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1、30篇短文听写原文Passage 1Digital Cameras00:45.70According to a standard definition, /00:48.34a digital camera is a camera that produces digital images /00:53.63that can be stored in a puter, displayed on a screen and printed./ 01:00.17Years ago people used to possess two different devices /01:04.47 in orde

2、r to take pictures and make videos./01:08.42The creation of digital cameras was motivated mainly by two factors./ 01:14.04First, need to spare space./01:17.78Second, make it more fortable for people01:21.07to do both things with higher quality results./01:25.49The multi-functionalism of digital came

3、ras01:28.62and the bination of several devices in one /01:32.12make it a popular choice for a modern man./01:35.99For years a digital camera has been unaffordable for many families./ 01:41.39However, the variety of digital cameras and various prices nowadays / 01:47.06make it possible for almost eve

4、ry single family to buy a digital camera./ 01:52.92With increasingly fierce petition, /01:55.51 the digital camera manufacturers satisfy customers02:00.35with lower prices but best quality standards.Passage 2The Migration of Birds00:48.91The most obvious feature of birds is that they can fly./00:52.

5、81This facility gives them great mobility and control over their movements./00:58.39Many species can travel quickly and economically over long distances /01:04.28up to thousands of kilometers, /01:07.14if necessary, crossing seas, deserts or other inhospitable areas./01:13.46They also have great ori

6、entation and navigational skills, /01:18.14and are able to remember and re-find01:21.42remote places they have previously visited./01:24.61Birds can thereby occupy widely separated areas at different seasons, / 01:30.80returning repeatedly to the same localities from year to year./01:35.76Although m

7、igration is evident in other animal groups, /01:40.09including insects, mammals, and fish, /01:43.49in none is it as widely and well developed as in birds./01:48.22The collective travel routes of birds span almost the entire pla./ 01:53.69As a result of migration, bird distributions are continually

8、changing/ 02:00.05on regular seasonal patterns, and on local, regional or global scales.Passage 3Benefits of Being a Teacher00:48.55Being a teacher gives you a chance /00:50.69to spend a major portion of your day with children or youngsters./ 00:55.26With kids around,00:56.63you are a part of their

9、world of innocence and purity./01:01.01It indeed creates a healthy work environment for you./ 01:05.14On being a teacher, /01:07.19you get a chance to be with children,01:09.38laugh with them, think their way /01:12.00and enjoy their innocently silly and healthily naughty behavior./ 01:18.17Apart fr

10、om this, the nature of your job is that /01:22.11you do not work on weekends and you get your share of holidays./ 01:28.07Being a teacher entitles you /01:31.03for receiving private scholarships and sponsorships01:35.23for teaching programs./01:37.10However, one of the most important benefits01:40.6

11、9of being a teacher is that /01:43.17teachers contribute to the shaping of the future generations./ 01:48.39They make a difference to society /01:51.09by playing a vital role in nurturing young minds.Passage 4puter00:47.10With the development of puter technology, /00:51.02puters are being increasing

12、ly popular all over the world./ 00:55.78The puter is being used in many fields./00:59.64In industry, business, education, medicine,01:04.59nearly all walks of life, /01:06.99puters have made their earance,01:09.32providing great speed and accuracy for our work./01:13.85puters have been used in the h

13、ome, offices,01:17.45laboratories and research institutions, /01:21.25acting as the most efficient and multifunctional instruments / 01:25.94for calculating, sorting, filing, recording and distributing./ 01:32.70And they have also bee a dow01:35.23through which we can understand the world better./01

14、:39.17During the past fifty years,01:41.61the puter has been rapidly advanced./01:45.21Ever since the puter came into being,01:48.42it has e_perienced the development of several generations./ 01:53.74The earliest puters were of great size, /01:57.04and had no match for the latest electronic puters02

15、:00.93in speed and accuracy./02:03.60Now efforts are being made02:05.83not only to bring the hardware to perfection, /02:08.84but also to improve the quality of the software.Passage 5puter Addiction00:45.84Nowadays, puter users have started developing00:49.94some bad habits regarding using puters, /

16、00:53.41which have led to significant problems in their lives./00:57.32The negative consequences from puter addiction / 01:01.30are similar to those of many other known addictive disorders / 01:05.62that cause mental and physical disturbances./01:09.00As a result, the term “puter or Inter addiction”

17、01:14.39 has e into use./01:16.39It is also known as cyberspace addiction01:19.55and Inter addiction disorder./01:22.47It"s not an easy task01:24.59to identify which type of puter addiction01:27.40is responsible for most puter addicts, /01:30.81as there are many types of puter addictions, /01:3

18、4.24such as online games, chat, e-mail, online shopping,01:39.50online gambling and so on./01:42.11No one knows in the future, /01:44.40which technology would attract more people01:47.31to bee puter addicts./01:49.29However, there are various organizations /01:52.55that specifically deal with puter

