nceDictation One
Old Agebus metro walk
Many people mistakenly believe that old age is a time of incread illness and loneliness. / In fact, people do not suddenly change / when they reach the age of 60 or 65. / Conquently, we should not expect more mental illness / among the 60 to 70 age group than among the 50 to 60. / Furthermore, also more parents and their married children live in parate houholds than ever before, / this is usually by choice. / It is not becau children now tend to neglect their parents / when they become old. /
It is also wrong to believe that old age riously affects a person’s mental abilities. / There is clear proof that people who were eager to learn and who welcomed new experiences in their old age, / continue to do so in old age. / It is true that older people tend to take longer to learn something new than young people. / Nevertheless, if they are given sufficient time, / they learn as well as young people do.
Dictation Two
Gardening
Gardening is one of the oldest of the arts. / The Chine with their deep nsitiveness to beauty / laid the foundations for a form of garden art / which was later to have great influences upon other lands. /
The Greeks gave to the world a new concept of gardening. / Their homes were decorated with flowers, / but it was in their civic design that they most skillfully applied their garden art. / Their temples were surrounded by rows of trees, / and trees lined the important streets and market places in their principal cities. /
The Roman acquired much of the knowledge and skills in garden craft from Greeks. / In the cond century AD the Romans began to build gardens of great scale, / inspired by the vast palace gardens they had conquered. / They brought water from great distances to supply the ornamental fountains / which decorated their villa gardens. / The great villas were later to inspire the Italian garden architects to follow the Roman style.
Dictation Three
Bing Unemployed
豪斯医生第四季剧情Most people are much more frightened by being unemployed than they need to be. / Being unemployed certainly has disadvantages, / but there are good things about it too. / One advantage is that you don’t have to get up early to work in the rush hour. / You can stay in bed as long as you like, / and there is plenty of time to read the newspaper / and have a leisurely breakfast. / But the best thing of all is that you are your own boss / and there is no one to tell you what to do and when to do it. / One drawback of being unemployed is that you haven’t got much money coming in— / having a job at least enables you to save a lot of money to go on holiday. / On the other hand, when you are unemployed, / you needn’t go on holiday / becau you are on holiday already. / In fact, the main trouble is that you have to spend much time looking for a job.
Dictation Four
The Credit Card in the U.S.
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Today, more and more people in the U.S. are using credit cards / instead of money to buy what they need. / Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record / can apply for a credit card. / conductive
With a credit card, you can buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip, / and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account. / In this way, you can pay for purchas a month or two later. / Or you may choo to spread out your payments over veral months / and pay only part of the total amount each month. / With a credit card, you don’t have to carry much cash / and you don’t have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft. / The card ur only has to worry about paying the final bill. / This of cour can be a problem / if you charge more than you can pay for.不给糖就捣蛋英文
Dictation Five
A Woman at Home
In Japan, most people still feel that a woman’s right place is in the home / and most womreview是什么意思
谷歌汉译英在线翻译en willingly accept their traditional role as wives, / leaving the business of making a living to their husbands. / For tho who do want a career of their own, opportunities are limited. / And working women usually have to ttle for lower wages and less responsible positions. /
In America, on the other hand, most women, including wives and mothers, work most of their lives. / But until recently, few have had real careers. / As in Japan, most fields are dominated by men / and opportunities for women have been restricted, / salaries low, chances for promotion rare. / American women work mainly becau they have to. / In the days of inflation and expensive living, / only one income per family is simply not enough. / So American women actually have two jobs: / one outside the home, and the other round-the-clock job such as wife, cook and nur.沃尔得
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