新标准大学英语视听说教程(2)听力原文_Unit 7
温柔似野鬼°
514次浏览
2021年01月20日 05:31
最佳经验
本文由作者推荐
网络技术教程-国庆节歌曲
Unit 7-Conversation 1
Mark
:
Hi!
Kate
:
Hi, Janet! Have you been waiting long
Janet
:
Not at all. What did you think of Hero
Kate
:
It was brilliant, thanks for suggesting it.
Janet
:
Well, it was nominated for an Oscar, you know.
Kate
:
That figures. It's a beautiful film.
Mark
:
Yes. The costumes, and scenery were amazing,
Kate
:
I'd love to know more about the emperor, he was cool.
Who was he
Janet:
Qin Shi Huang
—
it's said he was the first emperor
in the history of China
—
he unified China.
Ka
te:
Did he When
Janet
:
Er ... 221 BC.
Mark
:
As long ago as that!
Waitress
:
Hi guys! What can I get you
Kate
:
Yes, I'll have a coke, thanks.
Mark
:
Er ... Just a coffee.
Waitress
:
Sure.
Mark
:
Tell us more ...
Janet
:
Um ... Well, before that, there were seven big states
and they had been fighting each other for many years.
Mark
:
Right.
Janet
:
It's called the Warring States Period. Anyway
—
Qin
was
king
of
the
largest
state
and
he
defeated
the
six
other
states,
one
after
another.
It
took
him
ten
years
to
conquer
them, each with a different strategy.
Mark
:
What kind of man was he
Janet
:
Well, he was brilliant, obviously. And also wise. He
had
this
huge
army
—
they
were
very
powerful.
After
his
army
had
attacked
the
first
state,
the
next
state
surrendered
without much fight. They were so terrified.
Kate
:
Wow!
Janet
:
What
else
The
army
leaders
were
very
clever,
they
used a river to flood a city.
Mark
:
That can't have been easy.
Janet
:
Yes,
anyway,
after
conquering
the
last
state,
Qin
made himself Emperor of the whole of China.
Mark
:
Was
he
the
emperor
who
created
the
Terracotta
Warriors
Janet
:
That's
right.
He
was
so
afraid
of
death
that
he
wanted them to guard him in the afterlife.
Unit 7-Conversation 2
Becky
:
OK.
Kate
:
Thank you.
Mark
:
Thanks.
Kate
:
So go on about Emperor Qin. It's really interesting.
Janet
:
It is, isn't it Well, so he unified China and that was an
incredible
achievement.
But
as
a
result,
huge
numbers
of
soldiers were killed.
Kate
:
About how many
Janet
:
Oh, I don't know, something like 500,000 men
Kate
:
That is huge.
Mark
:
So how do the Chinese see Qin
Janet
:
He's seen as the greatest emperor in Chinese history.
Mark
:
Why
Because
he
unified
China
That's
a
very
good
reason, mind you.
Janet
:
Not
only
that.
The
thing
is,
as
a
result
of
the
unification,
he
did
many
amazing
things.
He
built
roads
all
across China, he standardized writing ... and also the money
system.
Oh,
and
the
system
for
measuring
and
weighing
things as well.
Mark
:
So he was a great leader for China.
Janet
:
Yes, he was, but he was also very cruel.
Mark
:
Yes, but most emperors were cruel, weren't they
Kate
:
Well I guess that's true. You're right.
Mark
:
So did he have enemies
Janet
:Of course,I think all great emperors have some enemies.
Some people hated him so much they tried to kill him!
Mark
:
Was
he
the
emperor
who
built
the
Great
Wall
of
China
Janet
:
He built the first Great Wall. You see, tribes from the
north
were
always
trying
to
invade
so
he
built
a
huge
wall
across
China
to
stop
them.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
men
died building it.
Kate
:
It's so sad
—
all those thousands of people dying.
Mark
:
But then ... that's war, isn't it
Unit 7-Outside view
On
the
25th
of
April
each
year,
Australia
and
New
Zealand
celebrate
Anzac
Day,
when
they
commemorate
all
the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
who died in action during the First and Second World Wars,
and in every armed conflict since then. We're here now at the
Australian
War
Memorial
at
the
start
of
the
dawn
service.
They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
A
verse
from
the
poem.
Ode
to
Remembrance
by
Laurence Binyon, is recited during the ceremony.
Inside the Hall of Memory is the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier.
This
is
the
grave
of
a
solider
whose
identity
is
not
known and it represents all those soldiers who died in battle
but were not identified.
Twenty-four years after the ravages of World War I, war
came
to
the
mainland
of
Australia
where
air
raids
killed
hundreds of service personnel and civilians. In Malaya, Korea
and Vietnam, we answered the call as we have in Afghanistan
and Iraq. Through it all the one unshakable truth has been a
steadfastness,
bom
of
the
traditions
of
the
Australian
servicemen. Today, Australia's special day, they remember in
East Timor, on Bougainville, in Afghanistan and Iraq, on the
island of Crete, at Gallipoli, they along with us, remember.
Anzac
Day
is
a
public
holiday
in
Australia.
It
is
one
of
the
most
important
national
days
of
the
year
and
certainly
the
most solemn one. Commemoration services are held in all the
major cities in Australia and huge crowds attend to pay their
respects to those who died. Servicemen and women from all
the
armed
services
in
Australia
march
in
procession.
They