篇一：老托精选93篇 听力原文.pdf
老托 Part C 精选 93 篇 1
Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called "One On One" helps elementary students who've fallen behind. You education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching—that is, tutoring in math and English. You'd have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week. Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors—he'll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week. I'm sure you'll enjoy this community service and you'll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you've had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you'd like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge's office this week.
【生词摘录】
1. component: n.［C］one of several parts that together make up a whole machine or system （机器或系统的）零件；成分；组成部分 2. tutor: n. ［C］someone who teaches one pupil or a small group, and is directly paid by them 家庭教师，私人教师 v. to teach someone as a tutor 给?当家庭教师；指导 3. mentor: n. ［C］an experienced person who advises and helps a less experienced person 顾问，指导人，教练
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I hope you've all finished reading the assigned chapter on insurance so that you're prepared for our discussion today. But, before we start, I'd like to mention a few things your text doesn't go into. It's interesting to note that insurance has existed in some form for a very long time. The earliest insurance policies were what we called bottomry contracts. They provided shipping protection for merchants as far back as 3000 B.C. In general, the contracts were often no more than verbal agreements. They granted loans to merchants with the understanding that if a particular shipment of goods was lost at sea, the loan didn't have to be repaid. Interest on the loans varied according to how risky it was to transport the goods. During periods of heavy piracy at sea, for example, the amount of interest and the cost of the policy went up considerably. So, you can see how insurance helped encourage international trade. Even the most cautious merchants became willing to risk shipping their goods over long distances, not to mention in hazardous weather conditions when they had this kind of protection available. Generally speaking, the basic form of an insurance policy has been pretty much the same since the Middle Ages. There are four points that were salient then and remain paramount in all policies today. These were outlined in chapter six and will serve as the basis for the rest of today's discussion. Can anyone tell me what one of those points might be?
【生词摘录】
1. insurance: n. ［U］an arrangement with a company in which you pay them
money each year and they pay the costs if anything bad happens to you, such as an illness or an accident 保险；the money that you pay regularly to an insurance company 保险费；the business of providing insurance 保险业
2. bottomry: n. 船舶抵押契约（如船舶损失，则债务取消），冒险借贷 3. contract: n. ［C］a formal written agreement between two or more
people, which says what each person must do for the other 契约；合同 4. loan: n. ［C］an amount of money that you borrow from a bank etc （银行等的）贷款 5. understanding: n. ［C usually singular］a private, unofficial agreement （私底下、非正式的）协议，协定
6. interest: n. ［U］a charge made for borrowing money（借贷的）利息［+on］ 7. piracy: n. the crime of attacking and stealing from ships at sea 海上抢劫，
海盗行为 8. cautious: adj. careful to avoid danger or risks 小心的，谨慎的，慎重的 9. hazardous: adj. 危险的 10. salient: adj. formal the salient points or features of something are the most important or most noticeable parts of it 【正式】显著的，突出的 11. paramount: adj. more important than anything else 至高无上的，最重要的
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Located at the NASA Research Center in Iowa is a 5,000-gallon vat of water, and inside the tank is an underwater treadmill designed by Dava Newman, an aerospace engineer. For four years Newman observed scuba divers as they simulated walking on the Moon and on Mars on her underwater moving belt. She wanted to discover how the gravity of the Moon and of Mars would affect human movement. To do this, Newman attached weights to the divers and then lowered them into the tank and onto the treadmill. These weights were carefully adjusted so that the divers could experience underwater the gravity of the Moon and of Mars as they walked on the treadmill. Newman concluded that walking on Mars will probably be easier than walking on the Moon. The Moon has less gravity than Mars does, so at lunar gravity, the divers struggled to keep their balance and walked awkwardly. But at Martian gravity, the divers had greater traction and stability and could easily adjust to a pace of 1.5 miles per hour. As Newman gradually increased the speed of the treadmill, the divers took longer, graceful strides until they comfortably settled into an even quicker pace. Newman also noted that at Martian gravity, the divers needed less oxygen. The data Newman collected will help in the future design of Martian space suits. Compared to lunar space suits, Martian space suits will require smaller air tanks; and, to allow for freer movement, the elbow and knee areas of the space suits will also be altered.
