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2024年12月六级第2套听力原文及答案解析

本页收录2024年12月六级第2套听力全部原文与答案。大学英语六级听力共三个部分:Section A 长对话,Section B 听力篇章,Section C 讲座/报告,全部音频只播放一遍。原文按句给出英文与中文对照,可用于精听、跟读与听写训练。

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Long Conversation 1
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Conversation 1.

对话一。

F: Hi, Alan.

嗨,艾伦。

F: Sorry for not calling you back sooner.

抱歉没有早点给你回电话。

F: You said on the phone you had something you needed to discuss with me?

你在电话里说有事需要和我讨论?

M: Well, to get right down to it, I'm having second thoughts about my major.

嗯,直截了当地说,我正在重新考虑我的专业。

M: With my family situation getting more complicated, and the end of my university education nearing, persisting with art history just doesn't seem the right choice.

随着家庭情况变得越来越复杂,而且大学教育即将结束,坚持学习艺术史似乎不是正确的选择。

F: Alan, in the last three years, I have heard nothing but how passionate you are about the art history program.

艾伦,在过去三年里,我听到的都是你对艺术史专业的热情。

F: You often told fellow classmates how fabulous the instructors were, and that you finally felt accepted.

你经常告诉同学们导师们多么出色,以及你终于感到被接纳。

F: What would cause you to abandon it?

是什么让你要放弃它?

M: My father's current financial situation has helped me realize that a more financially viable employment opportunity is not necessarily a bad thing.

我父亲目前的经济状况让我意识到,一个更有财务可行性的就业机会未必是坏事。

M: Art history nourishes my soul, but does nothing to put food on my plate.

艺术史滋养我的灵魂,但对生计毫无帮助。

F: What about all the work opportunities I discussed with you last month?

那我上个月和你讨论的那些工作机会呢?

F: Have you gone to those places of business to investigate whether any legitimate positions might be available for someone with your background?

你有没有去那些商业场所调查,看看是否有适合你背景的合法职位?

M: Um, well...

嗯,这个嘛...

F: Look, Alan, if your heart is set on working in the art industry, you need to be more assertive and start talking with people.

听着,艾伦,如果你一心想在艺术行业工作,你需要更自信一些,开始和人们交谈。

F: Networking is key if you want to become a celebrity in the world of museums and galleries.

如果你想在博物馆和画廊界成名,建立人脉是关键。

M: Time is a very precious commodity right now.

时间现在非常宝贵。

M: My social life does not exist.

我的社交生活不存在了。

M: I can barely keep up with my studies, and thesis is due by the end of this year.

我几乎跟不上学习进度,而且论文年底就要交了。

M: When can I find time to research jobs when I have so much to do as it is?

我本来就这么多事要做,哪里还有时间去找工作?

F: What you do now will determine your future options.

你现在所做的将决定你未来的选择。

F: Now is the optimum time to put forth your best effort.

现在是付出最大努力的最佳时机。

M: I will take what you said into consideration.

我会考虑你说的话。

M: The advice is much appreciated.

非常感谢你的建议。

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

问题1到4基于你刚刚听到的对话。

Question 1.

问题1。

What did the man want to discuss with the woman?

这位男士想和这位女士讨论什么?

Question 2.

问题2。

Why does the man want to give up art history?

为什么这位男士想放弃艺术史?

Question 3.

问题3。

What does the woman advise the man to do?

这位女士建议这位男士做什么?

Question 4.

问题4。

What does the man say he really lacks right now?

这位男士说他现在真正缺少什么?

1. What did the man want to discuss with the woman?
A) Changing his major.
B) His family situation.
C) Revising his graduation thesis.
D) His passion for Art History.
答案 A
解析男士开门见山地说"I'm having second thoughts about my major",表明他想讨论的是换专业的问题,故选A。家庭状况、论文等只是相关背景,并非他要讨论的主题。
2. Why does the man want to give up art history?
A) He doesn't think it legitimate to depend on his father.
B) He thinks his financial situation has now changed.
C) He doesn't think it will provide him with a living.
D) He thinks it nourishes the financially secure only.
答案 C
解析男士说"Art history nourishes my soul, but does nothing to put food on my plate",意为艺术史无法让他谋生,故选C。
3. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A) Try his best to socialize and build a network in the art industry.
B) Seek financially viable employment opportunities after graduation.
C) Investigate all possible ways to become a celebrity in the art world.
D) Strike a balance between intellectual pursuits and financial security.
答案 A
解析女士建议"you need to be more assertive and start talking with people. Networking is key",即多社交、建立人脉,故选A。
4. What does the man say he really lacks right now?
A) Money.
B) Time.
C) Determination.
D) Optimism.
答案 B
解析男士说"Time is a very precious commodity right now... When can I find time to research jobs",强调自己缺时间,故选B。
Long Conversation 2
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Conversation 2.

