专4听写10篇

听写10篇

Dictation1Town and Country Life in England英国城市和乡村生活(169 words)

There is a big difference between town life and country life in England./In the country,everybody knows everybody else./They know what time you get up,/ what time you go to bed and what you have for dinner./If you want help,you will always get it/and you will be glad to help others./

In a large town like London,however,/it can sometimes happen that you have never seen your next door neighbor/and you do not know his name or anything about him./People in London are often very lonely./This is because people go to different places in the evenings and at weekends./If you walk through the streets in the centre of London on Sunday,/it is like a town without people./One is sor⁃ry for old people living on their own./They could die in their homes and would not be discovered for weeks or even months./

Dictation2Plastic塑料(176words)

We use plastic wrap to protect our foods./We put our garbage in plastic bags or plastic cans./We sit on plastic chairs,play with plastic toys,/drink from plas⁃tic cups,and wash our hair with shampoo from plastic bottles!/ Plastic does not grow in nature.It is made by mixing certain things together./ We call it a produced or manufactured material./Plastic was first made in the 1860s from plants,such as wood and cotton./That plastic was soft and burned easily./

The first modern plastics were made in the1930s./Most clear plastic starts out as thick,black oil./That plastic coating inside a pan begins as natural gas./ Over the years,hundreds of different plastics have been developed./Some are hard and strong.Some are soft and bendable.Some are clear.Some are many-col⁃ored./There is a plastic for almost every need.Scientists continue to experiment with plastics./They hope to find even more ways to use them!/

Dictation3Higher Education高等教育(183words)

Higher education is a very different experience to school or further education./ You are expected to do far more work for yourself./Lectures and seminars will provide guidance,/but you’ll need to widen your knowledge through background reading./Subject staff will offer lots of advice/to help you get used to this new

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way of working./Library staff will be able to help you find the materials you need, /and advise on referencing and avoiding plagiarism when it comes to writing es⁃says./

Making new friends is a key part of the higher education experience./If you’re worried about fitting in,/remember that students from all backgrounds and of all ages go to university and college./One way to form friendships is through student societies or sports./It’s always easier to bond with someone if you share a com⁃mon interest./There will probably be a full list of societies available on your stu⁃dents’union website,/and you’ll have an opportunity to join up to most at the “freshers’fair”./

Dictation4Dining Custom in the USA美国的就餐习惯(172words) Americans,like many people elsewhere in the world,/like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food,drink and conversation./Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the US/are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world./

But as most people in the US have no servants,/their dinner parties at home tend to be informal./Guests may sit down at a table,/or as many new small homes have no separate dining room or very small dining space./ Guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room,/holding their plates or trays on their knees./A more enjoyable form of entertainment is the pic⁃nic./

Americans are great picnickers and almost every family has a picnic basket./ Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open countryside,/ and less hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire./Picnic food is usually cold./

Dictation5Sleep睡觉(173words)

Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired?/There is no one answer that applies to every individual./It is possible to feel“tired”physically and still be unable to fall asleep,/because while your body may be exhausted,you do not feel sleepy./It is not so easy to simply“turn off”./

Lack of sleep complicates matters even more./Experts say adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep a night to function properly./When you get less sleep than that on consecutive three nights,/you begin to accrue four“sleep debt”./As sleep debt increases your body experiences a stress response./Now a vicious cycle has been created:/You experience the feeling of being more and

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more tired,/but your body is increasingly stimulated./“Power sleeping”for more hours on weekends is only a temporary solution./There is no substitute for getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis./

Dictation6Cartoonists卡通艺术家(159words)

In a good cartoon,the artist can tell in a few lines/as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs./The cartoonist not only tells a story/but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking./He has great influence on public opinion./In a political campaign,he plays an important part./Controver⁃sial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations/may keep the car⁃toonist well-supplied with current materials./

A clever cartoonist may cause laughter/because he often uses humor in his drawings./If he is sketching a famous person,/he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it./Cartoonists,for instance,like to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin./This exaggeration of a person’s characteristics is called caricature./The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across./

Dictation7A Guide’s Answer导游的答案(160words)

In1861,the Civil War started in the United States/between the Northern and the Southern states./The war continued with great bitterness until1865,/when the Northerners were victorious./However,even today,many Southerners have not forgotten their defeat,/or forgiven the Northerners./

A few years ago,a party of American tourists were going round one of the bat⁃tlefields of the Civil War/with a guide who came from one of the Southern states. /At each place,the guide told the tourists stirring stories/about how a few South⁃ern soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there./

At last,one of the tourists,a lady who came from the North,/stopped the guide and said to him,/“But surely that the Northern army must have won at least one victory in the Civil War?”/

“Not as long as I’m the guide here,madam,”/answered the Southern guide./

Dictation8Great Depression in the U.S.美国经济大萧条(166words)

In1929,the bills started to come in.American industry had produced too many goods./Americans could not afford to buy all of them./So factories had to cut down on their production./Many workers lost their jobs.Investors tried to get their money back./But businesses did not have enough money to pay them./ Banks tried to get their money back from investors./But the investors could not

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pay,either.Too many people owed money./And few of them could pay their bills. /

During the next few years,business got worse and worse./By1932,banks all over the country were closing./

People without money could not buy goods.So more businesses closed./More and more people lost their jobs./By1932,more than12million Americans were jobless./Millions more were earning barely enough to live on./The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before./

Dictation9Making a Complaint投诉(170words) Complaining about faulty goods or bad services is never easy./But if some⁃thing you have brought is faulty/or does not do what was claimed for it,/you are not asking for a favor to get it put right./

Complaints should be made to a responsible person./Go back to the shop where you bought the goods,/taking with you any receipt you may have./In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain direct./In a chain store,ask the manager./If you telephone,ask the name of the person who handles your enquiry,/otherwise you may never find out who dealt with the complaint later./If you do not want to do it in person,write a letter./Stick to the facts and keep a copy of what you write./At this stage you should give any receipt numbers,/but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article./

Dictation10Balloons气球(153words)

Balloons have been used for sport for about100years./There are two kinds of sport balloons,gas and hot-air./Hot-air balloons are safer than gas balloons,/ which may catch fire./Hot-air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States/because of their safety./They are also cheaper and easier to man⁃age than gas balloons./Despite the ease of operating a balloon,/pilots must watch the weather carefully./Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the wind is late./Over the years,balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic./It wasn’t until1978that three American balloonists succeeded./It took them just6days to make the trip,/from their homes in the United State to Paris,France./Their voyage captured the imagina⁃tion of the whole world./

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