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Unit 1 Section One Tactics for Listening Listening and Translation A college education can be very costly in the United States. 在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。 Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay for college. 费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。 There are different federal loans and private loans for students. 有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。 4. Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st. 在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。 5. There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt. 人们越来越担心，很多学生将背着沉重的债务从大学毕业。 Section two Listening Comprehension Part 1 Dialogue-Social Grouping Interviewer: Right. Youre talking about social groupings here. Could you tell us something about the ways animals form into groups? Nike Down: Yes. Er, many, many animals are very solitary* animals. The only times they get together is when they mate, or when theyre bringing up their young. The majority of animals are solitary, but a very significant group of mammals and insects, like ants and termites*, bees and wasps, are very social and they group together because in a group its much safer. You can defend yourself more easily if youre in a group, you can find males more easily if youre in a group, and you can change the world around you by working with the others if you live in a group. Solitary animals have a much more difficult time in many ways. Interviewer: You mentioned lions and other carnivores* earlier on. Do they group very much? Nike Down: Yes. Most cats in fact dont group. Er, lions and, to a lesser extent, cheetahs* are the only cats that group together. A group of lions is called a pride*, and you might get anything up to 15 or 20 lions in a pride. A pride of lions would have perhaps two or three males, perhaps a dozen females, and then the cubs. But the real lion group consists of females with their cubs. The males tend to stay for a few years and then they get kicked out by a group of younger males that come in and take over. Interviewer: And