第二段对话。

M: Have you decided yet what your end-of-semester business project will be on?

你决定好期末商业项目要做什么了吗?

F: Yes.

是的。

F: How about you?

你呢?

M: Yes.

是的。

M: Go on.

继续说吧。

F: You go first.

你先说。

M: I'm going to do it about beef.

我打算做关于牛肉的项目。

F: Beef?

牛肉?

M: Yeah, beef.

是的,牛肉。

M: I'm going to design a business case study for a cow farm that supplies beef for the domestic market.

我打算为一个为国内市场供应牛肉的奶牛场设计一个商业案例研究。

F: Wow.

哇。

F: That sounds very interesting and original.

这听起来非常有趣且新颖。

F: Where ever did you get that idea?

你到底从哪里得到这个想法的?

M: I don't know.

我不知道。

M: It just came to me, I guess.

我猜,它只是突然想到的。

M: But think about it.

但想想看。

M: Beef consumption has been rising strongly over the past 20 years.

在过去20年里,牛肉消费一直在强劲增长。

M: As the economy continues to grow, consumer demand is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future.

随着经济持续增长,预计在可预见的未来,消费者需求将继续增加。

M: And currently, most of the beef is imported, which brings with it added fees.

而且目前,大部分牛肉都是进口的,这带来了额外的费用。

M: So why not raise cattle here?

那么为什么不在这里养牛呢?

F: Of course.

当然。

F: Makes perfect sense.

完全有道理。

F: There's plenty of land out west.

西部有大量的土地。

F: So if done right, it should be very profitable to raise our own cattle.

所以如果做得对,养我们自己的牛应该非常有利可图。

M: Exactly.

没错。

F: Seriously, that sounds like a great idea.

说真的,这听起来像个好主意。

F: You should genuinely look into it once we get our degrees.

我们拿到学位后,你真的应该研究一下。

M: Thanks.

谢谢。

M: So, your turn now.

那么,现在轮到你了。

M: What are you doing your case study on?

你的案例研究是关于什么的?

F: I was thinking about a car wash.

我在考虑一个洗车场。

F: But it now seems like such a boring notion after hearing your brilliant idea.

但听了你的精彩想法后,这现在显得如此无聊了。

M: That's cool.

那很酷。

M: I could see that working.

我能看出那会可行。

M: After all, there's plenty of cars about, and those aren't going away anytime soon.

毕竟,周围有很多车,而且这些车不会很快消失。

M: While many people don't care how their car looks, many other people do.

虽然很多人不关心他们的车看起来如何,但很多人关心。

M: You've got yourself a vast and continual market.

你拥有一个广阔且持续的市场。

F: Right.

对。

F: So the idea is a large, self-cleaning car wash.

所以这个想法是一个大型的自清洁洗车场。

F: But I mean really big and well-outfitted, like they have in America.

但我的意思是真正大型且设备齐全的,就像美国那种。

F: I was thinking of having it cater to high-end consumers in large cities.

我考虑让它面向大城市的高端消费者。

F: It could charge a profitable mark-up by offering just a bit more technical equipment and professional service than competitors.

通过提供比竞争对手多一点的技术设备和专业服务,它可以获得有利可图的加价。

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

问题5到8基于你刚刚听到的对话。

Question 5.

问题5。

What are the speakers mainly talking about in the conversation?

对话中说话者主要谈论什么?

Question 6.

问题6。

What does the man say makes perfect sense?

男士说什么非常合理?

Question 7.

问题7。

What business does the woman say has a vast and continual market?

女士说什么行业拥有广阔且持续的市场?

Question 8.

问题8。

Who would the man's imagined business cater to?

男士想象的业务会面向谁?

