2011-1研究生学位英语听力原文

1、get listening (2011-1)section a1.w: johnson s in a real bad mood today, what wrong wisth him?m: his job was taken over by a fellow worker.q: what happened to johnson?2.m: i got a speeding ticket. do you think i should go to court to fight it?w: what are you going to tell the judge?m: that i was basi

2、cally going with the flow.w: t hat s not going to work. i will just pay the fine.q: what is the man going to tell the judge?3.m: do you want to go fishing with me next weekend?w: yeah, but i might have to give my dad a ride to the train station. i don' t know the exact time yet.m: let ' s pl

3、ay it by eathen. just call me when you find out for sure.(if you play it by ear, you don't have a plan of action, but decided what to do as events take shape.)q: what will the two speakers do?4.w: why do you look so stressed?m: i'm going to be dead if i don finish thist project by tomorrow.w

4、: i thought you had two weeks to go.q: what does the woman mean?5.w: i have to write a paper on the theory of psychology. do you know anything about it?m: the theory of psychology is way over my head.(beyond my comprehension)q: what does the man mean?6.w: did you hear that tiffany had broken up with

5、 her boyfriend last night?m: what? i thought they had a great relationship.w: so did i. it was totally out of the blue . (unexpectedly)q: what does the woman mean?out-of-the-blue.mp47.w: did you get a chance to go to that new restaurant down the street?m: yes, i ordered the special but the server ma

6、de a mistake.w: that sucks . ( slang: to be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive 真差 劲！ ) so what ended up happening?m: they finally got my steak out, butit was overcooked . it was a terribleexperience.q: what do we learn about the man?w: did you finish finals this week?m: don t remind me. i think

7、i failed most of the exams.w: why did you do so terrible?m: my mind just went blank . i think i overloaded my brain.q: what happened to the man?9.w: hey, jack, how were your classes this semester?m: they were not too bad. i really dig ( to understand fully ) my political science class.w: would you c

8、onsider it your favorite class?m: i don t know if i would call it my favorite, but it ranks up there .q: what did the man think of his political science class?section bmini-talk onem: hi, daisy.w: hi, mark.m: how was your summer vacation?w: i worked over the summer at a restaurant. have to make tuit

9、ion money, right? what did you do?m: i took summer school. i withdrew from two of my classes last year, so i wanted to make them up.w: so are you finally a junior now?m: yeah, and i have 5 credits to spare. i only needed to take 10 credits over the summer, but i took 15 because the price was the sam

10、e.w: that makes sense. so where is nicolle?m: she dropped out of school completely .w: really? why?m: she worked at a start-up company as an intern and since the business did well they asked her if she wanted to work full-time.w: wow, she sso lucky. she doesn t ha ve a degree and she already has a j

11、ob.m: it sounds good now, but i am traditional. i want the degree, so i wouldn t have accepted the offer.w: do you know how much they are paying her?m: i don t know but i bet it must have been a good offer or she wouldn have accepted it.10. why did the woman work in the summer vacation?11. why did t

12、he man take 15 credits instead of 10?12. why did nicolle drop out of school completely?mini-talk twotoday, i mgoing to tell you something about the history of the statue of liberty, one of the most famous statues in america. to many people the statue is known as lady liberty. she stands on a small i

13、sland in new york harbor near the great city. in her right hand she holds a torch with a golden flame high above her head. her left arm hold a tablet with the date july 4 th, 1776. that is the date the united states declared its independence. on her head is a crown of 7 points that represents the 7

14、continents and the 7 seas. around her feet is a broken chain thatrepresents oppression.the statue of liberty was a gift to the united states from the peopleof france. its official name was liberty enlightening the world. fr d gicbartholdi built the statue in several parts. these were shipped to newy

15、ork and then put together on a base. the statue was dedicated in a tall. the distance from the ground to the top of the golden torch is about 23 meters. the statue can be seen from far away. for the many millions of immigrants who came to america on ships the statue of liberty was the first thing th

16、ey saw. today more than 3-million people visit the statue ofceremonyon october 26. the statue itself stands about 46 metersliberty each year, most come by from a ferry boat from new york. some visitors go inside the statue and climb as high as the crown to look down at the harbor. others stand on th

17、e ground, take photographs, read the poem and enjoy being close to lady liberty.13. what does the broken chain around the lady liberty ' s feet represent?14. what is the official name of the statue?15. how do most visitors come to visit the statue?statue of liberty & ellis island - 2 minute

18、hd tour.f4vsection coctober 10th is world mental health day. this year s observancecenters on the relationshipbetween mental health andchronic physicalconditions, like diabetes and cancer. the world health organization says more than 450 million people suffer from poor mental health. the most common

19、 disorders are depression and psychosis. mental health experts also include other disorders like drug and alcohol abuse that affect millions of people. -is with the woederation for mental health. that organization, based in the united states, held the first world mental health day in 1992. mrs. burg

20、er says that mental health problems aremost severe in poor countries that lack the resources to deal with them. she says in a report: " it ' s an enormous issue. ”the who is highlighting mental health as a neglected issue. indeveloping countries a huge number of people, up to5%, don' 5a

21、veaccessto any form of mental health treatment. there are huge staffing needs. there are no services. experts say about half of all mental health problems first appear before the age of 15. the countries with the highest percentages of young people are in the developing world. that means they are al

22、so the countries with the poorest levels of mental health resources. the who says that many low and middle income countries have only one child psychiatrist for every 1-4 million people. worldwide, depression is the leading mental health problem and a leading cause of disability.in 2009, who estimated that more than 154 mill