英语作文四、六级考试万能作文 22Band4Junuary1994（在线收听）

[00:00.00]The World Is Getting Smaller and Smalle

[00:03.87]With the rapid development of technology,modern means of transportation is more and more advance

[00:11.44]For instance,in 6000 BC,the fastest transportation available to man over long distances was the camel caravan,averaging eight miles per hou

[00:25.55]With the passage of time,there appeared ships,cars,trains,even planes,whose speed can surpass that of soun

[00:34.93]And it can carry peole anywhere they want to go within quite a short tim

[00:42.08]It is amazing that"The world is getting smaller and smaller

[00:48.59]Have you noticed that great changes have taken place in our daily lif

[00:53.94]We can buy commodities produced in the U.S.without going abroad;we are meeting with more and more foreigners on the stree

[01:03.16]we can talk with friends through the Internet in another continen

[01:08.52]Indeed,the contact among distant people is more and more frequen

[01:14.92]To draw a conclusion,the size of the world is what it used to be,but deep in people's hearts,it seems to be getting smaller and smaller.