2018年06月六级第1套听力原文及答案解析

Conversation 1.

对话1。

M: What's all that?

这些都是什么？

M: Are you going to make a salad?

你要做沙拉吗？

F: No, I'm going to make a gazpacho.

不，我要做西班牙凉汤。

M: What's that?

那是什么？

F: Gazpacho is a cold soup from Spain.

西班牙凉汤是一种来自西班牙的冷汤。

F: It's mostly vegetables.

它的主要成分是蔬菜。

F: I guess you could call it a liquid salad.

我想你可以称之为液体沙拉。

M: Cold soup?

冷汤？

M: Sounds weird.

听起来有点怪。

F: It's delicious, trust me.

它很美味，相信我。

F: I tried it for the first time during my summer vacation in Spain.

我是在西班牙度暑假时第一次尝试的。

F: You see, in the south of Spain, it gets very hot in the summer, up to 40 degrees Celsius.

你看，在西班牙南部，夏天非常炎热，气温高达40摄氏度。

F: So a cold gazpacho is very refreshing.

所以一碗冷的西班牙凉汤非常提神。

F: The main ingredients are tomato, cucumber, bell peppers, olive oil and stale bread.

主要原料是番茄、黄瓜、甜椒、橄榄油和陈面包。

M: Stale bread?

陈面包？

M: Surely you mean bread for dipping into the soup.

你肯定是说用来蘸汤的面包吧。

F: No, bread is crushed and blended in like everything else.

不，面包是碾碎后和其他所有东西一起混合进去的。

F: It adds texture and thickness to the soup.

它为汤增添了质感和浓稠度。

M: Hmm.

嗯。

M: And is it healthy?

那它健康吗？

F: Sure.

当然。

F: As I said earlier, it's mostly vegetables.

就像我之前说的，它主要是蔬菜。

F: You can also add different things if you like, such as hard-boiled egg or cured ham.

如果你喜欢，也可以加不同的东西，比如煮鸡蛋或腌火腿。

M: Cured ham?

腌火腿？

M: What's that?

那是什么？

F: That's another Spanish delicacy.

那是另一种西班牙美味。

F: Have you never heard of it?

你从没听说过吗？

F: It's quite famous.

它相当有名。

M: No.

没有。

M: Is it good, too?

它也很好吃吗？

F: Oh, yeah, definitely.

哦，是的，绝对好吃。

F: It's amazing.

它棒极了。

F: It's a little dry and salty and it's very expensive because it comes from a special type of pig that only eats a special type of food.

它有点干、有点咸，而且非常昂贵，因为它来自一种只吃特殊食物的特殊猪。

F: The ham is covered in salt to dry and preserve it and left to hang for up to two years.

火腿用盐覆盖以干燥和保存，然后悬挂长达两年。

F: It has a very distinct flavour.

它有一种非常独特的风味。

M: Hmm.

嗯。

M: Sounds interesting.

听起来很有趣。

M: Where can I find some?

我在哪里能找到一些？

F: It used to be difficult to get Spanish produce here, but it's now a lot more common.

过去在这里很难买到西班牙产品，但现在普遍多了。

F: Most large supermarket chains have cured ham in little packets, but in Spain you can buy a whole leg.

大多数大型超市连锁店都有小包装的腌制火腿，但在西班牙，你可以买到一整条腿。

M: A whole pig leg?

一整条猪腿？

M: Why would anybody want so much ham?

为什么有人会想要这么多火腿？

F: In Spain, many people buy a whole leg for special group events such as Christmas.

在西班牙，许多人为特殊群体活动（如圣诞节）购买一整条腿。

F: They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

他们自己用长而平的刀将其切成非常薄的片。

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题1到4基于你刚才听到的对话。

Question 1. What do we learn about gazpacho?

问题1. 我们对gazpacho了解什么？

Question 2. For what purpose is stale bread mixed into gazpacho?

