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剑桥雅思 17 Test 1 Part 3 Transcript / 听力原文
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So, Tim, we have to do a short summary of our work experience on a farm.
所以，蒂姆，我们必须对我们在农场的工作经历做一个简短的总结。
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Right. My farm was great,
正确的。我的农场很棒，
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but arranging the work experience was hard.
但安排工作经验却很困难。
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One problem was it was miles away and I don't drive.
一个问题是距离很远，而且我不开车。
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And also, I'd really wanted a placement for a month,
而且，我真的很想要一个月的实习机会，
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but I could only get one for two weeks.
但我只能得到两周的时间。
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I was lucky,
我很幸运，
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the farmer let me stay on the farm so I didn't have to travel.
农民让我留在农场，这样我就不用去旅行了。
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But finding the right sort of farm to apply to wasn't easy.
但找到适合申请的农场并不容易。
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No, they don't seem to have websites, do they.
不，他们似乎没有网站，是吗？
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I found mine through a friend of my mother's, but it wasn't easy.
我通过母亲的一个朋友找到了我的，但这并不容易。
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No.
不。
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My farm was mostly livestock, especially sheep.
我的农场主要饲养牲畜，尤其是羊。
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I really enjoyed helping out with them.
我真的很喜欢帮助他们。
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I was up most of one night helping a sheep deliver a lamb...
有一天晚上，我几乎没睡，帮一只羊接生一只小羊……
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On your own?
靠你自己吗？
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No, the farmer was there,
不，农夫在那里，
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and he told me what to do.
他告诉我该怎么做。
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It wasn't a straightforward birth, but I managed.
这不是一个简单的出生，但我成功了。
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It was a great feeling to see the lamb stagger to its feet and start feeding almost straightaway,
看到小羊踉踉跄跄地站起来并几乎立即开始进食，这种感觉真是太棒了，
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and to know that it was OK.
并知道一切都好。
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Then another time a lamb had broken its leg,
还有一次，一只羔羊摔断了腿，
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and they got the vet in to set it,
他们请兽医来设置它，
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and he talked me through what he was doing.
他向我讲述了他正在做的事情。
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That was really useful.
这真的很有用。
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Yes, my farm had sheep too.
是的，我的农场也有羊。
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The farm was in a valley and they had a lowland breed called Suffolks,
农场在一个山谷里，他们养了一种叫萨福克的低地品种，
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although the farmer said they'd had other breeds in the past.
尽管农民说他们过去也养过其他品种。
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So were they bred for their meat?
那么它们是为了吃肉而被饲养的吗？
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Mostly, yes.
大多数情况下，是的。
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They're quite big and solid.
它们非常大而且坚固。
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My farm was up in the hills and they had a different breed of sheep,
我的农场在山上，他们养着不同品种的羊，
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they were Cheviots.
他们是切维厄特。
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Oh, I heard their wool's really sought after.
哦，我听说他们的羊毛很受欢迎。
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Yes. It's very hardwearing and they use it for carpets.
是的。它非常耐磨，他们用它来制作地毯。
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Right.
正确的。
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I was interested in the amount of supplements they add to animals' feed nowadays.
我对现在动物饲料中添加的补充剂数量感兴趣。
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Like, even the chickens got extra vitamins and electrolytes in their feed.
就像，甚至鸡的饲料中也含有额外的维生素和电解质。
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Yes, I found that too.
是的，我也发现了。
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And they're not cheap.
而且它们并不便宜。
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But my farmer said some are overpriced for what they are.
但我的农民说有些东西的价格过高。
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And he didn't give them as a matter of routine,
他并没有把它们当作例行公事，
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just at times when the chickens seemed to particularly require them.
就在鸡似乎特别需要它们的时候。
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Yes, mine said the same.
是的，我的也这么说。
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He said certain breeds of chickens might need more supplements than the others,
他说某些品种的鸡可能比其他品种的鸡需要更多的补充剂，
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but the cheap and expensive ones are all basically the same.
