新突破大学英语综合 教程Unit 1.doc

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1、UnitOneTransportationPartOneWarming-upListeningActivities1Directions:Listentothefollowingdialogueandfillintheblankswiththemissingwordsorphrases.Thedialoguewillbespokenonlyonce.Lucy:Howdoyouthinkthetransportsysteminourcitycouldbeimproved?John:Ithinkthatthepublictransportsystemcouldbemadesimpler.Ine

2、verknowwherethebusroutesactuallygo.Theroutesseemtootwistandturnratherthangoingroughlyinthestraightline.Lucy:Ithinkwejustneedtobuildmoreroads.Thentherewillbemorespaceforcarstodriveandwe’dhavefewertrafficjams.John:Ifwebuildmoreroads,peoplewouldjustfillthemwithcarsagain.Ithinkweshoulddiscouragepeople

3、fromusingtheircars.Lucy:Howwouldyouliketodothat?John:Ithinkweshoulddoafewthingsatonce.Improvingpublictransportwouldencouragepeoplenottousetheirowncars.Ifwealsochargepeopletousetheircarsinthecitycenter,theywon’tusetheircarsasmuch.Lucy:Idon’tagreewithyou.Ithinkitisunfairtomakedriverspaymoremoney.The

4、yalreadypayalotoftax,petroltax,forexample.John:Ithinkthattheyshouldpaymoretax.Lookatthedamagetheycausetotheenvironmentandpeople’shealthbydischargingallthoseexhaustfumes.Lucy:Theairwouldcertainlybecleaneriftherearefewercarsbeingusedinthecity.Theproblemisthepeoplewillseeitasreducingtheirfreedom.Itwi

5、llbeunpopular.John:That’sagoodpoint.Carownerswillprobablybeagainstit.Butpeoplewhousepublictransportwillbeinfavorofit.2Directions:Listentothefollowingpassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwordsorphrases.Thepassagewillbereadtwotimes.Ibelievethatourgovernmentshouldspendmoremoneyontransportation.Here

6、iswhy?Firstofall,publictransportationsuchasbusesandsubwayscandeliveragreatamountofpeopleatthesametime.Forinstance,subwayscanalwaystransferhundredsofpeopletotheirdestinationsassoonaspossible.Longdistancebuseswillgiveahandfulofhelptomanypeoplewhoworkinadifferentcityastheylive.Inaddition,localbusesar

7、eheroesformakingoureverydaylifeeasier.Secondly,publictransportationcaneffectivelyrelievethetrafficcongestioninrushhour.Forexample,livinginametropolislikeNewYorkorToronto,peoplearehighlyrecommendedtotakepublictran