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about in the conversation?
A) Their decision on investigating beef consumption.
B) Their original ideas about the domestic market.
C) Their different approaches to a case study.
D) Their end-of-semester business projects.
答案 D
解析对话以"what your end-of-semester business project will be on"开篇,两人分别介绍自己的学期商业项目,故选D。
6. What does the man say makes perfect sense?
A) Expanding farmland out west.
B) Importing most of the beef.
C) Raising cattle domestically.
D) Continuing to boost economic growth.
答案 C
解析针对"why not raise cattle here",男士回应"Makes perfect sense... profitable to raise our own cattle",即在本国养牛,故选C。
7. What business does the woman say has a vast and continual market?
A) Technical equipment.
B) Business consultancy.
C) Beef.
D) Carwashing.
答案 D
解析对方提出洗车场创意后,女士评价"You've got yourself a vast and continual market",指洗车业,故选D。
8. Who would the man's imagined business cater to?
A) Car owners of all walks of life.
B) High-end customers in big cities.
C) Consumers craving for professional service.
D) Well-off dealers seeking a profitable markup.
答案 B
解析描述洗车场时说"having it cater to high-end consumers in large cities",故选B。
Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Passage 3
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Passage 1.

段落1。

Increased television time for young children has long been linked with poorer progress in some areas of development.

幼儿看电视时间增加长期以来与一些发展领域的进展较差有关。

One possible way to counter those negative effects is talking while watching the screen.

对抗这些负面影响的一种可能方法是在观看屏幕时交谈。

As a new study suggests, the more parents engaged in conversation with preschoolers, during TV time, the more likely those children were to have higher curiosity levels when they reached kindergarten.

正如一项新研究表明,在电视时间,父母与学龄前儿童进行对话越多,这些孩子在进入幼儿园时好奇心水平可能越高。

This was particularly true for children with socioeconomic disadvantages.

这对于具有社会经济劣势的儿童尤其如此。

Our findings reinforce the importance of parent conversation to promote early childhood development and curiosity, said lead author Prachi Shah at University of Michigan Health C.S.

密歇根大学健康中心C.S. Mott儿童医院的主要作者Prachi Shah说,我们的发现强调了父母对话对促进早期儿童发展和好奇心的重要性。

Mott Children's Hospital.

Mott儿童医院。

Researchers assessed hours of daily television exposure and frequency of parent screen time conversation among 1,500 preschoolers, and then measured early childhood curiosity in kindergarten.

研究人员评估了1,500名学龄前儿童每天的电视接触时间以及父母在屏幕时间对话的频率,然后测量了幼儿园中的早期儿童好奇心。

The study specifically focused on curiosity levels, which are associated with enhanced learning and higher academic achievement in reading and math at kindergarten, and behavioral developmental benefits, especially for children from families with lower socioeconomic status.

该研究特别关注好奇心水平,这与幼儿园中增强的学习能力以及更高的阅读和数学学业成就,以及行为发展益处相关,尤其是对于来自社会经济地位较低家庭的儿童。

While many young children are now growing up with digital media exposure through mobile devices like tablets and phones, television remains a dominant screen activity, accounting for 72% of all screen time.

虽然许多幼儿现在通过平板电脑和手机等移动设备接触数字媒体成长,但电视仍然是主导的屏幕活动,占所有屏幕时间的72%。

TVs are in 98% of all homes, keeping television exposure a relevant developmental context in young children.

电视存在于98%的家庭中,使得电视接触成为幼儿相关的发展背景。

Excessive media exposure, including television, can displace exploratory activities such as play and parent-child interactions, which are believed to be key to cultivating curiosity in kids.

过度的媒体接触,包括电视,可能会取代探索性活动,如游戏和亲子互动,这些活动被认为是培养孩子好奇心的关键。

Our findings suggest the importance of parents finding opportunities to foster conversational exchanges in daily routines with their young children, including while watching television, Shah said.

Shah说,我们的发现表明,父母在日常生活中寻找机会促进与幼儿的对话交流非常重要,包括在看电视时。

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.

问题9。

What do we learn from a new study about young children?

我们从一项关于幼儿的新研究中了解到什么?

Question 10.

问题10。

What did Prachi Shah's study specifically focus on?

Prachi Shah的研究特别关注什么?

Question 11.

