英語聽力是英語四六級考試中的重要組成部分，對于中國的考生，日常英文聽說機會少，缺少聽力訓(xùn)練，所以在備考大學(xué)英語四六級時，需要加強對聽力的訓(xùn)練。針對這一情況，英語四六級頻道為大家整理了聽力短文，供學(xué)員參考使用。預(yù)祝大家高分通過考試。
英語四級聽力美文展示：Medicine for a Broken Heart
Within my group of friends, when one of us is struggling with a recent breakup after a long-term relationship, the castaway will be sad and depressed. The response to sadness takes oneof two courses —either appetite fails totally, or we eat excessively to quell our yearnings overlost loves. If one of the girls in my dorm wants to indulge her appetite for food after abreakup, we all join in.
We all eat terrible food in terrible quantities. For instance, ice cream, cakes, cookies and potatochips all become comfort foods that we consume in excess. I think this happens for a varietyof reasons.
To begin with, at my age — nineteen —we are all very concerned with our physicalappearance.
We want to be attractive,to have the kind of body image our society values. To that end, wemoderate what kinds of foods we eat, how much, and how often; and we often overexert ourselves at the gym trying to burn off extracalories. We maintain good habits to keep up good appearance and thereby maintain a goodrelationship.
However, when anyone experiences something as stressful and emotionally draining as abroken heart, he or she tends to disregard healthy habits and takes some pleasure inconsuming those formerly forbidden foods.
Of course, it is all a vicious circle. We lose our boyfriends, we become depressed, we eat, wegain weight (which, in turn, depresses us), we struggle to regain our self-respect, we enter intoanother relationship, and the cycle goes on.
Food is not the only recourse for a sad lover.
One friend of mine soothes her broken heart by going shopping — buying new clothes and newshoes, maybe a piece of jewelry — to make herself feel better. Whether it’s food or shopping, self-indulgence is often goodmedicine for the blues, if it is not carried to excess. The worst response is turning to alcoholor drugs.
2018年12月大學(xué)英語四級聽力美文100篇