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DICTATIONThe Internet The Internet is the most significant progress in the field of communications. / Imagine a book that never ends, a library with a million floors. / Or imagine a research project with thousands of scientists / working around the clock forever. / This is the magic of the Internet. / Yet the Internet has the potential for good and bad. / One can find well-organized, information-rich websites. / At the same time one can also find wasteful websites. / Most websites are known as different Internet applications. / These include online games, chat rooms and so on. / These applications have great power too. / Sometimes the power can be so great / that young people may easily become victims to their attraction. / So, we need to recognize the seriousness of the problem. / We must work together to use its power for better ends. /Potential: possible but not yet actual capable of being or becoming but not yet in existence; latent潜在的, 有可能的well-organized: having good organization; orderly and efficient有序的,严密的information-rich: concluding a lot of information资讯丰富的Conversation One:Mark Boum: Hello!Woman: Oh, hello! You must be a new student. Did you find us okay?Mark Bourn: Well. I got a bit lost and I had to ask a stranger, but I got here eventually.Woman: Oh, dear! Have you come far today?Mark Bourn: Only from Brighton. 1 was staying with my brother.Woman: Oh, good. How did you get here?Mark Bourn: My brother took me to the railway station, and I got a bus at this end.Woman: Aha! Well, you d better tell me your name, so I can find your form.Mark Bourn: It is Mark Bourn.Woman: Bourn, Bourn. Ah, yes. Oh! Youve changed since this photo. What happened to your beard and moustache? And you are not wearing glasses either. Mark Bourn: No. I thought Id better look smarter. Woman: Here is the key to your room. It is 501. Mark Bourn: Thanks. How do I get there?Woman: Go to the end of this corridor, turn left and it is the third door on the right. Mark Bourn: Thank you. Oh, there is a meeting for new students. What time is that? Woman: 5:30 in the Common Room on the ground floor, at the other end of the corridor. Mark Bourn: Thanks a lot. Bye !Did you find us okay? 到我们这边顺利么？Moustache：an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip上嘴唇的胡子Corridor：an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it走廊, 通道Common Room: a sitting room in schools, colleges, etc, for the relaxation of students or staff公共休息室Conversation Two:Woman: Hi, Steve. How are things?Man: Hi, Maggie. Good. Thanks. Whats new with you?Woman:Oh, I was just wondering if you want to go out tonight.Man:Well. I was thinking of going to the university library to do a bit of study. What have you got in mind?Woman:I thought we could just go for a walk. Maybe down to that park near the beach.Man:Tonight? You must be joking. It is too cold.Woman:Oh, yes. It s too cold, but I still want to go out somewhere. That new Tom Cruise film is on in town. How about that?Man:Ok. What time does it start?Woman:Oh. I think it is 8:30 or something. I 11 just get the paper and have a look. Just hang on for a minute. Look, the film got a fantastic review in the paper last week.Man:Okay. Okay. Where are we going to meet?Woman:It 11 be easiest if we met at the cinema.Man:Ok. Where is it?Woman:Oh, you know Liolion.Man:Where is that?Woman:Near the town hall and opposite the bank.Man:Oh, yeah. I know where it is. Ok. Look. I11 meet you there at 8:15.Conversation Three:Woman: What are you reading, Bill?Bill: It s this week s New Scientist. Why?Woman:I was just wondering. It looks interesting, but Ive never actually read it myself. Its for real scientists, or can ordinary people like me understand it?Bill:Oh. it is for anyone, really. It usually has articles and stories about current affairs about science as well as papers about new developments and research. I m reading about a new telephone that allows you to see the person you re speaking to, as well as hear him.Woman: Oh, Ive heard about it. Is it on the market yet? Can I buy one?Bill:No, not this one. But the company has made other models to try out on business. This one is special because its color and the images are moving.Woman: Oh. That s interestingBill:You see. the first videophones, that is what they are called, were made in Japan, but they can only show a still black-and-white image. So this videophone is much better than that. Mind you, I am not sure I want one, would you?Woman: Well, no. I don t think I would. I bet it costs a lot of money. Does it say how much it costs?Bill:Yes. The early black-and-white ones cost several hundred pounds, but the one the story is about costs several thousand pounds. Woman: Hum. Why does anybody want one, do you think?Bill:Business organizations that need to frequently contact overseas organizations would want it. Its like a face-to-face conversation. So maybe a lot of overseas travel can be avoided. Woman:Yes. I suppose so.try out：to test or put to experimental use试用; 试验videophone：a telephonic device in which there is both verbal and visual communication between parties可视电话;电视电话;视像电话overseas：in a foreign country在向海外; 在向国外PASSAGESPassage A:If you are in a western country, you often see people walking their dogs. It s still true that the dog is the most useful animal in the world. However, the reason why one keeps a dog has changed. Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted to help him in the fight against other animals. And the dog listened to him and did what he told him to do. Later people used dogs for hunting other animals, and dogs did not eat what they got until their masters agreed. Dogs were also used for driving sheep and guarding chickens. ; But now people in towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals any more. Of course, they keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason for keeping dogs is that they feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young wife, a dog is her child when she does not have her own; for old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.Passage B:I am going to work in a totally new environment. I have to get used to different working conditions. I am used to working in quite a high-tech sort of industry that has got a lot of machinery and everything, but now I am going to a place that has no machinery as such. Apart from a