實用聽力練習-BBC 6-minute English

聆聽練習名稱: Star Signs 

適合中級水平的學生

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Vocabulary Preview—Please read these words at least once before listening!
1.      Gemini [n]	雙子座
2.      Virgo [n]	處女座
3.      personality [n]	性格
4.      witty [adj]	詼諧的
5.      observant [adj]	細心的
6.      adaptable [adj]	適應性強的
7.      astrologer [n]	占星家
8.      astronomer [n]	天文學家
9.      precise [adj]	精確的
10.  horoscope [n]	星座運勢
11.  came to light [idiom]	揭發
12.  Margaret Thatcher	柴契爾夫人; 前任英國首相
13.  Nancy Reagan	南茜·戴維斯·雷根，美國第40任總統隆納·雷根(Ronald Reagan)之遺孀，即是前美國第一夫人
14.  Pisces [n]	雙魚座
14. cultural history [n.phr.]	文化歷史
15.  parallel [n]	平行; 相似
16.  astronomy [n]	天文學
17.  popularize [v]	大眾化
18.  metaphor [n]	比喻
19.  insignificant [adj.]	微不足道
20.  domestication [n]	馴化
21.  psychologist [n]	心理學家
22.  Sagittarius [n]	射手座
23.  misperceive [v]	錯誤理解
24.  counter-bias [n]	反偏見
25.  fall prey to [v]	陷入困境，遭受迫害
26.  ridicule [v]	調侃
27.  consult [v]	諮詢
28.  reveal [v]	揭示

1.      A Virgo is supposed to be ____________ and ______________. 

2.      Match the following definitions with the words.

a)      Definition: quick at noticing things Word:

b)      Definition: get used to new things and situations easily Word:

c)      Definition: people who say they can know your personality by analysing the position of stars and planets the day you were born Word:

d)     Definition: something which you think is true without much proof Word:

e)      Definition: an indication that something they believe is true  Word:

3.      What did Neil feel about the statement that “people born under the sign of Virgo are said to be very precise”?

4.      What is today’s question?

Which of these famous people _____________________________ when it came to light that they _________________________________________

5.      Fill in the blanks—Part One

Nicholas Campion, University of Wales:

The newspaper horoscope was invented about 1930s. There's a ____________ between what was happening in astronomy at the time. In the late 20s, the idea that the universe is huge and expanding was discovered and _____________ by the astronomer Edwin Hubble. This became a ______________ for the idea that we live on the edge of a distant corner of the universe and we are all very ___________. At the same time we suddenly get these ___________________ appearing which I see as a kind of ________________ of astrology.

6.      True or False?

a)   Paul Rogers is a Sagittarius and teaches at the University of Central Lancashire, in the north of London.

b)      A Sagittarius is independent.

7.      Fill in the blanks—Part Two

Paul Rogers

People are ____________ these generalised statements as being unique to their own personality. There are other counter biases that people ______________, for example, the confirmation bias. If you believe in something, you'll look for evidence to support that belief and you'll ignore evidence that _________________. 

Hint: Please go back to question 2 (d) and 2 (e)now!

8.      Fill in the blanks—Part Three

Nancy Reagan, wife of _____________________ Ronald Reagan, has long been interested in ______________. In _____________, she was criticised and _____________ when it was revealed that _____________________ during her time at the White House.