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Gadget Calculates Carbon FootprintIt’s popular today for people and companies to try to offset their carbon footprint. But there’s a lot of debate about just how to measure that footprint. Now a new program called Carbon Hero may have one solution. The device was invented by a graduate student at the Royal College of Art in London and recently won the 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition. The idea is to get an accurate read on how much carbon you use as you travel. It’s a hand-held unit, about the size of a key chain. It automatically identifies the form of transportation the carrier is taking by measuring the speed, location, and pattern of the movement. Then the information is automatically downloaded to a cellphone, which immediately displays the carbon generated and the impact of the user’s actions.Of course, the device doesn't measure other aspects of a carbon footprint, such as the size of your house. And it’s not yet available to consumers. But the inventor hopes to develop the device, and that the immediate feedback will convince people to change their transportation. Maybe to walking. Which leaves a tiny footprint.—Cynthia Graber/podcast/episode.cfm?id=753B8587-C02E-0E98-A8CBE564ADDFC5752Recipe For Snow Includes Cloud MicrobesNext time you’re shoveling snow off your walk, don’t blame the weatherman—blame bacteria. Because an international team of scientists has found that microbes that float through the atmosphere can seed the formation of ice crystals in clouds. Crystals that then precipitate snow. The discovery is described in the February 29 issue of Science.Some bacteria, including bugs that infect plants, have been known to catalyze the growth of ice here on earth. So the scientists got to wondering whether they might do the same in the sky. Making atmospheric ice crystals is the first step in any recipe for precipitation, whether the final dish is rain or sleet or snow. So the scientists collected fresh snow from various places around the world, including the French Alps, Antarctica and Bozeman, Montana. They found that most of their samples contained cells and cell fragments, and that these biological materials were capable of nucleating the growth of ice.How the bugs got there in the first place is anybody’s guess. The scientists figure microbes may drift thousands of miles before they get caught up in a cloud and scare up a storm. Just something to ponder next time you stick out your tongue to catch a pretty snowflake.3Pavement Changes Weeds SeedsFor worse or for better, humans are changing the course of evolution. On February 26, we talked about how fishing practices may be driving the evolution of smaller, harder-to-catch trout. This week brings news that urbanization has changed the way weeds make seeds. The results appear in the current online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists in the South of France were studying the sort of weed you see cropping up around the base of trees planted along city sidewalks. The weed, called Crepis sancta, can make two different kinds of seed: one that’s light like a dandelion seed with a feathery little parachute that gets carried by the wind; and another that’s heavy and just drops to the ground.The scientists compared weeds that were growing in these small urban patches to ones growing in an open field. They found that the urban weeds produced fewer of the fluffy seeds than their country cousins, which makes evolutionary sense because in a city setting, drifting seeds are more likely to hit pavement than soil. In the long run, though, that strategy might not be healthy. Because plants benefit from spreading their seeds. So that’s bad news for the weeds. But maybe not so bad news for the sidewalks.—Karen Hopkin4Conserving the GalapagosThe history of science is inextricably linked to the Galapagos and its influence on Darwin. In 2001, an oil tanker hit a reef in the Galapagos Islands and spilled potentially disastrous amounts of oil on one of the world’s most historic nature reserves. Today, the Galapagos are starting down a path to do away with imported oil. Ecuador, which owns the islands, recently installed three wind turbines, in cooperation with the UN and major energy companies. Wind power will replace half of the diesel previously needed. But there are challenges.First, the electrical grid must be updated to accommodate the intermittent power supplied by wind. And there are also ecological issues. One of the original proposed sites contained nests of birds known as petrels. But after they moved the site, researchers realized they knew little about the flight patterns of petrels. So they initiated a study. Once it was determined that the birds would fly safely out of the way of giant turbine blades, construction began. The addition of solar power could make the Galapagos nearly energy independent by 2015—and free from any further oil spills.—Cynthia Graber5Telescope Will Come To The Dark SidePutting a giant radio telescope on the dark side of the moon will enabled an unparalled "view" of the universe. Adam Hinterthuer reports.Earlier this month, NASA announced that an MIT physics professor will lead a team of scientists on a new mission. The objective? Build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the moon. You see, long, long ago—before there even was a galaxy far, far away—the universe settled into a cosmic Dark Age. It was a billion year period following the Big Bang and it produced the structure of space as we know it. Astronomers have long hoped to detect the faint, low-frequency radio emissions generated from this time so they could learn more. But thanks to interference from the ionosphere, not to mention tons of radio and TV signals, Earth is a lousy place to hear.Luckily, the moon rotates so that one side always faces out into space, making it free and clear of noise pollution. The MIT team will use automated vehicles to arrange hundreds of antennas across two square kilometers of the moon’s quiet side. From this perch, they hope to hear the waves produced from the birth of the universe and get in tune with how it all came to be.—Adam Hinterthuer6Nets Drive Evolution of Small FishIn a test lake stocked with two types of trout, fishing with nets mostly caught larger, faster-growing fish, leaving smaller, slower growers to survive and pass on those traits. Karen Hopkin reports. /Being a big fish in a small pond is more likely to get you noticed. That’s good news if you’re, say, the best pitcher in your little league division. But it’s not so good if you’re an actual fish. Because bigger fish are the ones that tend to get caught. Not only is that bad news for the fish, but it may be bad for the whole fish population. Or so say scientists from Australia and Canada in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They find that fishing for the largest individuals targets the fastest growers, leaving behind their slower-growing counterparts. Which means that current fishing practices may favor the evolution of slower-growing fish.The scientists stocked two small lakes in British Columbia with two strains of rainbow trout: one that grows quickly and is more aggressive in chasing down food and another that grows slowly and tends to be more cautious. They then used commercial gillnets to fish the lakes and found that they bagged the bolder fish three times faster than the shy ones, which were left behind to multiply. So we could inadvertently be breeding fearful small fry that are nearly impossible to catch. Which would make them…hard-to-see food.—Karen Hopkin7Better Beams Give More Big Bang For BuckParticle beams traveling at almost the speed of light get lined up after information going evenfaster tells devices to straighten things out. The result may provide information about the Big Bang. Cynthia Graber reports.-------------Physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been able to send information ahead of particle beams racing at nearly the speed of light. And the message to the beams is: Get in line. This technique has been developed at other labs but never used before with particle beams traveling in discrete bunches. These bunches are important in recreating that singular moment, the Big Bang.In these experiments, there are two different sets of ions, electrically charged particles, zooming towards each other around a 2.4 mile track. They collide into one another to recreate conditions that provide info about the Big Bang. But the ions spread out as they move. And this means that there are fewer collisions.In a technique called stochastic cooling, scientists first measure fluctuations in the beams of ions. Then they send signals even faster than these particles to devices up ahead that can kick these particles back into shape. Researchers say this technique allows them to create these collisions much more frequently and cheaply than other methods. And so they can get more and better data about what our universe might have been like just after it came into existence.—Cynthia Graber8This Is Your Brain On ArtsA three-year, multi-institutional study finds that early training in performing arts is really good for the brain. Steve Mirsky reports. For more info, go to Are smarter people drawn to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways? In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation created a consortium of neuroscientists from seven universities to address those questions. On March 4, the group released a report, Learning, Arts, and the Brain, available at . Some of the findings:An interest in performing arts helps develop sustained attention spans, which can improve other areas of cognition. Links exist between training in music and the ability to manipulate information in both short-term and long-term memory. Music training also appears to improve kids’ capacity forgeometric representation, as well as the acquisition of reading skills. Acting classes lead to improved memory, via better language skills. Dance learning is done through observation and mimicry, and that training appears to improve other cognitive skills. So science says that dance, theater and music can make life full of sound and glory, signifying something.—Steve Mirsky9A Bill of Rights for ScientistsThe Union of Concerned Scientists wants Congress to pass a Scientists' Bill of Rights to protect federal researchers from political pressure and intrusion. Steve Mirsky reports. For more information, go to /scientificfreedomOn February 14th, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a call for the protection of federal scientists. The UCS press conference took place in space made available by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, whose annual meeting is taking place in Boston. Francesca Grifo is the director of the UCS’s scientific integrity program: “As we transition to the next administration, regardless of who we vote to place at its helm, we must ensure that the falsifying of data; the fabricating of results; the selective editing; the intimidation, censoring and suppression of scientists; the corruption of advisory panels; and the tampering with scientific procedures all stop.”To that end, the UCS wants Congress to pass a scientists’ bill of rights. Kurt Gottfriend is professor of physics emeritus at Cornell University and a cofounder of the UCS: “We therefore call on the next president and Congress to codify the basic freedoms that federal scientists must have if they are to produce the scientific knowledge that is needed by a government dedicated to the public good.”—Steve Mirsky, at the AAAS conference in Boston11Sperm Subject To Attack--By PollutionMice kept in cages near highways and steel mills suffered high rates of mutations in their sperm--in pieces of DNA related to gene expression and disease. Cynthia Graber reports.---------Air pollution is bad for our health, but scientists say we don’t know much about the long-term effects. So researchers in Canada and the Netherlands decided to gather genetic information in an urban industrial environment—by looking at mouse sperm. They published the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The scientists placed cages of mature male mice near two steel mills and a major highway in the city of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada. Some of the mice breathed in the ambient, particulate-filled air. The control mice breathed pure, filtered air. After ten weeks, researchers checked the two groups. The mice exposed to the polluted air had a 60 percent higher rate of sperm mutation. It occurred in a piece of DNA particularly susceptible to mutation.Researchers say these specific mutations are known to affect gene expression and genome stability, and could lead to changes in genetic composition and disease. They say they can’t yet extrapolate from these findings to the long-term health effects in humans, but they say the results definitely warrant a more detailed look at pollution’s effects on our genes.—Cynthia Graber13Parasitized Ants Get Berry SickA nematode parasite causes ants to look like berries that birds like, putting ants on the diet and helping to spread the parasite. Cynthia Graber reports.