巨微英语2016 年 12 月英语六级听力原文及参考答案听力稿原文section AConversation 1气候变化和全球经济发展W： Professor Henderson could you give us a brief overview of what you do ，whereyou work and your main area of research ？M： Well the Center for Climate Research where I work links thescience of climatechange to issues around economicsand policy。

Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all ofthe associatedrisks 。

W：And howstrong istheevidencethatclimatechangeishappeningthat it‘ sreallysomething we need to be worried about 。

M： Well most of thescience ofclimate change particularly that to dowith globalwarming is simplyfact 。

But other aspects of the science are less certain or at leastmore disputed 。

And so we ‘ re really talking about risk what the economicstells us is that it ’s probably cheaper to avoid climate change to avoid the riskthan it has to dealwith the likelyconsequences 。

W： So what are we doing ？ What can we doabout it ？M：Well I would argue that we need todevelop thescience specifically tounderstandthe likely impacts of climate change indifferent contexts 。

As I said we need to understand the best ways of avoidingclimate change and this will involve a huge transition to lowcarbon energy systems and the transition isa tremendous priority 。

And for this to happen ， we may need action on a global scalefrom a political perspective 。

关注微信公众号“巨微英语四六级”获取更多听力mp3 、视频讲解等巨微英语Weneed to understandthetermsonwhichmajorcountrieslikeChina and theUSAmightsign up to a global agreementbecause atthe moment wedon‘ thavethatconsensus。

W：Right 。

M： And we also need to plan ahead so that we ‘ re in a position to deal with thelikely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so tofor the levels that are likely if we don ’t get those global agreements 。

Q1. What does Professor H say about his main area of research ？A It tries to predict the possible trends of globalclimate change 。

B It studies the impact of global climate change on people ’ slives 。

C It links the science of climate change to economicand policy issues 。

D It focuses on the efforts countries can make to deal withglobal warning 。

答案 CQ2. What does Professor H say aboutclimate change ？A It will take a long time before a consensus isreached on its impact 。

B It would be more costly to deal with itsconsequences than to avoid it 。

C It is the most pressing issueconfronting all countries 。

D It is bound to cause endless disputesamong nations 。

答案 BQ3. What does Professor H say is a top priority in combatingclimate change ？A The transition to low-carbonenergy systems 。

B The cooperation among worldmajor powers 。

C The signing of a globalagreement 。

D The raising ofpeople ’s awareness 。

答案 A关注微信公众号“巨微英语四六级”获取更多听力mp3 、视频讲解等巨微英语Q4. What does Professor H advise us to do to better deal withclimate change ？A Carry out moreresearch on it 。

B Cut down energyconsumption 。

C Plan well inadvance 。

D Adopt newtechnology 。

答案 CConversation 2（成功的要素）W： I have many business English students 。

When I teach theclassroom， weoftenend up talking about things like success and what leads to success 。

And it ‘ sinteresting that many of them mention the elementof luck 。

M： Right 。

W： Luck is important to success the TED Talks website by Richard St 。

But since you ‘ ve seen that fantastic video on 。

John ， he doesn ’t mention luck at all 。

M：Well ，I‘ m a firm believer that people can maketheir own luck。

I meanwhatpeople regard as luck ， you can actuallycreate， to adegree 。

W：Sure 。

I think a lotof what peopleconsiderluck isattributedtohow yourespondto the opportunities that comeyour way 。

M： Yes 。

Very goodpoint 。

W：Seizing theopportunities。

Butwasthereanypoint inthe videothat youthoughtwas particularly interesting ？M： Yes 。

Actually therewas。

Somethingveryimpressive tome as many peoplethinkthat luck is important and that natural talent is somethingyou must have in orderto be successful 。

Andinthevideo we saw，thepointaboutgettinggood atsomethingis not about having somenatural talent 。

It ‘ s all aboutpractice，practice ，practice 。

关注微信公众号“巨微英语四六级”获取更多听力mp3 、视频讲解等巨微英语W ： Definitely yeah 。

Natural talent helps in some way but at theend of the dayyou really do need to work hard and get really really good at what you do 。

M ： Sure 。

W ： I thought one interesting thing in the video was the ideaof passion being soimportant and that people who really lovewhat they do 。

Of course you ‘regoing to want to work harder and put the timeand effort into it 。