问题11。

What does the passage say about excessive media exposure?

关于过度的媒体接触,段落说了什么?

9. What do we learn from a new study about young children?
A) Parents' talking with them during TV time raises their curiosity levels.
B) Their daily television exposure cuts parent-child conversation time.
C) The more TV they watch the poorer their progress in development.
D) Their socioeconomic levels impact their academic achievement.
答案 A
解析新研究指出"the more parents engaged in conversation with preschoolers, during TV time, the more likely those children were to have higher curiosity levels",故选A。
10. What did Prachi Shah's study specifically focus on?
A) Kids' enhanced learning.
B) Kids' curiosity levels.
C) Kids' reading and math.
D) Kids' behavioral development.
答案 B
解析原文"The study specifically focused on curiosity levels",故选B;学习、阅读数学、行为发展均为好奇心带来的关联益处,并非研究focus。
11. What does the passage say about excessive media exposure?
A) It can hinder kids from getting on with their peers.
B) It can cut into kids' time on exploratory activities.
C) It can arouse kids' interest in how people interact in real life.
D) It can widen the gap between kids from different economic statuses.
答案 B
解析原文"Excessive media exposure... can displace exploratory activities such as play and parent-child interactions",即挤占探索性活动时间,故选B。
Passage 4
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Passage 2.

第2段。

Humans are aspirational, goal-seeking beings.

人类是具有抱负、追求目标的生物。

Each of us, according to research, has an inborn drive to acquire.

根据研究,我们每个人都有天生的获取驱动力。

The dark side of this drive to acquire is being mindlessly driven to possess more and more things, and to socially compare our stuff with all the stuff other people have in their lives.

这种获取驱动力的阴暗面是盲目地被驱使去拥有越来越多的东西,并与他人生活中拥有的所有东西进行社会比较。

So the question is, how do we ensure we tap into our drive to acquire in positive ways that will benefit our well-being?

因此问题是,我们如何确保以积极的方式利用我们的获取驱动力,从而有益于我们的幸福?

One way is to become more intentionally aspirational.

一种方法是变得更加有意地追求抱负。

To be intentionally aspirational includes consciously aspiring to be the person you need to be to succeed in your professional and personal life.

有意追求抱负包括有意识地渴望成为在职业和个人生活中成功所需的人。

It also includes consciously aspiring to acquire things in your life that will positively impact your sense of well-being.

它还包括有意识地渴望在生活中获取能积极影响你幸福感的东西。

If you're not consciously, mindfully, and intentionally conscious of your inborn drive to acquire, you might be mindlessly pursuing all the wrong things.

如果你没有有意识地、专注地、有意地意识到你天生的获取驱动力,你可能会盲目地追求所有错误的东西。

While your intentional aspirational goals will include the pursuit of acquiring things that will increase your sense of well-being, they ought to also include goals to help other people in your various life roles.

虽然你的有意追求抱负的目标将包括追求能增加你幸福感的东西,但它们也应该包括在你各种生活角色中帮助他人的目标。

Your intentional aspirational goals will also include striving to be your personal best, a person of good character, integrity, and trustworthiness.

你的有意追求抱负的目标还将包括努力成为最好的自己,一个具有良好品格、正直和值得信赖的人。

Think about this from a practical rather than theoretical viewpoint.

从实际而非理论的角度来思考这一点。

If you're not pursuing intentional aspirational goals, you have nothing to strive for.

如果你不追求有意追求抱负的目标,你就没有奋斗的方向。

If you have nothing to strive for, you're putting yourself in the dangerous position of simply drifting through life, and you'll not be able to experience, live, and enjoy all that life has to offer.

如果你没有奋斗的方向,你就将自己置于一个危险的位置,只是随波逐流地度过人生,你将无法体验、生活和享受生活所提供的一切。

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

第12至15题基于你刚刚听到的篇章。

Question 12.

第12题。

What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?

我们天生的获取驱动力的阴暗面是什么?

Question 13.

第13题。

What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?

如果我们不能驾驭我们天生的获取驱动力,可能会发生什么?

Question 14.

第14题。

What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?

篇章中关于我们有意追求抱负的目标说了什么?

Question 15.

第15题。

What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?

如果不追求有意追求抱负的目标,你最终会做什么?

