那些年被高考英语听力支配的恐惧，原来出自他们......

“衬衫的价格是九镑15便士，所以你选择C项，并将其标在试卷上。”

相信每一位高中生都熟悉这段英语听力试音的经典对话。永远不变的衬衫价格，一直陪伴着高考学子。背后录制高考英语听力的主播总是只闻其声，未见其人。那么，他究竟是谁？

第一位全国高考英语听力考试的男声朗读者（“初代大魔王”）是英国人Paul，他也是担任次数最多的男声朗读者，在2000到2007年间共参与了5次高考英语听力的录音工作。

Paul, a British man, was the first male reader for the English Listening Test of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), and he also served as the most frequent male reader, participating in the recording of the NCEE English Listening Test for a total of five times between 2000 and 2007.

Paul最初是北京语言大学的留学生，后来留校当了外教。北京语言大学的张卫老师说是他把Paul引入了这个职业，“在这个圈子里，他很有名气，人们称他是金嗓子。”

Paul was an international student at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and later stayed on to become a foreign teacher. Zhang Wei, a teacher at BLCU, said he was the one who brought Paul into the profession, "He's very famous in this field, and people call him the Golden Voice."

然而不幸的是，癌症夺走了这位“金嗓子”的生命。“他的去世或许会对中学的英语听力教育产生很大的影响。” 张卫说自己并没有夸大事实，“很少有人知道他就是全国高考英语听力的男声朗读人，直到生病前，他一直做这个工作。”

Unfortunately, cancer took the life of this "golden voice". "His death may have a great impact on English listening education in high schools," Zhang Wei added, and he said he was not exaggerating, "Few people know that he was the male reader of English listening Test for the National College Entrance Examination, which he had been doing until he got sick."

高考英语听力的女声朗读者则有好几个，比如Debbie，Catherine等。

Debbie和Paul 图源：中国播音主持网

Paul去世后，近十多年的高考英语听力主播男声都是美籍华人Kris Chung，女声朗读者是 Laura Estelles和Tushka Bergen。

Kris Chung（右）和Luara Estelles（左）图源：中国播音主持网

Kris Chung（右）和Tushka Bergen（左）图源：中国播音主持网

了解了听力背后的TA，我们来看看高考英语听力的“前世今生”。

后来，随着新高考“3+1+2”模式的推广，高考听力也逐渐回归。

你对高考英语听力有什么样的回忆？在评论区留下你的故事吧！

编辑：商桢

实习生：吴昕妮

来源：外研社 中播网