听力题 A wise man once said that the only thing necessary to win over evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I want to say some things to good- people.
My job as a police officer is to impose responsibility on people who refuse, or have never learned to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people''s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Yet, more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life.
The main cause of this break down is a change in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. But now, it''s the criminal who is considered victimized: by the school that didn''t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him, by the parents who didn''t provide a stable home.
I don''t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from responsibility, we become a society of endless excuses where there is no one who accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
A wise man once said that the only thing necessary to win over evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I want to say some things to good- people.
My job as a police officer is to impose responsibility on people who refuse, or have never learned to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people''s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Yet, more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life.
The main cause of this break down is a change in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. But now, it''s the criminal who is considered victimized: by the school that didn''t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him, by the parents who didn''t provide a stable home.
I don''t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from responsibility, we become a society of endless excuses where there is no one who accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
听力题M: Are traveling facilities good in the rest of Britain?
W: Well, we''ve got the railways that connect all our big towns. There''re over 13,000 miles of track in Britain. Rail transport provides a very important service to the public, to industry and commerce.
M: What about road transport? Are your roads good?
W: Yes, they are on the whole. We''ve got about a quarter of a million miles of roads, and multi-motorways are appearing everywhere. We should have over one thousand miles of motorways soon.
M: Is there a good internal air service in Britain?
W: Well, yes. But it is not as important as our rail and road transport systems.
M: But British air services, the BEA and the BOAC, are world famous, aren''t they?
W: Oh yes, our international air services are very good. London Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.
M: What about travel by sea?
W: As an island people and a trading nation, Britain''s seafaring traditions have always been great. We used to have the biggest merchant navy in the world, carrying a third of the world''s passengers, you know.
M: But I suppose today sea travel has diminished in importance, hasn''t it?
W: It has. But some people still prefer traveling by sea to any other forms of transport.
M: Are traveling facilities good in the rest of Britain?
W: Well, we''ve got the railways that connect all our big towns. There''re over 13,000 miles of track in Britain. Rail transport provides a very important service to the public, to industry and commerce.
M: What about road transport? Are your roads good?
W: Yes, they are on the whole. We''ve got about a quarter of a million miles of roads, and multi-motorways are appearing everywhere. We should have over one thousand miles of motorways soon.
M: Is there a good internal air service in Britain?
W: Well, yes. But it is not as important as our rail and road transport systems.
M: But British air services, the BEA and the BOAC, are world famous, aren''t they?
W: Oh yes, our international air services are very good. London Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.
M: What about travel by sea?
W: As an island people and a trading nation, Britain''s seafaring traditions have always been great. We used to have the biggest merchant navy in the world, carrying a third of the world''s passengers, you know.
M: But I suppose today sea travel has diminished in importance, hasn''t it?
W: It has. But some people still prefer traveling by sea to any other forms of transport.
听力题Phone books have white, blue and yellow pages
听力题 The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburbs to the north. Each day about 100,000 automobiles cross the bridge taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours. With traffic so heavy, the trip is not pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters.
These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it: They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again. The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop, And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people feel more friendly toward each other.
There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. There is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only t5 minutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax.
The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburbs to the north. Each day about 100,000 automobiles cross the bridge taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours. With traffic so heavy, the trip is not pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters.
These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it: They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again. The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop, And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people feel more friendly toward each other.
There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. There is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only t5 minutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax.
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听力题 The worldwide organization of the Red Cross stems from the idea of Henri Dunant, a Swiss banker. In 1838, at the age of ten, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison. There he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road.
This experience left a deep impression on him and made him determined to do something for convicts and slaves and for all who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty. On 24th June 1859 while on his way from Geneva to France. Dunant witnessed the battle between the French and Austrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided that volunteer service had to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and ''helped the surgeons as best as they could.
From that battle, Dunant determined to form a body of people who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of the wounded and dying. Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs. Many European states supported him and on 22nd August 1864, the first Geneva Convention was signed. This lays down that once a soldier is wounded, he and everyone who comes to his help cease to be an enemy. A symbol by which the relief workers could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to Switzerland, the symbol was the Swiss flag reversed. That is a red cross on a white ground. So the Red Cross was born.
The worldwide organization of the Red Cross stems from the idea of Henri Dunant, a Swiss banker. In 1838, at the age of ten, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison. There he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road.
This experience left a deep impression on him and made him determined to do something for convicts and slaves and for all who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty. On 24th June 1859 while on his way from Geneva to France. Dunant witnessed the battle between the French and Austrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided that volunteer service had to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and ''helped the surgeons as best as they could.
From that battle, Dunant determined to form a body of people who would rally together in times of war and attend to the needs of the wounded and dying. Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs. Many European states supported him and on 22nd August 1864, the first Geneva Convention was signed. This lays down that once a soldier is wounded, he and everyone who comes to his help cease to be an enemy. A symbol by which the relief workers could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to Switzerland, the symbol was the Swiss flag reversed. That is a red cross on a white ground. So the Red Cross was born.
听力题We can make mistakes at any age
听力题Many large cities are anything but beautiful
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Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just haard.
听力题M: What do you mean by a friend, Jean?
W: Oh
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听力题M: We are almost finished
听力题People in Poland take their pleasure seriously
听力题Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you havejust heard
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听力题M:Hey, Karen
听力题W: Hello, Patrick, is that you?
M: Yeah Jane
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听力题M: Hi Diana, mind if I sit down?
W: Not at all