但便宜的和贵的基本上都是一样的。
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So did your farm have any other livestock, Diana?
那么你的农场还有其他牲畜吗，戴安娜？
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Yes, dairy cows.
是的，奶牛。
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I made a really embarrassing mistake when I was working in the milk shed.
我在奶棚工作时犯了一个非常尴尬的错误。
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Some cows had been treated with antibiotics,
一些奶牛接受了抗生素治疗，
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so their milk wasn't suitable for human consumption,
所以他们的牛奶不适合人类食用，
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and it had to be put in a separate container.
并且必须将其放入单独的容器中。
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But I got mixed up,
但我却搞混了
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and I poured some milk from the wrong cow in with the milk for humans,
我把一些来自错误奶牛的牛奶与人类牛奶一起倒入，
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so the whole lot had to be thrown away.
所以所有的东西都必须扔掉。
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The farmer wasn't too happy with me.
农夫对我不太满意。
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I asked my farmer how much he depended on the vet to deal with health problems.
我问我的农民他在多大程度上依赖兽医来解决健康问题。
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I'd read reports that the livestock's health is being affected
我读过有关牲畜健康受到影响的报道
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as farmers are under pressure to increase production.
因为农民面临着增加产量的压力。
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Well, he didn't agree with that,
嗯，他不同意，
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but he said that actually some of the stuff the vets do, like minor operations,
但他说实际上兽医所做的一些事情，比如小手术，
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he'd be quite capable of doing himself.
他完全有能力自己做事。
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Yeah. My farmer said the same.
是的。我的农夫也这么说。
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But he reckons vets' skills are still needed.
但他认为仍然需要兽医的技能。
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Now we've got to give a bit of feedback about last term's modules,
现在我们必须对上学期的模块提供一些反馈，
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just short comments, apparently.
显然只是简短的评论。
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Shall we do that now?
我们现在就这样做吗？
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OK.
好的。
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So medical terminology.
所以医学术语。
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Well, my heart sank when I saw that,
嗯，看到这里我的心就沉了下去
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especially right at the beginning of the course.
尤其是在课程开始时。
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And I did struggle with it.
我确实为此挣扎过。
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I thought it'd be hard,
我以为会很难
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but actually I found it all quite straightforward.
但实际上我发现这一切都很简单。
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What did you think about diet and nutrition?
您对饮食和营养有何看法？
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OK, I suppose.
好吧，我想。
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Do you remember what they told us about pet food
你还记得他们告诉我们关于宠物食品的事吗
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and the fact that there's such limited checking into whether or not it's contaminated?
事实上，对它是否受到污染的检查如此有限？
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I mean in comparison with the checks on food for humans,
我的意思是与对人类食品的检查相比，
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I thought that was terrible.
我觉得那太可怕了。
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I think the module that really impressed me was the animal disease one,
我认为最让我印象深刻的是动物疾病模块，
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when we looked at domesticated animals in different parts of the world,
当我们观察世界不同地区的驯养动物时，
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like camels and water buffalo and alpaca.
比如骆驼、水牛和羊驼。
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The economies of so many countries depend on these,
许多国家的经济依赖于这些，
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but scientists don't know much about the diseases that affect them.
但科学家们对影响他们的疾病知之甚少。
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Yes,
是的，
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I thought they'd know a lot about ways of controlling and eradicating those diseases,
我以为他们知道很多关于控制和根除这些疾病的方法，
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but that's not the case at all.
但事实并非如此。
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I loved the wildlife medication unit.
我喜欢野生动物药物部门。
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Things like helping birds that have been caught in oil spills.
比如帮助在漏油事件中被捕的鸟类。
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That's something I hadn't thought about before.
这是我以前没有想到的。
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Yeah, I thought I might write my dissertation on something connected with that.
是的，我想我可以写一些与此相关的论文。
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Right. So, actually I was thinking...
正确的。所以，其实我在想...
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