Unitl6
SectionOneTacticsforListeningPart1Spotdictation
Myfather'smusic
IrememberthedayDadfirstlugged*theheavy(1accordionupourfrontstoop*,taxiinghissmall(2frame.Hegatheredmymotherandmeinthe(3livingroomandopenedthecaseasifitwerea(5treasurechest."Hereitis,"hesaid."Onceyoulearntoplay,it'll(6staywithyouforlife."
Ifmythinsmiledidn't(7matchhisfull-fledged*grin,itwasbecauseIhad(8prayedforaguitarorapiano.Accordionswerenowhereinmy(9hitparade.ThenoneeveningDadannouncedthatIwould(10startlessonsthefollowingweek.
"Why?"Ishouted.
"Becauseyoucanbringpeoplejoy.Youcan(11touchtheirhearts.That'sagiftIwon'tletyou(12throwaway."Headdedsoftly,"Somedayyou'llhavethechanceIneverhad:You'llplaybeautifulmusicfor(13yourfamily.Andyou'llunderstandwhyyou've(14workedsohard."
WhenIwenttocollege,Iputtheaccordionin(15theattic.Thereitremainedadusty(16memory,untiloneafternoonseveralyearslaterwhenmytwochildrendiscoveredit(17byaccident.WhenIopenedthecase,theylaughedandsaid,"Playit,playit."Iwassurprisedmyskillshadn't(18rustedaway.Soonthekidsweredancingin(19circlesandgiggling.Evenmywife,
Terri,waslaughingand(20clappingtothebeat.Iwasamazedattheirunbridledglee*.
Part2ListeningforGist
Youmightnotknowhowrarelyimagesarevieweddirectlythroughtelescopes.Themostcommonwaytoobservetheskiesistophotographthem.Theprocessisverysimple.First,aphotographicplateiscoatedwithalight-sensitivematerial.Theplateispositionedsothattheimagereceivedbythetelescopeisrecordedonit.Thentheimagecanbedeveloped,enlarged,andpublishedsothatmanypeoplecanstudyit.
Becausemostastronomicalobjectsareveryremote,thelightwereceivefromthemisratherfeeble.Butbyusingatelescopeasacamera,longtimeexposurescanbemade.Inthisway,objectscanbephotographedthatareahundredtimestoofainttobeseenbyjustlookingthroughatelescope.
Exercise
Directions:Listentothepassageandwritedownthegistandthekeywordsthathelpyoudecide.
1.Thispassageisabouthowtophotographastronomicalobjects.
2.Thekeywordsarephotograph,coated,light-sensitivematerial,positioned,received,recorded,developed,enlarged,published,remote,feeble,telescope,camera,longexposures.
SectionTwoListeningComprehensionPart1Dialogue
PolarBears*
Interviewer:Well,thankyou,MrHardy,forthatveryclearaccountofthe
advantagesofkeepingbearsincaptivity.But,nowweturntoDoctorDonaldMakepeacefromtheR.S.P.C.A.,whohasdoneaconsiderableamountofresearchintotheeffectsofzoosandcaptivityonpolarbears.DoctorMakepeace,tellusaboutit.
DR.Makepeace:Well,quitefrankly,I'vedonethreeyears'researchnowinto
polarbearsandIcanseeabsolutelynoargumentatallforkeepingthemincages.Thecagesandzoosjustaren'tbigenoughforthem.There'severyevidencethatthebearsbecomementallyandphysicallydisturbedand...urn...unfitinzoos;theirbehaviorbecomesunusual;theywalkupanddown;theypaceroundtheircagesconstantly.Whenthey'renotpacinground,theyrocktheirheadsfromsidetosidef"it'slike...it'slike
seeinganunhappychild,anunhappybaby.Theyneverbehavelikethatintheirnaturalenvironmentundernormalcircumstances.They'rehunters;they'reexplorers;theygetplentyofexercisebyroamingthousandsofsquarekilometres...They'reactiveanimals,andtheyjustdon'trespondtobeingkeptincaptivity.
Interviewer:But,er,manyzooshavedonequitealotinthelastfewyearsto
improvetheconditionsthatbearsarekeptin.
DR.Makepeace:That'strue,yes.Manyofthezoosaresayingthatthey'vehills,streams,
evenlakesforthemtoswimin.Butevenso,youstillseethesestrangebehaviorpatterns.Youstillseesignsofmentalandphysicaldistress.Ifthezooweretobuildaplacebigenoughforthebeartobehappy,noneofthepublicwouldbeabletoseeit.
Interviewer:Doyouthinkthereareanyargumentsforkeepingbearsincaptivityatall?DR.Makepeace:Noneatall,absolutelynone.No,it'snotanendangeredspecies;
there'snoconservationreasontokeepitthere.We...wehaveplentyofbearsinthewildwheretheycanbeobserved.No,absolutelynoreasonatall.
Interviewer:Well,MrHardy,verystrongreasonsfornotkeepingbearsincaptivity.
Whatdoyousaytothat?
Exercise
Directions:Listentothedialogueanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsare 