1: College English Test, Band 6, Part 2, Listening
(大学英语六级考试第二部分听力)
2: Comprehension.
(理解。)
3: Section A, Directions.
(A 部分，方向。)
4: In this section, you will hear 8 short
(在这一部分，你将听到 8 个简短的)
5: conversations and 2 long conversations.
(对话和 2 次长对话。)
6: At the end of each conversation, one or
(每次谈话结束时，)
7: more questions will be asked about what was
(将会有更多问题被问及)
8: said.
(说。)
9: Both the conversation and the questions will be
(对话和问题都将)
10: spoken only once.
(只讲过一次。)
11: After each question, there will be a pause.
(每问完一个问题，都会有一个停顿。)
12: During the pause, you must read the 4
(在暂停期间，你必须阅读 4)
13: choices marked A, B, C, and D, and
(标记为 A、B、C 和 D 的选项，以及)
14: decide which is the best answer.
(决定哪个是最好的答案。)
15: Then mark the corresponding letter on answer sheet
(然后在答题纸上标记相应的字母)
16: 1 with a single line through the center.
(1 一条线穿过中心。)
17: Now let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
(现在让我们从8个简短的对话开始。)
18: Question 1.
(问题 1.)
19: I'm so frustrated with this new computer program.
(我对这个新的计算机程序非常失望。)
20: I just can't figure it out.
(我就是想不通。)
21: I know what you mean.
(我知道你的意思。)
22: It can be overwhelming, especially since the technology
(这可能会让人不知所措，尤其是因为技术)
23: is always changing.
(总是在变化。)
24: By the time you learn one program, it's
(当你学会一个程序的时候，它)
25: outdated.
(过时了。)
26: What do we learn about the woman from
(我们从这个女人身上学到了什么)
27: the conversation?
(对话？)
28: Question 2.
(问题2.)
29: Don't you wish you were going away for
(你难道不希望离开)
30: the holiday?
(假期？)
31: No, I'm happy to stay at home.
(不，我很高兴呆在家里。)
32: It's pretty irritating having to fight all that
(不得不与这一切作斗争真是令人恼火)
33: holiday traffic just to get out of town
(节假日交通拥堵，只为出城)
34: for a couple of days.
(几天。)
35: What does the man mean?
(男人这话什么意思？)
36: Question 3.
(问题3.)
37: We're new in East Asia, so we have
(我们是东亚的新市场，所以我们)
38: to be careful in choosing the location for
(要小心选择位置)
39: our regional office.
(我们的地区办事处。)
40: Well, Tokyo and Singapore are both attractive, but
(嗯，东京和新加坡都很有吸引力，但是)
41: the living expenses there are incredibly high.
(那里的生活费用高得令人难以置信。)
42: What are the speakers discussing?
(发言者正在讨论什么？)
43: Question 4.
(问题4.)
44: Excuse me, did anybody see my cell phone
(打扰一下，有人看到我的手机了吗)
45: after the last show?
(最后一场演出之后？)
46: It may have slipped out of my pocket
(它可能从我的口袋里掉了出来)
47: during the performance.
(在演出期间。)
48: In fact, we found several.
(事实上，我们发现了好几个。)
49: Please go check at the ticket counter.
(请到售票柜台查询。)
50: What do we learn from the conversation?
(我们从谈话中了解到了什么？)
51: Question 5.
(问题5.)
52: Will you be able to complete the project
(你能完成这个项目吗)
53: on time?
(准时？)
54: Well, I'm having my carpenters work full time,
(嗯，我让我的木匠全职工作，)
55: but some of the imported building materials are
(但一些进口建筑材料)
56: being delayed at customs.
(在海关延误。)
57: What do we learn from the conversation?
(我们从谈话中了解到了什么？)
58: Question 6.
(问题6.)
59: I wish I hadn't hurt Jane's feelings like
(我希望我没有伤害简的感情，就像)
60: that.
(那。)
61: You know I never meant to.
(你知道我从来没想过这么做。)
62: One thing I like about Jane is she
(我喜欢 Jane 的一点是她)
63: doesn't harbor resentment.
(不怀怨恨。)
64: I guess she'll have forgotten all about it
(我想她会忘记这一切)
65: by tomorrow.
(到明天为止。)
66: What does the man say about Jane?
