广东高考英语听说考试真题
模仿朗读汇总（2011-2025年）
2025年 Test A
As Chinese New Year draws near, while some are having fun on ice, for others, ice is an obstruction. While
sailing an ice-bound sea, a ship can very easily get stuck. But it can't suppress people's desire to go home for
reunion. That's why people have come up with this combination. Whenever they run into obstructing sea ice,
the excavator comes into play, breaking up the ice and allowing passengers to return home safely. This is what
Chinese people are like. No matter how far away they are or how difficult it is, they get together for reunion on
this day.
随着中国新年临近，一些人在冰上嬉戏，而对另一些人来说，冰是一种阻碍。在航行于冰封海域时，
船只很容易被困。但这无法抑制人们回家团聚的渴望。这就是人们想出这种组合方式的原因。每当遇
到阻碍的浮冰时，挖掘机就派上用场了，破开冰面，让乘客安全回家。这就是中国人的精神。无论路
途多远、困难多大，他们都要在这一天团聚。
2025年 Test B
Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee beans, tea leaves and some tree nuts. People have been consuming it for
centuries, but daily consumption took off at different times in different places around the world. Coffee became
popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. Tea became popular by the 14th century in China, but didn't catch on in
Britain until almost 400 years later. Today, caffeine can be found nearly everywhere, and more and more
caffeine-infused products are hitting the shelves every day. While caffeine may provide great benefits, such as
increased focus, alertness and energy, it comes with considerable risks just like any other substance.
咖啡因天然存在于咖啡豆、茶叶和某些树坚果中。人们饮用含咖啡因饮品已有数百年历史，但日常饮
用的习惯在世界各地兴起的时间各不相同。咖啡在15和16世纪开始流行。茶在14世纪的中国就已流
行，但直到近400年后才在英国流行起来。如今，咖啡因几乎无处不在，越来越多的含咖啡因产品每
天都在上架销售。虽然咖啡因可能带来诸多好处，如提高注意力、警觉性和精力，但与任何其他物质
一样，它也伴随着相当大的风险。
2025年 Test C
Our oceans give us life and food. They can feed one billion people every day forever. But plastic waste is
hurting our oceans. Every minute, a truckload of plastic goes into the sea. Plastic floats on top, mixes with
water, and sits at the bottom of the ocean. It never disappears. Instead, it breaks into tiny pieces called
microplastics. This plastic is killing sea animals. Turtles, whales, and small sea creatures eat it. Even humans
eat and drink plastic without knowing it. We can help by using less plastic and choosing plastic-free products.
Together, we can save our oceans.
我们的海洋赋予我们生命和食物。它们每天都能养活十亿人，永远如此。但塑料垃圾正在伤害我们的
海洋。每分钟，就有一卡车的塑料进入海洋。塑料漂浮在上面，与水混合，沉在海底。它永远不会消
失。相反，它会碎裂成被称为微塑料的微小碎片。这些塑料正在杀死海洋动物。海龟、鲸鱼和小型海洋生物都会误食。甚至人类也在不知不觉中吃进和喝下了塑料。我们可以通过减少使用塑料和选择无
塑产品来帮助改变这一切。齐心协力，我们可以拯救我们的海洋。
2025年 Test D
The Earth is bathed in a flood of energy from the sun. A tiny part of that energy is the sunlight we see. All light,
and therefore all color, carries energy. This is a star that's glowing red. This color tells us its temperature is
about 3,000 degrees Celsius. From this, we know we're looking at an aging star coming to the end of its life.
And this is a star that's glowing blue. This color indicates a temperature of nearly 10,000 degrees. So we know
it's a younger and hotter star. So color isn't just energy. It's also information.
地球沐浴在来自太阳的能量洪流中。其中一小部分能量是我们看到的阳光。所有的光，因此所有的颜
色，都携带着能量。这是一颗发出红光的恒星。这种颜色告诉我们它的温度大约是3000摄氏度。由此
我们知道我们看到的是一颗走向生命尽头的衰老恒星。而这是一颗发出蓝光的恒星。这种颜色表明温
度接近10000度。所以我们知道它是一颗更年轻、更热的恒星。所以颜色不仅是能量，它也是信息。
2025年 Test E
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. A red squirrel. He's collecting pine cone seeds to help feed him through
the long winter ahead. He's been hard at work for two months. With all those savings in the bank, you might
think he could rest easy. But life's not that simple. Morning brings a scene of carnage. All appears lost. But
here's why this squirrel's a hero. Up in a treetop, he's been gathering a secret supply that the big guys didn't find.
He didn't put all his eggs in one basket. Smart thinking. Just what you need to make it.
英雄有各种形状和大小。一只红松鼠。它正在收集松果种子，帮助自己度过即将到来的漫长冬天。它
已经辛勤工作了两个月。有了这些存粮，你可能会以为它可以高枕无忧了。但生活没那么简单。清晨
带来了一片狼藉的景象。一切似乎都完了。但这就是这只松鼠是英雄的原因。在树顶上，它一直在收
集一份秘密储备，那些大家伙没有发现。它没有把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里。聪明的做法。这正是
你渡过难关所需要的。
2024年 Test A
China has introduced a new, eco-friendly train called the Intelligent Rail Transit or IRT. Unlike traditional
trains, the IRT doesn't run on tracks. Instead, it moves on roads using electricity, making it pollution-free. It can
speed up to 60 miles per hour and carry 100 passengers in each section, much more than a regular bus. The IRT
communicates with traffic lights intelligently and uses sensors to follow road markers. This enables the vehicle
to autonomously make its way through urban roads. Bringing IRT to cities in China helps reduce traffic and
introduces a new way to travel in the future.
中国推出了一种新型环保列车，称为智能轨道快运系统，简称IRT。与传统的火车不同，IRT不在轨道
上行驶。它使用电力在道路上行驶，实现零污染。它的时速可达60英里，每节车厢可搭载100名乘
客，远超普通公交车。IRT能与交通信号灯智能通信，并使用传感器跟随路面标记。这使得车辆能够自
主穿行于城市道路之中。将IRT引入中国城市有助于缓解交通拥堵，并为未来的出行引入了新的方
式。2024年 Test B
Underwater bubbles are pockets of gas that are trapped within liquids, a mixture much more substantial than
air, but considerably softer and less dense than water. Animals that spend a lot of time underwater have some
incredible ways of exploiting the fact that bubbles reduce the density of water. These are emperor penguins.
They store air in their feathers, which they release as clouds of bubbles. This makes the water around the
penguin less dense and much easier to move through. It means the penguins can travel up to 50% faster than if
there were no bubbles.
水下气泡是被困在液体中的气团，这种混合物比空气实质得多，但比水柔软得多，密度也低得多。在
水下长时间活动的动物有一些令人难以置信的方式来利用气泡降低水密度这一特性。这些是帝企鹅。
它们将空气储存在羽毛中，然后以气泡云的形式释放出来。这使得企鹅周围的水密度降低，更容易穿
行。这意味着企鹅的移动速度可以比没有气泡时快50%。
2024年 Test C
Wave energy comes from ocean waves, which are endless because they're caused by how the Earth and Moon
move. This energy can be turned into electricity, even from small waves. Unlike solar or wind power, wave
energy is reliable, working day and night and getting stronger in bad weather. Technology now lets us capture
this energy more efficiently. Devices in the ocean turn wave movement into electricity, which can power homes
and cities, especially since many people live near coasts. But using wave energy is challenging because ocean
water can damage devices. They need to be tough and protected against rust and water.
波浪能来自海浪，而海浪是永不停息的，因为它们由地球和月球的运动所产生。这种能量可以转化为
电力，即使是小波浪也可以。与太阳能或风能不同，波浪能是可靠的，昼夜运转，在恶劣天气中反而
更强。如今的技术使我们能够更高效地捕获这种能量。海洋中的装置将波浪运动转化为电力，可以为
家庭和城市供电，特别是因为许多人居住在海岸附近。但利用波浪能充满挑战，因为海水会损坏设
备。设备需要坚固耐用，并能防锈和防水。
2023年 Test A
When we think of our childhood, we often think of it as a time of long school holidays, a time of exploration.
As well as growing new talents, we also think of this stage of childhood as a time of growing upwards. But the
strange thing is our growth actually slows right down. In studying our consumption of energy, scientists have
provided one of the reasons why we take so long to grow up. It's a trade-off between growing our body versus
growing our brain. We simply can't get enough calories to fully grow both at the same time.
当我们回忆童年时，常常会想到漫长的学校假期和探索的时光。除了培养新的才能外，我们还把童年
阶段看作是一个不断长高的时期。但奇怪的是，我们的生长实际上会大幅放缓。在研究我们的能量消
耗时，科学家们提供了我们为什么需要这么长时间才能长大成人的原因之一。这是身体生长和大脑生
长之间的权衡。我们简直无法获得足够的卡路里来同时让两者都完全发育。
2023年 Test B
Music. It's the universal language we all know, we all feel. It holds the remarkable power to bring us together in
moments both big and small. A single lyric can sweep you up and pull you back to a treasured moment lost in
time. It sees no lines of race or nationality. It's universal, generational, multicultural. It gives us hope, joy,harmony, harmony within ourselves and with one another. The great power of music binds us all together,
especially when we need it most, when the world seems to need it most. Music is harmonious. And the world
can be, too.
