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1、施心远听力教程第二第四册uniUnit 8 Section 1 Listening and Translation 1. The oldest of Americans baby boomers are 60 years old this year. 2. The United States and many other industrialized countries have a growing retiree population and are expecting that growth to continue. 3. By the time this generation reach
2、es the traditional retirement age of 65, they will represent 20 percent of the US population. 4. Baby boomers have a higher rate of home ownership than the national average and one out of four own more than one property. 5. Many boomers feel they are in good health and believe they will live longer
3、and be happier if they continue to be active. 1. 年龄最大的一批在美国二战后生育高峰出生的人今年将满六十岁。 2. 美国和许多工业化国家的退休人口都在增长，而这种增长预计还将持续。 3. 当这一代人到达传统退休年龄65岁时，他们的人数将占美国人口的百分之二十。 4. 战后生育高峰年代出生的人拥有住房的比例高于全国平均水平，其中四分之一的人拥有一处以上的房产。 5. 很多战后生育高峰年代出生的人觉得自己现在还很健康，并且相信如果继续保持积极的心态，他们将更加长寿，生活得更愉快。 Section 2 Part 1 Dialogue 1-6 T F T
4、 F F T 7-12 F T T T T T Part 2 passage Ex C: 1-5 C C D B D Section 3 News Item 1 New research comparing the different ways that babies are reared (抚养)suggests there is chemical evidence to support the view that those deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with. The rese
5、arch was conducted by the US National Academy of Sciences (美国国家科学院). The researchers say it was a very rare opportunity for them to have access to a group of young children who had been brought up very early in life in an orphanage (孤儿院) before being taken in by families. In the orphanage the childr
6、en utterly lacked the kind of physical affection they should have experienced. By comparison with their family-raised peers, they had very depressed levels of the hormone arginine vasopressin*, which plays a key role in regulating stress and managing social interac-tions (社会交往). And they reacted far
7、 less when cuddled (抚爱的拥抱)by their adoptive parents as indicated by levels of the relaxing hormone oxytocin*. A: about a research which has found chemical evidence to support the view that those deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with . B: Hypothesis: Children depri
8、ved of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with Method: an orphanage being taken in by families with their family-raised peers Findings: 1. very depressed regulating stress and managing social interactions 2. far less cuddled adoptive parents relaxing News Item 2 There is quite
9、a party going on outside this London bookshop. Some teenagers have even traveled over from the Netherlands to join the British young and not so young, so enchanted (入迷)by the Harry Potter publishing phenomenon that they are willing to stay up half the night to mark the arrival of the latest book in
10、the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. But its not just the fans who are excited about the newest Potter tale. For Bloomsbury, the books publishers, the author J. K. Rowling is proving to be a goose laying golden egg after golden egg. The previous five books in the series have sold more
11、 than 250 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages. Bloomsbury have raised their profit forecast to 35 million dollars for this year. With merchandising (文化衍生品) and movies, there has been an interesting wider impact on the publishing industry According to Lesley Miles, mar
12、keting director of the book chain Waterstones, there has been a 10-fold increase (增加10倍)in childrens book publishing across the board (普遍), and thats largely thanks to Potter. A: about the success o f Harry Potter series and its impact on the publishing industry. B: 1. Because the Harry Potter fans
13、are waiting for the arrival of the latest book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 2. They are people from different parts of Britain, including the young and not so young, and some teenagers who have traveled over from the Netherlands. 3. Bloomsbury, the books publishers, are als
14、o excited about the newest Potter tale. 4. Bloomsburys profit forecast is 35 million dollars for this year. 5. The previous five books in the series have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages. 6. According to Lesley Miles, marketing director of the bo
15、ok chain Waterstones, there has been a 10-fold increase in childrens book publishing across the board, and thats largely thanks to Potter. News Item 3 Slumdog Millionaire (平民窟的百万富翁) is based on the popular game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and stars several high-profile (引人注目的) Bollywood acto
16、rs whose performances delighted the judges. The country is now in euphoric* mood and Indians are thrilled with the films success. The winners of the Golden Globes (金球奖) are often seen as favorites to win at the Oscars, and Indians now have their hopes pinned on (寄托希望) further success when nomination
17、s (提名) for the Oscars are announced on January the 22nd. But its the films composer, AR Rehman, whos the toast* of Bollywood. Even with all his talent, he had never won an international award of such standing before. The films codirector, Loveleen Tandon, said Mr Rehman had made India proud. Ir-rfan Khan, one of the films leading actors, told the BBC it had been a long time in coming but that Mr Rehmans Golden Globe had made them very happy. A: about Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of the Golden Globe. B: T F F F T T
