Preparatory Lesson 4（预热课）

大名鼎鼎的一套听力书，最原汁原味的听力语料。作为一名曾经的英专生，直到自己作为雅思听力教师，这套书都一直是我最喜欢最百听不厌的。

PS：相信很多爱好英文的朋友都有听过，我自己在网上也听过，不过可能是由于传来传去反复压缩，音质不是很好，所以我把收藏起来的这套书的原版光盘无损地上传到喜马拉雅上，供大家学习。同时，为了大家学习的便利性，从现在开始，我正一课课地把文稿手打上来。再次声明，此专辑只为学习之用，无任何商业目的，如有侵权，迅速删除。望能够给大家提供便利！

最后，如果大家肯定我的努力，请给我慷慨打赏！爱你们！ ^_^

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A. Numbers. Look at the questions listed below and fill in the correct mileage. 

1. Los Angeles to Chicago: two thousand and fifty-four
2. Houston to Miami: one thousand one hundred and ninety
3. Detroit to New York: six hundred thirty-seven
4. Miami to Los Angeles: two thousand six hundred and eighty-seven
5. Detroit to Houston: one thousand two hundred and sixty-five
6. New York to Los Angeles: two thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
7. Houston to New York: one thousand six hundred and eight
8. Chicago to Miami: one thousand three hundred and twenty-nine
9. Detroit to Chicago: two hundred and sixty-six
10. Chicago to Houston: one thousand sixty-seven

B. Numbers. Answer the following questions according to what you hear on the tape. 

1. Cairo: five million four hundred thousand
2. London: six million nine hundred thousand
3. New York: seven million
4. Tokyo: eight million five hundred thousand
5. Sao Paulo: twelve million six hundred thousand
6. Peking: nine million
7. Bombay: eight million two hundred thousand
8. Moscow: eight million eleven thousand

C. Numbers. Dictate the names of coins to get yourself familiarized with these terms. 
1. one dime
2. one nickel and one penny
3. one quarter and one dime
4. two nickels
5. two quarters and a penny
6. two dimes and a penny
7. two dimes and two nickels
8. two pennies, two nickels and two dimes
9. one penny, one nickel and two dimes
10. two quarters, two nickels and two dimes

Dialogue l:

—Do you like my new shoes?

—Oh, yes. Aren't they smart?

—Thank you.

Dialogue 2:
—Did you remember to get the bread?
—Well, I remember walking past the Baker's shop.
—But you forgot to get the bread.
—I'm afraid so. I don't remember you telling me to get it.
—Well, I certainly did. In fact, I reminded you to get it at lunchtime.

Dialogue 3:

—I've run out of money.

—How much money do you need?

—Oh, about ten pounds.

—Can't you make do with five pounds?

—No. That's not enough.

Dialogue 4:
Distinguish between a country and its nationality names, such as Germany / German, Italy / Italian. Listen to some people at an international conference and fill in the following chart. Some of them have been done for you.

Speaker: Welcome to our conference, ladies and gentlemen. Can you tell me where you come from? First, the girl over there with the fair hair. Your name's Lisa, isn't it?

Lisa: That's right. I'm Lisa. I come from Germany. I'm German.

Speaker: Thank you, Lisa. Now the tall man with the black hair. Is your name Tony?

Tony: That's right. I'm Tony. I come from Italy. I'm Italian.

Speaker: Welcome, Tony. And now, the small girl on the left. What's your name?

Francoise: Francoise.

Speaker: And where do you come from?

Francoise: I'm French. I come from France.

Speaker: Welcome to the conference, Francoise. And now it's time for coffee. Can you please come back in half an hour?

Speaker: Now the coffee break is over. We have people from ten different countries here. Please write their countries and nationalities. You know Lisa and Tony and Francoise.

1. Lisa comes from Germany. She's German.

2. Tony comes from Italy. He's Italian.

3. Francoise comes from France. She's French.

4. Carmen comes from Spain. She's Spanish.

5. Hans comes from Holland. He's Dutch.

6. George comes from Brazil, He's Brazilian.

7. Ingrid comes from Sweden. She's Swedish.

8. Maria comes from Venezuela. She's Venezuelan.

9. Skouros comes from Greece. He's Greek.

10. Ahmad comes from Egypt. He's Egyptian.

Section Three

Dictation. Dictate the following four groups of words and phrases.
Group 1:
1. dictionary
2. to clean house
3. cleaning lady
4. housewife
5. different
6. younger
7. older

8. pillow
9. sheet
10. blanket
11. easy chair

Group 2:
1. to drink with
2. to eat with
3. youngest
4. oldest
5. busiest
6. heaviest
7. sharpest
8. to the left
9. to the right

Group 3:
1. sell
2. ice cream
3. ice cream cone
4. cents
5. lady
6. park
7. bench
8. typist
9. young

10. office
11. story
12. next

13. tell

Group 4:
1. older

2. younger

3. little
4. student
5. teacher
6. want

7. old

8. draw
9. beautiful
10. adult
11. children