(那个男人对简说了什么？)
67: Question 7.
(问题7.)
68: The next place I'll show you is going
(我要带你去的下一个地方是)
69: for a great price.
(价格非常优惠。)
70: The owners are moving to a foreign country,
(业主正在移居国外，)
71: so they have to sell it immediately.
(所以他们必须立即卖掉它。)
72: It's beautiful.
(很美丽。)
73: I like the small apartment attached to the
(我喜欢)
74: back.
(后退。)
75: We could rent it out to help with
(我们可以把它租出去)
76: our mortgage payments.
(我们的抵押贷款。)
77: What do we learn about the speakers from
(我们从哪些方面了解演讲者)
78: the conversation?
(对话？)
79: Question 8.
(问题 8.)
80: Did you read the morning news?
(你看了早间新闻吗？)
81: They did a story on our election campaign.
(他们对我们的竞选活动进行了报道。)
82: Sure, I guess it'll spark some interest among
(当然，我想这会引起一些兴趣)
83: the women in town.
(城里的女人。)
84: Without their votes, we won't be able to
(如果没有他们的选票，我们就无法)
85: win the election.
(赢得选举。)
86: What do we learn about the speakers from
(我们从哪些方面了解演讲者)
87: the conversation?
(对话？)
88: Now you'll hear the two long conversations.
(现在您将听到两段长对话。)
89: Conversation 1.
(对话 1。)
90: Childs, as a singer, do you ever make
(查尔兹，作为一名歌手，你有没有做过)
91: yourself cry when you sing?
(唱歌的时候自己会哭吗？)
92: No, not at this stage.
(不，目前还不行。)
93: I'm an old man, but the songs can
(我是个老人，但这些歌可以)
94: still get through to me.
(仍然能联系到我。)
95: What songwriters are currently exciting you?
(目前有哪些歌曲作者令您兴奋？)
96: I don't know much about songwriters.
(我不太了解歌曲创作者。)
97: Once in a while I'll listen to the
(偶尔我会听)
98: radio to see what they're putting out.
(收听广播，看看他们发布了什么。)
99: But it's not too often I hear something
(但我很少听到)
100: I like.
(我喜欢。)
101: Somebody like Art Tatum can make me sit
(像 Art Tatum 这样的人可以让我坐下来)
102: up and take notice.
(并注意。)
103: But some music, like rap, isn't very musical,
(但有些音乐，比如说唱，音乐性不强，)
104: and I can't learn anything from it.
(而我从中什么也没学到。)
105: You've got to do something more than talk
(你必须做点什么，而不是光说不练)
106: to me.
(大部头书。)
107: What's the most difficult kind of music to
(最难演奏的音乐是什么)
108: sing?
(那？)
109: It depends.
(这取决于。)
110: If I like something, I can sing it.
(如果我喜欢某首歌，我就会唱出来。)
111: I did the opera Porgy and Bess, and
(我演过歌剧《波吉与贝丝》，)
112: that's said to be a complicated piece of
(据说这是一个复杂的)
113: music.
(音乐。)
114: And I can do country music, blues, and
(我会演奏乡村音乐、布鲁斯音乐，)
115: love songs.
(情歌。)
116: On the other hand, I can't sing something
(另一方面，我不会唱歌)
117: I don't like, and that's one of my
(我不喜欢，这是我的)
118: defects.
(缺陷。)
119: Can you perform music that's out of tune
(你能演奏走调的音乐吗)
120: with the mood you might be in on
(你可能正处于这样的心情)
121: a given night?
(特定的夜晚？)
122: Yes, because when you sing, you're like an
(是的，因为当你唱歌的时候，你就像一个)
123: actor performing a part.
(正在表演某个角色的演员。)
124: Once you get out there, you become that
(一旦你走出去，你就会成为那样的人)
125: part.
(部分。)
126: Only you're using music instead of dialogue.
(只是你使用音乐而不是对话。)
127: I'm the kind of a person that if
(我是那种人，如果)
128: my personal life is hurting, I can go
(我的个人生活很痛苦，我可以走)
129: to work and the music will take over.
(工作时音乐将占据主导地位。)
130: It's like a guy who goes to a
(就像一个人去)
131: bar and drinks.
(酒吧和饮料。)
132: For those few hours, I can wrap myself
(在那几个小时里，我可以把自己裹起来)
133: up in my music.
