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1、新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册听力练习录音文本和答案Uint2III. Listening InTask 1: A Friendly StylistStylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you?Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides.Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60.Nick: 60 dollars! Thats highway r
2、obberytwice what I ordinarily pay.Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts havent been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.Nick: Ive never heard of such a thing.Stylist: If I may say, Im an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities. Believe me; youre suffering a “d
3、isjunction”.Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist: Your hair does not match you.Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, Id like to hear how youd solve this so-called problem.Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in
4、 seconds.Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about theuhdisjunction, as you call it.Stylist: Were going to use scissors to create peaks, which well keep in place with a liberal helping of gel.This tuft in the back well braid into a pigtail. Now, its the new you!Nick: I love it. Its just like me:
5、imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? Whats wrong? Dont you see harmony in my new hairstyle?Stylist: Somethings preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement.Nick: For heavens sake, tell me whats missing.Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hai
6、r, it will become a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, butNick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction?Stylist: Thats$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.When the stylist mentions $60, what does the cus
7、tomer say?What does the stylist think about the customers hairstyle?What will the stylist do with the customers hair?What will streaking do to the mans hair according to the stylist?What is the passage mainly about?Keys: 1C.A 3.D4.B 5.AFor Reference: It means there is no match between you and your h
8、air.Thats$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.Task3: A View of HappinessScriptMen are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.Mens use of fat injections to soften deep wr
9、inkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Womens use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.Mens use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while womens botox use fell 8 pe
10、rcent.And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, womens use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period.The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent.Typ
11、ically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59.The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery.By about 18 percent, men are more likely than women to say they want
12、 facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons. The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head, and neck.By comparison, in the previous year, womens use of botox rose 60 percen
13、t while mens fell 14 percent; womens use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while mens fell 19 percent; womens use of fat injections fell17 percent and mens fell 54 percent.What is true of men and womens use of fat injections?While of the following is true of nose jobs?How much greater is the perc
14、entage of women choosing cosmetic surgery to look younger than the percentage of men?What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year?Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? Keys: 1C 2.C3. B 4.B 5.DVI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: Beauty Contests and Pla
15、stic SurgeriesScriptJuliana Borges, who was named “Miss Brazil” early on Tuesday, had plastic surgery four times and underwent 19 smaller operations. She was just one of many competitors who were determined to improve their appearance through surgery.“Plastic surgery make me more beautiful and gave
16、me confidence in myself and the perfect measurement that won me this title,” said the beauty queen in a green dress, who was representing Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.Borges, 22, had liposuction and had her chin, nose, and ears worked on, as well as, had her breasts enlarged.With the developmen