短文听写
Comets
In recent years scientists’ investigation of comets has increased / because of growing interest in the origin of the sun and planets. / Scientists want to learn how comets are formed. / They think that such information will help explain the origin of the solar system. / The word “comet” comes from Greek and means “hairy object”. / In history comets have a special place. / People believed that they brought news of death, destruction or military victories. / The tails of comets provide viewers with spectacular sights at night. / Comet tails are millions of kilometers long. / The tails frequently reach lengths of 250 million kilometers and more. / The most famous comet of history is called Halley’s Comet, which appears every 76 years. / It was named for Edward Halley, a British astronomer. / He predicted the appearance of the comet in 1758, 16 years after his death. / Halley’s Comet is extremely bright and has two tails. / In the 20th century it returned in 1910 and 1986. / (159 words)
Vitamins
It was not until the beginning of this century that it was recognized / that certain substances were essential in the diet to prevent or cure some diseases. / These substances are now known as vitamins. / They are vital for growth, good health, / and maintenance of the normal functions of the body. / A well-balanced diet should provide all the vitamins we normally require. / Those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to buy sufficient food / should not suffer from vitamin deficiency. / However, for various reasons, / some people do not maintain a balanced diet. / People often lose their appetite because of illness. / People living alone may not bother to eat proper meals, / and people on a diet may not eat sufficient quantities of necessary foods. / Moreover, modern methods of preserving, freezing, and long-term storage of food, / together with overcooking, can destroy many of the vitamins. / (145 words)
A Car Soccer Race
American football is different from the European football / and some people think that it is better. / Now there’s a new kind of football or soccer which is played in America. / It's called car soccer. / The players drive small cars, which are called Beetles. / The players try to catch the ball in their cars. / The cars are protected all since they often crash into each other. / The ball is larger than the usual one and the players are protected, too. / In 1985, the first European car soccer match took place in West Germany. / Teams from some countries in Europ played in the match. / The Beetles raced around the ground madly / while the spectators shouted "The ball is behind you". / When the match ended, three cars had been crashed into pieces. / And the players as well as many of the spectators were badly hurt and had to be taken to hospital. / Will this car soccer become as popular as football? I doubt. / (160 words)
Useful words and expressions:
Beetles: n. 甲壳虫，甲虫，披头士
Germany：德国
Changes of Family Life
The concept of family life has changed considerably over the years. / In earliest times, several generations lived together in clans, / which consisted of all living descendents and their husbands or wives. / These clans were almost totally self-sufficient, / every member contributing in some way toward the survival of the group. / The men hunted and fished for food or sometimes maintained flocks of sheep or goats. / The women baked bread and roasted the meat their men provided. / Special members of the community were selected to make products like pottery, baskets and home weapons. / But with the development of greater varieties of food, clothing and shelter, / a single clan could no longer develop all the individual skills the group required. / Clans merged into larger societies and at the same time broke into smaller units consisting of married couples and their children. / Later the Industrial Revolution brought about even more important changes in family life. / New inventions brought shorter working hours for men and easier housekeeping routines for women. / Today a productive family life suggests not the group’s cooperative efforts of working together, / but the pleasant and meaningful sharing of its leisure. / (185 words)
Useful words and expressions:
clan：n. 宗族；部落
descendent n. 后裔；派生物
Industrial Revolution 工业革命，产业革命
leisure: n. 闲暇；空闲
First Sign of AIDS
The virus causing AIDS enters the blood and quickly penetrates certain white cells in the body. / At first there is often little or no trace of the virus at all. / This situation usually lasts for six to twelve weeks. / During this time the person is free of symptoms / and antibody tests are negative. / The first thing that happens after infection / is that many people develop a flue-like illness. / This may be severe enough to look like glandular fever / with swollen glands in the neck and armpits, / tiredness, fever and night sweats. / Some of those white cells are dying, / virus is being released, / and for the first time the body is working hard to make correct antibodies. / At this stage the blood test will usually become positive. / Most people do not realize what is happening,
