英语四级标准听力强化训练(MP3+文本) 第55期:听写(10)

【听力原文】

Nowadays, / more people are using cell phones and there is also an increase in traveling by air. /Naturally, more people want to use their cell phone while traveling by plane. /However, they cannot. /The funny thing is that there has been no evidence of a cell phone signal causing a disturbance in the flight. /If you use their , fixed-line telephone on the plane, /it can be really expensive. /In America, this kind of telephone charges three dollars a minute, /and 15% of the income of the flight comes from the telephone bill. /In 1998, /an Englishman was sent to prison for one year/because he refused to turn off the cell phone. /Last month, a plane suddenly became alarmed and was forced to land. /Investigators found a cell phone in a piece of luggage that had been left on. /Flight crew insisted that using cell phone during the flight is very dangerous, / and many facts support that claim. /Although there is no factual evidence to prove this，/cell phone disturbance can affect the plane in some circumstances.

【核心词汇】

alarm v.报警

charge v.索价

circumstance n.情况;环境

disturbance n.干扰

evidence n.证据

investigator n.调查者

fixed-line telephone 固定电话