英语中级听力Lesson 1原文
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Unit 1 A time to rememberConversation 2ATed: Oh, I’m really sorry. Are you OK?Ana: I’m fine. But I’m not very good at this.Ted: Neither am I. Say, are you from South America?Ana: Yes, I am, originally. I was born in Argentina.Ted: Did you grow up there?Ana: Yes, I did, but my family moved here eight years ago, when I was in high school.Ted: And where did you learn to Rollerblade?Ana: Here in the park. This is only my second time.Ted: Well, it’s my first time. Can you give me some lessons?Ana: Sure, Just follow me.Ted: By the way, my name is Ted.Ana: And I’m Ana. Nice to meet you.Conversation 2BTed: Hey, that was fun. Thanks for the lesson!Ana: No problem. So, tell me a little about yourself. What do you do?Ted: I work in a travel agency.Ana: Really! What do you do there?Ted: I’m in charge of their computers.Ana: Oh, so you’re a computer specialist.Ted: Well, sort of. Yeah, I guess so.Ana: T hat’s great. Then maybe you can give me some help with a computer course I’m tak ing.Ted: Oh, sure . . . but only if you promise to give me some more Rollerblading lessons.Ana: I t’s a deal!Listening 4Yu HongInterviewer: Where are you from originally, Yu Hong?Yu Hong: I’m from china . . . from near Shanghai.Interviewer: And when did you move here?Yu Hong: I came here after I graduated from college. That was in 1992.Interviewer: And what do you do now?Yu Hong: I’m a transportation engineer.Interviewer: I see. S o you’re an immigrant to the United States.Yu Hong: Yes, that’s right.Interviewer: What are some of the difficulties of being an immigrant in the U.S.?Yu Hong: Oh, that’s not an easy question to answer. There are so many things, really. I guess one of the biggest difficulties is that I don’t have any relatives here. I mean, I have a lot of friends, but that’s not the samething. In china, on holidays or the weekend, we visit relatives. It isn’t the same here.Interviewer: And what do you miss the most from home?Yu Hong: O h, that’s easy: my mom’s soup! Sh e makes great soup. I really miss my mother’s cooking.AjayInterviewer: Where are you from, Ajay?Ajay: I’m from India.Interviewer: And when did you move to the U.S.?Ajay: It was in 1991.Interviewer: Are you studying here at the moment?Ajay: N ot now. I came here as a student and graduated two years ago. I’m working as a computer technician. Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what was it like when you first came here? Was it difficult?Ajay: Yeah, it was at times. The main difficulty I had was with the educational system. Things are very different here. Teaching methods, everything is very different from what I was used to in India. Interviewer: And what do you miss the most from India?Ajay: To tell you the truth, after you’re here for a while, you don’t miss anything very much. Hmmm, but I guess the weather and my family are the things I miss. And the quality of life. The quality of life is muchnicer back home, frankly speaking.Conversation 7AJeff: Hey! Are these pictures of you when you were a kid?Kim: Yeah, that’ me in front of my uncle’s beach house. When I was a kid, we used to spend two weeks there every summer.Jeff: Wow, I bet that was fun!Kim: Yeah. We always had a great time. Every day we used to get up early and walk along the beach .I had a great shell collection. In fact, I think it’s still up in the attic!Jeff: Hey, I used to collect shells, too, when I was a kid. But my parents threw them out!Conversation 7BJeff: You know what I remember most about growing up?Kim: What?Jeff: V isiting my grandparent’s house… you know, on holidays and stuff. They lived way out in the country, and my granddad had a horse named Blackie. He taught me how to ride. I just loved that horse – and she loved me, too! I used to really enjoy spending time at my grandparent’s house. And every time I came back, Blackie remembered me.Kim: Ah, memories!Unit 2 Caught in the rushConversation 2ALynn: Why is there never a bus when you want one?Sam: Good question. There aren’t enough buses on this rout e.Lynn: Sometimes I feel like writing a letter to the paper.Sam: Good idea. You should say that we need more subway lines, too.Lynn: Yeah. There should be more public transportation in general.Sam: And fewer cars! There’s too much traffic.Lynn: Say, is that our bus coming?Sam: Yes, it is. But look. It’s full!Lynn: Oh, no! Let’s go and get a cup of coffee. We can talk about this letter I’m going to write.Conversation 2BSam: So, are you really going to write a letter to the paper?Lynn: Sure. I’m going to say something about the buses. T hey’re too old. W e need more modern buses… niceair-conditioned ones.Sam: And they need to put more buses on the road.Lynn: Right. And there are too many cars downtown, and there isn’t enough parking.Sam: T hat’s for sure. It’s impossible to find a parking space downtown these days.Lynn: I think they should ban private cars downtown between nine and five.Sam: Oh, you mean they shouldn’t allow any cars except taxis and buses during the regular workday. H mm… that sounds like a really good idea.Listening 4Engineer: Quite a number of things have been done to help solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one.There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada.The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.Conversation 8 AErica: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the bank is?Man: There’s one upstairs, across from t he duty-free shop.Erica: Oh, thanks. Do you know what time it opens?Man: It should be open now. It opens at 8:00 A.M.Erica: Good, and can you tell me how often the buses leave for the city?Man: You need to check at the transportation counter. It’s right down the hall.Erica: Ok, And just one more thing. Do you know where the nearest restroom is?Man: Right behind you. ma’am. See that sign?Erica: Oh. Thanks a lot.Conversation 8 BErica: Excuse me. It’s me again. I’m sorry. I need some more information – if you don’t mind.Man: Not at all.Erica: Thanks. Do you know how much a taxi costs to the city?Man: Well, it depends on the traffic, of course. But it usually costs about forty dollars.Erica: Forty dollars? I guess I’ll take the bus. That means I have almost an hour till the next one. Where could I find an inexpensive restaurant in the airport? Maybe a fast-food place?Man: Go upstairs and turn right. You’ll see the snack bar on your left.Erica: Thanks very much. Have a nice day.Man: You, too.Unit 3 Time for a change!Conversation 2 A Apartment huntingMr. Dean: What do you think?Mrs. Dean: Well，it has just as many bedrooms as the last apartment. And the living room is huge.Jenny: But the bedrooms are too small. And there isn’t e nough closet space for my clothes.Mr. Dean: And it’s not as cheap as the last apartment we saw.Mrs. Dean: But that apartment was dark and dingy. And it was in a dangerous neighborhood.Mr. Dean: Let’s see if the real estate agent has something else to show us.Conversation 2B Apartment huntingMr. Dean: Well, how do you like this place, then?Jenny: Oh, it’s much better than that other one. The thing I like best is the bedrooms. They are huge!Mrs. Dean: Yes, they are nice and big.Jenny: And there two bathrooms! I could have my own bathroom!Mrs. Dean: Yes, I guess you could.Jenny: The only problem is the color of the living room. I really don’t like those dark green walls.Mrs. Dean: Oh, I’m sure we can change the color if we want to.Listening 51.Man1: Creative Rentals. Good morning.Woman1: Hello. I’m calling about the apartment you have for rent.Man1: Yes. What can I tell you about it?Woman1: Where is it, exactly?Man1: It’s on King Street, just off the freeway.Woman1: Oh, near the freeway. Can you hear the traffic?Man1: Yes, I’m afraid you do hear some. But the apartment has lots of space. It has three bedrooms and a very large living room.Woman: I see. And is it in a new building?Man1: Well, the building is about fifty years old.Woman1: Uh-huh. Well, I’ll think about it.Man1: Ok. Thanks for calling.Woman1: Thank you. Bye.2.Woman2: Hello?Man2: Hello. Is the apartment you’re advertising still available?Woman2: Yes, it is.Man2: Can you tell me a little about it?Woman2: Well, it’s a perfect apartment for one person. It’s one room with a kitchen at one end.Man2: I see. And is it far away from the subway?Woman2: There’s a subway station just down the street. Actually, the apartment is located right downtown, so you step out of the building and there are stores and restaurants everywhere. But it’s on a high floor, so you don’t hear any street or traffic noise.Man2: It sounds like just the kind of place I’m looking for. I’d like to come see it, please.Woman2: Sure. Let me give you the address.3.Man3: Town and City Rentals. How can I help you?Woman3: Hi. Umm... is that apartment you advertised still available?Man3: Yes, it is.Woman3: Oh, good. Umm...Listen. I, I can’t pay too much, so the low price you’re asking is, is really good for me. Man3: Great.Woman3: How big is it?Man3: It’s two rooms, plus the kitchen and bathroom.Woman3: Well, is it a safe place to live?Man3: Well, I can tell you I’ve lived here for five years and I never heard about anybody having a problem. Woman3: Oh, that’s good. Uh... let’s see. Oh, yeah. Does the apartment have a lot of windows?Man3: Windows? Yes, there are plenty of windows. But unfortunately, there isn’t much light, really. See, there’s another building right next to ours.Woman3: Oh, that’s OK. I’m never around in the day anyway. Do you think it’s all right if I come and look at it?Man3: Anytime. When do you want to see it?Conversation 7A Making wishesBrian: So where are you working now, Terry?Terry: Oh, I’m still at the bank. I don’t like it, though.Brian: That’s too bad .Why not?Terry: Well, It’s boring, and it doesn’t pay very well.Brian: I know what you mean .I don’t like my job either. I wish I could find a better job.Terry: Actually, I don’t want to work at all anymore. I wish I had a lot of money so I could retire now.Brian: Hmm, how old are you, Terry?Terry: Uh, twenty-six.Conversation 7B Making wishesBrian: So how are things going with you and Susie, Terry?Terry: Oh, you didn’t know? She and I broke up a couple of month ago. We decided we needed a break from each other for a while. But I miss her a lot. I wish we could get back together again.Brian: I’m sure you will.Terry: I really hope so. So what kind of job would like to look for?Brian: I’m not sure, but I’d love something that would involve travel. And I’d really like to move to another city.I’m sick of this place. I need to live somewhere more exciting.Terry: I know what you mean. It sure can get boring around here at times.Listening 91.Man1: Yeah, I really need a change. I’ve been doing the same thing for over five years now, and I’m just not learning anything new. It’s the same routine every day, and I am really sick of sitting in front of a computer. I think I need to try something totally different. I want to be in a profession that involves meeting people.2.Woman1: I really need to join a club or sports team to give me something to do on weekends. I get really bored on the weekends, and if I joined a club, I’d probably get to meet people and make new friends.3.Man2: I should take a typing course this summer. I really need it for my school work. And people say that if you can type really well, it’s something you’ll find useful later in life.4.Woman2: Gosh, I really have to go on a diet. I’ve gained ten pounds since last year, and everyone tells me I look fat.And if I don’t lose weight now, I won’t be able to get into any of my summer clothes.Unit 4 I’ve never heard of that!Conversation 2AKathy: Hey, this sounds good-snails with garlic! Have you ever eaten snails?John: No, I haven’t?Kathy: Oh, they’re delicious! I had them last time. Like to try some?John: No, thanks. They sound strange.Waitress: Have you decided on an appetizer yet?Kathy: Yes, I’ll ha ve the snails, please.Waitress: And you, sir?John: I think I’ll have the fried brains.Kathy: Fried brains? Now that really sounds strange!Conversation 2BKathy: Oh, good! Here comes the waitress now!Waitress: Here are your snails, madam. And for you, sir ... the fried brains.John: Thank you.Kathy: Mmmm, these snails are delicious! How are the brains?John: Well, I think they’re ... yuck! Oh, sorry, I guess brains are pretty strange after all. Um, I think I’m going to order something else, if you don’t mind.Kathy: Oh, sure. Go ahead.John: Miss! Excuse me, miss!Waitress: Yes?John: Uh, I really don’t care for this appetizer. Could you bring me something else?Waitress: Yes, of course. What would you like instead?Kathy: Try the snails.John: No, I don’t think so. I’ll tell you what. Just forget an appetizer for me, and bring me a nice, juicy hamburger...medium rare ... with french fries and a large soda.Listening 51.Woman1: Have you finished with this?Man1: No, I’m still drinking it. Thanks.2.Man2: Did you order this?Woman2: Yes, that’s mine. Mmm, it looks great and smells delicious!3.Man3: Don’t you like it?Woman3: I haven’t tasted it yet. I’m waiting for the waitress to bring me a fork.4.Man1: Did you enjoy it?Woman2: Well, it was a little tough. I think it was cooked for too long.5.Woman3: How is it?Man3: Great. Just the way I like it: black and strong.6.Man3: Your turn or mine?Man1: It’s my treat this time. You paid last time. Remember?Unit 5 Going placesConversation 2 AJulia: I’m so excited! We have too weeks off! What are you going to do?Nancy: I’m not sure. I guess I’ll just stay home. Maybe I’ll catch up on my reading. What about you? Any Plans? Julia: Well, my parents have rented a condominium in Florida. I’m going to take long walk s along the beach every day and do lots of swimming.Nancy: Sounds great!Julia: Say, Why don’t you come with us? We have plenty of room.Nancy: Do you mean it? I’d love to!Listening 51. JudyWoman: So, what are you planning to do for your vacation, Judy?Judy: Oh, I’m doing something really exotic this year. You know, I went to Hawaii last year, and just stayed on the beach for two weeks. This year, I’m going white-water rafting!Woman: Ooh, that sounds great. But what is it, exactly?Judy: Oh, well, you know, it’s in Colorado. They have all these trips down the rapids. The water gets really rough, but I think it’ll be really exciting. Oh, I’m doing some rock climbing, too.Woman: And you call that a vacation?2. PaulWoman: What are your plans for the summer, Paul?Paul: Oh, I’d love to go and lie on a beach somewhere, but I need to save some money for school. I think I’ll stay home and get a job.Woman: That doesn’t sound like much fun.Paul: Oh, it won’t be too bad. Some of my friends are going to work this summer, too, so we’ll do some partying on the weekends.3. BrendaMan: Have you planned anything for the summer, Brenda?Brenda: Yeah. I’m going to work the first month and save some money. Then I’m going to go down to Mexico for six weeks to stay with my sister. She’s working in Guadalajara. She says it’s really interesting there, so I want to go and see what it’s like. It will also give me a chance to practice my Spanish. I’m really looking forward to it.Conversation 7Lucy: Hey, Mom .I want to backpack around Europe this summer. What do you think?Mom: Backpack around Europe? That’s sounds dangerous! You shouldn’t go by yourself. You ought to go with someone.Lucy: Yes, I’ve thought of that.Mom: And you’d be tter talk