天津大学考博英语听力真题听写

For 1a 08.03.18

Mary did not like getting up early in the morning. If her sister did not wake her, she would often be late for her classes. One day, a lecture was going to be given by a famous artist at 9:00. Her sister and brother in-law were away. She set alarm for half past seven. This should give her plenty of time to get ready and arrived early enough for a goog seat. She was determined to be there in time. She would never forgive herself for missing the lecture. She had been admiring the artist’s work since she was a child. The next morning, she slept through the alarm bell and woke up at 8:30. She was not used to rushing and everything went wrong. At last, she was ready and rushed out to catch a bus. She jumpted on the first one. She looked at her watch and it was not there. She must have forgotten to put it on in her rush. When she arrived the university, she hurried to the lecture hall. She was astonished to find the doors were locked. She looked round to find someone and saw a clock that says 7:30. I can not understand it, she cried out. Nobody is here and the clock is slow. Then, suddenly she remembered her alarm clock had stopped the night before, and she must have forgotten to reset the hands. This is the first time I were here the beginning of a lecture, she said to herself laughing.

For 1b 08.03.23

Social life in America varys tremendously from office to office. Big corporations may have clubs, sports teams, trips, dance classes or other employee activities, which you can join or not as you like, while small companies usually can not afford these activities. In general, people go to lunch with each other by invitation when they feel greets. Usually people of higher ranks would invite those of lower ranks rather than are around. But lines are not creasely drawn. Except for special occasions, everyone pays for himself or herself regardless of whether or not an invitation is offered. It is quite exceptable for men and women colleagues, single or married, to go out together for lunch. This may be the case when your office friends will invite you. Although in general, Americans readily take people home with them, they often don’t want to make business as social life. Americans feel that if a business deal goes wrong, they don’t want to lose a personal friendship also. If this is the case in your place of work, you would have to seek your friendship through other channels.

For 2a-t3 08.03.25

Automobiles in the U.S.A

The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are necessary part of life. Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers, who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get surprise. Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities, school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbours’ children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns, driving to the place where they all work. More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a problem and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven, something will have to be done about the use of cars.