视听说III-原文和答案-Unit2.docx

VLS Ｂ３ Uint2 II. Basic Listening Practice 1. Script M: Now we have satellite and high-powered microscope, it ’esy to think we know everything about the world; but we still don ’t understand EI Nino. W: Right. Scientists all over the world over are even uncertain about the cause of the warm Pacific current that brings storms or drought — the mysterious EI Q: Which of the following is true according to the conversation? 2. Script M: Everyone is talking about environmental problem: acid rain, the greenhouse effect, holes in the ozone layer. We should think positively. What can we do to improve things? W: I agree. We could do a lot more to harness the sun ’s energy for h lighting in our homes. In Japan 43,000 solar roofs were installed in 2002. Q: How do the man and the woman view the environment? 3. Script W: We lived in Beijing some years ago. It was always difficult to keep the house clean with wind from the north blowing sand from the desert at us. M: That ’wshy the Chinese government has been encouraging people to plant trees along the edges of the Gobi Desert. Now those trees act as wind barriers. Q: What did the government encourage people to do? 4. Script 1 M: Many old refrigerators and cars are environmental hazards because they contain CFCs that destroy the ozone layer. W: Yes, but government or organizations are helping people to safely dispose of old refrigerators or, in the case of cars, to upgrade their air conditioning. Q: What are government departments helping people to do? 5. Script M: Hey, that ’s an aerosol spray you ’ re using on your hair! Build a bomb o fire to the apartment to kill us quickly instead of making holes in the ozone, so we die of cancer. W: Cool it, man. This spray doesn ’t contain CFC s. And you ’d bette more. In 2003 the hole in the ozone layer shrank by 20 percent, so there panic. Q: What does the ma