2006年12月23日英语新四级听力原文文字版_大学英语听力

2006年12月23日英语新四级听力原文文字版

　　M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults?

　　W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one. But I never really imagine a target audience when Im writing. The ideas come first. So it really depends on the ideas that grasp me next.

　　M: where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from?

　　Ive no ideas where the ideas came from. And I hope Ill never find out. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform.

　　M: How did you come up with the names of your characters?

　　I invented some of them. But I also collected strange names. Ive got one from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memoirs and people I met.

　　M: Oh, you are really resourceful.

　　Questions:

　　22. What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowlings first book?

　　23. Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very lucky?

　　24. What dictates Miss Rowlings writing?

　　25. According to Miss Rowling where did she get the ideas for the Harry Porter books?

　　Passage 1

　　Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day. According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports, yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material，learning new lessons and completing high-quality work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention. The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children. Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well-functioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the studys lead author. So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration. If we dont ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns in kids struggling academically, then we arent doing our job, Forlone said. For parents, he said, the message is simple, getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time.