2016年6月英语六级第一套真题听力原文（英汉对照）

对话一

16年第一套真题听力

Conversation One

M: So how long have you been a Market ResearchConsultant? 男：你做市场调查顾问多长时间了？

W: Well, I started straight after finishing university. 女：我大学毕业后就开始做了。 M: Did you study market research? 男：你学的是市场调查吗？

W: Yeah, and it really helped me to get into theindustry, 女：是的，这帮助我进入了这个行业，

but I have to say that it's more important to get experience in different types of marketresearch to find out exactly what you're interested in.

但是我不得不说，你需要有各种市场研究的经验才能找出你真正感兴趣的事物，这很重要。 M: So what are you interested in? 男：你对什么感兴趣？

W: Well, at the moment, I specialize in quantitative advertising research, which means that Ido two types of projects.

女：目前来说，我专门做量化广告调查，也就是说我做两个项目。

Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a longperiod of time.

追踪调查，这是个正在进行的项目，研究很长一段时期内的趋势和客户满意度。 The only problem with trackers is that it takes up a lot of your time. 追踪调查的唯一问题是太费时间。

But you do build up a good relationship with the client. 但是你真的能和客户建立良好的关系。

I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects. 我也做一些临时工作，这些项目的耗时较短。 M: What exactly do you mean by ad-hoc jobs? 男：你说的临时工作是什么？

W: It's basically when companies need quick answers to their questions about their consumers'habits.

女：主要是，当企业需要快速解答关于消费者习惯的问题时，

They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out for example, so the time you spend on anad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.

比如，他们需要发出一份问卷调查，所以你花费在临时工作上的时间非常短。 M: Which do you prefer, trackers or ad-hoc? 男：你更喜欢哪种工作，最终调查工作还是临时工作？

W: I like doing both and in fact I need to do both at the same time to keep me from goingcrazy. I need the variety.

女：我两个都喜欢。实际上，需要同时做这两种工作以防我疯掉。我需要工作多样化。 M: Can you just explain what process you go through with a new client? 男：你能解释一下你和新客户的交流过程吗？

W: Well, together we decide on the methodology and the objectives of the research.

女：我们一起找到研究方法并设定研究的目标。

I then design a questionnaire. Once the interviewers have been briefed, I send the client aschedule and then they get back to me with deadlines.

然后我设计一份问卷调查。问题的摘要制定好后，我把计划书发给顾客，然后他们给我最后期限。

Once the final charts and tables are ready, I have to check them and organize a presentation.

把最终的图标准备好后，我需要进行检查，然后整理报告。

M: Hmm, one last question, what do you like and dislike about your job? 男：最后一个问题，你喜欢和不喜欢的工作分别是什么？

W: As I said, variety is important and as for what I don't like, it has to be the checking ofcharts and tables.

女：就像我之前说的，工作的多样性很重要，至于我不喜欢的内容就是图表的核对了。 Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 问题5-8是基于刚才你所听到的这段对话的。

Question 1: What position does the woman hold in the company? 问题1：女士在公司的职位是什么？

Question 2: What does the woman specialize in at the moment? 问题2：目前，女士专门做什么？

Question 3: What does the woman say about trackers? 问题3：女士对于追踪调查都说了些什么？

Question 4: What does the woman dislike about her job? 问题4：女士不喜欢的工作内容是什么？

Conversation Two 对话二

W: Hello, I'm here with Frederick. 女：大家好，今天我要和弗雷德里克聊聊。 Now Fred, you went to university in Canada? 弗雷德里克，你是在加拿大念的大学？ M: Yeah, that's right. 男：是的。

W: OK, and you have very strong views aboutuniversities in Canada. Could you please explain?

女：好的，那你很了解加拿大的大学。你能介绍一下吗？

M: Well, we don't have private universities in Canada. They're all public. 男：加拿大没有私立大学，全是公立的。

All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in chargeof creating the curriculum for the universities 所有大学都是政府运营的，加拿大教育部负责大学课程的设置， and so there is not much room for flexibility. 所以没有太多灵活变通的空间。

Since it's a government operated institution, things don't move very fast. 大学是政府运营的机构，事情进展的速度不会太快。

If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help youbecause he's a worker for the government.

如果你想做件事，工作人员没有太大的积极性去帮助你，因为他是为政府工作的。 So I don't think it's very efficient. 我认为这样就导致效率不太高。

However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. Youdon't have to pay for your education. 不过公立大学也有优点，比如学费免费。你不用交教育费用。

But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well. 不过这种体系不仅效率低，而且效果不太好。

W: Yeah, I can see your point, but in the United States we have many private universities, and Ithink they are large bureaucracies also.

女：我明白你的观点，我们美国有很多私立大学，我认为私立大学也是庞大的官僚机构。 Maybe people don't act that much differently, because it's the same thing working for a privateuniversity.

