听力教程4-答案-施心远(—3)

U n i t 1

1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。

2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。

3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。

4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。

5.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业。

►News Item 1

A: …about China’s ambitious space program.

B:

1. Landing spot: in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia

2. Significance: a source of national pride and international prestige (威望) Future plan

1. 1) Time: 2007

2) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.

2. Focus of further development: the capability to rendezvous and dock with

other spacecraft

3. Recruitment of astronauts: to recruit female astronauts in the near future.

►News Item 2

There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property* sector* is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies* for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.

Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.

A: … about the growth of China’s economy.

►News Item 3

A: … about China’s large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.

B：

1.In many African capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built

with Chinese aid money.

2.It is estimated that Sino-African trade, and aid, amounts to as high as 12 billion

dollars a year.

3.The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-colonial

links between Europe and Africa.

4.On the meeting in Addis Ababa, China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free

access into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.

Unit 2

1.有些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素。

2.因此他们服用大剂量维生素制剂。

3.他们认为这些维生素制剂能够增进健康、预防疾病。

4.医学专家没有发现多少能证明这些制剂中的绝大多数能保障或增进健康的证据。

5.但是他们注意到其中一些确实有助于预防疾病。

►News Item 1

A: …about a meeting in Hong Kong trying to reach a new agreement on global trade.

B:

1.Representatives of nearly 150 countries meeting in Hong Kong are still trying to

reach a new agreement on global trade.

2.For many countries the biggest prize they realistically hoped for was a date for

ending the European Union subsidies to help farmers sell their produce on world markets.

3.An EU senior official says they are prepared to name the date as part of a wider

deal.

4.The earliest possible date will be 2010, and 2013 will be the latest date if an

agreement is not reached on this meeting.

5.The United States trade representative Rob Portman says he is trying to be

accommodating, which means the United States will possibly accept the new date. ►News Item 2

A: … about a new consensus reached by the G20 in tackling global problems.

B:

Total amount well over a trillion dollars

Resources available to to treble to seven hundred and fifty billion dollars Special drawing rights increase a tenfold increase

Regulation on financial firms curbs on executive pay and new oversight of large hedge funds

►News Item 3

A: … about the opening of Copenhagen (哥本哈根) climate summit.

B: F F T T F

Unit 3

1.几乎在所有的国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。

2.男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。

3.文化和经济的影响起着重要作用。

4.但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在于男女大脑的差异。