问题2. 将陈面包混入gazpacho的目的是什么？

Question 3. Why does the woman think gazpacho is healthy?

问题3. 为什么女士认为gazpacho是健康的？

Question 4. What does the woman say about cured ham?

问题4. 女士对腌制火腿说了什么？

Conversation 2.

对话2。

M: Hello.

你好。

M: I wish to buy a bottle of wine.

我想买一瓶葡萄酒。

F: Hi.

你好。

F: Yes.

是的。

F: What kind of wine would you like?

您想要哪种葡萄酒？

M: I don't know.

我不知道。

M: Sorry.

抱歉。

M: I don't know much about wine.

我对葡萄酒不太了解。

F: That's no problem at all.

这完全没问题。

F: What's the occasion and how much would you like to spend?

是什么场合，您想花多少钱？

M: It's for my boss.

是送给我老板的。

M: It's his birthday.

是他的生日。

M: I know he likes wine, but I don't know what type.

我知道他喜欢葡萄酒，但我不知道是什么类型。

M: I also do not want anything too expensive.

我也不想买太贵的。

M: Maybe mid-range.

也许中等价位的。

M: How much would you say is a mid-range bottle of wine, approximately?

您觉得一瓶中等价位的葡萄酒大概多少钱？

F: Well, it varies greatly.

嗯，价格差异很大。

F: Our lowest prices are around $6 a bottle, but those are table wines.

我们最低的价格大约是每瓶6美元，但那些是佐餐葡萄酒。

F: They are not very special, and I would not suggest them as a gift.

它们不是特别好，我不建议作为礼物。

F: On the other end, our most expensive bottles are over $150.

另一方面，我们最贵的酒瓶超过150美元。

F: If you are looking for something priced in the middle, I would say anything between $30 and $60 would make a decent gift.

如果您在找中等价位的，我会说30到60美元之间的任何酒都是一份不错的礼物。

F: How does that sound?

听起来怎么样？

M: Hmm.

嗯。

M: Yeah.

是的。

M: I guess something in the vicinity of $30 or $40 would be good.

我想30或40美元左右的就不错。

M: Which type would you recommend?

您推荐哪种类型？

F: I would say the safest option is always a red wine.

我会说最安全的选择总是红葡萄酒。

F: They are generally more popular than whites and can usually be paired with food more easily.

它们通常比白葡萄酒更受欢迎，也更容易与食物搭配。

F: Our specialty here are Italian wines, and these tend to be fruity with medium acidity.

我们这里的特色是意大利葡萄酒，这些葡萄酒往往果味浓郁，酸度适中。

F: This one here is a Chianti, which is perhaps Italy's most famous type of red wine.

这款是基安蒂，可能是意大利最著名的红葡萄酒类型。

F: Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this Zinfandel.

或者，您可能想用一些不那么常见的酒来给您的老板一个惊喜，比如这款仙粉黛。

F: The grapes are originally native to Croatia, but this winery is in eastern Italy, and it has a more spicy and peppery flavour.

这种葡萄原产于克罗地亚，但这家酒庄在意大利东部，它的风味更辛辣，带有胡椒味。

F: So, to summarise, the Chianti is more classical, and the Zinfandel more exciting.

所以，总结一下，基安蒂更经典，仙粉黛更令人兴奋。

F: Both are similarly priced at just under $40.

两者价格相近，都不到40美元。

M: I will go with Chianti then.

那么我就选基安蒂。

M: Thanks.

谢谢。

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题5到8基于您刚刚听到的对话。

Question 5. What does the woman think of table wines?

问题5。女士对佐餐葡萄酒的看法如何？

Question 6. What is the price range of wine the man will consider?

问题6。男士会考虑的葡萄酒价格范围是多少？

Question 7. Why does the woman recommend red wines?

问题7. 为什么这位女士推荐红葡萄酒？

Question 8. What do we learn about the wine the man finally bought?

问题8. 关于那位男士最终购买的葡萄酒，我们了解到什么？

Passage 1.