工作人员的行为看起来没什么不同，因为为私立大学工作没什么不一样的。

They get paid for their job. I don't know if they're that much more motivated to help people.

他们通过工作获得薪水。我不知道他们在帮助别人时是否有积极性。

Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the bestschools and it's kind of a problem actually.

美国的问题是，只有有钱人家的孩子才能去最好的学校上学，这是问题所在。

M: I agree with you. I think it's a problem because you're not giving equal access to educationto everybody.

男：我同意你的看法。我认为这的确是个问题，因为这样没有让所有人享有同等的受教育权利。

It's not easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution.

这个问题不容易解决，不过我觉得只设有公立大学而没有私立大学可能并不是最好的解决方法。

Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities.

或许我们可以像日本学习，他们既有公立大学又有私立大学的教育体系。 Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best. 日本的公立大学被认为是最好的学校。

W: Right. It's the exact opposite in the United States. 女：是的。这与美国的情况完全相反。

M: So, as you see, it's very hard to say which one is better. 男：可见，很难说哪种体系更好。 W: Right, a good point. 女：对，你说的没错。

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 问题5-8是基于刚才你所听到的这段对话的。

Question 5: What does the woman want Frederick to talk about? 问题5：这位女士想让弗雷德里克聊聊什么？

Question 6: What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities?

问题6：对于加拿大大学的课程，男士都说了些什么？ Question 7: On what point do the speakers agree? 问题7：两位说话者都赞同的观点是什么？

Question 8: What point does the man make at the end of the conversation? 问题8：对话最后男士得出了什么结论？

Passage One

短文一

A recent International Labor Organization report saysthe deterioration of real wages around the worldcalls into question the true extent of an economicrecovery,

国际劳工组织最近的一份报告指出世界各地实际工资的恶化情况令人质疑经济复苏的真实程度，

especially if government rescue packages are phasedout too early. 尤其是政府的救市计划是否退出过早。

The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of aneconomic rebound.

报告称，尽管经济有回暖迹象，今年的工资状况仍有可能进一步恶化。

Patrick Belser, an international labor organization specialist, says declining wage rates arelinked to the levels of unemployment.

一位国际劳工组的专家织帕特里克·贝尔塞表示工资增长率的降低与失业率有关。 The quite dramatic unemployment features, which we now see in some of the countries,strongly suggest that there will be a great pressure on wages in the future as more people willbe unemployed,

我们看到现在一些国家的失业率十分惊人，这强烈表明未来工资会因失业人数增加而面临更大压力。

more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on employers to raise wages to attractworkers will decline.

由于有更多人求职，企业在提升薪资吸引员工方面的压力便随之下降。

So we expect that the second part of the year would not be very good in terms of wagegrowth.

因此，我们预测今年下半年的工资增长前景不容乐观。

The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or falling monthly wagesin real terms.

报告发现超过四分之一的国家实际月工资没有增长甚至出现下降。

They include the United States, Austria, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany.

其中包括美国、奥地利、哥斯达黎加、南非、德国。

International Labor Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies tolessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis. 国际劳工组织的经济学家称，在经济危机期间，一些国家已经提出了相应政策来减轻低工资的影响。

An example of these is work sharing with government subsidies.

雷曼兄弟失败之后，房地产泡沫的崩溃暴露了高风险贷款的投资，很多世界上最大的银行担心银行业危机会处于最糟糕的状态。

Although he says the worst is just over, Bailey says the banking crisis is not. 尽管贝利称最糟糕的情况已经过去了，但是他说银行业的危机还没有结束。 More than 130 US banks failed in 2009. 2009年已经有130多家美国银行倒闭。

He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due.

他预计在2010年，规模较小的地区性银行倒闭的几率较大，原因是商业地产贷款将到期。 \sized businesses in the next year or so.\

“所以预计明年左右，中小企业信贷的数额可能会日益缩小。”

Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

专家称目前最大的问题是高失业率，这会导致借贷需求减少以及银行不愿意放贷。 But US Bankcorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently. 但是美国合众银行首席执行官理查德·戴维斯看待这个问题角度有所不同。 \“我们比一些经济专家更乐观。

With that in mind, we're putting in everything we can, lending is the coal to our engine, so we want to make more loans.

基于乐观的态度，我们在尽自己最大的努力，借贷就好像煤炭对于引擎的作用一样，所以我们要放出更多的贷款。

We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put ourselves at risk.\我们会找到一种方式让更多的人具备贷款资格并不把我们置于危险之中。”

While some economists predict continued recovery in the future, Baily says the only certainty is that banks are unlikely to make the same mistakes---twice. 尽管一些经济学家预计银行业会在未来持续复苏，但是贝利说我们唯一能确定的是银行不太可能再犯同样的错误。

\commit myself too much.

