大学英语听力短文30篇材料

大学英语听力短文30篇材料cation in china today has been developing rapidly. In many provinces, it is compulsory and free. Most children start school at the age of six. They attend five years of elementary school and six years of high school. After graduation from high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university or specialized professional school. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their entrance examination records. The cost of college education is not very high and the great part of it is met by their families. Those students can get support from their college. Many students receive scholarships from the school, the government or private foundations and organizations. The great progress has been made in China in the field of education. There is still a comparatively large part of population in the country who cannot read and write.2.Dreams are a product of the sleeper's mind. They include events and feelings that he has experienced. Most dreams are related to events of the day before the dream and strong wishes of the dreamer. Many minor incidents of the hours before sleep appear in dreams.Few events more than two days old turn up. Deep wishes or fears - especially those held since childhood- often appear in dreams, and many dreams fulfil such wishes. Events in the sleeper's surrounding- a loud noise, for example, may become part of a dream, but they do not cause dreams.Some dreams involve deep feelings that a person may not realize he has. Psychiatrists(精神病医生)often use material from a patient's dreams to help the person understand himself better.Dreaming may help maintain good learning ability, memory, and emotional adjustment.( People who get plenty of sleep-but are awakened each time they begin to dream- become anxious and restless.)3.According to psychologists, an emotion is aroused when a man or animal view something as either bad or good. When a person feels like running away from something he thinks will hurt him, we call this emotion fear. If the person wants to remove the danger by attacking it, we call the emotion anger. The emotions of joy and love are aroused, when we think something can help us.An emotion does not have to be created by something in the outside world. It can be created by a person's thoughts. Everyone has emotions, but many psychologists believe that infants are born without emotions. They believe children learn emotions just as they learn to read and write. A growing child not only learns his emotions, but learns how to act in certain situations because of an emotion.4. The issue of re-employment has emerged with large numbers of surplus labors having been laid off. There's no doubt that it would lead to endless trouble, if the surplus were not reorganized properly. In order to maintain social stability and secure people's normal living standards, it's essential to work out solutions to the problem. Solving the problem is a two-way operation, as far as governments and workers are concerned. On the one hand, the government at all levels should try every possible means to create a wide range of employment options open to laid-off workers. On the other hand, these workers ought not to sit idle and wait for opportunities to come. So long as they don't lose heart and constantly strive to better themselves, their futures will be bright5. Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child -- or even an animal, such as a pigeon -- can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face”looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate, friendly and warm.6. Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It might be walking, cycling, or swimming , or in winter , skating or skiing . It might be a game of some kind—football, hockey, golf or tennis., or it might be mountaineering . Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship , and to take risks on high mountains ? This astonishment it probably caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team sport”. We should be mistaken in this . There are , it is true , no “matcher”between “teams”of climbers , however, when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend , there is obviously teamwork .7. An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man , he quickly spent all the money, and soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money is finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now ?""Don't worry, young man, "answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again,and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then " he asked Nasreddin."No, I didn't mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."8. A man was travelling abroad(国外)in a small redcar.One day he left the car and went shopping.When he came back,its roof(顶部)was badly damaged(毁坏).Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it.The man did not believe them,but they took him to a circus(马戏团)which was near there.The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry!My elephant has a big,round, red chair.He thought that your car was his chair,and he sat on it!”Then he gave the man a letter,in which he said that he was sorry and he would pay for all the damage.When the man got back to his owncountry,the customs(海关)officers would not believe his story.They said, “You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!”It was only when the man showed them the letter from the man of the circus that they believed him.9. A long time ago, people thought that the sun went around the earth. In some countries, people even said that the sun was God. They thought the God drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes around the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all the way around the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go around the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over 1000 miles a minute on its journey around the sun. The sun is really a star. It's much bigger than the earth, and it's very hot. Some people have been to the moon, but no one can ever go to the sun. It's far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is 300,000 times heavier than the earth, and more than 1 million times larger.10. Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number or simple jobs. They say that in a film oron TV, we may see elephants or monkeys, dogs, bears or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists said that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house. And elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animals to work in factories. Apes, for example, have been used in America to help make cars.And scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains.11.If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington 1876 - 1947 concluded from other mans’work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.12.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than summer heat. This does notmean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.13.Spring appears to be the best time of the year for thinking. Fall is the next-best season than winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.14.Whatever one does one should do it with confidence.If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships.This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something, or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true,but for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart. Why do some people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing something? I think there are two main reasons. In the first place,these people don't have a correct estimate of themselves. Secondly, it is possible that they exaggerate the difficulties.15.In my opinion, one can build up faith in oneself as long as he has the right attitude towards his own abilities. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate our abilities. As a proverb says,"where there is a will, there is a way". With confidence, we can certainly cope with any task we are faced with.16.Choosing a career is one of the most important things in a person's life. Finding the right career, we will be happy and successful. Finding the wrong one, we will not be able to fully display our our talents. Unfortunately, many of us make causely mistakes, the trouble is that we often choose a career for the wrong reasons. For example, some people simply follow in the footsteps of their parents and relatives, and many others change jobs constantly under the influence of friends who give them their advice. As a result, they can't make the best use of their talents, and they get no well in their work. These mistakes can be avoided by taking into account some factors, such as our choice of occupation and a necessary information about the job before we make the decision. Above all, it is important to make a fare evaluation of ourselves. Be sure that we know where our interest lies and what our abilityis. Only by doing so, can we both excel in and enjoy our work.This term several useful and interesting courses have been offered. An introduction to European culture, for instance, gives us a lot of background knowledge of the history of European philosophy, literature and arts. From time to time, we see slight shows of famous paintings, and hear tapes of famous pieces of music, these make the lecture all the more interesting.American society and culture is another course that attracts a large audience. The teacher who visited the united state not long ago, discusses new train and changes in American life, as well as American history and traditions. We like these and other courses very much, because they help us not only to improve our English, but also to broaden our vision.17.There are two main causes of cancer: heredity and environment. We can do nothing to change our heredity, that is, the basic physical characteristics that are passed on to us by our parents. However, we can do a great deal to control our environment, which may account for eighty to ninety percent of all cancers. Enviromnentalpollution can be divided into two kinds: personal and nonpersonal. Personal pollution may be defined roughly as unhealthy habits such as smoking, drinking, and eating the wrong foods. Clearly, with enough will power we can control this personal environment. nonpersonal pollution, on the other hand, refers to those things which are beyond our individual control. One example would be industrial pollution, which is very hard to control because of the expense involved. It would be expensive in terms of profits and, perhaps, jobs.The American automobile industry, for example, resisted the law requiring smog-control devices because it feared the added expense would reduce profits. Nevertheless, some laws protecting the environment have been quite successful in reducing pollution.18.Some teachers seem to be good teachers,but they are not. Even though their students have no special faults to find with them. They are not good teachers because they have no special vision,no special urge,no fight. They know their respect fields well. They have orderly minds. Their courses are well planed and efficiently taught. Yet something keeps them from being a great teacher,like sarcritice. This kind of teacher is more interested in thesubject being taught than in students or social progress. A good teacher is always eager to bring about a social structure in which people will be free to be themselves. European countries seem to accept individuality much more than the United States does.Thte automobile has probably changed people's way of life more than any other invention of the last century.More than electric lights,television,air travel ,or even computers,automobiles have changed where people live and work ,and how they make a living.Before there were cars,people generally traveled on foot or by horse over unpaved roads.Whether they lived in the city or the country ,they rarely went farther than a few miles from home.They saw the same people and places year after year.The car opened up whole new worlds.Roads were paved,and motorists went to see different parts of the country .People with cars could live father from their jobs,and so the age of commuting began.New suburbs sprang up around the cities.The auto industry boomed,and millions of Americans made aliving,,manufacturing,selling,servicing or insuring cars.19.Some people live in one community all their lives, while others move around almost as much as nomads. Both experiences have their advantages as well as disadvantages.20.People who stay in one spot can develop lifelong friendships, and such friends may lend a hand if trouble comes. They know each other's life history, and they judge each other for the kind of person each is, not for the image their project.21.Yet spending a lifetime in one location can also lock a person into a limited way of life. Personal change may become very difficult. People with few experiences may develop a narrow outlook and find it hard to understand those who have different ethnic, racial, or religious backgrounds.22.By staying in different places for varying length of time, people can broaden their outlook but still have enough time to make adjustments and form friendships.23.One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It was not the first time one of the Google's famed self-driving carshave been involved in crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one. On Feb. 14th，the self-driving car, traveling at 2 miles per hour, pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 miles per hour.24.The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode. In the statement, Google said, we clearly bear some responsibility because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been the crash. That said our taxi driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic and there would be sufficient space to do that.25.The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the U. S. and until now have only reported minor accidents.26.Thousands of bees left the town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.【3】Tom Moses who works at a nearby National Park noticed a brown patch on the back of the car after theowner parked it to some shopping.When he looked closer, he realized it was a huge group of bees. Moses said,“I've never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. 【4】They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movement. It was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid.” Moses called two local bee specialists who helped remove the bees by attracting them into a box. Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times. He said, “My stings are a bit painful,but I'm pleased it all worked out and I could help. People need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be lookeda fter.”27.【5】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas, Scientists identified 20 of the 1-metre-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year. 【6】One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving onto the head of a team leader as he slept. 【7】The snake has been named Silver Boabecause it is metal-colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree. The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds from Harvard University. The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples. Commenting on the find，snake expert Robert Henderson from the Milwaukee Museum of Natural History said, “Worldwide n ew species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularly. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.”28.M: 【12】You know, Ben's given up making those terrible faces he used to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.29.W: And he believed her?30.M: Yeah, he's only a little boy. Don't you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? 【13】I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherry stone, a tree would grow out of yourmouth. And I'm still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…。