Dictation One
Old Age
Many people mistakenly believe that old age is a time of increased illness and loneliness. / In fact, people do not suddenly change / when they reach the age of 60 or 65. / Consequently, we should not expect more mental illness / among the 60 to 70 age group than among the 50 to 60. / Furthermore, also more parents and their married children live in separate households than ever before, / this is usually by choice. / It is not because children now tend to neglect their parents / when they become old. /
It is also wrong to believe that old age seriously affects a person’s mental abilities. / There is clear proof that people who were eager to learn and who welcomed new experiences in their old age, / continue to do so in old age. / It is true that older people tend to take longer to learn something new than young people. / Nevertheless, if they are given sufficient time, / they learn as well as young people do.
Dictation Two
Gardening
Gardening is one of the oldest of the arts. / The Chinese with their deep sensitiveness to beauty / laid the foundations for a form of garden art / which was later to have great influences upon other lands. /
The Greeks gave to the world a new concept of gardening. / Their homes were decorated with flowers, / but it was in their civic design that they most skillfully applied their garden art. / Their temples were surrounded by rows of trees, / and trees lined the important streets and market places in their principal cities. / The Roman acquired much of the knowledge and skills in garden craft from Greeks. / In the second century AD the Romans began to build gardens of great scale, / inspired by the vast palace gardens they had conquered. / They brought water from great distances to supply the ornamental fountains / which decorated their villa gardens. / These great villas were later to inspire the Italian garden architects to follow the Roman style.
Dictation Three
Bing Unemployed
Most people are much more frightened by being unemployed than they need to be. / Being unemployed certainly has disadvantages, / but there are good things about it too. / One advantage is that you don’t have to get up early to work in the rush hour. / You can stay in bed as long as you like, / and there is plenty of time to read the newspaper / and have a leisurely breakfast. / But the best thing of all is that you are
your own boss / and there is no one to tell you what to do and when to do it. / One drawback of being unemployed is that you haven’t got much money coming in—/ having a job at least enables you to save a lot of money to go on holiday. / On the other hand, when you are unemployed, / you needn’t go on holiday / because you are on holiday already. / In fact, the main trouble is that you have to spend much time looking for a job.
Dictation Four
The Credit Card in the U.S.
Today, more and more people in the U.S. are using credit cards / instead of money to buy what they need. / Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record / can apply for a credit card. /
With a credit card, you can buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip, / and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account. / In this way, you can pay for purchases a month or two later. / Or you may choose to spread out your payments over several months / and pay only part of the total amount each month. / With a credit card, you don’t have to carry much cash / and you don’t have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft. / The card user only has to worry about paying the final bill. / This of course can be a problem / if you charge more than you can pay for.
Dictation Five
A Woman at Home
In Japan, most people still feel that a woman’s right place is in the home / and most women willingly accept their traditional role as wives, / leaving the business of making a living to their husbands. / For those who do want a career of their own, opportunities are limited. / And working women usually have to settle for lower wages and less responsible positions. /
In America, on the other hand, most women, including wives and mothers, work most of their lives. / But until recently, few have had real careers. / As in Japan, most fields are dominated by men / and opportunities for women have been restricted, / salaries low, chances for promotion rare. / American women work mainly because they have to. / In these days of inflation and expensive living, / only one income per family is simply not enough. / So American women actually have two jobs: / one outside the home, and the other round-the-clock job such as wife, cook and nurse. Dictation Six
Success
Success in life depends to a great extent on what is meant by success. / To some people, money is the only real indication / of achievement in the modern world and therefore / their judgment of success is based on the state / of their bank balance and the power that goes with it. / Their life is devoted to making money / and they are at a loss to understand people whose
ideas are different from their own. / There are people, however, who consider their lives successful / if they are doing what they enjoy doing / that may not bring them any great financial reward. / A man who spends his time gardening might consider himself successful / if the flowers blossomed and his trees gave fruit. / Nursing and teaching can also bring their own kind of success to
those engaged in them. / Success can be found in painting a picture nobody will never see. / The great thing is to believe that success is not necessarily public.
Dictation Seven
People’s Way of Seeing Things
The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. / For those people who believed in physical existence of Hell in the Middle Ages, / the sight of fire must have meant something quite different from what it means today. / Nevertheless, their idea of Hell owed a lot to the sight / of fire consuming and the ashes remaining / as well as to their experience of the pain of burns. /
We only see what we look at. / To look is an act of choice. / As a result of this act, what we see is brought within our reach, / though not necessarily within arm’s reach. / To touch something is to situate oneself in relation to it. / We never look at just one thing. / We are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves. / Our vision is continually active, continually moving, / continually holding things in a circle around itself.
