almost hugged a ___________ in the salon last ________.
Truman: It was ___, I _____, dressed like a ___________. And you know what else was strange? A businessman and a woman with _____________ came _______________ and _____ him _____ a ___.
Mother: Well, it's about time they _______ the trash _________ before we become just like ____________ the country.
Truman: They never found dad's ____. Maybe somehow…I'm telling you that if it _____ him, it ___ his _____! Did dad have a brother?
Mother: Truman, you know _______________ that your father was ____________ just like you. Now sweetie, you're just feeling bad _____________ what happened. You sailing off ____ that ______. But I never ______ you, Truman, and I don't ________ you now.
B
Man: You _______ said ________ all morning. Anything wrong?
Daughter: _____.
Man: School _____ all right?
Daughter: Fine, ______ for the _____ that everyone looks at me like I'm an alien, but…
Man: Kay…
Daughter: It's been __ the _____ every morning for a week. Dad, how _______ you let it ___ like this?
Man: Christine, there wasn't really much I ______ do about it.
Daughter: I mean if the mayor is so _____________ why is ______ you had to ____. Man: It's too complicated to explain. You don't ________ know.
Daughter: Yeah, I do!
Man: Okay. The_____ has made decisions that I think ___ the ________. He's re-routed money and now we're _________ equipment and _______ and that is dangerous for everybody. Honey, I didn't mean for it to _________. It just got away. I'll find a different job.
Daughter: But you ______ love your job. Now all you do is __________ people. It's ever since you and mom ______.
Man: No, that's not true. It's true that the_______ has been difficult but it just…
Daughter: Just ________.
听力部分注解Dictation:
rate: classify moviessintosdifferent categories给电影分级( rating:电影的分级,也可表示电影、电视的收视率)
moviegoer: one who often goes to movies; Similarly, a churchgoer is one who often goes to Church.常去看电影的人
signify: to be a sign of; to mean代表,表示
uppercase: the opposite of lowercase与小写字母相反的大写字母
Dialogue Completion:
A
hug:拥抱
用法:He hugged his daughter.
他紧紧拥抱了他的女儿。
come out of nowhere: Something surprises you by suddenly coming in your direction. When you are standing alone in a peaceful forest and a bear is suddenly running at you from the side, you can say it came out of nowhere. Or if you are suddenly hit by a car that you didn't see, you can say it came out of nowhere.(不知从哪儿突然冒出来,突如其来)
用法:The bus driver didn't have a chance to react quickly enough―the car came out of nowhere but fortunately no one was hurt.
公共汽车司机根本来不及做出反应--那辆小汽车不知是从什么地方冒出来的,但是好在没人受伤。
trash:本义是指没有价值的东西、垃圾,这里却指沿街乞讨的乞丐。
In this case, sailing off refers to going off by yourself in a boat that is naturally driven by wind.(乘风力驱动的船航行)
Balien:refers to someone that feels uncomfortable, or out of place, in the society or system that surrounds them.(觉得自己与周围格格不入。alien指的是"外星人";但美国政府也把非法移民称作"illegal aliens"或者是"aliens"。)
mayor:镇长,市长
When you split up with someone you break off your relationship with them.(两人分手,结束恋爱或婚姻关系)
用法:Did you hear about John and Rebecca? They split up after being together for ten years.
你听到John和Rebecca的事了吗?他们共同生活10年后分手了。