(在我的音乐中。)
134: Questions 9 to 11 are based on the
(问题 9 至 11 基于)
135: conversation you have just heard.
(您刚才听到的对话。)
136: Question 9.
(问题 9.)
137: What does Charles say songs can do when
(查尔斯说歌曲能做什么)
138: he sings them?
(他唱这些歌吗？)
139: Question 10.
(问题 10.)
140: What does Charles say about himself as a
(查尔斯如何评价自己)
141: singer?
(歌手？)
142: Question 11.
(问题 11.)
143: What will Charles do when his personal life
(当查尔斯的个人生活)
144: is hurting?
(疼吗？)
145: Conversation 2.
(对话 2。)
146: I wonder if you could tell me a
(我想知道你能否告诉我)
147: little bit about your job as a radio
(关于你作为广播员的工作)
148: announcer.
(播音员。)
149: What do you actually do, and how do
(你实际上做什么，以及如何)
150: you prepare for your job?
(你为你的工作做好准备了吗？)
151: Well, in the newsroom, I'm sitting with the
(在新闻编辑室，我和)
152: reporters and the news subs, as though I'm
(记者和新闻子版块，好像我)
153: sitting in a newspaper newsroom.
(坐在报社新闻编辑室里。)
154: Sorry, what do you mean by news subs?
(抱歉，您说的“新闻子版块”是什么意思？)
155: They're sub-editors.
(他们是副编辑。)
156: They're the people who write the news stories
(他们是撰写新闻故事的人)
157: as they come in.
(当他们进来时。)
158: The stories are then passed to the senior
(然后这些故事被传给了高级)
159: duty editor and the assistant editor.
(值班编辑和助理编辑。)
160: As stories go through the chain of people,
(随着故事在人们的传播中不断流传，)
161: they're refined, corrected and sorted out, until they
(它们被提炼、修正和整理，直到它们)
162: come finally to me, and I have a
(终于来到我身边，我有一个)
163: chance to read through most stories before I
(在我之前读过大多数故事的机会)
164: go on the air.
(继续播出。)
165: Of course, sometimes things happen at the last
(当然，有时事情会在最后发生)
166: moment, and I don't have a chance.
(那一刻，我却没有机会。)
167: So I've just got to do my best
(所以我必须尽我所能)
168: and take a couple of seconds to look
(并花几秒钟看看)
169: through the first few lines before I launch
(在我开始之前)
170: into something.
(变成某物。)
171: Because it's such a pity if you start
(因为如果你开始)
172: off on a bright tone on a story,
(用明亮的语气讲述一个故事，)
173: and suddenly realise you're talking about some people
(突然意识到你在谈论一些人)
174: having been killed in a road crash.
(在一次交通事故中丧生。)
175: It's very important to just have a quick
(快速)
176: flip through.
(翻阅。)
177: There's nothing to mark what sort of event
(没有什么可以标记什么样的事件)
178: it is on your piece of paper?
(它在你的纸上吗？)
179: No, I have my own little mark.
(不，我有自己的小标记。)
180: If it's something sad, I put a small
(如果是悲伤的事情，我会放一个小)
181: cross at the top.
(在顶部交叉。)
182: That's my little clue.
(这是我的一点线索。)
183: So while I'm working on the news, I'm
(因此，当我在做新闻的时候，我)
184: just absorbing the news and checking pronunciations.
(只是吸收新闻并检查发音。)
185: Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
(问题 12 至 15 基于)
186: conversation you have just heard.
(您刚才听到的对话。)
187: Question 12.
(问题 12.)
188: What does the woman want to know about
(女人想知道什么)
189: the man?
(男人？)
190: Question 13.
(问题 13.)
191: What does the man say new subs do?
(那个人说新的潜艇有什么用处？)
192: Question 14.
(问题 14.)
193: What does the man say is a big
(男人说了什么)
194: challenge for him?
(对他来说是一个挑战吗？)
195: Question 15.
(问题 15.)
196: What role does the man say his small
(男人说他小的角色是什么)
197: cross plays?
(交叉游戏？)
198: Section B.
(B 部分。)
199: Directions.
(方向。)
200: In this section, you will hear three short
(在这一部分中，你将听到三个简短的)
201: passages.
