現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語聽力4聽寫Dictation答案

1、Unit1One day Palph Waldo Emerson, one of Americas greatest thinkers and philosophers, was visited by a local farmer, who saw a book by Plato in Emersons library and asked to borrow it. When the farmer returned the book, Emerson asked him how he liked it. The farmer replied, “I liked it. this Plato h

2、as a lot of my ideas”During an 18-month period in his early 20s, Sir Isaac Newton invented theories of gravity, light, and color, as well as calculus. At age 85, shortly before his death, he wrote, “I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I have been only like a boy playing on th

3、e seashore, and diverting myself le and in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.UNIT2Human beings misuse the precious fresh water in two ways. It is wasted through careless use and polluted by dumping wastes into i

4、t. People build large cities in deserts and grow crops in dry valleys. In the worlds dry places, people must learn to avoid waste, to make every gallon count.People pollute water by dumping sewage and industrial wastes into it or by letting pesticides from farm land run into it. Even ground water is

5、 polluted by poisons sinking into the earth. Humanity must learn that nothing just “goes away”. People need to treat sewage so it does not pollute the water. They need to keep industrial wastes completely out of the water.UNIT3When Superman burst onto the screen 60 years ago there had never been a c

6、haracter quite like him, and he remains unique today. The innumerable imitators who followed in his wake have acknowledged his primacy by taking on the title of super hero, but Superman did more than start the trend that came to define the American comic book. His influence spread throughout all kno

7、wn media as he became a star of animated cartoons, radio, recordings, books, motion pictures, and television, whil his image appeared on products ranging from puzzles to peanut butter. He is perhaps the first fictional character to have been so successfully promoted as a universal icon, yet he also

8、continues to remain a publishing phenomenon whose adventures appear in no fewer than five monthly comics magazines.UNIT4The Chinese have long believed that flexible brush is the perfect means to express ones inner spirit. Thus calligraphy with ink on paper or silk, whether by scholars, poets, monks,

9、 or government officials, is often considered the highest form of art. Great masterworks from earlier periods such as the Tang Dynasty were used as modals for the proper style and the proportion of the more than 50,000 Chinese characters. There were also a number of different scripts to choose from.

10、 Ancient seal script, used even today for carving seals, conveys an archaic flavor, as does clerical script, developed in the Han Dynasty by clerks to record government documents. Calligraphy, however, could also be written in regular, running, or cursive script, not unlike our own choices in Englis

11、h-for example, most of us do not write the small letter a in the printed form, but in more rapid pencil or pen movement. Similarly, Chinese calligraphers usually preferred less formal and more dramatic styles of brushwork to regular script. Some masters, however, combined scripts, such as the painte

12、r-poet-calligrapher Zheng Xie, who enjoyed mixing clerical, regular, running, and the cursive scripts.UNIT5 2002 was the first year when china became a full WTO member, and also a year when the insurance industry in china grew the fastest, with a revenue of 305.3 billion yuan, up by 44.7 percent ove

13、r the previous year, and total assets of 649.41 billion yuan, up by 41.4 percent. The insurance industry was still small in scale, constituting 2.98percent of GDP, and a low share in the national economy, much lower than that of banking and securities trading. However, demand for insurance services

14、was sharply up. Moreover, after Chinas accession to WTO, foreign insurance companies quickly flooded into Chinas insurance market, Chinas insurance companies also stepped up their efforts to join hands with foreign business.UNIT6Looking at Moscows booming shopping malls or elite supermarkets, its ea

15、sy to think there isnt that much wrong with the Russian economy. But theres a growing warning of serious imbalances. Household spending is continuing to grow strongly, part of a consumer-driven boom and a burgeoning personal credit sector. But elsewhere, the outlook isnt so good. There is pressure t

16、o stop using the countrys glut of oil dollars to pay off national debt, but to invest it-in areas like hi-tech industry, infrastructure and housing reform. Russian produces very few internationally marketable consumer goods. And even former flagship industries like civilian aircraft construction, ar

17、e close to extinction. Foreign businesses may also be concerned by a new draft bill the Russian government has presented to the countrys parliament. The bill, if adopted, would seriously limit foreigners rights to develop Russian oil and metal deposits, describing them as vital strategic national in

18、terests.UNIT7 The US flag is an important symbol to all Americans. During the revolution against Britain, George Washington asked Betsy Ross to make a flag as an encouragement for his soldiers. This flag had 13 stripes, seven red and six white, and in one corner 13 white stars on the blue background

19、 to represent the 13 states. On 14 June, 1777, it became the flag of independent US. As each new state became part of the US, an extra star was added.Today, the flag, called Old Glory or the Stars and Stripes, is widely seen in the US. Government offices and schools have flags flying from flagpoles,

20、 and many people have flags outside their houses, especially on Independent Day. Children start the school day by saying the Pledge of Allegiance, a promise to be loyal to the flag and to their country. When somebody important dies, flags are flown at half mast. When a soldier dies, his or her coffin is covered with a flag, and after the funeral, the flag is given to the family. The flag has also been used as a symbol of protest, especially during the Vietnam War, when some people burnt the flag to show that they were ashamed of their countrys actions.Each of the US states also has i