19、addiction /01:55.50and have helped many thousands of people01:57.95to get rid of this damaging addiction.Passage 6Listening Skills00:47.69munication with others involves learning listening skills./ 00:52.92It"s a good feeling when someone listens to you /00:56.64when you"re talking to them

20、./00:58.54It makes you feel like they care about you01:01.04and what you"re saying./01:02.92The same respect should be given to people01:05.33that are speaking to you./01:07.03Controlling the conversation or interrupting constantly 01:11.74with your views or suggestions /01:14.30is not listenin

21、g to the other person./01:17.39Listening closely and then responding at the ropriate time 01:22.06makes a good conversation./01:24.64Making ments at the correct time01:27.10lets the speaker know you"re interested /01:29.94and can help you stay centered on the conversation./01:34.24Asking good q

22、uestions about the subject01:37.00will show you want to know more about it./01:40.44Try not to ask too many questions with the word “why”./ 01:44.71People might not know the answer01:47.12and won"t be able to respond to the question./01:50.65?Always, let people finish what they"re saying /

23、01:54.03before you talk about something else.Passage 7Book Review00:48.11The determination of the book review00:50.69is to municate to the readers mind /00:53.49the ideas and sensations book reviewer e_perienced /00:58.35 while researching the content./01:00.76Professional book reviews are important

24、 in all professions./ 01:06.17But they are especially important in the sciences, /01:10.22which define the specialization of the book reviewer./01:15.11That is because the basic unit of scientific munication, 01:20.64the primary research paper, /01:23.12is typically five to eight printed pages in mo

25、st fields, /01:28.58which is short and narrowly specific./01:32.50Therefore, to provide a general overview01:36.16of a significant slice of science, /01:39.15professional writers of scientific books have to01:43.03organize and join the reported knowledge in a field /01:46.85into a much larger, more

26、meaningful package./01:51.26In other words, new scientific knowledge is made meaningful / 01:56.99by sorting the bits and pieces into book reviews02:00.81to provide a larger picture./02:03.49Thus, the individual plants and flowers,02:07.18and even the weeds, bee a landscape.Passage 8Television Adver

27、tisements00:46.76A television advertisement or television mercial00:51.00is a span of television programming /00:54.43produced and paid for by an organization00:58.32that conveys a message./01:00.88Advertisement revenue provides01:02.71a significant portion of the funding /01:06.23for most privately

28、 owned television works./01:10.14The vast majority of television advertisements today01:14.33consist of brief advertising spots, /01:18.17ranging in length from a few seconds to several minutes./01:23.45Advertisements of this sort have been used to01:26.96sell every product imaginable over the years

29、, /01:31.32from household products to goods and services,01:35.12to political caigns./01:37.79The effect of television advertisements upon the vieg public / 01:42.84has been greatly successful and pervasive./01:46.97In some countries, like the United States, /01:49.96it is considered impossible for

30、a politician01:53.77to wage a successful election caign /01:57.20without the purchase of television advertising./02:00.97In other countries, such as France,02:03.98political advertising is strictly limited on television./02:08.76Some countries, like Norway, even pletely ban it.Passage 9Waste00:46.63

31、Waste is sometimes a subjective concept, /00:50.53because items that some people discard may have value to others./ 00:56.78It is widely recognized that waste materials01:00.77are a valuable resource, /01:03.41while there is debate as to how this value is best realized./01:09.99Governments need to d

32、efine what waste is /01:14.04in order that it can be safely and legally managed./01:18.65Different definitions need to be bined /01:22.48in order to ensure the safe and legal disposal of the waste./01:27.89The European Union has started a discussion /01:31.60that will end in an End-of-Waste directiv

33、e./01:36.44It will clarify the distinction between waste01:39.29that shall be treated for disposal /01:42.04and raw materials that can be reused for other purposes./01:47.58All over the world, America generates more waste01:51.36than any other nation in the world, /01:54.17with 4.5 pounds of municip

34、al solid waste per person per day, / 02:01.3855 percent of which is contributed as residential garbage.Passage 10Getting Paid to Shop00:48.71Advertising in our days has joined our lives quite well./00:53.16Getting paid to shop is another form of advertising./ 00:57.61A contractor evaluates products

35、and services01:01.87offered by various panies /01:04.55in order to bee known to the public /01:07.12with the main purpose to increase their sales./01:12.56Getting paid to shop,01:14.67users have the opportunity to shop favorite products /01:19.40like jewelry, handbags, clothes, shoes and other thing

36、s, / 01:26.26and create an ine01:28.28 that might later lead them to financial freedom./01:31.74To be more clear and specific, /01:34.34 anyone who joins a getting paid to shop program /01:37.97will have the opportunity to shop things that you wish for free / 01:42.50while at the end of the caign01:

37、44.63might those things bee yours./01:47.14In addition, those panies that offer such opportunity 01:51.63will pay their members to do that./01:54.39Getting paid to shop is certainly the ideal solution / 01:58.19that fits perfectly with most women02:00.59who like to shop often or see shopping as a ho

