2024年06月六级第1套听力原文及答案解析

Conversation 1.

对话 1。

F: Thank you for meeting with me, Stephen, at such short notice.

斯蒂芬，感谢你在如此仓促的情况下与我见面。

M: Not a problem, Margaret.

没问题，玛格丽特。

M: Now, please give me some good news.

现在，请给我一些好消息。

M: Have you agreed to my last proposal?

你同意我上次的提议了吗？

F: I have indeed, and I wish to sign the agreement, pending one small change to be made to the contract.

我确实同意了，并且我希望签署协议，前提是合同需要做一处小改动。

M: Margaret, we have been through this for almost a year now, back and forth making alterations.

玛格丽特，我们这样来回修改已经快一年了。

M: Are you sure you want to make a sponsorship deal for your client or not?

你确定要为你的客户达成赞助协议吗？

M: I ask this because, frankly, some people at my end are running out of patience.

我这样问是因为，坦白说，我这边有些人已经快失去耐心了。

F: I understand your concerns, but as I'm sure you understand, we hold our client's best interests to be of the utmost concern.

我理解你的担忧，但我相信你也明白，我们始终将客户的最大利益放在首位。

F: We therefore comb through the fine details of all contracts.

因此，我们会仔细审查所有合同的细节。

F: Rest assured, we all appreciate your firm's patience.

请放心，我们都感激贵公司的耐心。

M: Okay, fine.

好吧，好的。

M: So, what changes do you wish to make?

那么，你希望做哪些改动？

F: Essentially, we would like the new deal to exclude the Middle East, that's all.

基本上，我们希望新协议排除中东地区，仅此而已。

M: The Middle East, why?

中东，为什么？

F: My client has a couple of other prospective marketing deals from companies in the Middle East.

我的客户有其他几个来自中东公司的潜在营销交易。

F: Those offers, should they materialise, would exclusively employ my client's image in the Middle East only.

那些提议，如果实现的话，将仅在中东地区独家使用我客户的形象。

F: Therefore, in order to avoid any conflict, we would need to ensure that both marketing campaigns do not overlap geographically.

因此，为了避免任何冲突，我们需要确保两个营销活动在地理上不重叠。

M: What business sector in the Middle East are we talking about here?

我们这里讨论的是中东的哪个商业领域？

F: Real estate.

房地产。

M: Well, that should be okay then.

那么，这应该没问题。

M: So long as the product is very different from our food and beverage market, there should be no conflict of interest.

只要产品与我们的食品和饮料市场有很大不同，就不会有利益冲突。

M: Nevertheless, I will have to run this through my people.

尽管如此，我需要将此事与我的团队商量。

M: I don't foresee any problem, though.

不过，我认为不会有问题。

M: The Middle East is a negligible market for us, but I still need to check this with a couple of departments.

中东对我们来说是一个微不足道的市场，但我仍需要与几个部门核实一下。

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

问题 1 至 4 基于你刚才听到的对话。

Question 1. What does the woman say she will do?

问题 1. 女士说她将做什么？

Question 2. What does the man say about some people he represents?

问题 2. 男士说他代表的一些人怎么了？

Question 3. What reason does the woman give for the new deal to exclude the Middle East?

问题 3. 女士给出什么理由让新协议排除中东？

Question 4. What does the man say about the Middle East?

问题 4. 男士对中东说了什么？

Conversation 2.

对话2。

M: Next, we have a special science-related news story.

接下来，我们有一则特别的与科学相关的新闻报道。

M: Paula Hancock is at the Denver Observatory.

保拉·汉考克在丹佛天文台。

M: Paula, what is the big story over there?

保拉，那边有什么重大新闻？

F: Hi, John.

嗨，约翰。

F: Yes, all the astronomers on site here are very excited.

是的，这里的所有天文学家都非常兴奋。

F: In fact, space enthusiasts all across North America and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere will be congregating on mountaintops tonight to watch the night sky.

事实上，整个北美和北半球其他地方的太空爱好者今晚将聚集在山顶上观看夜空。

M: Why?

为什么？

M: What's the big event?

什么重大事件？

M: Is there an eclipse happening soon?

很快会有日食或月食发生吗？

F: Tonight, the Earth will come into close proximity with the Oppenheimer comet.

今晚，地球将接近奥本海默彗星。

F: It is the closest our planet has been to such a phenomenon in over 100 years.

