Lesson 47 Too high a price?

歌曲 Lesson 47 Too high a price?
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 47 Too high a price?
[00:05.960] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:11.520] --- What does the writer describe as an 'amusing old-fashioned source of noise'?
[00:19.160] Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet.
[00:25.280] When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish:
[00:30.200] dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.
[00:37.360] We keep trying all four methods, but he sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.
[00:45.680] Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet.
[00:50.120] The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.
[00:56.960] Industrialized farming methods produce cheap meat products: beef, pork and chicken.
[01:04.080] The use of pesticides and fertilizers produces cheap grain and vegetables.
[01:10.160] The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high:
[01:14.600] Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and listeria in dairy products.
[01:24.320] And if you think you'll abandon meat and become a vegetarian,
[01:28.160] you have the choice of very expensive organically-grown vegetables
[01:32.760] or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you're eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water!
[01:42.640] However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.
[01:53.960] Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.
[02:03.560] Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation.
[02:09.800] A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
[02:23.800] The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day,late-night parties in apartment blocks,
[02:36.440] noisy neighbours, vehicles of all kinds,especially large container trucks thundering through quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead,
[02:47.840] large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume.
[02:53.920] New technology has also made its own contribution to noise.
[02:58.280] A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport.
[03:07.080] Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat.
[03:15.200] The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
[03:23.000] It turned out to be snoring!
[03:26.160] Men were found to be the worst offenders.
[03:29.280] It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore.
[03:34.360] This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties.
[03:39.800] Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly,
[03:46.040] while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners.
[03:51.520] Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.

