[英语听力教程4]答案及原文

Unit 1 Shopping and Banking Oline

Part I Getting ready

B. Keys:

1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online 11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroid

C. Keys:

1 : the site2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up 3 : strict safety measures

Part II Net shopping under fire

A. Keys:

1 : delivery, delivery 2 : delivery charges3 : personal information, 87% 4 : returning goods, 47% 5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%6 : money back, two

B. Keys:

1 : convenience 2 : choice 3 : obstacles 4 : complete trust 5 : build consummers' trust 6 : mature 7 : payment 8 : service Part III Banking at home

A. Keys:

1 : limited opening hours 2 : Online banking services3 : getting current information on products 4 : e-mailing questions to the bank 5 : competing for customers 6 : having no computers

B. Keys:

1 : It is banking through the Internet. 2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep. 3 : Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.

Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer Service

B. Keys:

English Good Customer Service(Harrods)

1 : in a pleasant environment 2 : Second to none 3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales assistants 4 : first contact with the customer

American Good Customer Service(Saks)

1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership 2 : repeat business, sales

Part V Do you know…?

Keys:

1 : c 2 : a、b 、c 3 : a、b 、c 4 : c 5 : c 6 : b

Tape script

Part I Getting ready

Unit 2 Hotel or B&B

Part I Getting ready

1 : 35%, 60% 2 : 45%, 20% 3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15% 5 : 50%, 70% 6 : 30%, 20%

C. Keys:

(1)1 : ￡30/single; ￡60/double, children under 12 2 : ￡29/full board3 : ￡28/double+bath, excluded

(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner, bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added Tax

Part II A touch of home

Outline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels II : meeting different people III : features, 1883, guests IV : B&Bs not suitable for some people

Part III Renting a car

A. Keys: 1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.95 5 : $59.95 6 : 4 p.m. 7 : 10 a.m. 8 : ' free 9 : 12 cents 10 : $10 11 : 8% 12 : '$100

B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.

Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You

Want?

A. Keys: 1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1

B. Keys: 1 : ￡40, all grades 2 : ￡55, Sales 3 : ￡150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake 4: ￡220, privacy, country-side, kitchen

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: (France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8 (Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4 B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F 5 : T

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Part I Getting ready

Unit 3 “Planting” Money

Part I Getting ready

C. Keys:1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; N

Part II National teach children to save day

A. Keys: 1 : Thursday, April 17 2 : teaching children how to save money 3 : 2 500 4 : 5 000 presentations

B. Keys:1: 4; 2: 3; 3: 2; 4: 1

Part III Credit cards

Keys: 1 : importance 2 : later 3 : The potential disadvantages 4 :

lots of purchases 5 : interest 6 : The benefits 7 : emergencies 8 : travel

Part IV More about the topic: Gulf Between the Rich and Poor

A. Keys: 1 : 3 2 : 1 3 : 2 4 : so much of their income 5 : ever larger houses and cars 6 : social programs or infrastructure repairs 7 : happier 8 : fewer disputes of work 9 : lower levels of stress hormones 10 : less often 11 : at an older age

B. Keys: 1 : vice president 2 : Myths of Rich and Poor 3 : positive side 4 : increased prosperity 5 : better off 6 : 30 years ago 7 : hundreds of gadgets 8 : easier 9 : more pleasurable 10 : cellular and cordless phones 11 : computers 12 : answering machines 13 : microwave ovens 14 : 3/4 15 : washing machines 16 : half 17 : clothes dryers 18 : 97% 19 : color televisions 20 : 3/4 21 : VCRs 22 : 2/3 23 : microwaves and air conditioners 24 : 3/4 25 : automobile 26 : 40% 27: home 28 : half 29 : stereo systems

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: 1 : Tokyo 2 : Osaka 3 : Oslo 4 : Zurich 5 : Hong Kong 6 : Copenhagen 7 : Geneva 8 :Paris 9 : Reykjavik 10 : London

B. Keys: 1 : The Euro has appreciated against the US dollar. 2 : Persistent economic turmoil. 3 : Tehran. 4 : The economist

team checks prices of a wide range of items from bread and milk cars and utilities to compile this report. 5 : Business clients use it to calculate the amount of allowances granted to overseas executives and their families.

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Part I Getting ready

Unit 4 Loans for the Dream

Part I Getting ready

B. Keys:

Items

Charities Items Theatre and other arts events

Eating out √ Stocks and shares

Hobbies (DIY, sailing, etc.) √ Antiques √

Food and groceries √ Cars

Items Same Up D own Figures

Entertainment √ 2566

Depreciation √ 300

√ —— Secretarial expenses

...

√ Motor expenses 2612

√ —— Audit & accountancy costs

Telephone & postage

√ Half as much as last year

Part II Raising money for buying a car

A. Keys: 1 ： college 2 ： repairing 3 ： a hundred pounds 4 ： three hundred fifty to four hundred 5 ： interest rates 6 ： an Ordinary Loan 7 ： 24 months

B. Keys: 1 ： X 2 ： √ 3 ： 7% 4 ： A day-to-day basis 1 ： overdraft 2 ： repay 3 ： lenders in the short term 4 ： pay interest on 5 ： collateral 6 ： life policy 7 ： deeds of the house 8 ： Government Securities 9 ： certificate 10 ： on a day-to-day basis

Part III Housing in the U.S.A.

