英语四级听力-短对话 229

 

Test 7Section CThe World Health Organization says people need more information about how to (36) ______ use traditional medicines. The W.H.O. now has guidelines¹ to suggest ways for public health officials to develop that information. The health agency² is part of the United Nations.

Up to eighty percent of people in (37) ______ countries depend on traditional medicines. More and more people in (38) ______ countries use them too. But the W.H.O. notes that just because products are natural does not always mean they are safe. It says reports of bad reactions have increased (39) ______ in the last few years.

In China, for example, about ten-thousand harmful drug reactions were reported in 2002. There were just four-thousand (40) ______ reported between 1990 and 1999. Traditional medicines are made from plants, animal products and (41) ______ . The health agency says they remain largely³ outside government control.

In most countries, traditional medicines can be (42) ______ without a doctor's order. Sometimes they are (43) ______ by friends or by the patients themselves. (44) _____________________________________________________ . Lee Jong-wook is Director-General of the organization. Doctor Lee says (45) ____________________________________________________ . But he says governments should have the tools to make sure people get the best information.

Under the new guidelines, traditional healers would have to be skilled⁴. And they would have to be listed with the government. Also, people would have to be informed about how and where to report problems. Doctor Lee says (46) ___________________________________________________________________________ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

答案解析：

36. safely解析：动词前面要用副词，safe后的ly不要漏掉。

37. developing解析：developing countries“发展中国家”；developed countries“发达国家”。

38. wealthy解析：注意不要少了y。

39. sharply解析：用来修饰动词increased，要用副词，increase sharply表示“急剧上升”，也是常用搭配。

40. cases解析：case在此表示“病例”，不要误听成kisses。

41. minerals解析：与plants，animal products并列，需要名词复数形式。

42. purchased解析：被动语态，-ed千万别漏掉。元音字母不要写错。

43. prepared解析：prepared a. 准备好；不要漏掉-ed。

44. 标准答案：The W.H.O. says this situation raises concerns about the quality of treatments and the lack of professional supervision⁵听音关键：W.H.O. says，this situation raises concerns，quality of treatments，lack of professional supervision答案重构：The W.H.O. says the situation makes people worry about the quality of treatments, and more professional supervision may be needed画龙点睛：原词听写时，须注意quality of treatments和lack of professional supervision是concerns about的宾语。此外要注意单复数、时态一致。

45. 标准答案：the W.H.O. supports the use of traditional medicines when they have been shown to help and to have few risks听音关键：the W.H.O.，supports，traditional medicines，shown to help and to have few risks答案重构：the W.H.O. supports the use of traditional medicines when they have proved helpful and safe画龙点睛：原词听写时，须注意supports，medicines，few risks等词的形式。

46. 标准答案：governments can also use the guidelines to create media campaigns about the issue听音关键：governments，guidelines，create media campaigns about the issue答案重构：governments can also use the guidelines, and try to inform the public of the issue through the media画龙点睛：governments和guidelines在短文中均有出现，不会太难。campaign则是一个非常容易拼写错误的词，而且一时之间很难找到它的同义替换表达，需要平时留意。

1 guidelines   

n.指导方针，准则

参考例句：

• The government has drawn up guidelines on the treatment of the mentally ill. 政府制订了对待精神病人的指导方针。
• Planners seem a little uncomfortable with the current government guidelines. 规划师似乎不太接受现行的政府指道方针。

2 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

3 largely   

adv.大部分，主要地

参考例句：

• It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。
• Their conclusions were largely founded on guesswork.他们的结论大部份基于猜测。

4 skilled   

adj.(in)熟练的，有技能的；需要技能的

参考例句：

• Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.无技能的工人通常比有技能的工人挣钱少。
• She was skilled enough in French to translate a novel.她法语娴熟，足以翻译小说。

5 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。