音乐。这是我们所有人都知道、都感受到的通用语言。它拥有非凡的力量，能在大大小小的时刻将我
们团结在一起。一句歌词就能让你心潮澎湃，将你拉回一个遗失在时光中的珍贵瞬间。它不分种族或
国籍。它是普世的、跨世代的、多元文化的。它给我们带来希望、欢乐、和谐——与我们自身的和谐
以及彼此之间的和谐。音乐的伟大力量将我们所有人联系在一起，尤其是在我们最需要它的时候，在
这个世界似乎最需要它的时候。音乐是和谐的。这个世界也可以如此。
2023年 Test C
Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. Greece is rich in color, spectacle and beauty. It's
the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, drama and the Olympic Games. The stories of this nation
stretch back to before history began. Every new year begins with the whole country undergoing a dramatic
transformation. Across the country, Greek cities are gearing up for a busy tourist season. One in ten jobs rely on
the 33 million visitors that come to Greece every year. And one city attracts more tourists than any other: the
capital, Athens.
希腊位于欧洲、亚洲和非洲的十字路口。希腊色彩丰富、景象壮观、美丽迷人。它是民主、西方哲
学、戏剧和奥运会的发源地。这个国家的故事可以追溯到历史开始之前。每个新年伊始，整个国家都
会经历一场壮观的转变。全国各地的希腊城市都在为繁忙的旅游季做准备。十分之一的就业岗位依赖
于每年来到希腊的三千三百万游客。而有一座城市吸引的游客比其他任何城市都多：首都雅典。
2022年 Test A
Everyone has their own routine and personal habits. Although it is difficult to change them, sometimes it's a
good idea to try something different, like Rodman and Gina. They're adopting a greener family lifestyle for a
TV show called Urban Conversion. Rodman doesn't care much about the environment. But his wife, Gina, is in
favour of a life that is environmentally responsible and closer to nature. Rodman has promised to learn how to
live a more eco-friendly life, but he'll have to step outside his comfort zone to succeed. So what is stopping us
from trying new things?
每个人都有自己的日常习惯和个人习惯。虽然很难改变它们，但有时尝试一些不同的事情是个好主
意，就像罗德曼和吉娜一样。他们正在为一档名为《城市转变》的电视节目而采取更环保的家庭生活
方式。罗德曼不太关心环境。但他的妻子吉娜赞成一种对环境负责、更接近自然的生活。罗德曼承诺
要学会过一种更环保的生活，但他必须走出自己的舒适区才能成功。那么是什么阻止了我们尝试新事
物呢？
2022年 Test B
A week has passed. The elephants are still searching for water. They've survived so far by draining the last
drops from dried-up water holes. The oldest member of the herd must lead them to water soon. With a mental
map formed over decades, she's brought the family to an ancient seep. It's a hidden lifeline in times of drought.
The elephants can smell the water through the earth, and they know that to get to it, they must dig. For theadults, it's easy. But for calves, it's more of a challenge. They won't have tusks to dig with until they're two
years old.
一周过去了。大象们仍在寻找水源。到目前为止，它们靠汲取干涸水坑中最后的几滴水存活。象群中
最年长的成员必须很快带它们找到水。凭借几十年形成的脑海地图，她把家族带到了一处古老的泉
眼。这是干旱时期的隐秘生命线。大象能通过泥土嗅到水的气味，它们知道要获得水就必须挖掘。对
成年象来说这很容易。但对幼象来说则更具挑战性。它们要到两岁才会长出用来挖掘的象牙。
2022年 Test C
Dickens was born into a comfortable middle class family and as a child he loved books and reading. But in
1823, his father got into debt. The family were locked up in Marshalsea prison, and 12-year-old Charles was
sent out to work. He found himself in a blacking factory by the river Thames, putting labels on bottles of shoe
polish. Dickens never forgot these experiences and through his novels he showed the dark side of 19th century
society. He wrote about what he saw: the huge houses of the rich and the terrible conditions that the poor lived
in.
狄更斯出生在一个舒适的中产阶级家庭，小时候就热爱书籍和阅读。但1823年，他的父亲负债了。家
人被关进马夏尔西监狱，12岁的查尔斯被送出去做工。他发现自己到了泰晤士河畔的一家鞋油厂，在
鞋油瓶上贴标签。狄更斯从未忘记这些经历，通过他的小说，他展示了19世纪社会的黑暗面。他写下
了他所看到的：富人的豪宅和穷人生活的恶劣条件。
2022年 Test D
Do you ever wake up and think, is today going to be a good day or a bad day? Well, the ancient Maya believed
they could answer that question. The Maya lived here, in parts of Mexico and Central America. They are
famous for their complex calendars. In Mayan cities, they closely watched the movement of the sun, moon,
stars, and planets. They built their king's tombs under rays of sunlight. And they waited for the moon to pass
here above the palace before they got the crops out of the fields. Their knowledge of the sun and moon helped
them make their calendar.
你是否曾在醒来时想，今天是好日子还是坏日子？古玛雅人相信他们能回答这个问题。玛雅人居住在
这里，在墨西哥和中美洲的部分地区。他们以复杂的历法而闻名。在玛雅城市中，他们密切观察太
阳、月亮、恒星和行星的运动。他们在阳光的光束下建造国王的陵墓。他们等到月亮从宫殿上方经过
之后，才把庄稼从田里收回来。他们对太阳和月亮的了解帮助他们制定了历法。
2021年 Test A
In recent years, more and more ice has been melting. And for one animal, this is a critical issue. A mother bear
and her cub rest on a small piece of sea ice. With the melt, they're forced to swim greater distances to hunt for
seals. Their Arctic home is vulnerable to climate change, and this year there has been even less ice than normal.
If future ice melts are as extreme as this one, bears like these may starve or drown, lost at sea. This is one of the
last pieces of ice now floating. The polar bear's icy world has melted away.
近年来，越来越多的冰在融化。对一种动物来说，这是一个生死攸关的问题。一头母熊和她的幼崽在
一小块海冰上休息。随着融冰，它们被迫游更远的距离去捕猎海豹。它们的北极家园很容易受到气候变化的影响，而今年的冰比往年更少。如果未来的冰层融化像这次一样极端，这样的熊可能会挨饿或
溺亡，葬身大海。这是目前漂浮着的最后几块冰之一。北极熊的冰雪世界已经消融了。
2021年 Test B
London has always been the centre of the British theatre world. It's home to the West End, a small area of
Central London with some of the most famous theatres in the world. Not far away, there's the Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art, arguably the most prestigious drama school in the world. Many of today's famous actors
started their careers at this school. Before RADA and the West End, Shakespeare had made London his home.
After he became a famous playwright, the shrewd Shakespeare opened his own theatre, the Globe. Today a
recreated version of the Globe Theatre attracts thousands of visitors a year.
伦敦一直是英国戏剧世界的中心。它是西区的所在地，这是伦敦市中心的一小片区域，拥有一些世界
上最著名的剧院。不远处是皇家戏剧艺术学院，可以说是世界上最负盛名的戏剧学校。当今许多著名
演员都是在这所学校开始他们的职业生涯的。在皇家戏剧艺术学院和西区之前，莎士比亚已把伦敦当
成了家。在他成为著名剧作家后，精明的莎士比亚开办了自己的剧院——环球剧院。如今一座重建的
环球剧院每年吸引成千上万的游客。
2021年 Test C
Macronutrients are in meats, nuts, grains, fish, eggs, and other things. They give us energy and keep us healthy.
So, be sure to eat the right amount of macronutrients each day. The reason most junk food is bad for you is
because it contains too much of one thing and not enough of anything else. Junk foods may be too high in fat
and not have enough protein, for example. It's OK to have junk food once in a while. But you should try to eat a
healthy diet every day. Make sure you get plenty of micro- and macronutrients for your health and wellbeing.
大量营养素存在于肉类、坚果、谷物、鱼类、蛋类和其他食物中。它们为我们提供能量并保持我们健
康。因此，每天一定要摄入适量的大量营养素。大多数垃圾食品对你有害的原因是它们含有太多某种
成分而其他成分不足。例如，垃圾食品可能脂肪过高而蛋白质不足。偶尔吃垃圾食品是可以的。但你
应该尽量每天都保持健康的饮食。确保为了你的健康和幸福，摄入充足的微量和大量营养素。
2021年 Test D
The living room and bedroom of Eon Felton's new home are large and comfortable. The building has a new
kind of green construction that is becoming popular in Europe. It is made of recycled shipping containers. The
shipping containers bring goods back and forth between Asia and Europe. But the trade is mostly one way
because it's too expensive to send empty containers back thousands of kilometers. In the past, the empty
containers became junk and a problem for the ports. Now the containers are used as a quick and cheap way to
build homes, schools and offices.
