大学英语四级听力练习题029

（单词翻译）

Section C Compound¹ Dictation

There was a time when, if a lady got onto a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and offer her his seat. No more, though. Today a gentleman will probably look out of the window, or if he feels a bit (36) ______ , hide behind his newspaper. Either way, the lady will have to stand until someone else gets off.

You can't (37) ______ blame men for this change in (38) ______ , though. The days are gone when women could be (39) ______ to as the weaker sex without causing (40) ______ . A whole generation of women has grown up (41) ______ equality with men; not just equality in jobs or education, but in (42) ______ attitudes. Hold a door open for some women and you're likely to get an angry lecture on treating women as (43) ______ , unable to open doors for themselves. (44) _________________________________________________ , though on second thought perhaps that's not such a bad idea.

It's no wonder, then, that men have (45) _______________________________________________________ . On the other hand, automatic² male politeness is perhaps slowly being replaced by true consideration for the needs and feelings of women, so that (46) __________________________________________________________ .

 

答案

36. guilty

解析：空格前的feels表明此处需填入形容词。guilty“愧疚的”。

37. entirely³

解析：空格前后句子主谓成分完整，需填入修饰动词blame的副词。entirely指“完全地”。

38. manners

解析：介词in表明此处需填入名词。manners表示“礼貌”，注意不要漏写-s。

39. referred

解析：be...to表明此处需要动词分词或形容词。refer to指“提到，谈到”。注意要双写r再加-ed。

40. offense⁴

解析：此处需要名词，作causing的宾语。offense指“攻击”。

41. demanding

解析：此处需要形容词或分词，修饰equality。demanding指“苛求的”。

42. social

解析：此处需要形容词或分词，修饰attitude“态度”。social指“社会的”。

43. inferiors⁵

解析：treat sb. as“把某人看做”表明此处需要填入名词。inferiors指“下等人”。

44. 标准答案：Take a girl out for a meal and she'll probably insist on paying her share of the bill

听音关键：take a girl out, meal, insist on paying bill

答案重构：Take a girl to eat out and she may insist on sharing the bill

画龙点睛：insist on表示“坚持”，后要接动名词。

45. 标准答案：given up some of the automatic gestures of politeness and consideration which they used to show towards women

听音关键：given up, automatic gestures, politeness and consideration, used to, women

答案重构：given up some automatic gestures of politeness and consideration which they used to show towards women

画龙点睛：used to表示“过去常常”。

46. 标准答案：men can see women as equal human beings, rather than as sex-objects or attractive property

听音关键：women, equal human, rather than, sex-objects, attractive property

答案重构：men can see women as equal humans, not sex-objects or attractive property

画龙点睛：see...as“把……看做”；rather than“而不是”。