------------When is an ant like a piece of fruit? When it’s infected by a parasite. Researchers affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered this bizarre occurrence in Central America as they were studying the gliding ability of a certain species of ant. They found some colony members with bright red swollen abdomens. The scientists took specimens back to the lab and discovered they were full of hundreds of nematode eggs. The bright red bellies look suspiciously like the brilliant red and pink berries that proliferate in the rainforest.Researchers think that the nematode makes the ant look like fruit to get birds to eat the ants. Birds usually keep the ants off their menu because of armor and a bad chemical taste. The birds then spread parasite eggs in their droppings. Ants forage through bird droppings for seeds. They feed the infected droppings to ant larvae, beginning the infection process all over again. The red-bellied ant is the first known case of a parasite causing fruit mimicry. One of the researchers was surprised that something "dumb as a nematode" can manipulate its host in such a sophisticated way. But evolution works no matter how dumb organisms are.--Cynthia Graber14electric GoldAt the nanoscale, gold wire can act as either a conductor or insulator, making it a candidate as a sensor. Steve Mirsky explains, with reporting by Harvey Black.-------------six atoms, the oxygenated gold becomes an insulator. The scientists reported their discovery in the journal Physical Review Letters.The researchers say these properties mean that gold nanowires might be used as sensors to detectmotion in nanoscale situations such as neurons or nanomachnes (futuristic devices built from individual atoms that might enter cells and fight disease). The wire could be a sensor because when it’s extended even slightly, it could switch from a conductor to an insulator. Using gold as a sensor in this way could never have been predicted from what is known about gold in bulk. But being very small can lead to some big changes.—Steve Mirsky, with reporting by Harvey Black15A Star Is FlungThe star called HE 0437-5439 looks like it was tossed out of the Large Magellenic Cloud by a hypothesized black hole. Steve Mirsky explains, with reporting by Harvey Black.-------------Astronomers have discovered a star that’s running away from home. The star is speeding away at a blistering 2.6 million kilometers/hour, apparently after being cast out of a neighboring galaxy to us, the Large Magellenic Cloud—probably by a massive black hole. The speeding star is the first hint that there indeed may be a black hole in the LMC.The astronomers, writing in an upcoming issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, reckon that the flung fugitive was sent on its way much like a sling shot propels a stone. They think it was part of a two-star or binary system. Its companion got sucked into the black hole and this one, known as HE 0437-5439, was tossed on its way.The astronomers say that the star cannot be one of our own Milky Way buddies, because the elements composing it are in different amounts from those in the Milky Way. HE 0437 is not the only star fleeing the Milky Way, though. The researchers say there are nine others beating it away from our galaxy, but they say it’s clear that those are Milky Way natives.—Steve Mirsky, with reporting by Harvey Black16Pythons Warm to the U.S.Discarded pet Burmese pythons are breeding in the Everglades--and climate change could make a third of the US potential python habitat. Steve Mirsky reports.-------------Here’s another reason to stop global warming: to keep the Burmese pythons in Florida. Burmese pythons have been turning up in south Florida in recent years. Perhaps you’ve seen the famous photo of a python ripped apart by its efforts to ingest a large alligator. Apparently people with pythons as pets have been getting rid of the snakes when they get too big by dumping them in theEverglades. And in 2003, biologists confirmed the presence of a breeding population of the slithering serpents in Everglades National Park.Which sceeves me out, because I spend a lot of time there. I’m not afraid of timid alligators, but hungry Burmese pythons give me the willies. Anyway, the US Geological Survey recently did an analysis of potential temperatures around the country by the end of this century. And then analyzed where Burmese pythons would be comfortable, based on their home territory, from Pakistan to Indonesia. The result: pythons could colonize a third of the US. Did I mention that they can be over 20 feet long and 250 pounds? Might be the best motivation to do something about climate change.—Steve Mirsky17Warp of the WorldsWidely distributed emails claim--falsely--that Mars will get close enough to Earth to appear as large as the moon. Steve Mirsky and Orson Welles report.--------------------Audio clip of Orson Welles: “That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch. And if your doorbell rings and nobody’s there, that was no Martian—it’s Halloween.” That’s how Orson Welles ended his Mercury Theater version of HG Well’s War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938. The broadcast was designed to sound like live news coverage of an invasion of Earth by Martians. And a lot of people fell for it.Now there’s some more Martian misinformation fooling folks. This one’s not so scary. A lot of people are getting email claiming that in the next few weeks the planet Mars will get close enough to the Earth so that it will appear to be about the same size as the moon. Our friends at Sky and Telescope magazine report that email dating back to 2003 mentioned that in a 75x magnifying telescope Mars would look about as big as the moon does—to the naked eye. Somewhere along the line the telescope part got lost. So don’t worry. Mars, even at its closest, is still small and safely far away.Welles: “It’s Halloween.”18Explain the Universe In Your Sleep!Cosmology@Home is a new distributed computing project that tries to use off-duty home computers to unravel the secrets of the universe. Steve Mirsky reports. For more info, go to --------------------Turning off the computer at night can save energy. But if you’re going to leave it on, here’s something you might want to do with it—figure out the secrets of the universe.Distributed computing projects spread difficult problems out among numerous computers, sometimes around the world. The SETI@Home project is a well-known example, which searches radio telescope data for evidence of extraterrestrial signals. Another project looks for a special class of prime numbers called Mersenne primes.Now there’s a new distributed computing project called Cosmology@Home. The idea is that your unused computer power can help in cutting-edge cosmology research. The computers come up with predictions based on different theoretical models of the universe that have different parameters. These predictions can then be compared with the actual data that astronomers generate—data such as the acceleration of the universe, the way galaxies are distributed, even the way the cosmic microwave background radiation fluctuates. The models that make predictions that agree with the real data are probably the ones you can trust. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation. For more info, go to 19Autumn Leaves' Brilliant Colors Good For TreesThe bright red leaves of autumn deliver more nutrients to the trees than they would without the brilliant coloration. Karen Hopkin reports.-----------------Fall is here and across the country, leaves are turning their traditional autumn colors. And as always, the sight of so many trees decked out in brilliant reds, yellows, and golds, prompts leaf-peepers, kindergarteners, and even scientists to ponder—how come they do that?After all, it takes energy to produce all those pretty pigments. So why would a tree bother to do it, if those leaves are only gonna turn brown and fall off, anyway?Now, scientists at the University of North Carolina think they know the dirty secret: it’s the soil. Surveying the sweetgum and maple trees in a nature preserve in Charlotte, the North Carolina researchers found that trees that grew in nutrient-poor soil produced more red pigment, results they just presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.Their findings back a discovery made in 2003, by a researcher in Montana, who found that blocking the production of red pigments, in plants that like to make them, renders their leaves unusually sensitive to sunlight. These super-sensitive leaves deliver fewer nutrients to the plant.So when the soil is poor, it would make sense to make pigment, to keep those leaves workinglonger. Which is good for the trees—and for the peepers.20Prediction of Global Warming High May Be ImpossibleReseachers find that, no matter how much data they collect, they may not be able to get a good estimate of the highest temperature increases that global warming may bring. Karen Hopkin reports. Also see /29z39x-----------------Ben Franklin said that nothing’s certain but death and taxes. Today, scientists might add global warming to that list. But though most scientists are certain that more CO2 means a toastier globe, what they can’t pin down is how much warmer it’s going to get.If that sounds like a forecast only Heisenberg could love, well, too bad—that’s just the way it is. Or so say researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle in the October 26th issue of the journal Science.The researchers were working on equations to help climatologists get the most out of their climate models. The current models, run on decades worth of data, predict that we could be looking at a planet that’s 2 to 5 degrees warmer, although there’s a chance it could be closer to 10.What the researchers discovered is that no matter how much data the scientists feed into their models, they’re never going to get a more precise estimate of the high end than that.Perhaps the finding will encourage policymakers to act now, rather than calling for more data before making any decisions about the environment. Or the lack of definitive info about the worst case scenarios could give climate change skeptics an excuse to try to table any action.21First Land Vertebrates Probably Had Color VisionDNA from the retinas of lungfish, the closest living relatives to the first terrestrial vertebrates, is closer to retinal DNA from land animals than to retinal DNA from fish. The first land creatures thus probably had decent color vision. Steve Mirsky reports.----------------Look before you leap, the old adage has it. Well, it seems that the animals that first ventured out onto the land from the sea were well equipped to look when they made that leap. Researchers studied the retinas of the eyes of lungfish, which are thought to be the closest living relatives to the first vertebrates that lived on land. Lungfish use gills to take in oxygen, but can also breathe air if necessary. And they live in shallow freshwater habitats with a lot of light. So it wouldmake sense that they could see pretty well in a nearly terrestrial environment.And indeed, DNA in the genes for visual pigments in the retinas of the lungfish turned out to be much closer to the sequences found in four-legged animals than with other kinds of fish. The work appears in the journal Biomed Central Evolutionary Biology.So the early land-dwellers were probably pre-adapted to seeing well in their new environment, which must have come in handy for finding food and mates. How did the first creatures that crawled out of the sea smell? Probably pretty bad.22Height Affects Perception of HealthData from England show that shorter people perceive their health as being poorer than tall or average-height people do. Steve Mirsky reports.--------------Height is correlated with a lot of things. Up to a certain height, taller people make more money than the vertically challenged. And the taller presidential candidate almost always wins. Now a study finds that your height as an adult has a profound effect on your perception of your health. Short people judge their health to be worse than average or tall people judge theirs. The research was published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology.Data for the study came from the 2003 Health Survey for England. More than 14,000 participants filled out questionnaires and had their heights measured. The study only looked at how good the subject thought his or her health was, not their actual health. Questions focused on five areas: mobility, self-care, normal activities, pain or discomfort and anxiety or depression. Men shorter than about 5’4” and women shorter than 5’ reported the worst impressions. But small increases in height at the low end had much bigger effects on perception than the same increases among taller people. Other studies have shown, ironically, that shorter people on average actually live longer.23Good Vibrations May Stop Fat From FormingMice that spent 15 minutes a day on a vibrating platform had 30 percent less fat around their middles than mice on stationary surfaces. Karen Hopkin reports.