2023年6月英语四级听力真题 卷一 长对话2

Conversation 2

对话2

W: As a kid, did you know what job you wanted to do when you grew up?

W：小时候，你知道长大后你想做什么工作吗？

M:No, I didn't. And I got sick every time adults asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.

M：不，我没有。每次大人问我长大后想做什么，我都会生病。

W: It's the same with me. And I'm tired of people asking that question of my 10-year-old daughter.

W：我也一样。我受够了人们问我10岁女儿的问题。

My daughter's stock answers are basketball player, pop singer, mechanical engineer. Adults love that last one, as it's the perfect mix of the sensible and the ambitious.

我女儿的股票答案是篮球运动员，流行歌手，机械工程师。成年人喜欢最后一个，因为它是明智者和雄心勃勃者的完美结合。

When she was much younger, my daughter used to say she wanted to be Queen of the Clouds, which I loved.

当她小得多的时候，我的女儿曾说她想成为云皇后，我很喜欢。

That's the kind of goal-setting I like to see in children, springing from their boundless imaginations.

这就是我喜欢在孩子们身上看到的那种设定目标的方式，从他们无限的想象力中冒出来。

M:Yes, we grown-ups can be tedious and limiting in our need for reality.

M：是的，我们成年人对现实的需求是单调乏味的，而且是有限的.

And we teach a very gloomy image of adulthood—that whatever our children's future holds, it must be seen within the context of a job.

我们教人一种非常悲观的成人形象--无论我们的孩子的未来是什么，都必须从工作的角度来看待。

W:How utterly overwhelming and dull!

W：多么势不可挡，多么沉闷！

M:When people ask my son what he wants to be when he grows up, I have to swallow the urge to say,"Hey, back off my kid's dreams!"

M：当人们问我的儿子长大后他想做什么时，我不得不忍住说：“嘿，离我孩子的梦想远点！”

W:We can't dismiss the idea that teenagers have to plan to do something after they finish school, and parents are entitled to hope it's more than simply spending 10 hours a day playing computer games.

W：我们不能否认这样的观点，即青少年在完成学业后必须计划做些什么，家长们有权希望这不仅仅是每天花10个小时玩电脑游戏。

M:But asking "What do you want to be?" isn't going to lead a child to a fulfilled life rather lead to false expectations and a high chance of disappointment.

M：但是问：“你想做什么？”不会让孩子过上充实的生活，反而会导致错误的期望和很大的失望机会。

W: Exactly.We should be helping our kids understand who they are, even if that means letting go of who we think they should be.

W:没错，我们应该帮助我们的孩子了解他们是谁，即使这意味着放弃我们认为他们应该是谁

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题12到15是基于你刚才听到的对话。

12.What question were both speakers fed up with when they were kids?

12.两位发言者在孩提时代都受够了什么问题？

13. What occupation do adults see as both sensible and ambitious according to the woman?

13.据妇女说，成年人认为哪些职业既明智又雄心勃勃？

14.What kind of goal-setting does the woman like to see in children?

14.妇女喜欢在孩子身上看到什么样的目标设定？

15. What does the woman suggest adults should do?

15.妇女建议成年人应该做些什么？

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