段落1。

Many people enjoy secret codes.

许多人喜欢密码。

The harder the code, the more some people will try to figure it out.

密码越难，有些人就越想破解它。

In wartime, codes are especially important.

在战时，密码尤为重要。

They help armies send news about battles and the size of enemy forces.

它们帮助军队传递关于战斗和敌军规模的消息。

Neither side wants its code broken by the other.

任何一方都不希望己方密码被对方破解。

One very important code was never broken.

有一个非常重要的密码从未被破解。

It was used during World War II by the Americans.

它在第二次世界大战期间被美国人使用。

It was a spoken code, never written down.

它是一种口头密码，从未被记录下来。

And it was developed and used by Navajo Indians.

并且它是由纳瓦霍印第安人开发和使用的。

They were called the Navajo Code Talkers.

他们被称为纳瓦霍密码通信兵。

The Navajos created the code in their own language.

纳瓦霍人用自己的语言创造了这种密码。

Navajo is hard to learn, and only a few people know it.

纳瓦霍语很难学，只有少数人会说。

So it was pretty certain that the enemy would not be able to understand the Code Talkers.

因此可以相当肯定，敌人无法理解密码通信兵的话。

In addition, the Talkers used code words.

此外，通信兵们还使用密码词。

They called a submarine an iron fish, and a small bomb thrown by hand a potato.

他们称潜艇为‘铁鱼’，称手掷的小炸弹为‘土豆’。

If they wanted to spell something, they used code words for letters of the alphabet.

如果想拼写什么，他们就用字母表的代码词。

For instance, the letter A was ant or apple or axe.

例如，字母A是‘蚂蚁’、‘苹果’或‘斧头’。

The Code Talkers worked mostly in the islands in the Pacific.

密码通信兵主要在太平洋的岛屿上工作。

One or two would be assigned to a group of soldiers.

一到两名会被分配到一个士兵小组。

They would send messages by field telephone to the Code Talker in the next group.

他们通过野战电话向下一组的密码通信兵发送消息。

And he would relay the information to his commander.

然后他再将信息转达给他的指挥官。

The Code Talkers played an important part in several battles.

密码通信兵在几场战斗中发挥了重要作用。

They helped troops coordinate their movements and attacks.

他们帮助部队协调行动和攻击。

After the war, the U.

战后，U.

S.

S.

government honored them for what they had accomplished.

政府为他们的成就而表彰了他们。

Theirs was the most successful wartime code ever used.

他们的密码是有史以来最成功的战时密码。

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题9到11基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 9. What does the speaker say many people enjoy doing?

问题9. 说话者说许多人喜欢做什么？

Question 10. What do we learn about the Navajo Code Talkers?

问题10. 关于纳瓦霍密码通信兵，我们了解到什么？

Question 11. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

问题11. 说话者主要谈论什么？

Passage 2.

段落2。

If you are young and thinking about your career, you'll want to know where you can make a living.

如果你还年轻，正在考虑你的职业，你会想知道在哪里可以谋生。

Well, there's going to be a technological replacement of a lot of knowledge-intensive jobs in the next 20 years, particularly in the two largest sectors of the labor force with professional skills.

嗯，在未来20年内，许多知识密集型工作将被技术取代，尤其是在劳动力中拥有专业技能的两个最大领域。

One is teaching, and the other, health care.

一个是教学，另一个是医疗保健。

You have so many applications and software and platforms that are going to come in and provide information and service in these two fields.

会有如此多的应用程序、软件和平台进入这两个领域，提供信息和服务。

Which means a lot of health care and education sectors will be radically changed, and a lot of jobs will be lost.

这意味着许多医疗保健和教育部门将发生根本性变化，许多工作岗位将会丧失。

Now, where will the new jobs be found?

那么，新的工作岗位将在哪里找到？

Well, the one sector of the economy that can't be easily duplicated by even smart technologies is the caring sector, the personal care sector.

