四级听力真题新闻录音原文及译文

4

。

问题

3

关于这些盐矿工，这则新闻报道描述了什么？

问题

4

救援部队做了什么？

News Report 3

The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices

over

the

next

year

because

of

falling

an

$$8.3

billion

budget

deficit

this

year,

closing

post

offices

is

one

of

several

proposals

the

Postal

Service

has

put

forth

recently

to

cut

week,

for

example,

Postmaster

General

Pat

Donahoe

announced

plans

to

stop

mail

delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save $$3 billion annually.

speak,

any other business, you have to make choices.

and post office operations, said the first waves of closings would begin this fall. He estimated that

about 3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks could

lose their jobs.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 5. What is the U.S. Postal Service planning to do?

Question 6. What measure has been planned to save costs?

Question 7. What will happen when the proposed measure come into effect?

美国邮政总局今日宣布，由于收入减少，他们正考虑在明年关闭约

3700

个邮局。面对今年

83

条。比如就在上周，邮政总局局长帕特

·

多诺霍宣布 ，他们计划停止周六的邮件派送服务，

这一措施每年可节省

30

亿美元。多诺霍说道：

“

就像我们所讲 的，我们的收入正在减少。我

们不想要纳税人的钱。我们要自给自足。因此，像其他行业 一样，你必须做出选择。

”

邮政

总局运 营和递送业务的副总裁迪恩

·

格兰霍姆表示，

< br>第一波邮局关闭工作将在今年秋天开始。

他预计会有大 约

3000

名邮政局长、

500

名站长以及

500

到

1000

名邮政人员失业。

请根据你 刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题

5

至问题

7

。

问题

5

美国邮政总局正在计划做什么？

问题

6

为了节省开支，计划实行什么方法？

问题

7

当提议的方法生效时会发生什么？

News report 4

New

York

State

plans

to

shut

off

the

thundering

waters

of

Niagara

Falls

—

again.

At

least,

the

American side of the falls. This

folks'

lives.

The

New

York

State

parks

system

wants

to

turn

off

the

falls

on

the

American

side

sometime in the next two to three years to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges that allow

pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island. The American side of the falls were

shut off in 1969 to study the buildup of rock at the base of the falls. When that happened, people

came from all over the world to see the falls turned off. People are curious by nature. They want

to see what's underneath. In fact, those who first came to have a look did see something. They

found millions of coins on the bottom.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question does New York State want to turn off Niagara Falls?

Question did people find when Niagara Falls were shut off in 1969?

纽约 州计划再一次关停尼亚加拉瀑布奔腾的水流。

至少是美国部分的瀑布。

< br>这种

“

生平仅见

”

的事情其实对于某些人来说这辈子可能见过两次了。

纽约州公园系统准备在接 下来的两到三

年时间内关停一段时间美国部分的瀑布，

以替换两 座已有

115

年历史的桥梁，

这两座桥 用于

行人、公园车辆等通行至公羊岛。美国部分的大瀑布曾经在

1969

年关闭过，当时是为了研

究瀑布下的岩基。关停的时候 ，

世界各地的人们都前来围观。

人们对于自然都非常好奇。他< /p>

们都想看看瀑布下面到底有什么。实际上，来得早的人确实看见了点东西。

他们在瀑布底下发现了上百万枚硬币。

1

和问题< /p>

2

。

问题

1.

为什么纽约州想要关停尼亚加拉瀑布？

问题

2.1969

年瀑布关停的时候， 人们发现了什么？

News report 5

The Tunisian government said Monday that 45 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a

town

near

the

border

with

Libya.

The

Interior

and

Defense

ministries

said

that

the

Tunisian

government has closed its two border crossings with Libya because of the attack. The Tunisian

military has sent reinforcements and helicopters to the area, and authorities have been hunting

several attackers who were still at large. The violence came amid increasing international concern

about

Islamic

State

extremists

in

Libya.

Officials

of

the

Tunisian

government

are

especially

worried after dozens of tourists were killed in the attacks in Tunisia last year. Defense Minister

Farhat

Horchani

said

last

week

that

German

and

American

security

experts

were

expected

to

come to help Tunisia devise a new electronic video supervision system on its border with Libya.

Tunisia

was

targeted

last

year

by

three

attacks

that

left

70

people

dead

and

were

claimed

by

Islamic State.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question did the Tunisian government do after the gunmen's attack?

Question 4. What were German and American security experts expected to do in Tunisia?

