高级口译听力教程第四版Unit2听力原文[核对版].doc

UNIT TWOPart One Increasing Juvenile CrimeW: Hi, Frank. I just saw a program on TV that said that juvenile crime was increasing. And I wanted to ask your opinion about how to stop, well, how to prevent juvenile crime because I know that you work with a lot of young people.M: Well first, I think the media exacerbated the problem. And so dose the school system. Where I live, we have thousands of security guards in the schools, and metal detectors too, and the kids get searched as they go into school. Now all of that presents the wrong message. The kids don't feel like they5re going to school: they feel like they9re going to jail, and so they5re more likely to lash out and become violent. I think it's a cause and effect relationship. The students get violent because the system makes them like that.W: So you9re saying that the messages kids get from the media, and even from school, are responsible for making them do bad things?M: Yes, I am. I think that every young person is essentially good. I mean, you see violent students, students who are violent in class, but put them on a one-to-one basis, and they're usually very friendly. It's not that they9re really bad. Ifs that theyre a product of their environmeIf you give them a more caring environment, you really can change the kind of actions they take.W: Well, what about all the social support systems?M: You see the problem is that social support systems have really fallen apart. Take, for example, Big Brother/Big Sister programs. Or after-school programs. I don't mean just letting them stay in school until 6 o'clock, doing whatever they want. They should be doing healthy, supervised activities. A structured program of activities. Instructional programs. Or it could be athletics. A lot of our schools used to have football teams, or basketball teams, or baseball teams, but the funding for programs like those has been cut. They^e been eliminated. So that leaves a child with a lot of energy, and nothing to do with it.W: What do the Big Brother/Big Sister programs do?M: Well, they have people a little older, say in their twenties, who are willing to spend time on an individual basis with a student in middle school or in high school. See, the problem is that a lot of kids don't get the one-on-one attention they need. But kids need to see that somebody really cares about them.W: But what about kids who really do commit crimes? Stealing, pick-pocketing, or drug abuse, or something worse. I mean, you do get cases where kids become involved in really serious crimes. I mean, what should be done with kids like that?M: Well, let me say that preventing crime is definitely better than punishing it. It，s better to have good role models and stop crime before it starts. But we also need harsher punishments. You see some countries where drug crimes carry a maximum sentence of twenty years or life imprisonment. And the crime numbers go down very fast! Having stronger punishment does reduce crime. But you haveto be sure that the punishments are fair. We，re talking about juvenile crime, but white-collar crime needs to be punished, too.Questions:1. On which of the following topics is the man being interviewed?2. What is the interviewee^ opinion about the kids getting violent?3. According to the interviewee, what should be done to change the violent actions the young people take?4. The interviewee recommends several things that the kids can do after school Which of the following is NOT one of these things?5. Why does the man say that we need harsher punishments on serious juvenile crimes?Part Two The Figures for Burglaries Have Risen Alarmingly…The figures for burglaries have risen alarmingly over the last few years and are now quite appalling. Let me quote you a few statistics about break-ins.A house is burgled in Britain now about every two minutes, and over the past three years the number of burglaries reported to the police has risen by approximately 50,000 to well over 400,000 this year. The insurance companies report that last year alone household burglary losses rose by 27% over the previous year to 13&2 million pounds, and I believe one or two companies are refusing to provide burglary cover in what we might call high-risk areas.There are, nevertheless, half a dozen measures which can be taken against burglaries, which I will briefly outline for you. It really only requires some basic common sense and a small outlay, combined with a little knowledge of the way a burglar thinks and operates. You have to put yourself in his position, really. Most burglars are opportunists looking for an easy break-in, so don，t make things simple for them. Dorf t advertise the fact that you're out or away, or be careless about security. Even if you9re just popping out for a quarter of an hour, doift leave doors and windows open or unlocked・ A burglary can take less than ten minutes.This time element leads me to my second main point, that where a house。