Dictation Eight
Education
Some people may say that it is energy that makes the world to go round, / but in my opinion there is something else which is equally important. / That is education. / Education makes it possible to pass on / the invaluable knowledge of our ancestors and, at the same time, / makes it easier to explore the contemporary world. / Most great inventions have been brought about by educated people. / So we can say that education makes the world go round. /
A poorly educated nation can never be a rich one. / The most advanced countries in the world all place great emphasis on education. / Nations which have a low percentage of educated people can, / in most cases, barely produce the basic necessities of life, / let alone develop their science, technology and economics. / Such nations are facing the possibility of extinction in this highly developed world. / Therefore, education cannot be emphasized enough in a developing country.
Passage 1 Digital Cameras [00:45.70]①According to a standard definition, / [00:48.34]a digital camera is a camera that produces digital images / [00:53.63]that can be stored in a computer, displayed on a screen and printed. / [01:00.17]②Years ago people used to possess two different devices / [01:04.47] in order to take pictures and make videos. / [01:08.42]③The creation of digital cameras was motivated mainly by two factors. / [01:14.04]④First, need to spare space. / [01:17.78]⑤Second, make it more comfortable for people [01:21.07]to do both things with higher quality results. / [01:25.49]⑥The multi-functionalism of digital cameras [01:28.62]and the combination of several devices in one / [01:32.12]make it a popular choice for a modern man. / [01:35.99]⑦For years a digital camera has been unaffordable for many families. / [01:41.39]⑧However, the variety of digital cameras and various prices nowadays / [01:47.06]make it possible for almost every single family to buy a digital camera. / [01:52.92]⑨With increasingly fierce competition, / [01:55.51] the digital camera manufacturers satisfy customers [02:00.35]with lower prices but best quality standards. Passage 2 The Migration of Birds [00:48.91]①The most obvious feature of birds is that they can fly. / [00:52.81]②This facility gives them great mobility and control over their movements. / [00:58.39]③Many species can travel quickly and economically over long distances —/ [01:04.28]up to thousands of kilometers, / [01:07.14]if necessary, crossing seas, deserts or other inhospitable areas. / [01:13.46]④They also have great orientation and navigational skills, / [01:18.14]and are able to remember and re-find [01:21.42]remote places they have previously visited. / [01:24.61]⑤Birds can thereby occupy widely separated areas at different seasons, / [01:30.80]returning repeatedly to the same localities from year to year. / [01:35.76]⑥Although migration is evident in other animal groups, / [01:40.09]including insects, mammals, and fish, / [01:43.49]in none is it as widely and well developed as in birds. / [01:48.22]⑦The collective travel routes of birds span almost the entire planet. / [01:53.69]⑧As a result of migration, bird distributions are continually changing—/ [02:00.05]on regular seasonal patterns, and on local, regional or global scales. Passage 3
2016年6月大学英语四级真题第一套听力原文 SectionA News report 1 The international labor organization says the number of people without jobs is increasing. In its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number on unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people. The report warns that 200 million poor workers are at risk of joining the ranks of people leaving on less than 2 dollars per day in the past 3 years. The Director-General of the International Labor Organization Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis. However, he points out that many countries have not done so. And based on past experiences, it takes 4-5 years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels. Mr. Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global job agreement to deal with unemployment. “ It ' s key objective is to place the center of recovery efforts, measures will generate h igher levels of employment and provide basic social protection for the most vulnerable. 1、What is the news report main about? 2、What does Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization say? News Report 2 Big fast food chains in New York city have started to obey a first kind of its rule, requiring them to post calorie counts right on the menu. City Nurses is with New York department of health. “ We wanted to give people an opportunity to actually see the calories before the y purchase the food and make a decision and informed decision that if they want to make the healthier choice. If they want to eat fewer calories, they can. And we expect this will have a huge impact on obesity. And of course, if this has an impact on obesity, it will have an impact on diabetes and heart disease and high blood pressure. ” The new rules will be introduced as a part of anti-obesity campaign. That also includes a recent citywide ban on artificial trans-fats in restaurant food. The menu roll only applies to restaurants that serves standardized potion sizes and have fifty or more locations nationwide. Starting last Saturday, chains big enough to fall under the rule will face penalties of up to 2000 dollars for not showing calorie information in a prominent sports on their menus, preferably next to the price. 