【生词摘录】
1. gallon: n. AmE a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 3.785 litres 【美】加
仑（等于 3.785 升） 2. vat: n. ［C］a very large container for storing liquids such as whisky or dye, when they are being made（酿酒、盛染料用的）大缸，大桶 3. tank: n. ［C］a large container for storing liquid or gas（盛放液体或气体的）大容器 4. treadmill: n. ［C］a mill worked in the past by prisoners treading on steps fixed to a very large wheel（过去用以惩罚犯人的）踏车 5. aerospace: adj. involving the designing and building of aircraft and space vehicles 航空和航天（器制造）的 n.［U］the industry that designs and builds aircraft and space vehicles 航空和航天工业，航天工业 6. scuba diving: n. ［U］the sport of swimming under water while breathing through a tube connected to a container of air on your back 斯库巴潜泳，水肺潜泳（戴自携式潜水呼吸器潜泳） 7. simulate: v. to make or produce something that is not real but has the appearance of being real 模仿，模拟 8. Martian: adj. of or relating to the planet Mars 火星的 9. stride: n. ［C］a long step 大步，阔步 10. elbow: n. ［C］the joint where your arms bends 肘
Welcome to Everglades National Park. The Everglades is a watery plain covered with saw grass that's home to numerous species of plants and wildlife. At one and a half million acres, it's too big to see it all today, but this tour will offer you a good sampling. Our tour bus will stop first at Taylor Slough. This is a good place to start because it's home to many of the plants and animals typically associated with the Everglades. You'll see many exotic birds and, of course, our world famous alligators. Don't worry, there's a boardwalk that goes across the marsh, so you can look down at the animals in the water from a safe distance. The boardwalk is high enough to give you a great view of the saw grass prairie. From there we'll head to some other marshy and even jungle like areas that feature wonderful tropical plant life. For those of you who'd like a closer view of the saw grass prairie, you might consider renting a canoe sometime during your visit here. However, don't do this unless you have a very good sense of direction and can negotiate your way through tall grass. We'd hate to have to come looking for you. You have the good fortune of being here in the winter—the best time of year to visit. During the spring and summer, the mosquitoes will just about eat you alive! Right now they're not so bothersome, but you'll still want to use an insect repellent.
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【生词摘录】
1. Everglades National Park: 大沼泽地国家公园 2. saw grass: 克拉莎草；加州砖子苗 3. acre: n. ［C］a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres 英
亩 4. sampling: n. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population 取样，抽样，采样
connected with a foreign country 【褒义】异国风情的，外国情调的：exotic birds 5. exotic: adj. approving seeming unusual and exciting because of being 外国的奇异鸟类
6. alligator: n. ［C］a large animal with a long mouth and sharp teeth that
lies in the hot wet parts of the US and China 短吻鳄 7. boardwalk: n. ［C］AmE a raised path made of wood, usually built next to the sea【美】（常在海滨）用木板铺成的小道 8. prairie: n. ［C］a wide open area of land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat（北美洲的）大草原 9. canoe: n. ［C］a long light boat that is pointed at both ends and which you move along using a paddle 独木舟，小划子 10. negotiate: v. <口> 成功通过，顺利越过
11. mosquito: n. ［C］a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people
and animals 蚊子 12. repellent: n. ［C,U］a substance that keeps insects away 驱虫剂
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Thank you. It's great to see so many of you interested in this series on "Survival in Outer Space." Please excuse the cameras; we're being videotaped for the local TV stations. Tonight I'm going to talk about the most basic aspect of survival—the space suit. When most of you imagine an astronaut, that's probably the first thing that comes to mind, right? Well, without space suits, it would not be possible for us to survive in space. For example, outer space is a vacuum—there's no gravity or air pressure; without protection, a body would explode. What's more, we'd cook in the sun or freeze in the shade with temperatures ranging from a toasty 300 degrees above to a cool 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The space suit that NASA has developed is truly a marvel. This photo enlargement here is a life-size image of an actual space suit worn by astronauts on the last space shuttle mission. This part is the torso. It’s made of seven extremely durable layers. This thick insulation protects against temperature extremes and radiation. Next is what they call a "bladder" of oxygen that's an inflatable sac, filled with oxygen, to simulate atmospheric pressure. This bladder presses against the body with the same force as the Earth's atmosphere at sea level. The innermost layers provide liquid cooling and ventilation. Despite all the layers, the suit is flexible, allowing free movement so we can work. Another really sophisticated part of the space suit is the helmet. I brought one along to show you. Can I have a volunteer come and demonstrate?
