2017年12月大学英语六级听力模拟试题（14）

　　Conversation One

　　对话一

　　W: Professor Henderson could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?

　　女：亨德森教授，您能简单跟我们说一下您的工作、工作地点和研究领域吗?

　　M: Well, the Center for Climate Research where I work links the science of climate change to issues around economics and policy. Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the associated risks.

　　男：嗯，我在气候研究中心工作，它是把气候变化的科学性和经济政策联系起来。我们有些研究是处理气候变化的影响和相关风险。

　　W: And how strong is the evidence that climate change is happening? That it's really something we need to be worried about.

　　女：那么气候变化的症状有多明显呢?这真是我们应高关心的问题。

　　M: Well most of the science of climate change particularly that to do with global warming is simply fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed. And so we're really talking about risk. What the economics tells us is that it's probably cheaper to avoid climate change, to avoid the risk than it has to deal with the likely consequences.

　　男：多数气候变化的科学性——尤其是涉及全球变暖的——是不争的事实。但是其他方面还不太确定或至少还有争议。所以我们在讨论的是风险。经济学告诉我们的是，躲避气候变化、躲避风险比处理气候变化的后果更便宜。

　　W: So what are we doing? What can we do about it?

　　女：那么我们要做什么呢?我们能做什么?

　　M: Well I would argue that we need to develop the science specifically to understand the likely impacts of climate change in different contexts. As I said we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change and this will involve a huge transition to low carbon energy systems and the transition is a tremendous priority. And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale. From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which maj

　　Conversation Two

　　对话二

　　W: I have many business English students. When I teach the classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it's interesting that many of them mention the element of luck.

　　女：我有很多商务英语的学生。上课的时候，我们经常会在结束时讨论成功或者成功的因素之类的话题。一个很有趣的现象是他们很多人提到了运气这个因素。

　　M: Right.

　　男：嗯。

　　W: Luck is important to success. But since you've seen that fantastic video on the TED Talks website by Richard St. John, he doesn't mention luck at all.

　　女：运气对成功很重要。但是你们也看到了TED上理查德·圣约翰出色的演讲视频，他完全没有提到运气。

　　M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck, you can actually create, to a degree.

　　男：我坚决相信人们可以自己创造运气。我是说人们所说的运气在某种程度上是可以创造的。

　　W: Sure. I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way.

　　女：当然。我觉得很多时候人们所说的运气都归功于机会来临时你的反应。

　　M: Yes. Very good point.

　　男：是的。很棒的观点。

　　W: Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting?

　　女：抓住机会。不过那个视频里有什么你觉得特别有趣的吗?

　　M: Yes. Actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent. It's all about practice, practice, practice.

　　男：嗯。其实是有的。让我印象很深的是很多人认为运气很重要，而天赋是成功所必备的条件。在视频中我们看到，擅长某事并不意味着要有天赋。都是练习，练习再练习。

　　W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really really good at what you do.

　　女：确实是这样。天赋的确有些作用，但最后你会发现要很努力才能把工作做的非常棒。

　　M: Sure.

　　男：是的。

　　W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do. Of course you're going to want to work harder and put the time and effort into it. And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.

　　女：我觉得视频中很有意思的一点是激情很重要，人们要热爱自己所做的事。这样你才愿意更加努力地工作，愿意多花时间和精力。有趣的是如果你很喜欢你的工作，对它很有激情并且努力工作，钱就会自动挣到手了。

　　Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　问题5-8是基于刚刚你所听到的那段对话。

　　Question 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

　　问题5：说话人主要在讲什么?

　　Question 6. What is the woman’s view of luck?

　　问题6：这名女性是如何看待运气的?

　　Question 7. What is the chief point the TED Talks video makes?

　　问题7：TED演讲视频的主要观点是什么?

　　Question 8. What does the woman think is the funny thing in the TED Talks video?

　　问题8：这名女性认为TED演讲视频中比较有趣的是什么?

　　or countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.

　　男：我觉得我们应该具体发展科学，了解气候变化在不同情况下可能出现的后果。就像我说的，我们得知道避免气候变化的最佳方式，这就需要我们转变成低碳能源系统，而这个转变是应该优先考虑的大事。为了实现这一点，全球都应该开始行动。从政治角度来说，我们需要了解诸如中国和美国这样的大国可能会签订的全球协议中的条款，因为现在我们还没有那种共识。

　　W: Right.

　　女：是的。

　　M: And we also need to plan ahead so that we're in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so to for the levels that are likely if we don't get those global agreements.

　　男：我们也需要提前计划，为无可避免的气候变化做准备，如果我们无法达成全球协议，那就更要做准备了。

　　Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　问题1-4是基于刚才你所听到的那段对话。

　　Question 1. What does Professor Henderson say about his main area of research?

　　问题1：关于主要研究领域，亨德森教授说了什么?

　　Question 2. What does Professor Henderson say about climate change?

　　问题2：关于气候变化，亨德森教授说了什么?

　　Question 3. What does Professor Henderson say is a top priority in combating climate change?

　　问题3：在对抗气候变化中，亨德森教授什么是第一要务?

　　Question 4. What does Professor Henderson advise us to do to better deal with climate change?

　　问题4：为了更好地应对气候变化，亨德森教授建议我们做什么?