2003年6月六級聽力原文(有中文翻譯)

2003年6月聽力原文SectionAQuestion1W:Raiseyourheadalittlebitandholdthesaddleandsmilealittle.Youlookwonderfulposinglikethat.ShallIpresstheshutter?M:Waitaminute.Letmeputonacowboyhat.[Q]Whatarethespeakersdoing?女：頭再抬起來一點，拿著那個鞍，笑笑。你擺的姿勢太棒了。我可以照了嗎？（按快門了嗎？）男：等等，讓我戴上這頂牛仔帽。問：談話者在干什么？Question2M:I'mstillwaitingformysistertocomebackandtypetheapplicationletterforme.W:Whybotherher.I'llshowyouhowtousethecomputer.It'squiteeasy.[Q]Whatdoesthewomanmean?M：我在等我姐姐（妹妹）回來幫我打印我的求職信。W：干嘛麻煩她？我示范給你看怎么使用電腦。非常簡單。Q：女士的話什么意思？Question3M:Hey,wheredidyoufindthejournal?Ineedit,too.W:Righthereontheshelf.Don'tworry,John.I'lltakeitoutonmycardforbothofus.[Q]Whatdoesthewomanmean?M：你在哪找這那本雜志的？我也需要看。W：就在那個架子上，別著急，我會用我的借書卡把這本雜志借出來，我們一起看。Q：女士的話什么意思？Question4M:Thankyouforyourhelpfulassistance.Otherwise,I'dsurelyhavemissedit.Theplaceissooutoftheway.W:Itwasapleasuremeetingyou.Goodbye![Q]Whydidthemanthankthewoman?M：謝謝你的幫助，不然我真迷路了，這地方太偏了。W：很高興遇見你。再見！Q：男士為什么感謝女士？Question5W:Weareinformedthattheeleventhirtytrainislateagain.M:Whydidtherailwaycompanyevenbothertoprintaschedule?[Q]Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?W：有人告訴我們1130號列車會再次晚點。M：鐵路管理部門還那么費神印時刻表干什么？Q；從對話中我們可以了解什么？Question6M:MaybeIoughttosubscribetotheEngineeringQuarterly.Itcontainsalotofusefulinformation.W:Whynotreaditinthelibraryandsavesomemoney?[Q]Whatisthewoman'sadvicetotheman?M：可能我會訂閱EngineeringQuarterly（一種季刊雜志），因為這種雜志里有很多有用的信息。W：干嘛不在圖書館里看這雜志？還可以省點錢？Q：女士給男士什么建議？Question7M:I’vebeenwaitingallweekforthisconcert.Theperformanceissaidtobeexcellent.Andwithourstudentdiscount,theticketswillberealcheap.W:Uh-oh.I’mafraidIleftmystudentI.D.cardinthedorm.[Q]Whatdoesthewomanimply?M：我整個星期都在等待這場音樂會。據(jù)說表演精彩，用我們的學(xué)生證，可以享受折扣，票價會非常便宜。W：啊，恐怕我把學(xué)生證放宿舍里了。Q：女士什么意思？Question8M:Mr.Smith,ourhistoryprofessor,announcedwewouldbedoingtwopapersandthreeexamsthissemester.IwonderhowI'mgoingtopullthroughwhentwoothercourseshavesimilarrequirements.W:Well,can'tyoudroponecourseandpickitupnextsemester?[Q]Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?M：史密斯先生,我們的歷史學(xué)教授說我們這學(xué)期要寫兩篇論文，還要通過三次考試。其他兩門課也有同樣的要求，我都不知道我怎么活了。W：為什么不放棄一門課，明年再學(xué)？Q：女士建議男士做什么？Question9W:RentingaConferenceRoomatthehotelwillcostustoomuch.Wearealreadyrunninginthered.M:Howaboutusingourdiningroomforthemeeting?[Q]What'sworryingthewoman?W：在這個賓館里租會議室的費用太高。公司現(xiàn)在財政困難。M：哪就用我們的餐廳開會行了？演習(xí)嘛，是不是？在我看來，水位并不高呀?！