问答题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of about 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO
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National and international economic events and trends / often have direct influences on local business, industry and labour. / A depression, major unemployment, inflation, a poor wheat crop in one country / and frost damage to coffee trees in another all can affect the economic life of a community./The great variety of stories from business, industry, agriculture and labour/will not conform to any simple general type. / Some will be reported as meetings, speeches, interviews and publications. / Some will appear as trials and lawsuits. / Even crimes, accidents, fire, illnesses and deaths may affect the economic life of the community./Just as these story variety run the gamut of different story types, / so also will the story forms vary. / Straight news-stories, simple and complex; human interest stories; / feature articles--all will be used in presenting the news on business, industry, agriculture and labour.