/ although when they later develop AIDS they look back and remember it clearly. / Most people have produce antibodies in about twelve weeks. / (156 words)
Useful words and expressions:
AIDS:获得性免疫缺乏综合症；爱滋病（Acquired Immure Deficiency Syndrome）virus:n.病毒
penetrate:vt. 渗透；穿透
trace:n.踪迹
symptom:n. [临床] 症状；征兆
antibody:n. [免疫] 抗体
glandular:adj. 腺的，腺状的
swollen:adj. 肿胀的，浮肿的
gland:n. 腺体
armpit:n. 腋窝
Nearsightedness
Weak eyesight is a term that is generally used to refer to nearsighted eyes. / People who are nearsighted can see well at a short range, / but anything very far away is likely to be unclear. / The term "weak eyesight" is misleading, / for in nearsighted eyes the lens of the eye is actually too strong. / The nearsighted lens is so powerful that it focuses the light coming onto the eye so quickly. / Nearsightedness is common, and its growth may be graded; / often the unclearness of distant object is so slight at first / that a person may not recognize the condition. / Nearsightedness is frequently discovered first at school. / It is here that a student first realizes the difficulty of seeing words on the blackboard, / whereas others in the class have no trouble reading the blackboard at all. / After discovery, nearsightedness can easily be corrected. / You just need a pair of glasses / which can decrease the power of the lens of the eye. / (161 words)
Useful words and expressions:
nearsightedness: n. 近视
lens: 晶状体
Rice Cooking
Rice is very much under appreciated in the United States. / With the exception of Asian cooking, / rice is usually a side dish or combined with other ingredients. / Rice is very nutritious, low cost and easy to prepare food. / There are different types of rice available and the cooking time varies by type of rice. / Follow the package instructions for the
amount of liquid necessary and the cooking times. / Both vary for each type of rice. / Regular white rice has been milled / to remove the hull comes in long, medium and short grains. / Long grained rice is the best for all-purpose use. / Brown rice has a pleasant nutty flavor and a firmer texture. / While white rice is cooked in about 15 minutes, / brown rice takes 45 to 50 minutes to cook. / When cooking rice do not be concerned if you have cooked rice left over. / There are some excellent recipes, which use cooked rice. / (151 words)
Useful words and expressions:
ingredient：n. 原料；组成部分
nutritious：adj. 有营养的
package instructions：包装上的使用说明
mill：v.碾磨；磨细
hull：外壳
nutty：adj.产坚果的
texture: n.手感, 质感,口感
recipe：食谱
Teacher-student Relationship
The relationship between a teacher and a student can be either good or bad, helpful or harmful. / Either way, the relationship can affect the student for the rest of his life. / A good teacher-student relationship will make the teacher’s job worthwhile. / A bad relationship can discourage the student from learning / and make teaching an unpleasant task. / In order to have a good teacher-student relationship, / respect between teacher and student is very important. / If the teacher is too strict, he frightens the student. / If the teacher is too friendly, the student may become lazy and stop learning hard. / The teacher’s attitude and approach should be in between those two extremes. / As for the student, his proper respect to the teacher must be shown all the time. / He should be eager to learn and willing to work hard. /In conclusion, a good teacher-student relationship can be beneficial to both. / The student absorbs knowledge eagerly and enjoyable, / and the teacher gains satisfaction from his work. / (163 words)
Useful words and expressions:
discourage:vt. 使气馁
On-line Health Form
There are many aspects to health, illness and healing. Among all the teachings there's one thing that is universal to them all. And that
is the unquestionable benefit achieved by communicating with others about health and its related issues. It is with the single philosophy in mind that we have developed this site as a form for communication. Dealing with a medical concern is often difficult. Connecting with others who are going through the same thing can make a world of difference. Our mission is to develop on-line communities to help you make those connections. You can post questions, comments, and respond to messages from others. We've got various topics and we are adding more all the time. If you don't see the topics you are looking for, just let us know, and we will consider our message board for it. We hope you decide to become a regular participant and help to make this a great resource.