---------------If you’re like me, somewhere in your closet, or maybe in a drawer, you probably have a pair of pants you hope to someday fit into. Again. But staying on a diet and finding time to exercise—it’sno walk in the park.But wait! Before you swear off the spaghetti, scientists at the State University of New York in Stony Brook have stumbled onto a new way to slenderize. They found that mice that spend 15 minutes a day standing on a vibrating platform are leaner than mice who just stand still. Their results appear in the current online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.All the animals in the experiment were allowed to eat their fill. Interestingly, after 15 weeks, the shaken mice didn’t actually weigh any less. But compared to the mice who hung out on a stationary platform, they had about 30 percent less fat around their middles.The SUNY scientists think that the jiggling kept fat cells from forming. Whether it would do the same for people, you never know. And here you thought New Yorkers were lean and mean because they’re always in a hurry rushing here and there. Maybe it’s because they spend so much time standing on vibrating subway platforms, waiting for theuptown express.24Joe Torre and the Psychology of PersuasionFormer Yankee manager Joe Torre made good use of social psychology techniques that were outlined in a February 2001 Scientific American article by Robert Cialdini called The Science of Persuasion, available at . Steve Mirsky reports.----------------The 12-year tenure of New York Yankees manager Joe Torre ended last week. At a science conference in 2000, Washington Post baseball writer Tom Boswell discussed Torre’s success in terms of the principles set forth in a book called Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini. Scientific American went on to commission a February 2001 article by Cialdini, available at . The piece discusses six major persuasion factors, which Torre used to such great effect.One is reciprocity—you’re more likely to go out of your way for someone who has done so for you. The second is consistency—acting consistently shows people you can be trusted. Third, social validation—get enough people on the same page and the rest will likely follow due to peer pressure. Fourth is simply likeability—people are more likely to respond to somebody they like. Fifth is authority—Torre’s quiet dignity and outstanding record as a player himself gave him great authority with players. And sixth is scarcity—things in limited supply are more desirable. Which should make the one and only Joe Torre a hot commodity on the baseball market.25Brain Chemical Makes Good Glue。
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voa慢速英语短篇-回复题目：巴以冲突的历史与现状引言：中东巴勒斯坦和以色列地区的巴以冲突已经持续了几十年。
这场冲突涉及到许多复杂的政治、宗教和地缘政治因素。
本文将以中东巴以冲突为主题，深入探讨该冲突的起因、历史发展和现状，并尝试提供一些可能的解决方案。
起因：巴以冲突的起因与19世纪末和20世纪初的犹太人移民潮有关。
当时，随着犹太人回到他们在古代握有的以色列地区，阿拉伯人对此持反对态度。
同时，英国当局承诺同时满足阿拉伯人和犹太人的要求，这使得矛盾更加加深。
历史发展：20世纪上半叶，随着犹太人移民潮的增加，以巴地区爆发了一系列冲突。
1920年代，创建了巴以冲突的基础-巴勒斯坦问题。
1947年，联合国通过了一项将巴勒斯坦地区分割成犹太人和阿拉伯人国家的计划。
随后，以色列于1948年宣布独立，这引发了阿拉伯国家对其的入侵。
经过一年的战争，以色列取得了胜利，并夺取了比联合国方案规定的土地更多的领土。
此后，巴勒斯坦人民开始流亡到周边国家，进一步加剧了冲突。
现状：目前，巴以冲突仍然处于僵局状态。
巴勒斯坦人民渴望建立一个独立的国家，但以色列政府对领土认同问题表现强硬。
巴以冲突涉及到领土争端、安全问题、难民问题以及耶路撒冷问题等多个方面。
解决方案：寻求巴以冲突的解决方案是一个复杂而困难的任务。
然而，有一些潜在的解决方案可以考虑。
首先，国际社会应发挥更大的作用，推动巴以双方进行对话和谈判。
第二，以色列政府应考虑遵守联合国有关领土扩张和修建定居点的决议。
第三，建设一个共存的模式，以促进两个国家间的和平与稳定。
结论：巴以冲突是一个历史悠久、复杂且充满争议的问题。
解决这个问题需要国际社会的支持和巴勒斯坦和以色列双方的共同努力。
通过对话和谈判，以尊重彼此利益的方式，寻求巴以冲突的解决方案成为实现持久和平的首要目标。
只有这样，巴以地区的人民才能够实现繁荣和团结，建立多民族共存的社会。
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Chicago: Some Big Places to See in the 'City of the Big Shoulders'Written by Jerilyn WatsonAugust 20th, 2007VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I’m Steve Ember. This week: some places to see in Chicago.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Early last century, the poet Carl Sandburg described Chi cago, Illinois, as the “City of the Big Shoulders. That still seems right. Chicago does a lot of things in a big way.For example, the city is a big transportation center in the Midwest for trains, trucks, ships and planes.Manufacturing is one of the biggest industries in Chicago.And Chicago has one of America’s busiest ports. The city stretches for about forty kilometers along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. The Saint Lawrence Seaway opened in nineteen fifty-nine. It connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Chicago is big on music. Visitors can find all kinds, from classical to hip-hop. Some of the best places for jazz and blues are along Rush Street.There are lots of things to see and hear in Chicago.At the Art Institute of Chicago, people can see fine Asian art and much more.At the Museum of Science and Industry, visitors crowd a working coal mine and a World War Two submarine.At the Adler Planetarium, people see stars and learn about space. And at the Shedd Aquarium, they see colorful fish and learn about life under the sea.VOICE ONE:Not surprisingly Chicago has a lot of big buildings. The two tallest are the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Building.Many people take architectural tours around Chicago. There are many interesting landmarks and building designs to see.The Wrigley Building, near the Chicago River, opened in the early nineteen twenties. This office building is hard to miss. It is bright white.Downtown Chicago, the business center, is known as the Loop. There are many offices and stores. The Loop includes the financial district around LaSalle Street. The financial district is home to the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Stock Exchange and many banks.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Another big thing to see, and feel, is the weather. After all, another name for Chicago is the "Windy City." People turn their shoulders to the strong winds off Lake Michigan. In winter, Chicago gets a lot of snow; in summer, the weather is hot and sticky.Almost three million people live in Chicago. Chicago is America's third largest city, after New York and Los Angeles. More than nine million people live in surrounding communities.Over the years many immigrants have settled in Chicago. Many of its people have ethnic roots in Poland, Germany, Ireland and Italy. More recent immigrants have come from all over the world.Today just under half the population of the city of Chicago is non-Hispanic white. The city has large black and Hispanic populations. Four percent of the people are Asian.VOICE ONE:When people in Chicago want to be outdoors, one place to go is Millennium Park. Inthis City of Big Shoulders, almost everything about Millennium Park is big. It covers ten hectares. It took almost nine years to finish.Millennium Park is on Michigan Avenue near Lake Michigan. It officially opened in two thousand four. It cost four hundred seventy-five million dollars.Millennium Park has gardens and places for music, dance and ice skating. It also has one of the largest outdoor sculptures in the world. Anish Kapoor of Britain created this work of public art. It weighs one hundred ten tons.A huge rounded form of shiny steel captures a looking-glass image of the Chicago skyline and the clouds above. The sc ulpture is called “Cloud Gate.VOICE TWO:The Spanish artist Jaume Plensa designed the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. The fountain is surely one of the most unusual in the world.The artist set a pool of water between two tall glass towers. Video images appear on the towers. The images are a series of pictures of nature and people’s faces. The water appears to pour from their mouths. The faces represent the many different people of Chicago.VOICE ONE:Millennium Park has music in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The architect Frank Gehry designed this modern-looking structure. It can seat four thousand people under its open-top steel ribbons. There is also an area called the Great Lawn to listen to the music. The sound system makes the music seem like it is coming from inside a concert hall.The pavilion is a home for the Grant Park Music Festival. Listen as the Grant Park Symphony plays “Julius Caesar: Symphonic Epilogue After Shakespeare," Opus Twenty-eight, composed by Robert Kurka.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:In warm weather, people eat outdoors in the McCormick Tribune Plaza and Ice Rink in Millennium Park. In winter, skaters come out to enjoy the ice.Visitors can also walk and ride bicycles in several areas of the plaza.An indoor space has room for three hundred bicycles. There are also places where people who ride their bikes to work can clean up and change clothes.Another part of Millennium Park is the Lurie Garden. This one-hectare area is bordered by what is called the "Shoulder Hedge." Trees almost five meters tall form a living wall around the garden."Shoulder" in this case is meant to honor the poet Carl Sandburg. One hundred thirty-eight kinds of plants grow in the Lurie Garden.VOICE ONE:Many people enjoy the activities at Millennium Park. But critics wonder why the city needed a park so big and costly. They say the city should have spent the money instead on its more than six hundred public schools. They say it could have helped the poor.Twenty-one percent of people in the city of Chicago were living below the poverty level in two thousand four. The official poverty rate nationally that year was about thirteen percent.VOICE TWO:Other people say Millennium Park has improved the appearance of the area where it was built. The mayor and many other city leaders believed a big park would bring more people, more homes and more businesses to the area.Mayor Richard M. Daley is the son of former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley. The father is still remembered for his control over the local Democratic Party organization. The city has not elected a Republican mayor since nineteen fifteen.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Another big development, the Chicago Cultural Center, stands across Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park. It contains the city's official Visitor Information Center. It is also a showplace for the arts.The building that now houses the cultural center was completed in eighteen ninety-seven. It held the first permanent collection of the Chicago Public Library. It served as library headquarters until nineteen ninety-one.There are white walls made of marble from Carrara, Italy. And there are two Tiffanydomes. The bigger dome is one of the largest Tiffany designs in the world. It rises almost twelve meters above the floor.People say the restored Chicago Cultural Center looks like a home for kings and queens. Some call it “the People’s Palace.VOICE TWO:Visitors can listen to all kinds of music at the Chicago Cultural Center. For example, Monday through Friday, there are free LunchBreak Concerts. Listen now to Middle Eastern music performed by Safwan Matni, a popular LunchBreak Concert guest artist.(MUSIC)Dancers from Hubbard Street Two in Chicago have also performed at the Cultural Center. Hubbard Street Two is a six-member dance group. It trains promising dancers between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five. They perform works by young choreographers.VOICE ONE:Carl Sandburg would probably not have been surprised by big projects like the Chicago Cultural Center and Mil lennium Park. The poet wrote: “Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Our program was written by Jerilyn Watson and produced by Caty Weaver. I’m Steve Ember.VOICE ONE:And I’m Faith Lapidus. Re ad and listen to our programs at . And join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. We leave you with Frank Sinatra singing about "My Kind of Town."¤注解¤:1. submarine [ ♦✈♌❍☜❒♓⏹ ♦✈♌❍☜❒♓⏹] n.潜水艇, 潜艇adj.水下的, 海底的2. architectural [ ♓♦♏♦☞☜❒☜●] adj.建筑上的, 建筑。
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2007年9月高级口译听力真题
