202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-09-Ex2.1

　　Narrator:        Part Two.     Listening Exercise 2.1 .       Listen to the following sentences,  pausing your machine aftereach sentence to write down the essential details of what you have heard:
a.       Cardiff has been the official capital of Wales  since only   1955.
b.        This city of 270,000  people is prosperous,  with a large university and an extraordinary   castle.
c.       Wales has  some extremely beautiful scenery,   but also  some of the most depressing coal-mining towns.
d.       More than 50% of the pits closed during the 1930s, and the last large coal mine in Wales closed in 1994.
e.       Nuclear power stations  now supply much of the energy that was  once derived¹ solely² from coal.
f.       The major industry in Wales these days is  tourism,   which accounts  for over 10% of jobs in the region.
g.       Cardiff was once the world's busiest coal port,  producing one third of the world's  coal.
h.        The city was heavily bombed during the Second World War,  because of its  strategic importance.
i.       Fortunately,  since the  '60s, much of the industrial damage to the Welsh environment has been reversed.
j .       The  Cardiff Bay Project,  a   30 minute walk from the city centre,  has  rejuvenated³ the old dock area,  andnearby   mud flats have been turned into  a freshwater lake.

1 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

3 rejuvenated   

更生的

参考例句：

• He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
• She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。