盬:PassageTwo(10'55")America'snationalsymbol,thebaldeagle,almostwentextincttwentyyearsago,butitdidmadeacomeback.Infact,theU.S.FishandWildLifeServiceisconsideringthepossibilityoftakingitofftheEndangeredSpeciesList.Once,morethanfiftyhundredpairsofbaldeaglesnestedacrossthecountry,butby1960thatnumberhadfallenbelowfourhundred.ThechiefkillerwasthewidelyusedDDT.Fish,soakedupDDT,died,andwerewasheduponshores,wherebaldeaglesfeastedonthem.DDTpreventedeagleeggshellsfromthickening.Theshellsbecamesothinthattheyshatteredbeforethebabieshatched.Fortunately,in1972,alawwaspassedtobanDDT,whichsavedthebaldeaglefromtotalwipeout.AndsincethenwildlifebiologistshadreintroducedbaldeaglesfromCanadatoAmerica.TheresultwasthatlastyearU.S.birdwatcherscountedeleventhousandsixhundredandtenbaldeaglesinthecountry.IfitweredroppedfromtheEndangeredSpeciesList,thebaldeaglewouldstillbeathreatenedspecies.Thatmeansthebirdwouldcontinuetogetthesameprotection.Nohuntingallowed,andnodisturbingofnests.Butbaldeaglesstillfacetoughtimes.ThedestructionoftheirnaturalhomescouldbethenextDDTcausingeaglenumberstodropquickly.二十年前，象征美國的標志--禿頭鷹幾乎滅絕，但它的數(shù)量最終恢復(fù)，它又得以在這個國度再展雄姿。事實上，美國魚類和野生動物保護協(xié)會正考慮將它從瀕臨滅絕動物的名單上去除。最初，超過5萬對禿頭鷹在這個國家筑巢安家，但到了1960年數(shù)量劇減至四百。導(dǎo)致禿頭鷹滅亡的一號殺手是當時使用廣泛的DDT（一種殺蟲劑）。投入到水中的DDT毒死魚類，死魚被沖至岸邊，成為了禿頭鷹的食物。DDT會阻礙禿頭鷹卵外殼增厚。因為外殼太薄，卵在幼鳥孵出之前就破碎了。幸運地是，1972年，美國通過了一項禁止使用DDT的法律，該禁令挽救禿頭鷹不至滅絕。從那以后，野生動物學(xué)家就再次從加拿大將禿頭鷹引入美國。美國鳥類觀察者于去年做出的統(tǒng)計結(jié)果顯示已有11,610只禿頭鷹在美國生活。如果它的名字真從瀕臨滅絕動物的名單上去除，禿頭鷹還會是受威脅的物種。如果仍然被視為瀕臨滅絕物種，這種鳥還會繼續(xù)受到保護。不允許捕獵禿頭鷹，不允許破壞鳥巢的禁令將仍然有效。然而，禿頭鷹的生存狀況仍不容樂觀，它們賴以生存的自然環(huán)境遭到破壞，無疑相當于再次使用“DDT”，也會讓它們的數(shù)量再次劇減。Question14:WhatwasthemainharmfuleffectofthepestskillerDDTonbaldeagles?Question15:Whatmeasuredidthewildlifebiologisttaketoincreasethenumberofbaldeagles?Question16:Accordingtothespeaker,whatisthepossibledangerfacingbaldeagles?PassageThreeIftheearthgetshotterinthenewcentury,whatwillharmanimalsandtheplantswhichanimalsdependonforsurvival?Thequestionoffersanotherwayoflookingatthe"GreenhouseEffect".Peoplehavetalkedaboutthegeneralproblemof"GlobalWarming"forsometime.Buttheywereusuallyworriedaboutthingslikewhethertobuyahomeonthecoast.BiologistsandotherscientiststurntheirattentiontoplantsandanimalsatanimportantmeetingthattookplacelastOctober.Theyreviewedevidencethatplantsandanimalsaresensitivetoclimate.SincetheIceAgeendedtenthousandyearsagoandwarmertemperaturesreturnedtothenorthernlatitudes,manyspecieshavemigratednorth.IfthepredictionsabouttheGreenhousearecorrect,temperatureswillrisebythesameamountinthenextonehundredyearsastheydidinthepasttenthousand.Willanimalsandplantsbeabletoadaptthatquicklytochangeintheenvironment?Manywon't.Certainspecieswillprobablybecomeveryrare.Expertssayplantsunderclimatestresswillbeveryopentodiseaseandfire.Forestfiresmaybecomemorecommon.That,inturn,mayharmanimalsthatdependonthetreesforfoodor(而非for)shelter.Anypreserveswesetuptoprotectendangeredspeciesmaybecomeuselessasthespeciesareforcedtomigratealongwiththeirnaturalhomes.Changeisapartoflife,butrapidchange,saysscientistGeorgeWoodwell,istheenemyoflife.如果地球在新世紀繼續(xù)變暖，什么會成為危害動物和植物的因素？這個問題讓人們從另一個方面關(guān)注“溫室效應(yīng)”。人們討論“全球變暖”