2020年9月六级听力
Conversation one
M:You are a professor of physics at the university of Oxford.You're a senior advisor at the European organization for nuclear research.You also seem to tour the globe tirelessly giving talks.And In addition,you have your own weekly TV show on science on sites.Where do you get the energy?
男：您是牛津大学物理学教授，欧洲核能研究机构高级顾问，全球孜孜不倦地发表演讲，除此之外，每周你还有科学类的电视节目。为什么你这么精力充沛？W:Oh,well,(1)I just love what I do.I am extremely fortunate to have this life doing what I love doing.
女：我热爱我所做的事情。我这一生能够从事我热爱的事情，我觉得非常幸运。M:Professor,what exactly is your goal?Why do you do all of this?
男：教授，你的目标是什么？你为什么要做这些事情？
W:Well,as you said,I do have different things going on.But these,I think,can be divided into two groups:(2)the education of science and the further understanding of science.
女：就像你说的，我同时在做不同的事情。但是我认为这些事情可以被分为两类。科学教育和进一步地理解科学。
M:Don't these two things get in the way of each other?What I mean is,doesn't giving lectures take time away from the lab?
男：这两件事儿不会冲突吗？难道你教师的角不会占用你做实验的时间吗？W:Not really.No,I love teaching.And I don't mind spending more time doing that now than in the past.Also,(3)what I will say is that teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myself.I find that it furthers my own knowledge when I have to explain something clearly,when I have to aid others in understanding it,and when I have to answer questions about it.Teaching at a high level can be very stimulating for anyone,no matter how much expertise they may already have in the field.They are instructing.
女：不会，我热爱教学。我愿意比之前投入更多的时间在教学上。我想说教学的
过程可以加深你的理解。当我解释某事时，帮助别人理解时，回答问题时，我对我的知识有更进一步的理解。在高水平的环境里教学对任何人来说都是非常刺激的，无论我们在该领域储备了多少专业技能。这是具有指导性的。
M:Are there any scientific breakthroughs that you see on the near horizon,a significant discovery on venture we can expect soon?
男：近期会有什么科学方面的突破吗？我们近期会看到什么科学发现吗？
W:The world is always conducting science and there are constantly new things being discovered.In fact,(4)right now we have too much data sitting in computers.For example,we have thousands of photos of planet mars taken by telescopes that nobody has ever seen.We have them,yet nobody has had time to look at them with their own eyes,let alone analyze them.
女：我们的世界一直在进行科学探索，一直都有新的事物被发现。目前，我们在电脑中储存了大量的数据。例如我们用望远镜拍摄了火星几千张照片，这些照片还未有人看过。但是没人有时间去亲眼看看这些照片，更不要说去分析它们了。Question1.Why does the woman say she can be so energetic?
为什么女方认为自己精力充沛？
She can devote all her life to pursuing her passion.她可以从事她喜欢的事业。Question2.What has the woman been engaged in?女方一直在做什么？Science education and scientific research.科学教育和科学研究。
Question3.What does the woman say about the benefit teaching brings to her?女方说教学给她带来的好处是什么？
A better understanding of a subject.加深理解。
Question4.How does the woman say new scientific breakthroughs can be made possible?女方说如何可以达成新的科学突破？
By making full use of the existing data.充分利用现有的数据。Conversation Two
M:Do you think dreams have special meanings?
男：你相信梦有特殊的含义吗？
W:(5)No,I don't think they do.
女：我不信。
M:(5)I don't either.But some people do.I would say people who believe that dreams have meanings are superstitious,especially nowadays.In the past,during the times of ancient Egypt,Greece or China,peopl
e used to believe that dreams could foresee the future.But today,with all the scientific knowledge that we have,I think it's much harder to believe in these sorts of things.
男：我也不信，但有人信。我认为现如今相信梦有意义的人有些迷信。以前，在古埃及、古希腊和古中国的时代，人们相信梦可以预见未来。但是现在，因为科学知识的普及，人们不太会相信了。
W:My grandmother is superstitious,and she thinks dreams can predict the future.(6) Once she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day crashed,can you guess what she did?She didn't take that flight.She didn't even bother to go to the airport the following day.Instead,she took the same flight but a week later.Everything was fine.Of course,no plane ever crashed.
女：我的祖母很迷信。她认为梦会预示未来。有一次她梦见第二天她要乘坐的航班坠机了，她居然不坐那班飞机了，那天甚至都不去机场。而是改签下周的航班。然而什么事儿都没发生，也没有飞机坠毁。
M:How funny!Did you know that flying is actually safer than any other mode of transport?It's been statistically proven.People can be so irrational sometimes.