to your father first.Lucy: I already did. He thinks it’s a great idea. He wants to come with me!Listening 11 Tourist tipsInterviewer: What should people do to make their visit to New York City safe and pleasant?Spokesperson: I think the biggest mistake many people make is trying to do too much in a short time. There’s so much to see and do that you need to have a plan. It’s best to start planning before you get here, so you haveinformation about hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, and so on. Visitors can use our Web site to get theinformation they need to start planning before they come here; or they can phone or fax us. Interviewer: How safe is New York City for tourists?Spokesperson: New York is a much safer place than many people think. In fact, it’s the safest it’s been in thirty years! Interviewer: Oh, that’s good to hear!Spokesperson: Yes, but that doesn’t mean people don’t have to be careful; tourists in New York ought to be careful, just like in any big city in the world. For students, I would say travel in groups. If you get lost, it’s easier as agroup to find your way. You really shouldn’t go off on your own if you can find someone to go with you.Another thing to remember is: Don’t be afraid to ask for directions, even if your English isn’t perfect.People often stop me on the street to ask for directions, and that’s not only foreign visitors. Americanvisitors also have trouble finding their way around; and you’ll find New Yorkers are really very friendly. Interviewer: Yes, I agree. We are!Spokesperson: Uh-huh.Interviewer: Is there any other advice you can give visitors to the Big Apple?Spokesperson: Well, another thing to remember is not to leave anything valuable in your car if you have one. Don’t leave suitcases on the back seat where people can see them, and it’s better not to even leave them in thetruck. Most cars are very easy to get into, so it’s not worth the risk. But most people have a great timewhen they come to New York. And you will, too, if you use your common sense.Unit 6 Sure. No problem!Conversation 2A Making requestsM r. Field: Jason…J ason! Turn down the TV a little, please.Jason: Oh, but it’s my favorite program!Mr. Field: I know. But it’s very loud.Jason: OK, I’ll turn it down.Mr. Field: That’s better, Thanks.Mrs. Field: Lisa, please pick up your things. They’re all over the living room floor.Lisa: In a minute, Mom, I’m on the phone.Mrs. Field: OK. But do it as soon as you hang up.Lisa: Sure. No, problem!Mrs. Field: Goodness! Were we like this when we were kids?Mr. Field: Definitely!Conversation 2B Making requestsJason: Have you notice how forgetful Dad is getting? He’s always forgetting where his car keys are. It drives me crazy.Lisa: And he can never find his glasses either.Jason: I know.Lisa: You know what drives me crazy about Mom?Jason: What?Lisa: Those awful talk shows she watches on TV. She just loves them.Jason: Yeah, I think she watches them for hours every day.Lisa: Oh, well. I guess they’re just getting old. I hope I never get like that.Jason: Me, too. Hey, let’s go and play a video game.Lisa: Great idea. By the way, have you seen my glasses anywhere?Listening 6 Excuses, excuses!1.Mom: James, please turn that down.... James!James: Yes, Mom?Mom: Turn that down. It’s much too loud.James: Sorry, Mom. I had it turned up because I wanted to hear the game.2.Dad: Molly, put the groceries away, please. There’s ice cream in one of the bags.Molly: I can’t right now, Dad. I’m doing my homework.3.Mom: What’s this? .... James!James: Yeah, Mom?Mom: Why are there all these wet towels on the bathroom floor? Please pick them up and hang them up to dry. James: Gosh, I’m really sorry, Mom. I forgot all about them.4.Dad: Justin, come help me. We need to wash these dishes before your mother gets home.Justin: Oh, Dad. I’d like to help, but I have to call Laurie. It’s really important.5Dad1: Aimee, I think the dog is trying to tell you something!Aimee: Well, I can’t possibly take him out right now. I’m doing my nails.Conversation 7 AGeorge: Hi. I’m your new neighbor, George Rivera. I live next door.Stephanie: Oh, hi. I’m Stephanie Lee.George: So, you just moved in? Do you need anything?Stephanie: Not right now. But thanks.George: Well, let me know if you do. Um, by the way, would you mind turning your stereo down? The walls are really thin, so the sound goes right through to my apartment.Stephanie: Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t realize that. I’ll make sure to keep the volume down. Oh, by the way, is there a good Italian restaurant in the neighborhood?George: Yeah. There’s a great one a couple of blocks from here. Try their lasagna. It’s delicious!Apologies 81.Man1: Hello, I’m sorry to bother you, but I think your car is parked in my space downstairsWoman1: Really?Man1: Yes. Do you drive a blue Honda?Woman1: Yes. I do.Man1: Well, there’s a blue Honda parked in space 13 – and that’s my space.Woman1: Oh, I’m so sorry. My son must have put it in the wrong space. Ours is the one right next to yours – number12. Let me get my keys, and I’ll go right down and move the car.Man1: Thanks.Woman1: And I’ll make sure my son doesn’t do it again.Man1: I appreciate it.2.Man2: Gee, Bob, you’re really late. You said you’d be here at six, and look at the time. It’s almost six thirty!Man3: I’m really sorry. Tell you what: I’ll pay for dinner.Man2: Oh, it’s all right. You don’t have to do that.Man3: No, I want to pay. You had to wait for me almost half an hour.Man2: Well, hey, OK – if you insist. Thanks!3Man4: Hi, Sally. What happened to you on Sunday?Woman2: Sunday? What do you mean?Man4: You don’t remember? I had a party, and I invited you.Woman2: Oh, gosh. Of course you did- and I completely forgot about it. Sorry. How, did the party go, anyway?Man4: It was great, but we missed you.Woman2: Gee, now I really feel bad!Unit8 Let’s celebrate!Conversation 3 ALeo: Did you know next week is Halloween? It’s on October31Natasha: So what do you do on Halloween? We don’t have that holiday in Russia.Leo: Well, it’s a day when kids dress up in masks and costumes. They knock on people’s doors and as k for candy by saying the words “Trick or treat!”Natasha: Hmm. Sounds interesting!Leo: But it’s not just for kids. Lots of people have costume parties. Hey…my friend Pete is having a party. Would you like to go?Natasha: Sure. I’d love to.Conversation 3 BNatasha: So are we going to wear costumes to the party?Leo: Of course. That’s half the fun. Last year I rented this great Dracula costume, and this year I am going as a clown.Natasha: A clown? Yes, you would make a good clown.Leo: Hey!Natasha: Oh, I’m just kidding. What about me? What kind of costume should I wear?Leo: Why don’t you go as a witch? I saw a terrific witch outfit at the costume store.Natasha: A witch… yeah, that’s a good idea. So after I scare people, you can make them laugh.Conversation 8 AJill: You look beautiful in that kimono, Mari. Is this your wedding photo?Mari: Yes, it is.Jill: Do most Japanese women wear kimonos when they get married?Mari: Yes, many of them do. Then after the wedding ceremony, the bride usually changes into a Western bridal dress during the reception.Jill: Oh, I didn’t know that.Conversation 8 BJill: Did you get married in a church, Mari?Mari: No, the ceremony was held at a shrine.Jill: Oh, a shrine…Mari: Yes, we were married by a priest in a traditional Shinto ceremony.Jill: Hmm, only the immediate family attended the ceremony …you know, our parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters …Jill: And what about the reception? What was that like?Mari: Lots of friends and relatives came to the reception …about a hundred people. And the first thing that happened was that the main guests gave formal speeches.Jill: Speeches?Mari: Yes, and then after that, all the guests were served a formal meal. While everyone was eating and drinking, lots of other guests gave short speeches or sang songs. Some of the speeches were funny.Jill: Sounds like fun!Mari: Yes, the songs and speeches are all party of the entertainment during a wedding reception. And then, at the end of the reception, each guest received a present for coming to the wedding.Jill: A present from the bride and groom?Mari: Yes, it’s a Japanese custom.Jill: What a nice custom!Unit 9 Back to the futureConversation 8 AJody: Ugh! I feel awful. I really have to stop smoking.Luis: So why don’t you quit?Jody: Well, if I quit, I might gain weight!Luis: A lot of p eople do, but…Jody: And if I gain weight, I won’t be able to fit into any of my clothes!Luis: Well, you can always go on a diet.Jody: Oh, no. I’m terrible at losing weight on weight on diets. So if my clothes don’t fit. I’ll have to buy new ones.I’l l have to get a part-time job, and…Luis: Listen, it is hard to quit, b ut it’s not that hard. Do you w ant to know how I did it?Conversation 8 BLuis: Well, giving up smoking isn’t really as hard as you think. I managed to do it, so it can’t be that difficult.You should try nicotine gum. You chew it just like regular chewing gum, and you don’t feel like smoking. Judy: Well, I guess it’s worth a try.Unit10 I don’t like working on weekends!Conversation 2 ABrad: Any interesting jobs listed on the Internet today?Sue: Well, there are a lot of retail jobs-selling clothes and stuff. But you have to work Saturday and Sunday. Brad: Hmm. I hate working on weekends.Sue: Hmm… so do I .O h, here’s a job in sales. It’s a job selling children’s books to bookst ores.Brad: That sounds interesting.Sue: Yeah. Let’s see. You need have a driver’s license. And you have to work some evenings.Brad: I don’t mind working evening during the week. And I enjoy driving. So, what’s the phone number?Sue: It’s 798-3455.’Conversation 2 BWoman: [Phone rings] Delta Education.Brad: Hello. I’m calling about the job you advertised for a salesperson. Is it still available?Woman: Yes, it is.Brad: Well, can you tell me something about the job?Woman: Sure. Our company sells educational books for children. We’re looking for part-time salespeople to promote our books to local bookstores.Brad: That sounds interesting. I’m a student, and I’m looking for part-time work.Woman: Well, perhaps you’d like to come in for an interview.Brad: Yes, I would.Woman: Oh, just one thing we didn’t mention in the advertisement. Some of our books are in Spanish, so we’d like to hire someone who speaks Spanish.Brad: Oh, as a matter of fact, I do.Woman: Good. Well, let me arrange a time for you to come in for an interview.Listening 5 Job hunting1Woman1: So, what kind of job are you looking for?Man1: Well, I haven’t made up my mind. I love working with people, and I love traveling. I don’t want a job where I’m stuck in an office all day. I want to get out and see the world.Woman1: Are you interested in working in business? That’s where you can sometimes make good money.Man1: I’m not really interested in making a lot of money at this point in my life. I’ll worry about that later.Word Power 7 Personality traits1. A bossWoman1: How do you like your new boss?Man1: She’s OK. I just wish she’d learn to lighten up a little.Woman1: What do you mean?Nan1: Oh, she never enjoys a joke. She never laughs. It’s hard to even get a smile out of her.2 A co-workerMan2: Look what Mary gave me! Is n’t this a great book?Woman2: Yeah, it is! Mary’s so sweet- she’s always giving her friends and co-workers presents, I wish there were more people like her in this world!3 A teacherWoman3: What do you think of the new French teacher?Man3: Well, she’s kind of strange. She’s in a good mood one minute and in a terrible mood the next.4 A relativeMan4: Hey, what’s wrong?Woman4: I’m fed up with my brother! It seems as if he’s always angry at me about something.。
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Lesson 1'T his Is Your Life' is one of the most popular programmes on British and American television. Every week a famous person is invited to a television studio, without knowing that he or she will be the subject of the programme. The compère meets the person outside the studio and says 'This is your life!' The person then meets friends and relatives from his or her past and present. Studio 4 is where the programme is recorded. The programme begins at eight o'clock. It's 6:45 now and the director is checking the preparations with his new production assistant (PA). The subject of tonight's show will be an actor, Jason Douglas. The compère, as usual, will be Terry Donovan.D irector: Let's just check the arrangements. We're bringing Jason Douglas here in a studio car—he thinks he's coming to a discussion programme! The driver has been told to arrive at exactly 7:55. Now, the programme begins at eight o'clock. At that time Jason will be walking to the studio. Terry Donovan will start his introduction at 8:01, and Jason will arrive at 8:02. Terry will meet him at the studio entrance ... Camera 4 will be there. Then he'll take him to that seat. It'll be on Camera 3. Jason will be sitting there during the whole programme. For most of the show Terry will be standing in the middle, and he'll be on Camera 2. The guests will come through that door, talk to Terry and Jason ... and then sit over there.D irector: Now, is that all clear?P A: Yes ... there's just one thing.D irector: Well, what is it?P A: Who's going to look after the guests during the show?D irector: Pauline is.P A: And where will they be waiting during the show?D irector: In Room 401, as usual. Pauline will be waiting with them, and she'll be watching the show on the monitor. She'll tell them two minutes before they enter.PA: I think that's everything.Terry: Good evening and welcome to 'This is Your Life'. This is Terry Donovan speaking. We're waiting for the subject of tonight's programme. He's one of the world's leading actors, and he thinks he's coming here to take part in a discussion programme ... I can hear him now ... yes, here he is! Jason Douglas ... This is your life!Jason: Oh, no ... I don't believe it! Not me ...Terry: Yes, you! Now come over here and sit down. Jason, you were born at number 28 Balaclava Street in East Ham, London on July 2nd, 1947. You were one of six children, and your father was a taxi driver. Of course, your name was then Graham Smith.Terry: Now, do you know this voice? 'I remember Jason when he was two. He used to scream and shout all day.'Jason: Susan!Terry: Yes ... all the way from Sydney, Australia ... She flew here specially for this programme. It's your sister, Susan Fraser!Jason: Susan ... Why didn't you tell me ... oh, this is wonderful!Terry: Yes, you haven't seen each other for 13 years ... take a seat next to him, Susan. You started school at the age of five, in 1952, and in 1958 you moved to Lane End Secondary School.Terry: Do you remember this voice? 'Smith! Stop looking out of the window!'Jason: Oh, no! It's Mr. Hooper!Terry: Your English teacher, Mr. Stanley Hooper. Was Jason a good student, Mr. Hooper?Mr. Hooper: Eh? No, he was the worst in the class ... but he was a brilliant actor, even in those days. He could imitate all the teachers?Terry: Thank you, Mr. Hooper. You can speak to Jason, later. Well, you went to the London School of Drama in 1966, and left in 1969. In 1973 you went to Hollywood.Terry: Do you know this voice? 