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1、Dictation (Unit One)With hope of finding more survivors/of Turkeys devastating earthquake/now all but gone, / the Turkishauthorities are turning their attention / to caring for those who have survived.A full-scale relief effort / in the area hit by the earthquake /is finally beginning after days of
2、confusion. /Turkish and foreign volunteers / have been joined bysoldiers and the police, / andheavy equipment /sent by nearby cities and by private companies / has been moved to almost everyvictimized town.The Minister of Housing estimated that / 60,000 buildings had been either destroyed/ or seriou
3、slydamaged in the quake. / It is hoped that /within a few days, / many of the homeless / will be moved /outof the fields and tents /where they are now living. / Forty-two countries and 38 internationalorganizations / have sent aid to Turkey. / The World Bank had sent $200 million/for housingconstruc
4、tion.Dictation (Unit Two)I think / that a successful old age is easiest for those / who have strong impersonal interests / leading tosuitable activities. / It is in these activities / that long experience is really fruitful, / and the wisdom bornof experience /can be used /without becoming a burden.
5、 / It is no use telling grown-up children / not tomake mistakes, / both because they will not believe you, / and because mistakes are an essential partof education. / But if you are one of those /who are incapable of /impersonal interests, / you may findthat /your life will be empty / unless you con
6、cern yourself / with your children and grandchildren. / In thatcase/ you must realize /that while you can still help them / in material ways, / you must not expect /thatthey will enjoy your company.Dictation (Unit Three)Love means that I know the person I love. / Im aware of the many sides of the ot
7、her person /not justthe beautiful side / but also the limitations. / I have an awareness / of the others feelings and thoughts./ I can see the other person on a deeper level.Love means that I care about the welfare / of the person I love. / If I care about yr, / I am concernedabout your growth, / an
8、d I hope you will become / all that you can become.Love means trusting the person I love. / If I love you, /I trust that you will accept my caring and my love/ and that you wont deliberately hurt me. / I trust/ that you will find me lovable / and that you wontabandon me. / If we trust each other, /
9、we are willing to be open to each other / and reveal our trueselves.Dictation (Unit Four)The main reason for the widespread demand for English / is its present-day importance as a worldlanguage. / Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers, /English is a language / in whichsome of the
10、 most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, / and notalways by native speakers. / It is a language of wider communication for a number of developingcountries, /especially former British colonies. / Many of these countries have multi-lingual populations/and need
11、 a language for internal communication / in such matters as government, commerce, industry,law and education as well as for international communication / and for access to the scientific andtechnological developments in the west.Dictation (Unit Five) With the invention of the radio, /newspaper publi
12、shers wondered / howbroadcasting would affect them. / Many feared / that the radio as a quick and easy means of keepingpeople informed /would displace the newspaper industry altogether.Others hoped /that the brief newscast heard on the air / would stimulate listenersinterest in thestory/ so theyd bu
13、y the paper to get more information. / This second idea turned out to be closer to thetruth. / Radio and print actually supported each other. /However, this is not always the case. /Taketelevision and motion pictures for example. / With the popularization of TV, /the motion picture sufferedgreatly.
14、/Movie attendance dropped / when people chose to stay at home and be entertained.Dictation (Unit Six)My Berlin diary for December 2 / was limited to four words. /“Only three more days!”The Foreign Officewas still holding up / my passport and exit visa, / which worried me. / I had to get my passport
15、andofficial permission / to leave on December 5.There was one other thing to do. / For weeks I had thought over / how to get my diaries safely out ofBerlin. / At some moments / I had thought / I ought to destroy them before leaving. / There was enoughin them / to get me hanged.The morning I got my p
16、assport and exit visa / I realized I had less than twenty-four hours / to figure outa way / of getting my Berlin diaries out. /Iagain thought of destroying them, / but I wanted very much tokeep them, if I could. /Suddenly, later that morning, / the solution became clear. It was risky, / but it waswo
17、rth a try.Dictation (Unit Seven)Professors may establish social relationships with students / outside of the classroom, /but in theclassroom they maintain the instructor role .s/ A professor may have coffee one day with students / butthe next day expect them to meet a deadline / for the submission o
18、f a paper or to be prepared for adiscussion or an exam. / The professor may give extra attention outside of class / to a student in need ofhelp / but probably will not treat him or her differently / when it comes to evaluating schoolwork. /Professors have several roles in relation to students; / the
19、y may be counselors and friends as well asteachers./ Students must realize / that when a teachersrole changes, / they must appropriately adapttheir behavior and attitudes.Dictation (Unit Eight)stIt could be the title of a 21 -century movie: /“Death by Global Warming.”Instead, it is a real-life warni
