英语四级听力新题型模拟听写训练-第6套短文(3).docx

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英语四级听力新题型模拟听写训练:第6套短文(3)

听力文本：PassageThree短文三Ifyou'restudyingaforeignlanguage,如果学习一门外语，you'llknowthatlearningvocabularycanoftenbeapainstakingprocess.你会发现词汇学习是一道难以攻克的关卡。Afterall,therearethousandsuponthousandsofwords,expressionsandidiomstolearn.毕竟，学习外语会遇到成千上万的词汇、短语和习语。Butsometimes,newwordsappearthatcanconfuseevennativespeakers.有时甚至连说母语的人都理解不了一些新兴词汇含义。Eachyear,anewsetofwordsandexpressionisaddedtothedictionary,每年，字典中都会新增一些单词和短语，reflectingthechangingtastesandhabitsofanation.以反映一个国家不断变化的文化和生活习惯。MembersofthepublicwereinvitedtosubmitnewwordsandphrasestotheCollinsonlinedictionary,柯林斯在线词典修订词条时曾向广大民众征询关于新兴词汇，短语等意见，around80ofwhichwerechosentoappearinthenewedition.其中有80多个提议被采纳并编纂到新版词典中。Theyrangefromslangorcolloquialterms,towordsdescribingfood,technologyorscientificideas.包括俚语或俗语，描述食物的新式词汇还有一些技术或科学的观点。Forexample,ifyou'vehappyaboutasituation,perhapsyoumightbe"madeup";比如说，如果你今天比较高兴，你就可以用“madeup”，ifnot,youmayenduptellingsomeoneto"jogon",orgoaway.反之，你就可以用"jogon"告诉别人离你远点或走开。Someofthewordsaddedmaybealittlemorefamiliar.有的新兴词汇也许大家已经耳熟能详。"Facebook"isoneoftheworld'sbiggestsocialmediawebsites,“Facebook”是全球社交媒体巨头之一，soit'snotsurprisingthatithasmadeitintothedictionary.因此该词被收录到词典中不足为奇。Similarly,termssuchas"SMS"and"Twitterer"reflecttheever-advancingtechnologicalageinwhichwelive.同样，像“SMS”，“Twitterer”这类能够反映先进科技时代的词汇也被收录。Maybeyouknowa"bridezilla",还有就是“bridezilla”一词，aplayonwordstodescribeawomanwhosebehaviorinplanningherweddingisintolerable.专指在准备婚礼筹备过程中过分亲力亲为的新娘子。Ifyou'rehealthconscious,youmightbefillingyoursupermarketpushcartwithsuperfoods.若你对健康问题十分在意，你可能会去超市会购买一整篮的superfoods。Sometimes,learningalanguagecanbetoughand,withnewwordsbeingaddedallthetime,学习一门语言虽然很难，况且还有新式词语不断涌现，don'tpanicifyoufindthatyou'veforgottenthenameofsomething.但如果你实在想不起来物体的名称也不要惊慌。Now,youcansafelycallitanoojamaflip,instead.不妨用“oojamaflip”一词来代替。Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.问题23至问题25是基于你刚刚听到的这篇文章Question23.Whatmakeslearningaforeignlanguagedifficult?问题23为什么说学