Listen to a talk in the Geology class.

I often hear my friends say that the days pass much more quickly than it used to. But geologically speaking, just the opposite is true. In fact, a complete day, which now lasts 24 hours actually used to be much shorter, only about 18. How do we know that? Because of a number of finally strata rocks, like these--rocks formed along ancient shore line almost a billion years ago. But the tiny lines in the samples showed us layers of light and dark formed by dust blown over the shore line from the landsite. Alternating was mud and sand deposited by the waves. So the space between one dark strata and the next represents the time between one monthly high tide and the next. And the varying thickness of the layer shows us the circle of the seasons as well. Together the data indicated that there are fewer months for year way back then. That means that the moon was moving more slowly then as it revolves around the earth. So what cause the moon do
+ y- L) I. m1 b4 Ospeed up so much in the last billion years? It must have been the tides. Think about it. As the gravity of the moon pulls on the oceans to form the tides, all that water is also pulling on the moon. And with each rotation, it makes the moon move a tiny bit faster. At the same time, like the brakes on the wheel of a bicycle, the drag caused by the moon's gravity makes the earth turn just a tiny bit slower. And so after a billion years or so, one rotation meaning one day takes a lot longer than it once did.

Listen to part of the talk being given by a gas lecturer in an Astronomy class.

It's my pleasure to come to you today to talk about the Galileo machine to the planet Jupiter. Galileo was launched in 1989 and we have to wait until the end of 1995 for the spacecraft and its probe to reach Jupiter. Of course there was some exciting moment for long wait
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Galileo, had just visited the Asteroid Belt. I was able at that time to bring the Galileo's images of the Asteroid Gaspra. That was the first time we got an up-close look at the Asteroid. It was just amazing. But there are also some disappointments. In April of 1991 we realized one of the antennas that was supposed to transmit data have no functioned. That meant that we had to rely on the smaller antennas to give us data. But we have ended up been quite pleased with what we see from Galileo. As I mentioned before, at the end of 1995, the Galileo probe finally entered Jupiter's atmosphere. We knew Jupiter's position at that time will make communication with the spacecraft difficult, so we decided to suspend data transmission. After waiting about half a year, we began to receive the data about Jupiter's atmosphere in satellites, and we continue collecting it for two years. And now what you all have been waiting for, direct images of Jupiter.
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Listen to part of the lecture in an Astronomy class.

Some of you may be familiar with the Apollo programs geological studies of the moon during the 1960s. But you may not be aware of the extensive research that preceded those studies. The work of two early researchers was very important in determining the nature of the surface of the moon. Back in 1892, a geologist named Carlos Gilbert was challenging the prevailing views about the lunar surfaces. At that time most scientists thought the crater on the moon had been created by volcanic action. Gilbert made some careful telescopic studies. There were no spacecrafts back then, so telescopes were the best way to observe the moon. It concluded that the lunar crater is so uniform that they had to be the result of impact of falling bodies such as meteorites. I posted the enlargements just some of the drawings on the board. If you compare them to those in your text, you can see that his are amazingly accurate. Still, his contemporaries rejected his work. 50 years later, a graduate student named Wolf Baldwin reasserted Gilbert's species. He too met with resistance and he left academics to run his family's machinery business. But he didn't give up his research. He worked alone in his spare time, and eventually wrote an influential book called "the face of the moon". A young geologist who read it was so inspired that he persuaded NASA to incorporate geology into the Apollo missions. Well, the Apollo missions eventually confirmed most of Baldwin's ideas, which is astonishing, considering that he wasn't a professional scientist.

这篇全部确定了，呵呵

Listen to a professor talking with a student after class.

S: This doesn’t have anything to do with the lecture, Dr. Brown. It's just something I was wondering about.

T: I'm always glad to entertain questions.

S: What I want to know is, with all our space exploration, aren't astronomers concerned that were polluting space, you know with spacecrafts and satellites?

T: That is an interesting question. Well, first of all, it's important to understand the space isn’t that pristine as you might think. More than 1000 tons of debris enters the earth's atmosphere every single day.

S: What? The spacecrafts don't need that much garbage?

T: No, but there are meteoroids entering our atmosphere almost constantly. You are familiar with what the moon's surface looks like, right?

S: But we don't have these craters on earth. I don't understand.

T: Remember the moon's lack of atmosphere means that even small meteoroids make craters. But most of the meteoroids that hit the earth's atmosphere melt or break up in the air.

S: Causing meteorite? The streaks of light we see is that meteoroids breaking up, isn't it?

T: Yes, and getting back to your question about pollution, that's one way we could deal with the debris of satellites and spacecraft. The truth is we do have a lot of orbiting debris, and traveling at 10 to 20 thousand miles per hour.

S: Really? I wouldn't want to collide with anything going that fast.

T: It's a real danger for spacecraft. But we could dispose the debris by simply sending it back into the earth's atmosphere.

S: oh, so the debris was just burned up. Well, thanks a lot, Dr. Brown.

Listen to a Psychology professor as he begins his class.

