英语专业学生经典的听力材料
Unit 11 Tourism
Part I
A
1. resort
3. Golden Mile
4. stag and hen parties
The south coast 1. its pier with theaters 2.shopping
Southwest 1. scenery
2.warmer climate
2. British surfing
1. Blackpool
/ restaurants
2. South Cornwell
Transcript:
Most visitors to the UK come here expecting the rain and miserable weather for which the country is famous. However, when summer finally does arrive, the British people like nothing more than packing their trunks and swimming costumes and heading for the coast. The UK is, after all, an island, and with 12,400 km of coastline to explore. Any visitor to the UK will be spoilt for choice. Here are some of the more famous resorts that you could expect to visit on a rip to Britain
Blackpool, in the northwest of England, is the most visited resort in the UK. Each year around 6.5 to 7 million people come to enjoy the mile of sandy beaches, the 158 m Blackpool Tower and the 11 km-long Golden Mile, where there are entertainments, pubs, ice rinks and even a zoo. A firm family favorite, it has also become a popular destination for stag and hen parties.
At the other end of the country on the south coast you can find Brighton. Until 1786, Brighton was a sleepy village. Then the future King George IV decided to build a residence there, and over the years Brighton grew into the large, cosmopolitan center it is now.
A part from the beaches, Brighton is famous for its pier. On the pier there are theaters, entertainments and restaurants. Brighton is also fantastic for
shopping.
If you fancy traveling a little further, why not go to Cornwell inn the far southwest the UK? South Cornwell offers miles of sandy beaches and beautiful scenery. The climate here is warmer than the rest of Britain and you can even find plan trees.
For a bit more excitement, go to North Cornwell. The scenery here is more dramatic, and the beaches are famous for their powerful waves. As a result, North Cornwell has become the home f British surfing.
One word of warning though, if you are using the roads in the UK on bank holidays or during school holidays, you can expect long traffic jams on the motorways. It might be better to take the train.
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B:
Place Problem(s) Cause(s)
Lake District Footpaths becoming trenches Too many walkers
Sistine Chapel Frescoes being damaged Breath and body heat
Notre Dame Floor being eroded Too many visitors
Stonework rotting Exhaust fumes from buses
Alpine resorts Trees being killed Pollution from cars
landslides
Tapescript:
The footpaths in the' Lake District have become trenches. The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are being damaged by the breath and body heat of spectators. A hundred and eight people enter Notre Dame every minute: their feet are eroding the floor and the buses that bring them there are rotting the stonework with exhaust fumes. Pollution from cars queuing to get to Alpine resorts is killing the trees and causing landslides. In 1987 they had to close Venice one day because it was too full. In 1963 forty-four people went down the Colorado River on a raft; now there are a thousand trips a day.
Part II
A
Excessive visitors (averaged 50,000 during golden weeks)
Cultural relics in the museum
An electronic ticket checking system
1). Real time record of the number of visitors inside the museum
2). Maximum reception capacity
The flow of tourists
Transcript:
Troubled by excessive visitors, the Palace Museum or Forbidden City in Beijing will adopt an electronic ticket checking system and make the control of the flow of tourists. The new system will keep a real time record of the number of visitors inside the museum, and inform the ticket office to hold ticket sales once the number exceeds the musuem’s maximum reception capacity. The Palace Museum, on of the most comprehensive Chinese museums, in terms of history and art, was established on the foundation of the palace that was the ritual center during two dynasties, the Ming and the Qing, and their collection of treasures. It has topped the must-see list of almost every visitor to the capital city. In recent years, the number of daily visitors to the Palace Museum averaged 50,000 during golden weeks, the week-long national holidays observed three times a year in China. Superfluous tourists have caused damage to cultural relics in the museum.
B
B1.
1. Shananxi Province / China / Chang’an / the largest / the resting place
2. a group of warring states / a nation / toil and labor / historic spots
Transcript:
Ni hao, you’re listening to People in the Know, your window into the world around you, coming to you from Xi’an, online at www. Crienglish. Com here on China Radio International. In this edition of our show, we’re discussing tourism in China in the backdrop of one of the cities that relies on tourism for its livelihood, Xi’an. So let’s get started.
For anyone who’s done a small amount of research on China, one the the must-see’s on the list for China is Xi’an. This city, now the capital Shaanxi Province, was, during the Tang Dynasty, the largest city in the world and the capital of China, known then as Chang’an. But Xi’an also holds the distinction of being the resting place of China’s first Emperor, the man who unified a group of warring states to create a nation. Qin Shihuang was a man who searched his entire life for the elixir which would allow him to live forever. It was on one of these journeys ----- ironically ---- he would live on eternity in safety and comfort. To that end, for 37 years, thousands of Chinese toiled and labored to build what is now one the most remarkable historic spots on the face of the earth. We all know it’s the home of the Terracotta Warriors. To
that end, we decided it would be prudent while in Xi’an to talk to tourists at the Terracotta Museum about their thoughts, not only on the Warriors themselves, but on traveling to China as a whole. We sat down recently and had a chat with three tourists visiting Xi’an to see the famous Terracotta Warriors.
