高级口译听力教程第四版Unit3听力原文[核对版].doc

UNIT THREEPart One About Living in the CityM: Grace, what^s interesting to you about living in the city? Why do you like it?W: Well. Um just a city girl! One time I bought a house in the country to escape from the urban ills, and then found myself totally bored with country life, because you have to drive everywhere and there9s not much to do. And Fm used to the fast pace of the city. There5s a whole variety of museums, movies, coffee shops, and places to interact with people. But sitting alone in the country, you know, unless you like to grow, or garden, or putter around and build things with your hands.M: OK, but what about for vacation? I mean lots of city people rent vacation houses in the country.W: But to me, going to the country for a vacation makes no sense at all. There9s so much work to do. First you have to get there, and then ... I don^t know, I think I can relax better in the city. Besides, the country has bugs. There you are supposedly enjoying yourself, in the fresh country air, but you're being eaten alive by a variety of different bugs. You carTt enjoy yourself. You're being stung and eaten to death. You can?t relax. Let's put it this way, if you like boredom, yotTll like the country. People who like a lot of stimulation, you know, carf t hack i匸 And then there's the transportation thing. I mean, to get a carton of milk you have to drive three miles. So the whole car culture thing kicks in. Give me the city anytime!M: Well, what would you say is the one thing you like most about the city?W: The interactive social life. People get together. I like it when you call up and people say, come on over, and you hang out together, and it^s just fun.M: Yeah, and what about the suburbs?W: Well, that's even more hateful than the country to me.M: Why?W: Well, the suburbs don't even have any of the good country air. There，s nothing to do. You're just stuck there. And for young people, there are all sorts of problems 一 alcohol, drugs, you have to drive everywhere. Look, I go to my friend's house in the suburbs. Do you ever see anyone walking in the street? No. lVs totally zero. There9s nothing going on. What can I say, you know? It^s not for me. I do have one or two suburban friends who like it, because they make a barbecue, and the birds are chirping, but not me! And then there's another thing I really hate. In the city, you can make mistakes, but you always get a second chance. But in the country and the suburbs, you're labeled, you feel like wow, that's it, you're labeled. And that label doesn't come off easily.M: Well, do you think the city is lonely? Or dangerous?W: No! In the city people live in little communities. They have interactive social lives. And I don't think the city is particularly dangerous.Questions:1. There are several reasons why the woman likes living in the city. Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about vacationing according to the woman?3. What does the woman like best about the city?4. Which of the following is TRUE about living in the suburbs according to the woman?5. How does the woman describe the city life?Part Two Mass UrbanizationGood morning and welcome to todays lecture. Today we're going to discuss the mass urbanization of the worlds population, which is an unprecedented trend worldwide. First, Fll focus on two major reasons why people are moving to cities.Well, the first reason is economic. People are moving to the cities because that^s where they can find jobs and earn money. Until the twentieth century, the major source of employment, full and part time, was farming. Now, no more than fifteen percent of all jobs are connected to farming. Jobs now are being created in information technology, manufacturing and service areas, such as tourism and financing. And all of these new jobs are in or around major cities.The second reason for the move to the cities has to do with quality of life issues: comfort and convenience. For example, most of us would like our children to receive a good education, and cities often offer better schools. And then for many, city life is just more comfortable. There are transportation networks, shops, and places of entertainment. An interesting consequence of urbanization is that the average age of people in the countryside is increasing, while that of the cities is falling. More old people stay in the countryside than young people and the opposite is true in the cities- This is of course connected to the fact that it^s the young people who want jobs.Now Fd like to identify three key changes in our cities. First of all, they9re getting bigger and bigger. For the first time in history, there will soon be more people living in urban areas than in rural environments. Most cities are bigger now than ever before. In 1950, New York City was the only city with a population of ten million. For the first time in the history of society, we now have 。