'Hi Jason ... Can you ride a horse yet?'Jason: Maria!Terry: Maria Montrose ... who's come from Hollywood to be with you tonight.Maria: Hello, Jason ... it's great to be here. Hello, Terry. Jason and I were in a movie together in 1974. Jason had to learn to ride a horse ... Well, Jason doesn't like horses very much.Jason: Like them! I'm terrified of them!Maria: Anyway, he practised for two weeks. Then he went to the director ... it was Charles Orson ... and said, 'What do you want me to do?' Charles said, 'I want you to fall off the horse'. Jason was furious. He said, 'What? Fall off! I've been practising for two weeks ... I could fall off the first day ... without any practice!'Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for our survey today.David: Uh ... sure, why not?Interviewer: What's your name?David: Uh, my name is David George.Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living?David: I'm a professional baseball player.Interviewer: Really?David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: That's terrific. What do you do for fun?David: Well, I like to read the classics—you know, Dickens, Shakespeare, ... uh ... books like that.Interviewer: Fabulous. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?David: Just call me Dad. My wife and I ... uh ... had our first baby.Interviewer: Oh, (Yeah. A little girl.) that's wonderful.David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in this world?David: Well, I admire my wife ... uh ... she's terrific. She's going to be a great mother, great mother.Interviewer: Terrific. What do you want to be doing five years from now?David: Well, ... uh ... five years from now I'd like to be a father of five. I'd like to have lots of kids around the house.Interviewer: That's fabulous.David: Yeah.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us, David.David: Well, thank you.Interviewer: Good morning. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wondered if you'd mind answering a few questions today for our survey.Suzanne: Not at all.Interviewer: What's your name?Suzanne: Suzanne Brown.Interviewer: Suzanne, what do you do for a living?Suzanne: I'm a lawyer.Interviewer: A lawyer? And what do you do for fun?Suzanne: I like to run.Interviewer: Uh-huh. Running, like—Suzanne: Jogging.Interviewer: Jogging. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Suzanne: I got to run in the Boston Marathon.Interviewer: Congratulations. And who do you admire most in the world?Suzanne: Oh, well, I'd have to say Martin Luther King, Jr.Interviewer: Mmm, yes. And what do you want to be doing five years from today?Suzanne: Well, dare I say win the Boston Marathon?Interviewer: Wonderful. Thanks a lot for talking to us today, Suzanne.Suzanne: You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey this morning.Adolfo: Oh, yes, yes.Interviewer: What's your name?Adolfo: My name is Adolfo Vasquez.Interviewer: Adolfo, what do you do for a living?Adolfo: I'm a dancer.Interviewer: A dancer. And what do you do for fun?Adolfo: I watch ... uh ... musical movies.Interviewer: Musical movies. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Adolfo: Oh, about six years ago I moved to United States, (Uh-huh.) and that's quite exciting for me.Interviewer: Yes, that is very exciting. What do you—who do you admire most in the world?Adolfo: I admire a lot ... um ... Sophia Loren, the movie actress.Interviewer: I understand completely. (Mm-hmm.) What do you want to be doing five years from now?Adolfo: I like very much what I'm doing right now, so I really would like to keep doing it.Interviewer: Very good. (Mm-hmm.) Thanks for speaking to us today, Adolfo.Adolfo: Okay. You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey.Linda: Sure.Interviewer: What's your name?Linda: Linda Montgomery.Interviewer: Linda, what do you do for a living?Linda: Uh, well, right now I'm going to beauty school.Interviewer: Beauty school?Linda: Yeah.Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what do you do for fun?Linda: Oh, what for fun, I hang out with my friends—you know, go for pizza, stuff like that. Interviewer: I understand. What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Linda: Oh, this was so great! (Yeah?) Four of my friends and I, we went to a Bruce Springsteen concert. We actually—we got tickets.Interviewer: Wonderful.Linda: It was the best.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in the world?Linda: Who do I admi—I guess (Mm-hmm.) my dad, (Uh-huh.) probably my dad. Yeah.Interviewer: And what do you want to be doing five years from now?Linda: I would love it if I could have my own beauty salon.Interviewer: Uh-huh.Linda: That would be great.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us today.Linda: Okay.Announcer: And now, at 10:50 it's time for "In Your Own Words", in which we interview people with unusual stories to tell. Here to introduce the programme is Patricia Newell. Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Good morning, and good morning everyone. With me in the studio now is this morning's guest, Trevor Cartridge. Good morning, Trevor.Trevor: Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Trevor, you have one of the most unusual stories I've ever heard. Yet, nowadays, you seem to lead a very ordinary life.Trevor: Yes, Patricia. I'm a dentist. I live and work in London.Patricia: But at one time you used to have a different job?Trevor: Yes, I was a soldier.Patricia: A soldier?Trevor: That's right.Patricia: And how long ago was that?Trevor: Oh, about two thousand years ago.Patricia: That's right. Trevor Cartridge believes that he was a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar. He remembers coming to Britain with the Roman army two thousand years ago. Trevor, tell us your remarkable story ... in your own words!Trevor: Well, funnily enough, it all began because I wanted to give up smoking.Patricia: Give up smoking!Trevor: Mm, I used to smoke too much and I tried to give up several times, but I always started smoking again a few days later. In the end I went to a hypnotist. He hypnotized me, and I stopped smoking at once. I was delighted, as you can imagine.Patricia: Yes?Trevor: That made me very interested in hypnotism, and I talked to the hypnotist about it. He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotized, and he asked if I wanted to try. I didn't believe it at first, but in the end I agreed. He hypnotized me, and sure enough, I remembered. I was a Roman soldier in Caesar's army.Patricia: You didn't believe it at first?Trevor: I didn't believe it before we tried the experiment. Now I'm absolutely convinced it's true.Patricia: What do you remember?Trevor: Oh, all kinds of things, but the most interesting thing I remember is the night we landed in Britain.Patricia: You remember that?Trevor: Oh yes. It was a terrible, stormy night. There were a hundred or more of us in the boat. We were all shut in, because the weather was so bad and most people were sick, because it was very stuffy. There was a terrible smell of petrol, I remember. Lots of men thought we should go back to France. It wasn't called 'France' then, of course.Patricia: And there was a smell of petrol?Trevor: Yes, it was terrible. The weather got worse and worse. We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was pushed up onto the sands, and we climbed out. I remember jumping into the water and struggling to the beach. The water was up to my shoulders and it was a freezing night. A lot of men were killed by the cold or drowned in the storm, but I managed to get ashore.Patricia: You did?Trevor: Yes. There were about ten survivors from our boat, but even then our troubles weren't over. We found a farmhouse, but it was deserted. When the people read the newspapers, and knew that we were coming, they were terrified. They took all their animals and all their food, and ran away into the hills. Of course, there were no proper roads in those days. Well, we went into the house and tried to light a fire, but we couldn't even do that. We always kept matches in our trousers' pockets, so naturally they were all soaked. We couldn't find anything to eat, except one tin of cat food. We were so hungry, we broke it open with our knives, and ate it. We found a tap, but the water was frozen.In the end we drank rainwater from the tin. We sat very close together and tried to keep warm. We could hear wolves but we didn't have any weapons, because our guns were full of seawater. By the morning, the storm was over. We went on to the beach and found what was left of the boat. We managed to find some food, and we hoped there was some wine too, but when we opened the box all the bottles were broken.Patricia: So what happened?Trevor: We waited. Finally another boat came and took us away, and we joined the other soldiers. I remember going into the camp, and getting a hot meal, and clean clothes. It was wonderful. We were given our pay, too. I remember the date on the coins, 50 BC. It was an exciting time.Patricia: And did you stay in Britain?Trevor: Oh yes, I was here for five years, from 50 BC to 55 BC. I enjoyed my stay in Britain very much.Patricia: And then you went back to Rome?Trevor: I can't remember anything after that.Patricia: Well, Trevor Cartridge, thank you for telling us your story, in your own words.The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn't easy. In order to obtain a licence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called 'The Knowledge' by London cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get 'The Knowledge'. Candidates are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart.The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the 'tube') presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour-coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. You should keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.Lesson 2Interviewer: Is film editing a complicated job?Film Editor: Oh yes, a lot of people probably don't know how complicated a job it can be. It's far more than just sticking pieces of film together.Interviewer: How long does it take to edit a film?Film Editor: Well, it depends. You can probably expect to edit a 10-minute film in about a week. A 35-minute documentary, like the one I'm editing at present, takes a minimum of four to five weeks to edit.Interviewer: Can you explain to me how film editing works?Film Editor: There are different steps. 'Synching up', for example.Interviewer: What do you mean by synching up?Film Editor: It means matching sound and pictures and that is usually done by my assistant. The film and the sound tape have numbers stamped along the edge which have to be matched. The details of the film and the sound are also recorded in a log book, so it's quick and easy to find a particular take and its soundtrack. This operation is called logging and is again done by my assistant.Interviewer: So what do you usually do yourself?Film Editor: A lot of things, of course. First, I have to view all the material to make a first selection of the best takes. There's a lot of film to look through because to make a sequence work the way you want, you need a lot of shots to choose from.Interviewer: Does that mean that you have to discard sequences?Film Editor: Oh yes. On average for every foot of edited film, you need twelve times as much unedited film and therefore you have to compromise and, of course, discard some of it.Interviewer: What do you do after selecting the material?Film Editor: First of all, I prepare an initial version of the film, a 'rough cut' as it is called. That means that I actually cut the film into pieces and stick them together again in the new order.Interviewer: And after this 'rough cut' what happens?Film Editor: Well, after the 'rough cut' comes the 'fine cut' when the film takes its final form. The producer and the director come in for a viewing. Some small changes may then be necessary, but when the 'fine cut' has been approved by everyone, this is the final version of the film.Interviewer: At this point is the film ready for distribution?Film Editor: Oh no. After the final version of the film has been approved, there is the dubbing, there are voices, music, background noises and sometimes special effects to be put together for the soundtrack. And after the dubbing, the edited film is sent to the 'neg' cutters.Interviewer: What do the 'neg' cutters do?Film Editor: They cut the original negatives on the films, so that these match the edited film exactly. And after all that comes the best part—I can sit down quietly with my feet up and enjoy watching the film!Man: Hi.Woman: Hi.Man: What'd you do last night?Woman: I watched TV. There was a really good movie called Soylent Green.Man: Soylent Green?Woman: Yeah. Charlton Heston was in it.Man: What's it about?Woman: Oh, it's about life in New York in the year 2022.Man: I wonder if New York will still be here in 2022.Woman: In this movie, in 2022 ...Man: Yeah?Woman: ... New York has forty million people.Man: Ouch!Woman: And twenty million of them are unemployed.Man: How many people live in New York now? About seven or eight million?Woman: Yeah, I think that's right.Man: Mm-hmm. You know, if it's hard enough to find an apartment now in New York City, what's it going to be like in 2022?Woman: Well, in this movie most people have no apartment. So thousands sleep on the steps of buildings. (Uh-huh.) People who do have a place to live have to crawl over sleeping people to get inside. And there are shortages of everything. The soil is so polluted that nothing will grow. (Ooo.) And the air is so polluted they never see the sun. It's really awful.Man: I think I'm going to avoid going to New York City in the year 2022.Woman: And there was this scene where the star, Charlton Heston, goes into a house where some very rich people live.Man: Uh-huh.Woman: He can't believe it, because they have running water and they have soap.Man: Really?Woman: And then he goes into the kitchen and they have tomatoes and lettuce and beef. He almost cries because he's never seen real food in his life, you know, especially the beef. It was amazing for him.Man: Well, if most people have no real food, what do they eat?Woman: They eat something called soylent.Man: Soylent?Woman: Yeah. There's soylent red and soylent yellow and soylent green. The first two are made out of soybeans. But the soylent green is made out of ocean plants. (Ugh.) The people eat it like crackers.Man: That sounds disgusting.Woman: Well, you know, it really isn't that far from reality.Man: No?Woman: Yeah. Because, you know the greenhouse effect that's beginning now and heating up the earth ...Man: Oh, yeah, I've heard about that.Woman: ... because we're putting the pollutants in the atmosphere, you know?Man: Mm-hmm.Woman: I mean, in this movie New York has ninety degrees weather all year long. And it could really happen. Uh ... like now, we ... we have fuel shortages. And in the movie there's so little electricity that people have to ride bicycles to make it.Man: You know something? I don't think that movie is a true prediction of the future.Woman: I don't know. It scares me. I think it might be.Man: Really?Woman: Well, yeah.The native Americans, the people we call the 'Indians', had been in America for many thousands of years before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Columbus thought he had arrived in India, so he called the native people 'Indians'.The Indians were kind to the early settlers. They were not afraid of them and they wanted to help them. They showed the