A. Keys: 1 ： cost of housing 2 ： 1/4-1/3 3 ： size and location 4 ： mortgage 5 ： easy to get things repaired 6 ： mortgage 7 ： condominium

B. Keys: 1 ：borrows, mortgages, shares, mortgage-based securities 2 ：They control about half the home loans in America.

3 ：Hiding the changes in the value; Poor supervision; Not carefully reporting its finances.4 ：The price of Fannie Mae has dropped.

Part IV More about the topic: Consumer Rights

A. Keys: 1: a. merchantable quality b. fitting for particular purpose /seller c. as described 2: no/ retailer's responsibility/take to shop 3: item/ too large/ fragile 4: evidence of purchase/ date of purchase 5: go to court/ sue the seller

B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F

Part V Do you know…?

Keys: 1：any federal tax 2：tax on whiskey and other alcoholic drink; farmers refused 3：George Washington;13000 troops; defeated the Whiskey Rebellion. 4：personal income 5：rejected 6：The 16th Amendment 7：income

8: taxed at 35%;highest rate 9： 10：no income tax 11：7%: income tax on business 12：over 40%: personal income tax 13: 35%: retirement programs 14: below 18%: customs

Tape script

Part I Getting ready

A.

B. Keys:

a. 1 : 8000/half 2 : 4000

b. 3 : 2000/twice 4 : 4000

c. 5 : 2000/double 6 : 4000.

d. 7 : 8000/a quarter 8 : 2000

e. 9 : 4000/similiar 10 : 4000

C. Keys:

Dialogue one:

1 : $30000 2 : 24%

3 : overdraft 4 : sailing

Dialogue two:

1 : A brand new video was stolen.

2 : Yes.The speaker paid the premium last week.

Dialogue three:

1 : mortgage 2 : income 3 : saving money

4 : entertaining 5 : pension schemes 6 : insurance

Part II Briefing on personal taxation

A. Keys:

1 : Structure 2 : rates 3 : 25% 4 : 40%

5 : ￡3295 6 : ￡5015 7 : pension 8 : 40% 9 : 7%

10 : collection 11 : PAYE 12 : Insurance 13 : 9% 14 : 10%

B. Keys:

1 : 10%

2 : simple and relatively low

3 : separate taxation

4 : 40%, Pay As You Earn, the employer

5 : the employee

Part III Should I buy an insurance policy? (I)

A. Keys:

1 : insurance policy

2 : save money

3 : buying a house

B. Keys:

1 : a fixed objective in mind/how much to pay each month; a fixed objective each month in mind/how much to produce over some years

3 : No; regular & systematic/short term/bank/Building Society

Part IV More about the topic: Should I buy an insurance policy? (II)

A. Keys:

1 : unmarried 2 : dependents 3 : no need

4 : acumulate capital/expand business/end of term

5 : saving to produce a pension

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys:

1 : T 2 : F 3 : F 4 : T 5 : T

B.

a.We expected about eight thousand, but it was half of that. b.We estimated about two thousand, but it's twice as much as that.

c.Her salary is about two thousand, and his is about double that.

d.We thought about eight thousand, but it's not more than a quarter of that.

e.We thouht about four thousand, and it's similiar to that. Unit 6 Visions of Business

Part I Getting ready

B. Keys: Scale. 1: Individual proprietorship 2: Two or more people 3: the complex Ownership. 1: property owners 2: all the property 3: Two or more people 4: go into business 5: Investors 6: stock 7: share 8: ownership

Responsibility. 1: proprietor 2: Limited partners 3: full partners 4: A board of directors 5: corporate policies 6: top officers Lifetime. 1: Limited 2: Limited 3: Unlimited

Part II Michael Dell vs. Frederick Smith (I)

A. Keys: Michael Dell: 1: Chairman 2: CEO 3: Dell 4: tenured CEO 5: computer industry 6: direct-to-consumer 7: build-to-order 8: Dell Computer 9: middle-man

Frederick Smith: 1: Chairman 2: President 3: CEO 4: FedEx 5: transportation 6: overnight delivery 7: just-in-time delivery 8: FedEx 9: FedEx 10: ground delivery

B. Keys: 1: the quality of service 2: the breadth of the network 3: the unique services needed 4: the cost

Part III Michael Dell vs. Frederick Smith (II)

A. Keys: Efficient information system can 1: all the unnecessary; costs; more applicable 2: the distance between

A great part of economy will work on "supply chain" because 1: a fast cycle basis; a world of choice 2: on a computer; customize 3: have it delivered very rapidly

B. Keys: Michael:

Motivation: The opportunity in the industry, in the business

Ambitions 1. a leader not only in client computing, but also in the enterprise and servers and storage. 2. business not just in

the United States but all over the world 3. a lot of services that go along with the products

Frederick: Positive attitude towards future: company’s future Positive attitude towards work: going to work every day; compete; innovate; wonderful people; a lot of very exciting business trends.

