大学英语专业四级听力短篇练习：7

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　　Apology Helps

　　It is never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you have judged roughly, you said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were sorry, A bit frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed.

　　A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about it right now. (148 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　be in the wrong 错误，理亏

　　look back v. 回顾，追忆

　　push ahead 抓紧进行

　　at the expense of 归……付费，在损害……的情况下

　　mysterious adj.神秘的

　　moral adj.道德(上)的，精神的

　　moral principles道德原则

　　moral standards道德标准

　　a moral lesson公民道德课

　　a moral obligation道义上的责任

　　a moral victory精神上的胜利

　　moral support 精神支持

　　disturbed adj.扰乱的

　　stay out of不参与……，置身于……之外

　　heartfelt adj.衷心的，真心真意的

　　She gave him her heartfelt thanks.她向他表示衷心的感谢。

　　roughly adv.概略地，粗糙地

　　How High Can You Jump?

　　Fleas trainers have observed a strange habit of fleas while training them.

　　Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again. As you watch them jump and hit the lid, something very interesting becomes obvious. The fleas continue to jump, but they are no longer jumping high enough to hit the top.

　　When you take off the lid, the fleas continue to jump, but they will not jump out of the box. They will not jump out because they cannot jump out. Why? The reason is simple. They have conditioned themselves to jump just so high. Once they have conditioned themselves to jump just so high, that is all they can do!

　　Many times, people do the same thing. They restrict themselves and never reach their potential. Just like the fleas, they fail to jump higher, thinking they are doing all they can do. (169 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　flea n.跳蚤

　　cardboard n.纸板

　　jump up突然起立

　　jump over a page or wo跳过一两页

　　jump at[to] a conclusion匆匆作出结论，轻率断定

　　jump from one topic to another从一个话题跳到另一个话题

　　jump from job t job盲目地调换工作，见异思迁

　　jump at the chance急切地抓住机会

　　He wanted them to jump to it.他希望他们赶快办这件事。

　　His idea jump with mine.他的意见与我一致。

　　lid n.盖子

　　conditioned adj.有条件的，习惯于……的

　　a conditioned student试读生

　　become conditioned to the hot weather已适应炎热气候

　　restrict vt.限制，约束，限定

　　be estricted within narrow limits限于狭窄的范围内

　　be restricted in one’s movements行动受约束

　　be restricted by time[law] 受时间[法律]限制

　　Discussion at the meeting is restricted to the agenda. 这次会上的讨论只限于议程上的项目。

　　potential n.潜能，潜力

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