听力题W: Hi, John. M: Oh! Hi, Laura

听力题Paul, a salesman from London

听力题 London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. No matter how small or indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period to get a special taxi driving licence. During this period, which can take two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. The exams are a terrible experience. The officers ask you "How do you get from Birmingham Palace to the Tower of London?" and you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower, they won''t say "well done". They will quickly move on to the next question. After five or six questions, they will just say "See you in two months'' time." and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they have obtained the licence. The training can cost quite a lot, because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and the medical exam. London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. No matter how small or indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period to get a special taxi driving licence. During this period, which can take two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. The exams are a terrible experience. The officers ask you "How do you get from Birmingham Palace to the Tower of London?" and you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower, they won''t say "well done". They will quickly move on to the next question. After five or six questions, they will just say "See you in two months'' time." and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they have obtained the licence. The training can cost quite a lot, because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and the medical exam.

听力题People have heard of various kinds of spies

听力题W: Hi, Larry

听力题Once again in Richfield Heights today

听力题M: May I help you? W: Yes

听力题W: Can I help you? M: Yes. I am a bit confused

听力题In Greece

听力题M: Hey Linda

听力题The picnics, speeches, and (36)______of today''s Labor Day were all part of the first celebration, held in New York City in 1882. Its (37)______was an Irish-American labor leader named Peter J. McGuire. A carpenter (38)______trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was the president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBCJ) . (39)______the City''s Central Labor Union that summer, he proposed a holiday that would applaud (赞许) "the industrial spirit — the great vital force of every nation," On September 5 his suggestion (40)_____ fruit, as an estimated 10,000 workers, many of them (41)______their bosses'' warnings, left work to march from Union Square up Fifth Avenue to 42nd Street. The event gained national attention, and by 1893 thirty states had made Labor Day an (42)______holiday. The quick adoption of the (43)______may have indicated less about the state lawmakers'' respect for working people than about a fear of risking their anger. (44)_____________________. Henry George was accurate in describing the era as one of "progress and poverty. "In a society in which factory owners rode in private Pullmans (45)_____________________. Demands for fundamental change were common throughout the labor press. With socialists demanding an end to "wage slavery" and anarchists (无政府主义) singing the praises of the virtues of dynamite (炸药) , middle-of-the-roaders like Samuel Gompers and McGuire seemed attractively mild by comparison. One can imagine practical capitalists seeing Labor Day as a bargain: (46)_____________________.

听力题When my interest shifted from space to the sea

听力题M: Hi, Sarah, what’s up? W: Oh, hi

听力题The rise of multinational companies

听力题"Go to the playground and have fun

听力题W: Mike, do you have a minute? M: Oh, hi, Cathy

听力题Columbus sailed from Spain in September 1492

听力题W: Hey, Bob! So how was the movie? M: Well

听力题 Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs", they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy. Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training. Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs", they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy. Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.

听力题 It has been estimated that about twenty thousand words are in full use in English today, and if this estimate is correct, it brings us up to Shakespeare''s total. Of these, one-fifth, or about four thousand, are said to be of Anglo -Saxon origin, and three-fifths, or about twelve thousand, are of Latin, Greek and French origin. This, of course, does not mean that our everyday conversation consists chiefly of foreign words, according to one estimate, one-fourth of all our spoken language consists of repetition of the words: and, be, have, it, of, the, to , will, you, I, a, on, that, and is. Another analysis of five million words written by adults reveals that our ten most frequently used words are I, the, and, to, of, in, we, for, you, and a. Both lists consist, without exception, of native words. If we go into literary usage, we find that words of the Bible are ninety-four percent native, Shakespeare''s ninety percent, Tennyson''s eighty-eight percent, Milton''s eighty-one percent, and Samuel Johnson''s seventy-two percent. Only in present-day technical writings do we find the foreign element climbing to forty percent. It has been estimated that about twenty thousand words are in full use in English today, and if this estimate is correct, it brings us up to Shakespeare''s total. Of these, one-fifth, or about four thousand, are said to be of Anglo -Saxon origin, and three-fifths, or about twelve thousand, are of Latin, Greek and French origin. This, of course, does not mean that our everyday conversation consists chiefly of foreign words, according to one estimate, one-fourth of all our spoken language consists of repetition of the words: and, be, have, it, of, the, to , will, you, I, a, on, that, and is. Another analysis of five million words written by adults reveals that our ten most frequently used words are I, the, and, to, of, in, we, for, you, and a. Both lists consist, without exception, of native words. If we go into literary usage, we find that words of the Bible are ninety-four percent native, Shakespeare''s ninety percent, Tennyson''s eighty-eight percent, Milton''s eighty-one percent, and Samuel Johnson''s seventy-two percent. Only in present-day technical writings do we find the foreign element climbing to forty percent.