一本英语听力原文

一本英语听力原文（共7篇）

1.一本英语听力原文 篇一

介绍一本英语读物作文200字

我相信大家应该都有一本英语读物吧!那么我现在就来介绍一下我的一本英语读物。

书名叫:“100篇英语故事”作者是秦文君,内容就是:“100篇有着深刻道理的`语言故事,把它用简短有长用的英语描绘下来。有一次,书中出现了”SheisaGreenhand.我以为意思是她是绿色的手,可总觉得不顺口,最后到网上查了一下,大家猜猜汉语是什么?揭晓答案:‘’她是一位新手‘’所以说英语不是一个单词、句子都只有一个意思。所以我们更应该好好学习。

你们也应该有很好的英语读物,快介绍给大家吧,把它用简短有长用的英语描绘下来,快介绍给大家吧!

2.英语六级听力原文练习 篇二

About 21,000 people are crowded into the Tomping U.N. peacekeeping base in Juba. People fled to the base after fighting broke out between government forces and rebels in December.

Stefan Liljegren -- MSF Project Coordinator in Juba describes conditions in Tomping.

They are cramped up in a very, very tiny area, which is known to be flood prone, and flooding has already happened due to rain. The humanitarian organizations have been pushing for more space. The UMISS here in Juba [is] really putting a lot of obstacles for humanitarians working here in this area. One obstacle after the other is being presented to us. Instead of finding solutions to the problems, they are postponing and changing ideas, and theyre giving a piece of land and taking it back again, he said.

He said just getting from shelter to shelter is a problem.

1.英语六级听力练习原文

2.英语六级听力练习

3.英语六级的听力练习

4.英语六级听力练习范文

5.英语六级听力专题练习

6.英语六级听力练习:常速英语

7.英语六级精炼听力练习

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9.英语六级听力练习：常速英语

3.12月英语六级听力原文 篇三

Part 4 听写题

When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? There are other heavenly bodies out there besides the moon and stars. One of the most fascinating of this is a comet. Comets were formed around the same the earth was formed. They are made up of ice and other frozen liquids and gasses. Now and then these dirty snow balls begin to orbit the sun just as the planets do. As a comet gets closer to the sun. Some gasses in it begin to unfreeze. They combine with dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud. As the comet gets even nearer to the sun and solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet thus forming its tail. The tail and generally fuzzy atmosphere around the comet are characteristics that can help identify this phenomenon in the night sky. In any given year, about dozen known comets come close to the sun in their orbits. The average person can’t see them all of course. Usually there is only one or two a year bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Comet Hale-Bopp discovered in 1995 was an unusually bright comet. Its orbit bought relatively to the earth within 122 million miles of it. But Hale-Bopp came a long way on its earthly visit. It won’t be back for another 4 thousand years or so.

4.一本英语听力原文 篇四

一、语言

一篇文章的优劣，主要看语言表达的优劣，而语言表达的优劣则主要在于词汇和句式的表达。所以想要写好一篇考研英语作文，首先必须从最基本的词汇和句式开始学习。这里所说的词汇和我们平时所说的词汇还是有一点区别的，主要是指写作词汇，即我们经常在写作话题中用的词汇。大家平时在背诵单词的时候，可能已经接触到了，但是大家当时没有意识到这个词汇可能我会在写作中用到，所以也就没太关注。这里我就给大家提个醒，在背单词的时候觉得某个单词可能会在作文中用到的话，就专门摘抄到笔记本上，等到复习写作的时候再拿出来背背。这是我复习作文词汇的一个思路，再就是我用的《写作160篇》里面有一个章节专门分门别类地把每一种写作话题词汇列了出来，直接拿着那个背诵我就积累了不少的写作词汇。

等到解决完词汇问题，小伙们便要开始复习写作句式了。大部分人是直接从模板里摘录出比较好的高级句式，直接进行背诵然后再用到自己的写作当中去的，我也尝试过用这个办法，不过最后觉得效果不怎么明显，因为模板大部分人都在用，容易写的雷同，而且光套用模板句式写出来的作文有点僵化，得不了高分。所以我最终放弃了这种方法而是从《写作160篇》里面最基本的语法开始复习，在掌握了基础句型和复杂结构句式以后，开始仿照着经典写作句式来自己写一些比较独特的句式，同时又把里面的万能模板结构换成自己写的句式，尝试着改造模板，把模板变成属于自己的东西。刚开始这样做的时候比较困难，写出来的模板还是有一点僵硬，多练习了几遍之后就感觉顺手多了，也写出了比较好的模板。

