历年英语专四听力听写原文1997-2006

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1、LegalAgeforMarriage(1997)ThroughouttheUnitedStates,thelegalageformarriageshowssomedifference.Themostcommonagewithoutparents’consentis18forbothfemalesandmales.However,personswhoareunderageintheirhomestatecangetmarriedinanotherstate,andthenreturntothehomestatelegallymarried.Eachstateis

2、suesitsownmarriagelicense.Bothresidentsandnon-residentsarequalifiedforsuchalicense.Thefeesandceremoniesvarygreatlyfromstatetostate.Moststates,forinstance,haveabloodtestrequirement,butafewdonot.Moststatespermiteitheracivilorreligiousceremony,butafewrequiretheceremonytobereligious.Inmo

3、ststatesawaitingperiodisrequiredbeforethelicenseisissued.Thisperiodisfromonetofivedaysdependingonthestate.Athree-day-waitisthemostcommon.Insomestatesthereisnorequiredwaitingperiod.TheRailwaysinBritain(1998)Thesuccessofearlyrailways,suchasthelinesbetweenbigcities,/ledtoagreatincreasei

4、nrailwaybuildinginVictoriantimes./Between1835and1865about25000kilometersoftrackwerebuilt,/andover100railwaycompanieswerecreated./Railwaytraveltransformedpeople'slives./Trainswerefirstdesignedtocarrygoods./However,alawinthe19thcenturyforcedrailwaycompaniestorunonecheaptrainaday/whichs

5、toppedateverystationandcostonlyapennyamile./Soonworkingclasspassengersfoundtheycouldaffordtotravelbyrail./Cheapdayexcursiontrainsbecamepopularandseasideresortsgrewrapidly./Therailwaysalsoprovidedthousandsofnewjobs:/buildingcarriages,runningtherailwaysandrepairingthetracks./Railwaysev

6、enchangedthetime./Theneedtoruntherailwaysontimemeantthatlocaltimewasabolished/andclocksshowedthesametimealloverthecountry./UnitedNationsDay(1999)The24thofOctoberiscelebratedasUnitedNationsDay.hisadaythatbelongstoeveryone.Anditiscelebratedinmostcountriesoftheworld.Somecountriescelebr

7、ateforaweekinsteadofaday.Inmanypartsoftheworld,schoolshavespecialprogramsfortheday.BoysandgirlsinsomecommunitiesdecorateaUNtree.Inothercommunities,youngpeopleputonplaysabouttheUN.Somelibrariesexhibitchildren’sartworksfromaroundtheworld.Schoolscelebratewiththesongsanddancesofothercoun

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