剑桥雅思5：Test1雅思听力SECTION 4真题+答案+解析

　　剑桥雅思5：Test1雅思听力SECTION 4真题

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　　oK, so we' ve been looking at the attitudes of various social and cultural groups towards themanagemeni of their personal finances - how important they feel it is to save money, andwhat they save their money for. Onc aspect that we haven't yct considered is gender. So if weconsider gender issues we 're basically asking whether men and women have different attitudestowards saving money. and whether they sav money for diflerent things.

　　好的，所以我们一直在观察不同的社会和文化团体对他们个人财务的态度--他们觉得省钱是多么重要，他们把钱存起来是为了什么。我们还没有考虑到的ONC方面是性别。因此，如果我们考虑到性别问题，我们基本上是在问，男性和女性是否有不同的态度、立场、储蓄，以及他们是否为不同的事情存钱。

　　Back in 1928 the British writer George Bernard Shaw wrute in his intelligent Wonen'sGuide to Sociulism and Capitualism that 'A man is supposed to understand polities.

　　早在1928年，英国作家萧伯纳(GeorgeBernardShaw)在其睿智的“社会主义与资本主义指南”(GuidofSociulisandCapituism)中写道：“一个人应该理解政治。

　　economics and finance and is therefore unwilling to accept essential instruction.' He alsosaid, A woman, having fewer pretensions, is far more willing to lcarn". Now, though thescdays peoplc might question a lot of the assumptions contained in those statements, recentrescarch does suggest that ther are some quite fundamental diferences berween men andwomen in their attitudes 10 economic malters.

　　因此，经济和金融不愿意接受必要的指导。他还说，一个自命不凡的女人，更愿意接受“。如今，尽管人们可能会质疑这些声明中的许多假设，但最近的研究确实表明，这是一些相当基本的区别，伯尔温男女在他们的态度上存在10个经济问题。

　　Let's look at what men and women actually save for. Research studies of women inNorth America have found that women are far more likcly 10 save for their children'seduation and they are also more likcly 10 Save up in order to buy a house one day.

　　让我们看看男人和女人到底存了什么。对北美妇女的研究发现，除了孩子的排泄物外，妇女更喜欢10岁，而且为了某一天买房子，她们也更喜欢储蓄。

　　The sate studies have found that men, on the other hand, tend to save for a car, whichby the way takes a surprisingly large amount of the houschold budget in North America.But the other main priority for men when säving money is their retirement. When they'recarning. they're tar more likely to pul money aside for their old age than women are.

　　研究发现，另一方面，男性倾向于为一辆汽车储蓄，顺便说一句，汽车在北美的预算中占据了惊人的比例。但是，当有钱人退休的时候，男人们的另一个首要任务是退休。当他们回来的时候。她们比女人更容易把钱存起来以备晚年之用。

　　Now this is rather disturbing. bccause in fact the need for womcn to save for their old ageis far greater than for men. Lets consider this for a moment. To start with, it is a fact thatthroughout the world, women are likely to live many years longer than men, so they necdmoncy to support them during this timc. Since women are likely to he the oncs lefi

　　现在，这是相当令人不安的。事实上，女性比男性更需要为自己的老年储蓄。让我们考虑一下这一点。首先，事实上，在世界各地，女性的寿命可能比男性长年，所以她们在这段时间里为了养活自己而结婚。因为女人很有可能

　　without a partner in old age, they may therefore have to pay for nursing carc, becausethcy don't have a spouse to look after them. Furthermore the high divorce rales inNorth America arc creating a poverty cycle t'or women. ht is the divorced women whowill most often have to look after the children and thus they necd more money to lookafter not just themselves bul others

　　没有一个老年伴侣，他们可能不得不支付护理卡，因为没有配偶照顾他们。此外，北美的高离婚率创造了一个贫穷的循环或妇女。Ht是离婚的妇女，她们经常要照顾孩子，因此她们不仅要照顾别人，还要多花钱照顾自己。

　　So what can be done about this situatiọon? The population in North America is likely tocontain an increasing number of elderly women. The rescarch indicates thal al presentfor women it takcs a crisis to make them think about their fulure financial situation.

　　那么，对于这个Situatiọ，我们能做些什么呢?北美洲的人口可能包含越来越多的老年妇女。这一研究表明，女性面临着一场危机，让她们思考自己的财务状况。

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　　But of course this is the very worst time for unyone to make important decisions. Women

　　当然，这是一个人做出重要决定的最糟糕的时候。女人

　　today nced to look ahead. think aheadnot wait until they're under pressure. Even

　　今天NCED展望未来。想想，不要等到他们处于压力之下。平

　　women in their early wenties need to think about pensions, for example, and with

　　例如，早年的女性需要考虑养老金问题。

　　Q37

　　increasing numbers of women in professional positions there are signs that this is

　　越来越多的妇女担任专业职务-有迹象表明

　　beginning to happen. Then ruscarch also suggests that women avoid dealing eflecively

　　开始发生了。然后，鲁斯卡奇还建议女性避免私自交易。

　　with their economic situation because of u lack of confidence. The best way for them to

　　因为你对他们的经济缺乏信心。对他们来说的方法

　　Q38

　　overcome this is by getting themselves properly informed so they are less dependen on

　　克服这一问题的方法是让自己得到适当的信息，这样他们就不会那么依赖。

　　other people's advice. A number of initiatives have been set up to help them do this.

　　别人的建议。为帮助他们做到这一点，已经制定了若干倡议。

　　This College, for example, is one of the educational institutions which olfers night classes

　　例如，这所学院是奥尔弗斯夜校的教育机构之一

　　in Money Managemeni. and increasing numbers of women are enrolling on such courses.

　　在“金钱管理”里。越来越多的妇女报名参加这类课程。

　　Q39

　　Here, they can be given advice on different ways of saving. Many women are unwilling to

　　在这里，他们可以得到关于不同的储蓄方式的建议。许多妇女不愿意

　　invest in stoncks and shares. for instance, but these can be cxtremcly profitable. 1 is usually

　　投资于石头和股票。举个例子，但这些都是有利可图的。1通常是

　　advised thal at least 70% of a person's savings should be in low-risk investments bu for

　　建议一个人至少有70%的储蓄应该用于低风险投资。

　　Q40

　　the rest, financial adivisors ofien advise laking some well-informed risks. Initiatives such

　　其余的，金融顾问建议，要防范一些消息灵通的风险.这样的举措

　　as this can give women the economie skills and knowledge they need for a comfortable,

　　因为这能给女性提供她们所需的经济技能和知识，

　　independent retirement.

　　独立退休。

　　The increasing proportion of elderly women in the population is likely to have other economicconsequences

　　老年妇女在人口中所占比例的增加可能会产生其他经济后果。

　　SECTION 4 Questions 31-40

　　Questions 31-35

　　Complete the sentences below.

　　Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each unswer.

　　31According to Gcorge Bernard Shaw, men are supposed to understand economics and finance.

　　32 However, womcn are more prepared to ...... about them.

　　33 Women tend to save for ....... and a housc.

　　34 Men tend to save for ....... and for retirement.

　　35 Women who are left alone may have to pay for ....... when they are old.

　　Questions 36 40

　　Complete the sunmary below.

　　Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

剑桥雅思5：Test1雅思听力SECTION 4真题答案