2014年3月中级口译听力真题完整版（含音频）

1. According to some research, men visit the doctor less frequently over their life times than women. And they have a shorter life expectancy.
研究表明，和女性相比，男性一生中看医生的次数较少，所以他们的寿命也较短。

2. This is the age of more. We have more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety. We have entered a world of excess and age of over abundance.
这是一个什么都变得更多的时代。我们有更多的选择，更多消耗，更多乐趣，更激烈的竞争和更多的焦虑。我们进入了一个“超额”的世界和“过量”的时代。

3. Television has been called a source of information, a means of entertainment, and is especially by its severest critics, a plug-in and an electronic drug.
电视被认为是一种信息源，一种娱乐方式，也被最严厉的批评家认为是一个插座和电子毒药。

4. Nearly half of the houses in Britain are owned by the people who live in them. About 1/3 are owned by the local authorities and the rest are rented from private owners.
在英国，几乎一半的房子由房屋所有者居住，大约1/3由当地政府居住，其余的由私人房主出租。

5. We live longer lives now. In fact, by 2036, it is estimated that older people 65 years and older will account for 1/5 of the population.
如今，我们寿命更长。事实是，预计到2036年，达到并超过65岁的老人会占到总人口的1/5。