伊恩·费尔顿新家的客厅和卧室宽敞舒适。这栋建筑采用了一种在欧洲日益流行的新型绿色建筑方式。
它由回收的海运集装箱建造而成。这些集装箱在亚洲和欧洲之间往返运输货物。但贸易基本上是单向
的，因为把空集装箱运回数千公里太贵了。过去，空集装箱变成了废品，给港口带来了问题。如今这
些集装箱被用作一种快速、低廉的方式来建造住宅、学校和办公室。2020年 Test A
It was the beginning of a totally new way of life. But there was another very important difference between these
hunter-gatherers and any of their predecessors. They were settling down. A huge shift, which would help spark
Europe-wide revolution. Communities settled down and populations expanded. This could've driven the need to
start producing food. And as farming spread, the landscape was transformed. Forests were cleared and villages,
then towns, then cities would grow, founded by descendants of the small groups of pioneers who first entered
Europe around 45,000 years ago. Those early Europeans were people just like you and me.
这是一个全新生活方式的开端。但这些狩猎采集者与他们的前人之间还有一个非常重要的区别。他们
开始定居下来。这是一个巨大的转变，有助于引发一场遍及欧洲的革命。社群定居下来，人口随之增
长。这可能推动了对开始生产食物的需求。随着农业的传播，地貌发生了改变。森林被清除，村庄、
然后城镇、然后城市开始成长，它们是由大约四万五千年前首批进入欧洲的小群先驱者的后代所建立
的。那些早期欧洲人就像你我一样，是普通的人。
2020年 Test B
Back then, most of Arabia was brutal desert. Is it really possible that a handful of Stone Age people could've
trekked through hundreds of miles of this and gone on to populate the whole world? There is no way they
could've done it without more widespread sources of fresh water. So, around 70,000 years ago, the Arabian
coastline was very different to today. Freshwater springs bubbled up all the way along it. If our ancestors
attempted this route, they would've found a lifeline. And it's perhaps no wonder that there seems to have been
just one successful attempt in our ancestors' journey.
在当时，阿拉伯大部分地区都是残酷的沙漠。少数石器时代的人真的有可能徒步穿越数百英里的沙
漠，然后去繁衍整个世界吗？如果没有更广泛的淡水来源，他们不可能做到。所以，大约七万年前，
阿拉伯海岸线与今天截然不同。淡水泉沿着海岸线一路涌出。如果我们的祖先尝试这条路，他们会找
到一条生命线。也许我们的祖先在旅途中似乎只有一次成功的尝试，这也就不足为奇了。
2020年 Test C
In 1905, sitting alone on a city bus, Einstein looks back at the clock tower and what he sees is astonishing. In
his imagination, as he reaches the speed of light, the hands of the clock appear frozen in time. Einstein knows
that back at the clock tower, time is passing normally. But on Einstein's light-speed bus, the light from the clock
can no longer catch up to him. The faster he races through space, the slower he moves through time. This
sparks the birth of Einstein's "Special Theory of Relativity", which says that space and time are deeply
connected.
1905年，爱因斯坦独自坐在一辆城市公交车上，回头望着钟楼，他所看到的令人震惊。在他的想象
中，当他达到光速时，钟的指针似乎在时间中冻结了。爱因斯坦知道，回到钟楼那里，时间在正常流
逝。但在爱因斯坦的光速公交车上，钟楼发出的光再也追不上他了。他在空间中移动得越快，在时间
中移动得就越慢。这催生了爱因斯坦的「狭义相对论」，该理论认为空间和时间是深度相连的。
2020年 Test D
The oceans cover 70% of the surface of our planet, and yet they are still the least explored. Hidden beneath the
waves, there are creatures beyond our imagination. From creating the weather to producing oxygen, the seaskeep our world healthy. With revolutionary technology, we can enter new worlds and shine the light on
behaviors in ways that were impossible just a generation ago. We've also recognized an uncomfortable fact.
They're changing at a faster rate than ever before in human history. In the Arctic, here in the past 30 years, the
ice in summer has been reduced by 40%.
海洋覆盖了我们星球表面的70%，但它们仍然是探索最少的领域。隐藏在波浪之下，有着超出我们想
象的生物。从创造天气到产生氧气，海洋维持着我们世界的健康。借助革命性的技术，我们可以进入
新的世界，以一代人以前不可能的方式揭示各种行为。我们也认识到了一个令人不安的事实。海洋正
以人类历史上前所未有的速度变化。在北极，过去30年来，夏季海冰减少了40%。
2020年 Test E
In the last years of the nineteenth century, thousands of people came to London to see these works of art of an
African society. The public were fascinated but also troubled by what they saw, because it was widely believed
that the people of the Dark Continent had no history and no culture and the thing called civilization. In fact,
created from the 16th century onwards in the ancient West African kingdom, these works record Benin's great
kings, her wealth, power and the history that Africans were supposed to lack. They are now regarded as one of
Africa's greatest treasures.
在十九世纪的最后几年里，数千人来到伦敦观看一个非洲社会的这些艺术品。公众对此既着迷又感到
不安，因为人们普遍认为黑暗大陆的人民没有历史、没有文化，也没有所谓的文明。事实上，这些从
16世纪起在古老的西非王国创作的作品，记录了贝宁伟大的国王、她的财富、权力以及非洲人被认为
缺乏的历史。它们现在被视为非洲最伟大的宝藏之一。
2019年 Test A
At the heart of being human is our culture, and something that goes hand in hand with human culture is our
ability to co-operate. But co-operation in the chimp world is a fragile thing. Chimps will co-operate, but only
for selfish ends. Human children did something that no other ape will do. In that small act of sharing, they
reveal something that really does lie at the heart of what it is to be human. It's a tiny but profound difference
between us and the other apes, and it's a way of thinking that underpins our ability to co-operate and create
human culture.
身为人类的核心在于我们的文化，而与人类文化息息相关的，是我们的合作能力。但在黑猩猩的世界
里，合作是脆弱的。黑猩猩会合作，但只为了自私的目的。人类儿童做了一件其他类人猿不会做的
事。在分享这个小举动中，他们揭示了真正处于人性核心的东西。这是我们与其他类人猿之间微小却
深刻的差异，这种思维方式支撑着我们合作和创造人类文化的能力。
2019年 Test B
We all worry about the weather. But now there is a new kind of weather to worry about, solar storms. This
weather comes from 93 million miles beyond, the sun, the giver of life, light and heat. But, when sun spots
erupt on its surface, it could shut us down. Why is it that some sun spots just pass calmly across the sun's
surface, while others erupt? This is the secret to understanding this violent weather from space. The force that
makes sun spots erupt is something few of us even think about. So what is this force?我们都担心天气。但现在有一种新的天气需要担心——太阳风暴。这种天气来自9300万英里之外的太
阳，它是生命、光明和热量的赋予者。但是，当太阳黑子在其表面爆发时，它可能让我们瘫痪。为什
么有些太阳黑子只是平静地掠过太阳表面，而另一些却会爆发？这是理解这种来自太空的猛烈天气的
关键。让太阳黑子爆发的力量，是我们中很少有人会想到的东西。那么这种力量是什么？
2019年 Test C
Exercise. I know I should. But I don't particularly enjoy it, and I never seem to make much progress. So I
wanted to find out what I should be doing, how much and why. I have been meeting scientists who are
changing our view of exercise. They discovered that we all respond to exercise in very different ways. And I've
looked at some extraordinary new research, which suggests we can get many of the health benefits of exercise
from just three minutes a week. And research is also showing us how, without breaking a sweat, we can all live
healthier and longer lives.
锻炼。我知道我应该锻炼。但我并不特别喜欢它，而且似乎总是看不到什么进步。所以我想弄清楚我
应该做什么、做多少以及为什么。我一直在与那些正在改变我们对锻炼看法的科学家交流。他们发
现，每个人对锻炼的反应差异很大。我还看到了一些非凡的新研究，表明我们每周只需三分钟就能获
得锻炼的许多健康益处。研究还向我们展示了如何不用大汗淋漓就能过上更健康、更长寿的生活。
2019年 Test D
In the 19th century, Switzerland was a popular summer destination for English tourists. The Englishmen
returned for Christmas and became so hooked on snow pursuits that they stayed for three months. Soon, others
followed and winter holidays were born. But these days the outlook is darkening. Skiers in rich countries are
gradually leaving the sport and younger people are less inclined to take it up. Many head to cheaper, hotter
destinations for winter sun. In the last ten years, the number of skiers in the world's major ski destinations has
fallen. Locals here are worried. Winter sports are essential to people's livelihoods.