嗯，经济中一个即使智能技术也难以轻易复制的领域是关怀行业，即个人护理行业。

That is, you can't really get a robot to do a great massage or physical therapy, or you can't get the kind of personal attention you need with regard to therapy or any other personal service.

也就是说，你无法真正让机器人进行出色的按摩或物理治疗，或者无法在治疗或其他任何个人服务方面获得你需要的那种个人关注。

There could be very high-end personal services.

可能会有非常高端的个人服务。

Therapists do charge a lot of money.

治疗师确实收费很高。

I think there's no limit to the amount of personal attention and personal care people would like if they could afford it.

我认为，如果人们负担得起，他们对个人关注和护理的需求是没有上限的。

But the real question in the future is, how can people afford these things if they don't have money, because they can't get a job that pays enough?

但未来的真正问题是，如果人们没有钱，因为他们找不到薪水足够高的工作，他们如何负担得起这些东西？

That's why I wrote this book, which is about how to reorganize the economy for the future when technology brings about disruptive changes to what we used to consider high-income work.

这就是我写这本书的原因，它探讨了当技术对我们过去认为的高收入工作带来颠覆性变化时，如何为未来重组经济。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12至15基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 12. What does the speaker say will happen in the next 20 years?

问题12. 演讲者说未来20年会发生什么？

Question 13. Where will young people have more chances to find jobs?

问题13. 年轻人在哪里有更多机会找到工作？

Question 14. What does the speaker say about therapists?

问题14. 演讲者对治疗师有什么看法？

Question 15. What is the speaker's book about? This is the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1, with a single line through the center.

问题15. 演讲者的书是关于什么的？这是答题卡1上对应的字母，中间有一条线。

Recording 1.

录音1。

American researchers have discovered the world's oldest paved road, a 4,600-year-old highway.

美国研究人员发现了世界上最古老的铺砌道路，一条有4600年历史的公路。

It linked a stone pit in the Egyptian desert to waterways that carried blocks to monument sites along the Nile.

它连接了埃及沙漠中的一个采石场和水道，这些水道将石块运送到尼罗河沿岸的纪念碑遗址。

The eight-mile road is at least 500 years older than any previously discovered road.

这条八英里长的道路比任何以前发现的道路至少早500年。

It is the only paved road discovered in ancient Egypt, said geologist Thomas Bowne of the United States Geological Survey.

这是在古埃及发现的唯一铺砌道路，美国地质调查局的地质学家托马斯·鲍恩说。

He reported the discovery on Friday.

他在周五报告了这一发现。

The road probably doesn't rank with the pyramids as a construction feat, but it is a major engineering achievement, said his colleague, geologist James Harrell of the University of Toledo.

这条道路可能无法与金字塔的建筑壮举相提并论，但它是一项重大的工程成就，他的同事、托莱多大学的地质学家詹姆斯·哈雷尔说。

Not only is the road earlier than we thought possible, we didn't even think they built roads.

不仅这条道路比我们想象的要早，我们甚至没想过他们建造了道路。

The researchers also made a discovery in the stone pit at the northern end of the road, the first evidence that the Egyptians used rock saws.

研究人员还在道路北端的采石场有了一个发现，这是埃及人使用岩石锯的首个证据。

This is the oldest example of saws being used for cutting stone, said Bowne's colleague James Hoffmeyer of Wheaton College in Illinois.

这是使用锯子切割石头的最古老例子，鲍恩的同事、伊利诺伊州惠顿学院的詹姆斯·霍夫迈耶说。

That's two technologies we didn't know they had, Harrell said.

这是我们不知道他们拥有的两项技术，哈雷尔说。

And we don't know why they were both abandoned.

而且我们不知道为什么这两项技术都被放弃了。

The road was discovered in the Fayum Depression, about 45 miles southwest of Cairo.

这条道路是在法尤姆洼地发现的，大约在开罗西南45英里处。

Short segments of the road had been observed by earlier explorers, Bowne said, but they failed to realise its significance or follow up on their observations.

