【正文】 s weapons inspections in Iraq. Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and fill in the blanks with the missing words. Mr. Blix emphasizes that his inspectors will not determine the course of events in the region. He says they will visit suspected sites, conduct interviews with Iraqi scientists, ferret out information and report back to the Security Council for its members to decide. The next test for Iraq will be December eighth, the deadline for Iraq to present a full accounting of its weapons programs. If Iraq presents, in effect, a blank sheet, Mr. Blix says, he would expect the United States to put its evidence on the table, so it can be verified. Iraq has persistently maintained it does not have the banned weapons. The latest such assertion came in a letter to the UN this week, in which Baghdad accepted the latest Security Council resolution setting out the parameters for what experts say will be the most intrusive inspections in Iraq, so far. Part 2 PassageRise and Fall of Egypt 1. The Nile River was a kind friend but occasionally a hard taskmaster of the people who lived along its banks. 2. In due course of time, one man who grew more powerful than most of his neighbors became their King. 3. Provided he was not obliged to pay more taxes to his King than he thought just, he accepted the rule of pharaoh as accepted the rule of Mighty Osiris. 4. It was different however when a foreign invader came and robbed him of his possessions. 5. Egypt regained a semblance of independence when one of Alexander39。s first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn39。s why I39。m late Woman: Listen! I39。ll be (2) wellinsulated so that you don39。ll ring you back and confirm. A: All right. But ring before five, could you? B: All right. A: Right you are. Bye. B: Bye. Exercise. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1. This dialogue is about making an appointment. 2. The key words are Tuesday. Thursday. two fifteen. three fifteen. Mondaymorning. nine o39。t remember the name of the restaurant. I knew where it was, but forgot 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。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。s stand on the Iraqi issue. Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and plete the following sentences. Minister Blair warned that Saddam Hussein would suffer the consequences unless he cooperated with the UN weapons inspectors. Hussein should cooperate fully with the inspectors to tell them exactly what material he has, and ply with them in the eradication of that material. Thursday Tony Blair had an interview with Radio Monte Carlo39。s the Toyota over there, to the left of the Peugeot. It39。13,550. B: Hmm well, I39。16,240M 163。s is 80 miles per hour and the Renault39。12,830 and is cheap to run: It does 38 miles per gallon. Or there39。s sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes. Exercise B Sentence Dictation Directions: Listening to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. Exercise C Detailed Listening Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false. T 1. There were five original branches of the Academy. (Because the five spokes on the reel of film signify the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.) F 2. The Academy Award of Merit was officially named Oscar in 1928. (Born in 1928, years would pass before the Academy Award of Merit was officially named Oscar.) T 3. The Academy staff began referring to the Academy statuette as Oscar because Margaret Herrick said the statuette was like her uncle Oscar. (An Academy librarian and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick, thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar and said so, and as a result the Academy staff began referring to it as Oscar.) F 4. Since its conception, the Oscar statuette has met exacting uniform standards. (There were a few notable exceptions. In 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette and a ventriloquist Edgar Bergen gained a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth. Walt Disney was honored with one fullsize and seven miniature statuettes. ) T 5. Oscars were made of plaster in the 1940s because of the War. (Between 1942 and 1944, in support of the war effort, Oscars were made of plaster.) T 6. The manufacturer, R. S. Owens makes about 50 Oscars each year in Chicago. (Approximately 50 Oscars are made each year in Chicago by the manufacturer, R. S. Owens.) F 7. 55 Academy Awards were stolen by a mysterious person en route from the Windy City to the City of Angels on March 10, 2000. (On March 10,2000,55 Academy Awards just mysteriously vanished en route from the Windy City to the City of Angels, but how and by whom was unknown.) F 8. For eighty years, the Oscars have survived war, weathered earthquakes, managed to escape unscathed from mon thieves and even chemical corrosion. (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. )Exercise D Afterlistening Discussion Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions. 1. The traditional Oscar statuette hasn39。s Sunday. That garage is closed on Sunday! ExerciseDirections: Listen to the dialogue and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1. They are possibly boyfriend and girlfri