全新版听说教程4听力原文Unit1OneWorldPartBListeningTasksAConversationBirthdayCelebrationsAroundtheWorldExercise1Listentotheconversationandwritedownanswerstothequestionsyouhear.Chairman:WelcometothisspecialbirthdayeditionofOneWorld.Tonightwehaveaspecialprogramdedicatedtobirthdaycelebrationsaroundtheworld.WithusinthestudiowehaveShaheenHagandPatCane,whohaveaweeklycolumnonbirthdaysintheTorontoDailyStar.Shaheen:Goodevening.Pat:Goodevening.Chairman:Shaheen,perhapswecouldbeginwithyou.HowarebirthdayscelebratedinIndia?Shaheen:Well,perhapswe'reallassumingthateveryoneintheworldcelebratestheirbirthday.Thisjustisn'tthecase.Low-incomefamiliesinIndia,forinstance,simplycan'taffordanyfestivities.AndmostMuslimsdon'tcelebratetheirbirthdays.Pat:IthinkShaheenhasraisedaninterestingpointhere.TheChristianchurch,too,wasactivelyagainstcelebratingbirthdays.Shaheen:OfcoursesomeMuslimsdocelebratetheirbirthdays.InEgypt,TurkeyandIndonesia,forexample,therichpeopleinvitefriendsandfamiliesaround.Butnotinsmallvillages.Chairman:HereinEnglandyourtwenty-firstusedtobethebigone.Butnowitseemstohavemovedtoeighteen.Isthattrue?Pat:Yes,inmostpartsoftheWesteighteenisnowthemostimportantbirthday.InFinland,forexample,eighteenistheagewhenyoucanvote,youknow,orbuywines,driveacarandsoon.ButinJapanIthinkyouhavetowaittillyou'retwentybeforeyoucansmokeordrink.Shaheen:IknowinSenegal,whichisanotherMuslimcountry,girlsgettovoteatsixteenandboysateighteen.AndinBangladesh,girlsateighteenandboysattwenty-one.Chairman:That'sinteresting.Imeanisittypicalthataroundtheworldgirlsareconsideredtobemorematurethanboys?Shaheen:Yes,Ithinkso,andinMexicoandArgentina,forexample,theyhaveenormouspartiesforfifteen-year-oldgirls.Pat:YouknowinNorwaytheyhaveagreatpartyforanyonewho'snotmarriedbythetimethey'rethirty.It'skindofembarrassing.Imeanyougetpepperthrownatyou.Chairman:Pepper?Whypepper?Pat:I'mnotreallysure.Shaheen:Sodoesthatmeanthatonyourtwenty-ninthbirthdayyoucanstartthinking"GodIbettergetmarried"?Pat:Well,I'mnotsurehowseriouslytheytakeit.Chairman:InEnglandwehavequitebigpartiesforyourfortieth,fiftieth,sixtiethandsoon.Pat:Well,inJapanyoureighty-eighthisconsidered...Chairman:Eighty-eighth?Pat:...tobetheluckiestbirthday.EightisaveryluckynumberinJapan.Questions1.WhatisOneWorld?2.Whatisthetopicoftheprogram?3.WhatdoShaheenHagandPatCanedo?4.Whydon'tsomepeopleinIndiacelebratetheirbirthdays?5.WhyistheeighteenthbirthdaysoimportantinFinland?6.Whycangirlsinsomecountriesgettovoteatanearlieragethanboys?7.WhichofthecountriesmentionedintheconversationareMuslimcountries?Exercise2Listentotheconversationagainanddecideifeachofthestatementsyouhearistrue(T)orfalse(F).Statements1.TheprogramisbroadcastinCanadaeveryday.2.Peopleeverywhereintheworldcelebratetheirbirthdays.3.ManyMuslimsdonotcelebratetheirbirthdaysforreligiousreasons.4.InEngland,thetwenty-firstbirthdayisveryimportant,whichisunusualintheWest.5.Thetwenty-firstbirthdayisveryimportantinJapan.6.InNorway,youngmenandwomenusuallygetmarriedbeforethirtytoavoidhavingpepperthrownatthem.7.EighteenisaveryluckynumberinJapan.8.Itcanbeconcludedthatourworldismademorecolorfulbythemanydifferentwaysbirthdaysareobservedindifferentcountries.SpeakingTasksPairWorkA.ReflectionsonthetextYouhavejustheardaprogramaboutbirthdaycelebrationsaroundtheworld.Whatdoyouthinkofthecelebrations?Whyisitthatsomepeopledonotcelebratetheirbirthdays?Whatdoes...
