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新编研究生英语系列教材 学术综合英语 Comprehensive Academic English For Graduates 听力材料 罗立胜 上海外语教育出版社目录 Unit 1 Presenting a Speech 1 Road Building 1 The Mississippi River in America 1 Unit 2 Energy Conservation 2 An Eyewitness to Changes in China 2 Talk with “Harry Potter” –Daniel Radcliffe Answers Questions form Fans 4 Unit 3 Traffic 5 Driving While on a Cell Phone Worse Than Driving While Drunk 5 Quake Kills at Least 300 on Indonesian Island 6 Unit 4 Social Behavior 7 The Men’s Movement: What Does It Mean to Be a Man? 7 Husbands and Wives: a Caller form Northbridge 8 Unit 5 Population 9 Suicide on Campus 9 China vs. India 10 Unit 6 A City in China 11 What Does the Future Hold for Marriage? 11 Should Teacher Have the Power to Search for Knives? 12 Unit 7 Dishonoring the Honor System 13 Opening Speech for the UK’s First Disabled People’s Parliament 13 Opening Speech for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 13 Unit 8 PEI Energy Framework 14 Nuclear Power Plants 14 Should There Be More Nuclear Power Plants in the US? 15  Unit 1 Presenting a Speech Road Building Good morning, everyone. Today Ill be talking about the relationship between road building and the development of the American economy during the 18th century. About 300 years ago, the United States economy was growing rapidly, mainly because of a booming trade in two important agricultural products: grain and cotton. Grain output in the eastern part of America increased quickly at that time due to the rapidly growing population and the large number of immigrants from Europe. As a result, the demand for grain almost doubled. For this reason, the trade in grain first developed in this part of the country. At the same time, the road system was gradually built up in order to transport the grain from the rural areas to various cities. The road building clearly helped develop the economy quickly in these areas and in the cities as well. During the same period, farmers in the South could get a large amount of laborers from Africa, and they s