3. what are big fast food chains in New York city required to do according to the new rule? 4. What will happen to big restaurant chains that violate the new rule? News Report 3 Almost all companies recognize the importance of innovation today, but not many are able to integrate innovation into their business. A commentary in the Shanghai Daily points out that innovation doesn ' t mean piles of documents, it ' s something more prlaecstiacyasl. mThaenyartic people tend to assume that innovation just means creating something new, but actually it than that. It 'asn attitude of doing thing. A company should find ways to innovate not just in products but also in functions, business models and processes. The article cites the global giant Procter & Gamble as an example, saying a real innovative company should develop an innovation culture, and use it as a primary tool for success. Procter & Gamble has a “ Corporate Innovation Fund ”
英语专业四级考试1993年——203年听写原文 1993 Package Holidays Package holidays, covering a two weeks' stay in an attractive place, are increasingly popular. Once you get to the airport, it is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination．Everything is laid on for you．There is, in fact, no reason for you to bother to arrange anything yourselves．You make friends and have a good time. But there is very little chance that you will really get to know the local people．This is even less likely on a coach tour, when you spend almost your entire time traveling．Of course, there are carefully planned stops for you to visit historic buildings and monuments. You may visit the beautiful, the historic, the ancient. But time is always short．There is also the added disadvantage of being obliged to spend you holiday with a group of people you have never met before． (1994) The American Family The American family unit is changing. There used to be mainly two types of families, the extended and the nuclear. The former included mother, father, children, and some other relatives such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby. Then as the economy progressed from agricultural to industrial, people began moving to different parts of the country in order to search for job opportunities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family consisting of only parents and children has therefore become far more wide spread. Today’s family, however, can be composed of diverse co mbinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there's an increase in single-parent homes—a father or mother living with one or more children. Blended families occur when divorced men and women remarry and combine the children from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, there is an increase in childless couples while one in rive Americans lives alone. (1995) Unidentified Flying Objects There are many explanations for why UFOs visit the Earth. / The most popular one is that they maybe visitors from other planets./ To fly such aircraft, their builders must develop different forms of aviation,/because they seem to fly much faster than normal aircraft./ The UFOs, it is believed, must contain scientists/ from other planets who are studying life on earth./ It is even believed that several such aircraft may have landed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living amongst us./ But there are also less fantastic explanations available./ Although some sightings of UFOs are difficult to explain, most can be explained quite easily./ In many cases the observers might have made a mistake./ They might have seen a weather balloon or an aircraft./ Or the light they saw in the sky might have been light from the ground,/ reflected on to the clouds./ However, the exact cause of many sightings still remained a mystery.
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2015年12月英语四级听力原文及答案 Part 1 短对话 Question 1 - M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched together last month? - W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've seen on that topic. Q:What do we learn about the speakers? Question 2 - W: Are you looking for anything in particular? - M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school, and I want to get him something special. Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place? Question 3 - M: Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery. - W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work there, but he turned it down.
Q:What does the woman say about Mike? Question 4 - W: Would you like to come to Susan's birthday party tomorrow evening? - M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in two places at the same time. Q:What does the man mean? Question 5 - W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making? - M: Yes. I think I will give them a deadline and hold them to it. Q:What is the man probably going to do? Question 6 - W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitors' parking is? I left my car there. - M: Sure. It's in Lot C. Over that way. Q:What does the woman want to know? Question 7 - W: You look great! Now that you've taken those fitness classes.
