新视野大学英语四听说对话终极版

1_FriendshipA:A:Hi,mingxing,longtimenoseeB:Yeah,I’mgladtomeetyou.Whatareyoudoingrecently.A:Oh,ourteacherletusdiscussaboutfriendship.What'sthematterwithyou?Youlookunhappy.你有什么事吗？你看起来很不开心。B:Mybestfriendgotangrywithme.我的好友对我很生气。A:Whathappened？发生了什么事？B:Ilostherfavoritebook.我弄丢了她心爱的书。A:Whydon'tyousaysorrytoher?为什么不和她道歉呢？B:En...Ithinkso...but…恩....我想...不过...A:Well,whatdoyouthinkistruefriendship?B:Ithinktruefriendshipislikehealth,thevalueofwhichisseldomknownuntilitislost.A:Year,Iagreewithyou.Andwhatkindoffriendsdoyouthinkaretruefriends？B:Arealfriendissomeonewhowillhelpyouifyouareintrouble.A:Well,whatdoyouthinkaboutkeepyourfriendship?B:Inmyopinion,trustandunderstandingeachotherisveryimportant.A:Lifewithoutfriendsislikelifeonadesertisland,Idon’twantthat.Comeon.Ithinkthemostimportantthingisyourfriendship.快去吧!我觉得你们的友谊比啥都重要。B:En..thankyouforyourencouragement.Ihopewecouldremainfriendsfortherestofourlives.恩...谢谢你的鼓励。2_DealingwithculturaldifferencesA:Hi,mingxing,longtimenoseeB:Yeah,I’mgladtomeetyou.Whatareyoudoingrecently.A:Oh,ourteacherletusdiscussaboutculturaldifferences.Whatdoculturaldifferencesmean?Canyougivesomeexamples?B:Differentcultureshavetheirownrulesbehaviors,peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsmayhavevaryofbeliefs,religious,customsandhabits.A:yeah,Ignoranceofdifferencecultureswillcausemisunderstandingorembarrassmentinourcross-culturecommunication.B:Iagreewithyou.Weneedpayattentiontothisissue.Howcanyoudealwithculturaldifferences?A:Weneedtoknowallculturesareequal,nomatterhowdifferentculturefromourown,weshouldkeeparespectattitudetowardsit.B:You'reright.Ifwebearinmindtheprincipleofrespect,theunderstandingwillreachwhenwefacecross-culturecommunication.A:Whataboutyoutodealwithculturaldifferencesinourdailylife?B:Wecanlearnfromtheforeignfriendsintheireverydaycustomsandletthemknowyoursaswell.What’smore,itcandeveloptherelationofourcountriesnationality.A:Maybeyouareright.It’stimefordinner,let’sgo!3_MemoryA:Howmuchdoyouknowaboutmemory?B:Inmyopinion,memorycanbedefinedasthecapacitytokeepinformationavailableforlateruse.A:What’syourearliestmemory?B:Iamnotsure.MaybewhenI'mfiveyearsold,Icanremembersomething.bytheway,Areyougoodatrememberingthingsyouhaveseen?A:Yes,ifIseesomething,Icanrememberit.B:Really?That'sgood.Youcan'timaginetheimportanceofmemory.A:yeah,Agoodmemorycanhelpyoulearnwellandrememberthingseasily.B:Howmanyfactorsinfluencehowwellone'smemoryworks?A:Mood,pressure,ageandbadhabitscanbeabletoaffectaperson'smemory.B:Year,Iagreewithyou.It'simpossibleformetoconcentratewhenI'mtenseornervous.A:Well,Howdoyouimproveyourmemory?People'smemoryfailsgraduallyastheygetolder.B:Thus,themoreweuseit,thebetteritgets.Trytouseyourmemorytothemost,andyou'llimproveyoumemory.A:Yes,youareright.Also,weshouldgetenoughsleepandvitamins,alittleexerciseisnecessary.4_WealthA:Hi,mingxing,longtimenoseeB:Yeah,I’mgladtomeetyou.Whatareyoudoingrecently.A:Oh,ourteacherletusdiscussaboutwealth.Bythewaywhatwillyoudoifyouwinalottery?B:IwilldoallthethingsIwant,Ithinkitwillbefullofhappiness.A:Doyouthinkmoneycanbringhappinessinoursociety?B:PartiallyIthink.A:Why?B:Youknow,moneycanbuycertaincomfortsandoffersomesecurity,butit'snottheanswerforeverything.A:Well,whataresomeofthevaluablethingsinlifethatmoneycan'tbuy?B:Thereareanumberofveryimportantthings,suchaslove,health,whichcan'tbemeasuredbymoney.A:Yes,you'reright.B:AndIthinkweshouldvaluethemostimportantthinginourlife,itcan'tbelost.A:Well,doyouthinkwecanequatehappinesswithwealthsincemoneyranksveryhighinpeople'svaluesystemtoday?B:No,No,Idon'tthinkIcanagreewithit.A:NordoI.Becausehappinessdoesn'tdependontheamountofmoneyyouhave.B:Yes,wecangethappinessfromeverydaythingsevenifitisasmallmatter.5_Anti-smokingA:Hi,mingxing,longtimenosee.B:Yeah,I’mgladtomeetyou.Itlookslikeyouhavetheconcern.Whataboutyou?A:Mm…youknow,myfatheralwayssmoking.B:Yeah,soismyfatherA:AndIpersuadehimtogaveitupatonceandwon'ttouchanymore.BecauseIknowsmokingisknownasafatalcauseoflungcancer,maybeharmfultohishealth.B:However,therearestillsomanysmokersandmostareyoungsmokersamongthem.A:RecentlyIfindanincreasingnumberofyoungpeoplesmokinginthenews.B：Idon'tunderstandwhythoseyoungsmokersaresoaddictedtosmoking?Couldyoutellmewhathappened?A:Ithink,someyoungpeoplemayhavepickedupsmokingduetocuriosityorpeerpressure,andothersthoughtitwascool.B:Besidessmoking,wecanalsodootherinterestingandcoolthingthatcanreducethepressure.Theyneednottosmokebecauseofthat.A:Maybethegovernmentshouldcreatesomerulestopreventyoungpeoplefromsmoking.B:Yeah,theyarehelpfultotheyoung.Buttheimportantthingisthat,Theyoungthemselvesshouldtrytheirbesttokickthebadhabitaftertheyrecognizetheirerrors.6_AgingA:Hi,mingxing,longtimenosee.B:I’mgladtomeetyou.RecentlytheageingpopulationasahotspotA:Yeah,Howoldarepeopleconsideredelderly?B:65yearsold,Ithink.A:Yes,agingcomestoeveryoneaftertheyreachacertainage.Italsomeansadeclineinallareasofaperson'smentalandphysicalabilities.B:So,noonewantstobecomeolddaybyday.Ifapersonisover65yearsold,heorshewillsuffervariouskindsofillnessessuchasheartdisease,highbloodpressure,diabetes,etc.A:Year,andmostofthebodyorgansperformlesseffectivelywithadvancingage.Forexample,manyelderlypeoplewilldeclineinvisionandhearing.B:Iheardthatatypicalsignofagingisforgetfulness.Theyhavedifficultyinrememberingrecenteventsbutretainvividmemoriesofwhathappenedtothemalongtimeago？A:Wow,that'sterrible!B:Year,itisthefactindeed.A:Thenwhatcanwedotohelpthemliveahappylife?B:Especially,aschildren,itistheirresponsibilitiestovisittheiroldparentsoften.Ithink,theirparentswillbeverydelighted.A:Year,andatlastIwishalltheelderlypeopleenjoytheirremainingyearsinhappiness.7_AddictionA:Haveyougotaninternetaddiction?B:Whatdoyoumeanbyinternetaddictionthen?A:Internetaddictionmeansyoucannotlivewithoutinternet.B:InthatcaseIamnotaddictivetointernet.A:really?Haveyouforgottenthatyoutoldmeoncethatinternetwasaninseparablepartofyourlife?B:DidI?A:Yes,youdid.Perhapsyouhavenotrealizedhowmuchtheinternetmeanstoyou.Letmeaskyou:canyouliveforamonthwithoutgoingoninternetwithyourPC,notebookoryourmobileandwithoutlosingyourtemperandmoaningitisboring?B:Thatwillbetoohash.Ibetnobodyintheworldcandothat.Idon'tthinkIcandothatforeventwoweeks.A:Inthatcasebothofyouareaddictivetointernet.Buttobehonestwithyou,itwouldalsobeimpossibleformeifIwerenotputintoprison.B:Areyounotaddictivetointernet?A:Oh...8_Home-schoolingA:Doyouthinktheschoolisthebestplaceoflearningforchildren?B:Idon'tlikelearningatschoolbecauseit'ssolimitedthatIcan'trangeeverythingformereasonably.Inmyopinion,home-schoolingmaybesuitableforme.A:I'magainsthome-schooling.youshouldknowhome-schoolingisadecisionbyparents,notyou.B:Buttheadvantagesofhome-schooling,Ithink,faroutweighitsdisadvantages.A:Yes,youareright.However,atthesametime,Youwilllosetheopportunitytomakefriendswithclassmatesandwon'thaveabetterunderstandingofcooperation.B:Youcan'timaginehowgoodhome-schoolingis.Itteacheschildreninaccordancewiththeiraptitude.A:Youknow?Myconcernisthathome-schoolingchildrenmaybeaffectedseriouslybytheirparentsandevenfailtodeveloptheirownindependentideasabouttheworld.B:Despitetheviewyouhaveexpressedabove,don'tyouthinkweshouldhaveanewtypeoflearningtokeeppacewiththechangingperiod?A:Atthispoint,Iagreewithyou. Butyouhavetoadmitthefactthattheoldoneisstillmorepopularthanthenewone.B:Yeah,butitisunnecessarytoworryaboutit,Ithinkitwillcometruesomeday.9_OpinionPollsA:Hey,B.Longtimenosee.Whatareyoudoingthesedays?B:Well,nicetomeetyou.Iambusylearningtheopinionpolls.A:Oh,soundsinteresting.AsIknow,anopinionpoll,sometimessimplyreferredtoasapoll,isa\o"Statisticalsurvey"surveyof\o"Publicopinion"publicopinionfromaparticular\o"Sampling(statistics)"sample.B:Yeah,youareright.Opinionpollsareusuallydesignedtorepresenttheopinionsofapopulationbyconductingaseriesofquestionsandthenextrapolatinggeneralitiesinratioorwithin\o"Confidenceintervals"confidenceintervals.A:So,whatdoyoulearnfromyourstudy?Infact,wanttoknowthereasonwhyOpinionpollsareusedbypoliticalscientists.B:Well,goodquestion.First,pollsareusedtomeasureandpredictpoliticalbehavior.Second,pollsareusedtocharttrendsinbehaviorandattitudesovertime.A:Yeah,IknowTrendanalysesposethesamequestionstodifferentsampleseveryfewmonthsoryearstostudylong-termchangesintheattitudesandbehaviorsofapopulation.B:Yes,andthird,pollsarewidelyusedforcorrelationalanalysis,whichexamineshowattitudesandbehaviorsarerelatedtooneanotherattheindividuallevel.Fourth,pollsareusedtoconductgeneralpopulationexperiments.A:Oh,thefindingsfromsurveyexperimentsmustbegeneralizedtopopulations,whichmakethiscombinationofmethodsincreasinglyappealingtosocialscientists.B:Iagreewithyou.10_CrimeandPunishmentA:HeyB.Haveyouheardofcrime?Howtotranslateit?B:Well,asfarasIconcern,crimeisanactthatviolatethelaw.AsfarasIconcernsomecrimesareagainstproperty.