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对话一
16
年第一套真题听力
Conversation One
M:
So how long have you been
a Market ResearchConsultant?
男：
你做市场调查顾问多长时间了？
W:
Well, I started straight
after finishing university.
女：
我大学毕业后就开始做了。
M:
Did you study market
research?
男：
你学的是市场调查吗？
W:
Yeah, and it really
helped me to get into theindustry,
女：
是的，这帮助我进入了这个行业，
but I have to say that it's more
important to get experience in different types
of marketresearch to find out exactly
what you're interested in.
但是我不得不说，你需要有
各种市场研究的经验才能找出你真正感兴趣的事物，这很重要。
M:
So what are you
interested in?
男：
你对什么感兴趣？
W:
Well, at the moment, I
specialize
in
quantitative
advertising
research,
which means that Ido two
types of projects.
女：
目前来说，我专
门做量化广告调查，也就是说我做两个项目。
Trackers, which are ongoing projects
that look at trends or customer
satisfac
tion
over
a longperiod of time.
追踪调查，这是个正在进行的项目，研
究很长一段时期内的趋势和客户满意度。
The only
problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of
your time.
追踪调查的唯一问题是太费时间。
But you do build up a good relationship
with the client.
但是你真的能和客户建立良好的关系。
I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which
are much shorter projects.
我也做一些临时工作，这些项目的耗时较短。
M:
What exactly do you mean
by ad-hoc jobs?
男：
你说的临时工作是什么？
W:
It's basically when
companies need quick answers to their questions
about
their consumers'habits.
女：
主要是，当企业需要快速解答关于消费者习惯的问题时，
They just ask for one
questionnaire
to be sent out
for example, so the time
you spend on
anad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.
比如，他们需要发出一份问卷调查，所以你花费在临时工作上的时间非常短。
M:
Which do you prefer,
trackers or ad-hoc?
男：
你更喜欢哪种
工作，最终调查工作还是临时工作？
W:
I like doing both and in
fact I need to do both at the same time to keep
m
e from goingcrazy. I need the
variety
.
女：
我两个都喜欢。实际上，需要同时做这两种工作以防我疯掉。我需要工作多样化。
M:
Can you just explain
what process you go through with a new client?
男：
你能解释一下你和新客户的交流过程吗？
W:
Well, together we decide
on the
methodology
and the
objectives of the r
esearch.
女：
我们一起找到研究方法并设定研究的目标。
I then design a
questionnaire
. Once the
interviewers have been briefed, I se
nd
the client aschedule and then they get back to me
with deadlines.
然后我设计一份问卷调查。
问题的摘要制定好后，
我把计划书发给顾客，
然后他们给我最后
期限。
Once the
final charts and tables are ready, I have to
check
them and
organi
ze
a
presentation
.
把最终的图标准备好后，我需要进行检查，然后整理报告。
M:
Hmm, one last question,
what do you like and
dislike
about your job?
男：
最后一个问题，你喜欢
和不喜欢的工作分别是什么？
W:
As I said,
variety
is
important and as for what I don't like, it has to
be th
e checking ofcharts and tables.
女：
就像我之前说的，工作的多样性很重要，至于我不喜欢的内容就
是图表的核对了。
Questions 1 to 4
are based on the
conversation
you have just
heard.
问题
5-8
是基于刚才
你所听到的这段对话的。
Question
1:
What position does the woman hold in
the company?
问题
1
：
女士在公司的职位是什么？
Question 2:
What does the
woman
specialize
in at the
moment?
问题
2
：
目前，女士专门做什么？
Question
3:
What does the woman say about
trackers?
问题
3
：
女士对于追踪调查都说了些什么？
Question 4:
What does the
woman
dislike
about her job?
问题
4
：
女士
不喜欢的工作内容是什么？
Conversation Two
对话二
W:
Hello, I'm here with Frederick.
女：
大家好，今天我要和弗雷德里克聊聊。
Now
Fred, you went to university in Canada?
弗雷德里克，你是在加拿大念的大学？
M:
Yeah, that's right.
男：
是的。
W:
OK, and you have very
strong views aboutuniversities in Canada. Could
y
ou please explain?
女：
好的，那你很了解加拿大的大学。你能介绍一下吗？
M:
Well, we don't have
private universities in Canada. They're all
public.
男：
加拿大没有私立大学，全是公立的。
All the universities are
owned by the government, so there is the Ministry
of E
ducation in chargeof creating the
curriculum
for the
universities
所有大学都是政府运营的，加拿大教育部负责大学课程的设置，
and so there is not much room for
flexibility
.