(段落。)
202: At the end of each passage, you will
(在每篇文章的结尾，你将)
203: hear some questions.
(听一些问题。)
204: Both the passage and the questions will be
(文章和问题都将)
205: spoken only once.
(只讲过一次。)
206: After you hear a question, you must choose
(听完问题后你必须选择)
207: the best answer from the four choices marked
(标记的四个选项中的最佳答案)
208: A, B, C and D.
(A、B、C 和 D。)
209: Then mark the corresponding letter on answer sheet
(然后在答题纸上标记相应的字母)
210: 1 with a single line through the centre.
(1 一条线穿过中心。)
211: Passage 1.
(段落1。)
212: You probably know what a mobile is.
(您可能知道什么是手机。)
213: But the mobile I'm talking about is a
(但我谈论的手机是)
214: delicate object of decoration, hanging from the ceiling
(悬挂在天花板上的精致装饰品)
215: and moving gently with every breeze.
(并随着微风轻轻摇曳。)
216: It delights both children and adults.
(它让孩子和成人都感到高兴。)
217: Now, do you know who invented the mobile?
(现在，你知道谁发明了手机吗？)
218: This lovely creation was the work of an
(这个可爱的作品是)
219: American artist named Alexander Calder.
(美国艺术家名叫亚历山大·考尔德。)
220: Calder became interested in making things when he
(考尔德开始对制作东西产生兴趣是在)
221: was a child.
(还是个孩子。)
222: And even then, he often used wire in
(即便如此，他也经常使用金属线)
223: his constructions.
(他的建筑。)
224: When he went to college, he studied engineering
(上大学时，他学的是工程学)
225: rather than art.
(而不是艺术。)
226: But he quickly realised that art was his
(但他很快意识到艺术是他的)
227: real passion.
(真正的激情。)
228: He also loved the circus, and many of
(他也喜欢马戏团，以及许多)
229: his early artworks were small circus figures made
(他的早期作品是小马戏团人物)
230: with wire.
(用電絲。)
231: In about 1930, Calder turned from realistic wire
(1930 年左右，考尔德从现实主义金属线转向)
232: figures to abstract ones.
(图形变为抽象图形。)
233: He began constructing objects that had circles, squares
(他开始构造有圆形、方形的物体)
234: and other geometric shapes.
(以及其他几何形状。)
235: To get the shapes to move, he used
(为了让形状动起来，他使用了)
236: small motors.
(小型马达。)
237: Then he went one step beyond these early
(然后他又迈出了早期的一步)
238: mobiles.
(手机。)
239: He got the shapes in his constructions to
(他的建筑形状)
240: move by themselves.
(自行移动。)
241: A mobile may look simple as it shifts
(移动设备可能看起来很简单，但实际上却可以)
242: in the wind, but it requires careful construction
(在风中，但需要精心建造)
243: to work properly.
(才能正常工作。)
244: Calder used his engineering knowledge to create his
(考尔德利用他的工程知识创造了他的)
245: first mobiles.
(第一部手机。)
246: Often these consisted of small pieces of brightly
(这些通常由小块明亮的)
247: painted metal, strung by wire to a thicker
(涂漆金属，用线串到较厚的)
248: base wire.
(底线。)
249: Calder learned how to find the precise point
(考尔德学会了如何找到精确的点)
250: to connect each wire, so that all the
(连接每根电线，以便所有的)
251: pieces would sway in harmony.
(碎片会和谐地摇摆。)
252: In doing so, he created an art form
(通过这样做，他创造了一种艺术形式)
253: for people all over the world to copy
(供世界各地的人们复制)
254: and enjoy.
(并享受。)
255: Questions 16 to 18 are based on the
(问题 16 至 18 基于)
256: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
257: Question 16.
(问题 16.)
258: What does the speaker say about a mobile?
(演讲者对于手机有何评价？)
259: Question 17.
(问题 17.)
260: What do we learn about many of Alexander
(我们从亚历山大的许多事迹中了解到了什么)
261: Calder's early artworks?
(考尔德的早期作品？)
262: Question 18.
(问题 18.)
263: Where does Alexander Calder's real passion lie?
(亚历山大·考尔德的真正热情在哪里？)
264: Passage 2.
(段落2。)
265: If sheer numbers provide any proof, America's universities
(如果单纯从数字上看，美国的大学)
266: are the envy of the world.