2007年9月高级口译听力真题【Spot Dictation】Good afternoon, everybody. I'm pleased to be here with you, graduates of 2007. I'm a ________ (1), and students often approach me with ________ (2). You see, we are living in a society of great changes. With the presence of ________ (3), the process of getting a job in today's world has changed for ________ (4).Well, how can you use new technologies to help you? First, let's look at how you ________ (5). The traditional method of hunting for a job in the past required first, doing research on jobs that were ________ (6), typically by looking in newspapers, periodicals and magazines, as well as TV ads, and ________ (7). Then you decided where and for what post you were going to apply, put your resume ________ (8) in a stamped envelope, and waited anxiously for someone to ________ (9).Well, today, maybe the job search and ________ (10) are very much the same, but the tools used are much more advanced, and they ________ (11). In fact, technology has not so much changed the process as enhanced it. The benefit, both for ________ (12), is that this makes the search more open to people of ________ (13) from all over the world. But as more people are involved, it becomes ________ (14) for the applicant than it ever was before.The ________ (15) for the working world today is learning these new and ________ (16) and combining them with the older methods people have been using for years. For example, ________ (17), you can research employment not just in your city, but also in your state, your country, and ________ (18). You can copy information from a web page and paste it into a Microsoft Word document that's easy to ________ (19). In many ways, it's easier now: Just type your job application, click, and ________ (20); it gets there in an instant.【Listening Comprehension】Listening Comprehension 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.1. (A) Entertainment on TV.(B) The news in the US.(C) Being a correspondent.(D) Interpreting news.2. (A) The news is just entertainment.(B) The news is shallow.(C) The news gets reported in the same style.(D) The news is boring.3. (A) The news offers easy information that doesn't mean much to you.(B) The news makes you feel like you're learning, but actually you're not.(C) The news is just another popular entertainment program like a sitcom.(D) The news must be presented by physically attractive ladies.4. (A) More entertaining.(B)More in-depth.(C)Less informative.(D) Less interesting.5. (A) Newspapers. (B) Radio.(C) TV. (D) The Internet.Listening Comprehension 2Question 6 to 10 are based on the following news.6. (A) A trade show of the latest sporting goods is on display.(B) An event for team sports is held with the country's best athletes.(C) A spring market fair for cutting equipment and accessories is open.(D) A business rendezvous is scheduled between VIPs and the best athletes.7. (A) Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.(B) SnapBack, a private browser that does not store individual information.(C) A built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information.(D) Safari 3, the world's fastest and easiest-to-use web browser.8. (A) Heavy rain triggered floods which caused heavy casualties and damage.(B) Harsh drought had been going on for several years and killed some people.(C) 23 people were missing after a storm hit a village in the mountainous province.(D) Authorities were searching for the people who had crossed the border from other countries.9. (A) Two soldiers hijacked a jet plane full of passengers in flight.(B) The hijackers were captured after killing one of the hostages.(C) A military unit arrested the hijackers with no one injured or killed.(D) The hijacked plane landed safely at an airport in a neighboring country.10. (A) $683.30. (B) $ 900, 000.(C) C$1 million. (D) C$2 million.Listening Comprehension 3Questions 11-15 are based on the following interview.11. (A) TV programs.(B) Media coverage on crime.(C) The school system.(D) Juvenile crime.12. (A) The problem has been overdone by the media.(B) The messages the kids get make them like that.(C) The school has not done enough to help the kids.(D) Some kids are essentially violent.13. (A) Giving the kids a more caring environment.(B) Setting up a responsible school system.(C) Taking harsh actions against violence in the school.(D) Keeping the kids under one-to-one surveillance.14. (A) Do supervised activities.(B) Take instructional programs.(C) Stay in school for supper.(D) Go in for sports.15. (A) Because they can help set good role models.(B) Because they can stop white-collar crime.(C) Because they can reduce crime.(D) Because they can make criminals feel fair.Listening Comprehension 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.16. (A) Workplace inequality.(B) Sexism in language.(C) The AIDS crisis.(D) The way the mass media treats women.17. (A) Language and thought definitely influence each other.(B) It is impossible to understand the relationship between the two.(C) What we think certainly determines what we say.(D) What we say very probably affects what we think.18. (A) The professional world.(B) The United Nations publications.(C) The international women's organization.(D) The feminist movement.19. (A) Nouns don't have a gender in English.(B) Spanish nouns have two genders.(C) German nouns are either masculine or feminine.(D) The issues of gender vary across-languages.20. (A) How some publications avoid sexist language.(B) Why we have to avoid sexism in English.(C) The efforts we have already taken to eliminate sexism.(D) The gender issues in different languages.【Note taking & Gap filling】Today's lecture is about the mass ________ (1) of the world's population. There are two major ________ (2) why people are moving to cities. The first reason is ________ (3). People are moving to the cities because that's where they can find ________ (4) and earn money. The second reason for the move to cities has to do with ________ (5) of life issues: comfort and ________ (6). Cities often offerbetter ________ (7). And then for many, city life is just more ________ (8). An interesting consequence of urbanization is that the average ________ (9) of people in the countryside is increasing, while that of the cities is ________ (10).Three key ________ (11) can be identified in our cities. First of all, they're getting bigger. Most cities are bigger now than ever before. Cities are also changing shape. They're getting ________ (12), because land is getting more and more expensive. ________ (13) have become a symbol of modern cities.Cities are also changing shape in other ways. The ________ (14) Model and The ________ (15) Nuclei Model are probably more typical of the cities we know today. They show the urban ________ (16) that's occurring in contemporary cities.The third change is that our cities are breaking up into ________ (17) communities, often by ________ (18) group or ________ (19) level. This often means that people stay within their community and do not come into contact with others from different ________ (20).Sentence Translation(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)Passage translation(1)(2)。
VOA 2007年第三季度音频12
Reaching for the Ball: NBA Finds More Players and Fans OverseasWritten by Brianna BlakeJune 11th, 2007VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein. We turn our attention this week to the NBA, the National Basketball Association, and its growing international reach.(SOUND)VOICE ONE:The regular season ended in April. Weeks of playoffs followed. The San Antonio Spurs won the western conference championship for the third time in five years. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the eastern conference championship for the first time.Now, the Cavs and the Spurs are playing in the finals for the NBA championship. It could be decided as early as this Thursday in game four of their best-of-seven series.Last year's NBA champions, the Miami Heat, lost early in the playoffs this year.VOICE TWO:Americans are not the only ones watching, or playing. Today about one NBA player in five was born outside the United States. The season opened with eighty-three international players, a record.They include stars like Yao Ming from China on the Houston Rockets and German-born Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks. He just became the first European-born player to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award.And Argentine-born Manu Ginobili helped the Spurs to this year's finals with their victory in the West over the Utah Jazz.VOICE ONE:NBA players from Africa include Sudanese-born Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls and Dikembe Mutombo. Mutombo, most recently with the Houston Rockets, was born in Kinshasa and is known for his charity work in Africa. He was considering retirement but has said he will play again next year. He will be forty-one years old on June twenty-fifth.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:In nineteen forty-nine, two leagues came together to form the NBA: the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. In nineteen ninety-six the NBA created the WNBA, the Women’s National Basketball Association. And in two thousand one the NBA created a development league to help train future players.The NBA currently has thirty teams. It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States. The others are the National Football League, the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.VOICE ONE:Nineteen fifty is remembered as the year that the NBA became integrated with black players. Today the large majority of players are African-American. But a Japanese-American broke the barrier in major professional basketball three years earlier.Wataru Misaka was born in the state of Utah. He was a guard standing one meter seventy centimeters. He helped lead his college team to two national championship competitions. The New York Knicks, or Knickerbockers, chose him in the nineteen forty-seven Basketball Association of America draft. He played in three games and scored seven points before he was cut from the team.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:In nineteen ninety-two, the United States Olympic men's basketball team was called the "Dream Team." For the first time there were players from the NBA. Among them were Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The Americans brought home the gold medal that year from Barcelona.It was during the nineteen nineties that a growing number of top NBA players began to come from outside the United States. In two thousand two, Yao Ming was the firstchoice in the NBA draft. He was picked by the Houston Rockets.Yao became the first international player without college experience in the United States to be chosen first overall. He also became the third Chinese national ever to play in the NBA.The first was Wang Zhi-zhi. He joined the Dallas Mavericks in two thousand one. The second was Mengke Bateer. He made his first NBA appearance with the Denver Nuggets early in two thousand two.VOICE ONE:Yao Ming is currently the NBA's tallest player, at two meters twenty-six centimeters. He was already a famous player in China before he arrived in the United States. He no longer speaks through an English interpreter. During his first season with the NBA, he spoke with the help of his friend Colin Pine.In two thousand three, during the NBA off-season, Yao helped raise money and educate people in China about SARS. That was when the lung disease known as SARS broke out in southern China and spread around the world.And Yao said last year that he would stop eating shark fin soup, a popular Chinese meal, because of concern for shark populations.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Another popular international player in the NBA is Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls. He is two meters three centimeters tall. He was born in southern Sudan as a member of the Dinka tribe. It produces some of the world's tallest people.In nineteen eighty-eight, when he was a young boy, his family fled to Egypt because of the civil war in southern Sudan. His father had been a Sudanese government minister. In Egypt, they met former NBA player Manute Bol. Bol, also a Dinka, became an important influence in his life.VOICE ONE:In nineteen ninety-three Deng's family received political asylum in Britain. But he went to high school in the United States, in New Jersey. By his senior year he was one of the best high school basketball players in America. He attended Duke University for one year before he entered the NBA in the two thousand four draft.。
2007年6月大学英语六级真题听力
