上外中级口译第三版力听教程原文及讲解--Unit3.docxVIP

Unit 3. Part one. Crime and punishment. 2. Exercises. 1. Listen to someone talking about prison and then answer the following questions. About 7 out of 10 people released from prison end up in prison again sooner or later. A lot of people think this simply indicates that once a person becomes a criminal he will probably remain a criminal. But of course it doesn’t necessarily mean that at all. On the contrary it could equally suggest that being in prison actually makes people more likely to commit crimes. After all prisons are full of criminals, and this means that someone going to prison for the first time is going to meet a lot more criminals than he’s met before, so he will probably learn a lot about crime during his stay there. The fact that so many people get rearrested also suggests that prisons aren’t doing enough to train people for jobs they can do when they get out. If they were given this training ex-prisoners wouldn’t need to turn to crime again to make a living. 2. Listen again and then supply the missing information in the following passage. Part 2. Statements. 2. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer which is closest in meaning to each statement you hear. 1) After considering an interviewing a dozen or so of candidates, finally I have selected Mr. Stock to assume the position of company secretary. 2) In the office Tom likes people to let him have his own way, never allowing himself to be ordered about by someone else. 3) As I lived far away from the school and thought of buying a second hand car, I would have bought Sam’s car if I had known he was selling it. 4) I am not sure whether the whole class is going on the trip to Cambridge over the weekend, not everyone has paid the transportation fee. 5) John lives quite near here, and he told me that he would come early. I don’t understand why John hasn’t arrived yet. 6) The plane was due at 7:15, but it was delayed two and a half hours because of the bad weather in this area. 7) With the final exams