(让世界羡慕不已。)
267: For all their troubles, the United States, 3
(尽管美国有这么多的麻烦，3)
268: ,500 institutions were flooded with more than half
(500 家机构被超过一半的)
269: a million students from 193 countries last year.
(去年共有来自 193 个国家的 100 万名学生。)
270: Asia led the way with the biggest number
(亚洲位居榜首，数量最多)
271: from China, followed by Japan and India.
(来自中国，其次是日本和印度。)
272: Most European and Asian universities provide an elite
(大多数欧洲和亚洲大学都提供精英)
273: service to a small number of people.
(为少数人提供服务。)
274: While fully 60% of all U.S.
(虽然美国 60% 的)
275: high school graduates attend college at some point
(高中毕业生在某个时候上大学)
276: in their life, just 30% of the
(在他们的一生中，只有 30%)
277: comparable German population, 28% of the French,
(德国人口相当于法国人口的 28%，)
278: 20% of the British and 37%
(20% 的英国人和 37%)
279: of the Japanese proceed beyond high school.
(的日本人继续完成高中教育。)
280: Britons who pass their A-levels may still
(通过 A-level 考试的英国人可能仍会)
281: not qualify for a top university at home,
(没有资格在国内进入顶尖大学，)
282: but find American universities far more welcoming.
(但发现美国大学更受欢迎。)
283: Some U.S. schools acknowledge the rigor of
(一些美国学校承认)
284: European secondary training and will give up to
(欧洲中学培训，并将放弃)
285: a year's credit to foreigners who have passed
(为通过考试的外国人提供一年学分)
286: their high school exams.
(他们的高中考试。)
287: The conception that everyone has a right to
(每个人都有权)
288: an education appropriate to his potential is a
(适合他潜力的教育是)
289: highly democratic and compassionate standard, says Marvin Bressler,
(马文·布雷斯勒说，这是高度民主和富有同情心的标准，)
290: a professor at Princeton University.
(普林斯顿大学教授。)
291: True, not all U.S. students can match
(确实，并不是所有的美国学生都能达到)
292: the performance of their foreign counterparts, but American
(他们的外国同行的表现，但美国)
293: institutions do offer students from rich and poor
(学校确实为来自富人和穷人的学生提供)
294: families alike the chance to realize their full
(家庭都有机会充分实现他们的)
295: potential.
(潜在的。)
296: America educates so many more people at university
(美国在大学里教育了更多的人)
297: that one can't expect all those who go
(我们不能指望所有那些去)
298: to be as intelligent as the much narrower
(和狭隘得多的)
299: band in British universities, says Professor Christopher Ricks
(克里斯托弗·里克斯教授表示，英国大学里的乐队)
300: at Boston University.
(在波士顿大学。)
301: I'm not against elitism, but I happen to
(我并不反对精英主义，但我恰好)
302: like having people who are more eager to
(就像有更渴望)
303: learn.
(学习。)
304: Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
(问题 19 至 21 基于)
305: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
306: Question 19.
(问题 19.)
307: What does the speaker say about America's universities?
(演讲者对美国的大学有何评价？)
308: Question 20.
(问题 20.)
309: What is Americans' view on education according to
(根据以下说法，美国人对教育的看法是什么)
310: Professor Marvin Bressler?
(马文·布雷斯勒教授？)
311: Question 21.
(问题 21.)
312: What do we learn from Professor Christopher Ricks'
(我们从克里斯托弗·里克斯教授的)
313: remark?
(评论？)
314: Passage 3.
(段落3。)
315: Every year people in America use energy equal
(每年美国人使用的能源相当于)
316: to over 30 million barrels of oil each
(每艘船有超过 3000 万桶石油)
317: day.
(天。)
318: That's energy in all forms, oil, gas, coal,
(这包括各种形式的能源，石油、天然气、煤炭，)
319: nuclear, solar, and even wind power.
(核能、太阳能甚至风能。)
320: Viewed from a scientist's standpoint, all of the
(从科学家的角度来看，所有)
321: energy contained in fuel, either now or in
(燃料中所含的能量，无论是现在还是)
322: the future, becomes heat.
(未来，变成热量。)
323: Some of the heat is used directly or
(部分热量被直接利用或)
324: produces useful work.