11、W: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. It's time for the talk show!M: Just a minute dear! I'm looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom's birthday.Q: What is the man doing right now?12．W: I've never seen you have such confidence before in the exam!M: It's more than confidence! Right now I felt that if I got less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.Q: What does the man mean?13．W: Just look at this newspaper! Nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good?M: Of course I do! But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14．M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.W: You are quite right! He's just kidding! He's also told me time and time again he wished to study for some profession instead of going into business.Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation?15．W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month.M: I hope not. I'd rather get more work hours I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.Q: What does the man truly want?16．M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?W: Oh, I got sick and tired of the hotel and hotel food! So now I understand the thing: East, west, home's best!Q: What does the woman mean?17．W: I'm worried about Anna. She's really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.M: That sounds serious! She'd better see a psychiatrist at the counseling centre.Q: What does the man suggest Anna do?18．M: I could hardly recognize Sam after we got that new job! He's always in a suit and tie now.W: Yeah. He was never liked that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts and jeans.Q: What does the speaker say about Sam?Conversation 1M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! How’s your trip to t he States?W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course, I didn’t have much time to see New York.M: What a pity! Actually, I have a trip there myself next week.W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?W: Yes, I did the program on the flight to the States, and when I arrived at New York, I didn’t have any problem, no jet lag at all. On the way back, I didn’t do it, and I felt terrible.M: You’re joking!W: Not at all, it really meant a lot of difference.M: En. So what did you do?W: Well, I didn’t drink an alcohol or coffee, and I didn’t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water, and fresh juice, and I ate the noodles on thewell-being me nu. They’re lighter. They have fish, vegetables, and noodles, for example, and I did some of the exercises of the program.M: Exercises? On a plane?W: Yes. I didn’t do many, of course, there isn’t much space on a plane.M: How many passengers do the exercises?W: Not many.M: Then how much champagne did they drink?W: A lot! It was more popular than mineral water.M: So, basically, it’s a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.W: That’s right! It’s a difficult choice.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.19. Why did the woman go to New York?20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program?21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu?22. What did the woman say about other passengers?Conversation Two:W: Morning. Can I help you?M: Well, I’m not rally sure. I’m just looking.W: I see. Well, there’s plenty to look at it again this year. I’m sure you have to walk miles to see each stand.M: That’s true.W: Er…, would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute, no obligation.M: Well, that’s very kind of you, but…W: Now, please. Is this the first year you’ve been to the fair, Mr….M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.W: My name’s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anythi ng in particular, or are you interested in computers in general?M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I owe a small company, we’ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything.W: What’s your line of business, Mr. Johnson?M: We’re a training consultancy.W: I see. And what do you mean “to keep on top”?M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.W: Right. Well, that’s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That’s it over there! It’s IBM compatible.M: What about the price?W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.M: Well, I’ll think about it. Thank you.W: Here’s my card. Please feel free to contact me.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve j ust heard:23. Where did the conversation take place?24. What are the speakers talking about?25. What is the man’s line of business?PassageP1The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll at dreamy film in our heads just because it’s the beginning of a new year. But we aren’t serious ab out making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the future. It’ not the change is impossible but that it wou ld lose(?) unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there’s a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you’ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, “What the hell!” and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think –“Well, dieting wasn’t that important to me and I won’t make it anyhow.” So you abandon the goal a nd return to your bad habits.26 What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a new year?27 How can people turn their new year’s resolutions into reality?28 Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?P225 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But toe veryone’s amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. “This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident,” explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen’s mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen’s surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.29 What happened twenty-five years ago?30 What does the speaker say about Michael’s father?31 Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?P3Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do. Americans spend more time at work than that any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country but Japan where industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay time off holidays, vacations,sick leave shrink by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.Question 32-35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard32. In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?33. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?34. Why do corporations press their employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?35. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?Compound dictationNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, assess physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient related services, and make all our nursing decision based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If in any circumstance we feel that a physician’s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility to question that order, or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd working hours is a prime reason for a large of the career dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, destruct our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes inadequately trainednurses.。
2007年高考试题——英语听力(上海卷)录音稿
2007年高考试题——英语听力（上海卷）录音稿1．Listening ComprehenslonPart A Short ConversationsDivertions In Part A, you will bear ten short conversations between two speaker. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked aiout what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and deode which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1．A．Coke.B．CoffeeC．Tea.D．Water.2．A．At a restaurant.B．At a studio.C．At a concert.D．At a theatre.3．A．Relieved.B．Worried.C．confused.D．Depressed.4．A．The Browns.B．The Browns’s son.C．The postman.D．The neighbour.5．A．7:00B．7:10C．9:00D．9:106．A．The ring is not hers.B．She do esn’t have gold rings.C．She prefers gold to silver.D．She lost her silver ring.7．A．The screen doesn’t have to be cleaning.B．The keyboard also needs cleaning.C．The man shouldn’t an the cleaning.D．There’s not enough time to clean both.8．A．The driver will stop the his immediately.B．The guy by the door will help the woman.C．The woman should check the map.D．He will tell the woman when to get off.9．A．She dislikes fireworks.B．She has plans tar the evening.C．She doesn’t feel like going out.D．She has to get theatre tickets.10．A．They can’t see the stars clearly.B．They’re not in the city tonight.C．They’re looking at the stars from the city.D．They’re talking about movie stars.Part B PassagesDirections：In Part B, you will heat two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on you paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11．A．It can make her famous.B．It is easy and rewarding.C．It is dangerous but exciting.D．It has its moving moment.12．A．Somebody was killed.B．Nobody was injured.C．Karen was physically hurt.D．Many buildings exploded.13．A．A fierce war.B．A serious injury.C．A terrible explosion.D．A brave journalist.Question 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14．A．Internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas.B．More and more rural residents have Internet access.C．People have a limited choice of Internet providers.D．City residents use the Internet frequently.15．A．Over 2 million.B．Around 6 million.C．23 million.D．17 million.16．A．More girls have their own websites than boys.B．1 in 4 kids have Internet access from home.C．Most kids think they get too little time online at school.D．Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school.Part C Longer ConversationsDirections：In Part C. you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you ore required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers an you answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Garden Restaurant Reservation FromName：Jessica 17Time：9:00 p.m. 18Number of People：SixPhone Number：19Special Request: 20 dishesComplete the from. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.What is Harrods, the biggest department store in the OK, famous for? Its 21 and Egyptian Hall.How do people feel when they are in the Egyptian Hall? They feel they are 22 .How does Harrods get most of its power? By producing 23 itself.How is the business during the January sales? There is an increase in 24 .1．D2．A3．A4．C5．D6．A7．B8．C9．B10．B11．C12．C13．D14．B15．A 16．D17．Blair 18．Friday 19．513 0318 20．Italian 21．Food Hill 22．in another world 23．electricity 24．customers and sales。
2007年6月A级真题参考答案及听力录音原文
2007年6月高等学校英语应用能力A级考试真题参考答案及听力录音原文Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)(评分标准：1-15题每题1分，共15分)Section A1. D2. C3. B4. A5. BSection BConversation 16. C7. AConversation 28. C 9. D 10. BSection C11. stay in bed 12. easy 13. job 14. little good 15. his mindPart II Vocabulary & Structure (15 minutes)(评分标准：16-25每题0.5分，26-35每题1分，共15分)Section A16. C 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. D21. C 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. DSection B26. working 27. investment 28. higher 29. have made 30. suggesting31. were sent 32. national 33. directly 34. paid 35. askedPart III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)（评分标准：36-45每题2分，46-50每空1分，51-55每空0.5分，56-60每题1分，共35分）Task 136. D 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. ATask 241. B 42. A 43. C 44. B 45. DTask 346. effective relief 47. the tongue 48. 1249. every 4 hours 50. shortness of breathTask 451. N, D 52. O,G 53. A, H 54. K, Q 55. J, IA. Waiting and Boarding候机/登机B. Luggage Delivery行李托运C. Inspection and Quarantine检查与检疫D. Getting a Boarding Pass领取登机牌E. Security Check安全检查F. Domestic Departure国内出发G. Over-sized Luggage Checked-in大件行李托运H. Goods Prohibited to be Hand-carried禁止随身携带的物品I. Duty-free Articles免税物品J. Customs Declaration Form海关申报表K. Quantity Allowed to Take限带物品数量L. Regulations on Restriction of Liquids限带液体物品的规定M. Temporary Boarding ID Card临时登记身份证N. Guide to Outgoing Passengers离港旅客指南O. Goods Prohibited to Exit the Country禁止携带出境的物品P. Restriction of Hand Carry-on Articles随身携带物品的限制说明Q. Detection Passage检查通道Task 556. cost 57. coverage goals 58. An agent59. family members 60. other debtsPart IV Translation---English into Chinese (25 minutes)（评分标准：61-64每题2分，65题12分，共20分）61. D---C---B---A 2---1---0.5---062. C---B---D---A 2---1---0.5---063. B---A---C---D 2---1---0.5---064. C---B---A---D 2---1---0.5---065.7月10日公司将举行首次世界范围内的电视会议。
At 7三听录音,选答语(12分))1.AB. I like
At 7三听录音,选答语(12分))1.AB. I like一、听力第一节(共5小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1、Who is the man talking about now?A.His girlfriend.B.His sister.C.His mother.2、What are they talking about?A.A traffic accident.B.A fire.C.A crime.3、Where does the conversation most probably take place?A.At a bookshop.B.At a kitchen.C.At a bank.4、Who was injured?A.George.B.George’s wife.C.George’s wife’s father.5、What do we learn from the conversation?A.Tony could not continue the experiment.B.Tony finished the experiment last night.C.Tony will go on with his experiment.第二节(共15小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6、Where does this conversation most likely take place?A.In the street.B.At the woman’s home.C.Over the phone.7、What is the woman going to do tonight?A.Help her sister with English.B.Meet her friend at the station.C.Go to an exhibition with her parents.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
2007年六级听力真题及答案(附原文)
