在英语四级考试中，听力理解部分无疑是考生们需要重点关注的环节。小编为大家整理了“2023年6月英语四级真题听力第一套”Conversation 2的内容，希望为大家备考带来帮助！
英文原文
Conversation 2
对话2
As a kid, did you know what job you wanted to do when you grew up?
小时候，你知道你长大后想做什么工作吗？
No, I didn't, and I got sick every time adults asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
不，我不知道，每次大人问我长大后想做什么，我都会觉得很烦。
It's the same with me.
我也是。
And I'm tired of people asking that question of my 10-year-old daughter.
我厌倦了人们问我的10岁女儿这个问题。
My daughter's stock answers are: basketball player, pop singer, mechanical engineer.
我女儿的标准答案是：篮球运动员、流行歌手、机械工程师。
Adults love that last one, as it's the perfect mix of the sensible and the ambitious.
大人们喜欢最后一个，因为它完美地结合了理性和雄心壮志。
When she was much younger, my daughter used to say she wanted to be queen of the clouds, which I loved.
当她更小的时候，我女儿曾说她想成为云中的女王，我很喜欢这个答案。
That's the kind of goal setting I like to see in children, springing from their boundless imaginations.
这就是我喜欢在孩子们身上看到的那种目标设定，源自他们无限的想象力。
Yes, we grown-ups can be tedious and limiting in our need for reality, and we teach a very gloomy image of adulthood.
是的，我们这些成年人在追求现实的过程中可能会变得乏味和局限，而且我们对成年期的描述非常悲观。
That whatever our children's future holds, it must be seen within the context of a job.
无论我们孩子的未来是什么样的，都必须在工作的背景下看待它。
How utterly overwhelming and dull!
这简直太令人沮丧和乏味了！
When people ask my son what he wants to be when he grows up, I have to swallow the urge to say, "Hey, back off my kids' dreams!"
当有人问我儿子长大后想做什么时，我不得不忍住冲动说：“嘿，别干涉我孩子的梦想！”
We can't dismiss the idea that teenagers have to plan to do something after they finish school.
我们不能忽视这样的想法：青少年毕业后必须计划做一些事情。
And parents are entitled to hope it's more than simply spending 10 hours a day playing computer games.
父母有权利希望他们的孩子不只是每天花10个小时玩电脑游戏。
But asking, "What do you want to be?" isn't going to lead a child to a fulfilled life.
但是，问“你想成为什么？”不会引导孩子过上充实的生活。
Rather, at least, to false expectations and a high chance of disappointment.
相反，至少会导致错误的期望和高度的失望。
Exactly.
确实。
We should be helping our kids understand who they are, even if that means letting go of who we think they should be.
我们应该帮助我们的孩子了解他们自己是谁，即使这意味着要放弃我们认为他们应该成为的人。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题12到15是基于你刚刚听到的对话。
question 12: what question were both speakers fed up with when they were kids?
问题12：当两位发言者还是孩子的时候，他们都对什么问题感到厌烦？
question 13: what occupation do adults see is both sensible and ambitious according to the woman?
问题13：根据这位女士的说法，成年人认为哪种职业既理智又有抱负？
question 14: what kind of goal setting does the woman like to see in children?
问题14：这位女士喜欢看到孩子们设定什么样的目标？
question 15: what does the woman suggest adults should do?
问题15：这位女士建议成年人应该做什么？
2023年6月英语四级真题听力第一套Conversation 2的发布，为考生提供了宝贵的备考资料，助力他们提升听力成绩，顺利通过考试。
