听力材料
(Text 1)
W: Would you mind turning down the radio, Andre?
M: Sorry, I didn’t know it was bothering you.
W: Not me, but the baby in bed.
(Text 2)
W: What time will the performance start?
M: At 10:15, and now my watch says 9:55. It won’t be long.
(Text 3)
M: The tape always gets stuck and the voice becomes unnatural.
W: Why not take it to Henry?
(Text 4)
W: You know. I called you several times last week, but nobody answered the phone.
M: Well, I was in Sydney at that time.
W: Did you go there on business?
M: No, I visited my aunt and her family.
(Text 5)
W: How can I get to the post office? I remember it’s on this street.
M: Yes it is. And it is not too far. You can either take a bus or walk south and then you will see it.
(Text 6)
M: You’re listening to BBC English programme, aren’t you?
W: Yes, join us, will you?
M: All right, but it is a bit too difficult for me to understand.
W: Don’t worry. Listen to it more often, and you are sure to make progress. As the proverb goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
M: Thank you for your advice.
W: Don’t mention it.
(Text 7)
W: Now Mr. Hardy, has the situation changed since last night?
M: No, Mrs. Hamilton is still refusing to talk to us. We’d like her to come out peacefully. The police don’t want to charge her, but...
W: Well, it’s her home.
M: But nobody else refused to move. You see, we’re going to build over 300 flats in this area in place of the shabby houses. Families are expecting to move into them next year! It’s all being delayed because of one person!
W: But Mrs. Hamilton was born in that house.
M: Of course. But we have promised to give her a modern flat immediately, a very nice flat for an elderly person living alone.
W: So, what happens next?
M: I don’t know, but we can’t wait forever. The police will have to do something soon.
(Text 8)
M: You look worried, Mary. What can I do for you?
W: I’ve lost my shoulder bag, John.
M: Are you sure you’ve searched everywhere?
W: Yes, I can’t find it anywhere.
M: Can you tell me something about it?
W: Yes. It’s brown leather and it has a button on the front.
M: What was in it?
W: My wallet with twenty pounds in it, er ...some keys, and an English dictionary.
M: When did you last have it?
W: I had it with me at lunch time in the restaurant. I hung it on the side of my chair while I was eating.
M: When did you find it was missing?
W: After lunch, I was going to buy something but I couldn’t fin d my bag. I realized I had left it in the restaurant. I went back to get it, but it wasn’t there on the chair.
(Text 9)
W: I’d like to know something about transport in Britain.
M: Well, we have got the railways connecting all our big towns. There are over 13,000 miles of track in Britain. Rail transport provides a very important service.
W: What about road transport? Are your roads very good?
M: Yes, they are on the whole. We’ve got about a quarter of a million miles of roads, and modern motorways appearing everywhere. We should have over a thousand miles of motorways soon.
W: Is there a good air service in Britain?
M: Well, yes. But it is not as important as our rail and road transport systems.
W: What about travel by sea?
M: As an island people and a trading nation, Britain’s seafaring traditions have always been great. We used to have the biggest merchant navy in the world, carrying one third of the world’s passengers, you know.
W: But I suppose today sea travel has become less important, hasn’t it?
M: It has. But some people still prefer traveling by sea to any other form of transport.
(Text 10)
A girl had had a toothache for several days, but she was afraid of the operation and was afraid of going to the dentist’s. As a matter of fact, she went twice, but the first time, just as she got to the doorstep and was going to ring the bell, the toothache seemed to have gone away, so she went home again. At last, however, she had to go back, and this time she rang the bell and was shown into the waiting room.
A few minutes later she was told that the dentist was ready to see her. She went into the dentist’s office. The dentist told her to sit in a chair that could move up and down, backwards and forwards, and then he had a look at the inside of her mouth. Then he said, “Yes, I’m afraid we can’t save that one, it will have to come out.” The dentist took an instrument, got hold of her tooth with it and gave a quick pull. The tooth was out and he said, “It’s all over. Wash your mouth out .”He then handed her a glass containing the tooth.