2007年6月英语六级听力试题Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A11. A) Surfing the net.B) Watching a talk show.C) Packing a birthday gift.D) Shopping at a jewelry store.（A）12. A) He enjoys finding fault with exams.B) He is sure of his success in the exam.C) He doesn’t know if he can do well in the exam.D) He used to get straight A’s in the exams he took.（B）13. A) The man is generous with his good comments on people.B) The woman is unsure if there will be peace in the world.C) The woman is doubtful about newspaper stories.D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.（D）14. A) Study for some profession.B) Attend a medical school.C) Stay in business.D) Sell his shop.（C）15. A) More money.B) Fair treatment.C) A college education.D) Shorter work hours.（A）16. A) She was exhausted from her trip.B) She missed the comforts of home.C) She was impressed by Mexican food.D) She will not go to Mexico again.（B）17. A) Cheer herself up a bit.B) Find a more suitable job.C) Seek professional advice.D) Take a psychology course.（C）18. A) He dresses more formally now.B) What he wears does not match his position.C) He has ignored his friends since graduation.D) He failed to do well at college.（A）19. A) To go sightseeing.B ) To have meetings.C) To promote a new champagne.D) To join in a training program.（B）20. A) It can reduce the number of passenger complaints.B) It can make air travel more entertaining.C) It can cut down the expenses for air travel.D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel.（D）21. A) Took balanced meals with champagne.B) Ate vegetables and fruit only.C) Refrained from fish or meat.D) Avoided eating rich food.（D）22. A) Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a plane.B) Many of them were concerned with their well-being.C) Not many of them chose to do what she did.D) Not many of them understood the program.（C）23. A) At a fair.B) At a cafeteria.C) In a computer lab.D) In a shopping mall.（A）24. A) The latest computer technology.B) The organizing of an exhibition.C) The purchasing of some equipment.D) The dramatic changes in the job market.（C）25. A) Data collection.B) Training consultancy.C) Corporate management.D) Information processing.（B）Section BPassage One26. A) Improve themselves.B) Get rid of empty dreams.C) Follow the cultural tradition.D) Attempt something impossible.（A）27. A) By finding sufficient support for implementation.B) By taking into account their own ability to change.C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals.D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.（D）28. A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal.B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight.C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags.D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.（D）Passage Two29. A) Michael’s parents got divorced.B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.C) Karen’s mother died in a car accident.D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision.（B）30. A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck.B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.D) He got married to Karen’s mother.（B）31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.B) He did not understand his father till too late.C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.（A）Passage Three32. A) Germany.B) Japan.C) The U.S.D) The U.K.（B）33. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends.B) By working long hours every day.C) By putting in more hours each week.D) By taking shorter vacations each year.（D）34. A) To combat competition and raise productivity.B) To provide them with more job opportunities.C) To help them maintain their living standard.D) To prevent them from holding a second job.（A）35. A) Change their jobs.B) Earn more money.C) Reduce their working hours.D) Strengthen the government’s role.（C）Section CNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36) licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral (37)obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, (38)asses physical as well as emotional problems, (39)coordinate patient-related services, and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any (40) circumstance, we feel that a physician’s order is (41) inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal (42) responsibility to question that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress. However, that occurs due to odd working hours is a (43) prime reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44) It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we chang shift four or five times a mouth. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job-related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations.(45) Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to chang the system. Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, (46) they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperience, and sometimes inadequately trained nurses.听力原文：11. W: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. It s time for the talk show!M: Just a minute dear! I m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom s birthday.Q: What is the man doing right now?12．W: I ve never seen you have such confidence before in the exam!M: It s more than confidence! Right now I felt that if I got less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.Q: What does the man mean?13．W: Just look at this newspaper! Nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good?M: Of course I do! But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity.They are not news!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14．M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.W: You are quite right! He s just kidding! He s also told me time and time again he wished to study for some profession instead of going into business.Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation?15．W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month.M: I hope not. I d rather get more work hours I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.Q: What does the man truly want?16．M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?W: Oh, I got sick and tired of the hotel and hotel food! So now I understand the thing: East, west, home s best!Q: What does the woman mean?17．W: I m worried about Anna. She s really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.M: That sounds serious! She d better see a psychiatrist at the counseling centre.Q: What does the man suggest Anna do?18．M: I could hardly recognize Sam after we got that new job! He s always in a suit and tie now.W: Yeah. He was never liked that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts and jeans.Q: What does the speaker say about Sam?Conversation 1M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! How’s your trip to the States?W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course, I didn’t have much time to see New York. M: What a pity! Actually, I have a trip there myself next week.W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?W: Yes, I did the program on the flight to the States, and when I arrived at New York, I didn’t have any problem, no jet lag at all. On the way back, I didn’t do it, and I felt terrible.M: You’re joking!W: Not at all, it really meant a lot of difference.M: En. So what did you do?W: Well, I didn’t drink an alcohol or coffee, and I didn’t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water, and fresh juice, and I ate the noodles on the well-be ing menu. They’re lighter. They have fish, vegetables, and noodles, for example, and I did some of the exercises of the program.M: Exercises? On a plane?W: Yes. I didn’t do many, of course, there isn’t much space on a plane.M: How many passengers do the exercises?W: Not many.M: Then how much champagne did they drink?W: A lot! It was more popular than mineral water.M: So, basically, it’s a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.W: That’s right! It’s a difficult choice.19. Why did the woman go to New York?20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program?21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu?22. What did the woman say about other passengers?Conversation Two:W: Morning. Can I help you?M: Well, I’m not rally sure. I’m just looking.W: I see. Well, there’s plenty to look at it again this year. I’m sure you have to walk miles to see each stand.M: That’s true.W: Er…, would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute, no obligation.M: Well, that’s very kind of you, but…W: Now, please. Is this the first year you’ve been to the fair, Mr….M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.W: My name’s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anything in particular, or are you interested in computers in general?M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I owe a small company, we’ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything.W: What’s you r line of business, Mr. Johnson?M: We’re a training consultancy.W: I see. And what do you mean “to keep on top”?M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.W: R ight. Well, that’s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That’s it over there! It’s IBM compatible.M: What about the price?W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.M: Well, I’ll think about it. Thank you.W: Here’s my card. Please feel free to contact me.23. Where did the conversation take place?24. What are the speakers talking about?25. W hat is the man’s line of business?Passage 1The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll at dreamy film in our heads just because it’s the beginning of a new year. But we aren’t serious about making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the future. It’ not the change is impossible but that it would lose(?) unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there’s a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. Y ou want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you’ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, “What the hell!” and polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself.To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think –“Well, dieting wasn’t that important to me and I won’t make it anyhow.” So you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.26. What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a new year?27. How can people turn their new year’s resolutions into reality?28. Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?Passage 225 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra D. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly. But her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone’s amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. Themost remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looki ng through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. “This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident,” explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen’s mother had died year s earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen’s surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.29. What happened twenty-five years ago?30 .What does the speaker say about Michael’s father?31. Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?Passage 3Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do. Americans spend more time at work than that any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country but Japan where industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay time off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrink by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.32. In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?33. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?34. Why do corporations press their employees to work longer hours according to thespeaker?35. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?2007年12月英语六级听力试题Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A11. [A] Proceed in his own way.[B] Stick to the original plan.[C] Compromise with his colleague.[D] Try to change his colleague’s mind. (C)12. [A] Many has a keen eye for style.[B] Nancy regrets buying the dress.[C] Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome.[D] Nancy and Mary like to follow the latest fashion. (B)13. [A] Wash the dishes.[B] Go to the theatre.[C] Pick up George and Martha.[D] Take her daughter to hospital. (A)14. [A] She enjoys making up stories about other people.[B] She can never keep anything to herself for long.[C] She is eager to share news with the woman.[D] She is the best informed woman in town. (C)15. [A] A car dealer.[B] A mechanic.[C] A driving examiner.[D] A technical consultant. (B)16. [A] The shopping mall has been deserted recently.[B] Shoppers can only find good stores in the mall.[C] Lots of people moved out of the downtown area.[D] There isn’t much business downtown nowadays. (D)17. [A] He will help the woman with her reading.[B] The lounge is not a place for him to study in.[C] He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study.[D] A cozy place is rather hard to find on campus. (B)18. [A] To protect her from getting scratches.[B] To help relieve her of the pain.[C] To prevent mosquito bites.[D] To avoid getting sun burnt. (C)19. [A] In a studio.[B] In a clothing store.[C] At a beach resort.[D] At a fashion show. (A)20. [A] To live there permanently.[B] To stay there for half a year.[C] To find a better job to support herself.[D] To sell leather goods for a British company. (B)21. [A] Designing fashion items for several companies.[B] Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.[C] Working as an employee for Ferragamo.[D] Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys. (A)22. [A] It has seen a steady decline in its profits.[B] It has become much more competitive.[C] It has lost many customers to foreign companies.[D] It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad. (B)23. [A] It helps her to attract more public attention.[B] It improves her chance of getting promoted.[C] It strengthens her relationship with students.[D] It enables her to understand people better. (D)24. [A] Passively.[B] Positively.[C] Skeptically.[D] Sensitively. (B)25. [A] It keeps haunting her day and night.[B] Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.[C] It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.[D] Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage. (C)Section BPassage One26. [A] To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.