新视野大学英语听说教程(第二版)2 unit 3 Pros and Cons of Mixed Marriages 听力原文及答案自己动手打字,内容包括：Warming Up,Short Conversation,Long Conversation,Passage 四部分

Warming Up

Hello, and welcome! Thank you for listening to this report, entitled “Pros and Cons of Mixed Marriages”. Mixed marriages are becoming more common and many people have strong opinions about them. In this program, you’ll listen to opinions on both sides of the issue. Overall, people seem to be in favor. One woman will tell you how happy she is to have married a foreigner. Some will say it is OK for others but it’s not for them. However, nearly one third of the people you are going to hear on this program will say people from different cultures shouldn’t get married, claiming that these individuals cannot be compatible.

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Keys : 3 2 1

Short Conversation

1. M: Could you tell me about the pros and cons of mixed marriages?

W: I can tell you the pros, for sure. After being married to a foreigner for 20 years, I’ve yet to discover any cons.

Q: What can’t the woman tell the man?

2. W: The wedding is next week, but i still don’t know if marrying a person of a different race is right.

M: There are a lot of pros and cons of mixed marriages, but overall they’re good. Q: How does the man feel about mixed marriages?

3. M: The French have a lot of charm. I think you’ll enjoyed being married to one.

W: Not everything about them is charming. And I’m going to have some trouble dealing with His culture.

Q: What concern does the woman have about marrying a Frenchman?

4. W: Has anyone criticized you for marrying someone of a different race?

M: I expected people to. But they haven’t so far. Besides, i don’t care what people think. My wife and i hit it of A-OK.

Q: What did the man expect?

5. W: That’s great you’re getting married,but do you have a clue about your new wife’s culture? M: Sure. Learning about her people’s way of doing things was the first i did when i decided marry her.

Q: What did the man do first when he decided to get married?

6. W: I’ve heard that you canceled your wedding plans. What’s the problem?

M: Money is very important to people from her culture. She left me when she discovered I’m Poor!

Q: Why was the wedding canceled?

7. M: I can’t believe how good your Chinese language skills are! How did you improve so

新视野大学英语听说教程(第二版)2 unit 3 Pros and Cons of Mixed Marriages 听力原文及答案自己动手打字,内容包括：Warming Up,Short Conversation,Long Conversation,Passage 四部分

quickly?

W: I married a Chinese man. We talk every day. He’s helped me a lot.

Q: What does the woman’s husband help her with?

8. W:I have a question for you. Would you ever marry a person from another culture?

M: That’s a tough one! If i do, it’ll probably be to someone from a culture similar to mine. Q: What kind of woman would the man marry?

9. W: Our marriage is falling apart. Didn’t you know your family wouldn’t approve of you marrying a foreigner?

M: I never expected it to be a problem. It’s not their marriage after all; it’s ours.

Q: What is the man’s relationship to the woman?

10. M: I’ve been thinking about getting married. Do you know what divorce rate of mixed Marriage is?

W: What do you mean, mixed races or mixed religions? The rate for the first one is 65 percent; the second,70 percent.

Q: What is the divorce rate of marriages between people of different rates?

Keys: D A B C D A D B A B

Long Conversation

W: Grandpa, Mom told me that you have been married twice. Is that true?

M: Yes, I’m afraid so.

W: That’s a surprise. What happened to you first wife?

M: Your grandma was my first wife.

W: But...

M: And your grandma is my second wife. You see, I met her while I was in Germany during the War. We knew we loved each other from the moment we met, so we got to married right away. But we weren’t ready for the resistance we received from her family. Her mother insisted that Americans and Germans weren’t compatible. So she divorced me.

W: Too bad. What happened then?

M: Three years later, we met again in New York, quite by accident. I was working at the port and She was on a boat coming to the U.S. When we saw each other again after all that time, we decided to overlook her parents’ advice. We got married again, and we’ve been happy ever since.

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Q: 1. What did the girl hear from her mother? A

2.How did the girl’s grandparents feel when they first met? B

3.Why did the girl’s grandparents get divorced? D

4.How did the girl’s grandparents meet again after their divorce? D

5.What did the girl’s grandparents decide to do after they met again? A

新视野大学英语听说教程(第二版)2 unit 3 Pros and Cons of Mixed Marriages 听力原文及答案自己动手打字,内容包括：Warming Up,Short Conversation,Long Conversation,Passage 四部分

Passage

Marriage can change people a great deal, and marriage to a person of a different culture can change a person even more. As someone who has married s foreigner, I know. I’m a Canadian who married a Chinese man. At first, I harbor some reservations. I wasn’t sure how compatible we’d be. Somehow, however, we made it work. And I found myself growing to become more like him. I started picking up Chinese characteristics and began speaking English with an Chinese accent! My brother joked, saying I was even beginning to look Chinese! My husband has changed a lot too, becoming more like Canadians in attitude. I suppose this is something of a compromise wherein we met each other in the middle. I suspect that we will continue to grow more alike as time goes by; that is exciting to me. A person, after all, should change during his or her life time.

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Q: 1. According to he speaker, which circumstances cause the greater change in people after they

Are married? B

2. How did the woman feel when she first got married? D

3. What joke did the woman’s brother make about her? D

4. How has the woman’s husband changed? A

5. Why does the woman feel good about her recent changes? B