这是我们的星球在100多年来最接近这种现象的一次。

F: For this reason, it is expected that thousands of people will gaze up at the sky tonight in order to see this formidable object.

因此，预计今晚将有数千人仰望天空，以观看这个壮观的天体。

M: How far away is this comet?

这颗彗星有多远？

M: Will people be able to see it with the naked eye?

人们能用肉眼看到它吗？

F: The Oppenheimer comet will still be millions of miles away, on the edge of our galaxy.

奥本海默彗星仍然在数百万英里之外，在我们星系的边缘。

F: But, nevertheless, this is a relatively close distance, close enough for people to observe in good detail through a telescope.

但是，尽管如此，这是一个相对较近的距离，足够近，人们可以通过望远镜详细观测。

F: People will only see a blur without one.

没有望远镜，人们只能看到一个模糊的影像。

F: However, that does not mean one needs professional equipment.

然而，这并不意味着需要专业设备。

F: Even the most ordinary of telescopes should be conducive for people to observe and wonder at this flying object.

即使是最普通的望远镜也应该有助于人们观测和惊叹这个飞行物。

M: Many of our viewers will be wondering how they too can take part in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

我们的许多观众会想知道他们如何也能参与这次千载难逢的事件。

M: Where will this comet be in the sky?

这颗彗星在天空中会在哪里？

M: How can people find it?

人们如何找到它？

F: The comet will be almost exactly due north, at 60 degrees above the equator.

彗星将在几乎正北方向，赤道上方60度处。

F: However, finding the comet is indeed very tricky, and scientists here have told me there are plenty of phone apps that will facilitate this.

然而，找到彗星确实非常棘手，这里的科学家告诉我有很多手机应用程序可以方便这个。

M: How fantastic!

太棒了！

M: Thank you, Paula, for the information.

谢谢你，保拉，提供的信息。

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

问题5到8基于你刚才听到的对话。

Question 5. What does the woman say about all the astronomers at the Denver Observatory?

问题5. 女士对丹佛天文台的所有天文学家说了什么？

Question 6. What do we learn from the conversation about the Oppenheimer comet?

问题6. 从对话中我们了解到关于奥本海默彗星的什么？

Question 7. What does the woman say people will only see in the sky without a telescope?

问题7. 女士说没有望远镜人们在天空中只能看到什么？

Question 8. What do scientists at the Denver Observatory advise amateurs do to facilitate their observation?

问题8. 丹佛天文台的科学家建议业余爱好者做什么来方便他们的观测？

Passage 1.

段落1。

Dietary guidelines form the basis for nutrition advice and regulations around the world.

饮食指南构成了世界各地营养建议和法规的基础。

While there is strong scientific consensus around most existing guidelines, one question has recently stirred debate.

尽管对大多数现有指南存在强烈的科学共识，但一个问题最近引发了争论。

Should consumers be warned to avoid ultra-processed foods?

应该警告消费者避免超加工食品吗？

Two papers published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition outline the case for and against using the concept of ultra-processed foods to help inform dietary guidelines beyond conventional food classification systems.

今天发表在《美国临床营养学杂志》上的两篇论文概述了支持和反对使用超加工食品概念来帮助超越传统食品分类系统制定饮食指南的论据。

The authors, Carlos Monteiro of the University of Sao Paulo and Arne Ostrup of Novo Nordisk Foundation, will discuss the issue in a live virtual debate, August 14th, during Nutrition 2024 Live Online.

作者，圣保罗大学的卡洛斯·蒙泰罗和诺和诺德基金会的阿恩·奥斯特鲁普，将在8月14日的Nutrition 2024 Live Online期间通过直播虚拟辩论讨论这个问题。

The debate centers around a system developed by Monteiro and colleagues that classifies foods by their degree of industrial processing, ranging from unprocessed to ultra-processed.

辩论围绕蒙泰罗及其同事开发的一个系统展开，该系统根据食品的工业加工程度对食品进行分类，从未加工到超加工。

The system defines ultra-processed foods as those made using sequences of processes that extract substances from foods and alter them with chemicals in order to formulate the final product.

该系统将超加工食品定义为那些使用一系列工艺制成的食品，这些工艺从食品中提取物质并用化学物质改变它们，以配方成最终产品。

Ultra-processed foods are characteristically designed to be cheap, tasty, and convenient.

超加工食品的特征是设计得廉价、美味和方便。

Examples include soft drinks and candy, packaged snacks and pastries, ready-to-heat products, and reconstituted meat products.