(产生有用的工作。)
325: The rest is lost or rejected, radiated into
(其余的则被遗失或拒绝，辐射到)
326: the atmosphere from the engines, motors, boilers, and
(发动机、马达、锅炉和)
327: all the other energy-consuming machinery that makes
(所有其他耗能机器)
328: America's wheels go around.
(美国的车轮在转动。)
329: If we could figure out how to improve
(如果我们能想办法改善)
330: the efficiency with which we use energy, we
(我们使用能源的效率，)
331: could do a lot more work with the
(可以做更多的工作)
332: energy that is available.
(可用的能量。)
333: With money and careful planning, we can boost
(有了资金和精心规划，我们可以提高)
334: efficiency up to a point.
(效率达到一定程度。)
335: Yet improvement won't come easily.
(然而进步并非易事。)
336: It won't come overnight, and there are limits
(这不会一蹴而就，而且存在限制)
337: beyond which not even science can take us.
(甚至科学也无法带我们超越这一点。)
338: According to the Center for Strategic and International
(根据战略与国际研究中心)
339: Studies, about three quarters of the energy we
(研究表明，我们消耗的能源中约有四分之三)
340: use to move things, including ourselves, accomplishes no
(用来移动物体，包括我们自己，没有实现任何)
341: useful work.
(有用的工作。)
342: In terms of efficiency and cleanness, buses, trains,
(从效率和清洁度方面来看，公交车、火车、)
343: and other forms of public or mass transportation
(以及其他形式的公共或公共交通)
344: are superior to the private automobile, but only
(优于私家车，但只有)
345: if they operate at near capacity.
(如果他们接近满负荷运转。)
346: Otherwise, their overall efficiency is poor.
(否则，他们的整体效率就很差。)
347: For some people, mass transit may answer all
(对于一些人来说，公共交通可能可以解决所有问题)
348: transportation needs.
(交通需求。)
349: For others, a combination of mass transit and
(对于其他人来说，公共交通和)
350: private transportation may be desirable.
(私人交通工具可能是更理想的。)
351: Better design and wiser use of both mass
(更好的设计和更明智的利用质量)
352: transit systems and private vehicles will play an
(公共交通系统和私家车将发挥)
353: important part in helping America get more out
(帮助美国获得更多利益的重要部分)
354: of energy used for transportation.
(用于运输的能源。)
355: Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
(问题 22 至 25 基于)
356: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
357: Question 22.
(问题 22.)
358: What does the speaker say about energy used
(演讲者对能源使用有何看法)
359: in the United States?
(在美国？)
360: Question 23.
(问题 23.)
361: What do scientists say about energy contained in
(科学家们如何看待)
362: fuel?
(燃料？)
363: Question 24.
(问题 24.)
364: When does mass transit prove superior to private
(公共交通何时证明优于私人交通)
365: vehicles?
(车辆？)
366: Question 25.
(问题 25.)
367: What seems to be the speaker's biggest concern?
(演讲者最关心的问题是什么？)
368: Section C.
(C 部分。)
369: Directions.
(方向。)
370: In this section, you will hear a passage
(在这一部分中，你将听到一段)
371: three times.
(三次。)
372: When the passage is read for the first
(当第一次阅读这篇文章时)
373: time, you should listen carefully for its general
(时间，你应该仔细听它的一般)
374: idea.
(主意。)
375: When the passage is read for the second
(当文章读到第二遍时)
376: time, you are required to fill in the
(时间，您需要填写)
377: blanks with the exact words you have just
(用你刚才说的确切词语填空)
378: heard.
(听到。)
379: Finally, when the passage is read for the
(最后，当阅读文章时)
380: third time, you should check what you have
(第三次你应该检查你有什么)
381: written.
(书面。)
382: Now listen to the passage.
(现在听这段话。)
383: Graphics are used in textbooks as part of
(教科书中使用图形作为)
384: the language of the discipline, as in math
(学科语言，如数学)
385: or economics, or as study aids.
(或经济学，或作为学习辅助工具。)
386: Authors use graphic aids to illustrate and expand
(作者使用图形辅助工具来说明和扩展)
387: on concepts taken up in the text, because
(关于文本中涉及的概念，因为)
388: graphics are yet another way of portraying relationships
(图形是描绘关系的另一种方式)
389: and clarifying connections.
