专四听写50篇.docx

1、专四听写50篇Passage 1Town and Country Life in EnglandThere 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

2、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

3、 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.

4、 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 (ones) 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 Chan

5、ge in Womens LifeThe important change in womens life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on womens 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

6、 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-ti

7、me 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 ea

8、ch of them. (154 words)Useful Words and Expressions:life-pattern 生活方式effect ifekt 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

9、人共居一室share the joys and hardships 同甘共苦We shared the sweets. 我们分吃了糖果。ones share of the cake分享的一份好处，应得的一份Passage 3A Popular Pastime of the English PeopleOne of the best means of understanding the people of any nation is watching what they do with their non-working time.Most English men, women and chil

10、dren love growing things, especially flowers. Visitors to England in spring, summer, or autumn are likely to see gardens all the way along the railway lines. There are flowers at the airports and flowers in factory grounds, as well as in gardens along the roads. Each English town has at least one pa

11、rk with beautifully kept flower beds. Public buildings of every kind have brilliant window boxes and sometimes baskets of flowers are hanging on them.But what the English enjoy most is growing things themselves, If it is impossible to have a garden, then a window box or something growing in a pot wi

12、ll do.Looking at each others gardens is a popular pastime with the English. (144 words)Useful Words and Expressions:means n（用作sing）方法；方式；手段a means to an end达到目的的方法by all means务必；无论如何；千方百计地by any means 口用一切可能的方法或手段by fair means or foul不择手段地by means of 通过；用；借助于by no means决不，一点也不by some means or (other

13、）想个办法；以某种方法leave no means untried想尽一切办法not by any means一点也不，绝对不The end justifies the means谚只要目的正当，可以不择手段。pot n罐，壶windbox n窗台上的花盆箱，窗槛花箱pastime n消遣，娱乐Swimming Is my favorite pastime游泳是我最喜欢的一种娱乐。Passage 4 British and American Police OfficersReal policemen, both in Britain and the U. S., hardly recogniz

14、e any common points between their lives and what they see on TV-if they ever get home in time.Some things are almost the same, of course, but the policemen do not think much of them.The first difference is that a policemans real life deals with the law. Most of what he learns is the law. He has to k

15、now actually what actions are against the law and what facts can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a lawyer, and whats more, he has to put it into practice on his feet, in the dark and, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.Little of his ti

16、me is spent in talking with beautiful girls or in bravely facing cruel criminals. He will spend most of his working life arranging millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, ordinary people who are guilty-or not of stupid, unimportant crimes. (177 words)Useful Words and Expressio

17、ns:think much of 重视，尊重in court 在法庭上criminal n罪犯，犯罪者guilty adj犯罪的，有罪的gulty look内疚的神色the guilty party犯罪一方a guilty conscience犯罪感have a guilty conscience问心有愧；做贼心虚be found gulty被判决有罪be guilty of a crime犯了罪Passage 5Living SpaceHow much living space does a person need? What happens when his space needs are

18、 not met? Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behaviour of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if the

19、ir living conditions become too crowded, their behaviour and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and worry become clear. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violen

20、ce are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for human survival? These are in teresting questions. (147 words)Useful Words and Expressions:determine V测定；决心；决意determine the velocity测定速度He determined to go他决意要去。I am dete

21、rmined to do better than Mike.我决心比迈克做得更好。tend to v. 有某种倾向；有的趋势He tends to pitch the ball too high他往往把球掷得过高。People under stress tend to express their full range of potential. 处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。survival n.生存We need food and water for survival.我们为了生存需要食物和水。 Passage 6The United Nations In 1945, represe

22、ntatives of 50 nations met to plan this organization. It was called the United Nations. After the war, many more nations joined.There are two major parts of the United Nations. One is called the General Assembly, m the General Assembly, every member nation is represented and has an equal vote.The se

23、cond part is called the Security Council. It has representatives of just 15 nations. Five nations are permanent members: the United States, Russia, France, Britain, and China, The 10 other members are elected every two years by the General Assembly.The major job of the Security Council is to keep pe

24、ace in the world. If necessary, it can send troops from member nations to try to stop little wars before they turn into big ones.It is hard to get the nations of the Security Council to agree on when this is necessary. But they did vote to try to stop wars. (156 words)Useful Words and Expressions: R

25、epresentative n代表General Assembly联合国大会permanent adj永久的，持久的permanent address固定地址permanent tooth成人齿a permanent Job 固定职业a permanent commitee常设委员会Security Council n.联合国安全理事会troop n军队Passage 7PlasticWe use plastic wrap to protect our foods. We put our garbage in plastic bags or plastic cans. We sit on pl

26、astic chairs, play with plastic toys, drink from plastic cups, and wash our hair with shampoo from plastic bottles!Plastic does not grow in nature. It is made by mixing certain things together. We call it a produced or manufactured material. Plastic was first made in the 1860s from plants, such as w

27、ood and cotton. That plastic was soft and burned easily.The first modern plastics were made in the 1930s. Most clear plastic starts out as thick, black oil. That plastic coating inside a pan begins as natural gas.Over the years, hundreds of different plastics have been developed. Some are hard and s

28、trong. Some are soft and bendable. Some are clear. Some are many-colored. There is a plastic for almost every need. Scientists continue to experiment with plastics. They hope to find even ways to use them! (160 words)Useful Words and Expressions:Shampoo n洗发精，洗发香波，洗发manufacture vt制造，加工manufacture an

29、excuse胡乱编个理由half manufactured半成品（的） a thing of home foreign manufacture本国外国制品Plastic is an important manufacture.塑料是种重要产品。bendable可弯曲的experiment with用做实验Passage 8Display of GoodsAre supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more?Fresh fruit and vegetables are displayed near supermarket entrances.

30、This gives the impression that only healthy food is sold in the shop. Basic foods that everyone buys, like sugar and tea, are not put near each other. They are kept in different aisles so customers are taken past other attractive foods before they find what they want. In this way, shoppers are encou

31、raged to buy products that they do not really need.Sweets are often placed at childrens eye level at the checkout. While parents are waiting to pay, children reach for the sweets and put them in the trolley.More is bought from a fifteen-foot display of one type of product than from a ten-foot one. C

32、ustomers also buy more when shelves are full than when they are half empty. They do not like to buy from shelves with few products on them because they feel there is something wrong with those products that are there. (166 words)Useful Words and Expressions:aisle n走廊，过道roll them in the aisle 口使（观众）捧腹大笑knock them in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑lay them in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑rock them