大学英语听说教程-大学英语听说教程
Unit1
Part Three: Cloze
Is there a
contrast
between learning styles in China and the West? While we should be careful to avoid
exaggerating
the
differences, they do appear to exist.
In China, for example, greater
priority
is given to developing skills at an early age. The
Americans,
on the other hand
, place more emphasis on
promoting
creativity in young children, leaving them to
pick up
skills later. American
parents tend to avoid rushing in to
assist
their children as they try to
accomplish
a task, thinking it
better
that
children
should
learn
to
solve
problems
by
themselves.
Such
an
approach
can,
on
occasion
,
be
mistaken
for
neglecting
one
’
s
parental
duties
by
those
more
used
to
“
teaching
by
holding
the
hand.
”
Both
approaches
have
their
disadvantages as well as advantages,
and it may well be
worthwhile
to search for a
superior
method that would combine the
best of both worlds.
-------Theme-related
The
real challenge to us teacher is combining the best
of both worlds into one
. Creativity and basic skills need to be considered in
terms
of
being
means
to
an
[end]
,
rather
than
simply
as
ends
in
themselves
.
Some
Chinese
students
may
not
[perform]
well
in
hypothetical settings ,but when it
comes to
[facing]
real life challenges and issues ,they are more than
[competent]
in resolving most of
them,
[equipped]
as they are
with their strong skill .The U.S. system may
be
[designed]
to aim more at producing top of the cream
students
,but
that
[approach]
may
do
damage
to
the
big
bulk
of
the
[rest]
of
the
student
body .The
Chinese
education
system
is
[definitely]
not perfect ,but it does produce a
[quality]
workforce ,And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill focus is the single
biggest
force driving the rise of Chinese as a country .
翻译：
背离传统需要极大的勇气。
It takes
an enormous amount of courage to make a departure
from the tradition.
汤姆过去很腼腆，但这次却非常勇敢能在大庭广众面前上台表演了。
Tom used to be very shy, but this time
he was bold enough to give a performance in front
of a large audience.
很多教育家认为从小培养还自动创新精神是很可取的
Many educators think it desirable to
foster the creative spirit in the child at an
early age.
假设那幅画确实是名作，你觉得值得购买吗？
Assuming this painting really is a
masterpiece, do you think it
’
s worthwhile to buy it?
如果这些数据统计上是站得住脚的，那
它将会帮助我们认识正在调查的问题。
If the data is
statistically valid, it will throw light on the
problem we are investigating
Unit
2
Part Three: Cloze
Sam
Walton
must
have
been
one
of
the
best
employers
I
ever
worked
for.
He
was
a
cheerful
man
who
never
threw
his
weight
around
.Everyone from top
executive
down to the ordinary worker could expect fair
treatment
at his hands. He was quick to recognize
and
reward
hard work and to
cultivate
new ideas. Those who showed
loyalty
to the company were given the chance to buy
stock
. I did
myself. And
my children
qualified
for the
scholarships
he made available. Outside work he carried on much like ordinary
folks
and if
you
didn
’
t know him you wouldn
’
t be able to tell him apart from the other
local
people in the small town where we lived.
How
dose spending connect to happiness?
One
explanation lies in
[consume]
it .
Rather they accumulate wealth in order
to display it , and their happiness is
[fueled]
by their neighbors' envy . As a result ,the country
finds itself in the
grips of a
[annual ]
incomes of $$50,000 try to emulate the consumption of those with
$$70,000 , who in turn try to
emulate those with $$140,000 ,and so an .
It's just
[plain]
common sense . It's
[physically]
impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy . Instead what makes
people happy is
the feeling of
[security]
or power money bring .
A
recent
survey
[indicates]
that
those
from
the
Forbes
list of
the
400
richest
Americans
sand
the
Maasai
of
East
Africa
are
almost
[equally]
satisfied . The Maasai are a
[traditional]
herding people who have to no electricity or running water and live in huts made of
mud .
It
[follows]
that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often linked to .
翻译：
该公司否认其捐款又商业目的。
The
company denied that its donations had a commercial
purpose.
每当他生气的时候，他说话就有一点结巴。
Whenever he was angry, he would begin
to stammer slightly.
教育是我们家庭最看重的传统，这就是为
什么我父母从不带我到昂贵的饭店吃饭，却送我到最好的私立学校上学。
Education is the most cherished
tradition in our family. That
’
s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive
restaurants, but sent me to the best
private school.
手术康复后不久，他失业了，因此经历了人生的又一个困难阶段。
Shortly after he recovered from the
surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go
through another difficult phase of his
life.
与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了，
但是他们这是努力满足我们最起码的需求。
In
contrast to
our
affluent
neighbors,
my
parents
are
rather
poor,
but
they
have
always
tried
to
meet
our
minimal
needs.
Unit
3
Part Three: Cloze
You can certainly say our dad gives our
welfare
his
constant
attention. Sometimes, though, we wish he wouldn
’
t try quite so
hard. To be
frank
, he seems to have a
talent
for
embarrassing
us by making
dumb
remarks. He should know better, but he
never seems to learn and just
goes on making the same old mistakes
repeatedly
. The result is that we live in
constant
fear of
his well-intentioned
interference
in our affairs. Mom is no help, as you can
bet
she will always see things from his point of
view rather than from ours.
Overall
, though, he
’
s a wonderful dad and I wouldn
’
t
trade
him for anyone in the world.
-------Theme-related
A new
research study has found that,
.
1
.
despite
what parents might believe, there is an enormous gap between what
they think their
children are doing online and what is
.
2
.
really
happening .
In one part of the study,
over 500 children form a variety of ages and
backgeounds were asked if they gave out personal
information online. 73% said that they
did. The parents of the
.
3
.
same
children believed that only 4% of their children
did so.
The
children
were
also
asked
if
they
had
made
face-to-face .
4
.
contact
with
strangers
that
they
had
met
online.36%
from
the
high
school
group
admitted
to
meeting
with
a
stranger
they
had
met
online.
Nearly
40%
of
these
child
ren
.
5
.
admitted
to speaking with stranger regularly.
Fewer than 9% of the paeents knew that their children had
been meeting with
strangers.
Another part of the study
found that 30% of children between the ages of 9
and 18 delete the search history form their
browsers
in
an
.6
.
attempt
to
protect
their
privacy
form
their
parents.
Common
filtering
software
may.
7
.
not
be
effective,
since children will access what they are looking
for elsewhere---at a friend
’
s house, an Internet cafe ,or school.
One
problem
lies
in
the
fact
that
parents
don
’
t
know
much
about
using
popular
online
software
and
chat
programs,and
.
.8
.
tend
to have no clue about what is really happening online. This lack of knowledge on the parents
’
part may be no <
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.
9
.
different
form the situation before the arroval of the Web. Parents don
’
t know what their childen are
doing on the Net, in the
same
.
10
.
manne r
that they don
’
t know what does on at class, parties,or clubs.
?
Trnslation
科学家们找到火星
上有水的证据了吗？（
proof
）
Have scientists found proof of water on
Mars?
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