新思路单项技能教材 口语 （PETS）四级 20-22_new

Fishing

[00:26.98]Ond day a man was lying on a beautiful beach,

[00:32.86]with his fishing pole propped 1 up in the sand

[00:37.41]and his line cast out into the sparkling blue surf.

[00:42.74]He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun

[00:47.70]and the prospect 2 of catching 3 a fish.

[00:51.75]About that time,a writer came walking down the beach,

[00:57.39]trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday at the desk.

[01:03.92]He noticed the man sitting on the beach,

[01:09.80]and out of curiosity he decided 4 to find out why this man was fishing

[01:16.64]instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his family.

[01:22.91]"You aren't going to catch many fish that way,"said the writer to the man,

[01:29.44]"you should be working rather than lying on the beach!"

[01:34.59]The man looked at the writer,smiled and replied,

[01:39.87]"And what will my reward be?"

[01:43.63]The writer replied,"You will make money,and you'll be able to buy a boat,

[01:51.28]which will then result in larger catches of fish!"

[01:56.53]"And then what will my reward be?"asked the man again.

[02:02.10]The writer was beginning to get a little irritated with the man's questions.

[02:08.65]"Don't you undersatand?

[02:12.49]You can build up a fleet of fishing boats,

[02:17.53]sail all over the world,and let all your employees catch fish for you!"

[02:23.78]Once again the man asked,"And then what will my reward be?"

[02:29.84]The writer was red with rage and shouted at the man,

[02:35.61]"Don't you get it?

[02:38.96]You can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again!

[02:46.71]You can spend the rest of your life sitting on the beach,looking at the sunset.

[02:53.69]You won't have a care in the world!"

[02:57.82]"What do you think I'm doing now?"the man asked.

[03:02.67]At this time,a phone was ringing from underneath 5 a towel on the beach,

[03:08.94]and the man took out his cellular 6 phone.

[03:13.20]"Yes,"he answered the phone.

[03:16.96]"Great.I knew it.Wait till it hits the $32 mark and buy one million shares."

[03:25.92]The Olympic Games

[03:53.95]According to Greek legend,

[03:57.58]the Olympic Games were started by Hercules,son of Zeus.

[04:03.51]The first records we have are of games held in 776 B.C.

[04:11.38]on the plain of Olympia.

[04:14.93]They were held every four years for more than 1,000 years,

[04:22.50]until the Romans abolished them in 394 A.D.

[04:29.27]The games were an example of the Greek ideal that the body,

[04:35.02]as well as the mind and spirit,should be developed.

[04:40.37]Fifteen hundred years later a Frenchman named Baron 7 Pierre de Coubertin

[04:47.53]had the idea of reviving the Olympic Games.

[04:52.99]In 1894,following his suggestion,

[04:59.15]an International Congress of fifteen nations was held in Paris.

[05:05.63]This Congress unanimously agreed to revive the games

[05:11.80]and to hold them every four years.

[05:16.06]Two years later,in the rebuilt stadium at Athens,Greece,

[05:22.12]the first of the modern Olympic Games was held.

[05:26.87]The games today include many sports that didn't even exist in the ancient times,

[05:34.63]such as basketball,water polo,soccer,cycling,shooting,etc,

[05:44.89]The modern Olympics are governed by an International Olympic Committee,

[05:51.06]and each nation has its own National Olympic Committee

[05:57.30]which is responsible for its country's participation 8 in the Olympics.

[06:49.65]The United Nations is an organization of governments.

[06:53.28]It was set up to prevent war

[06:57.33]and to build a better world for all by dealing 9 with problems

[07:03.11]which can best be solved through international action.

[07:08.36]The UN constitution,known as the Charter,

[07:13.71]was signed in San Francisco on June 26,1945,by representatives of 50 nations.

[07:23.77]According to the Charter,the UN has four chief purposes.

[07:30.22]The first is to maintain peace by settling disputes peacefully

[07:36.57]or by taking steps to stop aggression,that is,armed attack.

[07:43.73]The second is to develop friendly relations among nations

[07:49.79]based on the equal rights of peoples and their own choices of government.

[07:56.34]The third is to achieve international cooperation in solving economic,

[08:03.40]social,cultural,and humanitarian 10 problems.

[08:09.27]And the fourth is to serve as a center

[08:13.95]where the actions of nations can be combined in trying to attain 11 these aims.

[08:21.00]The two most important working groups are the General Assembly

[08:26.96]and the Security Council.

[08:30.33]The first is made up of all the members,

[08:34.98]each with one vote,and it is the policy-making body of the UN.

[08:41.85]The second is responsible for the maintenance of peace.

[08:46.89]China,France,Great Britian,Russia,

[08:52.17]and the Untied 12 States have permanent seats and special voting privileges.

[08:58.83]The other six members are elected by the General Assembly for terms of two years.