1、第 4 期 Practice 听说训练录音材料Part A: Reading AloudThe South Pacific. The name is familiar, but 230 years after Captain Cooks epic voyages, this vast ocean remains little known. In the endless blue, isolated islands harbor life thats rarely seen. And these are some of the most pristine waters of any ocean.
2、 The turquoise seas and picture-postcard islands look like heaven on Earth. But all is not what it seems.Part B：Role Play W: Doctor White, do you have the book Sunset?M: Yes, why do you ask, Linda?W: Could I borrow it? Ive been wanting to read it for a long time. Last Saturday, I went to the biggest
3、 bookstore in town, only to find that it had been sold out.M: Yes, I can lend it to you after Jane returns it to me. She borrowed my book last Friday.W: Thanks a lot. I cant wait to read it. Ive read three of this writers books and thought they were all well done. Where did you get the book? I thoug
4、ht it had been sold out everywhere.M: I bought it online. And I booked it before it was published.W: Its a good idea to order it in advance, especially for popular books.M: Well, I guess it is. But Id like to warn you its not as good as they say.Part C：Story RetellingThree rich ladies met every day
5、by a river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled. One of them said, “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old woman beggar came up to them. “Beautif
6、ul ladies,” she said, “Im old and cant work. Im hungry. Please give me something to eat.”But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which of us has the most beautiful hands?”A peasant woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because
7、 of hard work. The old woman beggar came up to her and said, “Im hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The peasant woman took out her only cake and gave her a half.The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are far more beautiful than yours which have never done anything.”
