新通用大学英语综合教程第四册听力及答案 Unit 6.doc

Unit 6 Animals Unit Goals Discuss the benefits of certain pets Compare animal characters Exchange opinions about the treatment of animals Debate animal conservation and animal rights Write about keeping pets Lesson 1 Lead-in TV Documentary: Pecking Order A. Check the things that make parrots difficult pets, according to the report. They’re temperamental, they’re noisy, they demand attention, they need special care, they’re destructive, they bite. B. Circle the letter of the statement that best summarizes what each person says about parrots as pets. 1.a 2.b 3.a Video Script Diane Sawyer: Millions of people have parrots. That’s a family name that includes all kinds of birds from parakeets（长尾小鹦鹉）to macaws（金刚鹦鹉） to amazons. But many owners don’t understand bird behavior. As we showed you once before, these creatures can be entertaining and talkative, but they can also be, well, flighty(反复无常的) and temperamental(易怒的,喜怒无常的). What does their behavior mean? Perri Peltz has some insights into the mind of your bird. Perri Peltz: They can’t dance… Pet bird in the shower: Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Perri Peltz: … but some of them can really sing… Pet bird in the shower: We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Perri Plitz: … and talk. 1st pet bird: Hi. 2nd pet bird: Are you OK? 1st pet bird: Such a good bird! Perri Peltz: It is this amazing ability to communicate with us in our own language along with spectacular(吸引人的) beauty that makes parrots so extraordinary. 2nd pet bird: Good girl. Good girl. 1st pet bird: God bless you. Perri Peltz: Some say their keen intelligence and ability to bond(与…建立特殊的关系) to humans are the reasons Americans keep more than 15 million parrots as pets. And, according to experts, parrots can be just as smart as your two-to-three-year-old child. 3rd pet bird: I’m a smart bird! Perri Peltz: But just as your toddler(刚学走路的小孩) goes through the terrible twos, so can parrots. Lise Mee: No bite. 2nd pet bird: No