早期的探险家观察到了这条道路的短段，鲍恩说，但他们没有意识到它的重要性，也没有跟进他们的观察。

Bowne and his colleague stumbled across it while they were doing geological mapping in the region.

鲍恩和他的同事在该地区进行地质测绘时偶然发现了它。

The road was clearly built to provide services for the newly discovered stone pit.

这条道路显然是为了新发现的采石场提供服务而建造的。

Bowne and Harrell have found the camp that housed workers at the stone pit.

鲍恩和哈雷尔已经找到了安置采石场工人的营地。

The road appears today to go nowhere, ending in the middle of the desert.

今天看来，这条道路似乎无处可去，终止于沙漠中央。

When it was built, its terminal was a dock on the shore of Lake Moiris, which had an elevation of about 66 feet above sea level, the same as the dock.

当它建成时，它的终点是莫里斯湖岸上的一个码头，海拔约66英尺，与码头相同。

Lake Moiris received its water from the annual floods of the Nile.

莫里斯湖的水来自尼罗河的年度洪水。

At the time of the floods, the river and lake were at the same level and connected through a gap in the hills, near the modern villages of El Lajun and Hawara.

在洪水期间，河流和湖泊处于同一水位，并通过山中的一个缺口相连，靠近现代村庄El Lajun和Hawara。

Harrell and Bowne believe that blocks were loaded onto barges during the dry season, then floated over to the Nile during the floods to be shipped off to the monument sites at Giza and Saqqara.

哈雷尔和鲍恩认为，在旱季，石块被装上驳船，然后在洪水期间漂浮到尼罗河，再运送到吉萨和萨卡拉的纪念碑遗址。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the lecture you have just heard.

问题16至18基于你刚刚听到的讲座。

Question 16. What do we learn from the lecture about the world's oldest paved road in Egypt?

问题16. 从讲座中我们了解到关于埃及世界上最古老铺砌道路的什么信息？

Question 17. What did the researchers discover in the stone pit?

问题17. 研究人员在采石场发现了什么？

Question 18. For what purpose was the paved road built?

问题18. 这条铺砌道路是为什什么目的建造的？

Recording 2.

录音2。

The thin, extremely sharp needles didn't hurt at all going in.

这些又细又尖的针扎入时一点也不疼。

Dr.

医生。

Gong pierced them into my left arm, around the elbow that had been bothering me.

龚医生将它们刺入我的左臂，在一直困扰我的肘部周围。

Other needles were slipped into my left wrist and, strangely, into my right arm, and then into both my closed eyelids.

其他针被滑入我的左腕，奇怪的是，还刺入了我的右臂，然后是我的两个闭着的眼皮。

There wasn't any discomfort, just a mild warming sensation.

没有任何不适，只有一种轻微的温暖感。

However, I did begin to wonder what had driven me here.

然而，我开始想知道是什么驱使我来到这里。

To the office of Dr.

来到医生的办公室。

James Gong in New York's Chinatown.

位于纽约唐人街的詹姆斯·龚医生的办公室。

Then I remembered the torturing pain in that left elbow.

然后我想起了左肘部那折磨人的疼痛。

Several trips to a hospital and two expensive, uncomfortable medical tests had failed to produce even a diagnosis.

几次去医院和两次昂贵且不舒服的医疗检查都没能给出一个诊断。

Maybe you lean on your left arm too much, the doctor concluded, suggesting I see a bone doctor.

也许你过于依赖左臂了，医生总结道，并建议我去看骨科医生。

During the hours spent waiting in vain to see a bone doctor, I decided to take another track and try acupuncture.

在徒劳等待骨科医生的几个小时里，我决定换条路，尝试针灸。

A Chinese-American friend recommended Dr.

一位华裔朋友推荐了医生。

Gong.

龚。

I took the subway to Gong's second floor office, marked with a hand-painted sign.