“你知道，局势复杂多变,不容易预测，所以我不想过多地参与。

I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very slow growth over the next year or two.\

我认为我们不能确切地知道接下来会发生的事情，但是我们可以在未来一两年内让经济缓慢好转。”

If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus --- something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

如果美国经济再次下滑，贝利认为美国政府应该有充分的理由二度刺激经济——奥巴马政府则不以为然。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 问题19到22是基于刚刚所听到的那段录音。

Question19. What does President Obama hope the banks will do? 问题19：奥巴马总统希望银行做什么？

Question20. What is Martin Neil Baily's prediction about the financial situation in the future?

问题20：马丁·尼尔·贝利预计未来的财务状况将会怎样？

Question21. What does U.S. Bankcorp chief Richard Davis say about its future operation?

问题21：美国合众银行首席执行官理查德·戴维斯对银行的未来运营说了什么？ Question22. What does Martin Neil Baily think of a second stimulus to the economy?

问题22：马丁·尼尔·贝利对二度刺激经济有什么看法。

Recording 3 录音三

A new study has failed to find any conclusiveevidence that lifestyle changes can preventcognitive decline in older adults.

一项新研究未能找到任何有力的证据来证明改变生活方式能防止老年人认知能力减退。 Still there are good reasons to make positivechanges in how we live and what we eat as we age.

当我们年老时，我们仍旧有充分的理由让我们的居住方式和饮食习惯朝着积极的方向发展。 Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces thatis most common as we age.

当我们年老时，认知能力的下降意味着丧失学习新技能的能力，或者是容易忘记一些单词、名字和人脸。

To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.

为了降低或者避免认知能力的衰退，研究者们调查了抽烟、饮食、脑力挑战游戏、运动以及其他策略的效果。

Researchers at Duke University scrutinized more than 160 published studies and found anabsence of strong evidence that any of these approaches can make a big difference.

杜克大学的研究人员详细检查了160多项公开的研究，他们发现没有有力的证据能够证实上述任何一种方式能帮助降低认知能力衰退。

Co-author James Burke helped design the study. 合著者詹姆斯·伯克帮助设计了这项研究。

\beneficial.\

“在观察性研究中，我们发现有些维生素B是有益的。”

\cognitive stimulation showed some positive effects, although the evidencewas not so strong that we could actually consider these firmly established.\

“虽然没有有力的证据证实运动、饮食、认知刺激可以帮助降低认知能力衰退，但是它们仍能发挥一定的积极作用。”

Some previous studies have suggested that challenging your brain with mentally stimulatingactivities might help.

以前的一些研究认为通过心理刺激的活动来挑战大脑或许会对降低认知能力的衰退有帮助。 And Burke said that actually does seem to help, based on randomized studies—the researcher'sgold standard.

并且伯克认为根据随机研究——研究者的黄金标准，这看起来确实是有帮助的。 \stimulation is one of the areas where we did find some benefit. “我们确实在认知刺激领域发现了一些有用的效果。

The exact type of stimulation that an individual uses is not as important as beingintellectually engaged.\

“但个体所使用的具体刺激方式并不如脑力主动参与重要。”

The expert review also found insufficient evidence to recommend any drugs or dietarysupplements that could prevent or slow cognitive decline. 专家评审也没有找到充足的证据来推荐任何可以防止或减缓认知能力下降的药品或膳食补充剂。

However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of theselifestyle changes,

然而，鉴于有证据显示一些生活方式的改变对降低认知能力衰退有积极的影响，

plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer somerecommendations.

再加上其他显然与认知能力下降无关的好处，伯克愿意给人们提供一些建议。

\adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as wellas nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, “我认为从医学、营养和认知刺激的角度来看，如果人们采取健康的生活方式，”

we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, infact, important.\

我们就可以减少认知能力衰退的发病率，这将证明上述因素实际上是重要的。”

James Burke of Duke University is one of the authors of a study reviewing previous researchon cognitive decline.

杜克大学的詹姆斯·伯克是研究之前有关认知减退研究的作者。

The paper is published online by the Annals of Internal Medicine. 论文发表在了内科学年鉴网站上。

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 问题23到25是基于刚刚所听到的那段录音。

Question 23. According to the speaker, what might be a symptom of cognitive decline inolder adults?

问题23：根据说话者所说，老年人认知能力减退的症状是什么？

Question 24. According to James Burke, what does seem to help reduce cognitive decline?

问题24：根据詹姆斯·伯克所说，什么有助于降低认知能力衰退？

Question 25. What did James Burke recommend to reduce the incidence of cognitivedecline?

问题25：詹姆斯·伯克所推荐什么可以减少认知能力衰退的发病率？

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