2019英语专八听力材料：interview练习附音频及文本（9）

2019英语专八听力材料：interview练习附音频及文本（9）

　　英语专八听力材料内容一般是有关政治、经济、历史、文化、教育、语言、文学、科普方面的演讲和访问，多听多练错不了，最好能积累相关的词语。下面是新东方在线英语专八频道整理的2019英语专八听力材料：interview练习。

2019英语专八听力材料：interview练习附音频及文本十篇

　　[00:23.42]INTERVIEW 9

　　[00:25.14]In this section

　　[00:26.44]you will hear ONE interview.

　　[00:28.16]The interview

　　[00:29.00]will be divided into TWO parts.

　　[00:31.35]At the end of each part,

　　[00:32.84]five questions will be asked

　　[00:34.74]about what was said.

　　[00:36.38]Both the interview

　　[00:37.57]and the questions

　　[00:38.70]will be spoken ONCE ONLY.

　　[00:41.50]After each question

　　[00:42.85]there will be a ten-second pause.

　　[00:45.27]During the pause,

　　[00:47.04]you should read the four choices

　　[00:49.01]of A, B, C and D,

　　[00:51.60]and mark the best answer

　　[00:53.11]to each question

　　[00:54.34]on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　[00:56.51]You have THIRTY seconds

　　[00:58.24]to preview the questions.

　　[01:30.28]Now, listen to Part One

　　[01:31.72]of the interview.

　　[01:32.95]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[01:35.52]Part One of the interview.

　　[01:38.14]W: Welcome to

　　[01:38.73]our Sunday TV program Enjoy

　　[01:41.77]Food & Drinks.

　　[01:43.17]Today, we are glad to have invited

　　[01:45.27]Professor David

　　[01:46.31]from Kansas University

　　[01:48.00]as our honored guest.

　　[01:49.97]Professor David is

　　[01:51.66]an expert in coffee.

　　[01:53.07]He has been studying coffee

　　[01:55.17]for more than 20 years.

　　[01:57.44]M: Good morning.

　　[01:58.55]Do you drink coffee, Cathy?

　　[02:00.51]W: Sure! Every day!

　　[02:02.32]M: So do I.

　　[02:03.15]According to some statistics,

　　[02:05.28]about 8 of every 10 Americans

　　[02:07.52]drink coffee each morning,

　　[02:09.26]and the typical American

　　[02:10.90]will have three cups of it per day.

　　[02:13.09]But it isn't just Americans

　　[02:14.72]who need their daily caffeine fix.

　　[02:17.38]More than a third of all the people

　　[02:19.66]in the world drink coffee,

　　[02:21.63]which makes it the number-one

　　[02:23.60]processed beverage

　　[02:24.65]on the planet.

　　[02:25.85]W: Most people drink coffee

　　[02:27.30]for the stimulation provided

　　[02:29.20]by caffeine.

　　[02:30.64]Am I right?

　　[02:31.51]M: Definitely! But do you happen

　　[02:34.00]to know what caffeine is?

　　[02:35.73]W: Er...It's a kind of drug, isn't it?

　　[02:37.97]Like nicotine?

　　[02:39.20]M: You can say that again.

　　[02:40.78]It's a mild natural stimulant,

　　[02:43.17]a type of alkaloid.

　　[02:44.79]Like most drugs,

　　[02:46.45]it's beneficial in small amounts.

　　[02:48.43]It's been shown to help improve

　　[02:50.55]coordination

　　[02:51.36]and increase concentration.

　　[02:53.42]W: I see.

　　[02:54.25]But will it bring us any harm

　　[02:56.38]if we drink it every day?

　　[02:58.17]M: Like most drugs,

　　[03:00.02]it's harmful in large amounts,

　　[03:01.72]and several studies suggest it could

　　[03:04.00]contribute to serious illnesses

　　[03:05.97]such as cancer and heart disease.

　　[03:08.52]Would you drink coffee

　　[03:09.63]because of the taste alone?

　　[03:11.82]I guess probably not.

　　[03:13.57]One cup contains

　　[03:14.66]about 100 milligrams

　　[03:16.49]of caffeine, which is twice

　　[03:18.64]as much as a cup of tea

　　[03:20.18]and three times

　　[03:21.08]as much as a cup of cola.

　　[03:23.31]W: How large is a cup by the way?

　　[03:25.98]M: Good question.

