2012专四真题听力原文及答案标示

Eco-tourism

Nowadays, many of us try to live in a way/that would damage the

environment as little as possible. / We recycle

/

we take public transport to get to /and we try to buy locally produced fruit and vegetables. / And we want to take these attitudes on holiday with us. / This is why alternative forms of tourism are becoming popular in the world. / There are lots of names for these new forms of

/ responsible tourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism,

educational tourism and more. / Although everyone may have a different definition, / most people agree that these new forms of tourism should do

/ first, they should conserve the wildlife and culture of the

/ third, they should

make a profit without destroying natural /and finally they should provide an experience that tourists want to pay for. /

PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

M: Ruth, do you know something about the Ethical Consumer Research

Association?

W: Yes. So far as I know, it’s an organization that provides information

for shoppers.

M: Oh, what kind of information?

W: Well, like letting shoppers know what the companies are doing behind the products that they see on the store shelves.And, and these shoppers are concerned with some ethical issues.

M: For example?

W: Well, they may want to know that the product they a re buying hasn’t been made at the expense of the people who are producing it, whether it’s in this country or abroad. They might also be concerned with other kinds of issues, for example, whether the company is involved in selling arms.

M: But, how can one become an ethical shopper when buying things? W: One way of thinking about ethical shopping is thinking about buying less.

M: Oh, how?

W: Well, you see sometimes we buy a lot more than we need. We buy more items of clothing than we need. So being an ethical shopper really means ]thinking a bit before you go and spend your money in the shops. M: Could you give me some advice?

W: You see, some things may cost a bit more in the short run,but be worth it in the long run. So if you are paying for quality, something will last you longer and then save your money.

M: Hmm.

W: And sometimes you can buy things second-hand and the quality in most second-hand shops is really very good these days.So it’s about thinking before you shop.

M: Ruth, thanks for your advice.

M: Pleasure.

Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.

W: Thanks, Mr. Davies.

M: Now which course are you doing?

W: I’m doing management studies with English and German.

M: Huh, how is it all going?

W: Well, it’s not going too well.I’m not really enjoying the course and, well, I’m not very happy.

M: All right. Let’s take things slowly.Tell me something about the course.

W: Well, there is so much work. I thought that to do two languages with management studies would be very useful.But I find the management course very difficult sometimes and in the study of English and German, too.It means I’m working all the time and I never have time to relax.

M: What about your accommodation? Are you happy with that?

W: Not really. I mean the other students on my course are living in a student dormitory. So they see each other all the time. I’m living in a