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1、专四听写 50 篇Dictation 1 Superstition 迷信（144 words）One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious, / and theyll do everything from hanging horseshoes over their fireplace to crossing their fingers, / touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder. / And theyre careful about cats.
2、 / Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches, / so if one is following you its definitely bad luck ? a witch is after you! / On the other hand, if one crosses your path and continues / then its good luck because it hasnt noticed you. / However, in some places the beliefs are different /
3、 ? so it pays to know where your black cat comes from! / Old superstitions linger even in todays modern world. / The author Philip Pullman drew on them / in his award winning novel “His Dark Materials”. / The novel, which appeals to both children and adults, / has been adapted for radio and also the
4、 theatre. / Dictation 2 Graduate Student 研究生（157 words）Graduate students specialize in a particular field of study. / They study to become experts in this field / and to learn new advances in their fields while they earn an M.A. or Ph.D. / Sometimes when they get an M. A. in one field they begin stu
5、dying another field. / They hope that when they earn their graduate degrees / they will succeed in finding important jobs. / They hope to get jobs that are interesting and high paying. / The life of a graduate student is often difficult. / They are usually too busy studying to make a good living. /
6、Often they have to pay high tuition fees for their education. / Some give up studying before they get their degrees. / But most keep on working at their studies until they graduate. / In todays world, most graduate students dont regret spending time with their studies. / They are finding that new de
7、velopments are occurring in all fields. / For many graduate study has become a necessity. / Dictation 3 April Fools Day 愚人节（157 words）1st April is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. / Its April Fools Day, a day when people traditionally like to try / to make a fool of s
8、omeone else and laugh at them. / There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day, / but one explanation isconnected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, / which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year. / Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1s
9、t April were called fools. / So what kind of pranks do people play on April Fools Day? / Well, there are lots of simple tricks / that you can play on your friends. / For example, you could wear a black sweater / and pull a piece of white thread through it, / so that people try to pull it off. / You
10、could change the time on someones alarm clock / so that theyre late for work. /Dictation 4 Living Online 网上生活（159 words） How do you meet new people, make new friends, or find out about the latest bands? / Here in the UK young people have traditionally done their socializing in bars, pubs and clubs.
11、/ However, there is a new generation growing up / that finds it easier to manage their social lives on the net, / using free websites like MySpace, Bebo or MSN Spaces. / Welcome to the social networking website / ? a place where you can present yourself to the digital community and meet other like-m
12、inded people. / The most successful social networking website in the UK is MyS. / As of July 2006, MySpace is the worlds fourth most popular English-language website, / attracting almost 3 million visitors per month. / MySpace claims to have 95 million members / with 500,000 new members joining the
13、community each week. / So how has it become so successful? / Perhaps its secret is in its simplicity. / Each new member can build their own page simply ? uploading photos, videos and MP3 files. / Dictation 5 Mothers Day 母亲节（160 words） Does your mother know how much you appreciate her? / Well, Mother
14、s Day is the time to show her. / Its a chance to say thank you, or to tell your mum how much you love her. / In Britain, Mothers Day, or Mothering Sunday, / falls on a different day each year, / because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter. / But it is always in the early springt
15、ime, which seems appropriate, / as the season when new plants emerge, / and baby birds and animals are born. / In the USA, Mothers Day takes place a little later, in May, / and many other countries also celebrate their mothers on different days of the year. / It began many years ago, when children,
16、/ especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home / as housemaids and other types of servant. / Mothering Sunday was a day when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town, and visit their mothers. / Dictation 6 Online Shopping 网上购物（159 words） With only two weeks to go before Christmas, / buying presents is a high priority for a lot of people. / However, this year not so many people are leaving their