19世纪，瑞士是英国游客喜爱的夏季目的地。英国人在圣诞节时回来，如此沉迷于冰雪运动，以至于
一待就是三个月。很快，其他人纷纷效仿，冬季假期由此诞生。但如今前景变得暗淡。富裕国家的滑
雪者逐渐放弃这项运动，年轻人也不太愿意开始滑雪。许多人前往更便宜、更温暖的度假地享受冬日
的阳光。在过去十年里，世界主要滑雪目的地的滑雪者数量下降了。当地人在这里感到担忧。冬季运
动对人们的生计至关重要。
2018年 Test A
This is one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese landscape painting. When westerners first discovered
Chinese paintings like this one, they could not see their value. To understand painting, you need to understand
calligraphy. The character is not a picture of an object in the real world, but a symbol for an idea. As Chinese
characters are symbols for ideas, so elements in a Chinese landscape, rocks, water, trees and mountains, became
symbols of concepts. For the Chinese, pictures painted with a brush are symbols that carry both the surface
meaning and additional hidden meanings. Chinese paintings are not just pretty pictures. They mean something.
这是中国山水画最伟大的杰作之一。当西方人第一次发现这样的中国画时，它们看不出其价值。要理
解中国画，你需要理解书法。汉字不是现实世界中物体的图画，而是思想的符号。正如汉字是思想的
符号，中国山水画中的元素——岩石、水、树木和山脉——也成为了概念的象征。对中国人来说，用毛笔绘制的图画是承载表层含义和额外隐含含义的符号。中国画不仅是漂亮的图画，它们是有意义
的。
2018年 Test B
Even though the polar bears can cope with the cold they just hate falling through the ice. They pick their way
very carefully indeed. He spreads his legs to distribute his weight and progresses carefully. But it's not enough.
For a hunting bear, it doesn't get much worse than this. The disappearing ice is also troubling the family. The
ice is now so thin. It only supports the weight of the lighter cubs, leaving the mother struggling. On the way,
she taught her cub the survival skills for what could be an ice-free future. More than anything, the cub learnt
that curiosity is the key to survival.
虽然北极熊能抵御寒冷，但它们非常讨厌掉进冰水里。它们非常小心地择路而行。它张开双腿来分散
体重，小心翼翼地前进。但这还不够。对于一头需要捕猎的熊来说，没有比这更糟糕的了。逐渐消失
的冰面也困扰着这个家庭。冰现在太薄了。它只能承受较轻的幼崽的重量，让母亲举步维艰。一路
上，她教会幼崽在未来可能无冰的环境中生存的技能。最重要的是，幼崽学到了好奇心是生存的关
键。
2018年 Test C
For thousands of years, human beings have been fascinated by whales. It is uncertain when, how or why the
ancestors of the whale gradually moved into a purely aquatic environment. Freed from the gravity of the land,
the whales evolved to become the true ocean beings of the planet. For most of our shared history, our
relationship with the whales has been a distant one. If a memory remains behind the eyes of these gentle
creatures, it is rarely if ever shown. Rather our first furtive attempts to enter the whale's domain seem greeted
with curiosity and a longing for communication and understanding.
数千年来，人类一直对鲸鱼着迷。鲸鱼的祖先何时、以何种方式或为何逐渐迁入纯粹的水生环境，至
今尚不确定。摆脱了陆地的引力，鲸鱼进化成为地球上真正的海洋生物。在我们共同历史的大部分时
间里，我们与鲸鱼的关系一直是疏远的。如果这些温和生物的眼中留有记忆，那也很少被展现出来。
相反，我们最初试探性地进入鲸鱼领域的尝试，似乎得到了好奇心的回应，以及一种对交流和理解的
渴望。
2018年 Test D
The wind has had some of its most dramatic effects on human history when it interacts with the energy of the
oceans. It's an interaction that can have major long term consequences. But it can also bring short term disaster.
The sea acts as a main store of the sun's heat. There's more energy in the top 3 meters of the ocean than the
whole of the atmosphere. By pumping this energy into the air, the ocean is constantly influencing the wind. A
principle that is demonstrated each year: the hotter the ocean, the faster the air above rises.
当风与海洋的能量相互作用时，它对人类历史产生了一些最戏剧性的影响。这种相互作用可能产生重
大的长期后果。但它也可能带来短期的灾难。海洋是太阳热能的主要储存库。海洋顶部三米所含的能
量比整个大气层的能量还多。通过将这些能量泵入空中，海洋持续影响着风。每年都在验证一个规
律：海洋越热，上方的空气上升得越快。2018年 Test E
The consumer revolution created both a huge opportunity and a problem for manufacturers. The potential to
increase trade was there. But at the beginning of the 18th century, the difficulty of getting raw materials to their
workshops, and the finished products to the market was obvious. From 1706, the length of roads increased from
3 hundred miles to 15 thousand miles just 70 years later. And they didn't only connect big cities, they also
created a trading network between small towns, increasing the movement of goods and ideas around the
country. As the roads improved in Britain, so journey time's decreased.
消费革命为制造商带来了巨大的机遇，同时也带来了问题。扩大贸易的潜力是存在的。但在18世纪
初，将原材料运到作坊、将成品运到市场的困难是显而易见的。从1706年起，公路长度从300英里增
加到70年后的15000英里。它们不仅连接大城市，还在小镇之间创建了一个贸易网络，促进了货物和
思想在全国范围内的流动。随着英国道路的改善，旅行时间也相应缩短了。
2017年 Test A
By 1850, almost all of New England's forest had been chopped down, and much of this was turned to farmland,
surrounded by stone walls. But then everything changed, as richer farmland and gold were discovered in the
west. And many of the settlers chased their fortunes elsewhere. Towns like Livermore disappeared as quickly as
they had been formed. Slowly, the trees of New England grew around the ruins and reclaimed the land. This
new forest was very different. By chopping down the old-growth trees, people had given fast-growing maples
and oaks a chance to claim the land. They grew back in greater numbers than ever before.
到1850年，新英格兰几乎所有的森林都被砍伐殆尽，其中大部分变成了农田，周围砌起了石墙。但后
来一切都变了，因为在西部发现了更肥沃的农田和黄金。许多定居者到其他地方去追逐财富。像利弗
莫尔这样的城镇消失得和它们形成时一样快。慢慢地，新英格兰的树木在废墟周围生长起来，重新收
回了这片土地。这片新森林大不相同。通过砍伐原始林木，人们给了快速生长的枫树和橡树占领这片
土地的机会。它们以比以往更大的数量重新生长。
2017年 Test B
Aging is happening to us all of the time. Our own family is often our best guide to what it will mean. When we
imagine our older age, a lot of us look at our parents. We know we've inherited their genes and suspect that
what's happening to them now may well be what happens to us in the future. And that's something we're likely
to have mixed feelings about. Because we inherit our parents' genes, we might also be vulnerable to some of the
same illnesses. Our skin cells simply can't replace themselves as well as they did. Even if you have spectacular
genes, eventually we'll start to look older.
衰老一直都在我们身上发生着。我们自己的家庭往往是理解衰老意味着什么的最好指南。当我们想象
自己的老年时，我们很多人会看看父母。我们知道我们继承了他们的基因，并怀疑他们现在身上发生
的事情很可能就是我们未来会遇到的。这件事可能让我们心情复杂。因为我们继承了父母的基因，我
们也可能容易患上一些相同的疾病。我们的皮肤细胞无法像以前那样自我替换。即使你拥有出色的基
因，最终我们也会开始变老。2017年 Test C
At the time Hawking was working on black holes, he'd achieved amazing insights into the workings of these
objects. Black holes are the most terrifying places in the universe. Created when a giant star dies, at their dark
hearts is a point of infinite gravity. So powerful, nothing can escape it, not even light. Black holes, instead of
lasting forever, as everyone thought, eventually disappear, leaving no trace of anything, including information.
Every black hole has a boundary. It's the point of no return. If anything passes the boundary, it takes its
information with it.
当霍金研究黑洞时，他对这些天体的运作机制取得了惊人的见解。黑洞是宇宙中最可怕的地方。当一
颗巨型恒星死亡时便产生了黑洞，在它们黑暗的中心是一个具有无限引力的点。引力如此之强，任何
东西都无法逃脱，连光也不例外。黑洞并非如所有人认为的那样永远存在，它们最终会消失，不留任
何痕迹，包括信息。每个黑洞都有一个边界。那是不归点。如果任何东西越过边界，它携带的信息也
随之消失。
2017年 Test D
When do we first become aware of ourselves? To address that very question, watch a well-established
experiment known as the mirror test. First up is 16-month-old Owen. If Owen knows who he is, he should
notice the mark and know it is on his cheek. Next it's the turn of Bethan. Her mum puts the mark on her face as
instructed. Time and time again this test demonstrates that it's between the ages of 18 and 24 months that we
become self-aware. It is this that distinguishes us from other animals and gives us a unique relationship with the
world.
我们什么时候开始意识到自我？为了回答这个问题，请看一个著名的实验——镜子测试。首先是16个
月大的欧文。如果欧文知道自己是谁，他应该注意到这个标记并知道它在自己脸上。接下来轮到贝珊
了。她妈妈按照指示在她脸上做了标记。这个测试一次又一次地证明，正是在18到24个月大时，我们
开始有了自我意识。正是这一点将我们与其他动物区分开来，并赋予我们与世界独特的关系。
2017年 Test E
As the weather warms, water courses through every tree and it picks up sugar stored in the wood. This liquid
energy is the life force of the entire forest. The spring sunshine warms the land and the sugar surges faster,
fuelling the growth of nutrient-rich buds. These tiny packages contain everything needed to build a leaf. But
from this point on, the buds race to open before they can be attacked. Gradually the first flush of green spreads
across the forest. But it will be a few weeks before the leaves are fully expanded and they will need a constant
supply of sugary sap from under the bark.
