初级听力文本资料

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xample. Woman: How much will it cost to repair this typewriter? Male Assistant: About a pound. Woman: That39。 s not bad. But how long will it take? Male Assistant: Only about a week. Instructor: Look at the answers the assistant gives his customer. The first answer is 39。 about a pound.39。 The second answer is 39。 about a week.39。 Now listen to these dialogues and write the missing words in your book. Dialogue A: Man: Can you give me an estimate to repair this bicycle? Female Assistant: I think it39。 ll cost about twelve or thirteen pounds. Man: And how long will it take? Female Assistant: A fortnight, more or less. Dialogue B: Woman: Would you have a look at this television set, please? Female Assistant: Yes, of course. Hmmm. How long have you had it? 9 Woman: About eight years. Can you tell me how much it39。 ll cost to repair it? Female Assistant: Well, the set39。 s very old. It39。 ll cost about fifty pounds. It39。 s cheaper to buy a new one. Dialogue C: Man: How much do you think it39。 ll cost to repair this typewriter? Female Assistant: Let me see. It39。 s a 1960 model. About twenty pounds, I39。 m afraid. Man: That39。 s rather a lot. And how long will it take? Female Assistant: About a month. Man: Thank you. I39。 d like to think about it. Instructor: Listen again to the customer from the typewriter shop. He thinks twenty pounds is rather a lot but he needs a typewriter... Then he remembers his friend, Tony. Tony has several typewriters. Bob, the customer, has an idea. He meets his friends, Tony. Listen to their conversation. Dialogue D: Tony: Hello, Bob. What39。 s that heavy parcel you39。 re carrying? Bob: It39。 s my old typewriter. I39。 ve just been to the shop. The assistant says it39。 ll cost about twenty pounds to repair. Tony: That39。 s rather a lot. What are you going to do? Bob: Well, you39。 ve got several typewriters. Could you lend me one? Tony: I39。 ll have to think about it. Instructor: Frank and Peter want new bicycles. Petrol is very expensive so they both want to cycle to work. They are looking at advertisements. Frank: What about this Curzon bike. It39。 s very cheap. Only eighty pounds. Peter: Yes, but the Anderson bike is even cheaper. It39。 s sixtyfive pounds. Frank: Hmmm. How old is the Anderson one? Peter: It39。 s a 1977 model. Frankie: The Curzon is a 1979 model. It39。 s newer. Instructor: Frank and Peter are still looking at advertisements. They can39。 t decide which bike to buy. Peter: The Anderson bike looks very fortable. Frank: Yes, but the Curzon looks bigger. Pedro: I don39。 t want a big bike. I want a fortable one. Frank: All right. The Anderson bike is good. But the Curzon is Better. Instructor: Do you remember Regine? Where does she e from? Is she married? Where does she work? Listen to Regine speaking. Regine: My name is Regine. I39。 m German. I live in a small town. I39。 m not married. I live at home with my mother and father, my sister Heidi and my brother Rolf. I work in a department store. I 10 sell writing paper, envelopes, ball pens, pencils and colored postcards. I walk to work every morning. I don39。 t work on Saturday afternoon or Sunday and I have a threeweek holiday in the summer. Instructor: Regine was seventeen then. Now she39。 s twentytwo. Her life is very different. Listen to this television interview. Interviewer: Regine, at seventeen you worked in a big shop. Now you are the manager and you are only twentytwo. From seventeen to twentytwo. Five years to success. Can you tell us? The secret of your success? Regine: The 39。 secret39。 , as you call it, is work. When I was seventeen, I lived at home. I walked to the shop every morning. I saved my money and I went to evening classes. I worked in a good department and I sold so much that I got a good mission. I really wanted to be a success. Now I39。 m the manager. Interviewer: Congratulations, Regine. But please tell us ... do you like your job? Are you happier? Regine: You are asking me two questions. The first answer is 39。 yes39。 and the second answer is definitely 39。 no39。 . Good afternoon, my name is Schwartz. That is SCHWARTZ and I e from New York. My wife and I would like a double room with a shower. I have our passports here. We are hoping to stay for about a week. I have a question. Do you know where I can get two tickets for the performance at the theatre tonight? On my first day in London I felt hungry, so I went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. I waited for ten minutes, but nobody came to serve me. Then I saw that there were no waiters. The customers stood in a queue and got their food themselves. That was my first experience of a selfservice restaurant. LESSON 6 — Is that Mr. Smith39。 s son? — No, it isn39。 t. It39。 s Mr. Man39。 s son. — Is he Irish? — No, he isn39。 t. He is Welsh. — Is there any shampoo in the cupboard? — No, I39。 m sorry. There isn39。 t any. — Is there any soap, then? — Yes. There is a whole pack of soap. — Where does Miss Sue e from? 11 — She es from Tokyo. — What language does she speak, then? — She speaks Japanese. — What does Miss Jenkins do? — She is a nurse. — Where does she work? — At the Westminster Hospital. — Do you like your manager? — Yes. He is nice and kind. Is yours kind, too? — No. Mine is rather a brute. — Oh, I39。 m sorry about that. — Is anyone attending to you, sir? — No. I should like to see some dressing gowns. — What sort are you looking for, sir? — I fancy a red, silk one. — Where are your parents now? — They are in Zagreb. — Is that in Austria? — No. It39。 s in Yugoslavia. — Who is the girl by the door? — It39。 s Jone Smith. — Is she a nurse? — No. She39。 s a librarian. — My hat and coat, please. Here is my ticket. — Thank you, sir. Here they are. — These n。