typewriter, the place has no electricity at all, no photocopiers, all the things that you just take for granted here. They just wont be there any more. I 11 be staying near the school in quite a small village, and I will be staying in a teachers house, living with two or three other volunteer teachers. Ill have to get used to not having the variety of different foods that you have here, like 20 different varieties of breakfast cereal and the range of food there is much smaller, not many choices. I also have to get used to getting water from a well, not having electricity which means gas lamps in the evening, which means the difficulty of preparing for the next days lessons in poor light, which means different ways of getting your clothes washed. There will be all sorts of big differences like that, that 1 will have to get used to when I arrive there.high-tech: resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices 高科技apart from: 除去，撇开来说(表示除以外尚有)，此外，加之photocopier: an instrument using light-sensitive photographic materials to reproduce written, printed, or graphic work影印机,复印机cereal: any food made from this grain, esp breakfast food（常加牛奶作早餐用的）谷类食物, 麦片粥gas lamp: a lamp that burns illuminating gas煤气灯Passage C:The most common type of child abuse you know is beating with your hand or with an instrument, usually a cane in some places. Nearly 1/3 of the abused children we see are in the age group between 6 and 10 and about 65% of them are boys. This is the age group when children are first expected to study hard and parents have great expectations of their progress in school.Boys, of course, attract more abuse such as beating because once again, parental expectations are high, and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls. Most experts seem to agree that child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors. Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people. The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in establishing good relationships with their children. These families too, generally speaking, have other problems such as marriage problems or financial problems. Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditional disciplinary methods. But many of them have emotional problems. They are often the victims of violence themselves. Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child, because they believe that the child had brought the family bad luck.abuse: maltreatment of a person; injury滥用, 妄用, 虐待cane: a flexible rod with which to administer a beating as a punishment竹杖，藤条combination: a union of separate parts, qualities, etc合作, 结合, 组合disciplinary: designed to promote discipline有关纪律的；执行纪律的；惩戒性的hatred: a feeling of intense dislike; enmity仇恨, 憎恶news broadcastQuestions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.American coast guard officials in Florida say they have returned to Cuba a group of would-be migrants who tried to make their way to the United States in an unusual vessel, a floating truck. They said one of their planes spotted the Cubans more than half way through their journey, and the coast guards could not believe their eyes when they saw the vessel. The Cubans had attached floats and propellers to a 1951 Chevy truck.would-be: intended to be想要成为的,自称自许的spot: catch sight of注意到；发现float: something that remains on the surface of a liquid浮板Cuban: 古巴人, 古巴(人)的propeller: a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water螺旋桨, 飞机或轮船的推进器Chevy: 雪佛兰Question 23 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question.All large and medium-sized Chinese cities will have greater air quality monitoring by 2010, says a government official. The government has spent 150 million Yuan on air quality monitoring systems across China since 2000, when officials began paying greater attention to air quality monitoring. More than 202 cities now have air quality monitoring systems and 42 others will have systems in place by the end of this year.air quality monitoring: 空气质素监测Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Storm sank 2 river ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sunday and some 90 passengers were reported missing while another 68 died. One 0f the packed ferries carrying around 150 people capsized early on Sunday on the Meghna River and 50 were rescued. A second ferry sank on the same river just one kilometer away leaving 40 passengers missing after 6 were rescued.ferry: Also called: ferryboat a vessel for transporting passengers and usually vehicles across a body of water, esp as a regular service渡船Bangladesh: 孟加拉共和国Meghna River: 梅克纳河capsize: to overturn accidentally; upset (使船)翻,倾覆Question 26 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.The Indonesian government has given official approval for an Australian consulate in Dili. The first Australian consulate officials will travel to the East Timor capital next week. As well as serving the consular needs of Australians in the region, the consulate will facilitate Australias support to the United Nations assistance mission in East Timor. The announcement follows in principle the agreement reached on the opening of the consulate between Australian prime minister and Indonesian president in Bali last month.Indonesian：印度尼西亚的consulate：knslt the office or period of office of a consul or consuls领事馆Dili：the capital (from 2002) of independent East Timor帝力(帝汶岛(Timor)东北部港市)East Timor：ti:m:东帝汶(位于东南亚,曾是葡萄牙殖民地)Consular：领事的Bali：an island in Indonesia east of Java; striking volcanic scenery巴厘岛facilitate: make easier;促进；促使Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.PepsiCo of the U. S. and the Unilever of U. K. have become the latest foreign entrance in China s competitive bottle tea market. The two companies launched Lipton s iced tea in Guangzhou last week in a 50-50 venture. PepsiCo is contributing its bottling facilities and distribution networks to the alliance while Unilever provides the famous tea brand and recipe, company executive said. China has a growing bottle tea market estimated to be worth 10 billion Yuan. It has been dominated in recent years by two Taiwanese brands Master Kang and Uni-president. Three other big brands Nestle, Guangdong based Jianlibao and Upton has just entered the market this year. Swiss company Nestle is working in conjunction with Coca-Cola.PepsiCo：百事可乐公司Unilever：联合利华Lipton：立顿红茶alliance：the state of being allied or confederated结盟, 联盟,