聽(tīng)力教程4-U14-施心遠(yuǎn)

1、Keys to Unit 14Secti on I1. 和其他西方國(guó)家，如加拿大、德國(guó)的政府不同，美國(guó)政府不向其公民提供由公共 財(cái)政支出的醫(yī)療保障。2. 公民必須購(gòu)買健康保險(xiǎn)，每年人均花費(fèi)需要幾千美元。3. 如果一個(gè)公民沒(méi)有這種保險(xiǎn)的話，那他必須要么支付醫(yī)療費(fèi)用，要么到別的價(jià)格 低廉、有時(shí)是三等醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)或縣醫(yī)院就診。4. 各種州政府援助計(jì)劃可以涵蓋一些急診或長(zhǎng)期治療的費(fèi)用。5. 在美國(guó)，醫(yī)療費(fèi)用是造成個(gè)人破產(chǎn)的最常見(jiàn)的原因。Section IIDialogue1. emergency rockets/save the lives/20 minutes/fire/unstrap/climb ou

2、t/lift/get away/top/occupa nts2 blue ness/brillia nt white/brick-red/roads/dark ness/lights3 medical experime nts/tak ing measureme nts/color/salt/water/vegetati on4 dangerous/launch/physically harder/a thin layer of very hot air/crushing her lungs/four and a half times/breathe/this big bump/hit the

3、 groun d/parachutes5 pla nt a tree/la unch site/flies/a good 40 feet high/the very en d/cosm on auts/watered/soldiersPassage1. Poverty trends vary significantly from country to country, but one feature is constant: figures for rural poverty are well above the level of average poverty.2. Most of thos

4、e coun tries that have failed to embark on an agricultural revoluti on rema in trapped in poverty, hun ger and econo mic stag nati on.3. A main reason for the inefficiency of farming in Africa is that the crops grown on the great majority of small farms are not the high yieldi ng varieties in com mo

5、n use on other con ti nen ts.4. While susta in able rural developme nt is esse ntial to achieve the broader developme nt age nda, the former cannot be realized without adequate com mun ity empowerme nt and participati on.5. Consequently, the rural-urban education gap is increasing making the task of

6、 susta in able developme nt eve n more difficult and challe nging.CDDABCBASection IIIItem 1:A. the impact of oil price increases on major oil producers and the consumers.B. 1 It has had a spectacular impact on the bottom line at the major oil producers.2 They are Shell, AmericasExxon Mobil a nd BP.3

7、 Con sumers are struggli ng with n ear record fuel prices. Predictably this has stoked compla ints of profiteeri ng by the oil firms.4 They have talked about tougher rules on company mergers and abuses of market power within the US oil sector.5 They say healthy profits are needed to fund investment

8、in finding and developing new en ergy sources.6 Because inv estors were'impressed with Shell'record results. They were expect ing an eve n better finan cial performa nee.Item 2:A. the pensions crisis facing British firms.B. F F F T F TItem 3:A. the cha ngeover of an alogue sig nal to digital

9、 sig nal in the US.B. 1 They have bee n bombarded with a series of adverts, warning them that the an alogue sig nal would be switched off on a certa in day.2 They are asked to buy set-top conv erter boxes.3 The US authorities have issued coupons, worth 40 dollars each, to cover most of the cost /hav

10、e spe nt 2 billi on dollars to support the smooth tran siti on.4 There are 2.2 million households that have made no preparation for the digital cha ngeover.5 They are the elderly and the low in come households.Section IVPart 1:A. 1 It is called eco-schoo” program.2 The elementary school principal (O

11、umar Sow) is the director of the program.3 Because the once fertile village is faced with desertificati on. Rivers are drying up, graz ing land for cattle is scarce, and the dry soil is hard to farm.4 They are lear ning how to ide ntify biodegradable garbage, how to make compost, how to plant the tr

12、ees and how to water the trees in their schoolyard.5 The show, don 'ttell ” philosophy/ The han ds-on strategy is the key to the programs success.B. F T T F T FPart 2Dictatio n:1. The multiplicity and contradictory nature of objectives which rural development was expected to achieve often depriv

13、ed it of a central focus and contributed to its failure.2. Whilst the intent of all rural developme nt effort has always bee n to ben efit the poor, the results have not bee n very promis ing.3. Rural people in many countries still do not have access to basic social services such as healthcare, educati on, water and san itati on.4. Markets rema in un derdeveloped, and in frastructure developme nt has not kept pace with populati on growth.5. In general, the overall rural development agenda was affected by two