BEC listen and translation exercise 9

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
你难免会做傻事，但要做，就做得满怀激情。

In addition, there should be an educational campaign to make people realize the problems as

well as the benefits of keeping dogs.
另外，应该组织教育活动，使人们了解养狗的问题及好处。

A few times each month, second-grade pupils at a primary school take time from math and

reading to engage in philosophical debate.
小学二年级学生在数学课和阅读课上抽出时间来参与哲学辩论，这种活动每个月进行数次。

Farmers were no longer dependent just on the weather and their own efforts.农民不再只依赖天气

和自身努力。
But assaults often occur on Friday and Saturday nights, near the bars downtown.

Burning fallen leaves used to be standard practice across North America, but most districts

now ban or discourage this practice due to the air pollution it causes.
焚烧落叶曾是北美地区的通用做法，但因其造成空气污染，如今大部分地区都禁止或压制这种做法。

Health experts say, grown people should drink about two liters of liquids each day, and more

in hot weather.

The authors say the research should make employers and employees think twice before

implementing multitasking.作者说，这项研究应该会让老板和员工在执行多任务工作前三思而后行。

We've expected that college should make many students become more productive workers.

"You are what you eat." Nutrition experts often use this saying to promote better eating

habits.

You can use a heart rate monitor to know your heart rate or something like this.

The recording showed that the birds were able to use the upward airstream created by the

wingtip of the bird just in front of it
录像表明，这些鸟能够利用其前方的鸟的翼尖产生的上升气流

The life-long benefits of teaching children good money habits make it well worth the effort.
教导孩子养成优秀的理财习惯会带来受用一生的好处，因此这种培养很值的。

There is ample evidence that sex roles vary from society to society.

To meet order deadlines, many companies require staff to work overtime.

After watching the movie, I've also decided to cut back on those packaged snacks that I enjoyed so much.

The website lets them vote on questions they want to ask politicians and famous people.

It was said that the farmers worked hard on their own land to produce whatever their families needed.

We can live for many days without eating, but two or three days without water usually leads to death.

Staff have to pick up on the caller's mood and react accordingly.

That means instead of being able to do just one job in life, you are able to do more than one.