2018年6月大学英语四级听力真题第二套-2018年6月大学英语四级听力美文:ParadoxofOurTimes

 【#四六级考试# 导语】英语听力是英语四级考试中的重要组成部分，对于中国的考生，日常英文听说机会少，缺少听力训练，所以在备考大学英语四级时，需要加强对四级听力的训练。针对这一情况，©文档大全网英语四级频道总结为大家整理了《2018年6月大学英语四级听力美文:Paradox of Our Times》一文，希望对大家备考有所帮助，并预祝同学们高分通过考试。

　英语四级听力美文:Paradox of Our Times

　　We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have moredegrees, but less common senses; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, butmore problems; more medicine, but less wellness.

　　We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up toolate, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.

　　We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

　　We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.

　　We have learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.

　　We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.

　　We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

　　We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet thenew neighbor.

　　We have conquered outer space, but not inner space.

　　We've split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, butaccomplish less.

　　We have learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals.

　　We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies, but have lesscommunication.

　　We are long on quantity, but short on quality.

　　These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steepprofits and shallow relationships.

　　More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition; two incomes, but moredivorce; fancier houses, but broken homes.

　　This is a strange and confusing age.

　　There are so many paradoxes in our time that we hardly know who we are, where we are, andwhere to go.

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