2013年专四听力原文

2013年专四听力原文

　　专四听力原文是专四考生们在练习专四听力真题时很好的辅助，考生可以根据专四听力原文反复练习听力。新东方在线整理了2013年专四听力原文供考生们参考练习。

　 Part I DICTATION (15MIN)

　　What is a dream for

　　One theory is that we dream to release the deep,secret desires. We do not express these desires inreal life because of the rules of polite society. Another theory is that dreams allow us to solveproblems that we can’t solve in real life. We go to sleep with a problem and wake up with thesolution. This may be a way to use our dreams rather than a purpose of dreaming. If youbelieve that your dreams are important then analyzing them may help you to focus on theproblem and help you to find the solution.

　　The modern image is that dreams are the brain’s way of cleaning up the computer’s hard disk.Dreams organize the events of the day into folders and delete what is not needed. But we allknow that very little of what we dream is concerned with what happened to us that day.

　　PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHE (20 MIN)

　　SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

　　Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation.

　　M: Hello Helen! Merry Christmas!

　　W: Merry Christmas, Rob!

　　You always get so excited on Christmas day.

　　M: Come in, come in!

　　W: Thank you. Wow!

　　M: So, what do you think?

　　W: That's amazing...so many decorations and what a beautiful Christmas tree! You must havespent ages doing this! It's beautiful!

　　M: I like to do Christmas with all the trimmings!

　　W: All the trimmings? I don't understand.

　　M: All the trimmings---it means all the extra things that traditionally come with something tomake it more special.

　　W: I see. Like all these decorations?

　　M: Yes. In my family, we have always had Christmas with all the trimmings, so we have aChristmas tree, decorations, gifts, Christmas songs, silly Christmas games and, mostimportantly, Christmas lunch. Come this way!

　　W: A turkey for lunch!

　　M: Now that is a roast turkey with all the trimmings! Not only is it a turkey, but we're eating itwith all the things you traditionally eat with Christmas roast turkey: cranberry sauce, roastpotatoes, gravy, stuffing, carrots.

　　W: I think I understand what "all the trimmings" means now.

　　M: It's an expression usually used with food, especially at Christmas and for the big roastdinners that we like to eat. I adore Sunday lunch with all the trimmings: roast meat, along withlots of vegetables and sauces and other traditional accompaniments.

　　W: Mmmmm...

　　M: Anyway, enough talk! Let's eat!

　　W: Delicious. Thank you for inviting me.

　　M: Well cheers to that and Merry Christmas--- with all the trimmings!

　　W: Merry Christmas!

　　Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.

　　M: Hello, International Students Club. Can I help you?

　　W: Oh, hello. I saw your advertisement in the students union today and I thought I'd phone tofind out a big more.

　　M: Yes, certainly. Well, we're a sort of social and cultural activity club for people from differentcountries. It's quite a new club. We have about 80 members at the moment, but we're growingall the time.

　　W: Right, that sounds interesting. I'm Australian actually, and I came here about a month ago.So I'm looking for ways to meet some new people. Um... what kind of activities do youorganize?

　　M: Well, we have a range: cultural, sports, social and language activities.

　　W: Could you tell me something about the language activities?

　　M: Yes. Everyday except Thursday we have a language evening, where people can come andpractice their languages. You know, over a drink or a bite to eat. We have different languageson different evenings. Monday, Spanish; Tuesday, Italian; Wednesday, German; and Friday,French. On Thursday we usually arrange a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come.

　　W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my French and German.

　　M: OK. Well, if you can just give me your name and address, I'll send you the form and somemore details.

　　W: Thank you. That's great. My name is…

　　Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

　　M: So, you've been in Graduate Recruitment for five years?

　　W: Yes.

　　M: OK. Can I ask you a few questions about your work in Graduate Recruitment?

　　W: Sure.

　　M: What do you find difficult about the job?

　　W: One problem is I don't have a background in IT. And sometimes I get asked difficulttechnical questions during interviews which I just can't answer. That can be a bitembarrassing.

　　M: So how do you do with it?

　　W: I find honesty is the best policy. I just tell them it's not my area and promise to contactone of our people from that field and email them back.

　　M: And they're happy with that?

　　W: Yes, it usually works.

　　M: OK. I see you have a lot of job fair experiences. How useful do you think they are?

　　W: Yes. Attending job fairs at universities is an important part of my job. I think they are reallyuseful for making contact with Careers Development staff and prospective candidates. It can bepretty tiring though. And it means you’re out of the office a lot in the autumn and the spring.So we try to share the work between the three of us.

　　M: That's fine. Now I'd like to know whether you've ever worked independently.

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