一、思路

一篇优秀的作文除了十分优美的语言之外，要想能够从别人意想不到的方面来进行写作

还需要有着不寻常的写作思路。写作思路是一篇作文成型的必要条件，如果前期积累了大量的高级词汇和优美句式，而对于文章的行文布局却没有一点点思路，那么之前的努力无异于白费功夫。所以这就需要大家在写作思路方面多下一点功夫了。短文写作大都采取三段论的形式，第一段提出问题或者分析图画，第二段分析原因或者揭示图画寓意，第三段总论解决问题。同样是三段论的形式，大部分人在写作的时候极其简单，而有的人却别具一格，归根结底还是由于思路方面的原因。所以就需要小伙伴们在行文构思的时候一定要把握文章的结构以及多积累一些素材，使文章显得有深度一些，同时还应该掌握一些创新思路的技巧与方法。我的做法就是用《写作160篇》的里面真题范文38篇、重点预测32篇还有热点浏览90篇来积累一些常用的素材和话题，保证写作的时候使文章内容丰富、充实，还有就是按照书里面提供的“三步作文法”从经典模板出发，到思路创新突破，再到语言创新突破一步步练习写作思路的创新。一段时间练习，写作的思路跟之前相比开阔了不少，个人觉得还是非常不错的，所以推荐给大家。

总之，作文写作的复习大家一定得从最基本的语言复习开始，等到积累到一定的程度后再开始思路的创新，按照这个步骤一步步深入复习下去，作文写作水平肯定会有质的飞跃。希望我的方法对大家有所帮助，祝愿大家考研取得不错的成绩！

历届学长学姐大力推荐的考研英语一辅导书 1.《非常词汇》

适合人群：英语一和英语二通用

推荐理由:800个句子浓缩所有大纲单词，通过句子记单词，让你不再由A背到Z，背单词不再那么枯燥，记忆量大大变小了。赠送的4大赠本中，不仅包括考研英语必考词和基础词，还有四大赠本《高考词+四级词+六级词+考研词》、《基础词+必考词+偶考词+超纲词》，《750个考研高频短语》另外还有《300组词汇辨析》。重点分明，可以根据的自己的情况和时间进行选择去用

2.闪过英语考研《必考词汇应用全书》 适合人群：备考时间不足的人

推荐理由：闪过作为英语教辅第二品牌，为什么说闪过英语适合备考时间不足的人，因为闪过英语辅导 书都有“薄、准、精、快”的特点，让你在短期内闪过英语考试。

大家都知道必考词=考研英语70分，可见必考词是多的么重要，但是必考词的应用比记忆重要的多。这 本书不仅浓缩了1800个必考词，还给出了必考词常考的几大短语！这些短语帮你在 短期内搞定必考词在考试中的应用。

二、阅读：

1.《阅读基础90篇》 适合人群：英语基础薄弱的人

推荐理由 :通过90篇真题阅读的逐词逐句精解，夯实词汇和语法，在短期内恶补基础！

赠送书中还有8大考点的满分技巧帮助考生系统复习，再用赠送的36篇标准难度真题实战演练，检测成 果，适合复习前期恶补基础。

2.闪过英语考研《长难句闪过》 适合人群：备考时间不充足的人

推荐理由 :《长难句闪过》被称作“长难句破解神器”，这本书不仅仅是向我们展示语法分析的结果，而 教你通过“找主干，理清修饰词，看标点”三个步骤教你轻松简单的破解长难句，让你一看就懂，一做 就会，快速搞定长难句！如果长难句是你的障碍，那么这本书无疑是你最好的选择。

1.《考研真相》

适合人群：英语基础薄弱的人

推荐理由：逐词逐句逐题精解真题，把真题文章每句的难点词汇和语法掰开了揉碎了一句一句去讲，不用查字典，更不用查语法书，学长学姐们都大力推荐！这本书有两个版本，一个是基础加强版（98-07年真题）——适合第一阶段打基础、一个是高分突破版（08-17年真题）——适合第二阶段复习，适合基础薄弱的考研 党，适合自己的就是最好的！

2.《考研英语一历年真题汇编王》 适合人群：考前想要刷题的人

推荐理由：这本书汇编了历年的38套真题，适合在考前或者复习前期刷题用，这本书最大的特点就在于 题量大，还便宜。

四、写作

《写作160篇》——英语一写作专用书 适合人群：英语基础薄弱专用

5.高三英语课文原文 篇五

Which theme park would you like to visit? There are various kinds of theme parks, with a different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, cartoons, movies or history.

Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for showing the famous sights and sounds of a culture. Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!

The theme park you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland.

