英语专业四级DICTATION答案

1、专项练习Dictation?1?Old?Age?Many?people?mistakenly?believe?that?old?age?is?a?time?of?increased?illness?and?loneliness./?In?fact,?people?do?not?suddenly?change?/when?they?reach?the?age?of?60?or?65.?/Consequently,?we?should?not?expect?more?mental?illness/?among?the?60to?70?age?group?than?among?the50?to?60

2、.?/Furthermore,?although?more?parents?and?their?married?children?live?in?separate?households?than?ever?before,/?this?is?usually?by?choice.?It?is?not?because?children?now?tend?to?neglect?their?parents?/when?they?become?old.?/Itis?also?wrong?to?believe?that?old?age?seriously?affects?a?person/s?menTher

3、e?is?clear?proof?that?people?who?were?eager?to?learn?and?who?welcomed?new?experiences?in?their?middle?age,/?continue?to?do?so?in?old?age.?/It?is?true?that?older?people?tend?to?take?longer?to?learn?something?new?than?young?people.?/Nevertheless,?if?they?are?given?sufficient?time,?/they?learn?as?well?

4、as?young?people?do.?Dictation?2?Gardening?Gardening?is?one?of?the?oldest?of?the?arts.?/The?Chinese?with?their?deep?sensitiveness?to?beauty?/laid?the?foundation?for?a?form?of?garden?art?/which?was?later?to?have?great?influences?upon?other?lands.?/The?Greeks?gave?to?the?world?a?new?concept?of?gardenin

5、g.?/Their?homes?were?decorated?with?flowers/but?it?was?in?their?civic?design?that?they?most?skillfully?applied?their?garden?art.?/Their?temples?were?surrounded?by?rows?oftrees,?/and?trees?lined?the?important?streets?and?market?places?in?their?principal?cities.?/TheRomans?acquired?much?of?the?knowled

6、ge?and?skill?in?garden?craft?from?Greeks.?/In?the?second?century?AD?the?Romans?began?to?build?gardens?of?great?scale,?/inspired?by?the?vast?palace?gardens?they?had?conquered./?They?bought?water?from?great?distances?to?supply?the?ornamental?foundations?which?decorated?their?villa?gardens./thesegreat?

7、villas?were?laterto?inspire?the?Italian?garden?architects?to?follow?the?Roman?style.?Dictation?3?Being?Unemployed?Most?people?are?much?more?frightened?by?being?unemployed?than?they?need?to?be.?/Being?unemployed?certainly?has?disadvantages,/?but?there?are?good?things?about?it?too.?/One?advantage?is?t

8、hat?you?dont?have?to?get?up?early?to?work?in?the?rush?/Yhour?.c?an?stay?in?bed?as?long?as?you?like,?/and?there?is?plenty?of?time?to?read?the?newspaper?/and?have?a?leisurely?breakfast./?But?the?best?thing?of?all?is?that?you?are?your?own?boss?/and?there?is?no?one?to?tell?you?what?to?do?and?when?to?do?

9、it.?/One?drawback?of?being?unemployed?is?that?you?havent?got?much?minogn?einy.?c?o/Hmaving?a?job?at?least?enables?you?to?save?a?lot?of?money?to?go?on?holiday./?On?the?other?hand,?when?you?are?unemployed,?y/ou?neednt?go?on?holid/abye?cause?you?are?on?holiday?already.?/In?fact,?the?main?trouble?is?tha

10、t?you?have?to?spend?much?time?looking?for?a?job./?Dictation?4?TheCreditCardintheU.S.?Today,moreandmorepeopleintheU.S.areusingcreditcard/insteadofmoneytobuywhattheyneed./Almostanyonewhohasasteadyincomeandacontinuousworkrecord/canapplyforacreditcard.Withacreditcard,youcanbuyacar,eatadinner,takeatrip/a

