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高级口译0509听力原文汇总合集（1）

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　　高级口译0509听力原文汇总合集（1）

　　Part A: Spot Dictation

　　For many observers of U.S. life and culture, to say America is to say immigration. In fact, immigration is such _______ (1) of the United States that in many ways it is impossible to study one _______ (2). Yet, as government policy has changed to _______ (3), the number of people arriving in the States has _______ (4). In 1840, for example, _______ (5) people immigrated to this country. However, this number rose steadily, until in 1880, _______ (6) immigrants arrived in the U.S. This figure climbed even higher around 1900, reaching a peak of _______(7) immigrants. In the 1930s, partly as a result of _______(8), it dropped to half a million immigrants, but _______ (9), it began to rise once again, reaching 6.3 million _______ (10). This trend will probably continue through the twenty-first century. An interesting fact to consider is _______ (11). In the early part of the century, _______ (12) came from Northern and Western Europe. But in the latter part of the twentieth century, immigrants came from other places: _______ (13) from Asia, 35% from Latin America, 3% from Northern Europe, and 7% from _______ (14), the rest from North America, and other places. Of course, every one of these millions of immigrants has had to deal with _______(15) - the task of finding their niche in the U.S. The traditional view of immigration was assimilation, or the "melting pot" approach. This means that the immigrant group adapts to _______ (16). There is a blending of values and lifestyles of immigrants with the mainstream. Another, more recent model _______ (17). This describes a society in which many cultures live side by side, _______ (18). This model resembles a salad bowl, in which many ingredients are present, but distinct from each other, _______ (19). Either way, the challenges society faces and the need to _______ (20) into the country can only become more important in the twenty-first century.

　　参考答案

　　1. an integral part

　　1. the composition of the immigrant population

　　2. without studying the other

　　2. 95% of all immigrants

　　3. accept more or fewer immigrants

　　13. close to 50%
　
　　4. varied from year to year

　　11. Southern and Eastern Europe

　　5. less than 2 million

　　15. the problem of adaptation

　　6. over 5 million

　　16. the core or mainstream culture

　　7. 8.8 million

　　17. is multi-culturalism

　　8. restrict of laws

　　18. but do not mix

　　9. after World War II

　　19. preserving their own flavor or identity

　　10. in the 1980s

　　20. incorporate young immigrants

　　本文选自新东方口译名师裴晓栋的blog,blog链接地址：http://blog.hjenglish.com/peixiaodong