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1、历年英语专四听力听写原文1993-2010PackageHolidays(1993)Packageholidays,coveringatwoweeks'stayinanattractiveplace,areincreasinglypopular.Onceyougettotheairport,itisuptothetouroperatortoseethatyougetsafelytoyourdestination．Everythingislaidonforyou．Thereis,infact,noreasonfo
2、ryoutobothertoarrangeanythingyourselves．Youmakefriendsandhaveagoodtime.Butthereisverylittlechancethatyouwillreallygettoknowthelocalpeople．Thisisevenlesslikelyonacoachtour,whenyouspendalmostyourentiretimetraveling．Ofcourse,therearecarefullyplannedstopsforyout
3、ovisithistoricbuildingsandmonuments.Youmayvisitthebeautiful,thehistoric,theancient.Buttimeisalwaysshort．Thereisalsotheaddeddisadvantageofbeingobligedtospendyouholidaywithagroupofpeopleyouhavenevermetbefore．TheAmericanFamily(1994)TheAmericanfamilyunitischangi
4、ng.Thereusedtobemainlytwotypesoffamilies,theextendedandthenuclear.Theformerincludedmother,father,children,andsomeotherrelativessuchasgrandparents,livinginthesamehouseornearby.Thenastheeconomyprogressedfromagriculturaltoindustrial,peoplebeganmovingtodifferent
5、partsofthecountryinordertosearchforjobopportunities.Thesemovessplituptheextendedfamily.Thenuclearfamilyconsistingofonlyparentsandchildrenhasthereforebecomefarmorewidespread.Today’sfamily,however,canbecomposedofdiversecombinations.Withthedivorceratenearlyonei
6、ntwo,there'sanincreaseinsingle-parenthomes—afatherormotherlivingwithoneormorechildren.Blendedfamiliesoccurwhendivorcedmenandwomenremarryandcombinethechildrenfromformermarriagesintoanewfamily.Ontheotherhand,thereisanincreaseinchildlesscoupleswhileoneinriveAme
7、ricanslivesalone.UnidentifiedFlyingObjects(1995)TherearemanyexplanationsforwhyUFOsvisittheEarth./Themostpopularoneisthattheymaybevisitorsfromotherplanets./Toflysuchaircraft,theirbuildersmustdevelopdifferentformsofaviation,/becausetheyseemtoflymuchfasterthann
8、ormalaircraft./TheUFOs,itisbelieved,mustcontainscientists/fromotherplanetswhoarestudyinglifeonearth./Itisevenbelievedthatseveralsuchaircraftmayhavelandedonearth/andthespacevisitorsmaybelivingamo