　　[03:26.89]Um, normally six ounces.

　　[03:29.33]Now, because of its popularity,

　　[03:31.38]coffee has become one of

　　[03:33.14]the world's most important

　　[03:34.42]commodities.

　　[03:35.22]For example,

　　[03:36.27]between 1998 and 2000,

　　[03:39.97]a total of 6.7 million tons of coffee

　　[03:43.23]was produced each year,

　　[03:45.16]and experts forecast

　　[03:47.11]that production will rise

　　[03:48.74]above 7 million tons annually

　　[03:50.95]by 2020.

　　[03:52.73]W: Wow! That makes coffee

　　[03:54.69]one of the most valuable products

　　[03:56.67]in terms of its large consumption.

　　[03:59.35]M: Indeed! Coffee is the world's fifth,

　　[04:02.51]no, make that sixth largest agricultural

　　[04:05.01]export in terms of value.

　　[04:07.78]Though people

　　[04:08.43]in Europe and the United States

　　[04:10.12]drink 85% of all exported coffee,

　　[04:13.19]it is becoming increasingly popular

　　[04:15.56]in traditional tea-drinking

　　[04:17.44]Asian cultures

　　[04:18.65]such as China and Japan.

　　[04:21.18]Japan, in fact,

　　[04:22.53]has become the world's, let's see,

　　[04:24.69]seventh largest retail market

　　[04:27.09]for coffee,

　　[04:28.14]as well as its third largest importer.

　　[04:31.30]W: And I have heard

　　[04:32.45]that Starbucks has been reaping

　　[04:34.44]huge profits

　　[04:35.17]from the Chinese market.

　　[04:37.09]M: You are absolutely right!

　　[04:39.18]And in China,

　　[04:40.10]Starbucks has opened

　　[04:41.51]almost 450 shops

　　[04:44.23]since first entering the country

　　[04:46.31]in 1998.

　　[04:47.80]So, coffee clearly plays

　　[04:49.95]an important role

　　[04:50.77]on today's world stage.

　　[04:53.33]This is the end

　　[04:54.29]of Part One of the interview.

　　[04:56.55]Questions 1 to 5 are based on

　　[04:58.55]what you have just heard.

　　[05:01.01]1. How many people

　　[05:03.58]all over the world drink coffee?

　　[05:15.97]2. Why do most people drink coffee?

　　[05:29.68]3. What is caffeine?

　　[05:42.56]4. Which of the following statements

　　[05:45.52]about coffee is TRUE?

　　[05:57.36]5. Which country has become

　　[05:59.90]the world's third largest importer

　　[06:02.12]of coffee?

　　[06:13.22]Now, listen to Part Two

　　[06:14.68]of the interview.

　　[06:16.35]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[06:18.29]Part Two of the interview.

　　[06:20.73]W: But how did coffee become

　　[06:22.95]so popular all over the world?

　　[06:25.38]Besides, how was

　　[06:26.49]the first coffee bean discovered?

　　[06:28.61]M: Well,

　　[06:30.04]it really always has been popular.

　　[06:33.05]The first coffee beans are rumored

　　[06:35.15]to have been discovered

　　[06:36.12]by a goatherd

　　[06:36.94]in the ninth century in Ethiopia.

　　[06:39.81]The story is

　　[06:40.87]that this goatherd discovered

　　[06:42.69]his goat eating these strange berries

　　[06:45.19]from a strange plant.

　　[06:47.03]The herdsman tried the berries,

　　[06:49.21]probably got buzzed out of

　　[06:51.46]his mind,

　　[06:52.31]and ran back to his village

　　[06:53.90]to spread the news

　　[06:55.03]of his exciting discovery.

　　[06:57.28]People enjoyed

　　[06:58.43]the new beans so much;

　　[07:00.03]they would later literally steal

　　[07:01.87]for a good cup of coffee,

　　[07:03.99]as we shall see.

　　[07:05.53]From Ethiopia,

　　[07:07.06]coffee beans spread to

　　[07:08.75]the rest of the world

　　[07:09.49]via Arabia and Europe,

　　[07:11.73]often through, er, subterfuge.

　　[07:14.63]W: What was

　　[07:15.48]Muslims' reaction to coffee?

　　[07:17.86]Did they accept coffee

　　[07:19.56]from the very beginning?

