本期的初级听力将继续以介绍家乡为情景背景，适合英语的初学者。下面请结合mp3以及下方的原文和翻译，开始今天的初级听力练习吧！

听力原文及翻译

It is a beautiful village and I loved growing up in the countryside, but sometimes it is a little boring. I would like to be able to move to a big city one day because there are opportunities that you can't find here. Hi, my name is Ben and I live in a big city, New York. I live in a 3 room apartment on the 8th floor with my parents and my younger brother. My city is very crowded and noisy. My school is not very close to where I live, so I have to take the subway. You can reach so easily everywhere with the subway. There are many people of all cultures in my city. They speak different languages. The taxis are also great to get you where you want to go if you don't want to wait for the subways. I almost never go to school by a car with my parents because we always have to wait for hours in the traffic jam. That's one of the things I dislike about my city, and there is much pollution in the city. But fortunately we have many parks. Central Park is the most famous one. It is a landmark in New York City. There is a zoo in the Central Park that you can visit.

那是一个美丽的村庄，我喜欢在乡下长大，但有时那里有点无聊。我希望有一天能搬到大城市，因为那里有你在这里找不到的机会。你好，我叫本，我住在大城市纽约。我和我的父母和弟弟住在 8 楼的一套三室公寓里。我的城市非常拥挤和嘈杂。我的学校离我住的地方不太近，所以我必须乘坐地铁。乘坐地铁可以很方便地到达任何地方。我的城市里有很多不同文化背景的人。他们说不同的语言。如果你不想等地铁，出租车也可以把你送到你想去的地方。我几乎从不和父母开车去学校，因为我们总是要在交通堵塞中等上几个小时。这是我不喜欢我的城市的原因之一，而且这个城市污染严重。但幸运的是，我们有很多公园。中央公园是最著名的。它是纽约市的地标。中央公园里有一个动物园，您可以参观。

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