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2016年12月英語四級新聞聽力練習(xí)
2016年6月英語四級聽力考試中，新添加了短篇新聞。相對的，四級聽力的難度也有所增加。但是再難的題目也禁不住多多的練習(xí)!以下是小編為各位考生們準(zhǔn)備的四級新聞聽力練習(xí)，各位趕緊get起來吧!
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World's Most Expensive Ham 世上最貴的火腿
We all like to eat well, and sometimes it's worthspending that little bit extra in order to get the bestfood available, but how many of us would consider spending nearly ￡2,000 (22,000 yuan) fora pig's leg?
British gourmets with money to burn are licking their lips at the thought of a Spanish hamthat has gone on sale this week at shop in London.
The 7kg leg of Iberico ham costs ￡1,800 (19,800 yuan) and even comes with its own DNAcertificate to guarantee authenticity.
Cured ham has long been enjoyed as an expensive delicacy around the world but the heftyprice tag attached to these hams sets them apart from other similar products.
The reason they are so costly is because they come from a group of only 50 black Iberian pigspersonally selected and reared by a third-generation Iberian pig farmer and curer.
Each pig has been fed on a special diet of acorns and roots to give the ham its distinctiveflavour, and given a pasture of ten hectares each to live in.
After, what is by pig standards, an idyllic life of roaming oak groves and feeding naturally, thepigs are slaughtered and the curing process begins.
To make jamon iberico, as it is called in Spanish, the hams are salted and left to dry for twoweeks, then they are rinsed and dried for another four to six weeks.
The dry hams are then hung in a cool, dry place for between 12 and 36 months before beingmade available to the public.
These kinds of ham are served raw in very thin slices and usually eaten as an appetiser.According to the London store selling the world's most expensive ham, the taste more thanjustifies the price tag.
"Connoisseurs will appreciate the melt-in-the-mouth texture of this truly amazing Spanishham," said a spokesman.
【參考譯文】
我們都喜歡吃好一點，有時為了吃到最好的食物，多花一點錢也是值得的。但是有多少人會考慮花費接近2,000英鎊(22,000元)來買一條豬腿呢?
一想到倫敦一家商店即將出售的西班牙火腿，英國有花不完的錢的美食家們就垂涎三尺。
伊比利(Iberico)火腿每條重達(dá)7千克，每條高達(dá)1,800英鎊，每條都有DNA證書證明其真實性。
火腿一直被世界各地譽(yù)為昂貴的美味佳肴，但是這些火腿上面昂貴的價格標(biāo)簽將它們與其他類似產(chǎn)品區(qū)別開來。
這些火腿如此昂貴是因為，它們來自第三代伊比利養(yǎng)豬專家親自挑選并飼養(yǎng)的僅有的50頭豬。
每頭豬都用特別的橡果和樹根制成的特別膳食飼養(yǎng)，使火腿具有特別的風(fēng)味，而且每頭豬都有10公頃牧場的活動范圍。
按照豬的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，經(jīng)過在橡樹叢中徜徉和自然喂養(yǎng)的田園詩般的生活之后，這些豬被屠宰，開始了腌制的過程。
為了制成伊比利火腿，這些火腿用鹽腌制，懸掛兩周的時間來風(fēng)干，隨后用水沖洗，再風(fēng)干4至6周的時間。
隨后將風(fēng)干的火腿懸掛在干燥涼爽的環(huán)境下12至36周到時間，之后才會推向市場。
這種火腿都是切成薄片生著提供，通常是作為開胃菜。據(jù)出售這種世界最貴火腿的倫敦商場所說，這種火腿的風(fēng)味絕對可以證明這個價格是合理的。
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