settlers the new world around them; they taught them about the local crops like sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts; they introduced the Europeans to chocolate and to the turkey; and the Europeans did business with the Indians.But soon the settlers wanted bigger farms and more land for themselves and their families. More and more immigrants were coming from Europe and all these people needed land. So the Europeans started to take the land from the Indians. The Indians had to move back into the centre of the continent because the settlers were taking all their land.The Indians couldn't understand this. They had a very different idea of land from the Europeans. For the Indians, the land, the earth, was their mother. Everything came from their mother, the land, and everything went back to it. The land was for everyone and it was impossible for one man to own it. How could the White Man divide the earth into parts? How could he put fences round it, buy it and sell it?Naturally, when the White Man started taking all the Indians' land, the Indians started fighting back. They wanted to keep their land, they wanted to stop the White Man taking it all for himself. But the White Man was stronger and cleverer. Slowly he pushed the Indians into those parts of the continent that he didn't want—the parts where it was too cold or too dry or too mountainous to live comfortably.By 1875 the Indians had lost the fight: they were living in special places called 'reservations'. But even here the White Man took land from them—perhaps he wanted the wood, or perhaps the land had important minerals in it, or he even wanted to make national parks there. So even on their reservations the Indians were not safe from the White Man.There are many Hollywood films about the fight between the Indians and the White Man. Usually in these films the Indians are bad and the White Man is good and brave. But was it really like that? What do you think? Do you think the Indians were right or wrong to fight the White Man?Interviewer: Today, there are more than 15 million people living in Australia. Only 160,000 of these are Aborigines, so where have the rest come from? Well, until 1850 most of the settlers came from Britain and Ireland and, as we know, many of these were convicts. Then in 1851 something happened which changed everything. Gold was discovered in southeastern Australia. During the next ten years, nearly 700,000 people went to Australia to find gold and become rich. Many of them were Chinese. China is quite near to Australia. Since then many different groups of immigrants have gone to Australia for many different reasons. Today I'm going to talk to Mario whose family came from Italy and to Helena from Greece. Mario, when did the first Italians arrive in Australia?Mario: The first Italians went there, like the Chinese, in the gold-rushes, hoping to find gold and become rich. But many also went there for political reasons. During the 1850s and 1860s different states in Italy were fighting for independence and some Italians were forced to leave their homelands because they were in danger of being put in prison for political reasons.Interviewer: I believe there are a lot of Italians in the sugar industry.Mario: Yes, that's right. In 1891 the first group of 300 Italians went to work in the sugarcane fields of northern Australia. They worked very hard and many saved enough money to buy their own land. In this way they came to dominate the sugar industry on many parts of the Queensland coast.Interviewer: But not all Italians work in the sugar industry, do they?Mario: No. A lot of them are in the fishing industry. Italy has a long coastline, as you know, and Italians have always been good fishermen. At the end of the nineteenth century some of these went to western Australia to make a new life for themselves. Again, many of them, including my grandfather, were successful.Interviewer: And what about the Greeks, Helena?Helena: Well, the Greeks are the fourth largest national group in Australia, after the British, the Irish and the Italians. Most Greeks arrived after the Second World War but in the 1860s there were already about 500 Greeks living in Australia.Interviewer: So when did the first Greeks arrive?Helena: Probably in 1830, they went to work in vineyards in southeastern Australia. The Greeks have been making wine for centuries so their experience was very valuable.Interviewer: But didn't some of them go into the coalmines?Helena: Yes, they weren't all able to enjoy the pleasant outdoor life of the vineyards. Some of them went to work in the coalmines in Sydney. Others started cafes and bars and restaurants. By 1890 there were Greek cafes and restaurants all over Sydney and out in the countryside (or the bush, as the Australians call it) as well.Interviewer: And then, as you said, many Greeks arrived after the Second World War, didn't they?Helena: Yes, yes, that's right. Conditions in Greece were very bad: there was very little work and many people were very poor. Australia needed more workers and so offered to pay the boat fare. People who already had members of their family in Australia took advantage of this offer and went to find a better life there.Interviewer: Well, thank you, Mario and Helena. Next week we will be talking to Juan from Spain and Margaret from Scotland.(1) A: It doesn't sound much like dancing to me.B: It is; it's great.A: More like some competition in the Olympic Games.C: Yeah. It's (pause) good exercise. Keeps you fit.(2) A: But you can't just start dancing in the street like that.B: Why not? We take the portable cassette recorder and when we find a nice street, we (pause) turn the music up really loud and start dancing.(3) A: We have competitions to see who can do it the fastest without falling over. Malc's the winner so far.B: Yeah, I'm the best. I teach the others but (pause) they can't do it like me yet.(4) A: You're reading a new book, John?B: Yes. Actually, (pause) it's a very old book.(5) A: Now, can you deliver all this to my house?B: Certainly. Just (pause) write your address and I'll get the boy to bring them round.(6) A: Good. I've made a nice curry. I hope you do like curry?B: Yes, I love curry, I used to work in India, as a matter of fact.A: Really? How interesting. You must (pause) tell us all about it over dinner.The Foolish FrogOnce upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it, and he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. When he croaked, the water snails listened politely. And the water beetles always swam behind him. He was very happy there.One day, while he was catching flies, a pretty dragon fly passed by. 'You're a very fine frog,' she sang, 'but why don't you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You'll find a lot of frogs there. You'll meet some fine fish, and you'll see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water lilies. Life in a large pond is wonderful!''Perhaps it is rather dull here,' thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon fly. But he didn't like the big, deep pond. It was full of strange plants. The water snails were rude to him, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish didn't like him, and he was the smallest frog there. He was lonely and unhappy.He sat on a water lily leaf and croaked sadly to himself, 'I don't like it here. I think I'll go home tomorrow.'But a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper.Lesson 3Clerk: Hello, sir. What can I do for you?Customer: Hi. Uh ... I have this ... uh ... cassette player (Mm-hmm.) here that I bought about six months ago. And it just ruined four of my favourite cassettes.Clerk: Oh dear, I'm sorry.。
赖世雄中级美国英语Lesson1
1.Rome Wasn't Built in a Day 罗马不是⼀天建成的 English is an international language. Therefore， it is necessary for us to learn it. It can be rewarding or just a waste of time. It's up to you. It depends on how you study it. Here are some tips about learning English. First， don't be afraid to make mistakes. You will learn from them. Second， you must not be shy. Be thick-skinned and speak up！ Finally， you must be patient. Remember， "Rome wasn't built in a day." 课⽂朗读： 课⽂讲解： 英语是国际语⾔。
所以，我们必须学英⽂。
学英⽂可以使⽤我们获益，也可能是⽩⽩浪费时间。
那就看你的了。
那要看你如何去学习。
以下是⼀些关于学习英语的决窍。
⾸先，别怕出错。
你可以从错误中学习。
其次，千万不要害羞。
脸⽪厚⼀点⼤声说出来！ 最后，⼀定要有耐⼼。
记住："罗马不是⼀天造成的。
" Vocabulary & Idioms 1. Rome wasn't built in a day. 罗马不是⼀天造成的。
（saying谚语） 例：A： My new restaurant isn't doing very well. B： Don't worry. Rome wasn't built in a day. 我刚开的餐厅⽣意不怎么好。
英语中级听力lesson1原文文本
Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for our survey today. David: Uh ... sure, why not? Interviewer: What's your name? David: Uh, my name is David George. Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living? David: I'm a professional baseball player. Interviewer: Really? David: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: That's terrific. What do you do for fun? David: Well, I like to read the classics—you know, Dickens, Shakespeare, ... uh ... books like that. Interviewer: Fabulous. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently? David: Just call me Dad. My wife and I ... uh ..nterviewer: Oh, (Yeah. A little girl.) that's wonderful. David: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Who do you admire most in this world
赖世雄中级美国英语 Lesson 1
赖世雄中级美国英语Lesson 11.Rome Wasn't Built in a Day 罗马不是一天建成的English is an international language. Therefore， it is necessary for us to learn it.It can be rewarding or just a waste of time. It's up to you.It depends on how you study it. Here are some tips about learning English.First， don't be afraid to make mistakes. You will learn from them.Second， you must not be shy. Be thick-skinned and speak up！Finally， you must be patient.Remember， "Rome wasn't built in a day."课文朗读：课文讲解：英语是国际语言。
所以，我们必须学英文。
学英文可以使用我们获益，也可能是白白浪费时间。
那就看你的了。
那要看你如何去学习。
以下是一些关于学习英语的决窍。
首先，别怕出错。
你可以从错误中学习。
其次，千万不要害羞。
脸皮厚一点大声说出来！最后，一定要有耐心。
记住："罗马不是一天造成的。
"Vocabulary & Idioms1. Rome wasn't built in a day.罗马不是一天造成的。
（saying谚语）例：A： My new restaurant isn't doing very well.B： Don't worry. Rome wasn't built in a day.我刚开的餐厅生意不怎么好。
bec中级教材听力原文
bec中级教材听力原文(正文)Unit 1: Hello, Nice to Meet YouPart A: Listening and Speaking[Scene: A classroom at a language school.]Instructor: Good morning, everyone! Welcome to the language school. My name is Mr. Johnson. I will be your instructor for this English course. Let's start by introducing ourselves. I will call out your names one by one, and please tell us your name and where you are from.Student 1: My name is Li Mei, and I'm from China.Student 2: I'm John Smith, and I'm from the United States.Student 3: Hi, I'm Maria Garcia. I'm from Spain.Instructor: Great! It's wonderful to have students from different countries. Now, let's move on to the next activity.Part B: Vocabulary and Expressions[Scene: A coffee shop.]Customer: Excuse me, can I have a menu, please?Waiter: Of course, here is the menu. What would you like to order?Customer: I'll have a cappuccino and a slice of cheesecake, please.Waiter: Anything else?Customer: No, that's all. Thank you.Part C: Listening Comprehension[Scene: A hotel front desk.]Receptionist: Welcome to the Ivory Hotel. How may I assist you?Guest: Hi, I have a reservation. My name is Peter Johnson.Receptionist: Let me check. Yes, Mr. Johnson, we have a room reserved for you. Here is your key. Enjoy your stay!Guest: Thank you. Can you also recommend some local attractions or restaurants?Receptionist: Sure! There's a famous museum just a few blocks away, and a great seafood restaurant on the waterfront. I can give you a map with all the information.Part D: Speaking Practice[Scene: Two friends talking about their weekend plans.]Friend 1: Hey, what are you doing this weekend?Friend 2: I'm not sure yet. Do you have any ideas?Friend 1: How about going hiking? There's a beautiful trail in the mountains.Friend 2: That sounds fun! Let's do it.Friend 1: Great! I'll pick you up on Saturday morning.Unit 2: Daily RoutinesPart A: Listening and Speaking[Scene: A conversation between two roommates.]Roommate 1: What time do you usually wake up in the morning?Roommate 2: I usually wake up at around 7:00 am. How about you?Roommate 1: I'm an early riser. I wake up at 5:30 am every day.Roommate 2: Wow, that's early! Do you have a morning routine?Roommate 1: Yes, I like to exercise and have breakfast before starting my day.Part B: Vocabulary and Expressions[Scene: A kitchen.]Person 1: Can you please pass me the sugar?Person 2: Sure, here you go.Person 1: Thanks. I also need some salt and pepper.Person 2: Here are the salt and pepper shakers. Is there anything else you need?Part C: Listening Comprehension[Scene: A radio interview with a famous chef.]Interviewer: How did you become interested in cooking?Chef: Well, it all started when I was a child. I used to watch my grandmother cook, and I was fascinated by the process. I started experimenting with different recipes and fell in love with the art of cooking.Interviewer: What is your daily routine as a chef?Chef: My day usually starts early in the morning. I go to the market to buy fresh ingredients, then spend the rest of the day in the kitchen, preparing meals for the restaurant. It's a busy but rewarding job.Part D: Speaking Practice[Scene: Two friends discussing their evening routines.]Friend 1: What do you usually do in the evenings?Friend 2: After work, I like to relax and watch TV. Sometimes I also cook dinner.Friend 1: That sounds nice. I usually go to the gym in the evenings.Friend 2: That's a healthy routine. I should try to incorporate some exercise into my evenings too.(Note: The above text is a sample response to the requested article. The content may not be an actual transcription of a specific BEC intermediate textbook listening exercise.)。
中职英语第1册听力材料
听力材料 Unit 1 Ready for Your Campus Life? Listening and Speaking 2. Listen and fill in the blanks. Look at this white building. It’s our school library. There is a selfstudying room and a computer lab in the first floor. You can study and do some searching there after class. The books are in the second and third floor. Some books are in Chinese and some in English. There is also a reading room in the second floor. You can find all kinds of magazines and newspapers in the reading room. It’s very helpful to our study. 5. Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions. A: Now, you should fill in this information card. What’s your name? B: William Baker. W-i-double l- i-a-m, William. B-a-k-e-r, Baker. A: OK. Where are you from? It’s like a British name. B: I’m from Chicago. My father was born in Ireland. A: I see. What’s your phone number? B: 13811017756. A: And this is your student number, 09110012. B: 09110012. OK, I’ve remembered. Thank you. A: You’re welcome. Unit 2 This Is My Family Picture Listening and Speaking 2. Listen and fill in the blanks. My name is Martin. I live in the King Street with my parents and my sister, Jane. My father is an engineer. He is very busy and often away on official business. My mother is a teacher in middle school. She is beautiful and kind-hearted. My sister is two years older than me. She helps me a lot withppily. 5. Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions. A: Mr. Baker, can I ask you some questions? B: Sure. A: Is this the first time that you come to China? B: Yes. A: How long will you stay? B: About half a year. You know I’m here for teaching.
