问答题
Part C
Interlocutor:
· I'm going to give each of you a picture and I'd like you to first briefly describe and then give your comment on what you see in the picture.
(Put Picture 1 in front of both candidates.)
· Candidate A, this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it.
· Candidate B, listen carefully while Candidate A is speaking. When he/she has finished, I'd like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said.
· Candidate A, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate A: (Three minutes)
Interlocutor:
· Thank you. Now, Candidate B, could you please ask your partner a question?
(Half a minute for asking and answering the question.)
(Take back Picture 1 and put Picture 2 in front of both candidates.)
· OK, Candidate B, here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture.
· Candidate A, listen carefully while Candidate B is speaking. When he/she has finished, I'd like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said.
· Candidate B, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate B: (Three minutes)
Interlocutor:
· I'm going to give each of you a picture and I'd like you to first briefly describe and then give your comment on what you see in the picture.
(Put Picture 1 in front of both candidates.)
· Candidate A, this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it.
· Candidate B, listen carefully while Candidate A is speaking. When he/she has finished, I'd like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said.
· Candidate A, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate A: (Three minutes)
Interlocutor:
· Thank you. Now, Candidate B, could you please ask your partner a question?
(Half a minute for asking and answering the question.)
(Take back Picture 1 and put Picture 2 in front of both candidates.)
· OK, Candidate B, here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture.
· Candidate A, listen carefully while Candidate B is speaking. When he/she has finished, I'd like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said.
· Candidate B, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate B: (Three minutes)
【正确答案】C1: The graph shows the distribution of the world's population by continent in three different years: 1800, 1900 and 1997. The letter A to F refers to Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin American and Caribbean, North America and Oceania. The data displays that, with the exception of Asia and Oceania, most continents have experienced fluctuations.
At an average of about 61% and 2% respectively, Asia and Oceania have maintained relatively stable proportions of the world population. At the other extreme, by 1900, Africa's 10% share of world population had fallen from its 12% share a century earlier, and was dwarfed by Europe's 4% increase between 1800 and 1900. However, by 1977, both Africa and Europe were left nearly even at around 14% of the world's population each. By contrast, the population has steadily increased in Latin America and the Caribbean and North America, with each supporting a higher percentage of the world's total in 1997 than in either 1800 or 1900.
Overall, while Asia and Oceania are consistent in their shares of the world's population, the other continents have undergone increases and vacillations through the centuries.
C2: Can you tell me what the biggest problem is in controlling the population?
C2: In this picture, we get to know many cars and manufactories release smoke from their funnel into the air and discharge wastewater to the fields. The sky is no longer blue, the rivers become muddy, and the air becomes heavily polluted. These wastes are the main killer to our environment.
The pollutants hit us in the face the moment we step off the room, and we can't escape them in any major city in China. The air is thick with particulate, that is, dust. It is very difficult to see. More Chinese are getting off their bikes and into cars. We are facing very serious consequences.
There has been a priority in our country for a number of years, on economic growth with little attention to the environmental consequences of this very fast rate of economic development. In some project, the developer will ask that those pollution control devices be taken out of the project for saving money. It is reported that about 30% of the population is dying of respiratory diseases and dirty water is making people sick constantly. But we are very glad to see the environmental movement begins to spring up in our country. It turns out that the constant attention given to environmental problems by government and non-governmental organizations is very urgent and of great value.
C1: Is there any sort of environmental movement you know?
At an average of about 61% and 2% respectively, Asia and Oceania have maintained relatively stable proportions of the world population. At the other extreme, by 1900, Africa's 10% share of world population had fallen from its 12% share a century earlier, and was dwarfed by Europe's 4% increase between 1800 and 1900. However, by 1977, both Africa and Europe were left nearly even at around 14% of the world's population each. By contrast, the population has steadily increased in Latin America and the Caribbean and North America, with each supporting a higher percentage of the world's total in 1997 than in either 1800 or 1900.
Overall, while Asia and Oceania are consistent in their shares of the world's population, the other continents have undergone increases and vacillations through the centuries.
C2: Can you tell me what the biggest problem is in controlling the population?
C2: In this picture, we get to know many cars and manufactories release smoke from their funnel into the air and discharge wastewater to the fields. The sky is no longer blue, the rivers become muddy, and the air becomes heavily polluted. These wastes are the main killer to our environment.
The pollutants hit us in the face the moment we step off the room, and we can't escape them in any major city in China. The air is thick with particulate, that is, dust. It is very difficult to see. More Chinese are getting off their bikes and into cars. We are facing very serious consequences.
There has been a priority in our country for a number of years, on economic growth with little attention to the environmental consequences of this very fast rate of economic development. In some project, the developer will ask that those pollution control devices be taken out of the project for saving money. It is reported that about 30% of the population is dying of respiratory diseases and dirty water is making people sick constantly. But we are very glad to see the environmental movement begins to spring up in our country. It turns out that the constant attention given to environmental problems by government and non-governmental organizations is very urgent and of great value.
C1: Is there any sort of environmental movement you know?
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