听力教程4（第二版） - 答案 - 施心远(1—13) - 图文

reclaim its status as a world power

News Item 2

Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targets last week to tackle street crime. He wants a 20% fall by this time next year. Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia's people's volunteer corps* are being enlisted* to fight on the frontline. They'll join police on street patrols.

The problem is though, most of the first batch* were not considered up to it. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fit enough. The rest were too fat, unfit or had what the head of the corps told an English language newspaper was poor overall presentation and grooming*. Corps members wear military uniforms but most of them are unpaid volunteers with limited powers.

Street crime, particularly mugging*, is seen as a serious problem in Malaysia's major cities. The opposition has called for the country's top policeman to be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.

A: … about Malaysia’s street crime problem. B:

1. Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, announced ambitious targets last week to tackle street crime.

2. He wants a 20% fall by this time next year.

3. Retired policemen are being brought back and members of Malaysia’s people’s volunteer corps are being enlisted to fight on the frontline. They’ll join police on street patrols. 4. Of 500 volunteers who were sent for assessment, just 142 were fit enough. 5. The rest were too fat, unfit or had poor overall presentation and grooming.

6. Street crime, particularly mugging, is seen as a serious problem in Malaysia’s major cities.

7. The opposition has called for the country’s top policeman to be replaced because of the failure to tackle the issue.

Unit 5 Section 1

Listening and Translation

1. Stocks, bonds, land — people invest in different things and for different reasons. 2. But all investors share the same goal.

3. They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it.

4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy. 5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long.

1. 股票，债券，土地 —— 人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。 2. 但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。

3. 他们希望通过投资获得比投入的资金更多的货币回报。 4. 他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。

5. 投资者必须决定自己在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。

Section 2

Part 1 Dialogue 1-8 D A D B B C A C

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Part 2 passage Ex C: 1-8 B A D B B D C C

Section 3 News Item 1

Scientists have produced evidence showing dramatically that the current temperature rise there is highly unusual. For most of the last two thousand years, the Arctic slowly cooled, a consequence of variations in the Earth's orbit.

But over the last century, the cooling abruptly reversed, and the region is now warmer than at any time in the 2,000-year record. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say this shows how quickly the Arctic responds to climatic changes.

A: …about the fact that Arctic is the warmest in two millennia.(两千年)

（ millennium 一千年） News Item 2

The international conservation group, WWF, has accused European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation* by not using enough recycled material. A spokesman said more than a quarter of a million trees were in fact being flushed* down toilets or discarded as rubbish each day.

The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products and said the fibers were instead being taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas. Using virgin forest (未被砍伐的森林) to make toilet paper, says the report, is wasteful and unnecessary. The report also warns that illegal and unsustainable logging (伐木业)and conflicts over land rights still exist in many of these areas and that all but one of the companies have so far failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.

A: … about WWF’s accusation against European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers of contributing to global deforestation by not using enough recycled material. B:

1. More than a quarter of a million trees are being discarded as tissue paper each day.

2. The report found alarmingly low levels of recycled fibers in the vast majority of products by European toilet and tissue paper manufacturers.

3. The fibers are taken from natural forests in South Africa, Asia, Europe and across the Americas. 4. Most of the companies have failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.

News Item 3

Scientists are warning that climate change could drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. A report by European ornithologists* and zoologists (动物学家) says that birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns.

This report by ornithologists and zoologists warns that global warming will cause increasing problems for -many migrating species. For example, the spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic (壮观的) journey from Southern Africa, and rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats (海岸栖息地) for turtles and wading birds. The study even suggests that warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female. The

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selection of sex is closely linked to sea temperature.

A: … about the warnings from scientists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. B:

Findings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. Reason: … difficult to follow their usual migration patterns. Example: 1. The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa. 2. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading

birds.

3. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female.

Unit 6 Section 1

Listening and Translation

1. Blogs are being used more and more by teachers.

2. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create personal Web pages. 3. Educators did not become involved with blogging right away. 4. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security.

5. But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet.

1. 老师们对于博客的使用越来越多。

2. 现在很多因特网服务商都提供免费、便捷的制作个人网页的方式。 3. 教育工作者并不是从一开始就涉足博客的。 4. 很多人担心隐私和安全问题。

5. 但是现在在因特网上可以找到成千上万个教师博客网页。

Section 2

Part 1 Dialogue 1-6 T F F T T F 7-12 F T F T F T

Part 2 passage

Ex C: Explain the following terms

1) Appreciation: Understanding the other side’s point of view, finding merit in their ideas and communicating your understanding.

2) Affiliation: Try to build genuine connections with the other side as human beings, not merely as adversaries.

3) Autonomy: The recognition that both you and the other side are free to affect or make decisions.

4) Status: Competing over status is a dead end. Appreciating the status of both sides leads to the mutual respect necessary for a successful negotiation.

5) Role: Don’t needlessly limit yourself. The activities in your work and negotiations can often be expanded to be more fulfilling and meaningful.

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Section 3 News Item 1

Several years ago Edgar and Nina Otto froze the DNA of their dog, Lancelot. When he died last year, the couple were devastated (使垮掉)and they decided to get a clone produced by a South Korean laboratory.

The biotech (生物技术) firm Best Friends Again claim that Lancelot Encore, as they've named the new puppy (小狗), is the world's first commercially cloned dog. The laboratory in South Korea, BioArts, includes a scientist that lost his research professorship at Seoul University in 2004, after fraudulently* claiming he'd cloned human embryos*(胚胎) and stem cells*(干细胞).

The new owners here in Florida say they're happy with their new dog and don't plan to clone any others.

It's thought that between three and four million unwanted dogs(流浪狗)are killed at shelters across the US every year.

A: …about the world’s first commercially cloned dog.

B: F T F F T

News Item 2

Five years ago President Bush set out his lofty vision (极高的设想)of sending astronauts back to the Moon by the year 2020. It was meant to be the staging post*(中转站) for the next frontier — a manned landing on Mars. Now a panel of space experts says that's pretty much pie in the sky*(空想的计划).

Their report, commissioned by President Obama, says the current US human spaceflight programme appears to be on an unsustainable trajectory*. It suggests the only way forward is to increase the funding of NASA (美国国家航空航天局) by billions of dollars, or to cooperate with private companies now embarking on commercial space flights.

The panel says visits to Near-Earth Objects such as asteroids* are far more realistic too. The experts also argue for keeping the International Space Station going till 2020, rather than pulling the plug in six years' time.

A: … about US future space travel. B:

lofty vision Moon 2020 the Moon manned landing pie in the sky

spaceflight programme unsustainable trajectory increase the funding cooperate with commercial space flights asteroids far more realistic

keep the International Space Station going pulling the plug

News Item 3

The study looked at nearly 400 men who developed Alzheimer's* disease. It assessed the time they spent in full-time education, the type of work they did and the point at which they retired.

The researchers detected no link between the onset*(发作) of dementia*(痴呆) and education or occupation. But they found that every extra year at work was associated with a six-week delay in

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