Part IV More about the topic: The Business Plan

A. Keys: 1: the most fundamental 2: business plan 3: large 4: small 5: having a business plan 6: a reality 7: essential 8: a map 9: where you’re going to go 10: get started 11: go from “A” to “Z” 12: how much money 13: how many people 14: prediction where the business may go 15: position yourself 16: use the least amount of money 17: more critical 18: budding entrepreneurs 19: use the limited resources

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: 1: 80 2:100 3: oldest 4: largest 5: fastest 6: growing 7:1919 8: school 9: hours 10: organized 11: operated 12: forming 13: Local 14: developed 15: shares 16: materials 17: produced 18: profits 19: owned 20: business 21:operate 22: 1974 23: classrooms 24: programs 25:5 26: 18 27: 2700000 28: 85 000 29: 5 30: 11 31: Volunteer 32: main 33: rules

34: organized 35: made 36: sold 37: economy38: money39:

industry 40: trade 41: families 42: communities

43:12 44:14 45: business 46: expert 47: Project 48: economic 49: theories 50: supply demand 51: corporations 52: world trade 53: 12 54: 14 55: Economics 56: leaving 57: completing 58: continuing 59: game 60: jobs 61: education 62: money 63: get 64: earn 65: need 66: want 67: high 68:school

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Part I Getting ready

Unit 7 Fame and Fortune

Part I Getting ready

B. Keys: 1： magazine 2： newspaper 3： Microsoft Company 4： successful 5： richest 6： 3rd 7： 1955 8： Washington 9： computers 10： 13 11： baseball 12： football 13： computer programs 14： perform 15： high

16： computer language 17： Basic 18： valuable 19： office 20： home 21： established 22： 1975 23： three 24： computer software 25： established 26： nternational 27： usiness 28： achines 29： 1981 30： personal computer 31： operating system 32 ： 129 33： computer companies 34： Windows 35： easier 36： officials 37： 40000000

38： thousands of millions of dollars 39： 16 000 40： 48 41： 30 42： 100

Part II Bill Gates’ new rules

A. Keys: 1: quailty 2: re-engineering 3: velocity

B. Keys: 1: communication 2: e-mail 3: sales data online 4: insights 5: knowledge workers 6: high-level thinking 7: create virtual teams 8: paper process 9: digital process 10: eliminate single-task jobs 11: digital feedback loop 12: route customer complaints 13: redefine the boundarie 14: business process 15: just-in-time delivery 16: eliminate the middle man 17: help customers solve problems

Part III Great business deals

A. Keys: 1: NATIONAL STEAMSHIP 2: 20 000 3: Aristotle Onassis 4: 6 000 5: American 6: Big Ben 7: 1 000 8: tourist

9: Buckingham Palace 10: 2 000 11: The White House 12: 100 000 13: The Statue of Liberty 14: 100 000 15: Australian

B. Keys: 1: boom 2: world depression 3: millionaire 4: identified 5: fraud 6: five 7: California 8: luxury

Part IV More about the topic: Walt Disney

1: correspondence course 2: Oswald the Rabbit 3: talking cartoon film 4: Walt Disney himself 5: storyteller

6: Ub Iwerks 7: 35; feature-length cartoon film; 2 000 000; three 8: potential 9: 55; 17 000 000 27: taste; vulgarity; children of all ages

Part V Do you know…?

1: $24 worth of kettles, axes and cloth. 2: $80 000 000. 3: $27 000 000. 4: About 12 cents. 5: About 800 000 square miles. 6: About 1 600 000 square miles. 7: $7 200 000. 8: About 5 cents. 9: $750 000 000 worth. 10: An estimated 100 000 000 000 tons. Tape script

Part I Getting ready

Unit 8 Business Success

Part I Getting ready

B. Keys: 1: 90-149 pounds 2: 465 pounds 3: 240 pounds 4: 46 pounds 5: 835 pounds

Part II Witty Ways to Success

A. Keys: B. Keys: Dos: 1: about 3 2: 1 or 2 pumps 3: be firm but not crushing 4: at waist level 5: down 6: business format 7: e-mail buttons 8: carbon copy 9: praise 10: criticize 11: mind reading 12: return your phone call 13: cop to

Don’ts: 1: the limp handshake 2: the bone -crusher 3: the two-handed handshake 4: up 5: sensitive 6: conflict 7: casual 8: smiley face 9: winking 10: capitalizing 11: carbon copy the boss

Part III Technology in doing business

A. Keys: 1: technologies; efficiency and sales 2: in the digital

world 3: computer internet 4: electronic commerce; consumers 5: embrace; die

B. Keys: 1: F 2: T 3: F 4: F 5: T

Part IV More about the topic: How to Improve Your Executive Image?

A. Keys: 1: d 2: c 3: a 4: b 5: a

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: 1: Ten percent of American workers. 2: Construction, agriculture, communication, retail, manufacturing, engineering and real estate. 3: Her customers' good will and the friendships she has made at her store.

4: Because women business owners tend to place more emphasis on nurturing the individual employee's needs. Tape script

Part I Getting ready