大连海事大学《考研英语》Unit Nine listening script and keys.doc

Unit Nine Man of Time Part One Warm-up Listening Florence Nightingale Task One Years Experiences On 12 May, 1820 She was born and named after the city of her birth. In 1837 She felt that God was calling her to do some work, and then she developed an interest in nursing, which was quite against her parents’ will. In 1851 Her parents finally relented and she went to Kaiserwerth in Germany for three months nursing training. In 1853 She became superintendent of a hospital for gentlewomen in Harley Street. In 1854 The Crimean War began and the war minister asked her to oversee a team of nurses in the military hospitals in Turkey. Finally, she greatly improved the conditions and reduced the mortality rate. In 1856 She returned to England. In 1860 She established the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas Hospital in London. In 1910 She died. Task Two （略） Part Two Focus Listening Speech at the Unveiling of Nelson Mandela’s Statue Task One two decades ago; only a street away from where tens of thousands over the years demonstrated for the release of Nelson Mandela this statue is a beacon of hope that sends round the world the most powerful of messages that no injustice can last for ever Always respectful of everyone, subservient to no one. Both these great leaders tell us that by our common endeavours we can abolish poverty and illiteracy and become the first generation in history to ensure every child in every continent has the right to education. Winston Churchill, who led us in the defeat of fascism, Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator, Nelson Mandela, the great liberator of people Task Two Today let me on behalf of all the people of our country welcome you to Britain. The man who will be remembered forever as the leader who ended apartheid. The man whom no prison cell, no intimidation, no violence, no show trial and no threat of execution could ever silence. A man whose belief in the future was so powerful that not even 27 years be