剑桥雅思报考指南 第5期:OG02 Recording 7

 听力文本

Recording¹ 7

录音7

1. We had a good response to our survey and we found that while 80% of our students drink coffee, only 15% drink tea, with the rest preferring water.

1、我们的调查反响很好，我们发现，80%的学生喝咖啡，只有15%喝茶，剩下的更喜欢喝水。

2. Over 800,000 people in the US are estimated² to have tried skiing.

2、美国有预计超过80万人尝试过滑雪。

This may seem a large number but it represents just over 0.26% of the total population of 300 million. So, per capita, it is surprisingly small.

这看起来似乎是个大数字，但这仅占总人口3亿的0.26%。所以，人均来算，数字惊人地小。

3. It is estimated that India is home to between 38,000 and 53,000 wild elephants, while Africa has between 470,000 and 690,000.

3、据估计，印度有三万八千至五万三千头野象，而非洲有四十七万到六十九万。

Exact figures are difficult to determine.

很难确定具体数字。

4. An elephant can weight between 2.5 and 5 tonnes. This is comparable³ to the tongue of blue whale, which alone can weight 2.7 tonnes.

4、一头大象的体重约为2.5至5吨。这和蓝鲸的舌头差不多，单是舌头就重2.7吨。

In fact, a blue whale can weight 15 times more than an elephant, and can grow to about 10 times the size of a standard bus.

事实上，一头蓝鲸的体重能达到大象的15倍有余，体积能长到10倍的普通巴士那么大。

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 estimated   

adj．根据估计的

参考例句：

• She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres. 她估计湖面大约有500米宽。
• The man estimated for the repair of the car. 那人估算了修理汽车的费用。

3 comparable   

adj.相似的，同类的，可比的，比得上的

参考例句：

• A fire is comparable with the sun,both give light and heat.火可以和太阳相比，两者都可以发光发热。
• No horse has a speed comparable to that of his.没有一匹马的速度能比得上他的马。