本书是根据专四考核目标及专四考试的特点进行选材并进行录音
的。总体有如下特点:
1.材料由易到难,有助于考生逐步适应。本书前100篇短文的内容较为简单,重在训练考生的听写速度和准确性;后100篇短文取自英语媒体的原文,语言原汁原味,内容富有启发性,题材也广泛多样,同时也提高了听写训练的难度,便于听写技能的进一步提升。
2.录音有针对性,有助于听写技能的提高。本书音频的录制特别针对了考生在听写中暴露的问题。短文的正常朗读和间隔的把握都非常讲究,为了训练考生对意义单元的记忆,有意识地缩减了间隔时间。考虑到有的考生不习惯英音或美音,录音人员既有美国专家,也有英国专家,有助于考生很好地适应两种标准的语音,服务于考生未来的口头交流。
3.精听结合拓展,服务考生语言的学习。在精听每一训练短文之后,考生还有机会学习与精听内容相关的生词读音、词性、词义以及与词相关的短语或搭配,拓展考生的语言知识,丰富考生的英语词汇。
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The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before.
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Banks tried to get their money back from investors.But the investors could not pay,either.Too many people owed money and few of them could pay their bills.By 1932,more than 12 millions Americans were jobless.Millions more were earning barely enough to live on.
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In 1929,the bills started to come in.American Industry had produced too many goods.Americans could not afford to buy all of them.So factories had to cut down on their production.Many workers lost their jobs,investors try to get their money back.But business did not have enough money to pay them.
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Great Depression in the U.S.