英语专业四级听写120篇.docx

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英语专业四级听写120篇

英语专业四级听写120篇

上海外国语大学王兴扬主审戴远君主编

Passage1

CollegeLife

Americancollegeanduniversitystudentswholiveawayfromtheirfamilies/aregenerallyhousedindormitoriesatleastfortheirfirstyear./Menandwomenoftenliveinthesamebuilding,/thoughtheymayliveonseparatefloors./

Somedormshaveatheme,likeaninternationalhouse,/wherestudentscanleanaboutothercultures./Inlanguagehouses,studentstrytoavoidspeakingtheirnativelanguage./Theideaistoleanadifferentlanguage./

Collegesanduniversitiesoftenhavemanyclubsthatstudentscanjoin./Theseincludepolitical,religiousandserviceclubs,/aswellasgroupsforactivitieslikesinging,dancing,cooking,evenleaninghowtoplaymagic./Schoolsmayalsohaveinternalsportsclubs./Theseareforstudentswhodonotplayforaschoolteam/butwantorganizedsportswithotherstudents./Andschoolswilloftenrecognizeanewcluboractivityifenoughstudentsareinterested./

Passage2

NamesinAmerica

MostparentsintheUnitedStatesgivetheirbabiesafirst,middleandlastnamewhentheyareborn./Thelastnameisgenerallytheirfamilyname./Firstnamesareadifferentstory./

Somechildren'snamesarealsothenamesofcities,plantsorflowers./ReligiousnamesfromtheBiblearealsocommon./Americansevenchoosenamesfromothercountries./Americansareinterestedinthenames/thatfamousactors,entertainersandathletesgivetheirchildren./Somefamouspeoplelikenamesthathavebeenaroundformanyyears./Lastnamesasfirstnamesarealsopopular./

Middlenameshavebecomeimportantbecausemanyfamouspeopleusethem./Amiddlenameisalsoawayforparentstohonorafamilymemberorhero./Someparentsgiveagirlaboy'smiddlename./SomeAmericanwomenusetheirformerlastname/asmiddlenameaftertheymarry./

Passage3

TheSpaceRace

ThespaceracebetweentheUnitedStatesandtheformerSovietUnionbeganinOctoberof1957,/whentheSovietslaunchedthefirstman-madesatelliteintoorbitaroundEarth./Weekslaterthesecondsatellitewaslaunched./

TheirsuccessaddedtothetensionsofwhatwasknownastheColdWar,/whichmanypeopleworriedcouldleadtonuclearwar./AnditpushedAmericanstoworkhardertoreachouterspace./Threemonthslater,theUnitedStateslauncheditsownsatellite./Then,in1961,theSovietUnionsentthefirstpersonintospace./AnAmericanastronautfollowedlessthanamonthlater./

Thespaceracecontinued./Thefinishlinewasthemoon./AnditwasreachedwhenthecrewofAmericanspaceshiplandedin1969./Today,thereiscooperationbetweentheRussianandAmericanspaceprograms./AstronautssharedutiesontheInternationalSpaceStation./Andothercountriesareexpandingtheirspaceprograms./

Passage4

SummerforCollegeStudents

Collegestudentsspendtheirsummersinmanydifferentways./ManystudentsworkhardatSummerjobs./Theyrealizeitcanbedifficulttobalancecollegeclassesandajobduringtheschoolyear./Summerisagoodtimetosaveupsomemoney./Restaurants,swimmingpools,storesandotherbusinessesarealwayslookingforhardworkingstudents./Somestudentsgetjobsinthefieldtheyhopetoenteraftercollege./Theexperiencegivesstudentsatasteoftheworldoutsideofcollege./Othercollegestudentschoosetotakesummerclasses./Instead,theytakejustoneortwo./Theextraclassescanhelpstudentstogetaheadintheirstudies./

However,summersarenotallwork./Studentsspendtimewithfriends,gotoamovieortakeatrip./Arelaxingdayunderthesummersun/willhelpstudentsforgeta]labouttestsandstudying'/

Passage5

TheEnglishLanguage

Englishisthemostwidespreadlanguageintheworld/andismorewidelyspokenandwritten

thananyotherlanguage./MorepeoplearetryingtoleanEnglishintheworld./Englishisthelanguageofpoliticalnegotiationsandinternationalbusiness./Ithasbecometheinternationallanguageofscienceandmedicine./InternationaltreatiessaypassengerairplanepilotsmustspeakEnglish./

EnglishisthemajorforeignlanguagetaughtinmostschoolsinSouthAmericaandEurope./SchoolchildreninthePhilippinesandJapanbeginlearningEnglishatanearlyage./Englishistheofficiallanguageofmorethan75countries/includingBritain,Canada,theUnitedStates,Australia,andSouthAfrica./

Incountrieswheremanydifferentlanguagesarespoken,/Englishisoftenusedasanofficiallanguagetohelppeoplecommunicate./Indiaisagoodexample./Englishisthecommonlanguageinthiscountry/whereatleast24languagesarespokenbymorethanonemillionpeople./

Passage6

Dating

Datingisthetraditionalfirststeptowardmarriage./Butdatingandestablishingarelationshipcanbehardwork../Soalotofpeoplewanttogow