It can be found in several parts of the world. It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true, whether traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting your favourite fairy tale or Disney cartoon character.

As you wander around the fantasy amusement park, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street.

Of course Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from giant swinging ships to terrifying free-fall drops. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland. If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to Disneyland!

Dollywood, in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the southeastern

USA, is one of the most unique theme parks in the world. Dollywood shows and celebrates Americas traditional southeastern culture. Although Dollywood has rides, the parks main attraction is its culture. Famous country music groups perform there all year in indoor and outdoor theatres.

People come from all over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glass and iron objects in the old-fashioned way. Visit the candy shop to try the same kind of candy that American southerners made 150 years ago, or take a ride on the only steam- engine train still working in the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bald eagles in the worlds largest bald eagle preserve.

And for those who like rides, Dollywood has one of the best old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead. It is world-famous for having the most length in the smallest space. Come to Dollywood to have fun learning all about Americas historical southeastern culture!

If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies, princes and queens, then Englands Camelot Park is the place for you. Every area of the park is modelled after life in the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In one place, you can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard. If you want to see fighting with swords or on horseback, then the jousting area is a good place to visit.

If you do well there, King Arthur may choose you to fight in the big jousting tournament. Do you like animals? Then visit the farm area, and learn how people in ancient England ran their farms and took care of their animals. To enter a world of fantasy about ancient England, come to Camelot Park!

主题公园——是娱乐，又不仅仅是娱乐

你想要参观哪一个主题公园呢？（世界上）有各种各样的主题公园，不同的 公园有不同的主题，但几乎囊括了一切：

食物、文化、科学、卡通、电影及历史。 有一些主题公园因为有最大或者最长的过山车而闻名， 有些则展示了文化中那些 著名的声音和视觉景象。不论你喜欢哪一个，不管你喜欢什么，都会有一个适合 你的主题公园！

你最熟悉的主题公园很可能就是迪斯尼乐园吧。世界上好几个地方都有迪斯 尼乐园。无论你是在太空遨游，参观海盗船，还是邂逅你最喜欢的童话故事或者迪斯尼卡通里的人物，迪斯尼会把你带入一个魔幻的世界， 使你的梦想变成现实。

当你在游乐园漫步时，你可能会在游行队伍中或者街上看到白雪公主或米老鼠。 当然，迪斯尼还有很多颇具刺激性的游乐设施，比如巨大的吊船和可怕的自由落体（设施）。有所有这么多引人入胜的东西，难怪哪里有迪斯尼乐园，哪里的旅 游业就会兴旺。如果你想尽情娱乐，而且有更多的收获，那就来迪斯尼乐园吧！

位于美国东南部美丽的斯莫基山脉中的多莱坞，是世界上最独特的主题公园 之一。

多莱坞展示并欢庆美国东南地区的传统文化。尽管这里也有供搭乘的游乐 设施，但是公园最具吸引力的还是它的文化。著名的乡村音乐乐团全年都会在露天或室内的剧院演出。美国各地的人们来到这里，是为了观看木匠或其他工匠们 用老式的方法制作木制品、玻璃制品和铁制品。

还可以到糖果店品尝一下糖果，这些糖果和150年前美国南方人制作的一模一样。或者乘一乘蒸汽火车，这可是 在美国东南部依然运转的唯一一辆蒸汽火车。

你甚至可以在世界上最大的秃鹰保 护区欣赏到美丽的秃鹰。 多莱坞为那些喜欢乘坐搭乘设施的人提供了最好的老式 木质过山车之一——雷暴云砧。 它因为在最小的空间内拥有最长的长度而闻名于 世。来多莱坞尽情了解所有的美国东南地区的历史文化吧！

如果你想体验远古时代并且感受英国骑士、贵妇、王子和王后的高贵举止， 那么英国的卡默洛特公园对你而言就再适合不过了。 园内所有景区都是按照亚瑟 王和圆桌骑士生活的时代复制的。在有的地方，你还能和大魔术师梅林一起观看 魔术表演。

如果你想观看剑术或马上格斗，格斗区是一个值得去的好地方。如果 你在那表现好的话，亚瑟王可能会挑选你参加大型的格斗联赛。

6.高中英语课文原文 篇六

必修一 Unit

1Anne’s Best Friend Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War Ⅱ.Her family was Jewish so nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered.During that time the only true friend was her diary.She said, ”I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.Thursday 15th June, 1944 Dear Kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.That’s changed since I was here.…For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by my self.But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window.Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open.I didn’t go downstairs until the window bad to be shut.The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power;it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face… …Sadly …I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows.It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.Yours, Anne