例子包括软饮料和糖果、包装零食和糕点、即热产品以及重组肉制品。

Studies have linked consumption of ultra-processed foods, which are often high in salt, sugar, and fat, with weight gain and an increased risk of chronic diseases, even after adjusting for the amount of salt, sugar, and fat in the diet.

研究已将超加工食品的消费与体重增加和慢性病风险增加联系起来，这些食品通常盐、糖和脂肪含量高，即使在对饮食中盐、糖和脂肪的量进行调整后也是如此。

While the mechanisms behind these associations are not fully understood, Monteiro argues that the existing evidence is sufficient to justify discouraging consumption of ultra-processed foods in dietary recommendations and government policies.

尽管这些关联背后的机制尚未完全理解，但蒙泰罗认为，现有证据足以证明在饮食建议和政府政策中劝阻超加工食品的消费是合理的。

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

问题9至11基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 9. What question is said to have recently stirred debate?

问题9。据称什么问题最近引发了争论？

Question 10. How does the system developed by Monteiro and colleagues classify foods?

问题10。蒙泰罗及其同事开发的系统如何分类食品？

Question 11. What is consumption of ultra-processed foods linked with, according to studies?

问题11。根据研究，超加工食品的消费与什么相关？

Passage 2.

段落2。

Believe it or not, human creativity benefits from constraints.

信不信由你，人类创造力受益于约束。

According to psychologists, when you have less to work with, you actually begin to see the world differently.

心理学家表示，当你可利用的资源更少时，你实际上开始以不同方式看待世界。

With constraints, you dedicate your mental energy to acting more resourcefully.

有了约束，你将心理能量投入到更足智多谋的行动中。

When challenged, you figure out new ways to be better.

当面临挑战时，你会找出新的方法来变得更好。

The most successful creative people know that constraints give their minds the impetus to leap higher.

最成功的创意人士知道，约束给予他们的心灵跳得更高的动力。

People who invent new products are not limited by what they don't have or can't do.

发明新产品的人不会受限于他们没有或做不到的事情。

They leverage their limitations to push themselves even further.

他们利用自己的局限来更进一步地推动自己。

Many products and services are created because the founders saw a limitation in what they use.

许多产品和服务的创造是因为创始人在他们使用的东西中看到了局限性。

They created innovation based on what was not working for them at the moment.

他们基于当时对他们不起作用的东西创造了创新。

Innovation is a creative person's response to limitation.

创新是创意人士对局限性的回应。

In a 2015 study which examined how thinking about scarcity or abundance influences how creatively people use their resources, Ravi Mehta at the University of Illinois and Meng Zhu at Johns Hopkins University found that people simply have no incentive to use what's available to them in novel ways.

在2015年的一项研究中，该研究考察了思考稀缺或丰富如何影响人们创造性地使用资源的方式，伊利诺伊大学的Ravi Mehta和约翰霍普金斯大学的Meng Zhu发现，人们根本就没有动力以新颖的方式使用他们可用的资源。

When people face scarcity, they give themselves the freedom to use resources in less conventional ways because they have to.

当人们面临稀缺时，他们给自己自由以不那么传统的方式使用资源，因为他们不得不这样做。

Obstacles can broaden your perception and open up your thinking processes.

障碍可以拓宽你的感知并打开你的思维过程。

Consistent constraints help you improve at connecting unrelated ideas and concepts.

持续的约束帮助你提高连接不相关想法和概念的能力。

Marissa Meyer, former vice president for search products and user experience at Google, once wrote in a publication on Bloomberg, Constraints shape and focus problems and provide clear challenges to overcome.

谷歌前搜索产品和用户体验副总裁Marissa Meyer曾在彭博社的一篇文章中写道，约束塑造和聚焦问题，并提供清晰的挑战来克服。

Creativity thrives best when constrained.

创造力在约束下蓬勃发展得最好。

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

问题12到15基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 12. What do psychologists say people do when they are short of resources?

问题12：心理学家说，当人们资源短缺时，他们会怎么做？

Question 13. What does the passage say about innovation?

问题13：这篇段落关于创新说了什么？

Question 14. What did a 2015 study by Ravi Mehta and Meng Zhu find?

问题14：Ravi Mehta和Meng Zhu在2015年的研究中发现了什么？

Question 15. What did Marissa Meyer once write concerning creativity?

