英语听力教程(第2册)Unit 2 听力原文

Unit 2 听力原文

PartⅠ

B

H—House agent W—Woman M—Man

H: …right, if you’d just come this way.

W: Thank you.

M: Yes.

H: Er…on the right here we have the…er…the bathroom, which as you can see is fully…fully fitted. If we just move forward now, we…er…come into the er…main … main bed-sitting room here. And…er…on the left here are dining room table and chairs.

W: Oh yes.

M: Yes.

H: And er…straight ahead of us…um…foldaway double bed and mattress, which I think you’ll agree is quite a novel idea.

M: Oh yes.

H: And then…um…to…

W: Behind the armchair.

H: Yes, behind the armchair. To our right, um…in the corner there, a fitted wardrobe. And another one on my left here.

W: On either side of the bed?

H: Yes, that’s right. That’s right, so you can put all you…er…night attire or what … whatever jyou like in here.

M: Yes, that’s good.

H: (facing the door) Then, there…the…we have the sofa here…er…in front of the…um…the window.

M: Oh, yes.

H: Er…so there’s plenty of light coming through into the room and as you can see there’s a nice view through the windows there.

W: No curtains, though.

H: No curtains, but we’ve got roller blinds.

W: Oh.

H: Yes, they’re nice and straight forward. No problems about that—don’t have to wash them of course. And…um…on the left of the…er…sofa there, you can see nice coffee tables.

H: If…if we move straight a … straight ahead, actually, into the …er… the kitchen you can see that um…on my left here we’ve got a washing machine, tumble dryer and …um…electric cooker…

W: Oh yes.

M: Mmm.

H: All as you can see to the most modern designs. And there um…on the other side of the kitchen…um…refrigerator there in the…in the corner.

M: Oh yeah, yes.

W: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very neat.

H: Yes. Well…um… I don’t know whether you’ve got any questions. That’s it of course.

W: Well, could…could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we…we didn’t see that?

H: OK, yes, yes, Let’s…um…let’s go on out of here and…um…end up in the bathroom…

C

D—Dave R—Randall

D: Hi Randall. (Hi.) Come on in.

R: Uh, yeah, I stopped by to see if you were still looking for a roommate to share your house.

D: Yep. I sure am. Ever since I cut back on my working hours to go to school, I’ve been really strapped for cash.

R: Oh.

D: Hey, let me show you the place. Uh, here’s the living room.

R: Oh. It looks like you could use a new carpet…and those stains?

D: Well, I’ve had a few problems with some former roommates. I know it needs to be cleaned, but I just don’t have the money to do it right now.

R: Oh. And what about the kitchen?

D: Right this way. Look. It’s completely furnished with all the latest appliances, except…

R: What?

D: Well, the refrigerator door is broken…a little bit…and it won’t shut all the way. It needs fixing, but don’t worry. I’ve just impoversihed by pushing a box against it to keep it shut.

R: Hmm. Great.

D: Ah. It isn’t that bad.

R: Well how about the bathroom?

D: Well…

R: No, no. Don’t tell me. The toilet is clogged or the sink has a few leaks.

D: No, those work fine, but, uh, the tile in the shower needs to be replaces, and the window needs fixing.

R: Let me see. The tile…what? The window? Where’s the window pane?

D: Well, that’s another slight problem. I’ve put up a piece of cardboard to keep out the (Hmmm) rain and snow, and if it gets a little cold, you can always turn up the heat. Well, you used to until the central heating went out. (Oh, boy.)

R: Hey, I think I’ve seen enough. I can’t believe you’ve survived under these conditions.

D: So what do you think? You really can’t beat a place like this for $450 a month. So it has its problems, but we can fix those.

R: Uh, no thank you. I think I’ve seen enough.

Part Ⅱ

1. My dream house would be a canal boat. I’d like to wake up every morning and see the water. Erm, I’d paint it bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.

2. My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks, and it would have white pillars outside the front door, and it would be detached…on yes, it would have a garage.

3. My ideal home would be to live in a cottage in a small village by the sea. Er, somewhere like Cornwall, so it’s unspoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.

4. I think if I could have any sort of house, I’d like one of those white-walled villas in Spain. (It’d) Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing in the morning. (It’d) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.

5. I’ve always wanted to live in a really big house in the country, a big family house with, er…at least two hundred years old, I think, with a big garden, and best of all I’d like to have a dry-stone