2024年6月英语四级听力真题 卷二 对话2

Conversation Two

对话2

W:Welcome to Books in Review. Our guest today is John Banks, the author of the best selling new book,Rewarding Success.

W:欢迎收看《书评》。今天的嘉宾是畅销书《奖励成功》的作者约翰·班克斯。

M:Glad to be here, Jane.

M:很高兴来到这里，简。

W: Your book has sold 2 million copies, but before we discuss why it's getting so much attention, let's talk about your background.

W:你的书已经卖出了200万册，不过在讨论为什么会受到如此多的关注之前，先来谈谈你的背景吧。

You're an economist and spent two decades teaching at universities?

你是经济学家，在大学教了二十年书？

M: I spent 25 years as a professor, actually.

M:事实上，我当了25年的教授。

And then, for the last 10 years, I’ve worked as a political consultant,advising politicians at the national level about problems in our country.

在过去的十年里，我一直担任政治顾问，为国家一级的政治家们提供有关我们国家问题的意见。

W: You discuss three of those problems in the book, improving public education, reducing our nation's healthcare burden, and increasing personal savings.

W:你在书中讨论了其中三个问题，改善公共教育，减轻我们国家的医疗负担，以及增加个人储蓄。

But your r ideas about education are the most controversial.

但你关于教育的观点最有争议。

M: Absolutely. A lot of people think I'm trying to punish students who aren't doing well, when actually my goal is to give all students more incentive to succeed.

M:当然可以。很多人认为我是在惩罚成绩不好的学生，其实我的目标是给所有学生更多的成功动力。

W: I'm not sure I agree with you. Your proposal to pay cash rewards to students who get good grades is a particular problem.

W:我不确定我是否同意你的意见。你提议给成绩好的学生以现金奖励是一个特别的问题。

What about students who don't get good grades?

成绩不好的学生怎么办？

It seems like you're blaming them for not succeeding, when poor performance in school isn't a child's fault.

你似乎在责备他们没有成功，而学校表现不佳并不是孩子的错。

M:But my proposal is not just to reward students with good grades, but also students who show improvements.

M:但我的建议不仅仅是奖励成绩好的学生，还奖励成绩有进步的学生。

W:Okay, another criticism of the plan is the cash rewards themselves. Where will the money come from?

W:好的，对这个计划的另一个批评是现金奖励本身。钱从哪里来？

M: If students do better, we'll spend less on schooling. So, in the end, the rewards will pay for themselves.

M:如果学生学得好，我们就少花钱上学了。所以，最终，奖励会自己付出代价。

W: What about now? How will we fund the rewards in the meantime?

W:那现在呢？在此期间，我们如何筹集奖励资金？

M: Well, by increasing taxes or moving money from other areas of the budget into education.

M:嗯，通过增加税收或把其他预算领域的资金转移到教育上。

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。

Question12.What do we learn about the man?

关于男士，我们了解到什么?

Question13.What does the woman say is the most controversial?

女士说什么是最有争议的?

Question14.What does the man say is his real goal?

男士说他的真正目标是什么?

Question15.What will be one option for funding the proposed rewards according to the man?

根据男士的说法，为提议的奖励提供资金的一种选择是什么?

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