全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程4参考答案
Unit 1
Part B
1. What is One World?
A radio or TV program.
2. What is the topic of the program?
Birthday celebrations around the world.
3. What do Shaheen Hag and Pat Cane do?
They run a weekly column in the Toronto Daily Star.
4. Why don’t some people in India celebrate their birthdays?
Because they can’t afford the cost.
5. Why is the eighteenth birthday so important in Finland?
Because eighteen is the age when one is accepted as an adult with the right to vote, buy wines and drive a car.
6. Why can girls in some countries get to vote at an earlier age than boys?
Because girls are considered to be more mature than boys of the same age.
7. Which of the countries mentioned in the conversation are Muslim countries?
Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal.
1. The program is broadcast in Canada every day.( F )
2. People everywhere in the world celebrate their birthdays.( F )
3. Many Muslims do not celebrate their birthdays for religious reasons.( T )
4. In England, the twenty-first birthday is very important, which is unusual in the West.( F )
5. The twenty-first birthday is very important in Japan. ( F )
6. In Norway, young men and women usually get married before 30 to avoid having pepper thrown at them.( F )
7. Eighteen is a very lucky number in Japan.( F )
8. It can be concluded that our world is made more colorful by the many different ways birthdays are observed in different countries.( T )
Part C
1) unique 2) globe 3) simultaneously
4) terrorist 5) remembrance
6) appropriate 7) sharing.
8) The material can be submitted to the project organizers in Scotland
9) It will allow a voice to all people regardless of nationality, religion, race, political viewpoint, gender or age.
10) Contributors will be invited to attend the first public performance of the film in their respective countries
Unit 2
Part B
d c b a a
1 Non-smokers seem to have won the battle because smoking is banned
not only in public places like theaters and airports but also in all workplaces.
2. They have banned smoking in parks and recreation centers. In Los Angeles, for example, they have implemented a smoke-free park policy, officially designating smoke-free zones in all 375 parks and recreation centers in the city. And since January 1, 2002 all parks in California have become smoke-free to safeguard children from the harmful effects of secondhand tobacco smoke and dangerous tobacco waste.
Part C
d d a a
Unit 3
Part B
ex.1 on P24-25
d c a c
ex.2 on 25
Firstly, it is a fact that some people were born with better memories.
Secondly, different things are kept in different parts of the brain. Ideas, words and numbers are stored in the left-hand side and images, sounds and smells in the right-hand side.
Thirdly, unusual experiences can produce chemicals such as adrenaline in our body which can boost memory.
Fourthly, how well we remember something is also affected by the context in which we learn about it.
Finally, the more often you recall a memory, the more likely you are to remember it. If you don’t, you’ll lose it.
Part C
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Unit 4
Part B.
Exercise 1
d b d c d a
