[听力原文] 16-20
Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s. Since then. millions of children have grown up in front of the set, and many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young, and on society in general. Many ordinary parents wish it had never been invented.
Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its inventors for the joy and the interest that they have brought into the lives of the old, the sick. and the lonely --all those who, without it, would have no pleasure and no window in the world.
In truth, television has opened windows in everybody’s life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so clearly what is happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV has transformed information. It not only gives the news instantly, but also shows it in pictures--more powerful than words. It can be
[听力原文] 16-20
Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s. Since then. millions of children have grown up in front of the set, and many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young, and on society in general. Many ordinary parents wish it had never been invented.
Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its inventors for the joy and the interest that they have brought into the lives of the old, the sick. and the lonely --all those who, without it, would have no pleasure and no window in the world.
In truth, television has opened windows in everybody’s life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so clearly what is happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV has transformed information. It not only gives the news instantly, but also shows it in pictures--more powerful than words. It can be
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W: We have made ten copies.
M: At first it’ s planned to need ten copies, and now we don’ t need so many. Five would be enough.
[听力原文]11-15
A university professor recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was the most clever. He found out that the monkey was cleverer than the other animals he studied.
In one test the professor put a monkey in a room where there were several small boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. Inside one small box was some food. The professor wanted to watch the monkey and find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The professor left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door looking at the professor through the keyhole, checking to see if the professor had really left!
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