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Most people prefer short Stories to novels. Magazines, newspapers and books, printed in millions of copies every month, often supply the demand for short fiction. In the U.S. today the short story is the most popular form of current literature. Perhaps it is the modern manner of living that demands that all current fiction be short. In the present society people do everything with a fast pace. Literature shares its place in favor of the crowd with amusements undreamed of a hundred years ago. The time for leisurely reading of ten-volume novels appears to have passed. The fiction readers demand a form that best fits their habits. Long introductions and detailed descriptive passages became the special joy of a particular kind of reader, whereas the crowd chooses the short story for pleasure. Some wonder that many writers have turned their talents to the short story.

【答案解析】[解析] 此篇听写的关键词是short story，注意其复数形式，而且fiction与story同义。 short stories之间不完全爆破。 most popular之间不完全爆破。 第二遍书写时就要写下it is...that这个强调句型。 fast pace之间不完全爆破。 undreamed of之间连读。 ten-volume则需要用语法知识来判断是由连字符连接而成的复合词。 注意表转折的逻辑关系词whereas。