Useful words and expressions:
healing:n. 康复
unquestionable:adj. 毫无疑问的；确实的
philosophy:n. 哲学；哲理；人生观
participant:n. 参与者
You found a job, now how do you save money
Saving your hard-earned money can be difficult. As most of us enjoy spending rather than saving, I certainly had a tough time holding on to my money every payday. When I got my first few pay checks, right away I spend the cold hard cash I'd earned by hard work. But I quickly realized that this sort of spending wouldn't really help me get the things I wanted. So I made a pact with myself. I promise that before I did anything with the money, I would deposit at least 50% of the money into my savings account. That way, I eliminated the temptation to spend that money. After I got used to saving my money, it was much easier for me not to be tempted to buy things when I saw them. When I saw a CD, or vedio game that looked appealing,I learn to ask myself,"Do I really need this?" Asking this question helped me appreciate my money, and not let it slip out of my wallet quite so fast.
Useful words and expressions:
payday：n.发薪日
pact：n.协定，条约
deposit：v.存款
eliminate：v.消除，排除
temptation：n.诱惑
be tempted to ：受诱惑做...
peeling：退层
slip out ：溜走
wallet：钱包，皮夹
Balloons
Balloons have been used for sport for about 100 years. There are two kinds of sport balloons, gas and hot-air. Hot-air balloons are safer than gas balloons, which may catch fire. Hot-air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. They are also cheaper and easier to manage than gas balloons. Despite the ease of operating a balloon, pilots must watch the weather carefully. Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the wind is late. Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic. It wasn't untill 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded.It took them just 6 days to make the trip, from their homes in the United States to Paris, France. Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world.
Useful words and expressions:
balloon：气球
hot-air：热空气
balloonist：气球驾驶者
Perceptions
Ask three people to look out of the same window at a busy street and tell you what they see. Probably, you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceive something different about it. Perceiving goes in our minds. After three peole who look out of the window. One may say that he sees a policeman giving a driver a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the street corner. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with 4 children. For perception, is the mind's interpretation, of what the senses in this case our eyes tell us. Many psychologists today are working to try to explain just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific method, the psychologists set up experiments. They are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
Useful words and expressions:
perceive：察觉，感觉；理解；认知
interpretation：解释；翻译
traffic jam：交通拥挤，交通堵塞
psychologist：心里学家
perception：知觉；感觉；看法；洞察力
Depression
The dictionary describes depression as the state of feeling very sad, anxious and hopeless. The question here is why one gets depressed. Is the inability to deal with the situation or the high stress levels that come with success or failure?
Life is full of twists and turns. Some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant, and sometimes even terrible.
Seasonal changes are the main reason for depression in nature. Change is unavoidable. It may happen in nature or in life. But the way the change makes us feel is subjective. They differ from person to person, along with the ways we deal with them.
Feeling depression is a normal phenomenon, but letting it overtake us completely is not the best thing. There are no specific rules or concepts in dealing with it. A person should adopt whatever way he or she feels is the best, but be sure it will not hurt another person. (157 words) Useful Words and Expressions
twists and turns 迂回曲折
On their way forward, they are bound to run into twists and turns. 在前进的道路上，他们是一定会碰到曲折的。
subjective adj. 主观的
phenomenon n. 现象；杰出人才
a social phenomenon 社会现象
the phenomenon of nature 自然现象
infant phenomenon 神童
overtake v. 压倒；追上，超过
overtake another car 超过另一辆车
be overtaken with terror 被吓倒
Team
Teamwork is just as important in science as it is on the playing field or in the gym. Scientific investigations are almost always carried out by teams of people working together. Ideas are shared, experiments are designed,data are analyzed, and results are evaluated and shared with other investigators. Group work is necessary, and is usually more productive than working alone.
Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates. Whatever the task your group is assigned, a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productive and successful experience.
What comes first is to keep an open mind, because everyone's ideas deserve consideration and each group member can make his or her own contribution.
