专四听力题目

Hello, Linda. Hello, Jim. I'm thinking of investing in your new educational computer that your company has produced. And I'm interested in the advertising campaign. Oh, thank you. What would you like to know? I've read your campaign plan. It looks OK. I only have a couple of questions, mainly about where you intend to place these advertisements. Well, as you can see from the plan, we intend to place them in family magazines and on early evening television. We want whole families, that's parents and children, to see them. Um, but are you sure they will be the right families? The right families? Well… I mean, are you certain that the parents who read those magazines and watch those television programs are the people who will buy an educational computer for their children? Yes, we are quite certain. Our market research shows that... Good. I'm sure you are right. And I see that you are thinking of placing

advertisements in teenage magazines as well. Yes. We intend to place them in some teenage magazines, the more serious ones, you know. And we are also thinking of putting them in Sunday newspapers, because it is likely that the whole family will be together on Sundays. I see. But do you really think that parents and their children will like the same advertisements? We've done research and we think they'll like our advertisements. Good.

专四真题:2011年真题 Conversation Three

Hello. I'm Sue Green. You must be John Fox. Yes, I am. Thanks for coming to the job interview. Let me ask you a few questions. Yes, please. Have you got any work experience? Yes.I had a job in a paper factory for a few months after I left school. Then I worked in the summer holidays of the university, first in a fast food restaurant, then in a bookshop. OK. Do you drive? Have you got a driving license? Yes, I have. That's fine then. So what kind of interests do you have? Interests? Well, I like traveling. I

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play a lot of sports, and I play the piano. What sorts of sports do you like? Football, tennis and swimming. Right. And what sort of music do you play? Oh, a lot of different types, classical, jazz... OK. The most important question now, what experience have you had with children? Well, I've looked after my brother and sister as babies and as young children. Um. And I've also worked with children in a youth club. A youth club? Yes. I've been working as a helper at a youth club since I started at the university as a sort of a volunteer, with teenagers. Good. OK. We'll let you know our decision in a few days. Thank you.

专四真题:2010年真题 News Item Six

Hundreds of emergency workers combed the site of a five-story apartment building in southern Ukraine Thursday after a series of explosions reduced it to rubble, authority said. The blasts Wednesday night in a Black Sea resort town of Yevpatoria left at least 17 people dead and 24 others missing, according to Igor Krol, a spokesman for the Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Ministry. 21 people have been rescued. “We are now investigating all possible reasons for the explosions,” Krol said. Volodymiyr Shandra, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations minister, told local media that oxygen canister being stored in the basement of the building could have triggered the blasts. Television footage showed the rescuers trying to free people buried underneath fallen debris, while others scrabbled through wires, construction rods and boulders.

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年真题 News Item Five

he Northwest braced for blizzards Friday night. Icy roads created from storms this week paralyzed much of the greater Seattle, Washington area, where schools were closed and bus routes were suspended Friday as roads were too icy to navigate. Two charter buses carrying 80 people that collided and skidded off a road were pulled to safety. The buses crashed through a medal railing and hung precariously over interstate five for several hours before tow trucks pulled them back on the road.

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The snowfall closed the airport for several hours and cut into local business hours for retail shops during the busiest shopping season of the year.

专四真题:2010年真题 News Item Four

A campaign is getting underway in Italy to take back large stretches of the country’s beaches from private bathing clubs, which usually charge to use them. This has been a summer of discontent because despite government efforts, an entire coastline has been monopolized by profiteering bathing clubs. Italy has some of the Europe’s finest beaches, but they are often buried under a mountain of deckchairs and umbrellas. The government says the state owns the shoreline and swimming should be free.

专四真题:2010年真题 News Item Three

Honduran authorities dedicated to the protection of children and adolescents shave undertaken a campaign to protect youngsters who beg on the streets. In the capital of Tegucigalpa alone, the effort has resulted in the rescue of 350 children, city officials say. The Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family, together with the police and the district attorney, carry out operations around the country to rescue the children and punish the parents. “Many children are used for begging,” said Nora Urbina, special prosecutor for children’s issues. “Many children are rented and that is precisely what we hope to punish, because Article 170 of the Juvenile Penal Code sets a penalty of up to six years in detention.” Those children who were rescued are taken to the Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family and then handed over to their parents with the promise that their rights will be protected. Parents who allow their children to be exploited in this way face, in addition to as many as six years in prison, the equivalent of a $500 fine.

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