2017年12月大學(xué)英語六級聽力模擬試題（14）

　　Conversation One

　　對話一

　　W: Professor Henderson could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?

　　女：亨德森教授，您能簡單跟我們說一下您的工作、工作地點和研究領(lǐng)域嗎?

　　M: Well, the Center for Climate Research where I work links the science of climate change to issues around economics and policy. Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the associated risks.

　　男：嗯，我在氣候研究中心工作，它是把氣候變化的科學(xué)性和經(jīng)濟(jì)政策聯(lián)系起來。我們有些研究是處理氣候變化的影響和相關(guān)風(fēng)險。

　　W: And how strong is the evidence that climate change is happening? That it's really something we need to be worried about.

　　女：那么氣候變化的癥狀有多明顯呢?這真是我們應(yīng)高關(guān)心的問題。

　　M: Well most of the science of climate change particularly that to do with global warming is simply fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed. And so we're really talking about risk. What the economics tells us is that it's probably cheaper to avoid climate change, to avoid the risk than it has to deal with the likely consequences.

　　男：多數(shù)氣候變化的科學(xué)性——尤其是涉及全球變暖的——是不爭的事實。但是其他方面還不太確定或至少還有爭議。所以我們在討論的是風(fēng)險。經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)告訴我們的是，躲避氣候變化、躲避風(fēng)險比處理氣候變化的后果更便宜。

　　W: So what are we doing? What can we do about it?

　　女：那么我們要做什么呢?我們能做什么?

　　M: Well I would argue that we need to develop the science specifically to understand the likely impacts of climate change in different contexts. As I said we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change and this will involve a huge transition to low carbon energy systems and the transition is a tremendous priority. And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale. From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which maj

　　Conversation Two

　　對話二

　　W: I have many business English students. When I teach the classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it's interesting that many of them mention the element of luck.

　　女：我有很多商務(wù)英語的學(xué)生。上課的時候，我們經(jīng)常會在結(jié)束時討論成功或者成功的因素之類的話題。一個很有趣的現(xiàn)象是他們很多人提到了運氣這個因素。

　　M: Right.

　　男：嗯。

　　W: Luck is important to success. But since you've seen that fantastic video on the TED Talks website by Richard St. John, he doesn't mention luck at all.

　　女：運氣對成功很重要。但是你們也看到了TED上理查德·圣約翰出色的演講視頻，他完全沒有提到運氣。

　　M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck, you can actually create, to a degree.

　　男：我堅決相信人們可以自己創(chuàng)造運氣。我是說人們所說的運氣在某種程度上是可以創(chuàng)造的。

　　W: Sure. I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way.

　　女：當(dāng)然。我覺得很多時候人們所說的運氣都?xì)w功于機(jī)會來臨時你的反應(yīng)。

　　M: Yes. Very good point.

　　男：是的。很棒的觀點。

　　W: Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting?

　　女：抓住機(jī)會。不過那個視頻里有什么你覺得特別有趣的嗎?

　　M: Yes. Actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent. It's all about practice, practice, practice.

　　男：嗯。其實是有的。讓我印象很深的是很多人認(rèn)為運氣很重要，而天賦是成功所必備的條件。在視頻中我們看到，擅長某事并不意味著要有天賦。都是練習(xí)，練習(xí)再練習(xí)。

　　W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really really good at what you do.

　　女：確實是這樣。天賦的確有些作用，但最后你會發(fā)現(xiàn)要很努力才能把工作做的非常棒。

　　M: Sure.

　　男：是的。

　　W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do. Of course you're going to want to work harder and put the time and effort into it. And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.

　　女：我覺得視頻中很有意思的一點是激情很重要，人們要熱愛自己所做的事。這樣你才愿意更加努力地工作，愿意多花時間和精力。有趣的是如果你很喜歡你的工作，對它很有激情并且努力工作，錢就會自動掙到手了。

　　Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　問題5-8是基于剛剛你所聽到的那段對話。

　　Question 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

　　問題5：說話人主要在講什么?

　　Question 6. What is the woman’s view of luck?

　　問題6：這名女性是如何看待運氣的?

　　Question 7. What is the chief point the TED Talks video makes?

　　問題7：TED演講視頻的主要觀點是什么?

　　Question 8. What does the woman think is the funny thing in the TED Talks video?

　　問題8：這名女性認(rèn)為TED演講視頻中比較有趣的是什么?

　　or countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.

　　男：我覺得我們應(yīng)該具體發(fā)展科學(xué)，了解氣候變化在不同情況下可能出現(xiàn)的后果。就像我說的，我們得知道避免氣候變化的最佳方式，這就需要我們轉(zhuǎn)變成低碳能源系統(tǒng)，而這個轉(zhuǎn)變是應(yīng)該優(yōu)先考慮的大事。為了實現(xiàn)這一點，全球都應(yīng)該開始行動。從政治角度來說，我們需要了解諸如中國和美國這樣的大國可能會簽訂的全球協(xié)議中的條款，因為現(xiàn)在我們還沒有那種共識。

　　W: Right.

　　女：是的。

　　M: And we also need to plan ahead so that we're in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so to for the levels that are likely if we don't get those global agreements.

　　男：我們也需要提前計劃，為無可避免的氣候變化做準(zhǔn)備，如果我們無法達(dá)成全球協(xié)議，那就更要做準(zhǔn)備了。

　　Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　問題1-4是基于剛才你所聽到的那段對話。

　　Question 1. What does Professor Henderson say about his main area of research?

　　問題1：關(guān)于主要研究領(lǐng)域，亨德森教授說了什么?

　　Question 2. What does Professor Henderson say about climate change?

　　問題2：關(guān)于氣候變化，亨德森教授說了什么?

　　Question 3. What does Professor Henderson say is a top priority in combating climate change?

　　問題3：在對抗氣候變化中，亨德森教授什么是第一要務(wù)?

　　Question 4. What does Professor Henderson advise us to do to better deal with climate change?

　　問題4：為了更好地應(yīng)對氣候變化，亨德森教授建議我們做什么?