随着天气变暖，水分流经每棵树，并吸收储存在木材中的糖分。这种液体能量是整个森林的生命力。
春天的阳光温暖了大地，糖分流得更快，为营养丰富的嫩芽生长提供能量。这些微小的包裹包含了长
出一片叶子所需的一切。但从这时起，嫩芽要赶在被攻击之前展开。渐渐地，第一抹绿色在森林中蔓
延开来。但要过几周叶子才会完全展开，它们需要不断从树皮下汲取含糖的汁液。
2017年 Test F
A night that lasts for months. Without the sun's light, nothing can grow. How can anything survive here? For
the first explorers who came here from Europe 400 years ago, the Svalbard winter felt like an eternity. Theymust have wondered whether the sun would ever return. For many, it never did. But there is light here. When
the moon rises, it can stay up for a week. And every so often, the solar wind coming from the other side of the
planet collides with the Earth's magnetic field, creating magical colors in the Arctic sky, the Northern Lights.
一个持续数月的夜晚。没有阳光，万物无法生长。这里怎么能有生物生存？对于四百年前从欧洲来到
这里的早期探险者来说，斯瓦尔巴德的冬天感觉像是永恒。他们一定在想太阳是否还会回来。对许多
人来说，太阳再也没有回来。但这里有光。当月亮升起时，它可以持续一周不落。而每隔一段时间，
来自地球另一面的太阳风与地球磁场相撞，在北极天空中创造出绚丽的色彩——北极光。
2016年 Test A
The modern city is a new kind of nature, man-made nature. It reflects back an image of ourselves through the
things we have designed. But for the designer, the world is not enough. Plans for a new, improved version are
always on the drawing board. At the Home Exhibition in London, people come and go, dreaming about new
labor-saving devices, new possibilities, new designs for living. Not everything here is a design classic, but
everything here has been designed to meet a need, fulfill a desire, or simply to raise a cheer at the breakfast
table.
现代城市是一种新型自然——人造自然。它通过我们设计的事物反映出我们自身的形象。但对于设计
师来说，这个世界还不够。新的改进版计划总是摆在绘图板上。在伦敦家居展览会上，人们来来往
往，梦想着新的省力设备、新的可能性、新的生活方式设计。这里并非所有东西都是设计经典，但这
里的一切都是为满足需求、实现愿望而设计的，或者仅仅是为了在早餐桌上赢得一声欢呼。
2016年 Test B
Almost eleven kilometers deep, the Pacific is the deepest body of water on the planet. But sometimes, the
seabed shoots to the surface. The creation of a new island. This is Kavachi, one of the most active undersea
volcanoes in the world. Powerful waves keep sweeping its efforts away. Today, only 1% of this vast ocean is
land, and much of it owes its existence to the powers of volcanoes like Kavachi. The never-ending rise and fall
of land in the Pacific will continue to produce strange and wonderful worlds. The natural force that created land
here in the first place, the ocean volcano.
太平洋深达近十一公里，是地球上最深的水域。但有时，海底会冲出水面。一座新岛屿就此诞生。这
是卡瓦奇，世界上最活跃的海底火山之一。强大的波浪不断冲走它的成果。如今，这片广袤海洋中只
有1%是陆地，而其中很大一部分要归功于像卡瓦奇这样的火山的力量。太平洋中陆地永无止境的升降
将继续产生奇特而美妙的世界。最初在这里创造陆地的自然力量——海洋火山。
2016年 Test C
I bet you can't guess what this is. It looks strange. It could be a piece of art or, perhaps, a dead tree that's fallen
over, but this used to be underground. It might be hard to imagine, but this used to be a rabbits' home, a warren.
And these are tunnels and rooms which we call chambers. We poured concrete into an old warren. Then we
waited until the concrete went hard and then we dug around the soil so we could see the shape of the warren. So
what you're looking at now is a warren from the outside. And it's amazing.
我打赌你猜不出这是什么。它看起来很奇怪。它可能是一件艺术品，或者也许是一棵倒下的枯树，但
这曾经是在地下的。可能很难想象，但这曾经是兔子的家——一个兔穴。这些是隧道和房间，我们称之为巢室。我们将混凝土灌入一个旧兔穴中，然后等到混凝土变硬，再挖掉周围的泥土，这样我们就
能看到兔穴的形状。所以你现在看到的是一个从外面看的兔穴。这太令人惊叹了。
2016年 Test D
Beside many a tropical river, there hangs the biggest of all seed pods, the sea bean. These huge containers
house one of the most successful of all vegetable travelers. One by one, the sea beans start on their voyages.
This one is setting off down a small river in Africa. After a few miles, even, perhaps, a few hundred miles, the
seed arrives at the mouth of its river. It can voyage through groups of islands and out into the open sea to ride
the great ocean currents for as much as a year and still remain alive.
在许多热带河流旁边，悬挂着最大的豆荚——海豆。这些巨大的容器孕育着最成功的植物旅行者之
一。海豆一个接一个地开始了它们的旅程。这一颗正从非洲的一条小河出发。经过几英里，甚至可能
是几百英里后，种子到达了河口。它可以穿越群岛，进入开阔的大海，乘着大洋海流漂流长达一年之
久，仍然保持存活。
2016年 Test E
Ever since I was a child, food is meant the world to me. I opened my first restaurant at the age of twenty. Now
I'm better known for writing cook books. For me, nothing beats cooking at home. It's my real inspiration, and I
want to share my love of it with you. I'm going to show you five recipes a good cook would be proud of. Meals
you could make in your own kitchen. Lovely home-made dishes that would impress your family and friends.
Follow my lead and you'll be able to cook some exceptionally good food.
从小时候起，食物对我来说就意味着一切。我在二十岁时开了第一家餐厅。现在我更以写烹饪书而闻
名。对我来说，没有什么比在家做饭更好的了。这是我真正的灵感来源，我想与你分享我对烹饪的热
爱。我将向你展示五道好厨师都会引以为豪的食谱。你可以在自己厨房里制作的菜肴。能让家人和朋
友印象深刻的美味家常菜。跟着我来，你就能做出一些非常棒的食物。
2015年 Test A
Today, Mars is a frozen world. The average temperature here is lower than at the Earth's South Pole. But long
ago, when water may have flowed here, it must have been warmer. We don't know why Mars turned so cold,
but perhaps it could be made to change once again. Could future generations somehow transform Mars, into an
Earth-like world where people could live? What would life be like on Mars? Perhaps we could build farms and
cities. Or perhaps we will leave Mars as we found it. Those decisions will be made by our descendants.
今天，火星是一个冰冻的世界。这里的平均温度比地球南极还低。但在很久以前，当水可能在这里流
淌时，它一定更加温暖。我们不知道火星为什么变得如此寒冷，但也许它可以被再次改变。未来的人
类能否以某种方式将火星改造成适合人类居住的类地世界？在火星上的生活会是什么样子？也许我们
可以建造农场和城市。或者也许我们会保持火星被发现时的原貌。这些决定将由我们的后代做出。
2015年 Test B
In the 1960s, a group of researchers came here to study dolphins. Inspired by new discoveries about the animal
mind, the researchers believed they could, for the first time, communicate with another species, by teaching
dolphins to speak. And so, Margaret's extraordinary experiment began. Over the coming months, she would live
with Peter in the Dolphin House almost full-time. Margaret would immerse him completely in her world to tryto teach him English, like a mother teaching a child to speak. After months of living with Peter, the experiment
was over. It was time for Margaret to say goodbye.
20世纪60年代，一组研究人员来到这里研究海豚。受到关于动物心智新发现的启发，研究人员相信他
们可以通过教海豚说话，首次与另一个物种进行交流。于是，玛格丽特非凡的实验开始了。在接下来
的几个月里，她几乎全天候地与彼得一起住在海豚馆里。玛格丽特将让他完全沉浸在她的世界中，试
图教他英语，就像母亲教孩子说话一样。在与彼得共同生活了数月之后，实验结束了。到了玛格丽特
说再见的时候了。
2015年 Test C
60 years ago, India threw off the chains of the British Empire, and became a free nation. As the brief heyday of
the West draws to a close, one of the greatest players in history is rising again. India has seen the ebb and flow
of huge events since the beginning of history. In the tale of life on Earth, the human story is brief. A few
hundred generations cover humanity's attempts to create order, beauty and happiness on the face of the earth.
Only India has preserved the unbroken thread of the human story that binds us all.
