Lesson 8

听力部分

听力练习

一级练习：小对话［难度系数★］

本课的主题“旅游名胜的介绍”在四级听力考试里多次出现。先听一段简单的四级听力小对话，试一试！

A. Spending more time on sightseeing.

B. Visiting the city with a group.

C. Touring the city on a fine day.

D. Taking the man with her on the tour.

二级练习：听写［难度系数★★］

看看下面的答案（先不要看听力原文）。趁热打铁！把这个小对话跟着录音听写一遍。（录音会以较慢的速度读两遍，每句后您有30秒到1分钟的时间听写。再以较快的速度读第三遍，您可以查缺补漏）开始了…

W: ______________________________

M: ______________________________

听力原文如下

W: I think I will take a half-day tour of the city.

M: Why not the whole day?

Q: What does the man suggest?

听说练习

一级练习：口语问答［难度系数★］

本课主题在较长的六级听力真题段落题里出现。以下录音的速度适当放慢了，挑战一下吧！

1. What is special about the Polish way of spending leisure time? 计时1分钟，回答开始…

2. For what does the author admire the Polish people? 计时1分钟，回答开始…

3. What are the differences now? 计时1分钟，回答开始…

听力原文如下（阴影部分为答案核心内容）

People in Poland take their pleasure seriously.(1)They like to have an aim even when spending the time which is entirely their own. During the summer，people start work very early in the morning so that they can finish early and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. It is difficult to imagine Polish people going aimlessly for a walk in the country，though they might go to pick wild fruit，to visit a place of historical importance or to walk 20km as a training exercise.(2)They are often admired for their immense enjoyment of the arts. All parks are beautifully cared and are for the use and enjoyment of the people. Quite ordinary people will talk with obvious delight about concerts. There is nearly always a crowd at the door of the theatre，asking for returned tickets.(3)People in Poland now have far more leisure time and more money than ever before. It is therefore possible to spend the weekends in many new ways. Many people now have over 20 days holiday a year. This provides an opportunity for holidays in the country or at the seaside.

二级练习：复读与背诵［难度系数★★］

刚才口语问答的答案是本课主题的关键表达，一定要积累成自己的口语素材。

第一步：看着上面画线的文字跟读一遍。录音中读一句停止后，您读一句。

第二步：请自己说出下面句子空白的部分，同声跟读已写出的部分。

第一遍：

1. They like to ___________ even when __________________________________... It is difficult to imagine Polish people __________________________________，though they might ___________________，to visit a place of historical importance or to walk 20km _______________________.

2. They are often ______________ immense enjoyment of the arts.

3. People in Poland now ____________________ and more money than ever before. It is therefore possible to _________________________________. Many people now have _____________________. This _________________ for holidays in the country or at the seaside.

第二遍：

1. They like to have an aim even when spending the time which is entirely their own... ___________________ Polish people going aimlessly for a walk in the country，though they might go to pick wild fruit，_________________________________ or to walk 20km as a training exercise.

2. They are often admired for their __________________________.

3. People in Poland now have far more leisure time __________________________. ____________________ to spend the weekends in many new ways. _________________ over 20 days holiday a year. This provides an opportunity ___________________________________.

第三步：自己试着完整地背诵一遍。（计时3分钟，背诵开始…）

词汇与语法

词汇测试

一级练习：［难度系数★］

本课新学的词汇出现在高考和六级考试中。挑战一下吧！

临考情境模拟：每题控制在1分钟内，本级测试限时9分钟，请把计时器调到9分钟。计时开始！

考查词汇：connect

1. In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the ______ in personality.

A. contact

B. contrast

C. connection

D. conflict

［高考真题］

2. I'm planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can make no guarantees because it ______ the weather.

A. links with

B. depends on

C. connects to

D. decides on

［高考真题］

考查词汇：attempt

3. Jason has been preparing carefully for his English examination so that he could be sure of passing it at his first ______.

A. purpose

B. desire

C. attempt

D. intention

［高考真题］

4. A man is being questioned in relation to the ______ murder last night.

A. advised

B. attended

C. attempted

D. admitted

［高考真题］

考查词汇：peace

5. Finnish President said Finland-China relations had progressed ______ with fruitful co-operation in new and high-tech fields.

A. peacefully

B. highly

C. quietly

D. smoothly

［高考真题］

考查词汇：connect

6. He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in ______ with the Imperial Museum.

A. combination

B. collaboration

C. connection

D. collection

［六级真题］

考查词汇：tunnel

7. If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to ______ away all the rocks.

A. haul

B. transfer

C. repel

D. dispose

［六级真题］

考查词汇：freedom

8. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it ______ when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.

A. compacted

B. restricted

C. dispersed

D. delayed

［六级真题］

考查词汇：regular

9. The body clock is designed for a ______ 64 rhythm of daylight and darkness, so that it is thrown out of balance when it experiences daylight and darkness at the “wrong” times in a new time zone.

A. regular

B. formal

C. continual

D. circular

［六级真题］

二级练习：［难度系数★★］

本课新学的词汇在较难的专业四级、考研考试里出现，挑战一下吧！

临考情境模拟：每题控制在2分钟内，本级测试限时2分钟，请把计时器调到2分钟。计时开始！

考查词汇：tunnel

There are still many problem ahead of us, but by this time next year we can see light at the end of the ______.