20、ng/ from an American university ecologist / who believes /global warming may account for /millions ofhuman deaths from disease. /Right now / the evidence of / significant global climate change /is minimal,/ but there are already noticeable increases/ in human disease worldwide. / Most of the increas
21、e indisease /is due to numerous environmental factors, /including infectious disease, / pollution bychemicals / and biological wastes, / and shortage of food. /Global warming will only / make mattersworse.Global climate change /will result in a loss of available food. /Although there may be some ben
22、efits / incrop production from warmer climates, /these beneficial effects / will not be so great./ Crop losses fromplant disease and weeds / will increase in a warmer climate.Dictation (Unit Nine)Wealth achieved through dishonest means / does not bring happiness. / Lottery winnings do not bringhappi
23、ness. / Wealth left by parents / does not bring happiness. / In fact, / money alone is almostworthless. / If you have both self-esteem and money, / you may be well on the way to happiness. /However, what is still missing in both self-esteem and money/ is productive work and a real contribution/towar
24、ds the happiness of others. / The secret to happiness / lies in the contribution towards thehappiness of others. / You can fool others / but you can never fool yourself. / If you have takenadvantage of / or hurt others to earn your wealth, / you will not be happy. / You will not like yourself. /You
25、will not feel you are capable.Dictation (Unit Ten)As the eldest son of my parents / who were themselves poor, / I had to, fortunately, / begin to do somework / while still very young / in order to earn a living, / and therefore came to understand / in earlyboyhood / that my duty was to assist my par
26、ents / and become, as soon as possible, / a breadwinner inthe family.It was a terrible task for a lad of twelve / to rise every morning, except Sunday, / to go to the factory /while it was still dark, / and not to be released / until after darkness came again in the evening, / withonly a forty-minut
27、e break at noon.But I was young and had my dreams, / and something within always told me /that this would not, couldnot, should not last /I should some day get into a better position. / Also, I felt myself no longer a mereboy, / but quite a little man, / and this made me happy.Dictation (Unit Eleven
28、)Take the control away from your offender. / Mentally replaying your hurt gives power to the person / whocaused you pain. / Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, /learn to look for the love, / beauty andkindness around you.Try to see things /from the other persons perspective. / If you empat
29、hize with that person, / you mayrealize /that he or she was acting / out of ignorance, feareven love. / To gain perspective, / you maywant to write a letter to yourself / from your offenders point of view.Recognize benefits of forgiveness. / Research has shown /that people who forgive / report more
30、energy,/better appetite and better sleep patterns.Dont forget to forgive yourself. / For some people, /forgiving themselves / is the biggest challenge. /But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you dontdo so.Dictation (Unit Twelve)Moral Intelligence is the theory / put forth by Dr. Coles, / tha
31、t children learn some of the most importantlessons / by observing the behavior of those around them / in authority positions / (mainly parents andteachers). / His background in child psychology / is deep and he makes / full use of ideas /from otherexperts/ in the field. / His theory goes beyond the
32、teaching of moral lessons / such as“you shouldntsteal, or lie”/ and reaches a deeper level of analysis. / He theorizes / that children pick up / and retaininformation about moral behavior /from witnessing the action of others. / He feels that this manner oflearning / has a more lasting impact on chi
33、ldren. / Moral intelligence is created by children, /but can bemodeled by proper guidance.Dictation (Unit Thirteen)Karl Marx was the most important of all socialist thinkers / and the creator of a system of thought calledMarxism, / and the political system called communism. /Marx developed his revol
34、utionary theories /overa period of four decades beginning in 1843. / He formulated his theories / with the intention to liberatewage workers or laborers /from the capitalist societies of nineteenth-century Europe. / He maintainedthat in order to emancipate humanity / from economic domination, / a so
35、cial revolution was needed. / Hehelped to organize the international socialist movement. / His ideas motivated radical activists / whojoined his call to overthrow capitalism. / Marxism, reduced to the theory / that all events are caused byeconomic self-interest, / had a strong influence on many area
36、s of though / from politics to history toliterature.Dictation (Unit Fourteen)Good luck to the Bridge and Groom. / Many ancient practices /that were supposed to prevent bad luck/ and bring blessings to the bridal pair/ have come down through the years. / In many Western countries/ people shower the b
37、ridal pair with confetti / to express the hope that the couple will be blessed withchildren. / Tin cans or old shoes are sometimes tied to the automobile / that carries the bride and groomaway. / This practice may have come out of the ancient belief / that loud noises frighten bad spirits away./ To
38、assure good luck, / brides often heed the old saying and wear for the wedding /“something old,something new, something borrowed, something blue.”/ The bridegosod fortune in getting a husband/may be handed on to the unmarried girl / who catches the brides bouquet after the marriage. /According to an old belief / the groom carried his bride over the threshold of their new home / to protecther form being caught /by any mischievous sprits hiding nearby.
Dictation(1)綜合英語聽寫
