英语专业四级听写50篇 doc 

Passage 1

Town and Country Life in England

There is a big difference between town life and country life in England. In the country, everybody knows everybody else. They know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you have for dinner. If you want help, you will always get it and you will be glad to help others.

In a large town like London, however, it can sometimes happen that you have never seen your next door neighbor and you do not know his name or anything about him. People in London are often very lonely. This is because people go to different places in the evenings and at weekends. If you walk through the streets in the centre of London on Sunday, it is like a town without people. One is sorry for old people living on their own .They could die in their homes and would not be discovered for weeks or even months. (154 words) Useful Words and Expressions: next door n. n．隔壁

the neighbors next他 door隔壁邻居

lonely adj ．孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的 lonely life孤单的生活

a lonely old man一位孤独的老人 a lonely sand一个孤岛

the loneliest night最孤独的夜晚

on (one's) own独自；独立地；通过自己的努力 She lives on her own．她一个人过。

She go the job on her own．她自己找到了这份工作。

He Is now out of colleg6 and on his own．他现在离开了大学并且自己生活。

Passage 2

A Change in Women's Life

The important change in women's life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them. (154 words) Useful Words and Expressions: life-pattern 生活方式

effect [i'fekt] n. 结果，效果，作用，影响

The old system is still in effect. 旧制度仍然有效。 He is, in effect, my rival. 实际上他是我的竞争对手。 The medicine quickly took effect. 药物很快见效了。 share vt. 分享；共享，参与 n. 一份，部分，份额 share responsibility 共同负责

share a room with sb. 与某人共居一室

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share the joys and hardships 同甘共苦 We shared the sweets. 我们分吃了糖果。

one's share of the cake分享的一份好处，应得的一份 Passage 3

A Popular Pastime of the English People

One of the best means of understanding the people of any nation is watching what they do with their non-working time.

Most English men, women and children love growing things, especially flowers. Visitors to England in spring, summer, or autumn are likely to see gardens all the way along the railway lines. There are flowers at the airports and flowers in factory grounds, as well as in gardens along the roads. Each English town has at least one park with beautifully kept flower beds. Public buildings of every kind have brilliant window boxes and sometimes baskets of flowers are hanging on them.

But what the English enjoy most is growing things themselves. If it is impossible to have a garden, then a window box or something growing in a pot will do.

Looking at each other's gardens is a popular pastime with the English. (144 words) Useful Words and Expressions:

③means n．（用作sing．）方法；方式；手段 a means to an end达到目的的方法

by all means务必；无论如何；千方百计地 by any means ［口］用一切可能的方法或手段 by fair means or foul不择手段地 by means of 通过；用；借助于 by no means决不，一点也不

by some means or (other）想个办法；以某种方法 leave no means untried想尽一切办法 not by any means一点也不，绝对不

The end justifies the means．［谚］只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 pot n．罐，壶

windbox n．窗台上的花盆箱，窗槛花箱 pastime n．消遣，娱乐

Swimming Is my favorite pastime．游泳是我最喜欢的一种娱乐。

Passage 4

British and American Police Officers

Real policemen, both in Britain and the U. S., hardly recognize any common points between their lives and what they see on TV---if they ever get home in time.

Some things are almost the same, of course, but the policemen do not think much of them. The first difference is that a policeman's real life deals with the law. Most of what he learns is the law. He has to know actually what actions are against the law and what facts can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a lawyer, and what's more, he has to put it into practice on his feet, in the dark and, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.

Little of his time is spent in talking with beautiful girls or in bravely facing cruel criminals. He will spend most of his working life arranging millions of words on thousands

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of forms about hundreds of sad, ordinary people who are guilty-or not of stupid, unimportant crimes. (177 words)

Useful Words and Expressions: think much of 重视，尊重 in court 在法庭上

criminal n．罪犯，犯罪者 guilty adj．犯罪的，有罪的 guilty look内疚的神色 the guilty party犯罪一方 a guilty conscience犯罪感

have a guilty conscience问心有愧；做贼心虚 be found guilty被判决有罪 be guilty of a crime犯了罪

Passage 5

Living Space

How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space needs are not met? Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behaviour of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if their living conditions become too crowded, their behaviour and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and worry become clear. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for human survival? These are interesting questions. (147 words) Useful Words and Expressions: determine V．测定；决心；决意 determine the velocity测定速度 He determined to go．他决意要去。

I am determined to do better than Mike.我决心比迈克做得更好。 tend to v. 有某种倾向；有……的趋势

He tends to pitch the ball too high．他往往把球掷得过高。

People under stress tend to express their full range of potential. 处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。 survival n.生存

We need food and water for survival.我们为了生存需要食物和水。

Passage 6

The United Nations

In 1945, representatives of 50 nations met to plan this organization. It was called the United Nations. After the war, many more nations joined.

