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月英语六级听力原文
(第二套)
Conversation-1
W: You are
going to give a short speech of thanks for the
speaker this evening, aren’t you, Bill?
M: Yes.
W: You don’t sound
very enthusiastic. It’s not that bad, is
it?
M: No, I don’t mind,
really. But I can never for
get the
first speech of thanks I did.
W: Why?
What happened?
M: Well, I was in my
early twenties. I joined the local history
society.
W: Yes?
M: Anyway,
I went along to a lecture by a Miss Bligh.
W: Oh. Do go on.
M: She was going to talk with slides
about our town in the mid-18th century. She had
just published a book on the
subject
which was reckoned to be quite good. So I went
along. When I arrived, the secretary asked me if I
could give the
speech of thanks. Rather
stupidly, I said yes.
W: We’ve all
don
e it.
M: Anyway, from
that point on, I was scared. What should I say? I
decided to make notes during the lecture and refer
to interesting parts and thank her on
behalf of the society. In fact, by the time Miss
Bligh stood up to talk, I was feeling
much better. But she was so nervous
that she kept forgetting what to say, and she
spoke almost in a whisper. People at the
back kept calling out “We can’t hear.”
It was embarrassing.
W: I
can imagine it.
M: At least the slides
were good, that is, until the bulb in the
projector blew. And she had to finish her talk
with no
illustrations.
W: So
what did you say in your speech of thanks?
M: What can you say? You have be
polite. I mentioned the interesting facts,
referred to the excellent slides, and the
finished by sa
ying “We’d all
like to thank Miss Bligh for blowing out her
slides.”
W: Oh, no.
M: I felt terrible. I tried to
apologize, not very successfully.
W:
And the speech of thanks this evening?
M: I’ll write down exactly what I’m
going to say and read it careful
ly.
1. What is the man asked to do this
evening?
2. What do we learn about the
man?
3. What
does the man say about Miss Bligh?
4.
What does the man say about the first time he gave
a speech of thanks?
Conversation-2
W: Another cup of tea, Paul?
M: No, than
ks. Well, what’s
new, Laurie?
W: Nothing
dramatic. But there is something you should know
about.
M: What’s that?
W: Well, our rivals are offering
extended credit terms to some of the retailers in
the area.
M: Oh? Which rival is this?
We only have two.
W: Barratts Company.
M: Oh, them. Well, they are hardly a
threat.
W: I know they are smaller than
us, but we can’t afford to ignore them.
M: Yes, you are right, Laurie. But I
don’t like extended credit. It ties up cash we
could put to better use elsewhere. But
,
I’ll look into it on Monday.
W: Yes. And there is something else.
M: Don’t tell me! The letter from the
tax revenue office?
W:
Right. How did you know?
M: Tara told
me. What’s the problem?
W:
Well. Tome got this letter late yesterday and then
went franti
c trying to find copies of
last year’s accounts.
M: Did
he find them?
W: No. And he was away
before I could get hold of the letter.
M: How about a drive down to the office
now? And we’ll see if everything’s all right.
There’s another reason why I
wanted a
chat with you before Monday.
W: I
thought as much. Well, go on. Surprise me.
M: How about selling that new
motorcycle of yours in Indonesia?
W:
What? You mean export? Paul, I think you’ve been
away too long. This is Jayal Motors. We’ve never
sold a bike
abroad.
M: Don’t
worry, Laurie. I’m not crazy. I’ve been studying
the possibility and I think we should give it a
go.
W: It’s not as easy as
that, though, is it? We’ll have to reorganize the
whole company.
M:
Don’t
be
silly.
I
don’t
intend
starting
next
week.
We’d
have
to
plan
it
properly.
Of
course,
there
will
be
a
few
problems.
W: A few problems? I can
see hundreds. For one thing, transport. I have
enough trouble delivering bikes to shops only
40 miles away, never mind 5,000 miles!
M: That’s what forwardin
g
agents are for.
5. What does the woman
think the man should know?
6. What does
the woman think of Barrats Company.
7.
What did the woman say about the letter from the
tax revenue office?
8. What is the man
think of doing?
Passage 1
A report on sleep and
nutrition released this month found that people
who consistently went to bed earlier than 11 p.m.
took in fewer calories and ate more
healthy food. In contrast, “night owls” who go to
bed between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tend
to
consume
more coffee, alcohol, refined
sugars and processed meats than early risers. This
report corresponds with
the
existing scientific literature on
bedtime and wellness. The relationship between
geeing more sleep and making better food
choices is well-documented. A study
published last year in The American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition found that people
who
sleep
more
tend
to
eat
less
unhealthy
food
than
their
peers
who
don’t
get
much
rest.
And
a
2015
study
from
the
University of California, Berkeley,
found that teens who go to bed late are more
likely to gain weight over a five-year period.
As a group, “night owls” types tend to
eat less healthy food and take in more calories
overall than early risers. The later
o
ne
goes
to
bed,
the
more
calories
one
records
the
next
day.
As
yet
a
challenge
to
explain
the
cause-and-effect
relationship
between sleep
and nutrition, there may be a third factor that
impacts both of them. Or the relationship could be
reversed,
that is, people who eat less
fall asleep earlier. Still, if late sleepers want
to lose a few pounds, they can go to bed earlier
than
they usually do, thereby, reducing
their chance of taking snacks before bedtime.
do we learn about the report released
this month?
10. What does the study
from the University of California, Berkeley, find
about teens who go to bed late?
11.
What should “night owls” do to reduce their
consumption of unhealthy food?
Passage 2
Researchers have found not just a
diversity problem in Hollywood but actually an
inclusion crisis. With less than a
week
before an Oscars ceremony that has already been
criticized for an all-whit list of acting
nominees, a study shows the
film
industry does worse than television. Just 3.4
percent of film directors were female, and only 7
percent of films has cast
whose balance
of
race and ethnicity reflected the
country’s diversity. When researches looked at all
TV shows, they also
found
that
women
of
color
over
40
were
regarded
as
“largely
invisible”
and
just
22
percent
of
TV
series
creators
were
female. Overall, the
study found half the films and TV shows had no
Asian speaking characters and more than one-fifth
of
them had no black characters with
dialogue. The film industry still functions as a
straight, whit, boy’s club. When looking
a
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