38、bby.Passage 11Negative Effects of Television00:49.82Spending too many hours watching television00:53.23wastes the precious time /00:55.67that can rather be spent in fruitful and healthy activities 01:00.37like e_ercise or reading./01:03.27It also uses up the time /01:05.63that you can rather spend w

39、ith your family and friends./ 01:09.99Chatting with your near ones,01:12.88spending time with your close ones /01:15.27is a better way of spending time than watching TV./01:19.01People watching television,01:21.51especially children and youngsters, /01:24.24start identifying with what is shown on TV

40、./01:28.06They relate to television shows and films to such an e_tent / 01:33.15that they get bored of living a normal and simple life./ 01:37.70They are eager for fame and money; /01:40.33they long for living the lives of their favorite TV characters./ 01:44.94This may lead to a high amount of diss

41、atisfaction01:49.08for the real world./01:51.11As real life is the contrast of the life shown on TV, / 01:56.08such TV addicts bee hungry for power, money and status.Passage 12Culture Shock00:47.96Culture shock isnt a clinical term or medical condition./ 00:51.89Its simply a mon way to describe00:54

42、.48the confusing and nervous feelings a person may have /00:57.87after leaving a familiar culture00:59.88to live in a new and different culture./01:02.73When you move to a new place, /01:05.25youre bound to face a lot of changes./01:07.72That can be e_citing and stimulating, /01:10.45but it can also

43、 be overwhelming./01:13.33You may feel sad, an_ious, frustrated, and want to go home./ 01:18.69Its natural to have difficulty adjusting to a new culture./ 01:22.76People from other cultures may have grown up01:25.69with values and beliefs that differ from yours./01:28.96Because of these differences,

44、 /01:30.97the things they talk about, the ways they e_press themselves, / 01:34.53and the importance of various ideas /01:37.10may be very different from what you are used to./01:40.88But the good news is that culture shock is usually temporary.Passage 13Environmentally Friendly Cars00:48.54Environm

45、entally friendly cars are supposed to be00:52.42the vehicles of future generations./00:55.93Nevertheless, such cars e_ist now /00:59.29and are being more popular in the modern car market 01:03.28than traditional vehicles /01:05.47which work on fossil fuels./01:07.96The advantages of such cars01:10.2

46、7are not only in their lower harmfulness01:13.39for the environment and people s health /01:16.29but also in the lower fuel costs./01:19.28However, their production is rather e_pensive, /01:23.14so it is still a controversial point /01:26.01both for the customers and the automobile manufacturers./ 0

47、1:30.31Although they are more e_pensive to buy, /01:32.95they pay for themselves in a period of about 5 years /01:37.47because they consume less e_pensive fuels./01:41.31The mon types of environmentally friendly cars01:44.95include electric cars, fuel-cell-powered cars,01:49.79crossbreed cars and so

48、lar cars./01:53.47And environmentally friendly cars01:56.46have bee the choice of many people /01:59.20who decided to reduce the influence02:01.90of burning fossil fuels on the nature.Passage 14The Earth Day00:47.84Our Pla Earth has so much to give us./00:50.71From the beautiful natural surroundings

49、00:53.64to the rich types of creatures, /00:56.16Pla Earth has loads of things to offer /00:59.74that only make the life more beautiful./01:02.76However, have you given a thought to01:05.94how many individuals actually respect this pla? /01:11.20April 22nd is known the world over as Earth Day./01:16

50、.60It is celebrated to create more awareness about our pla / 01:21.81and situations that we need to take care of /01:24.83to ensure our Pla Earth is well loved and cared for./01:29.64As things are, we need to celebrate it on one day /01:33.84to remind us of the responsibilities01:36.33we need to han

51、dle in the ing years./01:39.47The importance of Pla Earth is something /01:42.44that should be taught to children in their early years,01:46.24at home and in the school./01:49.22Only then will the young and old alike,01:52.39understand the issues /01:54.37such as global warming, energy conservation0

52、1:59.30and the importance of recycling.Passage 15Differences Between Chinese and Western Eating Habits00:50.52There are great differences00:52.18between Chinese and Western eating habits./00:55.74Unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, / 01:00.16in China the dishes are placed on

53、 the table and everybody shares./ 01:05.46If you are being treated by a Chinese host, /01:09.13be prepared for a ton of food./01:12.45Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine /01:16.07and will do their best to show their hospitality./01:19.90And sometimes the Chinese hosts use their chopst

54、icks 01:23.70to put food in your bowl or plate./01:26.99This is a sign of politeness./01:30.07The ropriate thing to do would be to eat whatever-it-is / 01:34.80and say how tasty it is./01:37.63If you feel unfortable with this, /01:40.04you can just say a polite thank-you and leave the food there./ 01:44.95And you should never tap on your bowl with your chopsticks, / 01:48.79which can be very insulting to the host.Passage 16Artificial Intelligence00:48.81Artificial Intelligen