歌词大意

[00:01.080] dài jià tài gāo?
[00:05.960] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
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[00:19.160] wū rǎn jiù shì wǒ men wèi zhè gè rén kǒu guò mì, guò dù gōng yè huà de xīng qiú suǒ fù chū de dài jià.
[00:25.280] dāng wǒ men kāi shǐ kǎo lǜ lā jī wèn tí shí, wǒ men zhǐ yǒu 4 zhǒng duì fù lā jī de fāng fǎ:
[00:30.200] qīng dǎo fén shāo bǎ lā jī biàn chéng zài shēng cái liào huò shì tú shǎo chǎn shēng yī xiē lā jī.
[00:37.360] wǒ men yī zhí zài shì zhè 4 zhǒng fāng shì, dàn shì, wǒ men zài shì jiè fàn wéi nèi jǐn chǎn shēng de lā jī de liàng jiù yǒu bǎ wǒ men fù gài de wēi xiǎn.
[00:45.680] rán ér, lā jī zhǐ shì wǒ men zhè gè xīng qiú de wū rǎn wèn tí de yí gè fāng miàn.
[00:50.120] rì yì zēng zhǎng de duì lián jià shí wù de xū qiú dǎo zhì le lìng yī zhǒng xíng shì de wū rǎn.
[00:56.960] gōng yè huà de nóng zuò fāng shì shēng chǎn chū lián jià de ròu lèi zhì pǐn niú ròu zhū ròu hé jī ròu.
[01:04.080] shǐ yòng shā chóng jì hé huà féi shēng chǎn chū le lián jià de gǔ wù hé shū cài.
[01:10.160] wèi le lián jià shí wù wǒ men fù chū de dài jià yǐ jīng tài gāo le:
[01:14.600] niú ròu zhōng de fēng niú bìng, jī ròu hé jī dàn zhōng de shā mén shì jūn, nǎi zhì pǐn zhōng de lì sī tè gǎn jūn.
[01:24.320] rú guǒ nǐ xiǎng fàng qì ròu lèi ér biàn chéng yī wèi sù shí zhě,
[01:28.160] nà me nǐ kě yǐ liǎng zhě zé yī: huò shì xuǎn yòng jià gé áng guì yǒu jī péi zhí de shū cài,
[01:32.760] huò shì dāng nǐ rèn wéi zài xiǎng yòng xīn xiān sè lā hé xīn xiān shū cài huò yǐn yòng yī bēi wú hài de shuǐ de shí hòu, shí jì shang měi cì dōu bù duàn chī jìn shā chóng jì.
[01:42.640] dàn shì, hái yǒu yī zhǒng gèng jiā yǐn bì yǒu hài de wū rǎn, tā zhuān mén yǐng xiǎng chéng zhèn dì qū, qīn xí wǒ men de rì cháng shēng huó, nà jiù shì zào yīn.
[01:53.960] fáng dào jǐng bào qì zài bái tiān hé hēi yè de rèn hé shí hòu dōu huì xiǎng qǐ lái, tā de zuò yòng zhǐ shì sāo rǎo guò lù xíng rén, ér shí jì shang què bāng zhù qiè zéi rù shì xíng qiè.
[02:03.560] zài jiē shàng, qì chē de fáng dào jǐng bào bù duàn duì wǒ men hǒu jiào, zhè shì rén men jí dù fán zào de yí gè yuán yīn,
[02:09.800] zuì jìn yí gè yǒu guān zào yīn de zuò yòng de diào chá lìng rén chī jīng dì zhǐ chū, yè jiān lián xù bù duàn de gǒu jiào shēng, zài yí gè cóng 1 jí zhì 7 jí kè dù biǎo shàng yīng liè wéi zuì yán zhòng de zào jiān wū rǎn.
[02:23.800] zhè gè diào chá jiē shì le wǒ men suǒ bù xǐ huān de dà liàng de zào jiān de lái yuán: xià tiān wū wū zuò xiǎng de gē cǎo jī, gōng yù lóu lǐ shēn yè jù huì de xuān huá shēng,
[02:36.440] dà shēng chǎo nào de lín jū, gè shì gè yàng de chē liàng, tè bié shì chuān yuè jì jìng de cūn zhuāng de jí zhuāng xiāng kǎ chē, cóng tóu dǐng fēi guò de fēi jī hé zhí shēng jī,
[02:47.840] bèi dài dào gōng gòng chǎng suǒ yīn liàng kāi dào zuì dà de dà gōng lǜ shōu yīn jī.
[02:53.920] xīn jì shù yě wèi zào yīn zuò le tā de gòng xiàn.
[02:58.280] xǔ duō rén dōu fǎn duì yí dòng shì diàn huà, tè bié shì zài rú fàn diàn, gōng gòng jiāo tōng chē děng gōng gòng chǎng suǒ shǐ yòng yí dòng diàn huà.
[03:07.080] yòng yí dòng diàn huà dà shēng jiāo tán gān rǎo wǒ men de sī lù, pò huài wǒ men hé péng yǒu zài yì qǐ qīng shēng liáo tiān suǒ de dào de lè qù.
[03:15.200] zhè gè yǒu guān zào yīn de wū rǎn diào chá hái jiē shì le yī zhǒng chū rén yì wài tóng shí kě néng huì yǐn rén fā xiào de lǎo shì zào yīn yuán.
[03:23.000] tā jìng rán shì hān shēng.
[03:26.160] rén lèi shì zhè fāng miàn dí zuì kuí huò shǒu.
[03:29.280] diào chá zhǐ chū, 20 de 35 suì zuǒ yòu de nán rén dǎ hān
[03:34.360] ér dào 60 suì zhè gè nián líng duàn, zhè gè shù zì shàng shēng dào lìng rén jīng è de 60.
[03:39.800] yǔ zhèi xiē shù zì xiāng bǐ, zhǐ yǒu 5 de nǚ xìng jīng cháng dǎ hān,
[03:46.040] ér qí yú de zé jīng cháng bèi yǔ tā men tóng shuì xiàng chuī hào shì dì dǎ zhe hū lū de nán rén chǎo xǐng huò nòng dé shuì bù zháo.
[03:51.520] bù guǎn zào shēng lái zì hé fāng, yǒu yì diǎn shì kěn dìng de: kàn lái jì jìng yǐ biàn chéng yī zhǒng zhēn guì de huí yì.
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