The Underground House劍橋雅思9-聽力原文翻譯及答案解析

一、The Underground House聽力原文：

Good morning.

In the last few lectures I've been talking about the history of domestic building construction.

But today I want to begin looking at some contemporary,experimental designs for housing.

So,I'm going to start with a house which is constructed more or less under the ground.

And one of the interesting things about this project is that the owners-both professionals but not architects-wanted to be closely involved,so they decided to manage the project themselves.

Their chief aim was to create somewhere that was as environmentally-friendly as possible.

But at the same time they wanted to live somewhere peaceful—they'd both grown up in a rural area and disliked urban life.

So the first thing they did was to look for a site.

And they found a disused stone quarry in a beautiful area.

The price was relatively low,and they liked the idea of recycling the land,as it were.

As it was,the quarry was an ugly blot on the landscape,and it wasn't productive any longer,either.

They consulted various architects and looked at a number of designs before finally deciding on one.

As I've said,it was a design for a sort of underground house,and it was built into the earth itself,with two storeys.

The north,east and west sides were set in the earth,and only the sloping,south-facing side was exposed to light.

That was made of a double layer of very strong glass.

There were also photovoltaic tiles fixed to the top and bottom of this sloping wall.

These are tiles that are designed to store energy from the sun.

And the walls had a layer of foam around them too,to increase the insulation.

Now,what is of interest to us about this project is the features which make the building energy-efficient.

Sunlight floods in through the glass wall,and to maximise it there are lots of mirrors and windows inside the house.

That helps to spread the light around.

So that's the first thing-light is utilised as fully as possible.

In addition,the special tiles on the outside convert energy from the sun and generate some of the house's electricity.

In fact,and it’s possible that in future the house may even generate an electricity surplus,and that the owners will be able to sell some to the national grid.

As well as that,wherever possible,recycled materials have been used.

For example,the floors are made of reclaimed wood.

And the owners haven't bought a single item of new furniture-they just kept what they already had.

And then there's the system for dealing with the waste produced in the house.

This is dealt with organically-it's purified by being filtered through reed beds which have been planted for that purpose in the garden.

So the occupants of the house won't pollute the land or use any damaging chemicals.

It's true that the actual construction of the house was harmful to the environment,mainly because they had to use massive amounts of concrete-one of the biggest sources of carbon dioxide in manufacturing.

And as you know,this is very damaging to the environment.

In total,the house construction has released 70 tons of carbon dioxide into the air.

Now that's a frightening thought.

However,once the initial'debt'has been cleared-and it's been calculated that this will only take fifteen years-this underground house won't cost anything-environ mentally I mean-because unlike ordinary houses,it is run in a way that is completely environmentally friendly.

So,eco-housing like this is likely to become much more...