问题15：Marissa Meyer关于创造力曾经写了什么？

Recording 1.

录音1.

Different people use different strategies for managing conflicts.

不同的人使用不同的策略来管理冲突。

These strategies are learned in childhood.

这些策略是在童年时期学会的。

Usually, we are not aware of how we act in conflict situations.

通常，我们并不意识到自己在冲突情境中是如何行动的。

We just do whatever seems to come naturally.

我们只是做那些看起来自然而然的事情。

But, we do have a personal strategy, and because it is learned, we can always change it by learning new and more effective ways of managing conflicts.

但是，我们确实有个人策略，而且因为它是学来的，我们总是可以通过学习新的、更有效的管理冲突的方式来改变它。

When you get involved in a conflict, there are two major concerns you have to take into account.

当你卷入冲突时，有两个主要考虑因素你需要考虑。

Achieving your personal goals, and keeping a good relationship with the other person.

实现你的个人目标，并保持与对方的良好关系。

How important your personal goals are, and how important the relationship is to you, affect how you act in a conflict.

你的个人目标有多重要，以及关系对你有多重要，影响你在冲突中的行为方式。

Given these two concerns, five styles of managing conflicts can be identified.

鉴于这两个考虑因素，可以识别出五种管理冲突的风格。

The Turtle.

乌龟型。

Turtles withdraw into their shells to avoid conflicts.

乌龟缩进壳里以避免冲突。

They give up their personal goals and relationships.

他们放弃个人目标和关系。

They believe it is easier to withdraw from a conflict than to face it.

他们认为从冲突中撤退比面对它更容易。

The Shark.

鲨鱼型。

Sharks try to overpower opponents by forcing them to accept their solution to the conflict.

鲨鱼试图通过强迫对手接受他们对冲突的解决方案来压倒对手。

They seek to achieve their goals at all costs.

他们不惜一切代价寻求实现目标。

Sharks assume that conflicts are settled by one person winning and one person losing.

鲨鱼认为冲突的解决是一方赢一方输。

Winning gives sharks a sense of pride and achievement.

胜利给鲨鱼带来自豪感和成就感。

Losing gives them a sense of weakness, inadequacy, and failure.

失败给他们带来软弱、不足和失败感。

The Teddy Bear.

泰迪熊型。

Teddy bears want to be accepted and liked by other people.

泰迪熊希望被他人接受和喜爱。

They think that conflict should be avoided in favor of harmony, and believe that conflicts cannot be discussed without damaging relationships.

他们认为应该为了和谐而避免冲突，并且相信讨论冲突无法不损害关系。

They give up their goals to preserve the relationship.

他们放弃目标以维护关系。

The Fox.

狐狸型。

Foxes are moderately concerned with their own goals and about their relationships with other people.

狐狸对自己的目标以及与他人的关系有适度的关注。

They give up part of their goals and persuade the other person in a conflict to give up part of his goals.

他们放弃部分目标，并说服冲突中的对方放弃部分目标。

They seek a solution to conflicts where both sides gain something.

他们寻求冲突的解决方案，让双方都能获得一些东西。

The Owl.

猫头鹰型。

Owls view conflicts as problems to be solved.

猫头鹰将冲突视为需要解决的问题。

They see conflicts as improving relationships by reducing tension between two people.

他们认为冲突通过减少两人之间的紧张关系来改善关系。

They try to begin a discussion that identifies the conflict as a problem.

他们试图开始一场将冲突识别为问题的讨论。

By seeking solutions that satisfy both themselves and the other person, owls maintain the relationship.

通过寻求满足自己和对方的解决方案，猫头鹰维护了关系。

Owls are not satisfied until a solution is found that achieves their own goals and the other person's goals, and they are not satisfied until the tensions and negative feelings have been fully resolved.

猫头鹰只有在找到实现自己目标和对方目标的解决方案时才满意，并且只有在紧张和负面情绪完全解决时才满意。

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

问题16到18基于你刚刚听到的讲座。

Question 16. Why does the speaker say strategies for managing conflicts can always be changed?

问题16. 为什么演讲者说管理冲突的策略总是可以改变的？

Question 17. What is said to affect the way one acts in a conflict?

问题17. 据说什么影响了一个人在冲突中的行为方式？

Question 18. Of the five styles the speaker discusses, which views conflicts as problems to be solved?

问题18. 在演讲者讨论的五种风格中，哪一种将冲突视为需要解决的问题？

Recording 2.

