现代大学英语听力4(听写)Dictation答案

Unit1OnedayPalphWaldoEmerson,oneofAmerica’sgreatestthinkersandphilosophers,wasvisitedbyalocalfarmer,whosawabookbyPlatoinEmerson’slibraryandaskedtoborrowit.Whenthefarmerreturnedthebook,Emersonaskedhimhowhelikedit.Thefarmerreplied,“Ilikedit.thisPlatohasalotofmyideas”Duringan18-monthperiodinhisearly20s,SirIsaacNewtoninventedtheoriesofgravity,light,andcolor,aswellascalculus.Atage85,shortlybeforehisdeath,hewrote,“IdonotknowwhatImayappeartotheworld,buttomyselfIhavebeenonlylikeaboyplayingontheseashore,anddivertingmyselfleandinnowandthenfindingasmootherpebbleoraprettiershell,whilstthegreatoceanoftruthlayallundiscoveredbeforeme.UNIT2Humanbeingsmisusethepreciousfreshwaterintwoways.Itiswastedthroughcarelessuseandpollutedbydumpingwastesintoit.Peoplebuildlargecitiesindesertsandgrowcropsindryvalleys.Intheworld’sdryplaces,peoplemustlearntoavoidwaste,tomakeeverygalloncount.Peoplepollutewaterbydumpingsewageandindustrialwastesintoitorbylettingpesticidesfromfarmlandrunintoit.Evengroundwaterispollutedbypoisonssinkingintotheearth.Humanitymustlearnthatnothingjust“goesaway”.Peopleneedtotreatsewagesoitdoesnotpollutethewater.Theyneedtokeepindustrialwastescompletelyoutofthewater.UNIT3WhenSupermanburstontothescreen60yearsagotherehadneverbeenacharacterquitelikehim,andheremainsuniquetoday.Theinnumerableimitatorswhofollowedinhiswakehaveacknowledgedhisprimacybytakingonthetitleofsuperhero,butSupermandidmorethanstartthetrendthatcametodefinetheAmericancomicbook.Hisinfluencespreadthroughoutallknownmediaashebecameastarofanimatedcartoons,radio,recordings,books,motionpictures,andtelevision,whilhisimageappearedonproductsrangingfrompuzzlestopeanutbutter.Heisperhapsthefirstfictionalcharactertohavebeensosuccessfullypromotedasauniversalicon,yethealsocontinuestoremainapublishingphenomenonwhoseadventuresappearinnofewerthanfivemonthlycomicsmagazines.UNIT4TheChinesehavelongbelievedthatflexiblebrushistheperfectmeanstoexpressone’sinnerspirit.Thuscalligraphywithinkonpaperorsilk,whetherbyscholars,poets,monks,orgovernmentofficials,isoftenconsideredthehighestformofart.GreatmasterworksfromearlierperiodssuchastheTangDynastywereusedasmodalsfortheproperstyleandtheproportionofthemorethan50,000Chinesecharacters.Therewerealsoanumberofdifferentscriptstochoosefrom.Ancientsealscript,usedeventodayforcarvingseals,conveysanarchaicflavor,asdoesclericalscript,developedintheHanDynastybyclerkstorecordgovernmentdocuments.Calligraphy,however,couldalsobewritteninregular,running,orcursivescript,notunlikeourownchoicesinEnglish-forexample,mostofusdonotwritethesmallletteraintheprintedform,butinmorerapidpencilorpenmovement.Similarly,Chinesecalligraphersusuallypreferredlessformalandmoredramaticstylesofbrushworktoregularscript.Somemasters,however,combinedscripts,suchasthepainter-poet-calligrapherZhengXie,whoenjoyedmixingclerical,regular,running,andthecursivescripts.UNIT52002wasthefirstyearwhenchinabecameafullWTOmember,andalsoayearwhentheinsuranceindustryinchinagrewthefastest,witharevenueof305.3billionyuan,upby44.7percentoverthepreviousyear,andtotalassetsof649.41billionyuan,upby41.4percent.Theinsuranceindustrywasstillsmallinscale,constituting2.98percentofGDP,andalowshareinthenationaleconomy,muchlowerthanthatofbankingandsecuritiestrading.However,demandforinsuranceserviceswassharplyup.Moreover,afterChina’saccessiontoWTO,foreigninsurancecompaniesquicklyfloodedintoChina’sinsurancemarket,China’sinsurancecompaniesalsosteppeduptheireffortstojoinhandswithforeignbusiness.UNIT6LookingatMoscow’sboomingshoppingmallsorelitesupermarkets,it’seasytothinkthereisn’tthatmuchwrongwiththeRussianeconomy.Butthere’sagrowingwarningofseriousimbalances.Householdspendingiscontinuingtogrowstrongly,partofaconsumer-drivenboomandaburgeoningpersonalcreditsector.Butelsewhere,theoutlookisn’tsogood.Thereispressuretostopusingthecountry’sglutofoildollarstopayoffnationaldebt,buttoinvestit-inareaslikehi-techindustry,infrastructureandhousingreform.Russianproducesveryfewinternationallymarketableconsumergoods.Andevenformerflagshipindustrieslikecivilianaircraftconstruction,areclosetoextinction.ForeignbusinessesmayalsobeconcernedbyanewdraftbilltheRussiangovernmenthaspresentedtothecountry’sparliament.Thebill,ifadopted,wouldseriouslylimitforeigners’rightstodevelopRussianoilandmetaldeposits,describingthemasvitalstrategicnationalinterests.UNIT7TheUSflagisanimportantsymboltoallAmericans.DuringtherevolutionagainstBritain,GeorgeWashingtonaskedBetsyRosstomakeaflagasanencouragementforhissoldiers.Thisflaghad13stripes,sevenredandsixwhite,andinonecorner13whitestarsonthebluebackgroundtorepresentthe13states.On14June,1777,itbecametheflagofindependentUS.AseachnewstatebecamepartoftheUS,anextrastarwasadded.Today,theflag,calledOldGloryortheStarsandStripes,iswidelyseenintheUS.Governmentofficesandschoolshaveflagsflyingfromflagpoles,andmanypeoplehaveflagsoutsidetheirhouses,especiallyonIndependentDay.ChildrenstarttheschooldaybysayingthePledgeofAllegiance,apromisetobeloyaltotheflagandtotheircountry.Whensomebodyimportantdies,flagsareflownathalfmast.Whenas