12. What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?
A) Exerting ourselves too hard in order to attain our life's goals.
B) Being possessed with a single thought of professional success.
C) Trying every means to beat others in terms of personal aspirations.
D) Being mindlessly driven to possess more and more material things.
答案 D
解析原文"The dark side of this drive to acquire is being mindlessly driven to possess more and more things",故选D。
13. What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?
A) We might isolate ourselves from our fellow beings.
B) We might acquire an incorrect sense of well-being.
C) We might end up pursuing all the wrong things.
D) We might make a mess of our personal lives.
答案 C
解析原文"If you're not... conscious of your inborn drive to acquire, you might be mindlessly pursuing all the wrong things",故选C。
14. What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?
A) They should be based on solid theoretical concepts.
B) They should take personal interests into account.
C) They should include goals to help other people.
D) They should increase our sense of worthiness.
答案 C
解析原文"they ought to also include goals to help other people in your various life roles",故选C。
15. What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?
A) Drifting through life aimlessly.
B) Giving up the chance to fulfill yourself.
C) Abandoning all that life has to offer.
D) Spoiling your character and integrity.
答案 A
解析原文"you're putting yourself in the dangerous position of simply drifting through life",故选A。
Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Lecture 5
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Recording one.

第一段录音。

It's revision time for exams and dissertations.

现在是考试和论文的复习时间。

The pressure is on, so you'll want all the help you can get to aid your memory and raise your grades.

压力很大,因此你需要一切可能的帮助来辅助记忆和提高成绩。

As a nutrition expert, I want to say that eating well can make a real difference to your revision regime.

作为一名营养专家,我想说,吃得好能对你的复习计划产生真正的影响。

So, what brain-boosting food and drink would I recommend?

那么,我会推荐哪些促进大脑功能的食物和饮料呢?

Coffee can have numerous benefits.

咖啡有许多好处。

However, while coffee may make you more alert, individuals can build up a tolerance, meaning this is short-lived.

然而,虽然咖啡可能让你更清醒,但个体会产生耐受性,这意味着效果是短暂的。

Coffee can also increase blood sugar and eventually cause lack of focus and energy.

咖啡还会增加血糖,最终导致注意力不集中和缺乏精力。

It's also worth noting that people react differently to coffee.

值得注意的是,人们对咖啡的反应各不相同。

Some people can drink it at midnight and go straight to sleep, whereas others get feelings of anxiety after a small amount.

有些人可以在午夜喝咖啡后直接入睡,而另一些人在少量饮用后会感到焦虑。

Also remember that coffee from a coffee shop may be stronger than coffee made at home.

还要记住,咖啡店的咖啡可能比家里自制的咖啡更浓。

So stop drinking coffee by 2 p.m.

因此,在下午2点后停止喝咖啡。

and have a maximum of two cups of coffee a day, but be aware of your own reaction to it.

每天最多喝两杯咖啡,但要注意自己对它的反应。

Whole-grain foods will ward off hunger.

全谷物食物能抵御饥饿。

Examples include porridge and whole wheat bread.

例子包括粥和全麦面包。

Combining whole-grain foods with protein will help keep your blood sugar levels balanced, which is essential for mood and concentration.

将全谷物食物与蛋白质结合有助于保持血糖平衡,这对情绪和注意力至关重要。

Berries and nuts are a convenient and nutritious snack.

浆果和坚果是一种方便且营养丰富的零食。

Blueberries, like many dark-colored fruits and vegetables, can slow down brain damage and age-related decline.

蓝莓,像许多深色水果和蔬菜一样,可以减缓大脑损伤和与年龄相关的衰退。

Frozen berries are also a good choice.

冷冻浆果也是一个好选择。

They are usually cheap, last longer, and don't lose their nutrients when frozen.

它们通常便宜,保存时间更长,冷冻时不会失去营养。

But flavored and coated nuts are less healthy, as they contain added oil, salt, and sugar.

但调味和裹衣坚果不太健康,因为它们含有添加的油、盐和糖。

Doctors often recommend taking vitamin supplements to top up on the nutrients you need, but I would say food should always come before supplements.

医生常推荐服用维生素补充剂来补充所需营养,但我想说食物应始终优先于补充剂。

And the key to getting as many nutrients as possible is to eat a varied diet with lots of different colors, such as frozen berries and dark green vegetables.