Secondly, it makes a job easier to divide the group task among all group members. Thirdly, always worktogether, take turns, and encourage each other by listening, clarifying, and trusting one another. Mutual support and trust often make a great difference.
Useful words and expressions:
playing field n. 运动场
productive adj. 多产的，有生产价值的
productive force 生产力
productive labor 有价值的劳动
a productive farm 肥沃的农场
a productive writer 多产作家
investigation n. 调查，研究
(be) under investigation 在调查研究中
bear investigation 经得起考查，不怕追查
keep an open mind 不抱成见，抱着虚心态度
make a great difference 有很大差别，有很大影响
专四听力训练：Our Concern
The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. To a large extent, the physical form and the habits of the earth's vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Only in the present century has one species of man acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.
The rapidity of change follows the pace of man rather than the pace of nature. Radiation is now the unnatural creation of man's tampering with the atom. The chemicals are the creations of man's inventive mind, having no counterparts in nature.
We have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals into the hands of persons largely ignorant of their potentials for harm. We have subjected enormous numbers of people to contact with these poisons, without their consent and often without their knowledge. We have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advance investigation of their effect. Future generations are unlikely to forgive our lack of concern.
Useful Words and Expressions:
1.interaction 交互作用，交感
2.vegetation 植被
3.mold 塑造，浇铸
4.species 种类
5.unnatural 不自然的
6.tamper with 损害，影响
7.counterpart 配对物
8.poisonous 有毒的
9.potent 有力的，有效的
10.consent 同意，赞成
Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder affecting an estimated 10 percent of all humans at least once in their lives. It is far more common in kids than in adults, as most sleepwalkers outgrow it by the early teen years. It may run in families. So if you or your partner are or were sleepwalkers, your child may be too. Other factors that may bring on sleepwalking include lack of sleep, irregular sleep schedules, illness or fever, and stress.
Of course, getting out of bed and walking around while still sleeping is the most obvious sleepwalking symptom. But young sleepwalkers may also sleeptalk. Also, sle epwalkers’ eyes are open, but they are not awake and may not realize what they’re doing. It’s hard to wake them up.
Sleepwalking is not usually a sign that something is emotionally or psychologically wrong with a child. And it doesn't cause any emotional harm. They probably won't even remember the nighttime stroll.
Sleepwalking 梦游
Sleepwalker 梦游者
estimate估计
outgrow 长大或发展得使……不再使用
bring on引起，导致
stroll 闲逛，漫步
take/have/go for a stroll闲逛，散步，漫步
stroll the beach 在海滨溜达
Today we explain a very old saying that has had a big influence on rock-and-roll music. That saying is a rolling stone gathers no moss. It has several meanings. One meaning is that a person who never settles down in one place will not be successful. Another is that someone who is always moving, with no roots in one place, avoids responsibilities.
This proverb was said to be first used in the 1500s. But in the 1960s, the expression rolling stone became famous in the world of rock-and-roll music. It became the name of a rock group, a song and a magazine.
Experts say it all started with a song by the American singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. He was one of the country's top blues musicians until his death in 1983. His music influenced singers like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. In 1950, Muddy Waters recorded a song called "Rollin' Stone." (153
words)
Useful Words and Expressions
☆ A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔；转业不聚财。
moss n. 苔藓
rolling stone 无固定职业者；见异思迁者
☆ blues n. 布鲁斯（歌曲）（一种伤感的美国黑人民歌）
☆ Elvis Presley 猫王
专四听力训练：Culture
Living in a new country means experiencing a different way of life.This is very exciting and interesting, but it can also be a little challenging at times, because the cultures of all countries are unique.