我乘地铁去龚医生的二楼办公室，那里有一个手绘的招牌。

Dr.

医生。

Gong speaks English, but not often.

龚医生说英语，但不经常。

Most of my questions to him were greeted with a friendly laugh, but I managed to let him know where my arm hurt.

我问他大多数问题时，他都报以友好的笑声，但我还是设法让他知道我的手臂哪里疼。

He asked me to go into a room, had me lie down on a bed, and went to work.

他让我进一个房间，让我躺在床上，然后开始工作。

In the next room, I learned a woman dancer was also getting a treatment.

在隔壁房间，我得知一位女舞者也在接受治疗。

As I lay there a while, I drifted into a dreamlike state and fantasized about what she looked like.

我在那里躺了一会儿，进入了一种梦幻般的状态，并幻想着她的模样。

Acupuncturists today are as likely to be found on Park Avenue as on Mott Street.

如今，针灸师既可能出现在公园大道，也可能出现在莫特街。

In all, there are an estimated 10,000 acupuncturists in the country.

总计，全国估计有10,000名针灸师。

Nowadays, a lot of medical doctors have learned acupuncture techniques.

如今，许多医学医生都学习了针灸技术。

So have a number of dentists.

一些牙医也是如此。

Reason?

原因？

Patient demand.

患者需求。

Few, though, can adequately explain how acupuncture works.

然而，很少有人能充分解释针灸是如何起作用的。

Acupuncturists may say that the body has more than 800 acupuncture points.

针灸师可能会说身体有800多个针灸点。

A life force called T circulates through the body.

一种称为T的生命力在体内循环。

Points on the skin are energetically connected to specific organs, body structures, and systems.

皮肤上的点与特定器官、身体结构和系统有能量上的联系。

Acupuncture points are stimulated to balance the circulation of T.

针灸点被刺激以平衡T的循环。

The truth is, though, acupuncture is at least 2,200 years old.

然而，事实是，针灸至少有2200年的历史。

Nobody really knows what's happening, says Paul Zmiewski, a Ph.

没有人真正知道发生了什么，保罗·兹米耶夫斯基说，他是一位哲学博士。

D.

博士。

in Chinese Studies who practices acupuncture in Philadelphia.

研究中国学，并在费城从事针灸治疗。

After five treatments, there has been dramatic improvement in my arm, and the pain is a fraction of what it was.

经过五次治疗，我的手臂有了显著改善，疼痛只有原来的一小部分。

The mainly silent Dr.

主要是沉默的医生。

Gong finally even offered a diagnosis for what troubled me.

龚医生最终甚至为困扰我的问题给出了诊断。

Pinched nerve, he said.

他说是神经受压。

There is a growing popularity of acupuncture in the United States, according to the speaker.

根据演讲者的说法，针灸在美国越来越受欢迎。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the lecture you have just heard.

问题19到22基于你刚才听到的讲座。

Question 19. What does the speaker find especially strange?

问题19。演讲者觉得什么特别奇怪？

Question 20. Why did the speaker go see Dr. Gong?

问题20。演讲者为什么去看Gong医生？

Question 21. What accounts for the growing popularity of acupuncture in the United States, according to the speaker?

问题21。根据演讲者的说法，针灸在美国越来越受欢迎的原因是什么？

Recording 3.

录音3。

Ronald and Lois, married for two decades, consider themselves a happy couple, but in the early years of their marriage, both were disturbed by persistent arguments that seemed to fade away without ever being truly resolved.

罗纳德和洛伊丝结婚二十年了，他们自认为是一对幸福的夫妇，但在婚姻的早年，他们都受到持续争吵的困扰，这些争吵似乎逐渐消失，但从未真正解决。

They uncovered clues to what was going wrong by researching a fascinating subject, how birth order affects not only your personality, but also how compatible you are with your mate.

