考级英语听力材料（专四）46 听写
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2015年英语专业四级听力 听写
Male and Female Roles in Marriage
男性和女性在婚姻中的角色
In the traditional marriage, the man worked to earn money for the family.
在传统婚姻中，男性负责工作养家。
The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband.
女性则留在家里照顾孩子和丈夫。
In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind.
近些年，许多夫妻继续这种传统的夫妻关系。
Some people are happy with it, but others think differently.
一些人对这种关系感到满意，但是也有人有不同的看法。
There are two major differences in male and female roles now.
现在男性和女性的角色有两大主要差异。
One is that both men and women have many more choices.
其一，男性和女性都有更多的选择。
They may choose to marry or stay single.
他们可以选择结婚，也可以选择保持单身。
They may choose to work or to stay at home.
另外，他们可以选择工作，也可以选择留在家里。
2016年英语专业四级听力 听写
Think Positive and Feel Positive
积极思考，乐观生活
Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation?
困境中你会觉得信心百倍还是迷茫无助？
Do you react positively or negatively?
你会积极应战还是逆来顺受？
The answer may depend in part on whom you're around.
这可能部分取决于你周围的人是什么样的。
A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases.
有研究发现消极思维在很多情况下会传染。
For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates.
此次研究的对象是103位大学室友。
They measured each roommate's tendency towards negative thinking.
研究者们估量了每个室友的消极思维倾向的程度。
Students with a negative-thinking roommate became more depressed themselves.
思维消极的人，其室友也可能颓废不振。
And students with more positive-thinking roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.
思维积极的人，其室友更可能同样变得积极向上。
2017年英语专业四级听力 听写
Learning Sympathy
学会同情
A big part of being human is feeling sympathy, but how early on in our lives do we learn this?
恻隐之心，人皆有之。但是我们是在哪个成长阶段开始，有了恻隐之心的呢？
Scientists find that babies respond to other people by crying when other babies cry.
科学家发现，婴儿在听到其他婴儿哭泣的时候，也会对人哭泣。
However,babies can't distinguish between themselves and others until they're eighteen to twenty months old.
但是，婴儿到18个月至20个月大的时候，才能区分自己和别人。
Toddlers start to show concern for others around this time.
蹒跚学步的小孩大约从这个时候开始表现出对他人的关心。
Kids also begin to do things like comforting other people.
同时孩子们也开始会做安慰他人之类的事。
And by the time they're three, most children will try to protect a victim in afight.
到三岁的时候，大多数孩子会想要保护争斗中弱势的一方。
2018年英语专业四级听力 听写
Emotional Reaction to Music
音乐的情绪反应
No matter who you are, where you live,
无论是何身份，住处，
or what your cultural background is,
或者文化背景，
people get some pleasure from listening to their favorite music.
人们听到喜欢的音乐都会心情舒畅。
However,some people are simply not capable of enjoying music.
然而，有些人就是没办法欣赏音乐。
This is not because they can't experience pleasure at all.
这并不是因为他们完全不能体会快乐，
They don't have trouble hearing music properly, either.
也不是因为不能听音乐。
Instead,they're just indifferent to music.
而是他们对音乐不敏感。
Researcher shave conducted studies to find out
研究者们做了很多研究，想要探究
why some people have no emotional reaction to music.
为什么有些人对音乐不能产生情感上的反应。
However,despite their efforts, the mystery remains.
然而，无论他们做多少工作，还是解不开谜团。
2019年英语专业四级听力 听写
Slang
俚语
We often use slang expressions when we talk, because they are so vivid and colorful.
我们说话时会经常使用俚语，因为俚语很生动、很丰富多彩。
However,they are usually out of place in formal writing because of a number of drawbacks.
不过由于一些缺点，我们在正式写作中通常不会使用它们。
They go out of date quickly and become tiresome if used too much.
它们很快就会过时，而且如果使用过多就会变得令人反感。
And they may communicate clearly to some readers but not to others.
并且一些读者能理解其意义，但另一些则不能。
In general, we should avoid the use of slang in our writing.
一般情况下，我们应该避免在写作中使用俚语。