　　[07:21.28]M: Yes. Muslims introduced coffee

　　[07:23.78]in Persia, Egypt, northern Africa,

　　[07:25.99]and Turkey,

　　[07:27.54]where the first coffee house,

　　[07:28.92]Kiva Han,

　　[07:29.80]opened in 1475.

　　[07:32.75]W: So you mean coffee was later

　　[07:34.70]transported to the western world?

　　[07:37.16]M: Sure. Seeds of the coffee plant

　　[07:39.51]were apparently limited to

　　[07:40.75]Africa and Arabia until the 1600s.

　　[07:44.70]A Muslim smuggler supposedly

　　[07:47.04]sneaked

　　[07:47.53]coffee seeds into Turkey,

　　[07:49.74]spreading coffee

　　[07:50.62]throughout Europe

　　[07:51.59]by the mid-seventeenth century.

　　[07:53.89]In 1616,

　　[07:55.66]Dutch traders brought

　　[07:57.38]the first coffee plant into Europe,

　　[07:59.19]and twenty years later

　　[08:01.04]they founded a coffee plantation

　　[08:03.14]on the island of Java,

　　[08:04.57]in present-day Indonesia.

　　[08:06.92]A navy officer reportedly

　　[08:09.33]stole a sprout

　　[08:10.29]from the coffee tree

　　[08:11.34]of the king of France,

　　[08:12.86]and took it

　　[08:13.70]across the Atlantic Ocean

　　[08:15.10]to replant in Latin America.

　　[08:17.78]By the 1800s,

　　[08:19.57]coffee trees had spread to Brazil,

　　[08:22.22]where its mountains

　　[08:23.46]and fertile volcanic soil

　　[08:25.33]soon made it

　　[08:26.26]the coffee-growing capital

　　[08:27.69]of the world.

　　[08:28.93]W: Yes. I heard that today

　　[08:31.52]about half the world's coffee

　　[08:33.08]is produced in Brazil.

　　[08:34.80]M: Yes. Another 25% comes

　　[08:37.76]from other Latin American countries

　　[08:39.71]and about 17% from Africa.

　　[08:43.27]There are currently twenty-five

　　[08:45.25]different kinds of coffee trees,

　　[08:47.66]but two main species—

　　[08:49.54]Coffee Robusta

　　[08:51.05]and Coffee Arabica—

　　[08:52.98]produce most of the global supply.

　　[08:55.32]W: Strange names!

　　[08:56.98]What do they exactly mean?

　　[08:58.74]M: The Robusta beans are

　　[09:00.36]generally grown

　　[09:01.22]at lower altitudes

　　[09:02.62]on commercial plantations,

　　[09:04.29]where the berries

　　[09:05.75]are harvested all at once,

　　[09:07.45]ripe or not.

　　[09:09.06]The Arabica beans

　　[09:10.22]typically grow on wild plants

　　[09:12.27]at higher altitudes,

　　[09:14.12]and they're used to make

　　[09:15.14]premium coffee.

　　[09:16.77]Arabica coffee seems red,

　　[09:18.94]and has about 1% caffeine,

　　[09:21.29]while Robusta coffee is usually black

　　[09:24.50]or dark brown,

　　[09:25.60]and has about 2% caffeine.

　　[09:28.20]W: I see.

　　[09:29.25]Thank you for your information

　　[09:30.52]about coffee.

　　[09:31.76]Next time, we will talk about

　　[09:33.28]the variety of coffee,

　　[09:35.28]their unique tastes

　　[09:36.47]and their manufacturing processes.

　　[09:39.26]See you next Sunday.

　　[09:40.79]M: See you.

　　[09:42.77]This is the end

　　[09:43.57]of Part Two of the interview.

　　[09:45.80]Questions 6 to 10 are based on

　　[09:47.90]what you have just heard.

　　[09:50.87]6. where were

　　[09:52.65]the first coffee beans discovered?

　　[10:05.14]7. How did the herdsman feel

　　[10:07.75]after he tasted

　　[10:09.29]the coffee berries?

　　[10:20.50]8. When was coffee widespread

　　[10:23.90]in Europe?

　　[10:34.59]9. What made Brazil

　　[10:37.09]the coffee-growing capital

　　[10:38.97]of the world?

　　[10:49.90]10. Which of

　　[10:51.67]the following statements

　　[10:52.97]about Coffee Robusta

　　[10:54.43]and Coffee Arabica is TRUE?

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