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1、2021年上半年大学英语四级听力美文【篇一】2021年上半年大学英语四级听力美文For most of us, the work is the central,dominating factor of life.We spend more than half ourconscious hours at work,traveling to and from work.What we do there largely determines our standard of living and to a considerable extent thestatus we are accorded by
2、 our fellow citizens as well.It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the indignities andinjustices of work can be pushed into a corner, that because more work is pretty intolerable,thepeople who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations bycon
3、centrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives.I reject that as a counsel of despair. For the foreseeable future the material andpsychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, willcontinue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that li
4、fe can offer. Yet only a smallminority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions in which their work isdone; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity,imagination or initiative.Inequality at work and in work is still one of the cruelest and most glaring forms of
5、inequalityin our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many ofwhich arise directly or indirectly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unlesswe tackle it head-on.Still less can we hope to create a decent and humane society.【篇二】2021年上半年大学英语四级听力美
6、文One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. ThereI would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to the chirps ofbirds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend underpressure from the
7、 wind and watch them return gracefully to their original position after thewind had died down.When I think about the bamboo trees ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word resilience comes to mind. When used in reference to a person this word meansthe ability to readily rec
8、over from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches thelimits of a persons emotions.Have you ever felt like you are about to snap? Have you ever felt like you are at your breakingpoint? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.During the experience you prob
9、ably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You feltemotionally drained , mentally exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physicalsymptoms.Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. Thenext time you are experiencing one of those bad times
10、 or unhappy moments that take youclose to your breaking point, bend, but dont break. Try your best not to let the situation getthe best of you .A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal . With hope for a bettertomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem
11、to be. The unpleasantordeal may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.If the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bambootree, bend, but dont break!【篇三】2021年上半年大学英语四级听力美文Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating disease involv
12、ing her nervous system. she was unable to walk and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. the doctorsdid not hold out much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They predicted shedspend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if any, were able to come back tono
13、rmal after contracting this disease. the little girl was undaunted. There, lying in her hospitalbed, she would vow to anyone whod listen that she was definitely going to be walking againsomeday.She was transferred to a specialized rehabilitation hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever thera
14、pies could be applied to her case were used. The therapists were charmed by herundefeatable spirit. They taught her about imaging - about seeing herself walking. If it woulddo nothing else, it would at least give her hope and something positive to do in the long wakinghours in her bed. Angela would
15、work as hard as possible in physical therapy, in whirlpools andin exercise sessions. But she worked just as hard lying there faithfully doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!One day, as she was staining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed asthough a
16、 miracle happened： The bed moved! It began to move around the room! Shescreamed out, Look what Im doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved!Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and runningfor cover. People were screaming, equipment was falling and g
17、lass was breaking. You see, it wasthe recent San Francisco earthquake. But dont tell that to Angela. Shes convinced that shedid it. And now only a few years later, shes back in school. You see, anyone who can shake theearth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a piddling little disease, cant they?