2019下半年英语六级考试听力材料5

坦途网英语六级考试频道给大家整理的是英语六级听力材料，听力练习很重要，但是你听完后不对照材料，你永远不知道自己的答案是否正确，所以每一次听力练习结束要对着材料仔细研读，把生词和复杂的句子标记下来进行背诵，不仅可以拓展词汇，还可以学习语法的表达。大家可以通过本篇文章练习，认真做好笔记哦。

Is Iceland Too Popular for Its Own Good?

A large sign warns people that Iceland's Fjadrárgljúfur canyon is closed to visitors.

Yet many people keep driving down the narrow road to the canyon. A ranger at a roadblock must explain to them why no one can pass: The area cannot support more visitors.

Drivers try to persuade ranger Hanna Jóhannsdóttir into opening the entrance to the canyon. Some offer her money if she agrees to help. They should know that such a bribe will not work.

"Food from people's home country is the most common bribery," said Jóhannsdóttir. She recently turned down a free trip to Dubai in exchange for letting trespassers past the roadblock.

Too many visitors, not enough infrastructure

The problem is that the North Atlantic island nation may be too popular for its own good.

Last year, 2.3 million people visited Iceland, compared with just 600,000 eight years ago. The number of visitors is out of proportion to the infrastructure needed to protect its countryside.

Inga Palsdottir is the head of the national tourism agency Visit Iceland. She said a single film shot or video has often put overlooked places on the map.

The extreme example in Iceland, she said, is the wreckage of a United States Navy airplane. The plane crashed on a black sandy beach in 1973. The seven Americans on the Douglas DC-3 aircraft all survived but the plane wreck was never removed.

"Then someone decided to dance on it and now it's one of the most popular places in the country," said Palsdottir.

Fjadrárgljúfur canyon could be seen in the most recent season of the television program "Game of Thrones." It also was part of a Justin Bieber music video.

The video has been watched over 440 million times on YouTube since 2015. The singer can be seen walking on plant life and bathing in the cold river underneath the canyon's walls.

Environment Minister Gudmundur Ingi Gudbrandsson said it is "a bit too simplistic to blame the entire situation on Justin Bieber." However, he urged famous visitors to consider the effects of their actions.

"Rash behavior by one famous person can dramatically impact an entire area if the mass follows," he told The Associated Press.

Gudbrandsson added, "In Justin Bieber's defense, the canyon did not, at the time he visited, have rope fences and designated paths..."

Over 1 million people have visited the area since the Bieber video was released, the Environment Agency of Iceland estimates. The visitors left deep scars on the country's vegetation. The canyon was closed for all but five weeks this year.

Tourists ignore signs

On a foggy morning, Hanna Jóhannsdóttir found footprints on the muddy path leading to the Fjadrárgljúfur canyon. The footprints suggested that someone had jumped the fence overnight.

She predicted that more people would trespass later that day when she left to give a presentation at a community center.

Less than 30 minutes after she left, people began ignoring the fences and signs.

"We came because of Justin Timberlake," said Mikhail Samarin, a tourist from Russia traveling with two other people. They were quick to correct the artist's last name to Bieber.

The three took turns posing for photographs, standing at the edge of an Icelandic cliff.

I'm John Russell.

重点解析

1.free trip 免费旅行

They want to give me a free trip to Hongkong.

他们想提供我一个免费香港旅行。

2.home country 祖国

After many years of exile thousands of families will now be able to return to their home country.

多年流亡之后，数千个家庭现在已经能够返回祖国了。

3.put on the map 使...闻名

The pleasant climate has put Kunming on the map as a tourist destination in Mainland China.

宜人的气候使昆明崭露头角而成为中国大陆的旅游胜地。

4.give a presentation 发表演讲

I have been invited to give a presentation at a conference.

有人邀请我在一个会议上发言。

5.The three took turns posing for photographs, standing at the edge of an Icelandic cliff.

take turns 轮流

The doctors take turns at participating in the mobile medical team.

医生们轮流参加巡回医疗队。

The two brothers take turns looking after their father.

兄弟俩轮转着照顾父亲。

6.The three took turns posing for photographs, standing at the edge of an Icelandic cliff.

at the edge of 在...的边缘

He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.

他在一个陡坡边上停住了。

All of us stood for a long time at the edge of the village waving good-bye to him.

我们大家把他送到村口，久久不肯回去。

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冰岛景区人满为患被迫关闭

一块大型告示牌警告人们，冰岛的羽毛河峡谷已不再接待游客。

然而，仍然有人驾车行驶在前往峡谷的狭窄公路上。路障处的护林人必须向他们解释为什么不允许通行的原因：该地无法接纳更多游客了。

司机试图说服护林人Hanna Jóhannsdóttir开放峡谷入口。如果她能通融将得到一笔小费。他们应该知道此法是行不通的。

Jóhannsdóttir表示：“最常见的贿赂方式外国游客强塞本国的特产。”她最近拒绝了一位以一次免费迪拜之旅换取通行的游客。

人满为患，基础设施薄弱

问题在于，这一北大西洋岛国可能因太受欢迎而危害自身。

去年，有230万人到冰岛旅游，而8年前这里只有60万游客。游客数量与保护该地所需的基础设施不成比例。

Inga Palsdottir是冰岛国家旅游局局长。她说，一部简单的电影镜头或视频经常能把一些冷门的地方带火。

她说，其中一个极端的例子是一架美国海军飞机的残骸。1973年，飞机在黑沙滩上坠毁。道格拉斯DC-3飞机上的7名美国人全部幸存，但飞机残骸从未被清理。

Palsdottir说：“后来有人决定在上面跳舞，现在它成为冰岛zui受欢迎的地方之一。”

羽毛河峡谷在最近一季的《权力的游戏》中也出镜了。这里还是贾斯汀·比伯某部MV的取景地。

自2015年以来，该MV在YouTube上的点击量超过4.4亿次。视频中可以看到这位歌手漫步在植物中，在峡谷壁下的冰冷河流中沐浴。

该国的环境部长Gudmundur Ingi Gudbrandsson表示，“把全部责任归咎于贾斯汀·比伯似乎有些牵强。” 然而，他敦促明星要考虑其行为带来的影响。

“如果名人的粗鲁行径引得众人纷纷效仿，那么将会对整个地区产生巨大的影响，”他告诉美联社。

Gudbrandsson补充道，“贾斯汀·比伯辩称，当时他前往峡谷取景时，还没有绳索围栏和指定路径。”

据冰岛环境署统计，自比伯的MV发布以来，已有100多万人参观了该景区。游客给该国的植被留下了深深的伤疤。今年该景区仅对游客开放五周。

游客无视告示牌

在一个雾蒙蒙的早晨，Hanna Jóhannsdóttir在通往羽毛河峡谷的泥泞小道上发现了脚印。脚印说明有人在夜间翻越了围栏。

她预计，当天晚些时候，当她去社区中心做演讲时，会有更多的人非法闯入。

在她离开不到30分钟后，人们开始无视栅栏和告示牌。

“我们来这里是因为贾斯汀·汀布莱克，”与另外两人一起前来的俄罗斯游客米哈伊尔·萨马林说道。很快，他们纠正歌手其实是比伯。

三人轮番站在冰岛悬崖边上摆姿势拍照。

约翰·罗塞尔为您播报。

今天的听力材料大家都整理好了吗？里面有很多生词需要同学们自己去查阅资料，弄懂含义了解本文的主旨。学习是自主性的，小编每天会为大家提供试题材料，但是大家也要学会独自思考，自主完成每一道习题，这样才会提升自己的英语水平，顺利通过英语六级考试。