2017年英语专业四级考试听力辅导材料

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　　Reading

　　Nowadays few of us read books after we leave school.

This is rather disturbing, for one should know that books are no less necessary to one’s mental life than fresh air is to one’s physical life. From good reading we can derive companionship, experience and instruction. A good book is our faithful friend. It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. Books can also offer us a wide range of experience. Few of us can travel far firom home or live long over 100, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. What's more, reading books can increase our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make us wise.

With the coming of TV, books are no longer read as widely as they once were. However, nothing can replace the role that books play in our lives. (154 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

leave school 离校，中学毕业

disturbing adj.使人不安的，烦扰的

mental adj.精神的，智力的

mental powers智力

mental illness精神病

mental Patient精神病患者

Don’t listen to him; he’s mental.别听他的，他是个疯子。

derive vt.得自，得到

derive a conclusion from facts从事实推出结论

companionship n.侣伴，交谊

contentment n.满意

intellectual 智力的

an intellectual book知性的书

an intellectual problem需要动脑子解决的问题

an intellectual person 知识分子

　　Population Growth

It is well-known that there has been a drastic increase in world population. But it is probably less well-known that the extinction rate of wildlife species is experiencing a parallel trend.

Take the United States for instance. In 1990, U.S. population reached an unprecedented level of 250 million, which is approximately 250 times of that of 1800. On the other hand, wildlife species are disappearing from the country at an alarming rate. By 1900, about 70 wildlife species would never be seen in U. S. We are fully justified in declaring that the explosive population growth has had an adverse effect on the survival of wildlife species and will be a constant threat to the wildlife resources if no immediate actions are taken.

Nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human spedes is altering the physical and chemical world. It has been demolishing the environment we are living in. (152 words)

　Useful Words and Expressions:

drastic adj.激烈的

take drastic measures采取果断措施「激烈手段」

a drastic debate激烈的辩论

make drastic change 做彻底的.改变

species n.种类

extinction n.消失，消灭

Paralell adj.平行的，相同的，类似的

trend n.倾向，趋势

unprecedented adj.空前的

approximately adv.近似地，大约

justify v.证明……是正当的

explosive adj.爆炸(性)的

magnitude n.大小，数量，量级

alter v.改变

The weather alters almost daily.天气几乎天天变化。

demolish vt.毁坏，破坏