听力材料
Text 1
M: Why didn’t you make a birthday cake for Peter?
W: Because I didn’t have enough butter and you weren’t here to buy any. I really had my hands full.
Text 2
W: I’m going to sit on this chair.
M: But you mustn’t.
W: Why not?
M: Because it’s broken and hasn’t been repaired.
Text 3
M: Can you help me with these letters?
W: Must we do them now? Can’t they wait until the morning?
M: No. I should have posted them this morning, really.
W: Oh, all right then.
Text 4
W: Hurry up! We’ll miss the train. Can’t you run any faster?
M: Sorry, I’m going as fast as I can already.
W: OK. I guess you’re quite a bit shorter than I am after all.
Text 5
M: Ann, do you have a meeting in Edinburgh?
W: Yes. I’m going to see some important people. Why?
M: I’m going to Glasgow on Wednesday and it’s quite near Edinburgh.
W: Oh…I’m going to drive there tomorrow, so you can go with me.
Text 6
M: Hi, Jane. I hear you are leaving for Washington this weekend.
W: No, I am not going anywhere now.
M: What happened?
W: I lost my money and my train ticket.
M: Oh, nuts! Where do you think you lost them?
W: I’m sure I had my wallet this morning. When I was in the bank changing money, I took it from my bag.
M: Where did you go after that?
W: To the gym. I can almost be certain that the wallet fell out of my pocket and was picked up by someone else.
Text 7
M: Hello, Joan. Why are you late today? You are never late for work.
W: No, I never. But …
M: Wow! You coat’s got very dirty! Did you fall?
W: Yes, I had a terrible experience on the underground train. Listen to this! A man came up to me and pulled out a knife. He pointed it right at me!
M: Oh, no! Are you all right? Did he hurt you?
W: No, he didn’t hurt me, but he took my handbag.
M: Then what happened? What did you do?
W: I caught hold of his knife, and he pushed me to the floor.
M: Oh, no! Why did you catch hold of his knife? That’s dangerous.
W: I don’t know. I didn’t think.
M: What did the other passengers do? Did they help you?
W: Yes, they did. Two men ran after the robber and held him.
M: Did the police come?
W: Yeah. The conductor called a policeman, and he took the robber to the police station.
M: Wow! What a story! Thank God you’re all right.
Text 8
M: May I help you?
W: Yes, I would like to buy a swimming suit for my elder sister as a birthday present.
M: What size does she wear?
W: Medium. The same size as I do.
M: Would she like this style?
W: No, do you have something different from this one?
M: What about this one?
W: The style is fine, but the color is too dark. Do you have something brighter?
M: How about this one?
W: It’s too expensive. Do you have something cheaper?
M: Yes, we do. There is a budget department on the first floor. Why don’t you check there?
W: Okay. Thank you very much.
Text 9
W: Wait, Ben, did you say you had a party on Saturday?
M: Yeah, didn’t you know about it? It was my birthday.
W: No, I didn’t.
M: But I invited you. I sent you an e-mail last week.
W: Are you sure? I didn’t get it. Oh, you know what? I didn’t tell you I have a new e-mail address. Oh, I am sorry.
M: That’s OK. But I was kind of upset that you wasn’t there.
W: Really? I was upset too. And the bike trip is just awful. We got lost for four hours.
M: Oh, that’s terrible.
W: Listen, let’s go out for lunch this week. I want to do something for your birthday.
M: Oh, you don’t have to.
W: I know. But I want to.
M: OK. That’s really nice of you, really. So anyway, I have to go now. I have a meeting at 9:30.
W: OK. See you later and happy birthday.
Text 10
I used to dislike television. I used to think that people spent too much time watching it. A lot of my friends, however, always talked about the sports programs and films on it. They never read any books or went out in the evenings. So I refused to buy a TV set.
Last year I was 60 and I retired from my job. My son bought me a TV set.“It will keep you up to date,”he said. It is quite true. I have watched all the news programs.
I know far more about the world now. And I read more books, too. In fact, I think I may follow one of the Open University TV courses next year. Perhaps I’ll get a degree when I am 65.
There’s only one problem—I will get quite angry when people interrupt my favorite programs. My friends don’t understand that I can change my ideas when I am 60.