2013年英语专业四级听力真题 对话1

Conversation one

对话一

W: Can money really buy happiness? Best-selling author David Bach is a psychiatrist and a money advisor on CNBC’s “The Millionaire Inside".

W：金钱真的能买到幸福吗？畅销书作家大卫·巴赫 (David Bach) 是一名精神病学家，也是 CNBC 的“百万富翁内幕”的理财顾问。

Going from rags to riches, he says he found happiness but it wasn’t just about dollars and cents. Morning,David.

从破烂到富有，他说他找到了幸福，但这不仅仅是关于金钱和美分。早上好，大卫。

M:Good morning，Maggie.

M：早上好，玛吉。

W:What do you think makes people happy then, if they have no money?

W：如果人们没有钱，你认为什么能让他们快乐？

M:Well，I think what most Americans really want is freedom.

M：嗯，我认为大多数美国人真正想要的是自由。

We are in the land of the free, but when three out of four people are living paycheck to paycheck, they don't feel free.

我们身处自由之地，但当四分之三的人靠薪水过活时，他们不会感到自由。

W: You also say that happiness is not as simple as making more money.

W：你也说幸福不是赚更多钱那么简单。

M: Yes. The more money you have, the more you need to spend anyway.

M：是的。你拥有的钱越多，你就越需要花钱。

People don't know how to keep their money.And people don't know how to spend it wisely.

人们不知道如何保存他们的钱。人们也不知道如何明智地花钱。

W: We spend so much time in our lives trying to make money.

W：我们在生活中花了很多时间试图赚钱。

We must believe it's going to bring us happiness.

我们必须相信它会给我们带来幸福。

But the research you have ever done about it is kind of mixed, isn't it?

但是你所做的关于它的研究有点复杂，不是吗？

M: Well，the research is mixed. And I think part of the reason for that is that people acknowledge in their souls, if not in their wallets, that it won't make them happy.

M: 好吧，研究好坏参半。我认为部分原因是人们在他们的灵魂中承认，如果不是在他们的钱包里，这不会让他们快乐。

W: But the problem is we see all these people out there today, with the yachts,with the boats, all of these, the planes, the big houses.

W：但问题是我们今天看到所有这些人都在游艇上。有了船，所有这些，飞机，大房子。

They look happy; they have all these possessions. How do you explain that?

他们看起来很开心；他们拥有所有这些财产。你怎么解释？

M:It looks that way. But the research also indicates about scale.

M：看起来是这样的。但研究也表明了规模。

You can give somebody enough money to take them from poverty to middle class,which makes people happy.

你可以给某人足够的钱，让他们从贫困变成中产阶级，这让人们很开心。

But a lot more money, to go from five hundred thousand to five million, doesn't make them happy.

但是钱多了很多，从五十万涨到五百万，他们并不开心。

W:I agree. Money is going to have the more significant impact on those low-income individuals.

W：我同意。金钱将对那些低收入人群产生更大的影响。

M: I have never had anybody who comes in and says that he or she needs a little more money.

M：我从来没有遇到过任何人进来说他或她需要更多的钱。

W: I've listened to the surveys of the kinds of jobs that make people the happiest; they aren't necessarily the jobs that pay the most money.

W：我听过有关让人最幸福的工作种类的调查；他们不一定是薪水最高的工作。

They are things like teachers, social workers, firefighters, not necessarily highly-paid jobs.

他们是教师、社会工作者、消防员，不一定是高薪工作。

M:Absolutely true. It's really about feeling loved.

M：千真万确。这真的是关于被爱的感觉。

W:Good, passion is another thing that makes people happy. Health and passion.

W：很好，激情是另一种让人快乐的东西。健康和热情。

M:Yes.Health is at the top of the list in terms of what makes you happy.

M：是的。就使你成为什么样的人而言，健康是最重要的快乐的。

Having good relationships with people,having a lot of very close personal friends, having a good marriage.

与人建立良好的关系，拥有许多非常亲密的私人朋友，拥有美满的婚姻。

These are the types of things that make people happy.

这些都是让人开心的事情。

So if you flip that around, then you'll get to the core of what really makes people happy.

所以如果你把它反过来，那么你就会触及真正让人快乐的核心。

Sometimes you have to take the negative to see that you are content now.

有时你必须接受消极的一面，才能看到你现在很满足。

So if people were to imagine-I'm not going with it these moments, then they would realize that they are pretty content even though their car is a year older than they'd like.

因此，如果人们想象—我现在不会接受它，那么他们就会意识到，即使他们的车比他们想要的旧一年，他们也很满足。

W:Yes, no question. Well again, the age-old question. We continue to debate it still.David,thanks.

W：是的，没问题。好吧，又是一个古老的问题。我们仍在继续辩论。大卫，谢谢。

M:Thank you,Maggie!

M：谢谢你，玛吉！

This is the end of conversation one.

对话一到此结束。

Questions 1 to 5 are based on conversation One

问题1至5基于对话1

Question1.Which of the following is INCORRECT about David Bach?

问题1.关于大卫巴赫，以下哪项不正确？

Question2.What percentage of people in the US are living under the pressure of money?

问题2.美国有多少比例的人生活在金钱压力下？

Question3.Which of the following statements about at money is INCORRECT?

问题3.以下关于货币的陈述中哪一项不正确？

Question4.Which of the following jobs probably brings the least happiness to people?

问题4.以下哪项工作可能给人们带来的幸福感最差？

Question5.What is NOT mentioned in the interview as to bringing happiness to people?

问题5.采访中没有提到给人们带来快乐的是什么？

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