第一单元 友谊Reading 安妮最好的朋友 你是不是想有一位无话不谈能推心置腹的朋友呢?或者你是不是担心你的朋友会嘲笑你，会不理解你目前的困境呢?安妮·弗兰克想要的是第一种类型的朋友，于是她就把

日记当成她最好的朋友。安妮在第二次世界大战期间住在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。她一家人都是犹太人，所以他们不得不躲藏起来，否则他们就会被德国纳粹抓去。她和她的家人躲藏两年之后才被发现。在这段时间里，她唯一的忠实朋友就是她的日记。她说，“我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。我要把这本日记当作我的朋友，我要把我这个朋友称作基蒂”。安妮自从1942年7月起就躲藏在那儿，现在，来看看她的心情吧。亲爱的基蒂： 我不知道这是不是因为我长久无法出门的缘故，我变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂热。我记得非常清楚，以前，湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未令我心迷神往过。自从我来到这里，这一切都变。比方说，有天晚上天气很暖和，我熬到11点半故意不睡觉，为的是独自好好看看月亮。但是因为月光太亮，我不敢打开窗户。还有一次，就在五个月以前的一个晚上，我碰巧在楼上，窗户是开着的。我一直等到非关窗不可的时候才下楼去。漆黑的夜晚，风吹雨打，雷电交加，我全然被这种力量镇住。这是我一年半以来第一次目睹夜晚 令人伤心的是我只能透过脏兮兮的窗帘观看大自然，窗帘悬挂在沾满灰尘的窗前，但观看这些已经不再是乐趣，因为大自然是你必须亲身体验的。Using Language Reading, listening and writing 亲爱的王小姐： 我同班上的同学有件麻烦事。我跟我们班里的一位男同学一直相处很好，我们常常一起做家庭作业，而且很乐意相互帮助。我们成非常好的朋友。可是，其他同学却开始在背后议论起来，他们说我和这位男同学在谈恋爱，这使我很生气。我不想中断这段友谊，但是我又讨厌人家背后说闲话。我该怎么办呢? Reading and writing 尊敬的编辑： 我是苏州高中的一名

学生。我有一个难题，我不太善于同人们交际。虽然我的确试着去跟班上的同学交谈，但是我还是发现很难跟他们成为好朋友。因此，有时候我感到十分孤独。我确实想改变这种现状，但是我却不知道该怎么办。如果您能给我提些建议，我会非常感激的。

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2the Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.Nearly all of them lived in England.Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world, and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.Look at this example: British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes.I’d like to come up to you apartment.So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.It was base more on German than the English we speak at present.Then gradually between about AD 500 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.In 1620 some British settlers moved to America.Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia to.English began to be spoken in both countries.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English language.The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.During that time English became the language for government and education.English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa.Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners.Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.第二单元 世界上的英语 Reading 通向现代英语之路 16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语，几乎所有这些人都

生活在英国。后来，在17世纪英国人开始航海征服世界其它地区。于是，许多别的国家开始说英语。如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以互相交流。请看以下例子： 英国人贝蒂：“请到我的公寓(flat)里来看看，好吗?” 美国人艾米：“好的。我很乐意到你的公寓(apartment)去。” 那么，英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢?事实上，当不同文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所发展，有所变化。首先，在公元450年到1150年间，人们所说的英语跟今天所说的英语就很不一样。当时的英语更多地是以德语为基础的，而现代英语不是。然后，渐渐地，大约在公元800年到1150年期间，英语不那么像德语。因为那时的英国的统治者起初讲丹麦语后来讲法语。这些新的定居者大大丰富英语语言，特别是在词汇方面。所以到17世纪，莎士比亚所用的词汇量比以前任何时期都大。在1620年，一些英国人搬迁到美洲定居。后来，到19世纪，有些英国人也被送往澳大利亚，两个国家的人都开始说英语。最后，到20世纪，英语才真正定形。那时，英语在拼写上发生两大变化：首先，塞缪尔·约翰逊编写词典，后来，诺厄·韦伯斯特编纂《美国英语词典》，后者体现美国英语拼写的不同特色。现在，英语在南亚也被当作外语或第二语言来说。比如说，印度拥有众多讲英语很流利的人，这是因为英国于1765年到1947年统治过印度。在那期间，英语成官方语言和教育用语。在新加坡、马来西亚和非洲其它国家，比如南非，人们也说英语。