60年前，印度挣脱了大英帝国的枷锁，成为一个自由的国家。随着西方短暂的辉煌时代接近尾声，历
史上最伟大的角色之一正在重新崛起。自历史开端以来，印度见证了许多重大事件的兴衰。在地球生
命的故事中，人类的故事不过是短暂的一瞬。几百代人涵盖了人类在地球表面创造秩序、美丽和幸福
的努力。只有印度保存了将我们所有人联系在一起的人类故事的不间断脉络。
2015年 Test D
Two out of three of us now feed wild birds in our gardens, spending over 150 million pounds a year in the
process. Yet a century ago, most of us did not even have gardens. We took little interest in the welfare of our
feathered neighbors, and were more likely to eat a blackbird than feed it. And the very concept of garden birds
was meaningless. The term hadn't even been invented. Garden birds are creatures of our making. And by
watching and feeding them, we've come to know them intimately. And we've drawn them deeper into our lives
than any other group of birds.
如今我们中有三分之二的人在花园里喂野生鸟类，每年在此花费超过1.5亿英镑。然而一个世纪前，我
们大多数人甚至没有花园。我们对羽毛邻居的福祉毫不关心，与其喂一只乌鸫，我们更可能把它吃
掉。「花园鸟类」这个概念本身毫无意义，这个词甚至还没有被发明出来。花园鸟类是我们创造的产
物。通过观察和喂养它们，我们深入了解了它们。我们把它们比任何其他鸟类群体都更深地引入了我
们的生活。
2015年 Test E
The winds that bring the rain move in a north-south cycle up and down the continent. The wet seasons bring
downpours, but not to everywhere at once. These isolated rains mean that some animals have to run for
thousands of miles in search of freshly grown grass. Grass, unlike other plants, grows from its roots instead of
the tip. It means it can be almost constantly cropped --- a never-ending supply of food. And as grass makes up
over 50% of an elephant's diet, it's in their own interests to clear the trees and maintain space for grass to grow.
带来降雨的风以南北循环的方式在大陆上下移动。雨季带来暴雨，但并非同时降落在所有地方。这些
分散的降雨意味着一些动物不得不奔跑数千英里去寻找新长出的草。草与其他植物不同，它从根部而非尖端生长。这意味着它可以几乎不断地被啃食——一种永不枯竭的食物来源。由于草占大象饮食的
50%以上，清除树木、为草的生长维持空间符合它们自身的利益。
2015年 Test F
Out of all of Britain's cities, there's one that stands alone, London. But how London came to look the way it
does can also be seen from above. Because 60 years ago, the Royal Air Force photographed the whole of
London from end to end, and left us a unique record of a city torn apart by war. Now exactly the same process
is being repeated. And by directly comparing London then with London now, we can tell the story of the
greatest transformation in the city's history. It's a transformation that continues faster now than at any time since
the war.
在英国的所有城市中，有一座独树一帜——伦敦。但伦敦如何变成如今的样子，也可以从空中看到。
因为60年前，皇家空军从端到端拍摄了整个伦敦，为我们留下了一份独特的记录，记录了一座被战争
撕裂的城市。现在，完全相同的过程正在重演。通过将当时的伦敦与现在的伦敦直接对比，我们可以
讲述这座城市历史上最伟大的变革故事。这种变革如今仍在以比战后任何时期都更快的速度继续。
2015年 Test G
Do you ever get the feeling you look at the world differently from your friends? Am I the only person who
prefers clouds to blue skies? When I was a kid and my family went on holiday, I'd sit by the window of the
plane so I could look out at the clouds. I wanted to jump, see if I could land on one of them. All kids love
clouds. So why is it when we're older, we seem to spend all our holiday time and money trying to get away
from them? And that's why I started the Cloud Appreciation Society.
你是否曾觉得自己看世界的方式与朋友不同？我是不是唯一一个更喜欢云朵而非蓝天的人？当我还是
个孩子的时候，全家去度假时，我会坐在飞机窗边，这样我就可以看着窗外的云。我想跳下去，看看
能否落在其中一朵云上。所有的孩子都喜欢云。那么为什么当我们长大后，我们似乎把所有的假期时
间和金钱都花在了远离云朵上？这就是我创立云朵欣赏协会的原因。
2014年 Test A
One of the most extraordinary civilizations the world has known disappeared. Millions of people died, some
were savagely murdered. Why it happened is a mystery. This is the story of one man's search for the truth. The
Maya lived in what is today Southern Mexico and central America. They were deeply spiritual, worshiping
dozens of gods of the sun and the moon, the earth and wind, fire and rain. From the jungles and plains rose
cities and towns, great centers of worship, of art and learning. The Maya's achievements were staggering. They
developed their own writing, and mastered astronomy and mathematics.
世界上最非凡的文明之一消失了。数百万人死亡，一些人被残忍杀害。这为何发生仍是一个谜。这是
一个人追寻真相的故事。玛雅人生活在今天的墨西哥南部和中美洲。他们深受精神信仰的影响，崇拜
数十位神灵——太阳和月亮之神、大地和风之神、火和雨之神。从丛林和平原上崛起了一座座城镇，
它们是崇拜、艺术和学习的伟大中心。玛雅人的成就是令人惊叹的。他们发展了自己的文字，掌握了
天文学和数学。2014年 Test B
What is nothing? It's an extremely, extremely difficult question to answer. Because if you think about it,
wherever you look around you, there always seems to be something there. Things appear almost impossible to
escape from. Even just trying to imagine true nothingness seems like an impossible task. But this is more than
just a philosophical question. I have here a box. What, then, exists inside the space in the box? Is it really
nothing? You might wonder why this matters. It's about reality at the very furthest reaches of human
perception, a place where the deepest mysteries of the universe may be held.
什么是虚无？这是一个极其、极其难以回答的问题。因为如果你仔细想想，无论你环顾四周的哪里，
似乎总有某种东西存在。事物似乎几乎无法逃避。即使只是想象真正的虚无，似乎也是一项不可能完
成的任务。但这不仅仅是一个哲学问题。我这里有一个盒子。那么，盒子内部的空间里存在什么？真
的什么都没有吗？你可能想知道这为什么重要。它关乎人类感知最远处的现实，一个可能隐藏着宇宙
最深奥秘的地方。
2014年 Test C
Chimpanzees. As we move through the looking glass into their world, we are transformed. Their social life
reflects ours, too. The tender affection they show for one another, their gestures and expressions all seem
strangely familiar. And now we discover that chimps developed not only tools, but entire cultures which they
pass on to their young. Even medicine seems within their grasp. Come with us on a voyage of discovery, a
journey into our collective past. The invention and use of tools was supposed to set us apart from the other
animals. Chimps make and use many tools.
黑猩猩。当我们穿过窥镜进入它们的世界时，我们被改变了。它们的社交生活也反映了我们的生活。
它们彼此之间表现出的温柔关爱，它们的动作和表情，都似乎奇怪地令人熟悉。现在我们发现，黑猩
猩不仅发明了工具，还发展了整套文化，并将其传授给后代。甚至医学似乎也在它们的掌握之中。跟
我们一起踏上发现之旅，一段回到我们共同过去的旅程。工具的发明和使用曾被认为是人类与其他动
物的区别所在。黑猩猩制造和使用许多工具。
2014年 Test D
How natural is the natural world? The story of how a particular view of the wild came to shape Africa. The only
problem is, the more we look, the more we find this view to be at odds with the bigger picture. Because of a
quirk of nature, grasses and trees have a different way of turning sunlight into food. When they die, they leave
slightly different forms of carbon in the earth. And the main force behind these cycles is the climate. As
geological time gave way to historical time, the human influence over the environment moved into a new
phase.
自然世界有多自然？一种特定的荒野观是如何塑造非洲的。唯一的问题是，我们越是深入观察，越发
现这种观点与更大的图景不符。由于自然界的一个奇特之处，草和树木将阳光转化为食物的方式不
同。它们死亡后，在土地中留下略有不同形式的碳。而推动这些循环的主要力量是气候。随着地质时
代让位于历史时代，人类对环境的影响进入了一个新阶段。2014年 Test E
150 years ago, Charles Darwin published "on the Origin of Species". And in that one great book, he asked the
right question, and gave the right answer. Darwin's explanation for life on earth was so seductive and so simple
that it seems obvious today. And yet, Darwin's explanation of how evolution works was riddled with holes. Its
logical foundations were shaky. His evidence was weak. There was so much he did not, could not, know.
Darwin trusted that future generations of scientists would complete his work, and prove the essential truth of his
vision, and for 150 years that is what we have been doing.
150年前，查尔斯·达尔文出版了《物种起源》。在这部伟大的著作中，他提出了正确的问题，并给出
了正确的答案。达尔文对地球上生命的解释如此诱人又如此简单，以至于在今天看来显而易见。然
而，达尔文对进化如何运作的解释充满了漏洞。它的逻辑基础不够稳固。他的证据也很薄弱。有太多
他不知道、也不可能知道的事情。达尔文相信未来的科学家会完成他的工作，证明他观点的基本真
理，而150年来，这正是我们一直在做的事情。
2014年 Test F
Over the centuries countless ships were lost, and countless sailors killed. Now the man who discovered the
Titanic, Dr. Ballard, is again hunting for shipwrecks. What is actually down there? It is an extraordinary idea,
and to find out, Ballard will use an extraordinary machine. The NR-1. It is capable of going all the way down to
three thousand feet, and staying there for a month. The seas suddenly turn dark and angry. Ballard decides to
send down the NR-1 during the storm. Once under the surface, the sub will be free of the weather, free to
continue exploring.
