英语专业四级听力50篇03：A Popular Pastime of the English People(mp3+lrc)

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[00:04.00]A Popular Pastime of the English People
[00:12.67]One of the best means of understanding
[00:15.80]the people of any nation is watching
[00:18.22]what they do with their non-working time.
[00:22.35]Most English men, women and children love growing things,
[00:27.93]especially flowers.
[00:30.62]Visitors to England in spring, summer,
[00:34.14]or autumn are likely to see gardens
[00:37.71]all the way along the railway lines.
[00:41.70]There are flowers at the airports
[00:43.45]and flowers in factory grounds, 
[00:46.34]as well as in gardens along the roads. 
[00:50.67]Each English town has at least
[00:54.90]one park with beautifully kept flower beds. 
[00:58.40]Public buildings of every kind 
[01:00.50]have brilliant window boxes 
[01:02.89]and sometimes baskets of flowers 
[01:05.87]are hanging on them.
[01:09.79]But what the English enjoy most 
[01:12.40]is growing things themselves, 
[01:15.66]If it is impossible to have a garden, 
[01:18.99]then a window box or something growing in a pot will do.
[01:24.87]Looking at each other's gardens 
[01:27.10]is a popular pastime with the English.

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英语专业四级听力50篇03：A Popular Pastime of the English People(mp3+lrc)