2011英语专业四级真题听力原文

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[00:14.43]TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011)

[00:18.00]-GRADE FOUR-

[00:19.50]PART I DICTATION

[00:22.76]Listen to the following passage.

[00:25.00]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. [00:28.92]During the first reading,

[00:30.40]which will be done at normal speed,

[00:32.70]listen and try to understand the meaning.

[00:35.44]For the second and third readings,

[00:37.65]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,

[00:40.79]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. [00:45.21]The last reading will be done at normal speed again and [00:48.43]during this time you should check your work.

[00:51.41]You will then be given 2 minutes

[00:53.42]to check through your work once more.

[00:56.08]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. [01:00.21]Now, listen to the passage.

[01:04.06]British Holidaying Habits

[01:07.01]In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable

[01:10.93]for the average family in the UK,

[01:13.95]and more people started travelling abroad

[01:16.22]for their summer holidays.

[01:18.83]After all, the British weather wasn't very good,

[01:22.39]even in summer,

[01:23.72]so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. [01:28.24]In the 1980s and the 1990s,

[01:31.43]young people in the UK became wealthier on average. [01:35.91]As a result, they started to go abroad in groups,

[01:39.78]to places such as Spain and Greece.

[01:43.75]Once they arrived at their destination,

[01:46.27]they met with other groups of young people

[01:48.87]and had one long party.

[01:51.79]British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. [01:56.55]Climate change means

[01:58.07]that the UK now has a hotter climate,

[02:01.65]so people do not need to

[02:03.21]go overseas to find good weather.

[02:06.38]Also, going abroad is more expensive.

[02:09.96]As a result, more British people are choosing to

[02:13.07]spend their summer holidays in the UK.

[02:17.62]The second and third readings.

[02:20.27]You should begin writing now.

[02:23.91]British Holidaying Habits

[02:26.85]In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable

[02:45.83]In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable

[03:04.18]for the average family in the UK,

[03:21.61]for the average family in the UK,

[03:39.16]and more people started travelling abroad

[03:41.46]for their summer holidays.

[03:58.03]and more people started travelling abroad

[04:00.16]for their summer holidays.

[04:16.70]After all, the British weather wasn't very good,

[04:20.25]even in summer,

[04:36.71]After all, the British weather wasn't very good,

[04:39.88]even in summer,

[04:56.15]so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. [05:14.39]so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. [05:32.69]In the 1980s and the 1990s,

[05:35.99]young people in the UK became wealthier on average. [05:55.01]In the 1980s and the 1990s,

[05:58.13]young people in the UK became wealthier on average. [06:17.49]As a result, they started to go abroad in groups,

[06:36.58]As a result, they started to go abroad in groups,

[06:55.46]to places such as Spain and Greece.

[07:13.38]to places such as Spain and Greece.

[07:31.20]Once they arrived at their destination,

[07:48.59]Once they arrived at their destination,

[08:06.13]they met with other groups of young people

[08:08.51]and had one long party.

[08:25.55]they met with other groups of young people

[08:27.85]and had one long party.

[08:45.01]British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. [09:03.81]British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. [09:22.57]Climate change means

[09:23.98]that the UK now has a hotter climate,

[09:42.19]Climate change means

[09:43.56]that the UK now has a hotter climate,

[10:01.49]so people do not need to

[10:03.16]go overseas to find good weather.

[10:20.68]so people do not need to

[10:22.40]go overseas to find good weather.