专四英语听力听写后50篇听力原文探究.doc

9 Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879, His father owned a factory that made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed music and books. His parents were Jewish but they did not observe many of the religion’s rules. Albert was a quite child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction—to be north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficult for the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something hidden had to be behind things. Useful expressions and words 1. device 装置，设备 leave to one’s own devices 听任某人自行其是，允许某人按自己的意愿做事 She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon. 她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。 2. compass 指南针 beyond one’s compass某人力所不及 catch/fetch/take a compass兜圈子，绕道，拐弯抹角 keep sth within compass 把某种事物限制在适当的范围内 speak within compass 谨慎小心地说 within sb’s compass 某人力所能及的 within the compass of 在……范围内 3.magnetism 磁力 10 Private Cars With the increase in the general standard of living, some ordinary Chinese families begin to afford a car. Yet opinions of the development of a private car vary from person to person. It gives a much greater degree of comfort and mobility. The owner of a car is no longer forced to reply on public transport, and hence no irritation caused by waiting for buses or taxis. However, others strongly object to developing private cars. They maintain that as more and more cars are produced and run in the street, a large volume of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the atmosphere and causing actual harm to the health of people. Whether private cars should be developed in Chicago is a difficult question to answer, yet the desire fo