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托福听力每日一练第4天：（96年1月北美）
演讲听写训练 1
I want to talk today about some studies that seem to indicate that there has been a startling world-wide decline in the number of amphibians such as frogs, toads and salamanders. There is little doubt that one reason why the number of amphibians is declining is that their habitats are being destroyed. When developers fill in ponds and marshes to build houses, amphibians can't just move somewhere else. They need water to lay their eggs in. Another problem is the growing fish industry. A narrow range of popular edible fish, such as carp, has been introduced to many lakes and ponds all over the world. Raising and selling these fish can be profitable, but the fish eat the eggs and the offspring of amphibians that were already living the lakes and ponds. Other factors that could be contributing to the decline include acid rain and the spread of the pesticide residues. Many pesticides that the farmers applied to their crops are eventually washed away by the rain and end up in ponds or other bodies of water where amphibians live. Amphibians are especially vulnerable to the pesticides dissolved in the water because of their moist skins. Water can pass through an amphibian's skin allowing toxins dissolved in the water to enter the amphibian's body.
演讲听写训练 2
My name is Sally Porter. You asked for people to speak out who are against demolishing the old Kensington Hotel to put up a new shopping mall, and I'm one of those people. I realize that the Kensington is vacant right now and not generating any revenue for the town. I also admit that the hotel has gotten a bit dilapidated and unsightly. But the issue is bigger than that. If we destroy the hotel, we will be destroying an important piece of this town's history. The town charter was signed there over 200 years ago and many well-known and important people have stayed there over the years, including the United States president. It wouldn't be all that difficult to fix up the hotel either. In fact if we get so
me people from around town to volunteer some of their skills and time, we wouldn't have to use any of the town's money or ask the state for money. Once the hotel is refurbished, it could start to attract people to our town again. One last reason to keep the Kensington, we've already got one shopping mall, and that's plenty. Well, I hope you will take what I have said into consideration. Thanks for listening.
演讲听写训练 3
In the late 1400s, when Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from the western hemisphere, he brought with him a sample of what the native Americans called maze, or, as we call it more often today, corn. The corn that Columbus introduced to Europe was the distant descendant of a grass native to Mexico. The peoples of the Americas probably started to domesticate this grass as early as 5000 BC.
After about a thousand years, they had developed a highly productive strands of corn which later became the basis for the great pre-Columbian civilizations. Figuratively speaking, both the cities of the Incas and the temples of the Mayas were built on corn. Domesticated corn and the people who cultivated it developed together. Without humans to care for it, domesticated corn could not survive. The kernels are crowded together beneath the strong protected husk and silk. And the young corn shoot is not strong enough to break through the husk on its own. If people did not strip away the husk and plant individual kernels, the corn would die out.