Culture is like an iceberg. You can see some parts of an iceberg---just like you can see some parts of a country’s culture when you visit it. For example, you can see different ways of greeting people, hear different languages and observe different festivals and customs. However, a much bigger part of every iceberg is hidden under water. Even though this part of the iceberg is hard to see, it is very important---without it, the iceberg would not exist. The same is true of culture. There are many aspects of it which you cannot see when you visit a different country, for example, the nature of friendship and the importance of time. It will take a long time to understand those values and beliefs.
unique:独一无二，独特的
a problem unique to coastal areas属于海岸区域的问题
speak with a unique accent 用独特的腔调说话
unique copy 珍本
iceberg 冰山
belief信念，信仰
beyond belief难以置信的
tax one’s belief使人难以相信
to the best of my belief在我看来
Why Are Some People Left- handed?
Why is a mere 4% of the population left-handed? Most authorities agree, to the relief of many a mother of a left-handed child, that if the child prefers using the left hand, and functions well with it, there is no need to correct this “condition.”
One theory centers on the two halves of the brain, each of which functions differently. Medical science believes that the opposite sides of the body are supplied by the opposite sides of the brain.The predominant left half of the brain, which controls the right half of the body, makes it more skillful in reading, writing, and speaking, and makes most people
right-handed. "Lefties," however, are the product of an inversion. They also work best with the left side of their bodies.
There is no doubt that all exist in a "right-handed society," which manufactures most basics for the 96%. But don’t forget many of th e greatest geniuses are left-handed ,including Leonardo da Vinci. predominant :adj. 卓越的；有力的；支配的；主要的；有影响的
the predominant color in a design设计中的主色调
lefty :左撇子
inversion 倒置，颠倒
Little Boy's Big Idea
The Intellectual Property Owners Association(IPO) is running a project to encourage young inventors. Samuel Houghton, a five-year-old boy has become the youngest Briton to hold a patent after watching his father struggling in the garden.
Samuel developed a garden tool after watching his father Mark use two brushes to sweep up leaves outside their house .
His father used a large brush to gather leaves and small branches, and then got a small brush to pick up what was left.
Samuel came up with the idea for a labor-saving tool, which has been patented and named the Improved Broom.
It is a simple idea that combines two ordinary brooms with different-sized bristles and brush-heads to enable different-sized dirt to be swept up more efficiently. “The small one gets the first bits and the one at the back gets those left behind, Samuel explains.
The IPO says that Samuel is its youngest known patent holder.
IPO:美国知识产权局
Briton:英国人
Patent ['peit?nt]:专利，专利权
Patent holder：专利持有人
A patent device 专利发明
Patent right 专利权
Bristle ['brisl] 刷子毛
Facing the Enemies Within
We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of your fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you’ve read in the papers. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy your ambitions, fortunes, relationships, and even life.
Another enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better
future.
The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure you can’t believe everything. But don’t let doubt take over you. It will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Also, there are indifference, worry and overcaution that you should do battle with. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.
indecision优柔寡断
indifference冷漠，漠不关心
courageous 勇敢地，无畏的
in pursuit of 追求，寻求
Rainforests are the lungs of the planet – storing large quantities of carbon dioxide and producing a significant amoun t of the world’s oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for guaranteeing their own survival. The tall trees make a cover of branches and leaves which protect themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain, dry heat and strong winds.
Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is a deliberate method to prevent the spread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating insects. They are not called rainforests for nothing! Rainforests can produce 75% of their own rain. At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal – and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually. This is real rain. In just two hours, streams can rise ten to twenty feet.