所以没有太多灵活变通的空间。
Since it's a government operated
institution
, things don't
move very fast.
大学是政府运营的机构，事情进展的速度不会太快。
If you want something to be done, then
their staff do not have so much
ince
ntive
to help
youbecause he's a worker for the government.
如果你想做件事，工作人员没有太大的积极性去帮助你，因为他是为政府工作的。
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So I don't think it's very
efficient
.
我认为这样就导致效率不太高。
However, there are
certain
advantages of public
universities, such as the fee
s being
free. Youdon't have to pay for your education.
不过公立大学也有优点，比如学费免费。你不用交教育费用。
But the system isn't
efficient
, and it does not
work that well.
不过这种体系不仅效率低，而且效果不太好。
W:
Yeah, I can see your
point, but in the United States we have many
private
universities, and Ithink they
are large bureaucracies also.
女：
我明白你的观点，我们美国有很多私立大学，我认为私立大学也是庞大的官僚机构。
Maybe people don't act that much
differently, because it's the same thing
wor
king for a privateuniversity.
工作人员的行为看起来没什么不同，因为为私立大学工作没什么不一样的。
They get paid for their job. I don't
know if they're that much more
motivated
to help people.
他们通过工作获得薪水。我不知道他们在帮助别人时是否有积极性。
Also, we have a problem in the United
States that usually only wealthy kids
g
o to the bestschools and it's kind of
a problem actually.
美国的问题是，只有有钱人家的孩子才能去
最好的学校上学，这是问题所在。
M:
I agree with you. I think
it's a problem because you're not giving equal
ac
cess to educationto everybody.
男：
我同意你的看法。
我认为这的确是个问题，
因为这样没有让所有人享有同等的受教育权
利。
It's not easy, but having only
public universities also might not be the best
so
lution
.
这个问题不容易解决，
不过我觉得只设有公立大学而没有私立大学可能并不是最
好的解决方
法。
Perhaps
we can learn from Japan where they have a system
of private and pu
blic universities.
或许我们可以像日本学习，他们既有公立大学又有私立大学的教育体系。
Now, in Japan, public universities
are considered to be the best.
日本的公立大学被认为是最好的学校。
W:
Right. It's the exact
opposite in the United States.
女：
是的。这与美国的情况完全相反。
M:
So, as you see, it's very
hard to say which one is better.
男：
可见，很难说哪种体系更好。
W:
Right, a good point.
女：
对，你说的没错。
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the
conversation
you have just
heard.
问题
5-8
是基于刚才
你所听到的这段对话的。
Question 5: What
does the woman want Frederick to talk about?
问题
5
：
这位女士想让弗
雷德里克聊聊什么？
Question 6: What
does the man say about the
curriculum
in Canadian
univer
sities?
问题
6
：
对于加拿大大学的课程，男士都说了些什么？
Question 7: On what point do the
speakers agree?
问题
7
：
两位说话者都赞同的观点是什么？
Question 8: What point does the man
make at the end of the
conversation
?
问题<
/p>
8
：
对话最后男士得出了什么结论？
Passage
One
短文一
A recent International Labor
Organization report saysthe
deterioration
of
re
al wages around the worldcalls into
question the true
extent
of
an
economic
r
ecovery
,
国际劳工组织最近的一份报告指出世界各地实际工资的恶化情况令人质疑经济复苏的真实
程度，
especially if
government
rescue
packages
are phasedout too early.
尤其是政府的救市计划是否退出过早。
The report warns the picture on wages
is likely to get worse this year despite
indications of aneconomic rebound.
报告称，尽管经济有回暖迹象，今年的工资状况仍有可能进一步恶化。
Patrick Belser, an international labor
organization specialist, says
declining
w
age
rates arelinked to the levels of
unemployment
.
一位国
际劳工组的专家织帕特里克
·
贝尔塞表示工资增长率的降低与失
业率有关。
The quite
dramatic
unemployment
features, which
we now see in some of t
he
countries,strongly suggest that there will be a
great
pressure
on wages
in
the future as more people willbe
unemployed,
我们看到现在一些国家的失业率十分惊人，
< br>这强烈表明未来工资会因失业人数增加而面临更
大压力。
more people will be looking for jobs
and the
pressure
on
employers to raise
wages to
attractworkers will
decline
.
由于有更多人求职，企业在提升薪资吸引员工方面的压力便随之下降。
< br>
So we expect that the second part
of the year would not be very good in
term
s of wagegrowth.
