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听英语单词 2022-06-09

新世纪大学英语综合教程1

Unit 4

Task 1: Focusing on the Main Ideas

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.

1. This talk is mainly about ________.

A) why teenagersrefuse to listen to their parents

B) what the largerproblems in the parent-teenager relationship are

C) what needs tobe done to improve the parent-teenager relationship

D) what causes the communication problem between teenagers and theirparents

2. The speaker says that difficulty in communication between teenagers and their parents is mainlycaused by ________.

A) generation gap

B)misunderstanding

C) lack of communication

D) differentstyles of thinking

3. The “taking out the trash” incident is a good example to show that ________.

A) teenagersshould communicate more with their mothers

B) teenagersusually refuse to help their mothers with house chores

C) teenagers often miss the implied message in their mother’sinstruction

D) teenagers areusually unwilling to follow their mother’s instructions

4. The speaker believes that ________.

A) the “taking out the trash” incident is an exceptional case

B) unhappiness caused by small incidents at home can cause larger problems

C)misunderstanding between parents and their children is easy to be solved

D) it can be a serious causeof concern if miscommunication occurs in bigger issues

Task 2: Zooming In on the Details

Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.

Teenagers and their parents may often havedifficulties communicating with each other. Teenagers often think adults___________________________ (1).However, adults often think teenagers just _________________________________ (2)they say. Some people may feel that theconflict between parents and teenagers is caused by the ____________________ (3).The speaker believesthat it lies mostly in implied statements that are not___________________________ (4) between a teenage child and a parent. In the“taking out the trash” example, the mother feels that the teenager________________________ (5), but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takesplace around our home every day. They cause__________________ (6) but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quitesoon. When this type of “lack of communication” __________________ (7) thebigger issues of teenagers, larger problems can be caused. It is more difficultto ____________________ (8) and it takes the efforts from both parents andteenagers ________________________________ (9).

Task One: Focusing on the Main Ideas

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. D

Task Two: Zooming in on the details

Teenagers andtheir parents may often have difficulties communicating with each other.Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them(1).However, adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything(2)they say. Some people may feel that the conflict between parents and teenagersis caused by the generation gap (3).The speaker believes that it lies mostly in implied statements that are not fullycommunicated (4) between a teenage child and a parent. Inthe “taking out the trash” example, the mother feels that the teenager shouldknow what she means (5), but the teenager just doesn’t.Conversations like this take place around our home every day. They cause someunhappiness (6) but are totally normal, and can usuallybe solved quite soon. When this type of “lack of communication”getsinvolved with (7) the bigger issues of teenagers, largerproblems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems(8) and it takes the efforts from both parents and teenagers toovercome such problems (9).

Script:

Teenagers and adults have a difficult time communicating. Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them. Adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything they say. That creates conflict. People very often use “generation gap” to explain the conflict between parents and children. However, the problem of communication between parents and teenagers does not all lie in the “generation gap”. It lies mostly in implied statements that are not fully communicated between a teenage child and a parent. Here is one example. Mother says: “Please take out the trash.” The teenager replies: “OK.” However, one hour later the mother finds the trash is still in the kitchen and so becomes a bit unhappy. “I thought I asked you to take out the trash.” But the child replies: “You didn’t say I had to do it now.” Are you familiar with this kind of conversation? In this conversation the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means, but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. It is when this type of “lack of communication” gets involved with the bigger issues of teenagers that larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems and it takes the efforts of both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems.