专四听力.docx

1、专四听力Dictation 1 Superstition 迷信One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious,and theyll do everything from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers,touching wood and absolutely never walking under a theyre careful about cats are supposed to be the familiars of

2、witches,so if one is following you its definitely bad luck- a witch is after you!On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues then its good luck because it hasnt noticed , in some places the beliefs are different- so it pays to know where your black cat comes from!Old superstitions ling

3、er even in todays modern author Philip Pullman drew on them in his award winning novel His Dark Materials.The novel, which appeals to both children and adults,has been adapted for radio and also the theatre.Dictation 2 Graduate Student 研究生Graduate students specialize in a particular field of study t

4、o become experts in this field and to learn new advances in their fields while they earn an . or when they get an M. A. in one field they begin studying another hope that when they earn their graduate degrees they will succeed in finding important hope to get jobs that are interesting and high life

5、of a graduate student is often are usually too busy studying to make a good they have to pay high tuition fees for their give up studying before they get their most keep on working at their studies until they todays world, most graduate students dont regret spending time with their are finding that

6、new developments are occurring in all many graduate study has become a necessity.Dictation 3 April Fools Day 愚人节1st April is a day to be careful,or you could easily get tricked by s April Fools Day,a day when people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at are lots of th

7、eories surrounding the origins of the day,but one explanation is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century,which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called what kind of pranks do people play on April Fools Da

8、yWell, there are lots of simple tricks that you can play on your example, you could wear a black sweater and pull a piece of white thread through it,so that people try to pull it could change the time on someones alarm clock so that theyre late for work.Dictation 4 Living Online 网上生活How do you meet

9、new people, make new friends,or find out about the latest bandsHere in the UK young people have traditionally done their socializing in bars, pubs and , there is a new generation growing up that finds it easier to manage their social lives on the net,using free websites like MySpace, Bebo or MSN Spa

10、ces.Welcome to the social networking website- a place where you can present yourself to the digital community and meet other like-minded most successful social networking website in the UK is of July 2006, MySpace is the worlds fourth most popular English-language website,attracting almost 3 million

11、 visitors per claims to have 95 million members with 500,000 new members joining the community each how has it become so successfulPerhaps its secret is in its new member can build their own page simply- uploading photos, videos and MP3 files.Dictation 5 Mothers Day 母亲节Does your mother know how much

12、 you appreciate herWell, Mothers Day is the time to show s a chance to say thank you,or to tell your mum how much you love Britain, Mothers Day, or Mothering Sunday,falls on a different day each year,because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of it is always in the early springtime,which

13、 seems appropriate,as the season when new plants emerge,and baby birds and animals are born.In the USA, Mothers Day takes place a little later, in May,and many other countries also celebrate their mothers on different days of the began many years ago, when children,especially girls, as young as 10 w

14、ould live and work away from homeas housemaids and other types of Sunday was a day when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town, and visit their mothers.Dictation 6 Online Shopping 网上购物With only two weeks to go before Christmas,buying presents is a high priority for a lot of , this

15、year not so many people are leaving their homesto browse around the days lots of people can do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the shopping is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons;prices are often lower online,you dont have to queue up in busy shops

16、 and you can buy almost any product imaginable with just a few clicks of your trends are often male-dominated but this year women are expected to do more shopping on the internet than seems women are now more attracted to the convenience of online shopping than they used to be.Average spending onlin

17、e this Christmas by women will rise to 240 pounds compared to the slightly lower average of 233 pounds for men.Dictation 7 Reality TV 真实电视The latest fashion on British TV is Reality TV means that shows follow and film ordinary people in an artificial could be at work, or in some kind of of the first

18、 and most popular Reality TV shows is Big Brother.In this show, 15 complete strangers have to live together in a house for 11 are filmed 24 hours a day, and shown on week, the viewers vote to evict one of the , only one is left,and they win the prize money!The show was an instant hit,and runs in sev

19、eral housemates often become stars as a result of the show,and appear in national newspapers and on other shows.Another very popular show is Im a Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here!In this show, 10 celebrities have to complete tasks each week,such as eating insects.Dictation 8 School 学校September is trad

20、itionally the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in the is also the month when children go back to school after their long summer are two types of school in schools are paid for by the government,so are free to Schools are private,which means you have to pay to school day usually starts at 9

21、in the morning and finishes around 4,with breaks for lunch of course!In many schools, you have to wear a uniform start school when they are 5 years is called primary school,and lasts until the child is 11 when he or she will go on to senior school is compulsory from 11 until 16 years of 16, students

22、 take national examinations called GCSE this, students can stay at school for another 2 yearsand take A Level examinations.Dictation 9 The Modern Family 现代家庭Father leaves for work in the morning after two children take the bus to school,and mother stays home cooking and cleaning until father and the

23、 kids return home in the is the traditional picture of a happy family living in past 20 years have seen enormous changes in the lives and structure of families in biggest change has been caused by many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce,leading to a situation where many children live with on

24、e parent and only see the other at weekends or has also been a huge rise in the number of women with children who large rise in divorces has meant many women need to work to support themselves and their when there is no divorce,many families need both parents to work in order to survive.Dictation 10

25、 Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节On 25th September this year, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families,look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivalsin the Chinese lunar , the celebrations stretch far beyond the borders of in the UK events are taking place for Ch

26、inese people living here,and to teach the people of Britain more about this popular Soho Theatre in London conducted a study which showed that Chinese Londoners dont engage much with the arts a result, Moon walking In China has been created to celebrate the Mid-Autumn is no normal theatre production

27、 though,as it doesnt take place in the professionals and volunteers from the local community will take audiences around the streets of Soho on a magical lantern-lit walk through the landmarks and backstreets of Chinatown.Dictation 11 The Dragon 龙When many people in the west think of China,the animal

28、 that they think of is the them, the dragon is an aggressive monster that breathes popular legends tell of how dragons killed brave knights and ate beautiful Chinese people however,the dragon is not an evil s a cultural and spiritual symbolfor prosperity and good dragons main task is to create harmo

29、ny and bring are celebrated in art and architecture,and of course the dragon dance is a very popular of Chinese have the word long,meaning dragon, as part of their isnt the only country to have the dragon as its symbol.Wales, one of the four countries in the UK,has a red dragon proudly displayed on

30、its only other country in the world with a dragon on its flag is Bhutan,the tiny country between China and India.Dictation 12 Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather,but many parts of the country this June are experiencing much more rain than they have ever seen d

31、ownpours have caused rivers to burst their banks,roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the worst hit area seems to be the north of have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain or were washed away by the warnings have been issued in many p

32、arts of the UK and it is said that over a months worth of rain has fallen in just the last couple of rain has also caused chaosat some of Britains famous June Glastonbury festival is a four-day-long outdoor music festival and while it is traditionally quite rainy and muddy there,this year was particularly bad.Dictation 13 Christmas traditions 圣诞节传统There are many ways to celebrate Christmas,and some British people like to go on holiday,go out for lunch to a restaurant,or spend the day with most peoples idea of a traditional Christmas involves spending a few days with their