新编四级听力练习 第257期

答案解析：
36. empty-handed
解析：empty-handed a. 空手的，徒手的；定语从句who go home empty-handed，用来修饰Academy Award nominees（奥斯卡奖提名者）。注意：empty和handed之间要有连字符。
37. productive
解析：和successful并列，本题和下一题都应是形容词。productive a. 能产的，多产的。
38. respected
解析：respected 令人尊敬的。不要写成动词respect。
39. health
解析：根据前面的形容词比较级better，此处应填名词。千万别画蛇添足，加个y。
40. occupation
解析：别少写一个c。
41. improved
解析：注意用过去分词作定语，另外，不要当成approved或proved。
42. information
解析：速记的时候，可用其缩写形式info，最后补全。
43. awards
解析：根据后面的were可知，此处需要一个复数名词，不要漏了词尾s；也不要写成rewards（酬劳，奖金）。
44. 标准答案：To explain the puzzling findings, he offered two theories
听音关键：explain, puzzling, findings, offered two theories
答案重构：(1) He offered two theories to explain the confusing findings
(2) The findings were confusing, so he put forth two theories to explain them
画龙点睛：原词照搬时，需要注意findings, theories用复数形式，offered是过去时。puzzling可以用confusing替换。
45. 标准答案：meaning they smoke more, exercise less, and work a lot of late-night hours, which translates into not enough sleep
听音关键：smoke more, exercise less, work a lot of late-night hours, not enough sleep
答案重构：(1) meaning they smoke more, exercise less, work much at night and get insufficient sleep
(2) meaning more cigarettes, less exercise, much night work and insufficient sleep
画龙点睛：meaning作后置定语，相当于which means。句中meaning后面是宾语从句，smoke, exercise, work三个谓语动词并列。听写时要注意语法关系正确。translate into表示“转化为、意味着”。改写时可以把meaning后的宾语从句改为名词成分，把which引导的定语从句提升为并列的谓语。
46. 标准答案：and as a consequence your success may lead you to more alcohol, more parties, and more fatness
听音关键：consequence, success, lead to, more alcohol, parties, fatness
答案重构：(1) and as a result your success may mean that you will drink more wine, have more parties, and become fatter
(2) and so you may drink more alcohol, have more parties and become fatter because of your success
画龙点睛：要注意consequence, alcohol, fatness等词的拼写。若没有把握，可以用同义词替换，如用result, wine, fat来表达。原句lead to后面的名词可以用动词形式改写。