因此，我们预测今年下半年的工资增长前景不容乐观。
The report finds more than a quarter of
the countries
experienced
flat or falli
ng monthly wagesin real
terms.
报告发现超过四分之一的国家实际月工资没有增长甚至出现下降。
They include the United
States, Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and
German
y.
其中包括美国、奥地利、哥斯达黎加、南非、德国。
International Labor Organization
economists say some nations have come up
with policies
to
lessen
the
impact
of lower wages during
the economic crisis.
国际劳工组织的经济学家称，
在经济危机期间，
一些国家已经提出了相应政策来减轻低工资
的影响。
An example of
these is work sharing with government subsidies.
其中的一个例子就是分享政府补贴的工作。
Under this
scheme
, the number of
individual working hours is reduced in an
effort to
avoid
layoffs.
按照这项政策，减少个人工时来避免裁员。
For this
scheme
to work, the government must provide wage
subsidies to
co
mpensate
forlost pay due to the shorter hours.
为
了此方案有效运转，政府必须提供工资津贴以补偿工时减少而造成的工资损失。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
问题
< br>9-11
是基于刚才你所听到的这篇短文的。
Question 9: What is the International
Labor Organization's report mainly
abou
t?
问题
9:
国际劳工组织报告主要是关于什么的？
Question 10: According to an
International Labor Organization's specialist,
ho
w will employersfeel if there are
more people looking for jobs?
问题
10:
据国际劳工组织的专家介
绍，如果有更多人求职，那么雇主们会作何感想。
Question 11: What does the speaker mean
by the work sharing
scheme
?
问题
11:
说话者所说的工作分享政策是什么意思？
Passage
Two
短文二
Is there really a magic memory pill or
a herbal recall
remedy
?
魔力记忆药片或者回忆补救草药真的存在吗？
I have been frequently asked if these
memorysupplements work.
我经常被问到这些记忆补品是否有效？
You know, one of the first things I
like to tell peoplewhen they ask me about
t
he supplements, is that alot of them
are promoted as a cure for your memory
.
当人们问到我记忆补品的时候，
我首先要告诉他们的是这类补药
被宣传为能治愈他们的记忆。
But your
memory doesn't need a cure.
但是你的记忆并不需要治疗。
What your memory needs is a good
workout.
你的记忆需要的是很好的锻炼方式。
So really those supplements aren't
going to give you that perfect memory in
t
he way that theypromise.
所以那些补品真的不会给你带来他们所承诺的那种完美的记忆。
The other thing is that a lot of these
supplements aren't necessarily what
they
claim
to be,
andyou really have to be
wary
when you take any of
them.
另一件事是很多补品并不像他们所说的那样，你需要谨慎服用。
The science isn't there behind most of
them.
很多补品并没有得到科学的证实。
They're not really
well-
regulated
unless they
adhere
to some industry
stand
ard.
其实他们的管理并不良好，除非他们遵守产业标准。
You don't really know that what they
say is in there, isn't there.
你不能确定他们所说的东西里面一定有，不是吗？
What you must
understand
is that those
supplements, especially in some ea
stern
cultures, arepart of a medical practice tradition.
你必须明白的是，尤其是在一些东方国家，这类补药是医疗实践传统的一部分。
People don't just go in a local
grocery store and buy these supplements.
人们不只是到当地杂货店买这类补药。
In fact, they are prescribed and
they're given at a
certain
level, a dosage tha
t is understood bya
practitioner
who's been
trained.
实际上，这类补药属于处方药，须由经过训练的职业医师规定剂量。
And that's not really the
way they're used in this country.
而这个国家并没有采取这种方式。
The other thing people do forget is
that these are medicines, so they do have
an
impact
.
人们忘记了一件事，那就是这类补药是药品，他们确实会带来一些影响。
A lot of times people are not really
aware of the
impact
they
have, or the fac
t that taking themin
combination
with other
medications might put you at in
creased
risk for something that youwouldn't otherwise
being countering or be
at risk for.
很多时候人们并没有真正意识到服用这类补药所带来的影响，
也不知道
与其他药物同服可能
会增加出现某些不良情况的风险。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
问题
< br>12-15
是基于刚才你所听到的这篇文章的。
Question12. What question is frequently
put to the speaker?
问题
12
：说话人经常被问到什么问题？
Question13. What does the speaker say
about most memory supplements?
问题
13
：对于大多数的记忆力补品，说话人都说了什么？