赖世雄中级美语 Lesson01
1. Rome Wasn't Built in a Day p.1.English is an international language. Therefore, it is necessary for us to learn it. It can be rewarding or just a waste of time. It's up to you. It depends on how you study it. Here are some tips about learning English.First, don't be afraid to make mistakes. You will learn from them. Second, you must not be shy. Be thick-skinned and speak up! Finally, you must be patient. Remember, "Rome wasn't built in a day."Well, Rome does not refer to the city of Rome only. It refers to the Roman Empire. That is the great country that Rome built more than 2000 years ago. It was a great empire and of course you cannot build anything good or great in just a short time.The Roman Empire and this word is spelled e-m-p-i-r-e, again empire.Now I have this question, in what situation we’ll use this expression, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’? Please give us an example. 3:29Well, let’s say that your friend wants to learn how to do something like typing or swimming. And at first your friend feels a little discouraged because it’s not easy to learn a new skill. But you tell him, hey, come on. Rome wasn’t built in a day. We want to encourage our friends with this saying. Your friend is learning how to type. He is a little bite discouraged.We can encourage our friend(s) with the saying. 5:10Well, we say that English is an international language because English is spoken around the world. Of course, there are more speakers of Mandarin than of English, but English is spoken by more people in more countries than Mandarin is. So when you travel or do business or study overseas you can always find English speakers and English TV programs and English newspapers.In other words, English is a universal language.English is a universal language. That’s why we should learn it.Capital M MandarinWe can say Bruce speaks beautiful Mandarin. Excuse me. 8:02It is important for us to learn it. To learn it is necessary for us.Your stay here is only a waste of time. Exercise is very rewarding for our health.It pays to exercise. It is rewarding to exercise.Well, if Peter asks me ‘do you want to go to a restaurant first or see a movie first tonight?’. I might say ‘it’s up to you’.Do we go to the movies first or shall we go to the restaurant first? It’s up to you, but I know the true answer. He enjoys eating. More than anything. Let’s go to the restaurant first. 12:09In our studio, we have a very small studio over here and we have only two people here. That’s Bruce and me, but Bruce is much too big, we have a little room left here.Well, remember, exercise is very rewarding for our health. 13:00If you learn English by fits and starts, 断断续续地you’ll get nowhere.My brother studied accounting by fits and starts, so he failed. 15:10 accounting会计If you give me a tip I’ll give you some tips on how to learn English.If you are in a restaurant and you leave a little money for the waiter, we say that’s a tip. But then Peter said I’ll give you some tips about learning English.Advice some adviceHe give me some advice on learning English.A tip two tips a good piece of advice’t forget to tip me. 17：46Tip sb. on something. 给些建议He tipped me on how to learn English. 18:42I’m afraid to talk to him or I’m afraid of talking to him.This is a very good piece of advice.Well you have to speak or write a language to really learn it. If you make a mistake while speaking，usually the listener will understand you anyway, because usually your mistake is just a grammar mistake or maybe a vocabulary mistake. But usually we understand you. But if we don’t understand you we’ll ask ‘aha’or ‘what do you mean’and then you can try again.Only by making mistakes, can we learn something. You’ll learn something from them，from the mistakes that you make.Children are often shy around strangers.Well this is often the case. But there is some situation in which adults are shy. For example, each time Bruce is with me, he is shy. That’s not shy, Peter. That’s embarrassed.Peter, you stink.Embarrassed Be careful 23:33You should be thick-skinned.I want to ask you a question.Be patient with sb. A good teacher must be patient with his students.A good teacher like Peter must be patient with his students.Bye everyone. See you next time.。
中级英语听力1
Jason: Susan!
Terry: Yes ... all the way from Sydney, Australia ... She flew here specially for this programme. It's your sister, Susan Fraser!
Jason: Like them! I'm terrified of them!
Maria: Anyway, he practised for two weeks. Then he went to the director ... it was Charles Orson ... and said, 'What do you want me to do?' Charles said, 'I want you to fall off the horse'. Jason was furious. He said, 'What? Fall off! I've been practising for two weeks ... I could fall off the first day ... without any practice!'
Mr. Hooper: Eh? No, he was the worst in the class ... but he was a brilliant actor, even in those days. He could imitate all the teachers?
中级英语听力lesson1汇总
Lesson 1'This Is Your Life' is one of the most popular programmes on British and American television. Every week a famous person is invited to a television studio, without knowing that he or she will be the subject of the programme. The compère meets the person outside the studio and says 'This is your life!' The person then meets friends and relatives from his or her past and present. Studio 4 is where the programme is recorded. The programme begins at eight o'clock. It's 6:45 now and the director is checking the preparations with his new production assistant (PA. The subject of tonight's show will be an actor, Jason Douglas. The compère, as usual, will be Terry Donovan.Director: Let's just check the arrangements. We're bringing Jason Douglas here in a studio car—he thinks he's coming to a discussion programme! The driver has been told to arrive at exactly 7:55. Now, the programme begins at eight o'clock. At that time Jason will be walking to the studio. Terry Donovan will start his introduction at 8:01, and Jason will arrive at 8:02. Terry will meet him at the studio entrance ... Camera 4 will be there. Then he'll take him to that seat. It'll be on Camera 3. Jason will be sitting there during the whole programme. For most of the show Terry will be standing in the middle, and he'll be on Camera 2. The guests will come through that door, talk to Terry and Jason ... and then sit over there.Director: Now, is that all clear?PA: Yes ... there's just one thing.Director: Well, what is it?PA: Who's going to look after the guests during the show?Director: Pauline is.PA: And where will they be waiting during the show?Director: In Room 401, as usual. Pauline will be waiting with them, and she'll be watching the show on the monitor. She'll tell them two minutes before they enter.PA: I think that's everything.Terry: Good evening and welcome to 'This is Your Life'. This is Terry Donovan speaking. We're waiting for the subject of tonight's programme. He's one of the world's leading actors, and he thinks he's coming here to take part in a discussion programme (I)can hear him now ... yes, here he is! Jason Douglas ... This is your life! Jason: Oh, no (I)don't believe it! Not me ...Terry: Yes, you! Now come over here and sit down. Jason, you were born at number 28 Balaclava Street in East Ham, London on July 2nd, 1947. You were one of six children, and your father was a taxi driver. Of course, your name was then Graham Smith.Terry: Now, do you know this voice? 'I remember Jason when he was two. He used to scream and shout all day.'Jason: Susan!Terry: Yes ... all the way from Sydney, Australia ... She flew here specially for this programme. It's your sister, Susan Fraser!Jason: Susan ... Why didn't you tell me ... oh, this is wonderful!Terry: Yes, you haven't seen each other for 13 years ... take a seat next to him, Susan. You started school at the age of five, in 1952, and in 1958 you moved to Lane End Secondary School.Terry: Do you remember this voice? 'Smith! Stop looking out of the window!'Jason: Oh, no! It's Mr. Hooper!Terry: Your English teacher, Mr. Stanley Hooper. Was Jason a good student, Mr. Hooper?Mr. Hooper: Eh? No, he was the worst in the class ... but he was a brilliant actor, even in those days. He could imitate all the teachers?Terry: Thank you, Mr. Hooper. You can speak to Jason, later. Well, you went to the London School of Drama in 1966, and left in 1969. In 1973 you went to Hollywood.Terry: Do you know this voice? 'Hi Jason ... Can you ride a horse yet?'Jason: Maria!Terry: Maria Montrose ... who's come from Hollywood to be with you tonight.Maria: Hello, Jason ... it's great to be here. Hello, Terry. Jason and I were in a movie together in 1974. Jason had to learn to ride a horse ... Well, Jason doesn't like horses very much.Jason: Like them! I'm terrified of them!Maria: Anyway, he practised for two weeks. Then he went to the director ... it was Charles Orson ... and said, 'What do you want me to do?' Charles said, 'I want you to fall off the horse'. Jason was furious. He said, 'What? Fall off! I've been practising for two weeks ... I could fall off the first day ... without any practice!' Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for our survey today.David: Uh ... sure, why not?David: Uh, my name is David George.Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living?David: I'm a professional baseball player.Interviewer: Really?David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: That's terrific. What do you do for fun?David: Well, I like to read the classics—you know, Dickens, Shakespeare, ... uh ... books like that. Interviewer: Fabulous. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?David: Just call me Dad. My wife and I ... uh ... had our first baby.Interviewer: Oh, (Yeah. A little girl. that's wonderful.David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in this world?David: Well, I admire my wife ... uh ... she's terrific. She's going to be a great mother, great mother. Interviewer: Terrific. What do you want to be doing five years from now?David: Well, ... uh ... five years from now I'd like to be a father of five. I'd like to have lots of kids around the house.Interviewer: That's fabulous.David: Yeah.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us, David.David: Well, thank you.Interviewer: Good morning. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wondered if you'd mind answering a few questions today for our survey.Suzanne: Not at all.Interviewer: What's your name?Suzanne: Suzanne Brown.Interviewer: Suzanne, what do you do for a living?Suzanne: I'm a lawyer.Interviewer: A lawyer? And what do you do for fun?Suzanne: I like to run.Interviewer: Uh-huh. Running, like—Suzanne: Jogging.Interviewer: Jogging. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Suzanne: I got to run in the Boston Marathon.Interviewer: Congratulations. And who do you admire most in the world?Suzanne: Oh, well, I'd have to say Martin Luther King, Jr.Interviewer: Mmm, yes. And what do you want to be doing five years from today?Suzanne: Well, dare I say win the Boston Marathon?Interviewer: Wonderful. Thanks a lot for talking to us today, Suzanne.Suzanne: You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey this morning.Adolfo: Oh, yes, yes.Interviewer: What's your name?Adolfo: My name is Adolfo Vasquez.Interviewer: Adolfo, what do you do for a living?Adolfo: I'm a dancer.Interviewer: A dancer. And what do you do for fun?Adolfo: I watch ... uh ... musical movies.Interviewer: Musical movies. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Adolfo: Oh, about six years ago I moved to United States, (Uh-huh. and that's quite exciting for me. Interviewer: Yes, that is very exciting. What do you—who do you admire most in the world?Adolfo: I admire a lot ... um ... Sophia Loren, the movie actress.Interviewer: I understand completely. (Mm-hmm. What do you want to be doing five years from now? Adolfo: I like very much what I'm doing right now, so I really would like to keep doing it.Interviewer: Very good. (Mm-hmm. Thanks for speaking to us today, Adolfo.Adolfo: Okay. You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey.Linda: Sure.Linda: Linda Montgomery.Interviewer: Linda, what do you do for a living?Linda: Uh, well, right now I'm going to beauty school.Interviewer: Beauty school?Linda: Yeah.Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what do you do for fun?Linda: Oh, what for fun, I hang out with my friends—you know, go for pizza, stuff like that.Interviewer: I understand. What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Linda: Oh, this was so great! (Yeah? Four of my friends and I, we went to a Bruce Springsteen concert. We actually—we got tickets.Interviewer: Wonderful.Linda: It was the best.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in the world?Linda: Who do I admi—I guess (Mm-hmm. my dad, (Uh-huh. probably my dad. Yeah.Interviewer: And what do you want to be doing five years from now?Linda: I would love it if I could have my own beauty salon.Interviewer: Uh-huh.Linda: That would be great.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us today.Linda: Okay.Announcer: And now, at 10:50 it's time for "In Your Own Words", in which we interview people with unusual stories to tell. Here to introduce the programme is Patricia Newell. Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Good morning, and good morning everyone. With me in the studio now is this morning's guest, Trevor Cartridge. Good morning, Trevor.Trevor: Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Trevor, you have one of the most unusual stories I've ever heard. Yet, nowadays, you seem to lead a very ordinary life.Trevor: Yes, Patricia. I'm a dentist. I live and work in London.Patricia: But at one time you used to have a different job?Trevor: Yes, I was a soldier.Patricia: A soldier?Trevor: That's right.Patricia: And how long ago was that?Trevor: Oh, about two thousand years ago.Patricia: That's right. Trevor Cartridge believes that he was a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar. He remembers coming to Britain with the Roman army two thousand years ago. Trevor, tell us your remarkable story ... in your own words!Trevor: Well, funnily enough, it all began because I wanted to give up smoking.Patricia: Give up smoking!Trevor: Mm, I used to smoke too much and I tried to give up several times, but I always started smoking again a few days later. In the end I went to a hypnotist. He hypnotized me, and I stopped smoking at once. I was delighted, as you can imagine.Patricia: Yes?Trevor: That made me very interested in hypnotism, and I talked to the hypnotist about it. He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotized, and he asked if I wanted to try. I didn't believe it at first, but in the end I agreed. He hypnotized me, and sure enough, I remembered. I was a Roman soldier in Caesar's army.Patricia: You didn't believe it at first?Trevor: I didn't believe it before we tried the experiment. Now I'm absolutely convinced it's true.Patricia: What do you remember?Trevor: Oh, all kinds of things, but the most interesting thing I remember is the night we landed in Britain. Patricia: You remember that?Trevor: Oh yes. It was a terrible, stormy night. There were a hundred or more of us in the boat. We were all shut in, because the weather was so bad and most people were sick, because it was very stuffy. There was a terrible smell of petrol, I remember. Lots of men thought we should go back to France. It wasn't called 'France' then, of course.Patricia: And there was a smell of petrol?Trevor: Yes, it was terrible. The weather got worse and worse. We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was pushed up onto the sands, and we climbed out. I remember jumping into the water and struggling to the beach. The water was up to my shoulders and it was a freezing night. A lot of men were killed by the cold or drowned in the storm, but I managed to get ashore.Patricia: You did?Trevor: Yes. There were about ten survivors from our boat, but even then our troubles weren't over. We found a farmhouse, but it was deserted. When the people read the newspapers, and knew that we were coming, they were terrified. They took all their animals and all their food, and ran away into the hills. Of course, there were no proper roads in those days. Well, we went into the house and tried to light a fire, but we couldn't even do that. We always kept matches in our trousers' pockets, so naturally they were all soaked. We couldn't find anything to eat, except one tin of cat food. We were so hungry, we broke it open with our knives, and ate it. We found a tap, but the water was frozen. In the end we drank rainwater from the tin. We sat very close together and tried to keep warm. We could hear wolves but we didn't have any weapons, because our guns were full of seawater. By the morning, the storm was over. We went on to the beach and found what was left of the boat. We managed to find some food, and we hoped there was some wine too, but when we opened the box all the bottles were broken.Patricia: So what happened?Trevor: We waited. Finally another boat came and took us away, and we joined the other soldiers. I remember going into the camp, and getting a hot meal, and clean clothes. It was wonderful. We were given our pay, too. I remember the date on the coins, 50 BC. It was an exciting time.Patricia: And did you stay in Britain?Trevor: Oh yes, I was here for five years, from 50 BC to 55 BC. I enjoyed my stay in Britain very much. Patricia: And then you went back to Rome?Trevor: I can't remember anything after that.Patricia: Well, Trevor Cartridge, thank you for telling us your story, in your own words.(1 Bob, do you think you could possibly turn off that radio? I'm (pause trying to write a letter.(2 A: I don't want a double room. I want a single room.B: I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid 43 (pause is the only single room available at the moment.(3 A: Just look what I've got.B: Let me see. Fifty pounds! (pause Where on earth did you get it?(4 A: Oh bother the Sex Discrimination Act. Surely they can't force me to take on a married woman.B: They can't force you to, Mr. Clark, but (pause you mustn't discriminate against someone just because they're married.(5 A: I'm glad I'm not a princess. It must be a dreadful life.B: Dreadful? (pause I wouldn't mind being a prince.(6 I'm a reasonably hard-working person. But (pause I'm not a workaholic.(7 A: Had your brother been nervous about it himself?B: Well, he didn't say, but possibly (pause he had been.The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn't easy. In order to obtain a licence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called'The Knowledge' by London cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get 'The Knowledge'. Candidates are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart. The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the 'tube' presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour-coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. You should keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.。
bec中级第一辑听力原文
bec中级第一辑听力原文Man: Good afternoon. Stationery Supplies International, Customer Services Department, Michael speaking. How may I help you?下午好。
这里是Stationery Supplies International的顾客服务部，我是迈克尔。
请问有什么能帮您？Woman: Oh, hello. My name's Jennifer Gardiner. I'm calling from Fenmore Consultants. It's about the order which we received yesterday.你好。
我叫詹妮弗·嘉丁纳。
我是Fenmore咨询公司员工。
我打电话是想说我们昨天接到的货物。
Man: OK. Please can I have the order number?好的。
请问我可以知道订单编号吗？Woman: Yes，it's Z/3487/JF. The problem is we've received several incorrect items.好的，编号是Z/3487/JF。
我们收到了几件错误的商品。
Man: Oh dear, sorry about that. We took on some new staff this week and we've had a few problems.哦，十分抱歉。
我们这周招了几个新员工，造成了一些困扰。
Tell me what's wrong and we'll forward the correct order to you straightaway.问题出在哪里呢？我们将立刻给您派发正确订单。
Woman: Good. Well, firsly you sent the wrong size paper. We ordered 100 boxes of A5 papery, not A4.好的。
英语中级听力lesson1原文文本
Man: Hi. Woman: Hi. Man: What'd you do last night? Woman: I watched TV. There was a really good movie called Soylent Green. Man: Soylent Green? Woman: Yeah. Charlton Heston was in it. Man: What's it about? Woman: Oh, it's about life in New York in the year 2022. Man: I wonder if New York will still be here in 2022. Woman: In this movie, in 2022 ... Man: Yeah? Woman: ... New York has forty million people. Man: Ouch! Woman: And twenty million of them are unemployed. Man: How many people live in New York now? About seven or eight million? Woman: Yeah, I think that's right. Man: Mm-hmm. You know, if it's hard enough to find an apartment now in New York City, what's it going to be like in 2022? Woman: Well, in this movie most people have no apartment. So thousands sleep on the steps of buildings. (Uh-huh.) People who do have a place to live have to crawl over sleeping people to get inside. And there are shortages of everything. The soil is so polluted that nothing will grow. (Ooo.) And the air is so polluted they never see the sun. It's really awful. Man: I think I'm going to avoid going to New York City in the year 2022. Woman: And there was this scene where the star, Charlton Heston, goes into a house where some very rich people live. Man: Uh-huh. Woman: He can't believe it, because they have running water and they have soap. Man: Really? Woman: And then he goes into the kitchen and they have tomatoes and lettuce and beef. He almost cries because he's never seen real food in his life, you know, especially the beef. It was amazing for him. Man: Well, if most people have no real food, what do they eat? Woman: They eat something called soylent. Man: Soylent? Woman: Yeah. There's soylent red and soylent yellow and soylent green. The first two are made out of soybeans. But the soylent green is made out of ocean plants. (Ugh.) The people eat it like crackers. That's all they have to eat. Man: That sounds disgusting. Woman: Well, you know, it really isn't that far from reality. Man: No? Woman: Yeah. Because, you know the greenhouse effect that's beginning now and heating up the earth ... Man: Oh, yeah, I've heard about that. Woman: ... because we're putting the pollutants in the atmosphere, you know? Man: Mm-hmm. Woman: I mean, in this movie New York has ninety degrees weather all year long. And it could really happen. Uh ... like now, we ... we have fuel shortages. And in the movie there's so little electricity that people have to ride bicycles to make it. Man: You know something? I don't think that movie is a true prediction of the future. Woman: I don't know. It scares me. I think it might be. Man: Really? Woman: Well, yeah.
