听力教程3 主编施心远unit9 兼容版.docx

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Unit9SectionOnePart1SpotDictation

Asthebulgeofthebabyboompushesinto

（1）middleage-the30-to-50-year-oldsarenowthe

（2）largestagegroupinthiscountry-ouroutlookongettingolderis（3）changing.Infact,expertsarefindingtodaythatgettingolderisgettingbetter,invery（4）realways.

Mostpeopleintheirmiddleyearsareatthe（5）peakoftheirworkinglives.Thisisthetimeof（6）competencewhenpeoplegetagreatdealof（7）satisfactionandsecurityoutofrealizingtheyhavesomethingto（8）offerothers.

Asyougetolder,you'remore（9）secureinyourrelationships.Thelongeryou'vebeenmarried,themorelikelyitisthatyouaregoingto（10）staymarried.

Ittakesalongtimetobecomea（11）person.Theolderyouget,themore（12）

uniqueyoubecome.Youbecome（13）cleareraboutwhatyouthink,whatyoulikeanddon'tlike.Youknowwhoyouare.

Oneofthethingswefearaboutgrowingolderisincreasing（14）isolation.Ifyouletit,yourworldcan（15）shrink.Butifyoumaketheeffort,（16）midlifecanbeatimeofmorepersonalrelationships.Ifyou（17）nourishyourrelationships,bythetimeyou'vereachedmidlifeyouhavearichnetwork-lifelongfriends,（18）acquaintances,colleagues,anextendedfamily.

Whileolderpeoplearefreetospendtheirtimethewaytheywant,theyalsoknowtheyhave（19）lessofit.Thatmakesthemmoreawareofhowprecioustimeisandmore（20）discriminatingabouthowtheyuseit.

Exercise

Directions:

Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhear.（RefertoTapescript）

Unlikeairtravel,whichisregulatedinternationally,railtravelisinmanycasescontrollednationally.Thedegreeofsafetyofrailtravelisthereforehighlyvariablefromcountrytocountry,dependingonthedegreeofregulationandthequalityofregulationinthecountryconcerned.InBritainandtheUnitedStatesrailpassengerdeathsworkoutatanaverageoflessthan10railpassengerdeathsperyear.Unfortunately,therailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsin

thelessdevelopedpartsoftheworldareconsiderablyhigherthantherailpassengerdeathsperyearstatisticsareinthewesternworld.

IntheUKoverthelast25years,therehasbeenanaverageofonetrainaccidentforeverymillionmilesrun.Becauseindividualtrainscarrysuchalargenumberofpassengerscomparedwiththenumberofpassengerscarriedincars,busesandplanes,thisactuallymeansthatthedegreeofriskis,comparatively,onewhichisalmostnon-existent.

Byfarthegreatestcauseofrailwayaccidentsishumanerror,eitherincontrollingorrespondingtosignals.Recentimprovementsinthenumbersofaccidentsareinlargemeasureduetotheintroductionofautomaticandcomputerizedsignallingequipment.Radiocommunicationsystemsbetweendriversandcontrolcentreshavealsoprovedinfluentialinreducingaccidents.Withthecontinuingdevelopmentofradiocommunicationsystemsandautomaticsignallingsystemswecanlookforwardtofurtherreductionsinwhatarealreadyimpressivelylow7accidentrates.Exercise

Directions:

Listentothepassageandwritedownthegistandthekeywordsthathelpyoudecide.

1）Thispassageisaboutrailtravelsafety.

2）Thekeywordsarehighlyvariable,degreeandqualityofregulation:

BritainandtheUnitedStates,lessthan10railpassengerdeathsperyear:

lessdevelopedparts,higher:

UK.last25years,onetrainaccidentforevery

millionmilesrun:

cause,humanerror:

automatic,computerizedsignaling,radiocommunicationsystems,reduceaccidents.

SectionTwoListeningComprehension~Part1Dialogue

Adolescence

Interviewer:

So,yousayEric'swhatyou'dconsiderprettystrictbutprettyfair?

So,forexample,whenhetellsyoutodoInterviewer:

something

Jora:

Well,he'sstrictandIgetangrywhenhedoesn'twantmetodostuff.ButafterwardsIcanalmostalwaysseewhyhesaidit,v'know?

Interviewer:

Yeah.

Jora:

Andthere'sonlyacoupleofincidentswhere,well,thatweretotally,v'know,thatIdidn'tunderstandatall.Interviewer:

Hmm.Notabadrecord.Eric:

No.Vh,'cosI'msureI'vemadesomemistakes.

Interviewer:

Is...howwouldyoucompareyourmom?

Isshelessstrictthanyourdad?

Mm-hmm.Well,she'slessstrict,butit's,it'slikeIcan'twin,y'know?

Thestuffthatmydad'snotstrictabout,mymom'sstrictabout,and-thestuffthatmymom'snotstrictabout,mydadis.And,well,likemydaddoesn'tletme

seePG-13*orRmovies,butmymomdoes.She,well,sherentsR-rated*movies,andletsmewatchthemandall,butmydadwon'tevenletmeseePG-13.

Eric:

Well,uh,that'snotreallytrue.Itdependsonwhatitis.MyrulewithPG-13iseitherI'vehadtohaveseenitfirstor,youknow,talkedtosomeonewhoItrust...who'sseenit.