B2
Germany
Yes
Nice, wonderful, proper
Transcript:
“Can I get your name, first?”
“My name is Barbara.”
“ What’s your last name, Barbara?”
“Oppenheimer.”
“from Germany?”
“from Germany.”
“so this is your first time here in China?”
“Yes, it’s my first time.”
“and so … your impression of the warriors?”
“it was very nice impression and I am very lucky to be here. I didn’t thought (think) it was so nice, really. I’ve pictures, photos and the book, and I will show all the people that they will come to China again.”
“it’s wonderful, really. It’s very proper. The garden has very good mates: the trees, flowers… and very clean, and I didn’t thought it was like this.”
“when you tell your friends back home, what sort of directions would you give them if they had a plan to come here to China? What would you recommend?”
“I think more and more German people are coming here to see. We saw a lot of other lands and America and so on. But it’s really another thing to come here.”
“you tell me about. It. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.”
“you’re welcome.”
B3
“Can I get your name?”
“Linda”
“Linda, what’s your last name, Linda?”
“Linux”
“Linux from Toronto. Your impression of the Terracotta Warriors?”
“… was incredible. It was just a sheer number of them, the history. I was really, mostly impressed by the number that have been left untouched until the preservation process can be further researched”
“ yeah, you find that it was what you had expected when you came?”
“yes, I actually teach in Canada. And so I learned about Terracotta Warriors as part of study with Grade Five students of ancient civilizations or early civilizations. And we looked at China. And this is one the things that we studied.”
“oh, really?”
“so I’ve seen pictures. I’ve seen some video footage and … so it was very much what I’ve expected. And it was even more impressive than I expected.”
“yeah. What about the actual tour part itself? Did you find that it was a bit maybe too touristy?”
“I’m here with the guide. He did a great job of explaining the history. I like the other signage around, the museum too, the attractive pieces as well.”
“ yeah. What about overall…. I mean have you had a chance to Xi’an itself, the actual city and take a look around?”
“We visited a little bit yesterday, yeah.”
“what did you think?”
“Great! We did a bike ride around the city wall. And that was fabulous. It was nice to be out. And there are so many crowds in China. It is very different from Canada. So it was nice to be able to move freely around the city wall quickly.”
“well, Linda. Thank you a lot for the time. I appreciate it.”
“you are very welcome.”
B4
“First stuff, can I get your name?”
“Bill Vineberg”
“Vineberg from British Columbia. You are part of a larger tour. You are here for 3 weeks. Where have you been elsewhere?”
“Just Beijing so far”
“Oh, really? Did you catch all the sights there as well?”
“well, as many as we could. You know the Great Wall, Tian An Men Square, Forbidden City, you know, Imperial Palace, you know.”
“what were your impression of Beijing?”
“Well, the Great Wall really impressed me. That was phenomenal.”
“let me ask you about touring around in Beijing. Did you find it diffilcult? Are you with the group?”
“we are with the group.”
“if you wanted to venture out on your own, would you feel comfortable
doing that?”
“not really too comfortable… no, not knowing the language, you know, I wouldn’t want to venture too far away.”
“yeah. Makes sense I suppose. So why China? I mean, what drew you here?”
“well, it’s a part of the world we’ve seen before, we want to see it before it changes too much. It’s got modernized pretty quick. ”
“so if you had any recommendations for people back home, what would you tell them about China? How would you tell them to go about doing things here?”
“I would definitely tell them to go with an organized tour. You know, something that… when you have a guide, who knows what the are doing, yeah. I definitely will do that, yes.”
“thank you very much”
“you are welcome.”
Part III
About 100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cell-phone text
messages to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Academy Award-winning British actor Ben Kingsley announced the winners at a glitzy international show at Portugal’s largest venue, the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
“The Colosseum in Rome, ” he said.
The only site in Europe selected was the Colosseum. The others were: The Great Wall of China, India’s Taj Mahal, Jordan’s ancient city of Petra, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer, and Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid/
The seven winners beat out 14 other nominated landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Easter Island in the Pacific, the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the Acropolis in Athens, Russia’s Kremlin and Australia’s Sydney Opera House.
Thousands enjoyed the show in Lisbon, which included breakdancing and singing by tenor Jose Carrenras and pop star Jennifer Lopez. Others celebrated in the countries home to the sites chosen.
In India, this young man said he was proud he was born in the city of the Taj Mahal. He said he was proud it was selected as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
In Mexico, Yucatan State Governor, Yvonne Ortega celebrated the selection of the Chichen Itza pyramid.
Ortega said, “The Mayan brought luck to us, the people from Yuncatan, but now we must take advantage of this with a great economic development for the country.”
The campaign to name the new wonders was launched in 1999 with almost 200 nominations coming in from around the world. The list of candidates was narrowed to 21 by the start of 2006. organizers also went on a world tour, visiting each site.
The original list of wonders was concentrated in the Mediterranean and Middle East. The only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient are the Great Pyramids of Giza.
The New Seven Wonders organization was established by Swiss-Canadian adventure Bernard Weber. It aims to promote cultural diversity by supporting, preserving and restoring monuments. It relies on private donation and revenue from selling broadcasting rights.
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