尽可能获取多种营养的关键是吃多样化的饮食,包含多种不同颜色的食物,如冷冻浆果和深绿色蔬菜。

It's better to get everything you need from food and drink.

最好从食物和饮料中获取所需的一切。

For example, oranges contain not only vitamin C, which boosts the immune system, but also fiber and other components that you can't get packaged together in a tablet.

例如,橙子不仅含有增强免疫系统的维生素C,还含有纤维和其他无法在一片药丸中同时获得的成分。

Don't forget to drink a proper amount of water, which can boost attention by almost 25%, and can elevate your mood as well.

不要忘记喝适量的水,这可以将注意力提高近25%,并提升情绪。

Finally, don't skip meals.

最后,不要跳过餐食。

Eating regularly will help keep blood sugar balanced and feed the brain with the fuel it needs.

规律进食有助于保持血糖平衡,并为大脑提供所需的能量。

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

问题16至18基于你刚才听到的录音。

Question 16.

问题16。

What does the speaker recommend in this talk?

在这段谈话中,说话者推荐了什么?

Question 17.

问题17。

What does the speaker warn against about coffee?

关于咖啡,说话者警告了什么?

Question 18.

问题18。

How can we get sufficient nutrients according to the speaker?

根据说话者的说法,我们如何获得充足的营养?

16. What does the speaker recommend in this talk?
A) Grade-raising ways and means.
B) Pressure-alleviating exercise.
C) Revision-conducting approaches.
D) Brain-boosting food and drink.
答案 D
解析演讲者以营养专家身份介绍"what brain-boosting food and drink would I recommend",全篇围绕健脑食物饮品,故选D。
17. What does the speaker warn against about coffee?
A) Buying it from coffee shops.
B) Building up a tolerance of it.
C) Drinking it after 2 pm.
D) Consuming it with sugar.
答案 C
解析演讲者提醒"stop drinking coffee by 2 p.m.",即不要在下午2点后喝咖啡,故选C。
18. How can we get sufficient nutrients according to the speaker?
A) By taking varied vitamin supplements.
B) By consuming a rich variety of foods.
C) By eating both oranges and frozen berries.
D) By getting components packaged in tablets.
答案 B
解析原文"the key to getting as many nutrients as possible is to eat a varied diet with lots of different colors",即吃多样化食物,故选B。
Lecture 6
听力原文

Recording two.

录音二。

Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend.

汉斯·罗斯林发现了一个令人担忧的趋势。

Not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually even think the opposite.

不仅许多发达经济体的人们不知道世界正在变得更好,而且他们甚至认为情况恰恰相反。

This is no wonder, when the news focuses on reporting catastrophes, terrorist attacks, wars and famines.

这不足为奇,因为新闻专注于报道灾难、恐怖袭击、战争和饥荒。

Who wants to hear about the fact that every day some 200,000 people around the world are lifted above the $2 a day poverty line?

谁想听到这样一个事实:每天全世界约有20万人摆脱了每日2美元的贫困线?

Or that more than 300,000 people get access to electricity and clean water for the first time every day?

或者,每天有超过30万人首次获得电力和清洁水?

These stories of people in low-income countries simply don't make for exciting news coverage.

这些低收入国家人们的故事根本无法成为令人兴奋的新闻报道。

But, as Rosling pointed out in his book, Factfulness, it's important to put all the bad news in perspective.

但是,正如罗斯林在其著作《事实》中指出的,正确看待所有坏消息是很重要的。

While it is true that globalization has put some downward pressure on middle-class wages in advanced economies in recent decades, it has also helped lift hundreds of millions of people above the global poverty line.

尽管近几十年来全球化确实对发达经济体的中产阶级工资产生了一些下行压力,但它也帮助了数亿人摆脱了全球贫困线。

If we really care about global welfare, globalization is the only way forward to ensure that economic prosperity is shared among all countries and not only a select few advanced economies.

如果我们真正关心全球福祉,全球化是确保经济繁荣由所有国家共享,而不仅仅是少数发达经济体享有的唯一途径。

While some people glorify the past, one of the big facts of economic history is that until quite recently a significant part of the world's population lived in extreme poverty.