Passage 1 Town and Country Life in England There is a big difference between town life and country life in England. In the country, everybody knows everybody else. They know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you have for dinner. If you want help, you will always get it and you will be glad to help others. In a large town like London, however, it can sometimes happen that you have never seen your next door neighbor and you do not know his name or anything about him. People in London are often very lonely. This is because people go to different places in the evenings and at weekends. If you walk through the streets in the centre of London on Sunday, it is like a town without people. One is sorry for old people living on their own .They could die in their homes and would not be discovered for weeks or even months. (154 words) Useful Words and Expressions: next door n. n．隔壁 the neighbors next他 door隔壁邻居 lonely adj ．孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的 lonely life孤单的生活 a lonely old man一位孤独的老人 a lonely sand一个孤岛 the loneliest night最孤独的夜晚 on (one's) own独自；独立地；通过自己的努力 She lives on her own．她一个人过。 She go the job on her own．她自己找到了这份工作。 He Is now out of colleg6 and on his own．他现在离开了大学并且自己生活。 Passage 2 A Change in Women's Life The important change in women's life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them. (154 words) Useful Words and Expressions: life-pattern 生活方式 effect [i'fekt] n. 结果，效果，作用，影响 The old system is still in effect. 旧制度仍然有效。 He is, in effect, my rival. 实际上他是我的竞争对手。 The medicine quickly took effect. 药物很快见效了。 share vt. 分享；共享，参与 n. 一份，部分，份额 share responsibility 共同负责 share a room with sb. 与某人共居一室
41.Apology Helps It is never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you have judged roughly, you said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were so sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about it right now. 42. Sleep Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no one answer that applies to every individual. It is possible to feel “tired” physically and still be unable to fall asleep, because while your body may be exhausted, you do not feel sleepy. It is not so easy to simply “turn off”. Lack of sleep complicates matters even more. Experts say adults need at
【如何过英语专业四级】英语专业四级听力50篇 英语专业四级考试是英语专业生面临的第一个检验自己英语水平的大型考试，那么你知道如何过英语专业四级吗?下面是小编为你整理的过英语专业四级考试的方法，希望大家喜欢! 过英语专业四级考试的方法 一步是做一套英语专业四级的真题卷，检验自己的的英语究竟处于怎么样的水平，并了解自己的优势和劣势。 每天坚持听一套听力，尤其是dictation，更是重中之重。要静听而不是泛听，相信付出总有收获。 阅读控制好时间，4篇阅读最好控制在25-28分钟之间。应试时最好先看题目再答题，遇到生词不要过分纠结，跳过或根据上下文猜测词意。平时多记单词注意词汇的积累 每个星期坚持写一篇专四作文，写好后最好请教同学老师有哪些需要改进的地方。专四的作文是有模板可循的，多记些句型和标准句子。特别要注意的是论据一定要分点写并层次分明。 根据实际情况每天记一定的词汇，为自己的英语水平打好坚实的壁垒。 自2016年起，TEM-4考试的试卷结构和测试题型作了局部调整。考试题型共分6个部分：听写、听力理解、语言知识、完形填空、阅读理解、写作。考生应特别注意改革题型。 英语专业四级考试注意事项 ictation注意事项： dictation其实并不难加上大家平日里的做试卷基本都可以取得基本分，但是优秀者和成绩普通者的差距在于听完后的检查，要知道dictation扣分要求严格，一个标点，一个大小写，
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仁爱英语八上单词听写专 用版 Revised final draft November 26, 2020
2013最新秋仁爱英语八年级上单词表 Unit1 Topic1 I am going to play basketball. 在...期间 对着，反对 队，组 v.获胜，赢得 v.加油，欢呼；喝彩；n. 欢呼声，喝彩声 为...加油 v.& n练习，实践 v.更喜欢，宁愿(选择) v.划船；n.(一)排，(一)行 adv.相当，很，十分 v.加入，参加；连接；会合 v.溜冰，滑冰 v.骑自行车 n.网球 乒乓球 n.比赛者，选手 n.梦，梦想；v.做梦 v.成长,生长;发育;种植;变成 长大成人，成长 n.科学家 n.将来 今后 乐手，音乐家 n.飞行员，驾驶员 男警察 女警察 邮递员，邮差 渔民，钓鱼的人 v.跳跃；n.跳跃；猛扑 v.度过；花费(金钱、时间等) n.锻炼,做操;练习,习题v.锻炼 n.棒球 擅长于…的，精通的 n.周末 部分，一些，片段 参加，加入 对……有益 健康，保健 adj.流行的,大众的，受欢迎的 到处，遍及 世界，地球 n.心脏，心；纸牌中的红桃 n.肺；肺脏 后天健康的，健壮的 adj.健康的；适合的；v.(使) 适合；安装 保持健康 晚饭，晚餐 v.(使)放松，轻松 adj.着名的 队友 adj.激动的，兴奋的 坏的， v.离开；把……留下，剩下； n.假期，休假 动身去某地 遗憾，可惜，同情，怜悯 Unit1 Topic 2 We should learn teamwork. adj.有病的；不健康的 患病，病倒 v.介意；关心；n.思想，想法 踢，踹 传递，经过，推移，及格 帮某人一个忙 在某方面做得好 确定，肯定 adv.在某处 n.扔，投，掷 斥责（某人），对某人大声说 v.争论；打仗(架)，与…… 打仗(架)；n.打仗(架)，争论 尽(某人)最大努力 协同工作，配合 发怒的，愤怒的，生气的 生(某人)的气 完成，做好，最后部分 (外)祖父，爷爷，外公 v.发明，创造 发明家，创造者 n.球场，运动场；法庭；法院 在户外，在野外 n.世纪，百年 起初，起先 室内的 变得，变成 进入，到…里 形成，产生 目标，进球得分，射门 通过，穿过