[B] To reform railroad management in western European countries.[C] To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.[D] To set up an express train network throughout Europe. (D)27. [A] Major European airlines will go bankrupt.[B] Europeans will pay much less for traveling.[C] Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.[D] Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe. (C)28. [A] Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.[B] Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.[C] Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport.[D] Traveling by train may be as quick as, or even quicker than, by air. (D)29. [A] In 1981.[B] In 1989.[C] In 1990.[D] In 2000. (A)Passage Two30. [A] There can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.[B] Approaches to healing patients are essentially the same.[C] The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole.[D] There is no clear division of labor in the medical profession. (C)31. [A] A doctor’s fame strengthens the patients’ faith in them.[B] Abuse of medicines is widespread in many urban hospitals.[C] One third of the patients depend on harmless substances for cure.[D] A patient’s expectations of a drug have an effect on their recovery. (D)32. [A] Expensive drugs may not prove the most effective.[B] The workings of the mind may help patients recover.[C] Doctors often exaggerate the effect of their remedies.[D] Most illnesses can be cured without medication. (B)Passage Three33. [A] Enjoying strong feelings and emotions.[B] Defying all dangers when they have to.[C] Being fond of making sensational news.[D] Dreaming of becoming famous one day. (A)34. [A] Working in an emergency room.[B] Listening to rock music.[C] Watching horror movies.[D] Doing daily routines. (D)35. [A] A rock climber.[B] A psychologist.[C] A resident doctor.[D] A career consultant.(B)Section CIf you’re like most people, you’ve indulged in fake listening many times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look (36) squarely at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away,(37) floating in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. (38) Occasionally you come back to earth: The instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you (39) dutifully copy it in you notebook. Every once in a while the instructor makes a (40) witty remark, causing others in the class to laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you’ve heard the remark and f ound it mildly (41) humorous. You have a vague sense of (42) guilt that you aren’t p aying close attention. But you tell yourself that any (43) material you miss can be picked up from a friend’s notes. Besides, (44) the instructor’s talking about road construction in ancient Rome, and nothing could be more boring.So back you go into your private little world, only later do you realize you’ve missed important information for a test.Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you’re merely pretendi ng to listen. (45)Your blank expression and the faraway look in your eyes are the cuse that betray your inattentiveness.Even if you are not exposed there’s another reason to avoid fakery. It’s easy for this behavior to become a habit. For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that (46) they automatically start daydreaming when a speaker begins talking on something complex or uninteresting. As a result, they miss lots of valuable information.听力原文：11. M: The biological project is now in trouble. You know, my colleague and I have completelydifferent ideas about how to proceed.W: Why don’t you compromise? Try to make it a win-win situation for you both.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?12. M: How does Nancy like the new dress she bought in Rome?W: She said she would never have bought an Italian style dress if she had known Mary had already got such a dress.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?13. M: You are not going to do a ll those dishes before we leave, are you? If we don’t pick upGeorge and Martha in 25 minutes, we’ll never get to the theater on time.W: Oh, didn’t I tell you? Martha called to say her daughter was ill and they could not go tonight.Q: What is the woman probably going to do first?14. M: You’ve been hanging onto the phone for quite a while. Who were you talking with?W: Oh, it was Sally. You know she always has the latest news in town and can’t wait to talk it over with me.Q: What do we know about Sally from the conversation?15: W: It’s always been hard to get this car into first gear and now the clutch seems to be sleeping.M: If you leave the car with me, I’ll fix it for you this afternoon.Q: Who is the woman probably speaking to?16. M: Kate, why does the downtown area look deserted now?W: Well, there used to be some really good stores, but lots of them moved out to the mall.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17. W: I find the lounge such a cozy place to study in. I really like the feeling when sitting on thesofa and doing the reading.M: Well for me the hardest part about studying here is staying awake.Q: What does the man mean?18: W: These mosquito bites are killing me. I can’t help scratching.M: Next time you go camping, take some precaution, say, wearing long sleeves.Q: Why does the man suggest the woman wear long sleeves?Long ConversationsConversation 1M: Hello and welcome to our program “Working Abroad”. Our guest this evening is a Londoner who lives and works in Italy. Her name is Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. You live in Florence. How long have you been living there?W: Since 1982, but when I went there in 1982, I planned to stay for only 6 months.M: Why did you change your mind?W: Well, I’m a designer. I de sign leather goods, mainly shoes and handbags. Soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy’s top fashion houses, Ferragamo. So I decided to stay. M: How lucky! Do you still work for Ferragamo?W: No, I’ve been a freelance designer for quite a long time now. Since 1988, in fact.M: So, does that mean you design for several different companies now?W: Yes, that’s right. I’ve designed many fashion items for a number of Italian companies. And in the last 4 years, I’ve also been designing fo r the British company, Burberrys.M: What have you been designing for them?W: Mostly handbags and small leather goods.M: How has fashion industry in Italy changed since 1982?W: Oh, yes, it has become a lot more competitive, because the quality of products from other countries has improved a lot, but Italian quality and design is still world famous.M: And do you ever think of returning to live in England?W: No, not really. Working in Italy is more interesting, I also love the Mediterranean sun and the Italian life style.M: Well, thank you for talking to us, Susan.W: It was a pleasure.19. Where does this talk most probably take place?20. What was the woman’s original plan when she went to Florence?21. What has the woman been doing for a living since 1988?22. What do we learn about the change in Italy’s fashion industry?Conversation 2M: So, Claire, you are into drama.W: Yes, I’ve a master’s degree in Drama and Theater. At the moment I am hoping to get onto a PHD program.M: What excites you about drama?W: I find it’s a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. So usually I can understand what people are saying, even though they might be lying.M: That would be useful.W: Yeah, it’s very useful for me as well. I am an English lecturer, so I use a lot of drama in my classes, such as role-plays. And I ask my students to create mini-dramas. They really respond well. At the moment I am hoping to get onto a PHD course. I would like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theater to the world attention. I don’t know how successfulI will be, but here is hoping.M: Oh, I’m sure you will be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?W: Ah, stage fright. Well, many actors have that problem. I get stage fright every time I am going to teach a new class. The night before, I usually can’t sleep.M: What? For teaching?W: Yes! I get really bad stage fright, but the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. Then I just feel like “Yeah, this is what I mean to do.” and I am fine. M: Well, that’ cool.23. Why does woman find studying drama and theatre useful?24. How did the woman student respond to her way of teaching English?25. What does the woman say about her stage fright?Section BPassage OneIn January 1989, the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan-European train network, extending from Sweden to Sicily and from Portugal to Poland by the year 2020. If their proposal becomes a reality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe. Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today. Brussels will be only one。
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第114课：get worked up李华和Larry在学⽣中⼼的咖啡馆⾥休息。
今天李华会学到两个常⽤语：cop out和to get worked up.LL: Hey Li Hua. Some friends and I are planning to go camping and hiking next month. Do you want to come along?LH: 嗯...去露营啊？嗯，下个⽉我可能会很忙耶！噢！对！那个周末我已经答应帮我邻居照顾他的狗。
LL: What? I didn't even tell you when we're going! Sounds like a cop-out to me!LH: 对，你还没有告诉我是哪个周末。
不过，A cop? cop不是警察吗？我不去露营和警察有什么关系？LL: No, no, I don't mean "cop" as in "police officer". A cop out, is a weak excuse for not doing something.LH: 噢，原来cop out是想推脱做某件事，但是理由⼜很牵强。
哎呀，好啦！我招了，我是不喜欢露营！要⾛那么多路，⼜会被⾍咬，还得睡睡袋，⽽且我还听说美国有很多熊呢！LL: Bears? Don't tell me you won't go just because you're afraid of bears. That's an even stupider cop out.LH: 好啦好啦！跟熊没有关系，我就是懒惰！不喜欢露营嘛！LL: That's what I thought. Well, it's better to be honest than to cop out. So do you understand what "cop out" means now? LH: 嗯，我想我⼤概懂cop out的意思了！给你举个例⼦吧！我的朋友Jeanna⽼是说她想学中⽂，可是当我主动提出要教她时，她⼜总是说没时间。
07年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit14
The train was running late， but the 35 aboriginal children who had travelled for two hours through the South Australian desert to meet it did not seem to mind. It was， after all， Australia's and one of the world‘s most unusual train journeys. When the Indian Pacific passenger train finally ground to a halt at Watson， a siding on Australia's transcontinental line，the children burst into a rendition of a Spanish Christmas song， “Feliz Navidad”， as Father Christmas disembarked to distribute gifts. Watson is a red desert moonscape on the Nullarbor Plain at the eastern end of the world's longest stretch of straight rail track， 478km （297 miles）。
This is a mere one-tenth of the 4，352km， three-day journey the train was making between Sydney on Australia‘s east coast and Perth on the west coast. The Indian Pacific and its predecessors， such as the Tea and Sugar Train that took provisions to isolated outback communities， were once symbols of Australia's conquest of its vast distances. But by the 1990s， air travel and the neglect of Australia’s railways by their federal and state-government owners almost killed the last east-west passenger train. After threatening to close the loss-making Indian Pacific， the federal government in Canberra sold it and the Ghan，another outback passenger train， to Great Southern Railway （GSR）， a British-owned private consortium， in 1997. GSR has now turned a first-year loss of A$20m （$15m） into a small operating profit by restoring rolling stock， hiring young， multi-skilled， non-unionised crews and re-marketing the trains to locals and tourists alike. One innovation was to send the Indian Pacific on a whistle-stop Christmas run taking gifts and music to the outback. This year's journey， the fifth，with impromptu concerts at remote sidings by Jimmy Barnes， an Australian rock star， drew the biggest crowds so far. Broken Hill， a town in western New South Wales struggling since its big silver， lead and zinc mine started winding down， now relies on the Indian Pacific‘s tourist passengers for economic lifeblood. The Ghan's revival on the north-south transcontinental line has been even more remarkable. The 65，000-plus passengers it carried through the Northern Territory in 2004 were 60% more than in the previous year. Public interest grew after the opening of a new line between Alice Springs and Darwin， allowing people to make the two-day journey from Adelaide by rail for the first time. GSR plans to double the Ghan‘s frequency in 2005. The railway revival still has inefficiencies to overcome. The Indian Pacific competes for space on the single track with trains that carry 80% of the freight between Australia's east and west coasts. Though most of the line is straight and flat，speed limitations mean this is not a journey for anyone in a hurry. 注（1）：本⽂选⾃Economist； 12/18/2004， p54-54， 2/5p； 注（2）：本⽂习题命题模仿对象2004年真题Text 1； 1.What was the Indian Pacific like before its selling to GSR？ [A]It always posed a threat to the federal government. [B]It was mainly used for carrying cargos. [C]It almost broke down and collapsed. [D]It helped Australia conquer its vast land. 2.Which of the following is not true about “the Indian Pacific”？ [A]It was not popular with passengers with its low speed. [B]It used to be a symbol of Australia's conquest of its vast distance. [C]It almost disappeared because of the air travel and the neglect of Australia's railway. [D]Many ways have been adopted to revive it. 3.The main idea of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 is that __________. [A]what is the use of reviving the railway [B]what effect the revival of the railway has brought about [C]how to deal with the difficulties in the development of railway [D]how the measures are adopted to revive the collapsing railways 4.What benefit can the revival of the railway bring to some remote and rural area？ [A]It can bring happiness to the children there. [B]It can help develop the economy. [C]It can lessen the burden of the government. [D]It can bring a lot of job opportunities. 5.What difficulty is the Indian Pacific facing today？ [A]The train goes so slowly that many people will not take it. [B] The frequency of using the single track line is low. [C] The space for developing the Indian Pacific is not large enough. [D]Carrying passengers is less profitable than carrying the freight. 答案：CADBC 篇章剖析 本⽂介绍了澳⼤利亚⼀些通往内地的乘客列车由于某些原因⼏乎陷⼊关闭的境地，现在澳⼤利亚正在掀起复兴铁路的热潮。