录音2。

The genetic code of all 1.

所有1.的基因编码。

5 million known species of animals and plants living on Earth will be mapped to help save species from extinction and boost human health.

地球上所有已知的5百万动植物物种的基因编码将被绘制，以帮助拯救物种免于灭绝并促进人类健康。

Scientists hope that cracking the genetic code of plants and animals could help uncover new treatments for infectious diseases, slow aging, improve crops and agriculture, and create new biomaterials.

科学家们希望，破解动植物的基因编码有助于发现新的传染病治疗方法、延缓衰老、改进作物和农业，并创造新的生物材料。

In Britain, organisations including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have joined forces to sequence Britain's 66,000 species of animals and plants.

在英国，包括自然历史博物馆、邱园皇家植物园和Wellcome Sanger研究所在内的组织已联手对英国66,000种动植物进行基因测序。

Dubbed the Darwin Tree of Life Project, it is expected to take 10 years and cost £100 million.

该项目被称为达尔文生命之树项目，预计耗时10年，耗资1亿英镑。

Once completed, all the information will be publicly available to researchers.

一旦完成，所有信息将对研究人员公开可用。

Many scientists believe that Earth has now entered the sixth mass extinction, with humans creating a toxic mix of habitat loss, pollution and climate change, which has already led to the loss of at least 77 species of mammals and 140 types of birds since 1500.

许多科学家认为，地球现已进入第六次大规模灭绝，人类造成的栖息地丧失、污染和气候变化的有害混合，已导致自1500年以来至少77种哺乳动物和140种鸟类的灭绝。

It is the biggest loss of species since the dinosaurs were wiped out 66 million years ago.

这是自6600万年前恐龙灭绝以来最大的物种损失。

Scientists say that sequencing every species will revolutionise the understanding of biology and evolution, bolster efforts to conserve as well as protect and restore biodiversity.

科学家们表示，对每个物种进行测序将彻底改变对生物学和进化的理解，加强保护以及保护和恢复生物多样性的努力。

Dr Tim Littlewood, Head of Life Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum said, Whether you are interested in food or disease, the history of how every organism on the planet has adapted to its environment is recorded in its genetic make-up.

自然历史博物馆生命科学部主任Tim Littlewood博士说：“无论你对食物还是疾病感兴趣，地球上每个生物体如何适应其环境的历史都记录在其基因组成中。”

How you then harness that is dependent on your ability to understand it.

你如何利用这一点取决于你理解它的能力。

We will be using modern methods to get a really good window on the present and the past.

我们将使用现代方法来获得对现在和过去的真正良好窗口。

And of course, a window on the past gives you a prospective model on the future.

当然，对过去的窗口为你提供了未来的前瞻模型。

Sir Jim Smith, Director of Science at Wellcome said, Try as I might, I can't think of a more exciting, more relevant, more timely or more internationally inspirational project.

Wellcome科学总监Jim Smith爵士说：“尽我所能，我无法想到一个更令人兴奋、更相关、更及时或更具国际启发性的项目。”

Since 1970, humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations.

自1970年以来，人类已消灭了60%的动物种群。

About 23,000 of 80,000 species surveyed are approaching extinction.

在调查的80,000个物种中，约有23,000个正接近灭绝。

We are in the midst of the sixth great extinction event of life on our planet, which not only threatens wildlife species, but also imperils the global food supply.

我们正处于地球上生命的第六次大灭绝事件之中，这不仅威胁着野生动物物种，也危及全球粮食供应。

As scientists, we all realise we desperately need to catalogue life on our fragile planet now.

作为科学家，我们都意识到我们现在迫切需要对我们脆弱星球上的生命进行编目。

I think we're making history.

我认为我们正在创造历史。

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

问题19至22基于你刚才听到的讲座。

Question 19. What do scientists hope to do by cracking the genetic code of plants and animals?

问题19。科学家希望通过破解动植物的基因编码做什么？

Question 20. What do many scientists believe with regard to Earth?

问题20。关于地球，许多科学家相信什么？

Question 21. How does Sir Jim Smith, Director of Science at Wellcome, describe the Darwin Tree of Life project?

问题21。Wellcome科学总监Jim Smith爵士如何描述达尔文生命之树项目？

Recording 3.

录音3。

John Donne, the English poet, wrote in the 17th century No man is an island entire of itself.

