新突破大学英语综合 教程Unit 1.docVIP

Unit One Transportation Part One Warming-up Listening Activities 1 Directions: Listen to the following dialogue and fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases. The dialogue will be spoken only once. Lucy: How do you think the transport system in our city could be improved? John: I think that the public transport system could be made simpler. I never know where the bus routes actually go. The routes seem too twist and turn rather than going roughly in the straight line. Lucy: I think we just need to build more roads. Then there will be more space for cars to drive and we’d have fewer traffic jams. John: If we build more roads, people would just fill them with cars again. I think we should discourage people from using their cars. Lucy: How would you like to do that? John: I think we should do a few things at once. Improving public transport would encourage people not to use their own cars. If we also charge people to use their cars in the city center, they won’t use their cars as much. Lucy: I don’t agree with you. I think it is unfair to make drivers pay more money. They already pay a lot of tax, petrol tax, for example. John: I think that they should pay more tax. Look at the damage they cause to the environment and people’s health by discharging all those exhaust fumes. Lucy: The air would certainly be cleaner if there are fewer cars being used in the city. The problem is the people will see it as reducing their freedom. It will be unpopular. John: That’s a good point. Car owners will probably be against it. But people who use public transport will be in favor of it. 2 Directions: Listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words or phrases. The passage will be read two times. I believe that our government should spend more money on transportation. Here is why? First of all, public transportation such as buses and subways can deliver a great amount of people at the same time. For instance, subways can always transfer hundreds o