Interviewer:

So,yourmom'slooseraboutmovies.Uh,what'sshestricterabout?

Jora:

Chores,junkfood,buyingmespecificthings-Interviewer:

Whenyousaybuyingyouthings,doyoumean-Jora:

Likewhenwegotothestore.Interviewer:

Shedoesn'twanttopayforthem?

Jora:

Shedoesn'twanttopayforthings.Shewantsmetobuymyownfriends'presents,youknow,stufflikethat

Interviewer:

So,doyougetanallowance?

Jora:

Yeah,Ido.

Interviewer:

So,Jora,whatdoyouthinkaboutyourdad?

Doyouthinkhe'saprettygooddad?

Imean,howdoeshecomparewithyourfriends'fathers?

Jora:

Urn,mydadisverystrict,buthe's...he's..,he'sprettygood.He...he'sveryniceandheletsmedojustenoughsoIdon'tgettooangry.Exercise

Directions:

Listentothedialogueanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue（T）orfalse（F）.

l.T2.T3.F4.T5.T6.F7.T8.T

Part2Passage

ABriefHistoryofBanking

1）Situatedusuallyatatableorinasmallshopinthecommercialdistrict,thebankersaidedtravelerswhocametothetownbyexchangingforeigncoinsforlocalmoney.

2）Itwasn'tlongbeforetheideaofattractingdepositsandsecuringtemporaryloansfromwealthycustomersbecameanimportantsourceofbankfunding.

3）ThebankingindustrygraduallyspreadoutwardfromtheclassicalcivilizationsofGreeceandRomeintonorthernandwesternEurope.

4）TheearlybanksinEuropewereplacesforsafekeepingofvaluableitemsaspeoplecametofearlossoftheirassetsduetowar,theft,orexpropriationbygovernment.

Asthe19thcenturybegan,thedevelopmentoflarge,professionallymanagedbankingfirmswascenteredinafewleadingcommercialcenters,especially

NewYork.

Whendidthefirstbanksappear?

Thefirstbankerslivedmorethan2,000yearsago.Theyweremoneychangers,situatedusuallyatatableorinasmallshopinthecommercialdistrict,aidingtravelerswhocametothetownbyexchangingforeigncoinsforlocalmoneyordiscountingcommercialnotesforafeeinordertosupplymerchantswithworkingcapital.

Thefirstbankersprobablyusedtheirowncapitaltofundtheiractivities,butitwasn'tlongbeforetheideaofattractingdepositsandsecuringtemporaryloansfromwealthycustomersbecameanimportantsourceofbankfunding.Loanswerethenmadetomerchants,shippers,andlandowners,atratesofinterestaslowas6percentperannumtoashighas48percentamonthfortheriskiestventures*!

MostoftheearlybanksofanysizewereGreekinorigin.

ThebankingindustrygraduallyspreadoutwardfromtheclassicalcivilizationsofGreeceandRomeintonorthernandwesternEurope.BankingencounteredreligiousoppositionduringtheMiddleAges,primarilybecauseloansmadetothepooroftencarriedhighinterestrates.However,astheRenaissancebeganinEurope,thebulkofbankloansanddepositsinvolvedrelativelywealthycustomers,whichhelpedtoreducereligiousoppositiontobankingpractices.

Thedevelopmentofnewoverlandtraderoutesandimprovementsinnavigationinthe15th,16th,and17thcenturiesgraduallyshiftedthecenterofworldcommercefromtheMediterraneanregiontowardEuropeandtheBritish

Isles,wherebankingbecamealeadingindustry.TheIndustrialRevolutiondemandedawell-developedfinancialsystem.Inparticular,theadoptionofmassproductionmethodsrequiredacorrespondingexpansioninglobaltradetoabsorbindustrialoutput,requiringnewmethodsformakingpaymentsandcreditavailable.Banksthatcoulddeliverontheseneedsgrewrapidly.

TheearlybanksinEuropewereplacesforsafekeepingofvaluableitems（suchasgoldandsilverbullion）aspeoplecametofearlossoftheirassetsduetowar,theft,orexpropriationbygovernment.InEnglandduringthereignsof.HenryVIIIandCharlesI,governmenteffortstoseizeprivateholdingsofgoldandsilverresultedinpeopledepositingtheirvaluablesingoldsmiths'shops,who,inturn,wouldissuetokens*orcertificates,indicatingthatthecustomerhadmadeadepositatthesebusinesses.Soon,goldsmithtokensorcertificatesbegantocirculateasmoneybecausetheyweremoreconvenientandlessriskytocarryaround.Thegoldsmithsalsoofferedcertificationofvalueservices-whatwetodaymightcallpropertyappraisals*.Customerswouldbringinvaluablestohaveanexpertcertifythattheseitemswereindeedrealandnotfakes-aservicemanybanksstillprovidetheircustomers.

WhencolonieswereestablishedinNorthandSouthAmerica,OldWorldbankingpracticesweretransferredtotheNewWorld.Asthe19thcenturybegan,stategovernmentsintheUnitedStatesbeganchartering*bankingcompanies.Thedevelopmentoflarge,professionallymanagedbankingfirmswascenteredinafewleadingcommercialcenters,especiallyNewYork.Thefederal

governmentbecameamajorforceinUSbankingduringCivilWar.ExerciseAPre-IisteningQuestion

Abankis,actually,abusinessorganization,usuallyal