尽管有些人美化过去,但经济史的一个重大事实是,直到最近,世界人口的很大一部分仍生活在极端贫困中。

While there were many long-lasting ups and downs, like the Great Depression or the recent Great Recession, the constancy of the long-run growth rate is actually quite miraculous.

尽管有许多持久的起伏,比如大萧条或最近的大衰退,但长期增长率的持续性实际上相当神奇。

Low-income countries, including China and India, have been growing at a significantly faster pace in recent decades and are quickly catching up to the West.

包括中国和印度在内的低收入国家,近几十年来以显著更快的速度增长,并正在迅速赶上西方。

A 10% growth rate over a prolonged period means that income levels double roughly every seven years.

长期保持10%的增长率意味着收入水平大约每七年翻一番。

It is obviously good news if prosperity is more shared across the globe.

如果繁荣在全球范围内更广泛地分享,这显然是个好消息。

While inequality within countries has gone up as a result of globalization, global inequality has been on a steady downward trend for several decades.

尽管由于全球化,国家内部的不平等有所上升,但全球不平等在过去几十年中一直呈稳步下降趋势。

This is mostly a result of the improvement of hundreds of millions of people's living standards.

这主要是数亿人生活水平提高的结果。

In fact, for the first time ever since the Industrial Revolution, about half of the global population can be considered middle class.

事实上,自工业革命以来,全球约一半的人口首次可以被视为中产阶级。

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

问题19到21基于你刚才听到的录音。

Question 19.

问题19。

What is the worrying trend the late Swedish academic has identified?

这位已故瑞典学者发现的令人担忧的趋势是什么?

Question 20.

问题20。

What does the speaker say about globalization?

演讲者关于全球化说了什么?

Question 21.

问题21。

What do we learn about half of the global population?

我们了解到全球一半人口的什么情况?

19. What is the worrying trend the late Swedish academic has identified?
A) Many people across advanced economies think the world is going from bad to worse.
B) The news focuses on reporting catastrophes that occur across the world.
C) A significant part of the world is experiencing another great recession.
D) Many people have no idea of those living under miserable conditions.
答案 A
解析原文"many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually even think the opposite",即认为世界越来越糟,故选A。
20. What does the speaker say about globalization?
A) It has experienced ups and downs like any other historical trend.
B) It is hailed as a miracle by both economists and ordinary people.
C) It is the only way for all countries to share economic prosperity.
D) It has given more and more countries a rare chance to thrive.
答案 C
解析原文"globalization is the only way forward to ensure that economic prosperity is shared among all countries",故选C。
21. What do we learn about half of the global population?
A) Their fortunes may take a downturn.
B) They can be classified as middle class.
C) Their living standards have been deteriorating.
D) They are experiencing a radical transformation.
答案 B
解析原文"about half of the global population can be considered middle class",故选B。
Lecture 7
听力原文

Recording three.

录音三。

We all know that the sense of smell is powerful.

我们都知道嗅觉的力量很强大。

The delicious scent of bread, for example, can act like a time machine.

例如,面包的香味可以像一台时光机。

One sniff can bring back a memory from many years ago.

吸一口气,就能唤起多年前的记忆。

Indeed, scent particles, in general, can revive memories that have been long forgotten.

确实,一般来说,气味分子能够复活那些早已被遗忘的记忆。

But why do smells sometimes trigger powerful memories, especially emotional ones?

但为什么气味有时会触发强烈的记忆,尤其是情感记忆?

The short answer is that the brain regions that handle smells, memories, and emotions are linked.

简而言之,是因为处理气味、记忆和情感的大脑区域是相互连接的。

A scent is a chemical particle that floats in through the nose and into the region of the brain responsible for smell, where the sensation is first processed into a form that the brain can read.

气味是一种化学粒子,它漂浮进入鼻子,并到达负责嗅觉的大脑区域,在那里,感觉首先被处理成大脑可以识别的形式。

Brain cells then carry that information to the area of the brain where emotions are processed, and then to an adjacent area of the brain where learning and memory formation take place.

然后,脑细胞将该信息传递到大脑中处理情感的区域,接着传递到相邻的进行学习和记忆形成的区域。

Scents are the only sensations that travel such a direct path to the emotional and memory centers of the brain.