他们通过研究一个迷人的主题——出生顺序如何不仅影响你的个性，还影响你与伴侣的相容性——揭开了问题所在的一些线索。

Ronald and Lois are only children, and onlys grow up accustomed to being the apple of their parents' eyes.

罗纳德和洛伊丝都是独生子女，独生子女在成长过程中习惯于成为父母的掌上明珠。

Match two onlys, and you have partners who subconsciously expect each other to continue fulfilling this expectation, while neither has much experience in the giving end.

将两个独生子女配对，你得到的是一对潜意识里期望对方继续满足这种期望的伴侣，而双方在付出方面都没有太多经验。

Here's a list of common birth order characteristics, and some thoughts on the best, and worst, marital matches for each.

以下是一些常见的出生顺序特征，以及对每种特征的最佳和最差婚姻匹配的一些思考。

The oldest tends to be self-assured, responsible, a high achiever, and relatively serious and reserved.

长子往往自信、负责、成就较高，并且相对严肃和矜持。

He may be slow to make friends, perhaps content with only one companion.

他可能交友较慢，或许满足于只有一个伴侣。

The best matches are with a youngest, an only, or a mate raised in a large family.

最佳匹配是与一个幼子、独生子女或在大家庭中长大的伴侣。

The worst match is with another oldest, since the two will be too sovereign to share a household comfortably.

最差匹配是与另一个长子，因为两人会过于独立，难以舒适地共享一个家庭。

The youngest child of the family thrives on attention, and tends to be outgoing, adventurous, optimistic, creative, and less ambitious than others in the family.

家庭中的幼子在关注中茁壮成长，往往外向、爱冒险、乐观、有创造力，并且比家庭中的其他人野心较小。

He may lack self-discipline, and have difficulty making decisions on his own.

他可能缺乏自律，在独自做决定方面有困难。

A youngest brother of brothers, often unpredictable and romantic, will match best with an oldest sister of brothers.

一个兄弟中的幼弟，往往不可预测且浪漫，最适合与兄弟中的长姐匹配。

The youngest sister of brothers is best matched with an oldest brother of sisters, who will happily indulge these traits.

兄弟中的幼妹最适合与姐妹中的长兄匹配，后者会乐于纵容这些特质。

The middle child is influenced by many variables, however, middles are less likely to take initiative, and more anxious and self-critical than others.

中间子女受许多变量影响，然而，中间子女不太可能主动，并且比其他人更焦虑和自我批评。

Middles often successfully marry other middles, since both are strong on tact, not so strong on aggressiveness, and tend to crave affection.

中间子女经常成功地与其他中间子女结婚，因为双方都擅长策略，不那么好斗，并且渴望感情。

The only child is often most comfortable when alone, but since an only tends to be a well-adjusted individual, she'll eventually learn to relate to any chosen spouse.

独生子女往往在独处时最舒适，但由于独生子女往往适应良好，她最终会学会与任何选择的配偶相处。

The male only child expects his wife to make life easier, without getting much in return.

男性独生子女期望妻子让生活更轻松，而自己付出不多。

He is sometimes best matched with a younger sister of brothers.

他有时最适合与兄弟中的幼妹匹配。

The female only child, who tends to be slightly more flexible, is well matched with an older man, who will indulge her tendency to test his love.

女性独生子女往往更灵活一些，与年长男性匹配良好，后者会纵容她测试他爱意的倾向。

Her worst match?

她最差的匹配？

Another only, of course.

当然是另一个独生子女。

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the lecture you have just heard.

问题23至25基于你刚刚听到的讲座。

Question 22. What is the most common birth order characteristic in marriage?

问题22。婚姻中最常见的出生顺序特征是什么？

Question 23. What do we learn about Ronald and Lois?

问题23。我们了解到关于罗纳德和洛伊丝的什么？

Question 24. What does the speaker say about the oldest child in a family?

问题24。演讲者关于家庭中的长子说了什么？

Question 25. What does the speaker say about the only children?

问题25。演讲者关于独生子女说了什么？