英国诗人约翰·邓恩在17世纪写道：没有人是一座孤岛。

Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

每个人都是大陆的一片，是整体的一部分。

Now, a British academic has claimed that human individuality is indeed just an illusion because societies are far more interconnected at a mental, physical and cultural level than people realise.

如今，一位英国学者声称，人类个体性确实只是一种幻觉，因为社会在心理、身体和文化层面的互联程度远超人们的认知。

In his new book, The Self-Delusion, Professor Tom Oliver, a researcher in the Ecology and Evolution group at the University of Reading, argues there is no such thing as self and not even our bodies are truly us.

在他的新书《自我错觉》中，雷丁大学生态与进化研究组的研究员汤姆·奥利弗教授认为，根本不存在所谓的自我，甚至我们的身体也不是真正的我们。

Just as Copernicus realised the Earth is not the centre of the universe, Professor Oliver said society urgently needs a Copernican-like revolution to understand people are not detached beings but rather part of one connected identity.

正如哥白尼意识到地球不是宇宙的中心一样，奥利弗教授表示，社会迫切需要一场类似哥白尼式的革命，以理解人们不是孤立的存在，而是一个相互联系的身份的一部分。

A significant milestone in the cultural evolution of human minds was the acceptance that the Earth is not the centre of the universe, the so-called Copernican Revolution, he writes.

他写道，人类心智文化进化中的一个重要里程碑是接受地球不是宇宙的中心，即所谓的哥白尼革命。

However, we have one more big myth to dispose of, that we exist as independent selves at the centre of a subjective universe.

然而，我们还有一个更大的迷思需要破除，即我们作为独立自我存在于主观宇宙的中心。

You may feel as if you are an independent individual acting autonomously in the world, that you have unchanging inner self that persists throughout your lifetime, acting as a central anchor point with the world changing around you.

你可能感觉自己是一个独立个体，在世界中自主行动，拥有一个贯穿一生的不变内在自我，作为世界的中心锚点，而世界在你周围变化。

This is the illusion I seek to tackle.

这正是我试图解决的幻觉。

We are intimately connected to the world around us.

我们与周围的世界紧密相连。

Professor Oliver argues there are around 37 trillion cells in the body but most have a lifespan of just a few days or weeks, so the material us is constantly changing.

奥利弗教授认为，人体内大约有37万亿个细胞，但大多数细胞的寿命只有几天或几周，因此物质上的我们是不断变化的。

In fact, there is no part of your body that has existed for more than 10 years.

事实上，你身体中没有任何部分存在超过10年。

Since our bodies are essentially made anew every few weeks, the material in them alone is clearly insufficient.

既然我们的身体基本上每隔几周就会重新生成，那么仅凭其中的物质显然是不够的。

To explain the persistent thread of an identity, Professor Oliver claims that individualism is actually bad for society and only by realizing we are part of a bigger entity can we solve pressing environmental and societal problems.

为了解释身份持续性的线索，奥利弗教授声称，个人主义实际上对社会有害，只有意识到我们是一个更大实体的一部分，才能解决紧迫的环境和社会问题。

Through selfish overconsumption we are destroying the natural world and using non-renewable resources at an accelerating rate.

通过自私的过度消费，我们正在破坏自然世界，并以加速的速度消耗不可再生资源。

We are at a critical crossroads as a species where we must rapidly reform our mindsets and behavior to act in less selfish ways, he said.

他说，作为一个物种，我们正处于一个关键的十字路口，必须迅速改变我们的心态和行为，以更少自私的方式行事。

So let's open our eyes to the hidden connections all around us.

所以，让我们睁大眼睛，看到我们周围隐藏的联系。

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

问题23到25基于你刚刚听到的讲座。

Question 22. What is indeed just an illusion according to Professor Tom Oliver?

问题22。根据汤姆·奥利弗教授，什么确实只是一种幻觉？

Question 23. What does Professor Tom Oliver think of the idea that we exist as independent selves at the center of a subjective universe?

问题23。汤姆·奥利弗教授如何看待我们作为独立自我存在于主观宇宙中心的观点？

Question 24. Why does Professor Tom Oliver claim that the material us is constantly changing?

问题24。为什么汤姆·奥利弗教授声称物质上的我们是不断变化的？

Question 25. How can we solve pressing environmental and societal problems according to Professor Tom Oliver? That's the end of Listening Comprehension.

问题25。根据汤姆·奥利弗教授，我们如何解决紧迫的环境和社会问题？听力理解到此结束。