英语中级听力第一课第一部分
Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for our survey today.David: Uh ... sure, why not?Interviewer: What's your name?David: Uh, my name is David George.Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living?David: I'm a professional baseball player.Interviewer: Really?David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: That's terrific. What do you do for fun?David: Well, I like to read the classics—you know, Dickens, Shakespeare, ... uh ... books like that.Interviewer: Fabulous. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?David: Just call me Dad. My wife and I ... uh ... had our first baby.Interviewer: Oh, (Yeah. A little girl.) that's wonderful.David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in this world?David: Well, I admire my wife ... uh ... she's terrific. She's going to be a great mother, great mother.Interviewer: Terrific. What do you want to be doing five years from now?David: Well, ... uh ... five years from now I'd like to be a father of five. I'd like to have lots of kids around the house. Interviewer: That's fabulous.David: Yeah.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us, David.David: Well, thank you.Interviewer: Good morning. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wondered if you'd mind answering a few questions today for our survey.Suzanne: Not at all.Interviewer: What's your name?Suzanne: Suzanne Brown.Interviewer: Suzanne, what do you do for a living?Suzanne: I'm a lawyer.Interviewer: A lawyer? And what do you do for fun?Suzanne: I like to run.Interviewer: Uh-huh. Running, like—Suzanne: Jogging.Interviewer: Jogging. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Suzanne: I got to run in the Boston Marathon.Interviewer: Congratulations. And who do you admire most in the world?Suzanne: Oh, well, I'd have to say Martin Luther King, Jr.Interviewer: Mmm, yes. And what do you want to be doing five years from today?Suzanne: Well, dare I say win the Boston Marathon?Interviewer: Wonderful. Thanks a lot for talking to us today, Suzanne.Suzanne: You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey this morning.Adolfo: Oh, yes, yes.Interviewer: What's your name?Adolfo: My name is Adolfo Vasquez.Interviewer: Adolfo, what do you do for a living?Adolfo: I'm a dancer.Interviewer: A dancer. And what do you do for fun?Adolfo: I watch ... uh ... musical movies.Interviewer: Musical movies. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Adolfo: Oh, about six years ago I moved to United States, (Uh-huh.) and that's quite exciting for me.Interviewer: Yes, that is very exciting. What do you—who do you admire most in the world?Adolfo: I admire a lot ... um ... Sophia Loren, the movie actress.Interviewer: I understand completely. (Mm-hmm.) What do you want to be doing five years from now?Adolfo: I like very much what I'm doing right now, so I really would like to keep doing it.Interviewer: Very good. (Mm-hmm.) Thanks for speaking to us today, Adolfo.Adolfo: Okay. You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey.Linda: Sure.Interviewer: What's your name?Linda: Linda Montgomery.Interviewer: Linda, what do you do for a living?Linda: Uh, well, right now I'm going to beauty school.Interviewer: Beauty school?Linda: Yeah.Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what do you do for fun?Linda: Oh, what for fun, I hang out with my friends—you know, go for pizza, stuff like that.Interviewer: I understand. What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently?Linda: Oh, this was so great! (Yeah?) Four of my friends and I, we went to a Bruce Springsteen concert. We actually—we got tickets.Interviewer: Wonderful.Linda: It was the best.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in the world?Linda: Who do I admi—I guess (Mm-hmm.) my dad, (Uh-huh.) probably my dad. Yeah. Interviewer: And what do you want to be doing five years from now?Linda: I would love it if I could have my own beauty salon.Interviewer: Uh-huh.Linda: That would be great.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us today.Linda: Okay.。
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Lesson 1Too CleverText AA farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a severe pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer eventually decided that he would consult a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out what he would have to pay this doctor. He was told that a patient had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second' visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go and consult the doctor in the town.As he came into the doctor's consulting room, he said causally,´ Good morning, doctor. Here I am again.' The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions, examined his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile , Well , sir. There's nothing new. Please continue to take the same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me.'Text BA man went to see his doctor one day because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doctor had examined him carefully, he said to him, `Well, there's nothing reallywrong with you, I'm glad to say. Your only trouble is that you worry too much.Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you in here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice as I'm going to give you. He was worried because he couldn't pay his tailor's bills. I told him not to worry his head about the bills any more. He followed my advice, and when he came to see me again two days ago, he told me that he now feels quite all right again. '`Yes, I know all about that,' answered the patient sadly.`You see , I'm that man's tailor.'Additional InformationDoctor:Good morning. How are you?Patient:I'm very worried; doctor.Doctor:Oh? What are you worried about?Patient:I'm afraid that I'm very ill.Doctor:I'm sorry to hear that. Why do you think so?Patient:Because I feel tired all the time, even when I wake up in the morning. I find it very difficult to do any work. 1 have no appetite. My wife cooks medelicious meals but I can only eat a little.Doctor:How do you sleep?Patient:Very badly, doctor.Doctor:Do you find it difficult to get to sleep, or do you wake up early?Fatient:Both, doctor. I never get to sleep until 2 o'clock and I always wake at 5. Doctor:Are you worried about anything?Patient:Well , yes , I am. I'm worried about my work. I've just taken a new job.I earn a lot of money but it's difficult work. I'm always afraid of makinga mistake.Doctor:I see. Please take off your shirt and lie down on the couch.Patient:Yes , doctor.(The Doctor examines the patient )Doctor:Well , there's nothing very much wrong with you , I'm glad to say. You're working too hard and worrying too much. Do you take much exercise? Patient:No, doctor. I never have enough time for exercise. I start work very early in the morning and finish late in the evening. Then I can't get to sleep.Canyou give me some medicine to help me to sleep?Doctor:I can, but I'm not going to. You don't need medicine. You need advice.Don't work so hard. Too much work is bad. for you. Don't worry about yourwork. It's silly to worry. Take regular exercise.Patient:But I may lose my job , doctor ! It's hard to get a job like mine.Doctor:Then get an easier one , even if you earn less money.Which would you rather have, health or wealth?Patient:You' re right , doctor. It's more important to be healthy than wealthy. I'll change my job. I'm grateful for your advice.Doctor:Come and see me again in a month's time. I think you'll be a different man !Lesson 2Au Pair GirlText AGretel comes from Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her English. She works as an au pair girl. She helps Mrs Clark in the house and attends English classes regularly in her spare time. Gretel hasn' t been in England long and everything is strange to her. She often compares life in London with life in Vienna. Some things are nicer in London; other things are not so nice. For instance, the shops are bigger in London than in Vienna and there is greater variety. But it's more expensive to enjoy yourself in London. It's expensive to have a meal at a restaurant or to go to a theatre.Gretel has got used to many things already, but she can't get used to breakfast in England. "You English eat so much in the morning," she often says. "Fruit juice, porridge, bacon and egg, tea, toast and marmalade! How can you face all that food so early in the day?"Text BMaria had decided that as soon as she had finished school she would become an au pair girl in London. Two of her friends had already spent a year with a family in Kensington, and told her they had had an interesting time and had managed to learn a lot of English. She was advised by her Head Teacher to get her parents' consent and to make all the necessary arrangements prior to her departure: have enough money for her return fare, know exactly what kind of a family she was going to live with and what they expected of her.Shortly after her eighteenth birthday Maria received a letter from Mrs Hutchinson, the wife of an advertising executive, stating the terms on which she would be employed. The Hutchinsons lived in a house in Chelsea. They had three children; two boys, aged fourteen and ten, both at boarding schools, the elder at a Public School in the Midlands and the younger at a Preparatory School in Surrey;the youngest child was a girl aged eight, and she went to the French Lyceein South Kensington. During term time Maria would have to take the girl to school in the morning and fetch her in the afternoon. She would have to help Mrs Hutchinson in the house - washing up, making the beds, laying the table, dusting the rooms, answering the door, taking telephone messages, shopping and running errands.She would be guaranteed three evenings a week free and could attend English classes either from eleven till one in the morning or from half past one till four in the afternoon. She would receive 3 a week pocket money. Maria was delighted with the conditions and thought that they were fair. She also liked the look of the family, as Mrs Hutchinson had thoughtfully enclosed a photograph with her letter.Additional InformationIt was nothing for a girl t.o be sent away to service when she was eleven years old. That meant leaving the family as she had never been parted from for a day in her life before, and going to some place miles away to be treated like a dog. I've got nothing against girls going into good service.In my opinion, good service in a properly run big house was a wonderful training for a lot of girls who never would have seen anything different all the days of their lives if they hadn't gone. It was better than working on the land, then, and if it still existed now, I reckon I'd rather see any of my daughters be a goodhousemaid or a well-trained parlour maid than adolled-up shop-assistant or a factory worker.But folks are too proud to work for other folks, now. even if it's to their own advantage, though as far as I can see you are still working for other folks , whatever you're doing. Big houses didn't want littlegirls of eleven, even as kitchen maids, so the first few ycars had to be put in somewhere else, before you got even that amount of promotion.Big houses expected good service, but you got good treatment in return. It . wasn't like that at the sort of place my friends had to go. Mostly they went to the farmers' houses within ten or twenty miles from where they'd been born. These farmers were a jumped Up, proud lot who didn't know how to treat the people who worked for them. They took advantage of the poor people's need to get their girls off their hands to get little slaves for nearly nothing. The conditions were terrible.Lesson 3Who Took the Money?Text AMr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag- the notes had gone!Mrs Smith was sure that the old lady who was sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would have to call the police; but, as she disliked making a fuss and getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's bag , took the notes and put them in her own bag.When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.´How did you pay for it?' he asked.´With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course,' she replied.´Oh? What's that, then?' he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table.Text B'Goodbye, darling,' said Mr Mackin. 'I'll be late tonight.' Poor George, she thought. He was always in a hurry in the morning, and it wasn't unusual for him to come home late at night. He worked for a shoe company in Lceds. and therc was such a lot of work that he normally staycd in the office till seven or cight.When George had left the house Mrs Mackin sat down. in an armchair and turned on the radio. It was a few minutes past eight , and she heard the last words of the news :'...wman who escaped from I.ceds prison yesterdayis still free. The police warn you not to open your door to strangers. ' She turned off the radio. The housework was waiting for her. Shc made the beds and washed the dishes. There wasn't auy shopping to do. and so she thought for a moment of all the Work in the garden.The Mackins lived in a house with a large garden in a suburb of Leeds. Behind the garden there were some trees. and then the cpen fields.Suddenly Mrs Mackin remembered the news. She laughed uneasily. That prison is only 15 miles away, she thought. She didn't work in the garden, she mended her husband 's shirts instead And she care.fully lockcd the front door and closed all the windows.It was getting dark. She turned on the lights in the livingroom.Thcn she noticed that she had turned on the lights in most of the roonss in the house.'How silly I am!' she said nervously and went into the other rooms and turned the leghts on.The person at the door said something loudly. but she was so frightened that she dien't understand a word.Additional InformationDo you believe in ghosts? I don't, eitlter-or at least I didn't until I heard a strange story the other day from Mr Mike Paton, of 19 Marlborough llill.It all began on November 28, whcn Mr Paton's eight-ycar-old son, Bob , was playing in the big back garden of his parents' house. He met an old man with a long white beard. The old man told Bob he was builcling the underground railway there, but Bob didn't believe him. Bob told me afterwards that he knew the underground ran under Marlborough Hill itself. The old man said there had been an accident the day before. Then he went away.At first the Patons didn't believe Bob's story. Mrs Paton told me that Bob often made up stories about ghosts and monsters, like other children of his age. But Mr Paton was curious and decided that he would go to the library to check up on the facts.He found that the railway compapy had started to build the line to the west of Marlborough Hill in 1881. but they had run into an underground river. Ten workmen had died in an accident and the Company had changed the direction of the line and built the present tunnel under Marlborough Hill. At first I didn't believe Mr Paton's storv either, so I did some research myself.Inspector Bright of the Metropolitan Police said it was natural to find tramps in the district in winter, but no one had reported one answering the description I had given him since last August.Mr Joseph Griffiths of London Transport checked the files on the accident for me. He told me that the accident had apparently taken place on or very near the junction of Marlborough Hill and Woodstock Avenue on 27 November 1881. Mr Paton's house stands on the corner!The source of this extraordinary story was not affected by the news. 