2007年12月英语四级真题听力(MP3+中英字幕) 第6期 短文(2)
日期:2014-10-08 08:21

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Passage Two
段落二
Katherine Gram graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in San Francisco.
凯瑟琳·格拉姆在1938年毕业于芝加哥大学,并在旧金山得到了一份新闻记者的工作。
Katherine's father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, the Washington Post. Then Katherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father's newspaper.
凯瑟琳的父亲曾是一个成功的投资银行家。在1933年,他买了一家失败的报社,华盛顿邮报。于是凯瑟琳回到华盛顿,在她父亲的报纸做编辑工作。
She married Phillip Gram, who took over his father-in-law's position shortly after and became a publisher of the Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband's death, Katherine operated the newspaper.
她嫁给了菲利浦·格拉姆,不久后菲利浦克接手了岳父位置,成为《华盛顿邮报》的出版商。但是多年来,她的丈夫苦受精神疾病的折磨并于1963年自杀。丈夫死后,凯瑟琳开始经营报纸。
In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Katherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post Company.
在20世纪70年代,《华盛顿邮报》开始风靡全球,凯瑟琳成为报社的重要领导人。她是第一个在美国出版公司,华盛顿邮报,坐第一把交椅的女人。
In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.
几年后,她将公司涉猎的领域成功的扩大到报纸、杂志、广播和有线电视公司。
She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than three thousand people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders.
她在摔倒后死于颅脑损伤,当时她84岁。超过三千人出席了她的葬礼,包括许多政府和商界领袖。
Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world.
她的朋友们说,她将作为一个在美国和世界有重要影响的女人被人铭记。
Katherine once wrote, “The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world.” After her death, the employees of the Washington Post wrote, “The world without Katherine would not be the same at all.”
凯瑟琳曾经写道,“没有报纸,这个世界就不会是今天的面貌。”她死后,华盛顿邮报的员工写道,“没有凯瑟琳的世界会完全不同。”
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题30至32是基于你刚才听到的文章。
Question 30. What do we learn from the passage about Katherine's father?
问题30. 从这篇文章我们对于凯瑟琳的父亲了解到了什么?
Question 31. What does the speaker tell us about Katherine Gram?
问题31. 作者告诉我们关于凯瑟琳·格拉姆的什么事情?
Question 32. What does the comment by employees of the Washington Post suggest?
问题32. 华盛顿邮报员工的评价表明了什么?

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重点单词
  • commentn. 注释,评论; 闲话 v. 注释,评论
  • mentaladj. 精神的,脑力的,精神错乱的 n. 精神病患者