Dictation (1)综合英语听写

Dictation (Unit One)

With hope of finding more survivors/of Turkey

’

s devastating earthquake/now all but gone, / the

Turkish authorities are turning their attention / to caring for those who have survived.

A

full-scale

relief

effort

/

in

the

area

hit

by

the

earthquake

/is

finally

beginning

after

days

of

confusion. / Turkish and foreign volunteers / have been joined by

soldiers and the police, / and

heavy

equipment

/sent

by

nearby

cities

and

by

private

companies

/

has

been

moved

to

almost

every victimized town.

The Minister of Housing estimated that / 60,000 buildings had been either destroyed/ or seriously

damaged

in

the

quake.

/

It

is

hoped

that

/within

a

few

days,

/

many

of

the

homeless

/

will

be

moved

/out

of

the

fields

and

tents

/where

they

are

now

living.

/

Forty-two

countries

and

38

international organizations / have sent aid to Turkey. / The World Bank had sent $$200 million/for

housing construction.

Dictation (Unit Two)

I

think

/

that

a

successful

old

age

is

easiest

for

those

/

who

have

strong

impersonal

interests

/

leading to suitable activities. / It is in these activities / that long experience is really fruitful, / and

the

wisdom

born

of

experience

/can

be

used

/without

becoming

a

burden.

/

It

is

no

use

telling

grown-up children / not to make mistakes, / both because they will not believe you, / and because

mistakes are an essential part of education. / But if

you are one of those /who are incapable of

/impersonal interests, / you may find that /your life will be empty / unless you concern yourself /

with your children and grandchildren. / In that case/ you must realize /that while you can still help

them / in material ways, / you must not expect /that they will enjoy your company.

Dictation (Unit Three)

Love means that I know the person I love. / I

’

m aware of the many sides of the other person /

—

not just the beautiful side / but also the limitations. / I have an awareness / of the other

’

s feelings

and thoughts. / I can see the other person on a deeper level.

Love

means

that

I

care

about

the

welfare

/

of

the

person

I

love.

/

If

I

care

about

yr,

/

I

am

concerned about your growth, / and I hope you will become / all that you can become.

Love means trusting the person I love. / If I love you, /I trust that you will accept my caring and

my love / and that you won

’

t deliberately hurt me. / I trust/ that you will find me lovable / and that

you won

’

t abandon me. / If we trust each other, / we are willing to be open to each other / and

reveal our true selves.

Dictation (Unit Four)

The main reason for the widespread demand for English / is its present-day importance as a world

language.

/ Besides

serving the

infinite

needs of

its

native

speakers,

/English

is

a

language

/

in

which

some

of

the

most

important

works

in

science,

technology,

and

other

fields

are

being

produced, / and not always by native speakers. / It is a language of wider communication for a

number

of

developing

countries,

/especially

former

British

colonies.

/

Many

of

these

countries

have multi-lingual populations /and need a language for internal communication / in such matters

as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication

/ and for access to the scientific and technological developments in the west.

Dictation (Unit Five)

With the invention of the radio, /newspaper publishers wondered / how broadcasting would affect

them. / Many feared / that the radio as a quick and easy means of keeping people informed /would

displace the newspaper industry altogether.

Others hoped /that the brief newscast heard on the air / would stimulate listener

s’

interest in the

story/ so they

’

d buy the paper to get more information. / This second idea turned out to be closer

to the truth. / Radio and print actually supported each other. /However, this is not always the case.

/Take

television

and

motion

pictures

for

example.

/

With

the

popularization

of

TV,

/the

motion

picture suffered greatly. /Movie attendance dropped / when people chose to stay at home and be

entertained.

Dictation (Unit Six)

My

Berlin

diary

for

December

2

/

was

limited

to

four

words.

/

“

Only

three

more

days!

”

The

Foreign Office was still holding up / my passport and exit visa, / which worried me. / I had to get

my passport and official permission / to leave on December 5.

There was one other thing to do. / For weeks I had thought over / how to get my diaries safely out

of Berlin. / At some moments / I had thought / I ought to destroy them before leaving. / There was

enough in them / to get me hanged.

The

morning

I

got

my

passport

and

exit

visa

/

I

realized

I

had

less

than

twenty-four

hours

/

to

figure out a way / of getting my Berlin diaries out. /

Ｉ

again thought of destroying them, / but I

wanted very much to keep them, if I could. /Suddenly, later that morning, / the solution became

clear. It was risky, / but it was worth a try.

Dictation (Unit Seven)

Professors may establish social relationships with students / outside of the classroom, /but in the

classroom they maintain the

instructor’s

role. / A professor may have coffee one day with students

/ but the next day expect them to meet a deadline / for the submission of a paper or to be prepared

for a discussion or an exam. / The professor may give extra attention outside of class / to a student

in need of help / but probably will not treat him or her differently / when it comes to evaluating

schoolwork. / Professors have several roles in relation to students; / they may be counselors and

friends as well as teachers./ Students must realize / that when a teacher

’

s role changes, / they must

appropriately adapt their behavior and attitudes.

Dictation (Unit Eight)

It could be the title of a 21

st

-century movie: /

“

Death by Global Warming.

”

Instead, it is a real-life

warning / from an American university ecologist / who believes /global warming may account for

/millions of human deaths from disease. /Right now / the evidence of / significant global climate

change

/is

minimal,

/

but

there

are

already

noticeable

increases/

in

human

disease worldwide.

/

Most of the increase in disease /is due to numerous environmental factors, /including infectious

disease, / pollution by chemicals / and biological wastes, / and shortage of food. /Global warming

will only / make matters worse.

Global

climate

change

/will

result

in

a

loss

of

available

food.

/Although

there

may

be

some

benefits / in crop production from warmer climates, /these beneficial effects / will not be so great./

Crop losses from plant disease and weeds / will increase in a warmer climate.