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1.2021下半年大学英语四级听力美文
Let’s face it — English is a crazy language.There is neither egg in eggplant nor ham inhamburger;neither apple nor pine in pineapple.English muffins weren’t invented in England orFrench fries in France.Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted.But if we explore its paradoxes,we find that quicksand can workslowly,boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.If theplural of tooth is teeth,why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?One goose, two geese.So one moose, two meese?Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend,that youcomb through annals of history but not a single annal?If you have a bunch of odds and endsand get rid of all but one of them,what do you call it? Sometimes I think all the Englishspeakers should be committed to an asylumfor the verbally insane. In what language dopeople recite at a play and play at a recital?Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?Have nosesthat run and feet that smell?Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chanceand a fat chance be the same,while a wise man and wise guy are opposite?How can the weatherbe hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?English was invented by people, notcomputers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible,but when the lights are out, they are invisible.And why, when I wind up mywatch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
2.2021下半年大学英语四级听力美文
I have always found the Chinese to be a very gracious people. In particular, Chinese frequentlycompliment foreign friends on their language skills,knowledge of Chinese culture, professional accomplishments, and personal health.Curiously, however, Chinese are as loathto accept a complimentas they are eager to give one.
As many of my Chinese friends have explained,this is a manifestation of the Chinese virtue ofmodesty. I have noticed a difference, though, in the degree to which modesty is emphasizedin the United States and China. In the US, we tend to place more emphasis on “seeking thetruth from fact;” thus, Americans tend to accept a compliment with gratitude. Chinese, onthe other hand, tend to reject the compliment, even when they know they deserve thecredit or recognition which has been awarded them. I can imagine a Chinese basketball fanmeeting Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. He might say, “Mr. Jordan, I am so happy to meetyou. I just want to tell you, you are the best basketball player in the world; you’re thegreatest!” to which Jordan would probably respond, “Thank you very much. I really appreciateit! I just do try to do my best every time I step on the court.” If an American met Deng Yaping, China’s premier pingpong player, he might say much the same thing: “Ms. Deng, you’re thebest!” but as a Chinese, Deng would probably say, “No, I really don’t play all that well. You’retoo much kind.” Plainly, Americans and Chinese have different ways of responding to praise. Ironically, many Americans might consider Ms. Deng’s hypothetical response the lessmodest, because it is less truthful — and therefore less sincere. Americans generally placesincerity above etiquette; genuine gratitude for the praise serves as a substitute forprotestations of modesty. After all, in the words of one of my closest Chinese friends, modestytaken to the extreme is arrogance.
3.2021下半年大学英语四级听力美文
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit upin his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next tothe room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. Everyafternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time bydescribing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in theother bed began to live for those onehour periods where his world would be broadened andenlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with alovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Younglovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees gracedthe landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man bythe window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room wouldclose his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. Days and weeks passed. One morning, theday nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by thewindow, who had died peacefully in his sleep. When all was arranged, the other asked if hecould be moved next to the window. The nurse made the switch. Slowly, painfully, he proppedhimself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have thejoy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. Itfaced a blank wall. The nurse said: “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”
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