听力题 The key question for any only child is this: why were you an only child? It''s a key question for at least two reasons. If your parents had wanted several children but could have you only, they are most likely to pour into you all the energy and attention that had been intended for several children. I call this the "special jewel" phenomenon. Only children who are special jewels often arrive when their parents are older — usually in their thirties. These special jewels can become very spoiled and self-centered.
On the other hand, you may be an only child because your parents planned for only one and stuck to their plan. Your parents may give you a very strict and well-structured education to make you "a little adult". Many only children grow up feeling unhappy because they always had to be such "little adults".
The key question for any only child is this: why were you an only child? It''s a key question for at least two reasons. If your parents had wanted several children but could have you only, they are most likely to pour into you all the energy and attention that had been intended for several children. I call this the "special jewel" phenomenon. Only children who are special jewels often arrive when their parents are older — usually in their thirties. These special jewels can become very spoiled and self-centered.
On the other hand, you may be an only child because your parents planned for only one and stuck to their plan. Your parents may give you a very strict and well-structured education to make you "a little adult". Many only children grow up feeling unhappy because they always had to be such "little adults".
听力题The World Health Organization (WHO) says as many as 10 (36) _______persons worldwide may have the virus (病毒) that (37) _______ AIDS. Experts believe about 350-thousand persons have the (38) _________. And one million more may get it in the next five years. In the US, about 50,000 persons have died with AIDS. The country''s top (39) _______ official says more than 90 percent of all Americans who had the AIDS virus five years ago are dead.
There is no (40) _________ for AIDS and no vaccine (疫苗) medicine to prevent it. However, researchers know much more about AIDS than they did just a few years ago. We now know that AIDS is caused by a virus. The virus invades healthy cells, including white blood cells that are part of our (41) ________ system against disease. It takes control of the healthy cell''s genetic material and forces the cell to make a copy of the virus. The cell then dies. And the viral particles move on to (42) ________ and kill more healthy cells.
The AIDS virus is (43) _______ in a person''s body fluids. (44) __________________________. It also can be passed in blood products or from a pregnant (怀孕) woman with AIDS to her developing baby.
Many stories about the spread of AIDS are false. (45) __________________________. You can''t get it by touching drinking glasses or other objects used by such persons. (46) __________________________.
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听力题W: I think continuing education is for innovative adults.
M: That’s interesting. I always thought of continuing education as training sessions for teachers to update their knowledge or for workers to fit themselves for new jobs.
W: There are those, too. But I mean people who personally choose to take continuing education, those who pay out of their own pockets because they decide, at a mature age, that life needs a little polishing up.
M: You mean like Marie who worked as a nurse for 25 years? At 45 she decided to go to university and then go for an MBA and is now the Chief Nurse. She earns double the salary, but has also double the trouble.
W: Exactly. Someone who has the courage to say, “Hey, I don’t want to die doing only this!” You know, someone who wants to use 99% rather than 60% of his or her potential.
M: It does take guts to return to studying as a working adult. I mean, you have family responsibilities, usually a job, and suddenly, you have to study and pass exams again.
W: That’s why I think continuing education is for people with initiative.
M: Well, count me out. I’m for live-and-let-live. So I’ll never make big money, but I earn enough to lead a good life. I’d rather go and learn to be a carpenter so when I retire I can make furniture or something like that.
W: Well, that’s a kind of continuing education. It doesn’t all have to be intellectual. The philosophy behind continuing education is that you’re never too old to learn. But of course we return to learn what we enjoy.
M: If you put it that way, I’m definitely for continuing education. I mean, I have no regrets as a dentist. But if I had another chance, I might choose architecture or art rather than medicine. I guess with continuing education I can try to get the best of both at different stages in my life!
W: I think continuing education is for innovative adults.
M: That’s interesting. I always thought of continuing education as training sessions for teachers to update their knowledge or for workers to fit themselves for new jobs.
W: There are those, too. But I mean people who personally choose to take continuing education, those who pay out of their own pockets because they decide, at a mature age, that life needs a little polishing up.
M: You mean like Marie who worked as a nurse for 25 years? At 45 she decided to go to university and then go for an MBA and is now the Chief Nurse. She earns double the salary, but has also double the trouble.
W: Exactly. Someone who has the courage to say, “Hey, I don’t want to die doing only this!” You know, someone who wants to use 99% rather than 60% of his or her potential.
M: It does take guts to return to studying as a working adult. I mean, you have family responsibilities, usually a job, and suddenly, you have to study and pass exams again.
W: That’s why I think continuing education is for people with initiative.
M: Well, count me out. I’m for live-and-let-live. So I’ll never make big money, but I earn enough to lead a good life. I’d rather go and learn to be a carpenter so when I retire I can make furniture or something like that.
W: Well, that’s a kind of continuing education. It doesn’t all have to be intellectual. The philosophy behind continuing education is that you’re never too old to learn. But of course we return to learn what we enjoy.
M: If you put it that way, I’m definitely for continuing education. I mean, I have no regrets as a dentist. But if I had another chance, I might choose architecture or art rather than medicine. I guess with continuing education I can try to get the best of both at different stages in my life!
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听力题At least five people have been killed in Haiti in flooding caused by Hurricane Dennis. The storm is a dangerous Category Four hurricane, on a (36)________ of one to five, with winds higher than 200 kilometers an hour. Dennis is now (37)________heavy rains and high winds to Cuba, and is expected to (38)________the U. S. state of Florida on Saturday and Sunday.
Cuban civil defense officials say they evacuated more than 200,000 people from southern (39)________areas as Dennis approached. Cuban President Fidel Castro warned Cubans to expect major damage from the storm.
Dennis caused heavy flooding in Jamaica, but (40)________ the island a direct hit. Many areas of Jamaica are (41)________power, and remain cut off from authorities trying to determine (42)________damage the storm caused. Flooding in (43)________deforested Haiti swept away roads and bridges, cutting off towns and cities in the southern part of the country.
(44)________________________. The Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season begins on June 1 and ends November 30.
In Florida, Governor Jeb Bush (45)________________________. (46)________________________
听力题Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own (36) 1, I no longer imagine I can get through a (37) 2day, much less all my life, (38) 3on my own. Even if I am on (39) 4in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has (40) 5from cloth woven by others, using (41) 6someone else is distributing to my house. (42) 7of interdependence is everywhere. We are on this (43) 8together.
As I was growing up, (44) 9. "Make your own way", "Stand on your own two feet", or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: "Now that you've made your bed, lie on it!" Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture. I imagine that (45) 10. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images, and instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally "independent" and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
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Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own (36) 12, I no longer imagine I can get through a (37) 13day, much less all my life, (38) 14on my own. Even if I am on (39) 15in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has (40) 16from cloth woven by others, using (41) 17someone else is distributing to my house. (42) 18of interdependence is everywhere. We are on this (43) 19together.
As I was growing up, (44) 20. "Make your own way", "Stand on your own two feet", or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: "Now that you've made your bed, lie on it!" Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture. I imagine that (45) 21. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images, and instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally "independent" and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
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