雅思聽力在考試中占據(jù)著重要的地位,時常用聽力材料來磨耳朵可以不斷鞏固大腦的英語語言能力。以下是雅思聽力材料,您可以結(jié)合MP3和下方的原文及翻譯進行聽力學(xué)習(xí)。
聽力原文及翻譯
A: Hi Shantal, what did you think of the talk then?
A:嗨,Shantal,你覺得這次演講怎么樣?
B: Hi Hugo, I thought it was good once I'd moved seats.
B:嗨,Hugo,我換了座位之后覺得演講很好。
A: Oh, were the people beside you chatting or something?
A:哦,你旁邊的人在聊天嗎?
B: It wasn't that, I went early so that I'd get a seat and not have to stand, but then this guy sat right in front of me and he was so tall.
B:不是這樣的,我早早就來了,這樣我就可以坐下來而不必站著,但后來這個人就坐在我前面,他很高。
A: It's hard to see through people's heads, isn't it?
A:那很難穿過一個人的頭看清楚前面吧?
B: Impossible. Anyway, to answer your question, I thought it was really interesting especially what the speaker said about the job market.
B:簡直是不可能。無論如何,我現(xiàn)在回答你的問題。我認為這真的很有趣,尤其是演講者談到就業(yè)市場。
A: Me too, I mean, we know we're going into a really competitive field, so it's obvious that we may struggle to get work.
A:我也是,我的意思是,我們知道我們將進入一個競爭非常激烈的領(lǐng)域,所以很明顯我們可能很難找到工作。
B: That's right. And we know we can't all have that dream job.
B:沒錯。我們知道我們不可能都擁有那份理想的工作。
A: Yeah, but it looks like there's a whole range of areas of work that we hadn't even thought of, like fashion journalism for instance.
A:是的,但看起來有很多我們甚至沒有想到的工作領(lǐng)域,比如時尚新聞。
B: Yeah, I wasn't expecting so many career options.
B:是的,我沒想到會有這么多職業(yè)選擇。
A: Hmm...over all she had quite a strong message, didn't she?
A:嗯……總的來說,她傳達的信息很強烈,不是嗎?
B: She did. She kept saying things like, I know you all think this, but...and then she'd tell us how it really is.
B:是的。她一直在說,我知道你們都這么想,但是……然后她會告訴真正的情況是什么樣的。
A: Perhaps she thinks students are a bit narrow minded about the industry.
A:也許她認為學(xué)生對這個行業(yè)有點狹隘。
B: It was a bit harsh though, we know it's a tough industry.
B:不過這有點苛刻,我們知道這是一個艱難的行業(yè)。
A: Yeah, and we're only first years after all, we've got a lot to learn.
A:是的,畢竟我們只是一年級學(xué)生,我們還有很多東西要學(xué)。
B: Exactly. Do you think our secondary school education should have been more career focused?
B:沒錯。你認為我們的中學(xué)教育應(yīng)該更注重職業(yè)嗎?
A: Well, we had numerous talks on careers, which was good. But none of them were very inspiring, they could have asked more people like today's speaker to talk to us.
A:嗯,我們進行過多次關(guān)于職業(yè)的演講,這很好。但沒有一次非常鼓舞人心,他們本可以邀請更多像今天的演講者這樣的人來和我們交談。
B: I agree. We were told about lots of different careers just when we needed to be, but not by the experts who really know stuff.
B:我同意。我們在需要的時候被告知了很多不同的職業(yè),但不是真正了解的專家。
A: So did today's talk influence your thoughts on what career you'd like to take up in the future?
A:那么今天的談話是否影響了你對未來想從事什么職業(yè)的想法?
B: Well, I promised myself that I'd go through this course and keep an open mind till the end.
B:嗯,我向自己保證,我會完成這門課程,并保持開放的心態(tài)直到最后。
A: But I think it is better to pick an area of the industry now, and then aim to get better and better at it.
A:但我認為最好現(xiàn)在就選擇一個行業(yè)領(lǐng)域,然后努力做得越來越好。
B: Well, I think we'll just have to differ on that issue.
B:嗯,我認為我們在這個問題上必須有不同意見。
A: One thing's for certain though, from what she said, we'll be unpaid assistance in the industry for quite a long time.
A:不過有一件事是肯定的,從她所說的來看,我們將在相當長的一段時間內(nèi)擔任這個行業(yè)的無償助手。
B: Hmm...
B:嗯……
A: I'm prepared for that, aren't you?
A:我對此有所準備,你呢?
B: Actually, I'm not going to accept that view.
B:實際上,我不會接受這種觀點。
A: Really? But she knows it's the case and everyone else says the same.
A:真的嗎?但她知道情況確實如此,其他人也都這么說。
B: That doesn't mean it has to be true for me.
B:這并不意味著對我來說也是如此。
A: Okay, well, I hope you're right.
A:好吧,我希望你是對的。
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