[宝典]淘金币英语专业四级听写120篇101-103
101. Alcohol on Campus
In the United States, the legal age to drink alcohol is 21. Americans debate whether it should be lowered, or whether young drinkers would only drink more. In parts of Europe, the legal drinking age for beer, and sometimes hard liquor, is 16. Yet France may raise the age limit for beer and wine sales to 18, the same as for hard liquor there.
Rules on alcohol differ from college to college in the United States. Many schools require all first-year students to take an alcohol prevention and education program. Some have a "zero tolerance" policy where alcohol is banned from all buildings. Parents are informed of violations and students may be suspended.
Campus police and local police report underage drinking violations to administrators. The university judicial committee decides punishment on a case by case basis. For example, the committee might suspend or expel a student. It might require an alcohol education program.
102. The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is the main investigating agency of the Department of Justice in the United States. The F.B.I. enforces more than two-hundred federal laws. But it says its two most important jobs now are to prevent terrorism
and spying.
The F.B.I. assists other law enforcement agencies in the United States and foreign countries. It has the world's largest collection of fingerprints and is also known for its crime laboratories.
The F.B.I. employs about 27,000 people. They work in 56 offices in the United States and more than 40 offices in other countries. More than 11,000 men and women serve as special agents. They investigate crimes like bank robberies, but also crimes involving computers, the environment and terrorism.
The F.B.I. has been criticized for its part in the failure to stop the hijackings on September 11th, 2001. It has made it easier to
share information about possible terrorist threats.
103. Getting a Green Card
A green card is an official document identifying a person as a permanent resident of the United States. It does not give citizenship to the card holder but permits him or her to live and work legally in the country.
There are many ways to get a green card. One common way is through family members who have American citizenship. American gives special consideration to husbands, wives, children and parents of American citizens. Green card holders can also
nominate their husbands, wives and children for green cards. A foreign citizen who has been offered a job in the United States can request a green card. The employer would serve as sponsor in that case. There are also green card qualifiers for some non-citizens who invest in America, for refugees.
Still all these paths leave out many people who want a green card. So, each year the United States carries out a lottery that provides about 50,000 green cards to lucky winners.