英语专业四级听写50篇配合喜马拉雅录音.docx

1、英语专业四级听写50篇配合喜马拉雅录音窗体顶端CONTENTSPassage 1 Town and Country life in England Passage 2 A Change in Womens Life Passage 3 A Popular Pastime of the English PeoplePassage 4 British and American Police Officers Passage 5 living SpacePassage 6 The United NationsPassage 7 Plastic Passage 8 Display of Goods P

2、assage 9 Albert Einstein Passage 10 Private CarsPassage 11 A Henpecked Husband and His Wife Passage 12 A Young Mans Promise Passage 13 A Kind NeighborPassage 14 That Isnt Our Fault Passage 15 A Guides AnswerPassage 16 A Qualified PilotPassage 17 Living Things ReactPassage 18 Flowering PlantsPassage

3、19 Finding the Direction and Location Passage 20 WavesPassage 21 SoilsPassage22 Crisis Passage 23 Americas Worst Surprise Passage 24 Great Depression in the U.S. Passage 25 A Place of Our Own Passage 26 Travel for Work Passage 27 IntelligencePassage 28 A Free Dress Every Week Passage 29 TimePassage

4、30 CartoonistsPassage 31 Water PollutionPassage 32 Making a ComplaintPassage 33 Where Do the British LivePassage 34 Will Computers Replace Human BeingsPassage 35 SoccerPassage 36 ArtistsPassage 37 Professional Sports in the U.S.Passage38 How to BooksPassage 39 Dont Give Up Passage 40 How High Can Yo

5、u JumpPassage 41 Apology Helps Passage 42 SleepPassage 43 Our ConcernPassage 44 Gardening in AmericaPassage 45 The Influence of LifePassage 46 AutomobilesPassage 47 House and HomePassage 48 Population GrowthPassage49 Natural ResourcesPassage50 Reading1 Town and Country Life in EnglandThere is a big

6、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, ho

7、wever, 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

8、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lon

9、ely 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 Change in Womens LifeThe important change in womens life-pattern ha

10、s 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 once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is

11、 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 marriag

12、e, 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-patter

13、n 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。Passage 3 A 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 children love growing things,

14、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 park with beautifully kept f

15、lower 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 will do.Looking at each othe

16、rs gardens is a popular pastime with the English. (144 words)Useful Words and Expressions: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）想个办法；以某种方法leave no means untried想尽一切办法not by any

17、 means一点也不，绝对不Passage 4 British and American Police OfficersReal policemen, both in Britain and the U. S., hardly recognize 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 t

18、hem.The first difference is that a policemans real life deals with the law. Most of what he learns is the law. He has to know 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 i

19、nto practice on his feet, in the dark and, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.Little of his time 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 h

20、undreds of sad, ordinary people who are guilty-or not of stupid, unimportant crimes. (177 words)Useful Words and Expressions: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guilty 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 guilty被判决有

21、罪be guilty of a crim犯了罪Passage 5 Living SpaceHow much living space does a person need? What happens when his space needs are 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 gre

22、atly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if their 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

23、more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violence 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 interesting questio

24、ns. (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 determined 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. 处压力

25、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 6 The United Nations In 1945, representatives 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.

26、One is called the General Assembly, m the General Assembly, every member nation is represented and has an equal vote.The second 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, T

27、he 10 other members are elected every two years by the General Assembly.The major job of the Security Council is to keep peace 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 Co

28、uncil to agree on when this is necessary. But they did vote to try to stop wars. (156 words)Useful Words and Expressions: Representative 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 committee常设委员会Security Council n.联合国安全理事会troop n

29、军队Passage 7 PlasticWe use plastic wrap to protect our foods. We put our garbage in plastic bags or plastic cans. We sit on plastic 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 certai

30、n things together. We call it a produced or manufactured material. Plastic was first made in the 1860s from plants, such as wood 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 coati

31、ng inside a pan begins as natural gas.Over the years, hundreds of different plastics have been developed. Some are hard and strong. 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

32、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 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 8 Display of GoodsAre supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more?Fresh fruit and vegetables are dis