【生词摘录】
1. videotape: v. to record a television programme, film etc on a videotape 把
（电视节目、电影等）录在录像（磁）带上
2. vacuum: n. ［C］a space that is completely empty of all gas, especially
one from which all the air has been taken away 真空 3. shade: n. ［U］slight darkness or shelter from the direct light of the sun made by something blocking it 荫，背阴处 4. toasty: adj. AmE informal warm and comfortable 【美，非正式】暖烘烘的，温暖舒适的 5. Fahrenheit: n. ［U］a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°华氏温度 6. marvel: n. ［C］something or someone surprisingly useful or skillful, that you like and admire very much 十分有用（灵巧）的物（人） 7. enlargement: n. ［C］a photograph that has been printed again in a larger size 放大的照片 8. life-size: 又作 life-sized，adj. a picture or model of something or someone that is life-size is the same size as they are in real life 与实物（真人）大小一样的 9. shuttle: n. ［C］a spacecraft that can fly into space and return to Earth, and can be used more than once （可以多次使用的）航天飞机，太空穿梭机
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My parents are coming to see our apartment this weekend.
我的父母这个周末要来看看我们的公寓。
Looks as if I'd better lend you my vacuum cleaner then.
看起来好像我最好借给你我的吸尘器。
What does the woman imply?
女人意味着什么呢?
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Those packages took forever to arrive.
这些包终于到达了。
But they did arrive, didn't they?
但他
What does the man say about the packages?
男人如何谈论这个包?
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My math assignment's due tomorrow morning and I haven't even started it yet.
我的数学作业明天早上要交的,我甚至还没开始呢。
I'll miss you at the party tonight.
今晚的晚会我会想念你。
What does the woman imply?
女人意味着什么呢?
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I need to find a new roommate.
我需要找一个新的室友。
So John's going to California after all.
所以约翰还是去加州。
What can be inferred from the conversation?
从对话中可以推断出什么?
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Welcome to the Four Winds Historical Farm, where traditions of the past are preserved for visitors like you. Today, our master thatchers will begin giving this barn behind me a sturdy thatched roof, able to withstand heavy winds and last up to a hundred years. How do they do it? Well, in a nutshell, thatching involves covering the beams or rafters, the wooden skeleton of a roof with reeds or straw. Our thatchers here have harvested their own natural materials for the job, the bundles of water reeds you see lying over there beside the barn. Thatching is certainly uncommon in the Untied States today. I guess that's why so many of you have come to see this demonstration. But it wasn't always that way. In the seventeenth century, the colonists here thatched their roofs with reeds and straw, just as they had done in England. After a while, though, they began to replace the thatch with wooden shingles because wood was so plentiful. And eventually, other roofing materials like stone, slate, and clay tiles came into use. It's a real shame that most people today don't realize how strong and long lasting a thatched roof is. In Ireland, where thatching is still practiced, the roofs can survive winds of up to one hundred ten miles per hour. That's because straw and reeds are so flexible. They bend but don't break in the wind like other materials can. Another advantage is that the roofs keep the house cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And then, of course, there's the roofs' longevity—the average is sixty years, but they can last up to a hundred. With all these reasons to start thatching roofs again, wouldn't it be wonderful to see this disappearing craft return to popularity?
欢迎来到“四风历史农场”，这里传统都被保留下来，为您这样的旅客而准备。今天，我们主要得盖屋顶者要开始给我们的谷仓建一个坚固的房顶，足以承受住强风并持续一年。他们如何做到这个?一言以蔽之，盖屋顶包括覆盖着梁和椽。我们的盖屋顶者收获了他们工作的材料，一捆捆水中的芦苇在那个仓库中，盖屋顶在今天的美国很不普通。我想这就是为什么你们这以多人来这里看示范的原因。但并不都是这样。在17世纪，殖民者用芦苇造他们的房顶，就像他们在英国一样，过了一阵以后，他们开始用木瓦替代茅草，因为木材很多。最后，建造屋顶的材料像石头，板岩，和泥土瓷砖开始被使用。很不幸，现在很多人没有意识到茅草屋顶有多坚固多长寿。在爱尔兰，茅草屋顶在那里仍被使用。屋顶可以在每小时1000英里的大风中幸存下来，这是因为茅草和稻草很灵活，他们会弯曲但不会像其他材料那样会断。另一个优势是，这个屋顶可以使房屋冬暖夏凉，并且这个屋顶的寿命有60年，但一般可以使用100年，有这么多可以重新使用茅草屋顶的理由，难道它不会再度受欢迎起来么?