男：太逗了！飞机是最安全的交通方式了，这是有数据支持的。人们有的时候不太理性啊。
W:Yes,absolutely.But even if we think they are ridiculous,(7)emotions can be just as powerful as ration
al thinking.
女：是的。但是即使我们认为他们有些荒谬，情绪的影响力可以和理性思考一样大。
M:Exactly.People do all sorts of crazy things because of their irrational feelings.But in fact,some psychologists believe that our dreams are the result of our emotions and memories from that day.I think it was Sigmund Freud who said that children's dreams were usually simple representations of their wishes,things they wished would happen.
(8)But in adults,dream is a much more complicated reflection of
their more sophisticated sentiments.
男：是的。人们因为他们非理性的感受做各种各样奇葩的事情。事实上，有心理学家相信我们的梦与做梦当天情绪和记忆有关。佛洛依德说过孩子的梦往往是他们的愿望以及他们希望发生的事情的直接体现。但是对于成年人来说，梦就要复杂了，反映了他们更加复杂的情绪。
W:Isn't it interesting how psychologists try to understand using the scientific method something as bizarre as dreams?Psychology is like the rational study of irrational feelings.
女：心理学家们试图使用科学的方法来了解奇怪的梦，真有趣！心理学就像是对于非理性感受的理性研究。
Question5.What do both speakers think of dreams?谈话者对于梦都有什么观点？They have no special meanings.他们认为梦没有特殊意义。
Question6.Why didn't the woman's grandmother take her scheduled flight?
女方的祖母为什么改签航班？
She dreamed of a plane crash.她梦到了飞机坠毁。
Question7.What does the woman say about people's emotions?女方说人们的情绪怎么了？
They can have an impact as great as rational thinking.情绪的影响力和理性思考一样大。
Question8.What did psychologist Sigmund Freud say about adult’s dreams?弗洛伊德认为成年人的梦怎么了？
They reflect their complicated emotions.是复杂情绪的反映。
Passage1
While some scientists explore the surface of antarctica,others are learning more about a giant body of water four kilometres beneath the ice pack.
当科学家们在班级冰川上进行探索时，有的科学家正在冰川以下四公里的巨大水域进行更多的探索。
(9)Scientists first discovered lake Vostok in the1970s by using radio waves that penetrate the ice.Since then,they have used sound waves and even satellites to map this massive body of water.How does the water in lake Vostok remain liquid beneath
an ice sheet?The thick glacier above acts like an insulating blanket and keeps the water from freezing,says Martin Siegert,a glaciologist from the university of Wales. In addition,geothermal heat from deep within the earth may warm the hidden lake.
(10)The scientists suspect that microorganisms may be living in lake Vostok.“Host off from the outside world for more than2million years,anything found that will be totally alien to what's on the surface of the earth.”Says Siegert.2020年六级成绩查询时间
科学家在1970年代使用无线电波穿透冰层，首次发现了沃斯托克湖。自那时起，科学家已经使用声波与
卫星来绘制该水域的地图。沃斯托克湖如何在冰川之下保持液态呢？厚重的冰层就像是一个绝缘的毛毯，不让湖里的水结冰，来自威尔士大学冰川学家马丁西格特如是说。除此之外，地球内部的地热也在给该湖加热。科学家认为沃斯托克湖里有微生物生存。思格特称：“已与外界隔绝了超过两百万年，这里如果有任何生命存在，都会与地表生物完全不同。”
Scientists are trying to find a way to drill into the ice and draw water samples without causing contamination.Again,robots might be the solution.If all goes as planned,a drill-shaped robot will melt through the surface ice.When it reaches the lake,it will release another robot that can swim in the lake,take pictures,and look for signs of life.
(11)The scientists hope their discoveries will shed light on life in outer space,which might exist in similar dark and airless conditions.
科学家试图到一个穿透冰层的方式，在不污染水体的情况下取出水体样本。机器人可能会被使用。如果一切如计划进行，一个钻头形状的机器人会焊穿冰层。当它抵达湖面后，会释放出另一个可以游泳的机器人来进行拍照并寻生命迹象。科学家希望他们的发现可以给外太空生命搜寻以启发，因为外太空生命可
能也是在类似的黑暗且没有空气的环境下生存。
Recently,close-up pictures of Jupiter’s moon Europa showed signs of water beneath its icy surface.Once tested in antarctica,robots could be sent to Europa to search for life there too.
最近，木卫二的特写照片显示该星球冰层下有水的迹象。在南极的测试之后，相关的机器人设备可能会被送上木卫二来寻生命。
Question9.What did scientists first use to discover lake Vostok in the1970s?