二、The Underground House聽力中文翻譯：

早上好

在過去的幾節(jié)課中，我一直在談?wù)搰鴥?nèi)建筑建設(shè)的歷史。

但今天我想開始看一些當(dāng)代的實驗性住房設(shè)計。

所以，我將從一座或多或少建在地下的房子開始。

這個項目的一個有趣之處是，業(yè)主們——包括專業(yè)人員，但不是建筑師——都想密切參與，所以他們決定自己管理這個項目。

他們的主要目標(biāo)是創(chuàng)造一個盡可能環(huán)保的地方。

但與此同時，他們希望生活在和平的地方——他們都在農(nóng)村長大，不喜歡城市生活。

所以他們做的第一件事就是尋找一個網(wǎng)站。

他們在一個美麗的地區(qū)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個廢棄的采石場。

價格相對較低，他們喜歡回收土地的想法。

事實上，采石場是景觀上一個丑陋的污點，它也不再有生產(chǎn)力了。

他們咨詢了不同的建筑師，研究了許多設(shè)計，最后決定了一個。

正如我所說，這是一種地下房屋的設(shè)計，它被建造在地下，有兩層。

北面、東面和西面都埋在地下，只有朝南傾斜的一面暴露在陽光下。

那是由雙層非常堅固的玻璃制成的。

在這面傾斜的墻的頂部和底部還安裝了光伏瓦。

這些瓷磚是用來儲存太陽能量的。

墻壁周圍也有一層泡沫，以增加隔熱性。

現(xiàn)在，我們對這個項目感興趣的是使建筑節(jié)能的特點。

陽光透過玻璃墻照射進(jìn)來，為了最大限度地利用它，房子里有很多鏡子和窗戶。

這有助于傳播光線。

因此，這是第一件事——盡可能充分利用光線。

此外，屋外的特殊瓷磚將太陽能轉(zhuǎn)化為電能，并產(chǎn)生部分房屋電力。

事實上，將來這所房子甚至有可能產(chǎn)生多余的電力，業(yè)主可以將部分電力出售給國家電網(wǎng)。

此外，盡可能使用可回收材料。

例如，地板是由再生木材制成的。

業(yè)主們還沒有買一件新家具——他們只是保留了他們已有的家具。

還有一個處理房子里產(chǎn)生的廢物的系統(tǒng)。

這是有機(jī)處理的——它通過在花園中種植的蘆葦床進(jìn)行過濾凈化。

所以房子的主人不會污染土地或使用任何有害的化學(xué)物質(zhì)。

的確，房屋的實際建造對環(huán)境有害，主要是因為他們不得不使用大量的混凝土——這是制造業(yè)中最大的二氧化碳來源之一。

正如你所知，這對環(huán)境非常有害。

總的來說，房屋建筑向空氣中釋放了70噸二氧化碳。

這是一個可怕的想法。

然而，一旦最初的“債務(wù)”得到清償——據(jù)計算，這只需要15年——這座地下房屋將不會花費任何費用——我的意思是環(huán)境方面的費用——因為與普通房屋不同，它是以完全環(huán)保的方式運行的。

所以，像這樣的生態(tài)住宅可能會變得更加。

三、The Underground House聽力問題：

Question 31-32

Choose the correct letter,A,B or C

31.The owners of the underground house

A.had no experience of living in a rural area.

B.were interested in environmental issues.

C.wanted a professional project manager.

32.What does the speaker say about the site of the house?

A.The land was quite cheap.

B.Stone was being extracted nearby.

C.It was in a completely unspoilt area.

Question 33-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Underground House

Design

?Built in the earth,with two floors

?The south-facing side was constructed of two layers of

?Photovoltaic tiles were attached

?A layer of foam was used to improve the of the building

Special features

?To increase the light,the building has many internal mirrors and

?In future,the house may produce more than it needs

?Recycled wood was used for the of the house

?The system for processing domestic is organic

Environmental issues

?The use of large quantities of in construction was

environmentally harmful

?But the house will have paid its'environmental debt’within

四、The Underground House聽力答案：

31.B

32.A

33.glass

34.insulation

35.windows

36.electricity

37.floor/floors

38.waste

39.concrete

40.15 years

五、The Underground House聽力答案解析

31.B題干中的owners和underground house是定位詞和定性詞。錄音中的their chief aim同義替換為題干中的the owners和B選項中的were interested in；錄音中的environmentally friendly同義替換為B選項中的environmental issues，由此可知答案為B選項。

32.A題干中的site是定位詞。錄音中的site原詞出現(xiàn)；錄音中的the price was relatively low同義替換為A選項，所以答案為A選項。

33.glass空格前的south-facing side和two layers是定位詞；定性詞of決定了空格應(yīng)填名詞。錄音中的double layer of同義替換為卷面上的two layers of，所以其后的very strong glass即為答案，但題干要求只填ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER，所以答案精簡為glass。

34.insulation空格前的foam和空格后的building是定位詞；定性詞improve the決定了空格應(yīng)填名詞。錄音中的increase同義替換為卷面上的improve，其后的insulation即為答案。

35.windows空格前的light和internal mirrors是定位詞；定性詞and決定了空格應(yīng)填與mirrors并列的名詞。錄音中直接給出了mirrors and，其后的windows即為答案。

36.electricity空格前的future和produce是定位詞；定性詞produce決定了空格應(yīng)填名詞。錄音中的in addition暗示從上一題過渡到下一題。錄音中的generate同義替換為卷面上的produce。另外，在錄音中，先后兩次出現(xiàn)了electricity，根據(jù)重復(fù)通常為答案的原則，比較容易鎖定electricity為答案。

37.floor/floors空格前的recycled wood是定位詞；定性詞the和of the house決定了空格應(yīng)填名詞。錄音中的as well as that暗示從上一題過渡到下一題。由...floors are made of reclaimed wood可知floors為答案，其中reclaimed wood同義替換為卷面上的recycled wood。

注意這里還有一個同義替換結(jié)構(gòu)：A be made of B同義替換為B be used for A。

38.waste空格前的system,domestic和空格后的organic為定位詞；同時domestic為定性詞，決定了空格應(yīng)填名詞。錄音中直接出現(xiàn)了system和organically;另外，錄音中的dealt with同義替換為卷面上的processing，所以其后的waste即為答案。

39.concrete空格前的large quantities of為定性詞，決定了空格應(yīng)填不可數(shù)名詞；construction和environmentally harmful為定位詞。錄音中的massive amount of同義替換為卷面上的large quantities of，其后的concrete即為答案。

40.15 years空格前的but和debt為定位詞；介詞within決定了空格要填表示時間的數(shù)詞。錄音中的however同義替換為卷面上的but，其后面的句子中提到的fifteen years為答案。

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