【正文】 ment of Homeland Security. He left no doubt his patience regarding Iraq is wearing very thin*, stressing the United States will no longer tolerate any efforts by Saddam Hussein to circumvent* demands to disarm. Exercise A Directions: Listen to the news item and plete the summary. This news item is about the Bush administration39。 most famous activity. The Oscar Statuette is a knight holding a crusader39。 a ventriloquist* Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth。s* chief art director Cedric Gibbons, depicts* a knight holding a crusader39。ve only been waiting for over an hour. That39。s Sunday. Woman: Pardon? Man: A pity it39。s the only one near your flat. Woman: Hmm, well now, let39。t do myself. It didn39。t you at least phone? Woman: I would have! But I didn39。ve only been waiting for over an hour. That39。m late. Man: Man: Oh, that39。clock. Section Two Listening prehension Part 1 Dialogue I39。t do myself. It didn39。t you at least phone? Woman: I would have! But I didn39。ve only been waiting for over an hour. That39。m late. Man: Man: Oh, that39。ll take a couple of hours, at least. B: Shall we say Monday morning, then? A: Monday morning. All right. Nine o39。m sorry. I thought you said Tuesday. B: Thursday two fifteen. No, I39。t be able to do that so much. Yes, I think they39。Book Three UNIT 1 Section One Part 1 Spot Dictation Houses in the Future Well, I think houses in the future will probably be (1) quite small but I should think they39。t know, in this country, perhaps we (7) won39。ll be a bit more (20) flexibility about that. Part 2 Listening for Gist A: Tuesday two fifteen. Let me look in my diary. B: No, Thursday. A: Oh, I39。s a lot to talk about. It39。m terribly sorry I39。t got anything better to do, have I? Woman: Just let me explain, will you? Man: I39。t be like that. Just let me explain. (Silence. Man says nothing.) Woman: I ... I tried to get here in time but just after I left home, the car broke down. Man: The car broke down? Woman: Yes, and ... well ... luckily ... there was a garage near me. And ... and it took them a while to repair it. Man: Why didn39。t remember the name of the restaurant. I knew where it was, but fot the name. Man: I see. Well, at least it was lucky you found a garage to repair your car. Woman: Yes. It was something I couldn39。m late, you see. Man: Uhhuh. Which garage, by the way? Woman: Pardon? Man: Which garage did you take it to? 2. The key words are Tuesday. Thursday. two fifteen. three fifteen. Monday morning. nine o39。m terribly sorry I39。t got anything better to do, have I? Woman: Just let me explain, will you? Man: I39。t be like that. Just let me explain. (Silence. Man says nothing.) Woman: I ... I tried to get here in time but just after I left home, the car broke down. Man: The car broke down? Woman: Yes, and ... well ... luckily ... there was a garage near me. And ... and it took them a while to repair it. Man: Why didn39。t remember the name of the restaurant. I knew where it was, but fot the name. Man: I see. Well, at least it was lucky you found a garage to repair your car. Woman: Yes. It was something I couldn39。m late, you see. Man: Uhhuh. Which garage, by the way? Woman: Pardon? Man: Which garage did you take it to? Woman: Uh ... the one near my flat. You know. Lewis Brothers. Man: Yes, I know that garage. It39。ll have some ... Man: A pity it39。t got anything better to do, have I? I39。t meet strict quality control standards, they are immediately cut in half and melted down. large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices via air express, with no identifiable markings. The Oscar statuette, designed by MGM39。t use the nickname officially until 1939. Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards with a few notable exceptions. In the 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas* of the statuette。t meet strict quality control standards, the statuettes are immediately cut in half and melted down. Each award is individually packed into a Styrofoam* container slightly larger than a shoebox. Eight of these are then packed into a larger cardboard box, and the large boxes are shipped to the Academy offices in Beverly Hills via air express, with no identifiable markings. On March 10, 2020, 55 Academy Awards mysteriously vanished en route from the Windy City* to the City of Angels. Nine days later, 52 of stolen statuettes were discovered next to a Dumpster* in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles by Willie Fulgear, who was later invited by the Academy to attend the Oscar 2020 ceremonies as a special guest. For eight decades, the Oscars have survived war, weathered earthquakes, and even managed to escape unscathed* from mon thieves. Since 1995, however, R. S. Owens has repaired more than 160 statuettes. Maybe somebody used chemicals on them to polish them and the chemicals rubbed right through the lacquer* and into the gold, explains the pany president. Or maybe people stored them someplace where they corroded. Although he stresses that the statuette is made to endure, Siegel offers this sage advice to all Oscar winners: If it gets dusty, simply wipe it with a soft dry cloth. Exercise A Prelistening Question Every January, the attention of the entertainment munity and of film fans around the world turns to the uping Academy Awards, the highest honor in filmmaking. The annual presentation of the Oscars has bee the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences39。s NATO allies will stand with the United States if he decides to take military action against Iraq. All the same, the president says no action is likely in the near future. He says for now the focus is on implementing the new UN r