目前在中国学习英语的人数正在迅速增长。事实上，中国可能拥有世界上最多的英语学习者。中国英语会发展出自己的特色吗?这只能由时间来回答。Using Language 标准英语和方言 什么是标准英语?是在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、新西兰所说的英语吗?信不信由你，(世界上)没有什么标准英语。许多人认为，电视和收音机里所说的就是标准英语，这是因为在早期的电台节目里，人们期望新闻播音员所说的英语是最好的英语。然而，在电视和收音机里，你也会听出人们在说话时的差异。当人们用不同于“标准语言”的词语时，那就叫做方言。美国英语有许多方言，特别是中西部和南部地区的方言，以及黑人和西班牙人的方言。在美国有些地区，即使是相邻城镇的两个人所说的语言都可能稍有不同。美国英语之所以有这么多的方言是因为美国人是来自世界各地的缘故。地理位置对方言的产生也有影响。住在美国东部山区的一些人说着比较古老的英语方言。当美国人从一个地方搬到另一个地方时，他们也就把他们的方言随着带去。因此，美国东南部山区的人同美国西北部的人所说的方言就几乎相同。美国是一个使用多种方言的大国。虽然许多美国人经常搬迁，但是他们仍然能够辨别、理解彼此的方言。

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3Journey Down the Mekong My name is Wang Kun.Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one.Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college if Kunming.They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.Wang Wei soon got time interested in cycling too.After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.She can be really stubborn.Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.Now I know that the proper way is always her way.I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?”

I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet.Of course she hadn’t;my sister doesn’t care about details.So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.She gave me a determined look--the kind that said she would not change her mind.When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it.When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience.I know my sister well.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.Finally, I had to give in.Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library.We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography.From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier to move quickly.It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province.Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valleys.We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China.After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm.As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.第三单元

游记Reading 沿湄公河而下的旅程 第一部分梦想与计划 我的名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车

旅行。两年前，她买一辆昂贵的山地自行车，然后还说服我买一辆(山地车)。去年她去看望我们的表兄弟——在昆明读大学的刀卫和宇航。他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，在其他国家(境内)叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅游产生兴趣。大学毕业以后，我们终于有机会骑自行车旅行。我问我姐姐：“我们要去哪儿?”首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。现在她正在为我们的旅行制定计划。我很喜欢我姐姐，但是她有一个很严重的缺点。她有时确实很固执。尽管她对去某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要自己把这次旅游安排得尽善尽美。于是，我就知道这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。

7.托福听力PartC原文 篇七

请听材料科学课上的部分内容。

So what’s the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about uses for copper? Tammy?

提到铜的用途时，你们的脑海中会最先出现什么?Tammy，你来说?

The penny. It’s made of copper.

便士，它是用铜做的。

Okay, good one. But what’s a one cent coin worth these days?

不错的例子，但是如今一个一分钱的硬币值多少呢?

You might get back change, like if you go to the store and give the cashier 5 dollars for something that costs 4 dollars 98 cents,

你可能会拿回找零，比如，如果你去商店，然后买了某个4.98美元的东西，你给了收银员5美元

you’ll get 2 cents back, but 2 cents does not buy much.

会得到2分钱的找零，但是2两分钱买不了什么。

The value of the penny in terms of what it’ll buy has gotten so low that there’s actually a move afoot to eliminate the coin from US currency, but there’s more to it.

便士在购买力方面的价值变得非常低，以至于事实上现在正在进行一个从美国货币中淘汰这种面额的硬币的行动，但是并不仅因为这个原因。

As Tammy implied, the penny looks like it’s solid copper.

正如Tammy所说，便士看上去像纯铜的。

It is reddish orange with a bright metallic luster when it’s new, but that’s just the copper plating.

新便士是红褐色的，带有一层亮金属光泽，但那只是镀铜的。

The penny’s not solid copper, in actuality, it is almost 98 percent zinc.

便士不是纯铜的，事实上，它的材质几乎98%都是锌。

But given the rising value of both these metals, each penny now costs about 1.7 cents to produce, so it generates what is called negative Seigniorage.

但是考虑到这两种金属的价值都在上涨，现在每个便士的制造成本约1.7分钱，所以它产生了负铸币利差。

Negative Seigniorage is when the cost of minting a coin is more than the coin’s face value.

负铸币利差就是铸造一枚硬币的成本高于这个硬币的面值。

Even though the penny generates quite a bit of negative Seigniorage, there is concern that if it’s eliminated, we’ll need more nickels,

虽然便士产生了负铸币利差，但是有人担心如果淘汰了它，我们就会需要更多五分钱，

because more merchants might start setting prices in five-cent increments, 4 dollar 95 cents and so on.

因为更多的商家可能会开始给价格定五分钱的增额，比如4.95美元等等。

So we need a trusty five-cent piece that can be minted economically.