2017.12第一套听力原文翻译+答案

News 1

A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $500 for her little brother who needs heart surgery in Houston Texas this July. Addison Witulski's grandmother Kim Allred said Addison probably overheard a conversation between family members talking about the funds needed to get her little brother to treatment.

" I guess she overheard her grandfather and me talking about how we’re worried about how we’re going to get to Houston, for my grandson’s heart surgery,” said Allred. She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand and make some drawings and pictures and sell them.”

That’s when Addison and her friends Erika and Emily Borden decided to sell lemonade for 50 cents a cup and sell pictures for 25 cents each.

Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State Police Officers were among the many, stopping by helping them reach a total of $568. The family turned to social media expressing their gratitude saying, “From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to deeply thank each and every person that stopped by!”

Q1: Who did Addison raise money for?

Her little brother

Q2: How did Addison raise money?

By selling lemonade and pictures.

今年七月，新墨西哥一名9岁女孩为她在休斯敦德克萨斯进行心脏手术的弟弟筹集了500美元。Addison Witulski的祖母Kim Allred 说，艾迪生可能无意中听到家人之间的谈话，谈论她弟弟需要治疗的资金。

Allred说：“我猜她无意中听到了我祖父和我在谈论我们担心我们将如何去休斯敦，因为我的子心脏手术。”她决定到外面去喝一杯柠檬水，制作一些图画，然后卖掉它们。

就在这时，艾迪生和她的朋友埃里卡和Emily Borden决定卖一杯50美分的柠檬水，每卖25美分。

在艾利德知道之前，新墨西哥州的警察是其中的一员，通过帮助他们达到总共568美元。一家人转而向社会媒体表达他们的感激之情，说：“从我们心深处，我们要深深感每一个路过的人！“

Q1：艾迪生为谁筹集资金？她的小弟弟

Q2：艾迪生是如何筹集资金的？通过卖柠檬水和图片。

News 2

Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar panels over the next five years, with the goal of providing cheap, renewable energy to five million people.

Called “the Wattway,” the roads will be built through joint efforts with the French road-building company Colas and the National Institute of Solar Energy. The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery. The panels are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.

France isn’t the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with solar panels. In November 2015, the Netherlands completed a 229-foot-long bike path paved with solar panels as a test for future projects. However, this is the first time a panel has been designed to be laid directly on top of existing roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

Q3: What was France's purpose of constructing the Wattway?

Providing clean energy to five million people.

Q4: What is special about the solar panels used in the Wattway?

They can be laid right on top of existing highways.

上周，法国宣布该国将在未来五年铺设太阳能板621英里的道路，目标是向五百万人提供廉价的可再生能源。

所谓的“WATWTAY”，道路将通过与法国道路建设公司科拉斯和国家太阳能研究所共同努力。该公司在过去的五年中开发了太阳能电池板，其厚度仅为四分之一英寸厚，并且足够坚固，能够在不中断或使道路变得更滑的情况下，经受住公路的繁忙交通。面板也被设计成可以直接安装在现有的巷道顶部，使它们相对便宜和易于安装。

法国并不是第一个用太阳能板铺设道路的国家。2015年11月，荷兰完成了一个229英尺长的自行车道铺设太阳能板作为未来项目

的测试。然而，这是第一次设计一个面板直接铺设在现有道路的顶部，以及第一个在公共公路上安装面板的项目。

Q3：法国建设WATWAY的目的是什么？

向五百万人提供清洁能源。

Q4：太阳能电池板的特殊用途是什么？

它们可以被放置在现有公路的顶部。

News 3

Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard evidence, the discovery of "lost lions."

A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization, spent two nights in November camping in the National Park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps capturing images of lions, and they identified lion tracks.

The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in the neighbouring National Park across the border in Sudan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

Q5: What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?

Endless fighting in the region.

Q6: What was the main purpose of the research?

To find evidence of the existence of the "lost lions".

Q7: What did the researchers find in the National Park?

Lions' tracks.

狮子从非洲的大部分地区消失了，但是在过去的几年里，科学家们一直想知道这些大猫是不是出没在丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区。该

地区持续的战斗使调查变得困难。但是科学家星期一发布了一份报告，用确凿的证据记录了“失落的狮子”的发现。

一个由牛津大学野生动物保护研究小组组成的小组，在一个慈善组织的支持下，在十一月在埃塞俄比亚西北部的国家公园，在埃塞俄比亚-丹边境露营了两个晚上。研究人员设置了六个捕捉狮子图像的相机陷阱，并确定了狮子的踪迹。

科学家们得出结论，狮子也有可能生活在丹边境的邻国国家公园。国际自然保护联盟曾认为该地区是“可能围”的物种，当地人曾报道该地区有狮子，但没有人提出令人信服的证据。

Q5：调查丹和埃塞俄比亚偏远地区的狮子有什么困难？

该地区无休止的战斗。

Q6：研究的主要目的是什么？

寻找“失落的狮子”存在的证据。

Q7：研究人员在国家公园发现了什么？

狮子的足迹

Conversation 1

M: I bet you're looking forward to the end of this month. Are you?

W: Yes, I am. How did you know?

M: David told me you had a special birthday coming up.

W: Oh…yeah that's right. This year will be my golden birthday.

M: What does that mean? I've never heard of a golden birthday.

W: I've actually just learnt this concept myself. Fortunately, just in time to celebrate. A golden or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth date. So, for example, my sister's birthday is December 9th and her golden birthday would have been the year she turned nine years old. Come to think of it, my parents did throw her a surprise party that year.

M: Interesting. Too bad I missed mine. My golden birthday would've been four years ago. I assume you got big plans then.

W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week. I have no idea what he's got in mind, but I'm excited to find out. Has he mentioned anything to you?

M: He might have.

W: Anything you'd like to share? I'm dying to know what kind of trip he has planned on where we're going.

M: You know nothing at all?

W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Though I must say I think he's been having even more fun keeping the secret from me in the past few weeks.