新编大学英语听力3 unit6

[00:02.84]Success

[00:05.22]Part Two

[00:08.42]Listening-Centered Activities

[00:12.96]Listening 1

[00:15.88]Exercise 1

[00:19.62]Directions:

[00:22.86]Listen to the dialogue and note down the important information.

[00:28.80]Compare your notes with your group members,

[00:32.90]pool all your notes together and try to get all the important information.

[00:40.32]How Do You Succeed

[00:44.03]I:Dr Smith, you're a sociologist 1 who has studied success.

[00:50.51]What do you think are the most important factors in success?

[00:56.02]S:Obviously no matter what field you're in, you have to have energy and ambition.

[01:03.22]I:Do you also have to have a lot of natural talent?

[01:08.83]S:Not necessarily.

[01:12.86]Research has shown that the people who get to the top

[01:17.98]aren't always the ones who have the most natural talent.

[01:22.69]But they are the ones who work really hard.

[01:27.52]I:So, is success just a question of hard work?

[01:33.31]S:No, it is more than hard work. It has to be very concentrated or focused hard work.

[01:41.56]In other words, you have to work effectively and you have to be very motivated.

[01:47.96]It's also a question of attitude.

[01:52.32]I:Could you explain what you mean?

[01:56.46]S:Well, if you think that work is a form of punishment,

[02:02.80]you'll never achieve your goals.

[02:06.61]You have to accept the difficult and painful moments in a positive manner.

[02:12.95]I:Can you give an example?

[02:17.12]S:Yes, of course.

[02:20.76]There are many people who have so much will and determination

[02:26.27]that they are not discouraged by difficulties.

[02:31.20]When she was in middle school, Condoleezza Rice, for example,

[02:37.39]was told that her scores on aptitude 2 tests

[02:41.86]showed that she probably wouldn't do well in university.

[02:46.90]But that didn't discourage her.

[02:50.78]Inspired by her hardworking grandfather,

[02:55.68]she put so much energy into her studies that she entered university at 15

[03:01.76]and graduated at 19.

[03:06.01]Today she is the head of a college in Stanford University.

[03:11.95]She is the first woman and the first African-American

[03:17.53]to fill that prestigious 3 position.

[03:21.35]I:She is certainly an inspiration 4 and an example of courage and self-discipline.

[03:28.58]Exercise 2

[03:32.08]Directions:

[03:35.57]Listen to the dialogue again and write a summary of the dialogue.

[03:42.77]Listening 2

[03:46.15]Exercise 1

[03:49.93]Directions:

[03:53.53]Listen to the passage and write down the three pieces of advice given by the author.

[04:01.85]Let Yourself Go

[04:05.66]Several years ago,

[04:09.34]I received a post card from a friend in Iowa, who wrote, "I am skiing with abandon!

[04:17.87]I wondered what he meant, because when I ski it is always with fear.

[04:26.69]I think he meant he was skiing skillfully, joyfully 5, peacefully and confidently.

[04:38.46]Although I will never be able to ski with abandon,

[04:45.12]I do dream of living with abandon.

[04:50.02]I believe that successful men and women

[04:55.45]have got some secrets of living life to the fullest.

[05:01.72]First, you should have self-respect.

[05:07.37]This means believing in what you do and working hard.

[05:13.67]It means setting your own standards and not comparing yourself to others.

[05:21.44]It's not a question of being better than someone else,

[05:27.35]but being better than you thought you could be.

[05:33.36]Winston Churchill gave us a good example of self-respect despite criticism.

[05:41.82]When he was in his last year as the Prime Minister,

[05:48.37]he was attending an official ceremony.

[05:52.51]Several rows behind him two gentlemen began whispering:

[05:58.78]"That's Winston Churchill. They say he is getting senile."

[06:05.44]"They say he should retire

[06:09.94]so that a more dynamic and capable man can run the country."

[06:16.67]When the ceremony was over, Churchill turned to the men and said,"Gentlemen,

[06:24.66]they also say he is deaf!"

[06:29.70]The second secret to living life to the fullest is to devote yourself to others.

[06:37.58]You should believe in others and take time to help them fulfil their dreams.

[06:44.71]If you help other people to turn their dreams into reality,

[06:50.69]your own future will be brighter.

[06:55.01]The third secret is to turn disappointments into strengths.

[07:01.63]Many people who live with abandon have discovered that hardships

[07:08.04]make them more sensitive and loving.

[07:13.04]Disappointments can help build one's endurance 6 and character.

[07:19.38]History is filled with the stories of heroic men and women

[07:26.04]who have triumphed over adversity and demonstrated victorious 7 spirits.

[07:33.31]Raise him in poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln.

[07:40.15]Make her blind and deaf, and you have a Helen Keller.

[07:47.57]Exercise 2

[07:51.17]Directions:

[07:54.73]Listen to the passage again