2016英语专四听力dictation模拟练习(9)

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2016英语专四听力dictation模拟练习(9)

  2016英语专四改革,听力部分dictation看似简单的从15个句群变成了10个,但是句子长度变长,所以考生们在考前要多练听力同时提高自己的注意力集中时长。

  Albert Einstein

  Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879, His father owned afactory that made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed musicand books. His parents were Jewish but they did not deservemany of the religion’s rules. Albert was a quite child who spentmuch of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficultylearning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gavehim a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needlealways pointed in the same direction—to the north. He asked his father and his uncle what causedthe needle to move. Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficult for the boy tounderstand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt somethinghidden had to be behind things.

  Useful expressions and words:

  1. device 装置,设备

  leave to one’s own devices 听任某人自行其是,允许某人按自己的意愿做事

  She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.

  她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。

  2. compass 指南针

  beyond one’s compass某人力所不及

  catch/fetch/take a compass兜圈子,绕道,拐弯抹角

  keep sth within compass 把某种事物限制在适当的范围内

  speak within compass 谨慎小心地说

  within sb’s compass 某人力所能及的

  within the compass of 在……范围内

  3.magnetism 磁力

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