大学英语听力教程2原文

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I. Woman: This is my family. I'm married. My husband's name is Bill.

We have two children ——a boy and a girl. Our little girl is six

years old, and our little boy is four. Jennie goes to kindergarten,

and Aaron goes to nursery school. Myfather lives with us. Grandpa's great with the kids. He loves playing with them

and tak ing them to the park or the zoo.

2. Ma n: This is a picture of me and my three sons. We're at a soccer

game. Orlando is twelve, Louis is ten, and Carlos is nine. All three

of them really like sports. Orlando and Louis play baseball. Carlos

is into skati ng.

3. Man: This is my wife June, and these are my three children. Terri

on the right is the oldest. She's in high school. She's very invoIved

in music. She's in the orchestra. Rachel —she's the one in the

middle —is twelve now. And this is my son Peter. He's one year

older tha n Rachel. Rachel and Peter are both in junior high school.

Time really flies. June and I have bee n married for twenty years

now.

4. Woman: This is a picture of me with my three kids. The girls, Jill

and Anne, are both in high school. This is Jill on the right. She'll

graduate n ext year. Anne is two years youn ger. My son Dan is in

college. It seems like the kids are n ever home. I see them for dinner

and sometimes on Saturday mornin gs, but that's about it. They're

really busy and have a lot of friends.

第二部分

Joh n: It's super, Mary. It's just what I wan ted.

Mary: Well, I know you said your old calculator was no good

any more.

Joh n: Well, it was n't that it was no good. It just would n't

do all the things I need to do at work. And it certainly would n't

remember teleph one nu mbers for me like this one.

Mary: I suppose you're going to start putt ing in nu mbers straightaway. Joh n: rve put in one while we've bee n chatt ing. I've put in

our solicitor's number. You know howoften I need to call

him on compa ny con tracts.

Mary: So what others are you going to put in?

Joh n: Well, nu mber one. Acco untan t, I think.

Mary: The compa ny's acco untant?

Joh n: Yes. Now just let me put in the nu mber. That's it. Mary: And nu mber two, the bank.

Joh n: OK. Bank. Now, that's 345674. Oh ... And number 3, the doctor. Mary: Yes. His number's, er, let methink. 76763. And then the den tist, of course.

Joh n: What's that? Number 4, is n't it? De ntist.

Mary: Yes, the nu mber's 239023. I remember, because I rang yesterday about Robbie's appo in tme nt.

Joh n: That's fine. And now —the garage. 757412.

Mary: And the n how about the stati on nu mber? You're always

hun ti ng around for that in a panic.

Joh n: Yes, you're right. What is the nu mber any way?

Mary: Oh, I can't remember. I'll just look it up in the teleph one directory. John: All right. Now, number 7, the flower shop, I think. Yes, florist. And that's 989024. Oh, I must n't forget the new London office nu mber. So that's nu mber 8, new London office.

Mary: Joh n, here's the stati on nu mber. 546534.

Joh n: 546534. Than ks. Now that was nu mber 6 on my list.

Mary: How far have you got now?

John: Well, I've added a couple more. The next one will be 9. Mary: What about Bill a nd Sue?

Joh n: No, I can always remembertheir nu mber. But I always have to look up Joh n and Jan e's nu mber. What is it?

Mary: John and Jane ... John and Jane ... I know, 21463.

Joh n: OK. 21463. John and Jane. And one more perhaps?

Mary: The hairdresser?

Joh n: Why do I n eed the hairdresser's nu mber? No, I thought

this was my pocket calculator. Oh, I tell you one number we do n eed quite ofte n —the sports club!

Mary: the sports club!

John: Great minds think alike! OK, number 10. Sports Club. And that's —Mary: 675645.

John: 675645. Well that's enough for the moment, I think. Now, as

it's mybirthday, what about taking meout for a meal?

Mary: I don't thi nk I can rememberthe teleph one nu mber of our favorite restaura nt!

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Josephine: We did feel far more stability in our lives,