听力试题

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed，listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings，the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

Depression

答案详解

【听力原文】

Depression

The dictionary describes depression/as the state of feeling very sad, /anxious and hopeless. /The question here is/why one gets depressed./Is it the inability to deal with the situation/or the high stress levels/that come with success or failure ?

Life is full of twists and turns./Some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant, /and sometimes even terrible.

Seasonal changes are the main reason for depression in nature. /Change is unavoidable./It may happen in nature or in life. /But the way the change makes us feel is subjective?. /They differ from person to person, / along with the ways we deal with them.

Feeling depression is a normal phenomenon, /but letting it overtake us completely/is not the best thing. / There are no specific rules or concepts in dealing with it. / A person should adopt whatever way he or she feels/is the best, /but be sure it will not hurt another person.

【核心词汇】

overtake v.压倒；追上，超过

subjective a.主观的

phenomenon n.现象

twists and turns 迂回曲折