英语四级听力长对话模拟训练第23套_大学英语听力

英语四级听力长对话模拟训练第23套

　　freeze up意为冻住，此处指的是头脑停止转动，与freeze相关的短语还有：freeze oneS blood使充满害怕、恐怖的感觉；freeze sb．out将某人逼走，如：Small shops are being frozen out by the big supermarkets小商店都让大型超市给挤垮了。

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. What is the conversation mainly about?

　　20. Whats the weather of late summer?

　　21. How is one tropical weather system distinguished from the other?

　　22. How do weather forecasters identify hurricanes?

　　Conversation Two

　　M: I am so relieved, I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.

　　W: I havent quite finished mine yet. I had trouble getting past the beginning.

　　M: How come?

　　W: Well. 1 was really happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldnt write any more.

　　M: The same thing happened to me. 1 thought it meant I lack imagination.

　　W: Well, Professor Wilson said its pretty common for writers to get stuck like that.

　　M: You went to talk to her about it?

　　W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment. But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled writing like that. She said that first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my head even if it doesnt make any sense, sort of warm up exercise.