【正文】 e report also warns that illegal and unsustainable logging and conflicts over land rights still exist in many of these areas and that all but one of the panies have so far failed to take effective measures to prevent illegal or controversial timber from being used in their products.News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about the warnings from specialists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. Ex. B Listen to the news and plete the following outlineFindings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Reason: Birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migrating patterns. Examples: 1. The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make the epic journey from Southern Africa.2. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds.3. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species being entirely female.Script of News Item 3Scientists are warning that climate change could drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction. A report by European ornithologists and zoologists say that birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns.This report by ornithologists and zoologists warns that global warming will cause increasing problems for many migrating species. For example, the spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa, and rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds. The study even suggests that warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species being entirely female. The selection of sex is closely linked to sea temperature. Section FourPart 1 Feature reportScript：Money, Fame, Power Don39。5. Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long.投資者必須決定自己愿意在多長的時(shí)間范圍內(nèi)承受多大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。3. They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it.他們希望通過投資獲得比所有投入的資金更多的貨幣回報(bào)。A Listening Course 4施心遠(yuǎn)主編《聽力教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 5Section One: Tactics for ListeningPart 1: Listening and Translation1. Stocks, bonds, landpeople invest in different things and for different reasons.股票、債券、土地人們由于不同原因進(jìn)行不同的投資。2. But all investors share the same goal.但是所有的投資者都有一個(gè)共同的目標(biāo)。4. The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy.他們今天的投資為將來經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展提供了資金。Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue The Bank ManagerExercise: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to plete each of the following sentences.1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. C Part 2 Passage Stock Market: How it Works Ex. A. Prelistening QuestionWhat do you know about stock market in China? The Shanghai Stock Exchange was founded on November 26th, 1990 and in operation on December 19th the same year, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was established on December 1st, 1990. Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. A wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points in the panicked rush to sell. 2. The stock market is the means through which previously issued corporate stocks, shares of ownership in a corporation, are traded. 3. However, the forces influencing the prices of corporate stocks are quite different from those influencing the prices of goods and services. 4. People and organizations who buy and hold stock do so for the ines they hope to earn. 5. When Black Monday finally reeled to a close, many a portfolio had lost over a fifth of the value it had the day before.Ex. C: Detailed Listening. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. CEx. D: Afte