施心远听力教程第一册Unit_9

• Ex. B: Draw a sketch map to show how to get to the National Theatre.
National Theatre
Junction
Roundabout You are here.
• Tape script • Woman: Excuse me, please. Could you possibly tell me how I can get to the National Theatre please? • Man: Sorry. I didn't catch that. Which theatre? • Woman: The National Theatre. • Man: The National Theatre. And you're going by car. • Woman: That's right. I think there's a car park at the theatre and we'll park there. • Man: Mm. Well, the best way from here is to drive as far as the roundabout — that's straight on, about two minutes' drive, Take the first turning left out of the roundabout and continue for about a minute or so until you come to a ion. Turn left at the junction and you'll see National Theatre on your right. You can't possibly miss it. It's a tall, white building. • Woman: Thank you very much. Left out of the roundabout, left at the junction and it's on the right. • Man: That's it. • Woman: That's very kind of you. • Man: That's all right
Section Two
Listening Comprehension
Dialogue 1 How to get to the national theatre, please? • Exercise A: Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. • • • • • • 1. Where does the woman want to go? (She wants to go the National Theatre.) How will she go there? (She will go there by car.) How long does it take'? (It takes about three minutes to drive there.)
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Woman: So what time do you finish your delivery? Tom: It depends... er... between 9.30 and 10 o'clock. Woman: What do you do then? Tom: I have a cup of tea. Then I sort some more letters, or... sometimes I sort parcels. Woman: Do you deliver a second lot of letters? Tom: No, we don't often make a second delivery these days; only at Christmas time. But occasionally we deliver special letters... official letters, or letters advertising things. Woman: I see. So what time do you finish work? Tom: I usually finish about 2 o'clock. Woman: Do you ever work at night? Tom: No, I never work at night. Betty, my wife, she doesn't like me to work at night. Woman: Thank you, Tom. Tom: It's pleasure.
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Tape script Woman: What time do you leave home in the morning, Tom? Tom: I always get up at 4 o'clock. I leave home at about 5 o'clock. Woman: And what time do you start work? Tom: I start work at 5.30. Woman: And what do you do when you get to the post office? Tom: I sort my letters. Woman: How, what exactly do you mean "sort your letters"? Tom: Well... I have a walk... Every postman has his or her walk. That means that I deliver all the letters for the houses in certain streets. The streets where those houses are... that's my walk. • Woman: So you sort the letters for the houses in your walk. • Tom: Yes. I go up one side of each street and down the other side. So before I leave the post office, I put all the letters in the correct order. Then I put a rubber band round each lot of letters and I pack the letters in my bag. when I'm ready, I go out and deliver the letters.
Passage Alaska
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A postman
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F 1. The postman has to get up earlier before he starts his work.) F 2. That means that I deliver all the letters for the houses in certain streets. F 3. The first thing the postman does at the post office is to put all the letters in the correct order. F 4. The letters are put in such an order so that the postman walks up along one side of the street first and then down the other side of the same street. T 5. The first delivery finishes 9.30 or 10 o'clock. F 6. After having a cup of tea, the postman sorts some more letters or parcels bill they don't often make a second delivery. T 7. They also deliver junk mail sometimes. (Yes, they also deliver letters advertising things.) F 8. The postmen work eight and a half hours a day just like other workers.
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking
The present economic situation can be described as follows: • Average earnings have gone up by 60%. • Industrial output has risen by 43%. • Exports have gone up by 52%. • Inflation is down to approximately 3%. This is due to the government's successful economic policies, which have led to more efficient management and greater productivity.
Unit 9
Section one
Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics
• A: Excuse me, (1) can you tell me the way to the swimming pool, please? • B: 1 (2) can't, Fm afraid. I'm a stranger here, you see. But (3) why not ask that man over there? (4) be able to tell you, (5) I'm sure. • A: Which one (6) do you mean? • B: Look, the one over there, on the other (7) side of the road. • A: Ah, yes. I can (8) see him now. Thank you so much.
• Tape script • Figures released today show that average earnings have gone up by 60%over the last twelve months. Official sources say that this is due to the government's successful economic policies, which have led to more efficient management and greater productivity. Industrial output has risen by 43% during the last year, and exports have gone up by 52%. Inflation is down to approximately 3%.