Recent research indicates that the commonly used models of intelligence are too narrow. Last time we began talking about Sternberg’s 3-part model of intelligence. You'll recall that his theory includes some aspects of intelligence that haven't been considered in traditional intelligence testing. Today we'll take up one part of Sternberg’s theory. In this part he tries account for relationship of intelligence to the environment. Intelligent people tend to use the environment to accomplish their goals. This is done in 3 ways--by adapting to the environment, by changing the environment, or by selecting out of the environment. Let's look at how to case. Suppose your roommate always studies with the radio on. You know that you need quite in order to concentrate and thus use your study time effectively. You could try wearing your plug on when your study. That would be adaptation. Or you could set up a new study corner for yourself far from the radio. That's changing the environment. Finally you could change rooms and find a new roommate. That's selecting out of the environment. Whichever solution you choose, you are showing intelligent behavior. Because you are aware of the effect the environment has on your study. Of course, you might say. Why don't I just talk to my roommate about the problem? That brings us to a different part of Sternberg’s model--interpersonal intelligence.

第四天对话一   doing that can make your eyes feel really dry and tired. 文字答案中没有feel，我觉得听力中应该是有的。

一。讲义生物类词汇。（因为我是学生物的，知道一点而已。。其实有些知识打错，同学因该会发现。但还是发一下吧，不要觉得我很无聊）1 s. O) x& R- j
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starch（淀粉）而不是等同于carbohydrate
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好像错误还蛮多的。。。以致我以为这不是用来听写的。。。: E$ k3 j( I- e1 q5 C8 d
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W:So how do you like living in the renovated dorms?' c/ a" U: N# N2 S  Z* M5 V7 Z2 I
M:There are not much difference in the old dorms, just some new (pane and?) windows, the windows are nice  built.They shut off the noise really well.The street is just outside but I can barely hear the traffic.# b5 B4 g! {6 }+ M- y
W:Um, they must be good windows, I bet they must have double panes of glass. That shuts off a lot of noise that the single pane wouldn't stop.( J8 @7 `! k' i' N; ]
M: Yeah,I wish I had something just the factor? between me and my neighbor's room. Sometimes he turns up the music so loud that? I have trouble getting to sleep. Anyway I guess I'm better off for the people who'll be moving into the new dorms. Did you see how thin the walls are there that they putting up between those rooms?9 Y) m5 b: M7 A1 I( Y
W:I haven't seen them, but I did read something about them in the campus newspaper. They are supposed to be better than the thick concrete wall you've got here.  
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M:Oh, I see, so the sound from one room doesn't just vibrate the wall and go directly into the next room. There is a gap between the two layers of wall.
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M: Well, I'm still stuck with this neighbour and I am not sure what to do.
" Q' R9 V' ]/ T9 P; G5 ^2 RW:You know heavy(having?) bear(?) walls doesn't help. You should hang something up like some fur(wall?old?) rags or some decorated cross. That would act like a kind of the second wall and absorb some of the sound. I've got some extra you can use, if you like.% n; {1 I# Q, n; @3 F
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红色是自我感觉听得较准答案可能有点问题的部分，（大部分是印刷问题，不要嫌我无聊）
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我在练习的过程中发现了几个问题，向您请教一下。# }. ]: h) p0 F9 P0 b' h
1：有时候有些连读的句子，即使看了原文也还是听不出来，读音规则也划过了，可是觉得和原文相差很远啊，比如每日托福训练1天中的长对话听写训练1 中的一句话：Why did you buy so much stuff when you have to walk back home from the store?：其中的when 和store好像没怎么读出来啊，很模糊，怎么办？
: }" }% n# I* N- i2：有些句子中的单词我听起来和单独读这个单词时也大不一样，很别扭，比如每日托福训练1天中的长对话听写训练2中的一句话I especially liked the new wing.中的wing，好像听起来像是game。录音中没有/w/的音发出来啊，怎么回事啊？还有I just read an article that went on & on about the cost一句中的cost，录音中怎么听起来是/ka：/=car的音呢？这样，看过原文后，还是接受不了啊？怎么办？
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没想到第一天联练习听写，就碰到了这么多的问题，这些段子几乎没有听懂啊，关键的词语都没有记下来，记下来的都是些没有用的词汇啊，还有，我感觉用realplay播放来练习听写的。我感觉这样可以自己控制在那个地方停下，然后不断的复读，直到听明白，真的听不明白了在看原文，划一下读音规则，再跟读。这样的方法对不对，会不会产生依赖性了？: l. G: m% @& b% U
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我想再考一次托福，上次听力考的最差，恳请大家帮助咯 9 V4 `) C7 q' n' Q  F$ i5 J
I do appreciate what you have done for me for good!
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5 d3 g+ w* l" zYours sincerely! ]% ~4 U8 w% Q% o& U
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! y2 b( t2 m& B7 Q- sThey are no longer just the simple country homes that we think of as the traditional log cabin. Some upscale homes now incorporate natural round logs in sealing beams and walls.
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这里的sealing 应该是ceiling