11、ndevengetahaircutbychargingthecosttoyouraccount./Inthisway,youcanpayforpurchasesamonthortwolater./Oryoumaychoosetospreadoutyourpaymentsoverseveralmonths/andpayonlypartofthetotalamounteachmonth./Withacreditcard,youdonthavetocarrymuchcash/andyoudonthavetobeconcernedaboutlosingyourmoneythroughcarelessn

12、essortheft./Thecarduseronlyhastoworryaboutpayingthefinalbill./Thisofcoursecanbeaproblem/ifyouchargemorethanyoucanpayfor.Dictation?5?A?Woman?at?Home?In?Japan,?most?people?still?feel?that?a?womans?right?place?is?/ain?dt?hme?ohsot?mweo?men?willingly?accept?their?traditional?role?as?wives,?/leaving?the?

13、business?of?making?a?living?to?their?husbands.?/For?those?who?do?want?a?career?of?their?own,?opportunities?are?limited.?/And?working?women?usually?have?to?settle?for?lower?wages?and?less?responsible?positions.?/In?America,?on?the?other?hand,?most?women,?including?wives?and?mothers,?work?most?of?thei

14、r?lives.?/But?until?recently,?few?have?had?real?careers.?/As?in?Japan,?most?fields?are?dominated?by?men?/and?opportunities?for?women?have?been?restricted,?/salaries?low,?chances?for?promotion?rare.?/American?women?work?mainly?because?they?have?to./?In?these?days?of?inflation?and?expensive?living,?/o

15、nly?one?income?per?family?is?simply?not?enough.?/So?American?women?actually?have?two?jobs:?/one?outside?the?home,?and?the?other?round-the-clock?job?such?as?wife,?cook?and?nurse.?Dictation?6?Success?Success?in?life?depends?to?a?great?extent?on?what?is?meant?by?success.?/To?some?people,?money?is?the?o

16、nly?real?indication?/of?achievement?in?the?modern?world?and?therefore/?their?judgment?of?success?is?based?on?the?state/?of?their?bank?balance?and?the?power?that?goes?with?it.?/Their?life?is?devoted?to?making?money/?and?they?are?at?a?loss?to?understand?people?whose?ideas?are?different?from?their?own.

17、/?There?are?people,?however,?who?consider?their?lives?successful/?if?they?are?doing?what?they?enjoy?doing/?that?may?not?bring?them?any?great?financial?reward./?Amanwho?spends?his?time?gardening?might?consider?himself?successful/?if?the?flowers?blossomed?and?his?trees?gave?fruit.?/Nursing?and?teachin

18、g?can?also?bring?their?own?kind?of?success?to?those?engaged?in?them.?/Success?can?be?found?in?painting?a?picture?nobody?will?ever?see.?/The?great?thing?is?to?believe?that?success?is?not?necessarily?public.?Dictation?7?Peoples?Way?Sofeeing?ThingsThe?way?we?see?things?is?affected?by?what?we?know?or?wh

19、at?we?believe.?/For?those?people?who?believed?in?the?physical?existence?of?Hell?in?the?Middle?Ages,?/the?sight?of?fire?must?have?meant?something?quite?different?from?what?it?means?today.?/Nevertheless,?their?idea?of?Hell?owed?a?lot?to?the?sight/?of?fire?consuming?and?the?ashes?remaining?as?well?as?t

20、o?their?experience?of?the?pain?of?burns.?/We?only?see?what?we?look?at.?/To?look?is?an?act?of?choice.?/As?a?result?of?this?act,?what?we?see?is?brought?within?our?rea?chth,/ough?not?necessarily?within?arm/Tso?reach.?touch?something?is?to?situate?oneself?in?relation?to?it./?We?never?look?at?just?one?th

21、ing.?/We?are?always?looking?at?the?relation?between?things?and?ourselves.?/Our?vision?is?continually?active,?continually?moving,?/continually?holding?things?in?a?circle?around?itself.?Dictation?8?Education?Some?people?may?say?that?it?is?energy?that?makes?the?world?go?round,?/but?in?my?opinion?there?is?something?else?which?is?equally?important.?/That?is?education.?/Education?makes?it?possible?to?pass?on?/the?i