当提及六级听力时，尤其是英语六级真题听力，我们不禁会想起那些考验英语学习者听力理解能力的挑战。作为英语六级考试的重要组成部分，六级听力部分不仅要求考生能够捕捉和识别出基本的语言信息，更需要他们在有限的时间内对复杂的语境进行准确理解，并快速作出反应。小编为大家整理了2024年6月英语六级真题听力第二套Recording 2的内容，希望能对您有所帮助！

英文原文

Recording 2

录音2

The genetic code of all one point five million known species of animals and plants living on earth will be mapped to help save species from extinction and boost human health. Scientists hope that cracking the genetic code of plants and animals could help uncover new treatments for infectious diseases, slow aging, improve crops in agriculture, and create new biomaterials. In Britain, organizations including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have joined forces to sequence Britain's sixty-six thousand species of animals and plants, dubbed the Darwin Tree of Life project. It is expected to take ten years and cost 100 million pounds. Once completed, all the information will be publicly available to researchers.

地球上已知的150万种动植物的遗传密码将被绘制成图，以帮助拯救濒临灭绝的物种并促进人类健康。科学家们希望破解动植物遗传密码能够有助于发现治疗传染病的新方法、延缓衰老、改良农作物以及创造新型生物材料。在英国，包括自然历史博物馆、皇家植物园邱园和韦尔科姆桑格研究所等机构已携手合作，对英国6.6万种动植物进行测序，该项目被称为“达尔文生命之树”项目。预计该项目将持续十年，耗资1亿英镑。项目完成后，所有信息都将公开供研究人员使用。

Many scientists believe that earth has now entered the sixth mass extinction, with humans creating a toxic mix of habitat loss, pollution, and climate change, which has already led to the loss of at least 77 species of mammals and 140 types of birds since 1500. It is the biggest loss of species since the dinosaurs were wiped out 66 million years ago. Scientists say that sequencing every species will revolutionize the understanding of biology and evolution, bolster efforts to conserve, as well as protect and restore biodiversity.

许多科学家认为，地球已进入第六次物种大灭绝，人类造成的栖息地丧失、污染和气候变化等有毒因素已导致自1500年以来至少77种哺乳动物和140种鸟类灭绝。这是自6600万年前恐龙灭绝以来最大的物种灭绝事件。科学家们说，对每一种物种进行测序将彻底改变对生物学和进化的理解，并加强保护、保护和恢复生物多样性的努力。

Dr. Tim Littlewood, head of the Life Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum, said, "Whether you are interested in food or disease, the history of how every organism on the planet has adapted to its environment is recorded in its genetic makeup. How you then harness that is dependent on your ability to understand it. We will be using modern methods to get a really good window on the present and the past, and of course, a window on the past gives you a prospective model on the future."

自然历史博物馆生命科学部负责人蒂姆·利特尔伍德博士说：“无论你对食物还是疾病感兴趣，地球上每个生物如何适应其环境的历史都记录在其遗传结构中。然后你如何利用这些取决于你的理解能力。我们将使用现代方法，来更好地了解现在和过去，当然，了解过去能为你提供一个未来的前瞻性模型。”

Sir Jim Smith, Director of Science at Wellcome, said, "Try as I might, I can't think of a more exciting, more relevant, more timely, or more internationally inspirational project. Since nineteen seventy, humanity has wiped out sixty percent of animal populations. About twenty-three thousand of eighty thousand species surveyed are approaching extinction. We are in the midst of the sixth great extinction event of life on our planet, which not only threatens wildlife species, but also imperils the global food supply. As scientists, we all realize we desperately need to catalog life on our fragile planet now. I think we're making history."

韦尔科姆科学总监吉姆·史密斯爵士说：“尽管我尽力思考，但我想不出一个比这个更激动人心、更相关、更及时或更具国际启发性的项目。自1970年以来，人类已消灭了60%的动物种群。在调查的8万种物种中，约有2.3万种正濒临灭绝。我们正处于地球上生命第六次大灭绝事件的中心，这不仅威胁着野生动物物种，还危及全球粮食供应。作为科学家，我们都意识到，我们现在迫切需要对我们脆弱的地球上的生命进行分类。我认为我们正在创造历史。”

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

问题19至21基于你刚刚听到的录音。

Question 19: What do scientists hope to do by cracking the genetic code of plants and animals?

问题19：科学家希望通过破解动植物遗传密码来做什么？

Question 20: What do many scientists believe with regard to Earth?

问题20：许多科学家对地球持什么看法？

Question 21: How does Sir Jim Smith, Director of Science at Wellcome, describe the Darwin Tree of Life project?

问题21：韦尔科姆科学总监吉姆·史密斯爵士是如何描述“达尔文生命之树”项目的？

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