听力教程4U14施心远.doc

Keys to Unit 14 Section I 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。 公民必须购买健康保险，每年人均花费需要几千美元。 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。 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。 在美国，医疗费用是造成个人破产的最常见的原因。 Section II Dialogue 1. emergency rockets/save the lives/20 minutes/fire/unstrap/climb out/lift/get away/top/occupants 2 blueness/brilliant white/brick-red/roads/darkness/lights 3 medical experiments/taking measurements/color/salt/water/vegetation 4 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 ground/parachutes 5 plant a tree/launch site/flies/a good 40 feet high/the very end/cosmonauts/watered/soldiers Passage 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. Most of those countries that have failed to embark on an agricultural revolution remain trapped in poverty, hunger and economic stagnation. 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 yielding varieties in common use on other continents. While sustainable rural development is essential to achieve the broader development agenda, the former cannot be realized without adequate community empowerment and participation. Consequently, the rural-urban education gap is increasing – making the task of sustainable development even more difficult and challenging. C D D A B C B A Section III Item 1: the impact of oil price increases on major oil producers and the consumers. 1 It has had a spectacular impact on the bottom line at the major oil producers. 2 They are Shell, America’s Exxon Mobil and BP. 3 Consumers are struggling with near record fuel prices. Predictably this has stoked complaints of profiteering 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