听力教程4-U14-施心远

1、Keys to Unit 14Secti on I1. 和其他西方国家，如加拿大、德国的政府不同，美国政府不向其公民提供由公共 财政支出的医疗保障。2. 公民必须购买健康保险，每年人均花费需要几千美元。3. 如果一个公民没有这种保险的话，那他必须要么支付医疗费用，要么到别的价格 低廉、有时是三等医疗机构或县医院就诊。4. 各种州政府援助计划可以涵盖一些急诊或长期治疗的费用。5. 在美国，医疗费用是造成个人破产的最常见的原因。Section IIDialogue1. emergency rockets/save the lives/20 minutes/fire/unstrap/climb ou

2、t/lift/get away/top/occupa nts2 blue ness/brillia nt white/brick-red/roads/dark ness/lights3 medical experime nts/tak ing measureme nts/color/salt/water/vegetati on4 dangerous/launch/physically harder/a thin layer of very hot air/crushing her lungs/four and a half times/breathe/this big bump/hit the

3、 groun d/parachutes5 pla nt a tree/la unch site/flies/a good 40 feet high/the very en d/cosm on auts/watered/soldiersPassage1. Poverty trends vary significantly from country to country, but one feature is constant: figures for rural poverty are well above the level of average poverty.2. Most of thos

4、e coun tries that have failed to embark on an agricultural revoluti on rema in trapped in poverty, hun ger and econo mic stag nati on.3. A main reason for the inefficiency of farming in Africa is that the crops grown on the great majority of small farms are not the high yieldi ng varieties in com mo

5、n use on other con ti nen ts.4. While susta in able rural developme nt is esse ntial to achieve the broader developme nt age nda, the former cannot be realized without adequate com mun ity empowerme nt and participati on.5. Consequently, the rural-urban education gap is increasing making the task of

6、 susta in able developme nt eve n more difficult and challe nging.CDDABCBASection IIIItem 1:A. the impact of oil price increases on major oil producers and the consumers.B. 1 It has had a spectacular impact on the bottom line at the major oil producers.2 They are Shell, AmericasExxon Mobil a nd BP.3

7、 Con sumers are struggli ng with n ear record fuel prices. Predictably this has stoked compla ints of profiteeri ng by the oil firms.4 They have talked about tougher rules on company mergers and abuses of market power within the US oil sector.5 They say healthy profits are needed to fund investment

8、in finding and developing new en ergy sources.6 Because inv estors were'impressed with Shell'record results. They were expect ing an eve n better finan cial performa nee.Item 2:A. the pensions crisis facing British firms.B. F F F T F TItem 3:A. the cha ngeover of an alogue sig nal to digital

9、 sig nal in the US.B. 1 They have bee n bombarded with a series of adverts, warning them that the an alogue sig nal would be switched off on a certa in day.2 They are asked to buy set-top conv erter boxes.3 The US authorities have issued coupons, worth 40 dollars each, to cover most of the cost /hav

10、e spe nt 2 billi on dollars to support the smooth tran siti on.4 There are 2.2 million households that have made no preparation for the digital cha ngeover.5 They are the elderly and the low in come households.Section IVPart 1:A. 1 It is called eco-schoo” program.2 The elementary school principal (O

11、umar Sow) is the director of the program.3 Because the once fertile village is faced with desertificati on. Rivers are drying up, graz ing land for cattle is scarce, and the dry soil is hard to farm.4 They are lear ning how to ide ntify biodegradable garbage, how to make compost, how to plant the tr

12、ees and how to water the trees in their schoolyard.5 The show, don 'ttell ” philosophy/ The han ds-on strategy is the key to the programs success.B. F T T F T FPart 2Dictatio n:1. The multiplicity and contradictory nature of objectives which rural development was expected to achieve often depriv

13、ed it of a central focus and contributed to its failure.2. Whilst the intent of all rural developme nt effort has always bee n to ben efit the poor, the results have not bee n very promis ing.3. Rural people in many countries still do not have access to basic social services such as healthcare, educati on, water and san itati on.4. Markets rema in un derdeveloped, and in frastructure developme nt has not kept pace with populati on growth.5. In general, the overall rural development agenda was affected by two