B3U6课前听力

英语点学 2022-06-09

新世纪大学英语综合教程3

Unit 6

Task 1: Focusing on the Main Ideas

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.

1) According tothe speaker, happiness _____________.

A) is not easilyobtained by poor people

B) is what moviestars are most eager to obtain

C) does notnaturally follow wealth or success

D) necessarilyresults from wealth or success

2) According tothe speaker, happiness lies in the following EXCEPT ___________.

A) wealthobtained through honest effort

B) wealthobtained by winning lotteries

C) yourcontribution to others’ happiness

D) yoursuccessful work

3) Insteadof being an end, happiness is a(n) ____________.

A) beginning

B) process

C)unattainable goal

D) business ofthe community

4) Thepassage is mainly about ____________.

A) the secretto happiness

B) thedefinition of happiness

C) the misunderstandingof happiness

D) therelationship between happiness and wealth

Task 2: Zooming In on the Details

Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.

1) The world is full of very rich people whoare as ___________ as if they were ______________.

2)If you obtain wealth through ________ or______________, you will not be happywith it. You will think you are a mean person.

3) Long-term happiness is based on ____________, and ______________,contribution, and self-esteem.

4)If your happiness depends on ______________, you will always feel unfulfilledbecause there will always be something ___________.

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1) C 2) B 3)B 4) A

1) The world is fullof very rich people who are as miserable as if they were living in hell.

2)If you obtain wealth through luckor dishonest means, you will not be happy with it. You will think you are a mean person.

3) Long-term happiness is based on honesty and productivework, contribution, and self-esteem.

4) If your happiness depends on externalcircumstances, you will always feel unfulfilledbecause there will always be something missing.

Script:

Happiness

Many people think thatwhen they become rich and successful, happiness will naturally follow. Let metell you this is not true. The world is full of very rich people who are asmiserable as if they were living in hell. We have read stories about moviestars who committed suicide or died from drugs. Quite clearly, money is not theonly answer to all problems.

Wealth obtained throughdishonest means does not bring happiness. Lottery winnings do not bringhappiness. To my mind, the secret to happiness lies in your successful work, inyour contribution to others’ happiness and in the wealth you have earnedthrough your own honest effort. If you obtain wealth through luck or dishonestmeans, you will not be happy with it. You will think you are a mean person.

Long-term happiness is basedon honesty and productive work, contribution, and self-esteem. Happiness is notan end; it is a process. It is a continuous process of honest and productivework which makes a real contribution to others and makes you feel you are auseful, worthy person. As one writer put it, “There is no way to happiness.Happiness is the way.” It’s no use saying, “Someday when I achieve these goals,when I get a car, build a house and own my own business, then I will be reallyhappy.” Life just does not work that way. If you wait for certain things tohappen and depend on external circumstances of life to make you happy, you willalways feel unfulfilled. There will always be something missing.