标题：大学英语听力4
图书信息
出版社: 高等教育出版社; 第1版 (2009年8月1日)
平装: 209页
正文语种: 简体中文, 英语
开本: 16
ISBN: 9787040267075
条形码: 9787040267075
尺寸: 24.4 x 18.6 x 3 cm
重量: 322 g
内容简介
《大学英语听力4》内容简介：《大学英语听力》根据《大学英语课程教学要求》编写，以大量的听力材料和多种听力测试题型相结合，为学习者提供了多种多样、并且具有针对性的练习素材。该教材以英美文化背景为切入点，提供了不同语境下原汁原味的表达方式，使学习者接触到真实的语言环境，并训练学习者对文化背景、语境、语言材料的综合理解能力，特别是听力理解能力。学习者在提高听力水平的同时，能更加深入地了解西方文化。从而使他们在真实的语言环境中既学到了语言知识，又学到了文化知识。
教材中的听力材料内容多由幽默故事、趣味故事、童话、寓言、轻松对话和短文等各种文体组成，在主题化框架内展开听说训练。这些材料覆盖面广，涉及历史、文化、科普、名人传记和日常生活等诸多方面；贴近生活，不仅具有趣味性，而且注重知识性、可听性。丰富多彩的听说语料围绕主题反复强化语境，大大提高了语言点的复现率。该教材无论是在素材的选择上，还是在练习的编排上，都体现了新的教学理念和教学模式，使学习者在轻松而真实的语言环境中达到学习训练的目的。
目录
Unit 1
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 Zimbabwe Children Are "Wasting Away"
Passage 2 Fashions
Passage 3 When Did Americans Begin Sending Greeting Cards?
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 Manners and Customs in Different Cultures
Passage 2 Laziness
Passage 3 Direct and Indirect Taxation
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 Jump
Passage 2 White and Black
Passage 3 The Origin of the Song——"Happy Birthday to You"
Unit 2
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 The Effects of the Internet
Passage 2 Windows XP
Passage 3 Internet Blogs
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 Finding Friends on the Internet
Passage 2 Emotion-Sensitive Computer
Passage 3 Roborior: A Robot House-Sitter
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 Low-Cost Computer Under Research 
Passage 2 The Process of Information Transferring
Passage 3 Good Aspects of the Disaster
Unit 3
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 Why Do Sharks Bite Human Being?
Passage 2 A Spider's Story
Passage 3 The Fish in Great Danger
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 The Complex Social Structure of Ant Societies
Passage 2 Snakes Are Not as Fearful as You May Have Thought
Passage 3 Secrets of the Spider Web
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 The Study on Birds' Sleep
Passage 2 The Biggest Disney World
Passage 3 Crime as a Worldwide Problem
Unit 4
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 The Legal Marriage Age for Young Americans
Passage 2 The Nuclear and Extended Family
Passage 3 Obama Talks About Fatherhood
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 Saving for a Baby
Passage 2 Problems with Parent-Child Relationships
Passage 3 The History of the Custom of Eating with a Fork
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 Why Do Americans Love Uniforms?
Passage 2 Pizza: a World Popular Food
Passage 3 The Trends of Interdependent Future
Unit 5
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 The Differences Between Teaching and Learning
Passage 2 Being a Writer Is Not Easy
Passage 3 A Biography of Alexander Fleming
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 The Magic Memory Glasses
Passage 2 Doubts About Speed Reading
Passage 3 Education in China
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 A Love Story in Greek Mythology 
Passage 2 A Scientific Research on the Power of Positive Thinking
Passage 3 Unofficial Strikes in Britain Unit
Unit 6
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 Are Small Aircraft a Good Alternative?
Passage 2 Tour in London
Passage 3 Electromagnetic Interference: a Cause of Aircraft Crashes
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 The Victoria Line: a Special Railway
Passage 2 Why Do People Enjoy Traveling?
Passage 3 What Will the 2020 Car Look Like?
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 The Wright Brothers and Flying Machines
Passage 2 Car's Continued Popularity
Passage 3 Who Doesn't Need to Wear a Seat Belt?
Unit 7
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 Special Methods to Reduce Population in Brazil
Passage 2 It's Time to Protect the Earth
Passage 3 Beautiful Cities out of Garbage
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 The Jujube Plant That Will Save Whales
Passage 2 The Weather Prediction for Asia in 2050
Passage 3 Lack of Water and Solutions to It
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage 1 Water Erosion
Passage 2 The Way to Reducing Car Pollution
Passage 3 Agriculture in the U.S.A.
Unit 8
SectionⅠMain Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 A Guide to Health for Tourists
Passage 2 Avian Influenza
Passage 3 Cola: a Cure for Headache
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 Health Is Most Precious
Passage 2 Keeping Pets to Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease
Passage 3 Concerns over Lack of Sleep in the U.S.A.
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises
Passage I The Importance of Rest in Athletic Training
Passage 2 The Importance of Medical Insurance
Passage 3 Negative Attitudes Toward Euthanasia
Unit 9
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details
Passage 1 Visual Communication
Passage 2 Forms of Pub-Talk
Passage 3 The Way People Communicate
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises
Passage 1 The Advantage of Emails
Passage 2 IPod Media Players and MP3 Players
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Unit 10
Key to Exercises and Transcripts