'I told Mummy it was true,' young Bob Paton told me yesterday. When I left the house he was playing happily with his toy cars-in the garden!Musical Half-NotesText AA musician who played Pop Music in a CLub lived in boardinghouse in the centre of london. He always used to get back to his room very late at night and sometimes inthe carly hours ofthe morning. He was so tired when he got back that he would si ton the edge of his bed ,take off his shoes and throw them on the floor and say. 'Thank goodness. another day is over.' He would thcn get into hcd and fall fast aslecp.But thepoor lodger who had the room under the musician's was wokcn up cach night, or carly?in the morning. by the two thuds that the two shoes made as thcy landcd On his ceiling.Finally, he could not stand it any more and went and complained to thc musician.Naturally the musician was very upset and promiscd that, in future, aftcr taking off his shoes, he would put them down as quictly as possible on the carpct.The ncxt day, he got back from his club at about one o'clock in the morning. went up to his room, sat on the edge of his bed, took off one shoe and threw it on the floor.He was just about to do the same with the other when suddenly remcmbered the promise he had made the day before. So with grcat care he put the second shoe down silently on the carpet. Then he got into bed and fell fast aslecp. An hour later, he was woken up by a violent knocking on his door. It was thc lodger who slept in the room just under his.'Plcase, plcase, please,' the Iodger plcaded, 'drop the other shoe. I have been waiting for a whole hour for you to drop it. As soon as you do I can go to sleep. 'Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, not one liked it more than James Wilson. He took long walks in the fresh air. He ran long distances in the fresh air. He played football and other games in the fresh air. He liked to climb mountains and breathe the fresh air at the top. He used to go to sit by the sea and watch the great waves in the fresh air. He always slept with his windows wide open. He had an open car with no roof, and he drove it madly through the fresh air.If Wilson entered a room where the windows were shut, he immediately opened them. He did this even when snow was falling outside. If someone else shut the windows again, he walked out of the room in a manner which showed his opinions without any doubt. When he travelled by sea, he could usually be found in a place on board where the wild wind was blowing through his hair.One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. Good hotels in Finland are heated during the cold winter, and this winter was even colder than usual. When Wilson reached his room in the hotel. he found that the windows were closed to keep the icy air out. He did his best to open one , but failed. It was absolutely impossible to open it : the manager had very wisely arranged that. Wilson undressed and got into bed. He was a very angry man.The bedroom was very pleasant. Two or three pictures on the walls showed views of some beautiful parts of Finland. There was no noise at all. The bed was really excellent; but Wilson could not sleep. He could not forget the closed window. No fresh air! It was terrible to think of!He got out of bed and tried once more to open the window; but it was useless, and he sadly got back into bed.At about one o'clock in the morning he was still awake, worrying about the air in the bedroom. He had turned over in bed two hundred and thirty-six times. He was very hot. As he turned over for the two hundred andthirty-seventh time, one arm came out of the bedclothes and hung down beside the bed. His hand touched the floor. It also touched something on the floor. This thing was a shoe.An idea came into his worried mind. Angry men act quickly,and the shoe was in his hand in less than a second. Where was the window? He could see something that looked like glass over there. He threw the shoe through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm.The shoe flew straight through the air and hit the glass in the middle. Aterrible sound of breaking glass filled the bedroom,but to Wilson's sad heart it seemed like the sound of sweet and beautiful music."Now I have some fresh air in the room," he thought. "NOW I need not die. "Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep. He did not move for many hours.When daylight came gently through the window, he awoke and lay with his eyes closed. Where was he? Oh, yes! He was in Fioland; but what the matter? Was auytlting wrong'? There was something to worry about What was it? Oh. the broken windmv! Yes, indeed. He would have to pas?for that.How much.? Was it a big piece of glass? He could not remember. He Opened his eyes to look.Slowly he tnrned them towards the window. and then he sat up suddenly in bed. He was very surprised: the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece. just as good as it had been the might before. No fresh air was etitering the room through that window.What,then,had happened when he threw the shoe?He turned his eyes to the side and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall.There was a shoe on the floor below it. He could see a lot of broken glass round the shoe . and there was more inside it.Additional InformationHere is what happened to Adrian Fox on the train one day:Adrian Fox lives in Devon and he is travelling home from London by train. He decides to have a cup of tea. and goes to the train buffet. While he is drinking his t.ea, an attractive girl comes and sits at the same table. They begin talking and the girl tells Adrian she is going to Devon on holiday. They are soon very friendly. Adrian finds out that the girl hasn't yet found a hotel to stay in. Adrian's mother has a spare room in her house, and Aclrian invites the girl to stay there. He knows his mother won't mind. The girl accepts.A few minutes later a man comes and sits beside the girl. who introduces hint to Adrian. He is her husband. Adrian didn't know the giri was married, and he is a little angry. His mother won't like to have two people staying in her house. Then three children arrive. Two of them are carrying cats. and one has a small dog. They are the girl'a children. They are all very happy, the girl says, to be staying in Adrian's mother's house. Eut Adrian isn't so happy. When he reaches the station he phones his mother. . .Is He a Hero?Text A"Fire! Fire! " What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house-the sort that burns beautifully---and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of thick smoke.I began to run, but as I was still only balf-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in thc opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see flames all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet.I found an opcn door and ran into a room to get to the window.But bcfore I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes , and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor . gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.I saw a flaming doorway in front . put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terribly, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry. I nearly dropped it in my surprisel? Then I saw a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in anight-dress and a borrowed man's coat screamed" as she saw me and came running madly."My baby ! My baby! " she cried. The crowd chcered wildly as she took the smoke-blackened bundle out of my arms. I had some difficulty in recognizing her. She was the Mayor's wife, and I had saved her baby. I was a hero!Teresa went up to Mrs Webster's room, two stairs at a time. She was nearly at the top when she stopped and sniffed. A strong smell of gas was coming from that direction. Teresa ran up the remaining stairs and threw open the door. She put her hands over her mouth to stop a scream. Mrs Webster was lying on the floor near the sink. Her skin and lips had a pinkish colour and she appeared to be unconscious. The room was full of gas.Additional InformationWho doesn't love sitting beside a cosy fire on a cold winter's night? Who doesn't love to watch flames curling up a chimney? Fire is one of man's greatest friends, but also one of his greatest enemies. Many big fires are caused by carelessness. A lighted cigarette thrown out of a car or train window or a broken bottle lying on dry grass can start a fire. Sometimes,though, a fire can start on its own. Wet hay can begin burning by itself. This is how it happens: the hay starts to.rot and begins to give off heat which is trapped inside it. Finally, it bursts into flames. That's why farmers cut and store their hay when it's dry.Fires have destroyed whole cities. In the l7th century, a small fire which began in a baker's shop burnt down nearly every building in London. Moscow was set on fire during the war against Napoleon. This fire continued burning for seven days. And, of course, in 64 A. D. Nero fiddled while Rome burned! Even today, in spite of modern fire-fighting methods. fire causes millions of pounds' worth of damage each year both in our cities and in the countryside. It has been wisely said that fire is a good servant but a bad master.How It Feels When Parents DivorceText AAri, age fourteenWhen my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dadbecausc he was always busy working. Now that they're divorced , I've gotten to know him more because I'm with him everu weckend. And I really look forward to the weekends because it's kind of like a break-it's like going to Disncyland because thcre's no set schedule, no "Be home by five-thirty" kind of stuff. It's open. It's free. And my father is always buying me presents.My Mom got remarried and divorced again, so I've gone through two divorces so far. And my father's also gotten remarricd-to someone I don't get along with all that well. It's all rnade me fcel that people shouldn't get married-they should just livc together and make their own agreement. Then, if things get bad , they don't have to get divorced and hire lawyers and sue each other. And. even more important, they don't have to end up hating each other.I'd say that the worst part of the divorce is the money problem. It's been hard on mv Mom because lots of times she can't pay her bills, and it makes her angry when I stay with my fatherand he buys me things. She gets mad and says things like "If he can buy you things like this , then he should be able to pay me. " And I feel caught in the middle for two reasons;first, I can't really enjoy whatever my Dad does get for me, and second, I don't know who to believe. My Dad's saying, "I don't really owe her any money," and my Mom's saying he does. Sometimes I fight for my Mom and sometimes I fight for my Dad, but I wish they'd leave me out of it completely.In a lot of ways I wish my Mom would get remarried, because then she wouldn't have to worry so much about finances. But I'm sorry that my Dad got remarried, because I feel left out a lot of times. And one thing I really worry about is that I think they want to have a baby, and I know that if they do, it will be just like a replacement for me.That's because I only see my Dad on weekends, and since he would see the baby more than he'd see me, he'd probably grow to like it more than he likes me. It could be a lot like what happened with my dog Spunkur.I've had him for about six years and I've always said I'll never love any dog as much as I love him. Well, a year ago I picked up a little black Labrador puppy from the pound, and now I find I'm not as friendly with Spunkur as I used to be. And I think Spunkur feels jealous , just like I would if my Dad and my stepmother had a baby.My Dad said it wouldn't be that way, that we'd be a whole family and I'd have a little brother or sister, which would be a lot of fun, but I told him, "Look, by the time the kid is old ehougli to talk, I'll be out of college. I'm not going to have anything to do with a baby. You know that it's just a replacement for me ! "If I lived'full-time with my Dad, it would probably be easier for me to accept a haby because we'd be on an equal footing, but I'd rather stay with my Mom, where life is normal-where welive like most people live, with breakfast at breakfast time and dinner atd;nner time. I do my homework, play with my friends-it's all the way life should be. If I lived with my Dad, it might be more fun at times, but I would go crazy. I wouldn't want to be brought up that way.Text BSara, age twelveI guess the main reason I was mad at Daddy was because it all made my mother so unhapp.y, and I ended up feeling sorry for both of them-my mother because she was struggling to make ends meet, and my Dad because he couldn't really do much about it.Even though my parents separated more than three years ago, it's still very vivid in my mind and I doubt if I'll ever forget the way I felt at the time. Yet, as awful as it was, I never hoped they'd get back together. And now I think I'd die if they did, because it would be so awkward for rne.I think they're both much happier now,. and it's obvious to me that they both lead totally different lives. Since the breakup I've been able to see my parents' true colors' especially my mother's. I've seen a side of her that I never saw before. When she was married, she and Daddy were the perfect couple, always quiet, talking about dignified things, and they would never laugh or anything.Nowadays my mother is always happy and ggy. Another way she's changed is that she always used to hide her problems from me but now she's more apt to discuss things. I think she's more relaxed-and so's my Dad.Both of my parents started dating other people right away, and I think they'll both get remarried eventually, which is fine with me. They don't discuss their love lives with me all that much, but of course I'm not blind. For example, one night I had a sleep-over at a friend's house and the next morning I came home earlier than I'd planned to.Well, I just stormed into my mother's bedroom, and there was this guy in her bed-she was somewhere else, in another room. I started crying and everything, and my mother tried to convince me she had slept on the couch. Now that I look back, it was pretty hilarious, and of course I don't care-I mean, I understand about those kind of arrangements.In the beginning, when my father had a girlfriend sleep over, he didn't know how to tell me-he just sort of said, "Oh , you're sleeping on the couch tonight , " because at that point I didn't have my own room at his house and shared the bedroom.。
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hey,these sound good 中级班听力文本(1) I'm really sorry:Ted: Oh, I'm really sorry. Are you OK?Ana: I'm fine. But I'm not very good at this.Ted: Neither am I. Say, are you from South America?Ana: Yes, I am originally. I was born in Argentina.Ted: Did you grow up there?Ana: Yes, I did, but my family moved here eight years ago when I was in high school.Ted: And where did you learn to rollarblade?Ana: Here in the park. This is only my second time.Ted: Well, it's my first time. Can you give me some lessons?Ana: Sure. Just follow me.Ted : By the way, my name is Ted.Ana: And I'm Ana. Nice to meet you.Hey, hey! that was funTed: Hey, hey! that was fun. Thank you for the lesson!Ana: No problem. So, tell me a little about yourself. What do you do?Ted: I work in a travel agency.Ana: Really! What do you do there?Ted: I'm in charge of their computers.Ana: Oh, so you're a computer specialist.Ted: Well, sort of. Yeah, I guess so.Ana: That's great. Then maybe you can give me some help with a computer course I'm taking.Ted: Oh, sure...But only if you promise to give me some more rollarblading lessons.Ana: It's a deal!(2) Where are you from originally, Yu HongInterviewer: Where are you from originally, Yu Hong?Yu Hong: I'm from China...from near Shanghai.Interviewer: And when did you move here?Yu Hong: I came here after I graduated from college. That was in 1992.Interviewer: And what do you do now?Yu Hong: I'm a transportation engineer.Interviewer: I see. So you 're an immigrant to the United States.Yu Hong: Yes, that's right.Interviewer: What are some of difficulties of being an immigrant in the U.S.?Yu Hong: Oh, that's not an easy question to answer. There are so many things, really. I guessone of the biggest difficulties is that I don't have any relatives here. Imean, I have a lot offriends, but that's not the same thing. In China, on the holidays or the weekend, we visitrelatives. It isn't the same here.Interviewer: And what do you miss the most from home?Yu Hong: Oh, that's easy: my mom's soup! She makes great soup. I really miss my mother'scooking.(3) Hey! Are these pictures of youA: Hey! Are these pictures of you when you were a kid?B: Yeah! That's me in front of my uncle's beach house. When I was a kid, we used to spendtwo weeks every summer.A: Wow, I bet that was fun!B: Yeah. We always had a great time. Every day we used to get up early and walk along thebeach. I have a great shell collection. In fact, I think it's still up in the attic!A: Hey, I used to collect shells, too, when I was a kid. But my parents threw them out!A: You know what I remember most about growing up?B: What?A: Visiting my grandparent's house… you know, on holidays and stuff. They lived way out inthe country, and my granddad had a horse named Blackie. He taught me how to ride. I justlove that horse-and she loved me, too! I used to really enjoy spending time at mygrandparent's house. And every time I came back, Blackie remembered me.B: Ah, memories!。