数百年来，无数船只沉没，无数水手丧生。如今，发现泰坦尼克号的人巴拉德博士再次出海搜寻沉
船。水下到底有什么？这是一个非凡的想法，为了找到答案，巴拉德将使用一台非凡的机器——NR-1
号。它能够一直下潜到三千英尺深，并在那里停留一个月。海面突然变得黑暗而狂暴。巴拉德决定在
暴风雨期间将NR-1号送下去。一旦潜入水下，潜艇将不受天气影响，可以自由地继续探索。
2013年 Test A
In the heart of London sits one of Britain's most recognisable buildings. Yet its story is one of the least
understood. But what is now the site of a splendid palace was once open countryside. As royal residences go,
Buckingham Palace is something of a newcomer. The state rooms are less than 200 years old. Yet its history is
much older and more dramatic than you might think. Its rooms are filled with objects that are clues to the
character of kings and queens past. And the art and architecture combine to make a statement about Britain's
place in the world.
在伦敦的中心坐落着英国最具标志性的建筑之一。然而它的故事却是最少被人了解的。但现在这座辉
煌宫殿所在之处曾经是开阔的乡村。就皇家住所而言，白金汉宫算是新来者。国事厅不到两百年的历
史。但它的历史比你想象的要悠久得多，也更具戏剧性。它的房间里摆满了物品，这些物品是过去国
王和女王性格的线索。艺术与建筑相结合，彰显了英国在世界上的地位。
2013年 Test B
In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American President. The
letter was about an application of Einstein's famous equation, E equals MC squared and his fear that the Naziscould use it to build an atomic bomb. E equals MC squared is the symbol of Einstein's genius. It's an equation
that sums up one of the most powerful truths about the universe. It combines two ideas, which until Einstein
came along, no one had ever dreamed could be connected in such a powerful way. The idea of mass, and the
idea of energy.
1939年，在第二次世界大战前夕，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦给美国总统写了一封信。这封信是关于爱因斯坦
著名方程E=mc²的应用，以及他对纳粹可能利用它制造原子弹的担忧。E=mc²是爱因斯坦天才的象
征。这个方程概括了关于宇宙最深刻的真理之一。它结合了两个概念，在爱因斯坦出现之前，没有人
想过它们能以如此有力的方式联系在一起。那就是质量的概念和能量的概念。
2013年 Test C
Isaac Newton has always been a hero of mine, and probably every physicist you'll ever meet. He wasn't an easy
character. He arrived in Cambridge in 1661 after a difficult childhood. His father had died before he was born
and his mother had abandoned him at the age of three. But the young Newton showed his genius at an early
age. He wondered what light might be made of and wanted to know how vision worked, and he was prepared to
try anything to find out. One night in his darkened laboratory, he decided to experiment on his own eye.
艾萨克·牛顿一直是我心目中的英雄，可能你遇到的每一位物理学家都会这样说。他不是一个容易相处
的人。1661年，在度过艰难的童年之后，他来到了剑桥。他的父亲在他出生前就去世了，母亲在他三
岁时抛弃了他。但年轻的牛顿很早就展现了他的天才。他想知道光是由什么构成的，想了解视觉是如
何运作的，他愿意尝试任何方法来寻找答案。一天夜里，在他黑暗的实验室里，他决定在自己的眼睛
上做实验。
2013年 Test D
The most ambitious map in history is taking shape before our eyes. And scientists are heading for the edge. It
may be the strangest map you'll ever see. And it's bigger than you can believe. It's a map of the entire universe.
They're even building pictures of the invisible. This is a map of everything we know. And it's getting bigger
every day. The universe is so big, we may never find the edge. Mapping the universe is a job for pioneers. Nick
wants to put our entire galaxy on the map. He's on a single-handed mission, to photograph the Milky Way.
有史以来最雄心勃勃的地图正在我们眼前成形。科学家们正走向边缘。这可能是你见过的最奇特的地
图。它大到你难以置信。这是一张整个宇宙的地图。他们甚至在绘制看不见的东西的图像。这是一张
涵盖我们所知一切的地图。而且它每天都在变大。宇宙如此之大，我们可能永远找不到它的边缘。绘
制宇宙地图是开拓者的工作。尼克想把我们的整个银河系放上地图。他独自执行着一项任务：拍摄银
河系的照片。
2013年 Test E
Illustrated books set out to provide a fuller reading experience. What a picture adds to a story, and what the
words leave out, is key. But how exactly does that relationship work? Although there were illustrated books for
adults, by far the majority were for children. One stands out above all others --- Alice in Wonderland. Words
and pictures created a handshake on the page far greater than the sum of the parts. And while the audience is
now mostly young children, the combination of artist and writer is alive and well. The best illustrated books
form an inseparable, timeless bond that endure long after our childhoods.插图读物旨在提供更完整的阅读体验。图片为故事增添了什么，文字又省略了什么，这是关键所在。
但这种关系究竟是如何运作的？虽然有面向成人的插图读物，但绝大多数是给儿童看的。其中有一本
脱颖而出——《爱丽丝梦游仙境》。文字和图片在书页上形成了一种握手，其效果远大于各部分之
和。虽然现在的读者主要是幼儿，但画家与作家的结合依然充满活力。最好的插图读物形成了一种不
可分割的、超越时间的纽带，在我们的童年结束后长久存续。
2013年 Test F
Ever since I can remember, I've been drawn to wild places. I guess it's really how my interest in bears started.
To me, bears, more than any other creature, represent wilderness. And more than that --- wildness itself. Brown
bears once roamed across Europe and North America but today they're found in just a few small pockets of
really wild land. Alaska is one of the bears' last strongholds. In most places, bears keep a healthy distance from
each other but these bears have somehow learned to live with one another. Left alone, it has become a city of
bears.
从记事起，我就被荒野之地所吸引。我想这就是我对熊产生兴趣的由来。对我来说，熊比任何其他生
物都更能代表荒野。不仅如此，它还代表着野性本身。棕熊曾经漫游在欧洲和北美大陆，但如今它们
只存在于少数几片真正荒野之地。阿拉斯加是熊最后的堡垒之一。在大多数地方，熊彼此之间保持着
适当的距离，但这些熊却以某种方式学会了共存。在不受打扰的情况下，这里已经变成了一座熊的城
市。
2012年 Test A
Natural medicines, made from flowers, seeds, roots and leaves. The Chinese were the first to discover the
power of plants, making medicine for 4000 years. Focus on prevention rather than cure. Popular today in the
east and the west. Healthy for mind, body and soul. Past and present, tribal people always made the most of
nature. Explorers and botanists made them available to the rest of the world. Western and traditional medicine
unite, returning to more natural cures. Copy their chemicals or use them direct. When they fail, we go back to
nature for the next magic cure.
天然药物，由花朵、种子、根茎和叶片制成。中国人最早发现了植物的力量，已有四千年的制药历
史。注重预防而非治疗。如今在东西方都很流行。有益于身心和灵魂。从古至今，部落人总是充分利
用大自然。探险家和植物学家将它们带到了世界其他地方。西方医学与传统医学相结合，回归更天然
的治疗方式。复制其化学成分或直接使用。当它们失效时，我们回到自然中寻找下一个神奇的治疗方
法。
2012年 Test B
The absence or presence of water governs life on land. It determines where and how animals live. But falling
rain is not always welcome. The power of water is immense. Once on land, it begins its journey back to the sea,
carving its way through the earth. 65% of the human body is water. It is our absolute necessity. We cannot live
without it. We need it for drinking, for bathing and to grow food. And we have gone to great lengths to get it to
where we want it to be. Water, the giver of life, essential to all and forever sacred.
水的存在与否主宰着陆地上的生命。它决定了动物在哪里以及如何生存。但降雨并不总是受欢迎的。
水的力量是巨大的。一旦落在陆地上，它便开始回归大海的旅程，在大地上刻下自己的道路。人体65%是水。它是我们的绝对必需品。没有它我们无法生存。我们需要它来饮用、洗浴和种植食物。我们
竭尽全力将它引到我们需要的地方。水，生命的赋予者，对万物不可或缺，永远神圣。
2012年 Test C
Much of my work here is to show people the diversity of the wildlife and to explain its biology. It's important to
get to know sharks. With gray sharks there is tension. They'll eat almost anything. You know, humans are much
more dangerous to sharks than they are to us. When you spend time with sharks, you begin to understand them
and learn to respect them. But you have to command their respect too. They're a vital link in the chain of life.
Like wolves they weed out the sick and the injured.
