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1、新世纪英语专业听力教程新世纪英语专业听力教程.听写听写 Topic 1 United Nations / It was much lighter and more powerful than earlier engines, / and enabled warplanes to fly faster and higher than ever. / This type of engine was called the jet engine / because it blows a large jet of hot air backwards at high speed. / The first
2、airplane to use the new jet engine was built in Britain / and it began carrying passengers in 1952. / It had two jet engines and flew much higher than petrol-engine airplanes. / At this height the air is thinner and very cold, / and so the airplane can cut through the air more easily. / However, the
3、 cabin has to be air-conditioned and has to be at normal pressure / so that the passengers may eat, read and sleep in comfort. /Today all long distance airplanes have jet engines. / The modern jet airplanes are very big and can carry hundreds of passengers on two different floors, / which makes air
4、travel much cheaper. (175 words)Passage 6Physical scientists are very struck /by the rational beauty and transparency of the physical world. / “Wonder“ is a word they often use / to describe their reaction to the marvelous order revealed to their inquiry. / Two things are particularly striking about
5、 the success of physical science. / One is that mathematics is the key to discovery. / Time and again it has proved to be the case / that successful theories are those which can be expressed in terms of beautiful mathematical equations. / Mathematicians find it easy to recognize and agree upon the p
6、resence of mathematical beauty. / All the fundamental theories of physics are found to possess this characteristic. / The second striking aspect of this success of physical science in understanding the world is / that it seems to be of unlimited scope. / We should not be surprised / that our thinkin
7、g is competent to cope with the world of everyday experience. / We could scarcely have survived in the evolutionary struggle / if that had not been the case. (162 words)Passage 7 As a young man, Albert Einstein recalled an incident from his childhood / that filled him with wonder. / When he was five
8、 years old his father gave him a compass, /the needle of which always pointed in one direction. / The action of the compass suggested that / there was “something deeply hidden“ in nature that created irregularity in physical space, /and that space was mutable, / with orientations that varied accordi
9、ng to its contents. The quivering needle pointed to the North Pole as well as to a revolution in physics. / New ideas from across the scholarly and artistic world indicated that / space was not homogeneous, but heterogeneous. / In classical mechanics a particle of light moved through empty and stati
10、c space. / In Einsteins mechanics everything is in movement throughout the field at the same time, / and space is full and dynamic / and has the power of “partaking in physical events; “ / According to relativity theory, / the universe is full of fields of energy in various states, / and space can b
11、e thought to be as substantial as a billiard ball / or as active as a bolt of lightening. (183 words)Passage 8 Recent controversy about biotechnology has focused on food products, / production of novel pharmaceuticals by plants and animals, / and gene therapy in humans. / Traditional methods of cros
12、s-breeding crops take many years of experimentation. / Biotechnology makes it possible / to transfer desirable traits or characteristics from one organism to another more efficiently. / It is also possible to transfer traits from species that cannot crossbreed. / For example, genes in arctic salmon
13、that make the fish resistant to cold /can be transferred to tomatoes to protect them from frost. / There are potential risks, however. / The most serious environmental risk is / the possibility of genes being passed from genetically modified crops into-their wild relatives in nearby areas / and impa
14、rting properties affecting their survival and spread. / In April 1998, the European Union stopped approving new genetically modified crops / and required that all packaged foods be labeled to indicate whether they contain genetically modified corn or soy. / Controversy about biotech foods has spread
15、 to other countries, / including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and to the United States. (169 words)Topk3 Education Passage 9Perhaps you are going to finish school soon and, / like many other students, you want to further your study abroad. / Here are some points you should bear in mind / if you in
16、tend to apply for a scholarship to study in the United States of America. /First of all, you will have to ask for an application form, / fill in the form with great care, / and then send it in with a copy of your school records. / After that, you will have to ask your teachers to write some letters of recommendation. / You will also need to take some tests such as TOEFL, and GRE. / You may apply to several universities at the same time