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Lesson 1'This Is Your Life' is one of the most popular programmes on British and American television. Every week a famous person is invited to a television studio, without knowing that he or she will be the subject of the programme. The compère meets the person outside the studio and says 'This is your life!' The person then meets friends and relatives from his or her past and present. Studio 4 is where the programme is recorded. The programme begins at eight o'clock. It's 6:45 now and the director is checking the preparations with his new production assistant (PA). The subject of tonight's show will be an actor, Jason Douglas. The compère, as usual, will be Terry Donovan. Director: Let's just check the arrangements. We're bringing Jason Douglas here in a studio car—he thinks he's coming to a discussion programme! The driver has been told to arrive at exactly 7:55. Now, the programme begins at eight o'clock. At that time Jason will be walking to the studio. Terry Donovan will start his introduction at 8:01, and Jason will arrive at 8:02. Terry will meet him at the studio entrance ... Camera 4 will be there. Then he'll take him to that seat. It'll be on Camera 3. Jason will be sitting there during the whole programme. For most of the show Terry will be standing in the middle, and he'll be on Camera 2. The guests will come through that door, talk to Terry and Jason ... and then sit over there.Director: Now, is that all clear?PA: Yes ... there's just one thing.Director: Well, what is it?PA: Who's going to look after the guests during the show?Director: Pauline is.PA: And where will they be waiting during the show?Director: In Room 401, as usual. Pauline will be waiting with them, and she'll be watching the show on the monitor. She'll tell them two minutes before they enter.PA: I think that's everything.Terry: Good evening and welcome to 'This is Your Life'. This is Terry Donovan speaking. We're waiting for the subject of tonight's programme. He's one of the world's leading actors, and he thinks he's coming here to take part in a discussion programme ... I can hear him now ... yes, here he is! Jason Douglas ... This is your life!Jason: Oh, no ... I don't believe it! Not me ...Terry: Yes, you! Now come over here and sit down. Jason, you were born at number 28 Balaclava Street in East Ham, London on July 2nd, 1947. You were one of six children, and your father was a taxi driver. Of course, your name was then Graham Smith.Terry: Now, do you know this voice? 'I remember Jason when he was two. He used to scream and shout all day.'Jason: Susan!Terry: Yes ... all the way from Sydney, Australia ... She flew here specially for this programme. It's your sister, Susan Fraser!Jason: Susan ... Why didn't you tell me ... oh, this is wonderful!Terry: Yes, you haven't seen each other for 13 years ... take a seat next to him, Susan. You started school at the age of five, in 1952, and in 1958 you moved to Lane End Secondary School. Terry: Do you remember this voice? 'Smith! Stop looking out of the window!'Jason: Oh, no! It's Mr. Hooper!Terry: Your English teacher, Mr. Stanley Hooper. Was Jason a good student, Mr. Hooper?Mr. Hooper: Eh? No, he was the worst in the class ... but he was a brilliant actor, even in those days. He could imitate all the teachers?Terry: Thank you, Mr. Hooper. You can speak to Jason, later. Well, you went to the London School of Drama in 1966, and left in 1969. In 1973 you went to Hollywood.Terry: Do you know this voice? 'Hi Jason ... Can you ride a horse yet?'Jason: Maria!Terry: Maria Montrose ... who's come from Hollywood to be with you tonight.Maria: Hello, Jason ... it's great to be here. Hello, Terry. Jason and I were in a movie together in 1974. Jason had to learn to ride a horse ... Well, Jason doesn't like horses very much.Jason: Like them! I'm terrified of them!Maria: Anyway, he practised for two weeks. Then he went to the director ... it was Charles Orson ... and said, 'What do you want me to do?' Charles said, 'I want you to fall off the horse'. Jason was furious. He said, 'What? Fall off! I've been practising for two weeks ... I could fall off the first day ... without any practice!'Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for our survey today.David: Uh ... sure, why not?Interviewer: What's your name?David: Uh, my name is David George.Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living?David: I'm a professional baseball player.Interviewer: Really?David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: That's terrific. What do you do for fun?David: Well, I like to read the classics—you know, Dickens, Shakespeare, ... uh ... books like that. Interviewer: Fabulous. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently? David: Just call me Dad. My wife and I ... uh ... had our first baby.Interviewer: Oh, (Yeah. A little girl.) that's wonderful.David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in this world?David: Well, I admire my wife ... uh ... she's terrific. She's going to be a great mother, great mother. Interviewer: Terrific. What do you want to be doing five years from now?David: Well, ... uh ... five years from now I'd like to be a father of five. I'd like to have lots of kids around the house.Interviewer: That's fabulous.David: Yeah.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us, David.David: Well, thank you.Interviewer: Good morning. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wondered if you'd mind answering a few questions today for our survey.Suzanne: Not at all.Interviewer: What's your name?Suzanne: Suzanne Brown.Interviewer: Suzanne, what do you do for a living?Suzanne: I'm a lawyer.Interviewer: A lawyer? And what do you do for fun?Suzanne: I like to run.Interviewer: Uh-huh. Running, like—Suzanne: Jogging.Interviewer: Jogging. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently? Suzanne: I got to run in the Boston Marathon.Interviewer: Congratulations. And who do you admire most in the world?Suzanne: Oh, well, I'd have to say Martin Luther King, Jr.Interviewer: Mmm, yes. And what do you want to be doing five years from today?Suzanne: Well, dare I say win the Boston Marathon?Interviewer: Wonderful. Thanks a lot for talking to us today, Suzanne.Suzanne: You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey this morning.Adolfo: Oh, yes, yes.Interviewer: What's your name?Adolfo: My name is Adolfo Vasquez.Interviewer: Adolfo, what do you do for a living?Adolfo: I'm a dancer.Interviewer: A dancer. And what do you do for fun?Adolfo: I watch ... uh ... musical movies.Interviewer: Musical movies. And what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently? Adolfo: Oh, about six years ago I moved to United States, (Uh-huh.) and that's quite exciting for me.Interviewer: Yes, that is very exciting. What do you—who do you admire most in the world? Adolfo: I admire a lot ... um ... Sophia Loren, the movie actress.Interviewer: I understand completely. (Mm-hmm.) What do you want to be doing five years from now?Adolfo: I like very much what I'm doing right now, so I really would like to keep doing it. Interviewer: Very good. (Mm-hmm.) Thanks for speaking to us today, Adolfo.Adolfo: Okay. You're welcome.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss. I'm from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you could answer a few questions for our survey.Linda: Sure.Interviewer: What's your name?Linda: Linda Montgomery.Interviewer: Linda, what do you do for a living?Linda: Uh, well, right now I'm going to beauty school.Interviewer: Beauty school?Linda: Yeah.Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what do you do for fun?Linda: Oh, what for fun, I hang out with my friends—you know, go for pizza, stuff like that.Interviewer: I understand. What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently? Linda: Oh, this was so great! (Yeah?) Four of my friends and I, we went to a Bruce Springsteen concert. We actually—we got tickets.Interviewer: Wonderful.Linda: It was the best.Interviewer: Who do you admire most in the world?Linda: Who do I admi—I guess (Mm-hmm.) my dad, (Uh-huh.) probably my dad. Yeah. Interviewer: And what do you want to be doing five years from now?Linda: I would love it if I could have my own beauty salon.Interviewer: Uh-huh.Linda: That would be great.Interviewer: Thanks very much for talking to us today.Linda: Okay.Announcer: And now, at 10:50 it's time for "In Your Own Words", in which we interview people with unusual stories to tell. Here to introduce the programme is Patricia Newell. Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Good morning, and good morning everyone. With me in the studio now is this morning's guest, Trevor Cartridge. Good morning, Trevor.Trevor: Good morning, Patricia.Patricia: Trevor, you have one of the most unusual stories I've ever heard. Yet, nowadays, you seem to lead a very ordinary life.Trevor: Yes, Patricia. I'm a dentist. I live and work in London.Patricia: But at one time you used to have a different job?Trevor: Yes, I was a soldier.Patricia: A soldier?Trevor: That's right.Patricia: And how long ago was that?Trevor: Oh, about two thousand years ago.Patricia: That's right. Trevor Cartridge believes that he was a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar. He remembers coming to Britain with the Roman army two thousand years ago. Trevor, tell us your remarkable story ... in your own words!Trevor: Well, funnily enough, it all began because I wanted to give up smoking.Patricia: Give up smoking!Trevor: Mm, I used to smoke too much and I tried to give up several times, but I always started smoking again a few days later. In the end I went to a hypnotist. He hypnotized me, and I stopped smoking at once. I was delighted, as you can imagine.Patricia: Yes?Trevor: That made me very interested in hypnotism, and I talked to the hypnotist about it. He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotized, and he asked if I wanted to try. I didn't believe it at first, but in the end I agreed. He hypnotized me, and sure enough, I remembered. I was a Roman soldier in Caesar's army.Patricia: You didn't believe it at first?Trevor: I didn't believe it before we tried the experiment. Now I'm absolutely convinced it's true.Patricia: What do you remember?Trevor: Oh, all kinds of things, but the most interesting thing I remember is the night we landed in Britain.Patricia: You remember that?Trevor: Oh yes. It was a terrible, stormy night. There were a hundred or more of us in the boat. We were all shut in, because the weather was so bad and most people were sick, because it was very stuffy. There was a terrible smell of petrol, I remember. Lots of men thought we should go back to France. It wasn't called 'France' then, of course.Patricia: And there was a smell of petrol?Trevor: Yes, it was terrible. The weather got worse and worse. We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was pushed up onto the sands, and we climbed out. I remember jumping into the water and struggling to the beach. The water was up to my shoulders and it was a freezing night. A lot of men were killed by the cold or drowned in the storm, but I managed to get ashore.Patricia: You did?Trevor: Yes. There were about ten survivors from our boat, but even then our troubles weren't over. We found a farmhouse, but it was deserted. When the people read the newspapers, and knew that we were coming, they were terrified. They took all their animals and all their food, and ran away into the hills. Of course, there were no proper roads in those days. Well, we went into the house and tried to light a fire, but we couldn't even do that. We always kept matches in our trousers' pockets, so naturally they were all soaked. We couldn't find anything to eat, except one tin of cat food. We were so hungry, we broke it open with our knives, and ate it. We found a tap, but the water was frozen. In the end we drank rainwater from the tin. We sat very close together and tried to keep warm. We could hear wolves but we didn't have any weapons, because our guns were full of seawater. By the morning, the storm was over. We went on to the beach and found what was left of the boat. We managed to find some food, and we hoped there was some wine too, but when we opened the box all the bottles were broken.Patricia: So what happened?Trevor: We waited. Finally another boat came and took us away, and we joined the other soldiers.I remember going into the camp, and getting a hot meal, and clean clothes. It was wonderful. We were given our pay, too. I remember the date on the coins, 50 BC. It was an exciting time.Patricia: And did you stay in Britain?Trevor: Oh yes, I was here for five years, from 50 BC to 55 BC. I enjoyed my stay in Britain very much.Patricia: And then you went back to Rome?Trevor: I can't remember anything after that.Patricia: Well, Trevor Cartridge, thank you for telling us your story, in your own words.(1) Bob, do you think you could possibly turn off that radio? I'm (pause) trying to write a letter.(2) A: I don't want a double room. I want a single room.B: I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid 43 (pause) is the only single room available at the moment. (3) A: Just look what I've got.B: Let me see. Fifty pounds! (pause) Where on earth did you get it?(4) A: Oh bother the Sex Discrimination Act. Surely they can't force me to take on a married woman.B: They can't force you to, Mr. Clark, but (pause) you mustn't discriminate against someone just because they're married.(5) A: I'm glad I'm not a princess. It must be a dreadful life.B: Dreadful? (pause) I wouldn't mind being a prince.(6) I'm a reasonably hard-working person. But (pause) I'm not a workaholic.(7) A: Had your brother been nervous about it himself?B: Well, he didn't say, but possibly (pause) he had been.The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn't easy. In order to obtain a licence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called 'The Knowledge' by London cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get 'The Knowledge'. Candidates are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart.The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the 'tube') presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour-coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. You should keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.。