A. battle

B. day

C. road

D. tunnel

［专业四级真题］

三级练习：［难度系数★★★］

本课新学的词汇在需要翻译的难句里出现，挑战一下吧！

临考情境模拟：每题控制在3分钟内，本级测试限时3分钟，请把计时器调到3分钟。计时开始！

考查词汇：attempt

At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.

［四、六级考试阅读长难句］

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语法积累

临考情境模拟：请将本部分学习时间控制在10分钟内，请把计时器调到10分钟。计时开始！

原文：But each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveler is in difficulty.

译文：但每年无论何时旅行者遇到困难，还是要派狗到雪地里去营救。

• 让步从句：

whenever在该句中引导让步状语从句。

• 常见结构：

以-ever结尾的几个词，引导让步状语从句。

whenever = no matter when

wherever = no matter where

whatever = no matter what

however = no matter how

另外，whatever, whoever, whichever既可作关系副词引导让步状语从句，也可作关系代词引导定语从句。

whatever = anything that

whoever = anyone who

whichever = anything that

• 写作中何时使用：简练地表达让步语气。

再看一个让步状语从句的例子：

原文：Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

译文：无论它走到哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物。

再看一个让步状语从句的例子：

原文：Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.

译文：每次意大利各城邦之间打仗，霍克伍德便把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。

语法链接

请在下面的句子中填入适当的关系副词，并翻译成中文。

________ it consists of, stamps, records, first editions of books, china, glass, antique furniture, pictures, model cars, stuffed birds, toy animals, there is always something to do in connection with it.

______________________________

阅读部分

一级练习：［难度系数★］

本课主题“旅游名胜”在较难的四级模考阅读里出现。试一试下面的文章和题目！

临考情境模拟：请在5分钟内读完文章，4分钟做完题。请把计时器调到9分钟。计时开始！

Tourism clearly counts as one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena of the last century. It undoubtedly will keep this position for the century to come. Every year a bigger portion of the world population takes part in tourism activity and for the majority of countries tourism has developed as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing sectors of economy.

Data for the last decade show that air and road transport are, by far, the means of transport most widely used by international tourists. In 1999, air transport represented 43 percent of the total and road transport 42 percent. Rail transport accounts for 7 percent and sea transport for 8 percent. Over time a clear trend can be observed of a slow but steady increase of air transport at the expense of road transport.

According to figures up to 1999, leisure, recreation and holidays still represent the main purpose of visit, accounting for 62 percent. Business travel accounts for 18 percent of the total, the remaining 20 percent being represented by other motives, for example, visiting friends and relatives, for health treatment and other.

WTO's Tourism 2020 Vision forecasts that international arrivals are expected to reach over 1.56 billion by the year 2020. Of these worldwide arrivals in 2020, 1.18 billion will be intraregional and 0.38 billion will be long-haul travelers.

The total tourist arrivals by region shows that by 2020 the top three receiving regions will be Europe, East Asia and Pacific, and the Americas, followed by Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa are forecasted to record growth at a rate of over 5 percent per year compared to the world average of 4.1 percent.

S1. From the first paragraph, what do we know about the relation between tourism and economy?

______________________________

S2. How will the proportion of air and road transportation to the total change in the future?

______________________________

S3. With what purposes are people traveling to different places?

______________________________

S4. What is “long-haul” referring to?

______________________________

S5. Will China be one of the top receiving regions by 2020? How do you know that?

______________________________

写作部分

本课介绍了一个旅游胜地St-Bernard Pass，这里给大家提供另一篇描写St-Bernard Pass的写作素材，与课文的结构一致，方便大家对比研究，积累下来，在以后遇到的旅游话题中结合课文使用。

真题举例

You have the opportunity to visit a foreign country for two weeks. Which country would you like to visit? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.

［TOEFL真题］

写作素材

The Grand-St-Bernard Pass is the oldest Alpine pass route, protected by monks inhabiting the hospice（旅客住宿处）on top for almost a millennium. The sense of history is what draws countless travellers in—for centuries, this was the only road between northern Europe and southern Europe for hundreds of miles on either flank. The interesting museum documents the history of the pass, and includes several quaking accounts of fatal or near-fatal crossings. The two buildings which make up the hospice, exposed to winter storms which have been known to bring 25m of snow with them and temperatures of-30℃, date from 1560 and 1898; the older one contains a Baroque church. If you walk down from the hospice, the Italian frontier guards will let you cross the international border to explore the rocky area behind the customs post and Italian hospice; around the statue of St Bernard atop its round pillar(1905)you'll find traces of the Roman road cut into the bedrock.

In summer, it's possible to stay in the hospice, which is still a functioning religious community, either in plain, cosy rooms, or dorms(Fr.17); the cooking is suitable hearty and warming and the atmosphere jovial. During the winter months(Nov.—Jun.)and over Easter, you can arrange an individual retreat, to take advantage of the solitude for personal reflection. The hospice also runs mountaineering courses and weekend hiking and skiing excursions.