Rainforest:（热带）雨林
carbon dioxide：二氧化碳
oxygen：氧气
survival：幸存，生存
the survival of the fittest 适者生存
survival techniques 救生技术
survival equipment: 救生设备
英语四级听力篇之复合式听写
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30篇短文听写原文
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四级听力复合式听写题的应对及答题时间安排
四级听力复合式听写题的应对及答题时间安排 Revised as of 23 November 2020
四级听力复合式听写题的应对及答题时间安排在历年来的四级考试听力部分中，短对话（shortconversation）和短文听力（passagecomprehension）的组合是最多见的。它们也是四级听力题目的主要形式。但是从1997年6月开始，一种新的、难的、没有选项的、没有办法投机取巧的、让很多考生极其头疼甚至是恐惧的新的听力题目的形式出现了，这就是复合式听写：CompoundDictation。 几乎所有来新东方接受四级培训的学员都希望听力老师对即将进行的考试做预测，判断听力20题中的后10道是短文听力还是复合式听写。当然也包括今年——最后一次出现四级老题目的机会。历史上出现复合式听写的年份分别是：1997年6月、1998年1月、2001年6月、2003年1月、2004年6月、2005年1月。 从以上数值和年份来看，除了发现近年来复合式听写考得较多之外，几乎没有任何信息能够暗示2006年6月的四级旧题型考试中是否会出现复合式听写。如果真的可以预测，笔者当然可以信心十足地告诉你：出现几率为50％。既然任何对未知考试内容进行的预测都有极大的风险，与其战战兢兢的押宝，倒不如本着“知己知彼，百战不殆”的精神来了解这种题目。 首先，关于复合式听写你必须明确的几点：
1、共十个空。占10％的分数比例（新题型中分值为10％ ×710＝71分） 2、前七空为单个单词填写，必须写下听到的准确形式，即听到什么写什么。得分，每空分，共分。 3、后三空为句子填写。请注意，此时，你既可以听到什么写下什么，也可以按照自己的话将要点写下来。后三空的分数设置为：2分、2分和分。三句中最长的一句是分的句子。 4、从文体类型上看，97年为故事，98年为人物传记，01以后全部为说明文，难度在增加。 5、从2006年的12月全面实施四级新题型之后，听写部分将永恒出现在听力的最后一部分，占去10％比例。 6、需要提醒，听写部分得满分的几率和写作得满分的几率一样低。 那么，如何去应对有可能出现的复合式听写呢 一、关于前七空： 前七空的单词的出题标准很简单，即能够听懂，但是很容易写错。例如97年的typical被大部分人写成 tipical,describe被大部分人写成discribe，2001年的environmental,很多人会忘记写n……总之，拼写总能够让你把貌似简单的单词弄错。
20篇听写练习听力原文
Passage 1 Midlife Crisis Unhappiness in middle age, also known as midlife crisis, is a universal experience. People around the world seem to share an emotional design in life. That design is shaped like the letter U. Levels of happiness are the highest when people are young and when they are old. In the middle, however, most people’s happiness and life satisfaction levels drop. Some people suffer from midlife depression more than others. But it happens to men and women, to single and married people, to the rich and poor and to those with and without children. Generally speaking, people reach their lowest levels between the ages of about forty and fifty-five. But then, as they continue into old age, their happiness starts to climb back up. Why does all this happen? One possibility is that people recognize their limitations in middle age and give up some of their long-held dreams. Passage 2 Good Companion A good companion is better than a fortune, for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character, which make companionship a blessing. The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves. Greater wisdom and goodness than we possess lifts us higher mentally and morally. It’s true that we cannot always choose all of our companions. Some are thrust upon us. But the experience is not altogether without compensation. Companion is education, good or bad; it develops manhood or womanhood, high or low; it lifts the soul upward or drags it downward; it ministers to virtue or vice. There is no half way work about its influence. It saves or destroys lustily. Nothing in the world is surer than this. Sow virtue, and harvest will be virtue. Sow vice, and the harvest will be vice. Good companions help us to sow virtue; evil companions help us to sow vice. Passage 3 Global Text Project Books are a high cost of higher education. But the Global Text Project hopes to create a free library of one thousand electronic textbooks for students in developing countries. The aim is to offer subjects that students may take in their first few years at a university. The books could be printed or read on a computer or copied onto a CD or DVD. The Global Text Project is a new technology, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit on the Internet. But only one or two people will be able to make the final edits in texts. The project includes a committee of scholars, mostly from developing countries, to advice on required textbooks and their content. The group’s first book on information systems is being tested in Indonesia. Project organizers also want to offer textbooks in Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. They are working with a translation company in the United States. Passage 4 Hemingway American writer, Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He started his career as a writer in a newspaper office at the age of seventeen. During the 1920s, Hemingway became a member of the group Americans living in Paris, which he described in his first important work, The Sun Also Rises. Equally successful was A Farewell to Arms, the study of an American ambulance officer’s
复合式听写解题技巧
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短文听写
(一) Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. To the (1) visitor, Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things(2) on time(according to a predetermined schedule) than they are with developing deep(3) . Schedules, for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail. It may seem to you that most Americans are completely(4) by the little machines they
wear on their wrists, cutting their discussions off (5) to make it to their next appointment on time. Americans’language is filled with(6) , giving a clear (7) of how much it is valued. Time is something to be”on”, to be “kept”, “filled””saved”,”wasted”,”gained””planned””given””mad e the most of”, even”killed”. The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late- even by 10 minutes- for an(8) in America.