(并澄清联系。)
390: Graphics are used extensively in natural sciences and
(图形广泛应用于自然科学和)
391: social sciences.
(社会科学。)
392: Social scientists work with statistics derived from data,
(社会科学家利用从数据中得出的统计数据，)
393: and the best way to present these statistics
(以及呈现这些统计数据的最佳方式)
394: is often in graphic form.
(通常以图形形式出现。)
395: Graphics are included not merely as a means
(图形不仅仅是一种手段)
396: of making the information easier for the student
(让学生更容易获得信息)
397: to grasp, but as an integral part of
(掌握，但作为)
398: the way social scientists think.
(社会科学家的思维方式。)
399: Many textbooks, particularly those in economics, contain appendices
(许多教科书，特别是经济学教科书，都包含附录)
400: that provide specific information on reading and working
(提供有关阅读和工作的具体信息)
401: with graphic material.
(带有图形材料。)
402: Make it a practice to preview attentively the
(养成仔细预览的习惯)
403: titles, captions, headings, and other material connected with
(标题、说明、标题和其他相关材料)
404: graphics.
(图形。)
405: These elements set the stage, and usually explain
(这些元素奠定了基础，通常可以解释)
406: what you are looking at.
(你在看什么。)
407: When you are examining graphics, the principal questions
(当你检查图形时，主要的问题)
408: to ask are a.
(问的是。)
409: What is this item about?
(此商品是关于什么的？)
410: and b.
(和 b。)
411: What key idea is the author communicating?
(作者传达了什么关键思想？)
412: One warning.
(一个警告。)
413: Unless you integrate your reading of graphics with
(除非你将阅读图形与)
414: the text, you may make a wrong assumption.
(文本，你可能会做出错误的假设。)
415: For instance, from a chart indicating that 33
(例如，从一张图表可以看出 33)
416: % of first-born children in a research
(一项研究中第一个出生的孩子占比)
417: sample did not feel close to their fathers,
(样本感觉与父亲不亲近，)
418: you might assume that some dreadful influence was
(你可能会认为有一些可怕的影响)
419: at work on the first-born children.
(致力于照顾第一个出生的孩子。)
420: However, a careful reading of the text reveals
(然而，仔细阅读文本就会发现)
421: that most of the first-born children in
(大多数头胎孩子)
422: the sample were from single-parent homes in
(样本来自单亲家庭)
423: which the father was absent.
(但父亲不在。)
424: Now the passage will be read again.
(现在我们再读一遍这段话。)
425: Graphics are used in textbooks as part of
(教科书中使用图形作为)
426: the language of the discipline, as in math
(学科语言，如数学)
427: or economics, or as study aids.
(或经济学，或作为学习辅助工具。)
428: Authors use graphic aids to illustrate and expand
(作者使用图形辅助工具来说明和扩展)
429: on concepts taken up in the text, because
(关于文本中涉及的概念，因为)
430: graphics are yet another way of portraying relationships
(图形是描绘关系的另一种方式)
431: and clarifying connections.
(并澄清联系。)
432: Graphics are used extensively in natural sciences and
(图形广泛应用于自然科学和)
433: social sciences.
(社会科学。)
434: Social scientists work with statistics derived from data,
(社会科学家利用从数据中得出的统计数据，)
435: and the best way to present these statistics
(以及呈现这些统计数据的最佳方式)
436: is often in graphic form.
(通常以图形形式出现。)
437: Graphics are included not merely as a means
(图形不仅仅是一种手段)
438: of making the information easier for the student
(让学生更容易获得信息)
439: to grasp, but as an integral part of
(掌握，但作为)
440: the way social scientists think.
(社会科学家的思维方式。)
441: Many textbooks, particularly those in economics, contain appendixes
(许多教科书，特别是经济学教科书，都包含附录)
442: that provide specific information on reading and working
(提供有关阅读和工作的具体信息)
443: with graphic material.
(带有图形材料。)
444: Make it a practice to preview attentively the
(养成仔细预览的习惯)
445: titles, captions, headings, and other material connected with
(标题、说明、标题和其他相关材料)
446: graphics.
(图形。)
447: These elements set the stage and usually explain
(这些元素奠定了基础，通常可以解释)
448: what you are looking at.
