大学英语精读听力预备级 less12
日期:2009-11-02
[00:00.00]Lesson 12 The Perfect match (Part one)
[00:07.18]I walked into the office and shook hans with a smiling man named Mr.White.
[00:13.95]He was dressed very well,compared to me.
[00:18.31]There was a pile of papers on his desk.
[00:22.57]"I'm sure you'll be very pleased with her,"he said.
[00:27.43]"She was picked by our computer out of more than ten million women in the United States.
[00:34.48]We divided them into groups according to race,religion and social background."
[00:41.56] I sat there interestedly.
[00:45.22] In many parts of the world,
[00:48.56]a young person's hasband or wife is chosen by the person's parents.
[00:55.20]In the United States,on the contrary,
[00:59.56]the choice is usually made by the young people themselves.
[01:04.89]But now it is said that certain companies can help a young person
[01:11.05]in search of the right husband or wife.
[01:15.42]Such a company collects a great deal of information about each man or woman,
[01:22.57]if they are interested in marrying,and puts the information on a card.
[01:29.23]They call it an IBM card.
[01:33.18]All the cards are then arranged by computer.
[01:37.85]The theory is that such a machine can make the best decision
[01:43.60]a bout matching the right man with the right woman
[01:48.56]because machine are not influenced by human feelings.
[01:54.13]So the young persons are encouraged to pay such companies for a perfect match.
[02:01.18] "And now--" Mr.White said.
[02:05.05]He suddenly opened the door to the next room,and I got a surprise.
[02:11.21] She was pretty. Really,she was!
[02:15.76]I regretted not having taken a bath and dressed inmy Sunday best.
[02:21.53] "Mr.Walker," he began to introduce,
[02:26.08]"this is Miss Alice Dunfield.Miss Dunfield,this is Mr.Franklin Walker."
[02:34.33] "Call me Frank. Nobody calls me Franklin,"I said.
[02:39.97]I was a little excited,but pretended to be calm.
[02:45.15]She was pretty,you see.
[02:48.31] Mr.White went out,and we were left alone.
[02:52.88] "Hello," I said. "Hello," she answered.
[02:57.74] "I'm --- I'm very pleased with the choice,"I said,
[03:02.60]I was trying to be careful of my words.
[03:06.85]Maybe she didn't like being called a choice.
[03:11.40]" I mean-- I'm glad the way things turned out."
[03:15.76] She smiled.She had a nice smile.Good teeth.
[03:20.93] "Thank you,"She said."So am I."She was excited,too.
[03:26.99] "I'm thirty-one,"I told her.
[03:30.44]"Yes,I know,"She said."it's all on the cards."
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[00:07.18]I walked into the office and shook hans with a smiling man named Mr.White.
[00:13.95]He was dressed very well,compared to me.
[00:18.31]There was a pile of papers on his desk.
[00:22.57]"I'm sure you'll be very pleased with her,"he said.
[00:27.43]"She was picked by our computer out of more than ten million women in the United States.
[00:34.48]We divided them into groups according to race,religion and social background."
[00:41.56] I sat there interestedly.
[00:45.22] In many parts of the world,
[00:48.56]a young person's hasband or wife is chosen by the person's parents.
[00:55.20]In the United States,on the contrary,
[00:59.56]the choice is usually made by the young people themselves.
[01:04.89]But now it is said that certain companies can help a young person
[01:11.05]in search of the right husband or wife.
[01:15.42]Such a company collects a great deal of information about each man or woman,
[01:22.57]if they are interested in marrying,and puts the information on a card.
[01:29.23]They call it an IBM card.
[01:33.18]All the cards are then arranged by computer.
[01:37.85]The theory is that such a machine can make the best decision
[01:43.60]a bout matching the right man with the right woman
[01:48.56]because machine are not influenced by human feelings.
[01:54.13]So the young persons are encouraged to pay such companies for a perfect match.
[02:01.18] "And now--" Mr.White said.
[02:05.05]He suddenly opened the door to the next room,and I got a surprise.
[02:11.21] She was pretty. Really,she was!
[02:15.76]I regretted not having taken a bath and dressed inmy Sunday best.
[02:21.53] "Mr.Walker," he began to introduce,
[02:26.08]"this is Miss Alice Dunfield.Miss Dunfield,this is Mr.Franklin Walker."
[02:34.33] "Call me Frank. Nobody calls me Franklin,"I said.
[02:39.97]I was a little excited,but pretended to be calm.
[02:45.15]She was pretty,you see.
[02:48.31] Mr.White went out,and we were left alone.
[02:52.88] "Hello," I said. "Hello," she answered.
[02:57.74] "I'm --- I'm very pleased with the choice,"I said,
[03:02.60]I was trying to be careful of my words.
[03:06.85]Maybe she didn't like being called a choice.
[03:11.40]" I mean-- I'm glad the way things turned out."
[03:15.76] She smiled.She had a nice smile.Good teeth.
[03:20.93] "Thank you,"She said."So am I."She was excited,too.
[03:26.99] "I'm thirty-one,"I told her.
[03:30.44]"Yes,I know,"She said."it's all on the cards."
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