我在这里的大部分工作是向人们展示野生动物的多样性，并解释其生物学特征。了解鲨鱼很重要。灰
鲨让人感到紧张。它们几乎什么都吃。要知道，人类对鲨鱼来说比鲨鱼对我们更危险。当你花时间与
鲨鱼相处时，你会开始理解它们并学会尊重它们。但你也必须赢得它们的尊重。它们是生命链中至关
重要的一环。像狼一样，它们清除老弱病残。
2012年 Test D
Why are we here? Where do we come from? These are the most enduring of questions and it's an essential part
of human nature to want to find the answers. But, in reality, our story extends far further back in time. Our story
starts with the beginning of the universe. It began 13.7 billion years ago. And today, it's filled with over 100
billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. In this series, I want to tell that story. We are part
of the universe, so its story is our story. This film is about the stuff that makes us and where it all came from.
我们为什么在这里？我们从哪里来？这是最经久不衰的问题，寻找答案是人性中不可或缺的一部分。
但实际上，我们的故事可以追溯到更久远的过去。我们的故事始于宇宙的开端。它始于137亿年前。
如今，宇宙中充满了超过一千亿个星系，每个星系包含数千亿颗恒星。在这个系列中，我想讲述那个
故事。我们是宇宙的一部分，所以它的故事就是我们的故事。这部影片讲述的是构成我们的物质以及
这一切从何而来。
2012年 Test E
The history of gold is the history of the world. Since earliest times gold has been adored and treasured by man.
A symbol of enduring value, gold has been used as a currency for centuries. In 1847 one man found gold in the
bed of a Californian river. And so began the Californian Gold Rush. Men came in their thousands and the city
that we now know as San Francisco was born. Today most of the world's gold is found, not in rivers, but deep
within the earth. Gold, now even more precious to man than ever.
黄金的历史就是世界的历史。自远古时代起，黄金就被人崇拜和珍视。作为永恒价值的象征，黄金被
用作货币已有数百年。1847年，一个人在加利福尼亚的一条河床中发现了黄金。由此开始了加利福尼
亚淘金热。成千上万的人涌入这里，我们如今所知的旧金山这座城市就此诞生。今天，世界上大部分
黄金不是在河流中找到的，而是在地球深处。黄金，如今对人类来说比以往任何时候都更加珍贵。
2012年 Test F
The night skies were once filled with stars. Today our own lights eclipse the darkness and spread steadily each
day. In 15 years there will be 8 billion human beings on Earth. Slowly, the dark places in Africa become the last
refuge for one of our planet's most iconic animals. Fifty years ago 450,000 lions lived here. And today theremay be as few as 20,000. And yet, in these remote places, some of the most dramatic stories on Earth are
played out. This is a story of some of the last wild lions on Earth.
夜空曾经布满繁星。如今我们自己的灯光遮蔽了黑暗，并每天都在稳步蔓延。十五年后，地球上将有
八十亿人口。慢慢地，非洲的黑暗之地成为了我们这个星球最具标志性的动物之一的最后避难所。五
十年前，这里有四十五万头狮子。而今天可能仅存两万头。然而，在这些偏远的地方，上演着地球上
最具戏剧性的故事。这是关于地球上最后一些野生狮子的故事。
2011年 Test A
The South Pacific Ocean is on the surface of it still a healthy ocean. We depend on it. Over 60% of the world's
fish catch comes from the Pacific. But like all oceans, it has little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy
much longer. For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. It's changing in ways that, if left unchecked, could
develop into a global crisis. Some of its residents have been through crisis before. And protecting the fish will
ensure a healthy ocean for all the marine life of the Pacific. It will require international commitment and
cooperation.
南太平洋在表面上看仍然是一片健康的海洋。我们依赖它。世界上超过60%的渔获来自太平洋。但和
所有海洋一样，它几乎没有得到任何保护，因此可能无法长久保持健康。对南太平洋来说，这是一个
关键时刻。它正在以某种方式发生变化，如果任其发展，可能演变成一场全球性危机。这里的一些居
民曾经经历过危机。保护鱼类将确保太平洋所有海洋生物拥有一片健康的海洋。这需要国际社会的承
诺与合作。
2011年 Test B
Tortoises, as heavy as four grown men. In their huge bodies they can store enough fat to go for a year without
eating or drinking anything. To survive here, it seems you need to be a monster. Or is it just that you need to be
different? Their rich fat, their giant size made tortoises perfect for the ship's larder. In 200 years, over 200,000
were taken. On some islands tortoises were completely wiped out. But out of the tragedy came some good. As
more people came to Galapagos, a clearer picture of the islands began to appear. Each got its own name.
乌龟能重达四个成年男子的体重。在它们庞大的身躯里，可以储存足够的脂肪，一年不吃不喝也能生
存。要在这里生存，似乎你需要变成一个庞然大物。还是说你只需要与众不同？它们丰富的脂肪、巨
大的体型使乌龟成为船上储粮的完美选择。在两百年间，超过二十万只乌龟被带走。在一些岛屿上，
乌龟被彻底消灭。但在这场悲剧中也带来了一些好处。随着越来越多的人来到加拉帕戈斯群岛，这些
岛屿的轮廓开始变得清晰。每个岛屿都有了自己的名字。
2011年 Test C
The Road tells us stories of cities, stories of wars, all passed on through travelers' tales. The hardest part of the
Silk Road journey was crossing the vast expanse of desert, called "The Sea of Death". The Mogao Cave is an
intersection between the edge of the Silk Road and starting point of the "Desert of Death". The numerous
stories of the Silk Road tale were hidden in the desert. The desert sand wind has two different sides, and the
desert does not leave any traces. However, uncovering the Silk Road's stories is similar to counting the grains
of sand in the desert.这条路告诉我们城市的故事、战争的故事，所有这些都通过旅行者的口口相传。丝绸之路旅途中最艰
难的部分是穿越广袤的沙漠，被称为「死亡之海」。莫高窟正处于丝绸之路的边缘与「死亡之海」起
点的交汇处。丝绸之路上无数的传说故事被掩埋在沙漠之中。沙漠的风沙有两副不同的面孔，而沙漠
不会留下任何痕迹。然而，揭开丝绸之路的故事，就像数沙漠中的沙粒一样困难。
2011年 Test D
The desert leaves not a trace of what has been. Stories of people who passed through the Silk Road have
become legendary. Two thousand years ago, how did people know that on the far side of an endless desert lay a
world different from theirs? To travel the Silk Road containing two thousand years of history is a journey of
many faces with hardships and danger around every corner. Endless desert spreads before us. After passing
through this desert, what kind of land will we discover? A special record reports an eighth century Silk Road
journey. The Silk Road is a path for those seeking Buddhism.
沙漠不留一丝曾经存在过的痕迹。穿越丝绸之路的人们的故事已成为传说。两千年前，人们如何知道
在无尽沙漠的远端有一个与他们不同的世界？踏上这条承载两千年历史的丝绸之路，是一段充满艰辛
与危险的多面旅程。无尽的沙漠在我们面前铺展。穿过这片沙漠后，我们会发现怎样的土地？一份特
殊的记录报道了八世纪的丝绸之路之旅。丝绸之路是那些追寻佛教之人的道路。
2011年 Test E
Navigating and surviving in this vast, remote wilderness, had proved almost impossible for these experienced
sailors. And at times, even the ultimate ocean travelers need help. Natural harbours may be safe havens for
sailors, but for the migratory whales, they can be death traps. One whale is still alive. Left like this, he will die
within days. But he's held fast. The only option left is to use nets. At last he's free. But he's not out of trouble
yet. First, he must negotiate the rocky heads of the bay. His sensitive skin, never designed to touch rock, is
badly lacerated. He is through and back into the safety of the endless blue.
对于这些经验丰富的水手来说，在这片广袤偏远的荒野中导航和生存几乎是不可能的。有时，即便是
终极的海洋旅行者也需要帮助。天然港口可能是水手的安全避风港，但对于迁徙的鲸鱼来说，它们却
是死亡陷阱。一头鲸鱼还活着。如果这样下去，它几天内就会死去。但它被紧紧卡住了。唯一的选择
是使用网。终于，它自由了。但它还没有脱离危险。首先，它必须穿过海湾布满岩石的海角。它从未
被设计用来接触岩石的敏感皮肤被严重划伤。它穿过去了，回到了无尽蔚蓝的安全之中。
2011年 Test F
We live on an active planet. The rock itself is alive. The history of this planet is written in its rocks. Over
hundreds of millions of years, mountain ranges have risen up, entire continents have drifted apart. Is this how
other worlds would be? Earth's partner, the moon, could hardly be more different. Nothing has happened on this
dusty world for billions of years. Its surface shows only the scars of countless impacts by asteroids. The story of
the other planets must also be locked on their surfaces. But they are so far away that they are just dots of light in
the sky.
我们生活在一个活跃的星球上。岩石本身也是有生命的。这个星球的历史写在它的岩石中。在数亿年
的时间里，山脉隆起，整个大陆漂移分离。其他世界也会是这样吗？地球的伙伴月球与之截然不同。在这个尘土飞扬的世界里，数十亿年来什么都没有发生过。它的表面只显示出无数小行星撞击的疤
痕。其他行星的故事也一定锁在它们的表面上。但它们太远了，在天空中只是一个个光点。
