大学英语六级听力练习 013
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语六级听力练习集锦
Dictation Instructions
Listen to the following passage or together the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading which will be read in normal speed .Listen and try to understand the meaning . For the second and third readings the passage will be read sentence by sentence or phrase 1 by phrase. with intervals 2 or 15 seconds. The last reading will be read in normal speed again and during this time you should take your work you will then be given 2 minutes to check your work once more. Please write the whole passage on answer sheet II
Now listen to the passage.
There are thousand of pigeons in any big city in the world. But did you know that these common birds is able to find its way home from even hundreds of kilometers away? Just how pigeons find their way home is a bit of mystery. Some people think that they use landmarks 6 that is the pigeon 3 knows what the land is like from the air and it uses this like a map. A landmark 5 in Sydeny for example, is the Opera House, which can easily be seen from a long way off. Other possibilities are that pigeon use the position of the sun to work out directions or that they have some kind of built in compass. For quite a few years now scientists have been caring out experiement on homing pigeons but they still aren't to sure how pigeons find their way home. It seems likely however that pigeons like airline pilot use a number of different message to guide them on their long distance journeys. Perhaps, one day we'll learn their secret.
- The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
- That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。
- The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
- Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
- The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.鸽子从百英里之外返回窝巢。
- How many pigeon eggs do you need?你要几个鸽子蛋？
- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。