短文听写
In addition to being the first great (1) , Charlie Chaplin was also one of the most (2) directors in history and a great talent as writer and composer. Chaplin had a(3) childhood and an early start in the (4) business. He was born in a poor district of London on April 16,( 5) . His mother was a (6) singer, (7) most of her life in and out of mental(8) . His father was a fairly successful performer until he began (9) . After his parents separated, Charlie (10) most of his childhood in a workhouse. Later he played a leading role in a comedy act; by the age of 19 he had become the most popular performer in England. In addition to being the first great comedian, Charlie Chaplin was also one of the most gifted directors in history and a great talent as writer and composer. Chaplin had a miserable childhood and an early start in the entertainment business. He was born in a poor district of London on April 16, 1889. His mother was a talented singer, spending most of her life in and out of mental hospitals. His father was fairly successful performer until he began drinking. After his parents separated, Charlie spent most of his childhood in a workhouse. Later he played a leading role in a comedy act; by the age of 19 he had become the most popular performer in England.
英语四级题型之复合式听写应试技巧
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英语专业四级短文听写50篇文本
英语专业四级听写50篇文本（Oct. 22, 2011） Passage 1 Professor Bumble Professor Bumble is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. His mind is always busy with learned thoughts and he seldom notices what is going on around him. On a fine day recently, he went for a walk in the countryside. But as always, he read the book as he walked. He hadn't gone far when he ran into a large cow and fell down. He had lost his spectacles in the fall, and he thought he had stumbled over a fat lady. "I beg your pardon, madam," he said politely before searching for his glasses. As soon as he had put the glasses on，he realized his mistake. Soon he was concentrating on his book again and paying no attention to anything else. He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again, losing both his book and his glasses. This time he became very angry. Seizing his umbrellas, he struck the "cow" in anger. Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he had made a second mistake. A large fat woman was running away from him in terror. （187 words） Passage 2 Teamwork Teamwork is just as important in science as it is on the playing field or in the gym. Scientific investigations are almost always carried out by teams of people working together. Ideas are shared, experiments are designed, data are analyzed, and results are evaluated and shared with other investigators. Group work is necessary, and is usually more productive than working alone. Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates. Whatever the task your group is assigned, a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productive and successful experience. What comes first is to keep an open mind, because everyone's ideas deserve consideration and each group member can make his or her own contribution. Secondly, it makes a job easier to divide the group task among all group members. Thirdly, always work together, take turns, and encourage each other by listening, clarifying, and trusting one another. Mutual support and trust often make a great difference.（166 words） Passage 3 Mistakes Are Good Teachers After the birth of my second child，I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced waitress for a few days，I was allowed to wait on tables on my own. When Saturday night came，I was luckily given the tables not far from the kitchen. However，I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays. So I moved slowly, minding every step. I remembered how happy I was when I saw a tray standing next to the tables. It looked different from the one I was trained on，and it had nice handles which made it easier to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to believe I was natural at this job. Then, an old man came to me and said that was his wife's walker. I stood frozen as ice，but my face was on fire. Since then, I have learned to be more careful and not to be too sure of myself. (164 words)