.专业.专注.Unit 6II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptW: Are those cigarettes yours? I thought you quit. If you go back to it, your teeth and fingers will be nicotine-stained; your breath and clothes will smell smoky.M: I didnt. I swear. Ads showing diseased lungs kept me from starting again. Believe me, Ill never again be a slave to smoking.Q: Why didnt the man go back to smoking?ScriptM: Whats that noise? Its really loud! Sounds like gunshots!W: Its the local “youth” throwing firecrackers. Dont go out. Theyre likely to throw one at you or put one through the letterbox if you bother them.Q: What may the young people do?3. ScriptM: I wish I had left my wallet at home. But Im sure I put it in my back pocket.W: Oh, no, its easy for a pickpocket to take it from there. You should out your money in your breast pocket.Q: What should the man do, according to the conversation?4. ScriptM: I hate that subway station. Whenever you come our, youre always plagued by beggars.W: I know, but the kids really get to me. I cant help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable.Q: What do the man and woman think about the young beggars?5. ScriptM: The bank call me today: they wanted to know if I spent 3,000 dollars in a furniture shop this morning! Of course I didnt!W: Someone mustve made a copy of your credit card. Its easily done. Youll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will cover the damage.Q: What does the woman recommend the man to do?Keys: 1.C 2.C3. B 4.A 5.DIII. Listening InTask 1: How to Solve Unemployment ProblemScriptAlan: I have a meeting with my accountant tomorrow morning. Shes preparing my income tax return, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her.Pamela: Income tax return! Dont you think the government just squanders our hard-earned tax on some unnecessary projects?Alan: Sure, someone they do, but we are living pretty well and, to be honest, I dont mind paying taxes. If Im paying income tax, it means Im earning would be much lower.Pamela: If the poor would just get jobs, our taxes would be much lower.Alan: Most people would rather work than receive charity, but the situation is complex: sometimes there are no jobs that they are trained for.Pamela: Then they should take the needed trainingupgrade their skills and knowledge to become more employable.Alan: Training and upgrading cost money. Some government tax dollars are directed to programs that help the poor get jobs.Pamela: But even when jobs are available, some of the unemployed dont want to work. They would rather have a handout.Alan: Its partly a matter of education. Some people have to be educated to realize how much fuller their life would be if they were not dependent on charity.Pamela: I think the government should attack unemployment by reducing the tax rate. That would put more money into peoples pockets, then they would spend more, and the spending would create more jobs for the poor.Alan: Many people would agree with you.Alans accountant is preparing his income tax return, so he needs to go over some of the receipts wit her. Pamela complains that the government just squanders peoples hard-earned tax money on some unnecessary projects. But Alan does not mind paying taxes, saying it means he is earning money, which is better than living on charity. Pamela insists that if the poor would just get jobs, taxes would bee much lower. Alan disagrees, saying most people would rather work than receive charity, but sometimes there are no jobs that they are trained for. But Pamela asserts that the jobless people should take the needed training to upgrade their skills and knowledge to become more employable. Alan believes that some of the government tax dollars are already directed to training and upgrading programs that help the poor to get jobs. When Pamela says some of the unemployed dont want to work, preferring to have handouts, Alan points out that some people have to be educated to realize how much fuller their life would be if they ere not dependent on charity. Pamela is, however, more down-to-earth, thinking the government should attack unemployment by reducing the tax rate. That would give people more money; then, they would spend more, which would create more jobs for the poor.Task 2: A Professional GamblerScriptIn a bar a guy told the bartender, “Im a professional gambler; Ive made of lots of money from gambling.”The bartender answered, “I can hardly believe it. Your odds are fifty-fifty at best, right?”“Well, I only bet on sure things,” said the guy.“Like what?” asked the bartender.The bartender thought about it, “Okay,” he said.So the guy pulled out his false right eye and bit it, “Ah, you screwed me,” said the bartender, and paid the guy fifty dollars.“Ill give you another chance. Ill bet you another fifty dollars that I can bite my left eye,” said the stra