突尼斯政府声称，周一发生在利比亚边境一座村镇的枪击事件造成< /p>

45

人丧生。国土防卫部

表示，

由于袭击，

突尼斯政府已经关闭了通往利比亚的两处关卡。

突尼斯军方已经派出增援

部队及直升机到该区域，

官 方也正在追捕几名在逃人员。

这次的暴力事件发生后，

使国际社

会更加关注在利比亚的伊斯兰国极端分子。

在去年的袭击当中有 数十名游客丧生，

这让突尼

斯政府官员尤为担心。

国防部长

Farhat Horchani

上周说，

德国和美国的安全专家准备帮助突

尼斯在其与利比亚边境处安装 新型电子监控设备。

突尼斯去年遭到三起伊斯兰国袭击，

造成< /p>

70

人丧生。

请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题

3

和问题

4

。

问题

< br>3.

枪击事件发生后，突尼斯政府采取了什么措施？

< /p>

问题

4.

德国和美国的安全专家在突尼斯 要做什么？

News report 6

Three university students in Santiago, Chile, have developed a plant-powered device to charge

their mobile phones. The three engineering students got the idea for the device while sitting in

their school's courtyard. Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia. It captures

the energy which plants produce during photosynthesis

—

a process of converting sunlight into

energy. A plant uses only a small part of the energy produced by that process. The rest goes into

the

soil.

E-Kaia

collects

that

energy.

The

device

plugs

into

the

ground

and

then

into

a

mobile

phone. The E-Kaia solved two problems for the engineering students. They needed an idea for a

class project. They also needed an outlet to plug in their phones. One of the student inventors,

Camila Rupcich, says the device changes the energy released from the plant into low-level power

to charge phones. The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone in less than two hours.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question did the three university students invent?

Question did they get the idea for the invention?

Question does the speaker say about the invention?

< br>智利圣地亚哥的三个大学生发明了能给手机充电的植物供能设备。

这三个工程系学 生是在学

校操场上坐着的时候有的灵感。他们的发明是一个小的生物电路，取名叫

E-Kaia

。当植物光

合作用产能的时候，

这个电路就会汲取能量。

光合作用是把光能转化为植物自身的能 量。

植

物本身只会利用光合过程中的一小部分能量。其余的部分 就进入了土壤。

E-Kaia

就收集那一

部分能量。

这个设备先插入土壤中然后再插入手机里。

E-K aia

为工程系学生解决了两个问题。

他们的这个灵感用于课堂项目。他们同时也需要有个地方插手机。发明者之一的

Cam ila

Rupcich

说，这个设备把植物释放的能量转换成 较低的水平从而为手机充电。

E-Kaia

能在两

小时内把手机充满电。

请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报 道回答问题

5

至问题

7

。

问题

5.

三个大学生发明了什么？

问题

6.

他们什么时候有的灵感？

问题

7.

说话的人怎么评价这个发明？

News report 7

Automakers and tech companies are working hard to offer the first true self-driving car, but 75%

of drivers say they wouldn't feel safe in such a vehicle. Still, 60% of drivers would like to get some

kind of self-driving feature, such as automatic braking or self-parking, the next time they buy a

new car. The attitudes are published in a new AAA (Triple A) survey of 1,800 drivers. Advocates of

self- driving cars argue they would be safer than cars driven by humans because they wouldn't get

distracted or drive when tired. But those surveyed by AAA say they trust their own driving skills.

Many

feel

the

technology

is

too

new

and

unproven.

John

Nielsen, AAA's

managing

director

of

automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own

abilities. He also believes they will be more likely to trust self-driving cars as they become more

familiar with features such as automatic braking or parking. He estimated that the

will increase considerably in five to ten years.

Questions 1 to 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 1: What is the finding of the AAA survey?

Question 2: What does John Nielsen say about self-driving cars?

汽车 制造商以及科技公司正在努力研发推出第一辆真正的

“

自动汽车

”

，但

75%

的司机表示，

在这种汽车里，

他们不会觉得很安全。

60%

的司机希望在下次他们买车的时候，

能获

得一些

“

自动汽车

”

具备的功能，

比如可以自动 刹车或是自动停车。

这些看法发布在一项针对

1800

名司机的

“AAA”

调查上面。自动汽车的支持 者认为，自动汽车要比人类驾驶的汽车更安

全，因为它们不会转移注意力或者疲劳驾驶。 不过这些参与

AAA

调查的司机们表示，他们

< br>相信自己的驾驶技能。

很多人觉得这种技术太新了，

且没 有被证明。

AAA

的汽车工程维修总

经 理约翰

·

尼尔森表示，测试表明，这些司机可能高估了自己的开 车水平。他还认为，当这

些司机更熟悉自动汽车的某些特征，

比 如自动刹车和自动停车之后，

他们会更相信自动汽车。