(你在看什么。)
449: When you are examining graphics, the principal questions
(当你检查图形时，主要的问题)
450: to ask are A.
(要问的是 A。)
451: What is this item about?
(此商品是关于什么的？)
452: and B.
(和 B.)
453: What key idea is the author communicating?
(作者传达了什么关键思想？)
454: One warning.
(一个警告。)
455: Unless you integrate your reading of graphics with
(除非你将阅读图形与)
456: the text, you may make a wrong assumption.
(文本，你可能会做出错误的假设。)
457: For instance, from a chart indicating that 33
(例如，从一张图表可以看出 33)
458: % of first-born children in a research
(一项研究中第一个出生的孩子占比)
459: sample did not feel close to their fathers,
(样本感觉与父亲不亲近，)
460: you might assume that some dreadful influence was
(你可能会认为有一些可怕的影响)
461: at work on the first-born children.
(致力于照顾第一个出生的孩子。)
462: However, a careful reading of the text reveals
(然而，仔细阅读文本就会发现)
463: that most of the first-born children in
(大多数头胎孩子)
464: the sample were from single-parent homes in
(样本来自单亲家庭)
465: which the father was absent.
(但父亲不在。)
466: Now the passage will be read for the
(现在将朗读这段话)
467: third time.
(第三次。)
468: Graphics are used in textbooks as part of
(教科书中使用图形作为)
469: the language of the discipline, as in math
(学科语言，如数学)
470: or economics, or as study aids.
(或经济学，或作为学习辅助工具。)
471: Authors use graphic aids to illustrate and expand
(作者使用图形辅助工具来说明和扩展)
472: on concepts taken up in the text, because
(关于文本中涉及的概念，因为)
473: graphics are yet another way of portraying relationships
(图形是描绘关系的另一种方式)
474: and clarifying connections.
(并澄清联系。)
475: Graphics are used extensively in natural sciences and
(图形广泛应用于自然科学和)
476: social sciences.
(社会科学。)
477: Social scientists work with statistics derived from data,
(社会科学家利用从数据中得出的统计数据，)
478: and the best way to present these statistics
(以及呈现这些统计数据的最佳方式)
479: is often in graphic form.
(通常以图形形式出现。)
480: Graphics are included not merely as a means
(图形不仅仅是一种手段)
481: of making the information easier for the student
(让学生更容易获得信息)
482: to grasp, but as an integral part of
(掌握，但作为)
483: the way social scientists think.
(社会科学家的思维方式。)
484: Many textbooks, particularly those in economics, contain appendices
(许多教科书，特别是经济学教科书，都包含附录)
485: that provide specific information on reading and working
(提供有关阅读和工作的具体信息)
486: with graphic material.
(带有图形材料。)
487: Make it a practice to preview attentively the
(养成仔细预览的习惯)
488: titles, captions, headings, and other material connected with
(标题、说明、标题和其他相关材料)
489: graphics.
(图形。)
490: These elements set the stage and usually explain
(这些元素奠定了基础，通常可以解释)
491: what you are looking at.
(你在看什么。)
492: When you are examining graphics, the principal questions
(当你检查图形时，主要的问题)
493: to ask are a.
(问的是。)
494: What is this item about?
(此商品是关于什么的？)
495: and b.
(和 b。)
496: What key idea is the author communicating?
(作者传达了什么关键思想？)
497: One warning.
(一个警告。)
498: Unless you integrate your reading of graphics with
(除非你将阅读图形与)
499: the text, you may make a wrong assumption.
(文本，你可能会做出错误的假设。)
500: For instance, from a chart indicating that 33
(例如，从一张图表可以看出 33)
501: % of first-born children in a research
(一项研究中第一个出生的孩子占比)
502: sample did not feel close to their fathers,
(样本感觉与父亲不亲近，)
503: you might assume that some dreadful influence was
(你可能会认为有一些可怕的影响)
504: at work on the first-born children.
(致力于照顾第一个出生的孩子。)
505: However, a careful reading of the text reveals
(然而，仔细阅读文本就会发现)
506: that most of the first-born children in
(大多数头胎孩子)
507: the sample were from single-parent homes in
(样本来自单亲家庭)
508: which the father was absent.
(但父亲不在。)
509: This is the end of Listening Comprehension.
(听力理解到此结束。)