There are two major parts of the United Nations. One is called the General Assembly, in the General Assembly, every member nation is represented and has an equal vote.

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The second part is called the Security Council. It has representatives of just 15 nations. Five nations are permanent members: the United States, Russia, France, Britain, and China, The 10 other members are elected every two years by the General Assembly.

The major job of the Security Council is to keep peace in the world. If necessary, it can send troops from member nations to try to stop little wars before they turn into big ones. It is hard to get the nations of the Security Council to agree on when this is necessary. But they did vote to try to stop wars. (156 words) Useful Words and Expressions: Representative n．代表 General Assembly联合国大会 permanent adj．永久的，持久的 permanent address固定地址 permanent tooth成人齿 a permanent Job 固定职业

a permanent committee常设委员会 Security Council n.联合国安全理事会 troop n．军队

Passage 7

Plastic

We use plastic wrap to protect our foods. We put our garbage in plastic bags or plastic cans. We sit on plastic chairs, play with plastic toys, drink from plastic cups, and wash our hair with shampoo from plastic bottles!

Plastic does not grow in nature. It is made by mixing certain things together. We call it a produced or manufactured material. Plastic was first made in the 1860s from plants, such as wood and cotton. That plastic was soft and burned easily.

The first modern plastics were made in the 1930s. Most clear plastic starts out as thick, black oil. That plastic coating inside a pan begins as natural gas. Over the years, hundreds of different plastics have been developed. Some are hard and strong. Some are soft and bendable. Some are clear. Some are many-colored. There is a plastic for almost every need. Scientists continue to experiment with plastics. They hope to find even ways to use them! (160 words) Useful Words and Expressions: Shampoo n．洗发精，洗发香波，洗发 manufacture vt．制造，加工

manufacture an excuse胡乱编个理由 half manufactured半成品（的）

a thing of home [foreign] manufacture本国[外国]制品 Plastic is an important manufacture.塑料是种重要产品。 bendable可弯曲的

experiment with用……做实验

Passage 8

Display of Goods

Are supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more?

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Fresh fruit and vegetables are displayed near supermarket entrances. This gives the impression that only healthy food is sold in the shop. Basic foods that everyone buys, like sugar and tea, are not put near each other. They are kept in different aisles so customers are taken past other attractive foods before they find what they want. In this way, shoppers are encouraged to buy products that they do not really need.

Sweets are often placed at children's eye level at the checkout. While parents are waiting to pay, children reach for the sweets and put them in the trolley.

More is bought from a fifteen-foot display of one type of product than from a ten-foot one. Customers also buy more when shelves are full than when they are half empty. They do not like to buy from shelves with few products on them because they feel there is something wrong with those products that are there. (166 words) Useful Words and Expressions: aisle n．走廊，过道

roll them in the aisle ［口」使（观众）捧腹大笑 knock them in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑 lay them in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑 rock them in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑

have them rolling in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑 trolley n．手推车

checkout（超级市场等的）收款台

Passage 9

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. His father owned a factory that made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed music and books. His parents were Jewish but they did not observe many of the religion's rules. Albert was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction-to the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficult for the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something hidden had to be behind things. (143 words) Useful Words and Expressions: device n．装置，设备

leave to (one's) own devices听任某人自行其是，允许某人按自己的意愿做事

She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。 compass n．指南针

beyond sb.' s compass某人力所不及

cast/fetch/take a compass 兜圈子，绕道，转弯抹角

keep sth. within compass把某种事物限制在适当的范围内 speak within compass s谨慎小心地说

within sb.'s compass某人力所能及的；在某人权力之内的 within the compass of在……的范围内 magnetism n．磁，磁力

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