考试英语听力材料（高考）32 独白

2020年高考（上海卷）英语听力 短文（1）

Every year in the U.S. about 133 million pounds of food goes to waste.

在美国，每年大约有1.33亿磅食物被浪费掉。

A lot of it is fruits and vegetables, like three legged carrots, and fought strawberries.

其中很多是水果和蔬菜，比如三条腿的胡萝卜和草莓。

They are deserted simply because they are not pretty enough to be displayed on store shelves.

之所以被遗弃，仅仅是因为它们外形不够美观，不能陈列在商店的货架上。

If you look at the big picture, about a third of the planet's food goes to waste for the same reason.

如果从大局来看，地球上大约三分之一的食物都因为同样的原因被丢弃了。

That's enough to feed 2 billion people. Now, a company called Imperfect Me is trying to change that situation.

这些食物足够养活20亿人。现在，一家名为Imperfect Me的公司正试图改变这种状况。

The company collects ugly fruits and vegetables from farmers and markets and sells them to local residents at a deep discount.

该公司从农民和市场上收集卖相不佳的水果和蔬菜，然后以极低的价格卖给当地居民。

It can be 30 to 50% of the regular price. Similar campaigns are underway in places like Boston, as well as Portugal and the UK.

售价可以是原价的30%到50%。波士顿、葡萄牙和英国等地也正在进行类似的活动。

For now, most chain supermarkets don't carry ugly fruits and vegetables.

目前，大多数连锁超市都不出售外形不佳的水果和蔬菜。

But Steve Clark's of Imperfect Me hopes the supermarkets will come around because customers want such food.

但Imperfect Me公司的史蒂夫·克拉克希望超市能改变观念，因为顾客想要这样的食物。

He says it is really easy to convince people when they realize they can pay a lower price to get the same kind of taste and health.

他说，当人们知道低价就能收获同样的味道和健康时，说服他们真的不是问题。

2020年高考（上海卷）英语听力 短文（2）

A city in England has started an ambitious plan to plant as many as 1 million trees every year for the next decade.

英国一座城市已经启动了一项雄心勃勃的计划，在未来十年里每年要种植多达一百万棵树。

The project is called the City of Trees. Project director Tony Brown explained that the green venture has three main aims.

这个项目被称为“树城”。项目主管托尼·布朗解释说，这个绿色项目有三个主要目标。

He said, One is to plant a tree for every man, woman, and child over the next decade.

他说，一个是在未来十年为每一位男性、女性和孩子种一棵树。

Next,we are very much focused on bringing existing woodland into management

其次，我们非常注重将现有林地纳入管理，

because it doesn't make any sense to plant new woodland if you can't manage what you've got already.

因为如果无法管理已有的林地，那么种植新的林地就没有任何意义。

Finally,we want to engage people a lot more in their natural environment that is implanting trees in managing areas.

最后，我们想让人们更多地参与到自然环境中来，比如在管理区域种植树木。

And in understanding more about the benefits that trees and woodlands bring to our society,

为了进一步了解树木和林地给社会带来的效益，

Mr.Brown further outlined the reasons for the recently launched environmental project.

布朗先生进一步阐述了最近发起这项环保工程的原因。

He said our city wants to be a world class region.

他说，我们的城市要成为一个世界级的地区。

We have a lot of fantastic economic development going on, but the natural environment needs to keep up with that.

我们有很多惊人的经济发展，但自然环境也不能掉队。

He believes the project will reconnect people with trees and the natural world, provide benefits to health and reduce stress.

他相信，这个项目将使人们重新与树木和自然世界联系起来，对健康有益，也能减轻压力。

He said "woodlands can do great things in terms of air pollution reduction and can help to protect against noise pollution.

他说：“林地在减轻空气污染和防止噪音污染方面的作用十分显著。

They can also help cities and towns reduce the urban heat island effect and flooding".

还可以帮助城镇缓解城市热岛效应和洪水灾害。”