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Critics Praise Three American PlaywrightsWritten by Dana DemangeJuly 30th, 2007VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I’m Steve Ember. This week we tell about three American writers whose fresh and imaginative plays are receiving great critical praise. Sarah Ruhl, Neil LaBute and Suzan-Lori Parks have very different histories and styles. But all three are adding great energy and creativity to the American theater.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:At the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. the new play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone‿has been a big success this summer. Sarah Ruhl wrote "Dead Man's Cell Phone." The play is both funny and serious. It deals with death, family, and, well, cell phones. It tells the story of a lonely young woman named Jean. The play starts at a restaurant where Jean is eating and reading quietly. The cell phone of the man at the table next to her starts to ring.(SOUND)Then it rings again.(SOUND)The cell phone keeps ringing and starts to interfere with her reading. Finally, Jean stands up to ask the man to answer his phone. But she discovers that he has died.Jean (talking on his phone):“I think that there is a dead man sitting next to me.(Pause)I don’t know how he died. I’m at a café.‿VOICE TWO:Jean keeps the dead man's cell phone and gets involved in his life. She answers the phone when his friends, family and business contacts call him. She meets some very unusual people.VOICE ONE:Sarah Ruhl studied to be a playwright at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her teacher was the well-known American playwright Paula Vogel. At first, Miz Ruhl studied poetry, but Paula Vogel influenced her to study theater. Sarah Ruhl knew theater well. She grew up going to play rehearsals in Chicago, Illinois with her mother who was an actress.VOICE TWO:Sarah Ruhl is only thirty-three years old, but she has already had extraordinary success. Her play “The Clean House‿was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in two thousand five. The next year she won a MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her work. This organization gives five hundred thousand dollars to people in the arts and sciences who show great skill and creativity in their work.VOICE ONE:“The Clean House‿is also a play that is very funny as well as serious. It tells about a controlling doctor named Lane who employs a Brazilian woman to clean her house. But Matilde does not like to clean. She says if the floor is dirty then one should look up at the ceiling because it is always clean.Lane has a sister named Virginia who is lonely. Her favorite activity is cleaning. Virginia thinks it is an honor to clean your own house. She loves dust. She says dust always makes progress. Then when she removes the dust she knows she has made progress.VOICE TWO:Virginia secretly goes to Lane’s house and cleans all day while Matilde does her own favorite activity, creating jokes. The order of Lane’s life further falls apart when her husband, also a doctor, falls in love with a patient. In the end, this play is about loving and learning to help and forgive others.VOICE ONE:Sarah Ruhl has another new play being performed in New York City called "Eurydice". The play re-imagines an ancient Greek story with modern characters and visual effects. Eurydice dies on her wedding day. She must travel through the underworld and struggle to retain the memories of her lost love, Orpheus. Critics praised the play. They say it provides a fresh look at a timeless love story.(MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Neil LaBute studied theater at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He writes plays as well as movies that test the fine line between good and bad actions. His stories can be painfully honest in their examination of human relationships. Mister LaBute has said that a good relationship between people equals a bad story. He thinks that the common building material for a play is conflict. And he says his job is to look for ways to ruin a perfectly good day for people.VOICE ONE:A good example of a LaBute play is “The Shape of Things.‿It was first performed in London in two thousand one. It tells about two university students, Adam and Evelyn, who meet at a museum. Adam is a museum guard who meets Evelyn while she is trying to ruin a piece of art at the museum to express her radical ideas. They soon fall in love. But Adam’s friends Phil and Jenny notice that so mething is not right about Adam and Evelyn. Evelyn slowly starts to change Adam’s physical and mental qualities. By the end of the play he is a completely new person. Then Evelyn reveals her terrible secret about her plan for Adam.After London, the play was performed in New York City. Neil LaBute later directed and produced a movie version of “The Shape of Things‿using the same actors. Here is Evelyn talking with Jenny about her studies:Evelyn: So everything is good?Jenny: Yeah, you know, OK. You?E velyn: Pretty great actually. Just studying…working on my art.Jenny: Right., You‘ve got that big thing that you are doing.Evelyn: Thesis project, for my degree.Jenny: And it’s going well?Evelyn: Yeah.Jenny: What was it again?Evelyn: I never said.Jenny: Oh, well that’s why.Evelyn: Right. It’s this sculpture thingie.Jenny: Nice. I think what you have done with Adam it’s really great.Evelyn: What I have done?Jenny: Just, you know, he’s changed.Evelyn: That’s right HE’s changed.Jenny: Of course, I didn’t mean that you‿Evelyn: I know, I am just saying, you know, he did the work.Jenny: Right.VOICE TWO:Another LaBute play is called “Fat Pig.‿It tells about the relationship between Helen and Tom. Tom loves Helen but he does not like his friends' criticism of her because she is very overweight. His concern about other people’s opinions of Helen’s appearance finally ruins his relationship with her. The play is fiercely honest and at times upsetting. Neil LaBute’s plays are among the most emotionally demanding and morally shocking in current theater.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Suzan-Lori Parks started writing while studying at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She first studied chemistry, then later changed to English and German literature. She said she started to hear voices in her head that led her to write down what they were saying. Suzan-Lori Parks read one of her stories in a class taught by the famous writer James Baldwin. He asked her if she had ever considered writing for the theater.VOICE TWO:The plays of Suzan-Lori Parks usually deal with black culture, American history and family relations. Her nineteen ninety-nine play, “In the Blood,‿is a modern version of the nineteenth century novel “The Scarlet Letter‿by Nathaniel Hawthorne.The play tells about a homeless woman named Hester as she cares for her five children. It gives an intense and honest vision of motherhood, poverty and suffering.Miz Parks does not limit herself to writing plays. In two thousand three she wrote the book “Getting Mother’s Body.‿She has also written screenplays for movies, including “Girl 6‿directed by Spike Lee.VOICE ONE:In two thousand one, Miz Parks won a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. The next year she won the Pulitzer Prize for her play “Topdog/Underdog; She became the first black woman to ever receive the award.“Topdog/Underdog‿tells the story of two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Lincoln works at a game center as a target for a shooting game. To be the target, he dresses up like President Abraham Lincoln. His brother Booth plays card games to win money. Their parents left the brothers when they were young children and they have depended on each other to survive. The play is a striking exploration of their many emotions and the tense competition between the two men.VOICE TWO:Miz Parks recently put into action one of her largest projects yet. In two thousand two, she decided to write one play a day for a year. The published collection of these plays is called ‿365 Days/365 Plays.‿Here are the first few lines of ‿2- For-1‿performed by the American Theater Company of Chicago.(SOUND)Writer: “Is th e rule that I have to keep writing until I think of a play?‿Editor: “There are no rules‿Writer: “What if my mind is blank?‿VOICE ONE:From November thirteenth of last year until November twelfth of this year, these plays are being performed every day all over America. More than seven hundred colleges,。
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Ooh! Ah! Sis-Boom-Bah! Some Music to Go With the Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Written by Jerilyn Watson
July 2nd, 2007
ANNOUNCER:
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. America's Declaration of Independence from Britain was signed on July fourth, seventeen seventy-six. Today, Mary Tillotson and Steve Ember bring you an Independence Day program of songs that celebrate America.
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VOICE ONE:
Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with family gatherings, parades, speeches and fireworks. They also celebrate with patriotic music.
The official song of the United States is "The Star-Spangled Banner." Francis Scott Key wrote the words in eighteen-fourteen. At that time, America and Britain were at war. Francis Scott Key watched as British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. Through the smoke and fire, he could see a huge American flag flying over the army base.
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The next morning, after the battle, he looked to see which flag flew over Fort McHenry. It would tell which side had won. Key saw that the American flag still flew. He wrote a poem re-creating the event. Soon after, music was added to his words. The United States Congress made "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national song in nineteen-thirty-one.
Americans sing it at the beginning of many public meetings and sports events. Here is America’s national song, performed by Faith Hill.
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VOICE ONE:
Some people say "The Star-Spangled Banner" is difficult to sing. Others do not like
the words. Some people have suggested that the United States change its national song. They say many other songs that celebrate America would be better.
VOICE TWO:
One of these is called "America." It is also known as "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Samuel Smith wrote it in Eighteen-Thirty-Two. The music is the same as the British national song, "God Save the Queen." The Southwestern Christian College Chorus sin gs “America.‿
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VOICE ONE:
Some people think "America the Beautiful" is one of the best songs that celebrates America. Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words in eighteen-ninety-three. Samuel Ward wrote the music. Many singers and groups have recorded "America the Beautiful." Ray Charles sings his version.
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VOICE TWO:
Many people think "God Bless America" is the best song that celebrates America. Irving Berlin wrote it in nineteen-seventeen. It became popular twenty years later when Kate Smith sang it on a national radio broadcast. Listen now to the young voices of the American Boychoir as they perform “God Bless America”.
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VOICE ONE:
Other people would like America's national song to be "This Land is Your Land." Woody Guthrie wrote the words in nineteen-forty. It became one of the most popular folk songs in America. Pete Seeger and the Weavers sing "This Land is Your Land."
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VOICE TWO:
Years ago, Lee Greenwood recorded a song called “God Bless the U.S.A.‿This song has gained new meaning and popularity since the terrorist attacks on the United States, September eleventh, two-thousand-one. Listen as Lee Greenwood sings “God Bless the U.S.A.‿。