施心远听力教程第二版第四册unit8

Unit 8 Section 1 Listening and Translation 1 The oldest of American s baby boomers are 60 years old this year 2 The United States and many other industrialized countries have a growing retiree population and are expecting that growth to continue 3 By the time this generation reaches the traditional retirement age of 65 they will represent 20 percent of the US population 4 Baby boomers have a higher rate of home ownership than the national average and one out of four own more than one property 5 Many boomers feel they are in good health and believe they will live longer and be happier if they continue to be active 1 年龄最大的一批在美国二战后生育高峰出生的人今年将满六十岁 2 美国和许多工业化国家的退休人口都在增长 而这种增长预计还将持续 3 当这一代人到达传统退休年龄 65 岁时 他们的人数将占美国人口的百 分之二十 4 战后生育高峰年代出生的人拥有住房的比例高于全国平均水平 其中四分之 一的人拥有一处以上的房产 5 很多战后生育高峰年代出生的人觉得自己现在还很健康 并且相信如果继续 保持积极的心态 他们将更加长寿 生活得更愉快 Section 2 Part 1 Dialogue 1 6 T F T F F T 7 12 F T T T T T Part 2 passage Ex C 1 5 C C D B D Section 3 News Item 1 New research comparing the different ways that babies are reared 抚养 suggests there is chemical evidence to support the view that those deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with The research was conducted by the US National Academy of Sciences 美国国家科学院 The researchers say it was a very rare opportunity for them to have access to a group of young children who had been brought up very early in life in an orphanage 孤儿院 before being taken in by families In the orphanage the children utterly lacked the kind of physical affection they should have experienced By comparison with their family raised peers they had very depressed levels of the hormone arginine vasopressin which plays a key role in regulating stress and managing social interac tions 社会交往 And they reacted far less when cuddled 抚爱的拥抱 by their adoptive parents as indicated by levels of the relaxing hormone oxytocin A about a research which has found chemical evidence to support the view that those deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with B Hypothesis Children deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with Method an orphanage being taken in by families with their family raised peers Findings 1 very depressed regulating stress and managing social interactions 2 far less cuddled adoptive parents relaxing News Item 2 There is quite a party going on outside this London bookshop Some teenagers have even traveled over from the Netherlands to join the British young and not so young so enchanted 入迷 by the Harry Potter publishing phenomenon that they are willing to stay up half the night to mark the arrival of the latest book in the series Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince But it s not just the fans who are excited about the newest Potter tale For Bloomsbury the books publishers the author J K Rowling is proving to be a goose laying golden egg after golden egg The previous five books in the series have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages Bloomsbury have raised their profit forecast to 35 million dollars for this year With merchandising 文化衍生品 and movies there has been an interesting wider impact on the publishing industry According to Lesley Miles marketing director of the book chain Waterstones there has been a 10 fold increase 增加 10 倍 in children s book publishing across the board 普遍 and that s largely thanks to Potter A about the success o f Harry Potter series and its impact on the publishing industry B 1 Because the Harry Potter fans are waiting for the arrival of the latest book in the series Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 2 They are people from different parts of Britain including the young and not so young and some teenagers who have traveled over from the Netherlands 3 Bloomsbury the books publishers are also excited about the newest Potter tale 4 Bloomsbury s profit forecast is 35 million dollars for this year 5 The previous five books in the series have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages 6 According to Lesley Miles marketing director of the book chain Waterstones there has been a 10 fold increase in children s book publishing across the board and that s largely thanks to Potter News Item 3 Slumdog Millionaire 平民窟的百万富翁 is based on the popular game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and stars several high profile 引人注目的 Bollywood actors whose performances delighted the judges The country is now in euphoric mood and Indians are thrilled with the film s success The winners of the Golden Globes 金球奖 are often seen as favorites to win at the Oscars and Indians now have their hopes pinned on 寄托希望 further success when nominations 提名 for the Oscars are announced on January the 22nd But it s the film s composer AR Rehman who s the toast of Bollywood Even with all his talent he had never won an international award of such standing before The film s codirector Loveleen Tandon