气味是唯一以如此直接的路径到达大脑情感和记忆中心的感觉。

That results in an intimate connection between emotions, memories, and scents, which is why memories triggered by scents are experienced as more emotional than those triggered by sight or sound.

这导致了情感、记忆和气味之间的紧密联系,这就是为什么由气味触发的记忆比由视觉或声音触发的记忆更具情感色彩。

Let's take a closer look at how those memories are activated.

让我们更仔细地看看这些记忆是如何被激活的。

Usually, when a person smells something that's connected to a meaningful event in their past, they'll first have an emotional response to the sensation, and then a memory might follow.

通常,当一个人闻到与其过去某个有意义事件相关的气味时,他们首先会对这种感觉产生情感反应,然后可能会想起相关的记忆。

But sometimes, the memory doesn't come to the surface.

但有时,记忆并不会浮现出来。

The person might feel the emotion of something that happened in the past, but won't remember what they experienced.

这个人可能会感受到过去某件事的情感,但却想不起具体经历了什么。

What causes this baffling phenomenon?

是什么导致了这种令人困惑的现象?

The explanation is context.

解释是语境(或上下文)。

Imagine this scenario.

想象一下这个场景。

A person is walking down the street, smelling a scent that they first encountered decades ago, which activates an emotional response.

一个人走在街上,闻到一种几十年前第一次闻到的气味,这引发了一种情感反应。

If the person had first come across that smell in a very different context, it will be much more difficult to recover the associated memory, because the brain uses the context to give meaning to the information and find that memory.

如果那个人最初是在一个非常不同的语境下遇到那种气味的,那么要找回相关的记忆就会困难得多,因为大脑使用语境来赋予信息意义并找到那个记忆。

The special nature of memories brought back by scents notwithstanding, they have the same drawbacks as other memories.

尽管由气味唤起的记忆具有特殊性,但它们与其他记忆有着相同的缺点。

They aren't always accurate, and they can change over time.

它们并不总是准确的,并且会随着时间而改变。

In fact, each time we remember something, that memory can become distorted.

事实上,每次我们回忆某件事,那个记忆都可能变得扭曲。

But, because of the strong emotional associations these memories evoke, people who remember something due to a scent are often convinced that the memories are accurate, even when they aren't.

但是,由于这些记忆唤起了强烈的情感关联,那些因气味而想起某事的人常常坚信记忆是准确的,即使事实并非如此。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

第22至25题基于你刚刚听到的录音。

Question 22.

第22题。

What question does the speaker try to answer in this talk?

演讲者试图在这次讲话中回答什么问题?

Question 23.

第23题。

What is said to result in an intimate connection between emotions, memories and scents?

据称是什么导致了情感、记忆和气味之间的紧密联系?

Question 24.

第24题。

What does the brain use to give meaning to information and find a memory?

大脑使用什么来赋予信息意义并找到记忆?

Question 25.

第25题。

What drawback do memories of scents share with other memories?

关于气味的记忆与其他记忆共同具有的缺点是什么?

22. What question does the speaker try to answer in this talk?
A) Why smells can activate emotional memories.
B) How powerful the sense of smell can become.
C) How scent particles revive memories forgotten.
D) Why the scent of bread has a strong mental impact.
答案 A
解析演讲者提出核心问题"why do smells sometimes trigger powerful memories, especially emotional ones?",全篇围绕气味为何触发情感记忆,故选A。
23. What is said to result in an intimate connection between emotions, memories and scents?
A) The brain cells' processing of memories experienced as strongly emotional.
B) The activation of the brain's emotion processing area by chemical particles.
C) The interaction between chemical particles and the brain cells responsible for smell.
D) The sensations of scents going directly to the brain's emotional and memory centers.
答案 D
解析原文"Scents are the only sensations that travel such a direct path to the emotional and memory centers of the brain. That results in an intimate connection...",故选D。
24. What does the brain use to give meaning to information and find a memory?
A) Imagination.
B) Association.
C) Experience.
D) Context.
答案 D
解析原文"the brain uses the context to give meaning to the information and find that memory",故选D。
25. What drawback do memories of scents share with other memories?
A) Inaccuracy and alterability.
B) Susceptibility to polar interpretations.
C) Being personal and individualistic.
D) Being dependent on relevant scenarios.
答案 A
解析原文"They aren't always accurate, and they can change over time",即不准确且会改变,故选A。