上海交通大学英语讲义Exercise Five听力答案及原文.docxVIP

Exercise FiveSection 1. Compound DictationI believe in toughness, steeliness and even meanness.I learned these (1) traits from my father. Toughness came first. I am the first-born and the son he never had. I’m the one he took to the gym, the one who could run faster than the boys, the one who played all day with a broken collarbone(锁骨). I’m the one who thought my daddy was the toughest man around — and I wanted to be just like him. He never missed a day of school, worked as a dishwasher to pay his college (2) tuition, and toiled as an accountant by day and attended law school at night.My dad also taught me steeliness, an unwillingness to (3) surrender. Steeliness kept me from being raped once. I fought my attacker. I left an imprint of my phone on his face. I (4) memorized details of his face and clothing. Determined to keep other women from being violated, I identified him, testified against him and made sure he went to jail.Sometimes even toughness and steeliness aren’t enough. I also believe in meanness.??I am not a large woman; petite, in fact. I cannot command respect with my presence and stature. As a (5) community college?English instructor in a tough town, I teach people who aren’t always eager to learn. I’m the mean teacher. I like to push students harder than they want to be pushed. Some of them don’t like me at the time, but they usually end up (6) appreciating me later on. “Hate me now, love me later” is my motto.??I’m even mean with myself. Sometimes it’s meanness that gets me out of bed in the morning, like after a night of drinking too much. I’m not nice to myself — I don’t give myself (7) permission to stay home. Some of my best teaching days have been the result of my refusal to make others suffer for my poor (8) self-discipline. Meanness with myself keeps me accountable.??That tough and steely will my father gave me helps me bear the loss of him. (9) I watched him die of cancer, but he never gave up on wanting to live. (Please pause here for 30’’-