考级英语听力材料（专四）28 短文
0:00 2014年英语专业四级听力 短文1
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2014年英语专业四级听力短文1
This is a picture.
这是一张照片。
In the foreground, there is a house built into the side of a bare hill.
在照片的前景，有一座屋子，屋子建在一座光秃秃的小山的侧面。
The house is actually cut out of the rock, and the front is painted white.
屋子实际上是从岩石中凿出来的，它的前面被刷成了白色。
There is a single window with a pink curtain across it and a wooden door.
屋子有一扇拉着粉色窗帘的窗户和一扇木门。
This rock house is clearly inhabited because in front of the house, there is washing hanging on a washing line in what looks like the front yard.
这座石屋明显有人居住，因为在屋前一块看起来像是前庭的地方有一根晾衣绳，上面挂着洗好的衣服。
Then,above the painted front of the house, they've built a chimney.
然后，在屋子粉刷一侧的上方，他们建了一个烟囱。
It's quite possible that at the back of this same hill there's another door - or the front of another house, perhaps.
很有可能在这座山的背面有另一扇门——或者说可能是另一座屋子的前侧。
At the side of the house, to the left, there's a flat area.
在屋子的一侧——左侧，有一块平地。
They've got chairs there and one person appears to be serving food.
那儿有椅子，一个人看上去正在上菜。
He is wearing casual summer clothes.
他穿着随意的夏日装束。
Further to the left is another chimney, which probably belongs to a different house.
再往左是另一个烟囱，这个烟囱或许是另一户人家的。
In the background of the picture, a long way from this particular bare hill,there's another hill.
在照片的背景，在离这座荒山很远的地方，有另一座山。
Then,in between, there's a relatively flat plain.
然后，在两山之间，有一片相对平坦的平原。
And then there's a small town.
那里还有一座小镇。
It looks like a town because there are a lot of white houses and each one is quite close to the next building.
它看上去像是一座小镇，因为那儿有许许多多的白屋子，屋子与屋子之间靠得很近。
This must be a hot country because the sky is blue and there isn't much vegetation.
这一定是个炎热的国家，因为天空很蓝，而且没有太多的植被。
I should think that rock houses are actually really cool and pleasant to live in.
或许石屋很凉快，住起来很舒服。
2014年英语专业四级听力 短文2
Ben became interested in Mongolia early in life.
本从小就对蒙古国产生了浓厚的兴趣。
When he was 9 years old, he read a book about Marco Polo,
9岁的时候，他读了一本有关马可·波罗的书，
about how Marco Polo traveled with his uncles on the ultimate business trip to the Mongol Empire at its height.
这本书讲述了马克·波罗跟随叔叔踏上经商之旅并最终抵达正处于鼎盛时期的蒙古帝国的故事。
Marco Polo's trip lasted almost a quarter of a century,
马克·波罗的旅程持续了将近四分之一个世纪，
during which he grew up, mastered Mongolian, gained the confidence of the Mongol emperor,
期间他长大成人，掌握了蒙古语，还取得了蒙古皇帝的信任，
and then eventually returned home with fantastic tales of strange lands and stranger people.
最后带着异国土地和异国人民的奇妙故事，回到了家乡。
The story of Marco Polo fascinated Ben.
马可·波罗的故事让本心驰神往。
Ben tried to save money from his first job delivering newspapers with an eye toward a $3,000-trip to Mongolia.
本一心想用3000美元去一趟蒙古，于是他决心通过自己的第一份工作——送报纸，把钱省下来。
But in those days, it would take him years to have the money ready.
但那个年代，要凑够这么一笔钱需要他花上数年的时间。
So he continued to read about Mongolia in the meantime,
于是他一边工作，一边继续阅读有关蒙古国的书籍，
but spent most of his teenage years in the Arab world, where he learned the language and became interested in journalism.
但他的青少年时期大部分时间是在阿拉伯国家度过的，他在那儿学会了阿拉伯语，并对新闻工作产生了兴趣。
He took courses in classical and modern Mongolian while studying for his master's degree and found it very difficult.
他在攻读硕士学位期间选择了古典蒙古语和现代蒙古语课程，发现非常难学。
But he still wants to visit Mongolia,
但他依然想去蒙古，
"in the spring or summer," he said,
“春天或夏天吧，”他说，
"Mongolian winters, when temperatures drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius, are not for me."
“蒙古一到冬天温度就降会到零下30度，不适合我。”
"The price today with an upscale company is reasonable," Ben said,
“如今高端旅游公司的价格比较合理，“本说，
"Compared to the $3,000 it was back in 1971,
“与1971年的3000美元相比，
today the same trip is around $5,000, which, though still a large sum, is, in terms of inflation, a good bargain. "
现在去一趟蒙古需要5000美元左右，尽管仍然是笔大钱，但考虑到通货膨胀，就很划算了。
2014年英语专业四级听力 短文3
Less than 20 miles from Singapore's skyscrapers is a completely different set of high-rise towers.
在距离新加坡的摩天大楼建筑群体不到20英里的地方，有一处截然不同的高塔建筑群。
over 100 nine-meter-tall towers at Sky Greens vertical farm offer a new vision of urban sustainability.
这就是由100多座高9米的高塔构成的SkyGreens垂直农场，它们为城市的可持续发展打开了一扇全新的大门。
Green vegetables like Chinese cabbage are grown, stacked in greenhouses, and sold at local supermarkets.
农场里种植有绿色蔬菜，比如大白菜，它们整齐地堆放在温室里，等待着在当地超市出售。
The farm was built in 2009 and since October this year,
农场建于2009年，从今年10月开始，
the fully operating farm has been supplying one of the city's supermarkets with weekly deliveries of its greens.
农场已全面投入运营，每周都会为市区的一家超市供应绿色蔬菜。
The Sky Greens produce costs around 40% more than an imported equivalent.
与同等进口产品相比，Sky Greens产品的成本要高出40%左右。
However,the small amount of energy and water needed to grow the vegetables,
但是，其蔬菜种植所需的能量和水量都很小，
and the close proximity to the consumer,
而且农场靠近顾客，
means that carbon dioxide emitted in production and transportation is kept to a minimum.
这意味着生产和运输过程中释放的二氧化碳可降至最低限度。
The Sky Greens venture is supported by the Singaporean government Sky Greens,
公司受到新加坡政府的鼎力支持，
and has another advantage over other urban farms around the world: abundant natural heating and light.
此外，它还享有全世界的城市农场都不具有的得天独厚的优势，即丰富的自然供暖和光照。
Singapore has year-round temperatures of around 30℃.
新加坡全年气温在30摄氏度左右。
The farm is set in an open area designated by the government as an agro-technology park,
农场位于政府指定为农业科技园区的一片开阔区域内，
miles away from the shadow of city skyscrapers.
与市区摩天大楼相隔数英里。
And there are plans for the current site to expand to produce up to two tons of greens a week next year,
农场计划在现有场址上将明年的产量扩大至一周两吨，
and build over 2,000 towers in the next few years.
并在未来几年里建造两干座以上的高塔。
