新编大学英语视听说教程第五册听力原文Unit_6.doc

Unit 6 Listen1-1 ????????Early one morning, my husband turned on the radio. Suddenly he exclaimed, That has to be Rod. No one else talks like that! We listened attentively and heard the announcer say, Youve just been listening to an interview with Dr. Rod Smith, who has been telling you about a breakthrough in AIDS research that he and his colleagues have made. ????????We both had Rod as a student and agreed that he was absolutely the slowest student we had ever had. He spoke slowly, moved slowly, and wrote slowly. We suspected that he thought slowly. When he took an examination, he could never finish it. The unanswered questions kept him from having high marks. ????????During his senior year, Rod announced that he wanted to go to graduate school, but no graduate school would accept him. He kept trying and a year or so later the biology department of a large university allowed him to enroll in a few classes on a trial basis. They discovered that he was talented in basic research. He was then allowed to enter the masters degree program, and later the Ph.D. program. He cheerfully persevered. In six years he could proudly add the title of Doctor to his name. His professional career began and we lost track of him, until we heard his slow, steady voice that morning. ????????There is no great moral to our story, except that many times persistence does pay. Wed like to hope there will be more institutions that will look beyond test scores and consider the other personal strengths that prospective students may have. We thus urge all young students to remember the old saying, If at first you dont succeed, try, and try again. ? Listen1-2 ????????Early one morning, my husband turned on the radio. Suddenly he exclaimed, That has to be Rod. No one else talks like that! We listened attentively and heard the announcer say, Youve just been listening to an interview with Dr. Rod Smith, who has been telling you about a breakthrough in AIDS research that he and his colleagues have ma