决胜英语四级听力必备 unit14

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[00:01.23]1. W: Have you checked it for me?
[00:04.26]M: Yes.There are temporary vacancies at the moment,but you may look back in a month.
[00:09.40]Q: What does the woman want to be?
[00:12.38]2. M: I'd like to book a flight to Munich for Monday the tenth.
[00:16.88]W: O.K. Here you are.
[00:18.94]The latest time of reporting is 0835 at the airport.
[00:23.80]Q: What does "lastest time" mean?
[00:28.42]3. W: Waiter,I'd like to try the steak,please.
[00:32.60]M: And to follow?
[00:33.80]Q: What does the man mean?
[00:37.12]4. M: Hello! David Black speaking.
[00:40.49]May I have a word with John?
[00:42.79]W: I'll just see if he is in.
[00:45.06]Q: What's the meaning of "have a word"?
[00:49.11]5. W: I keep feeling dizzy, and I've got a headache.
[00:53.37]M: I should say you're generally exhausted.
[00:56.32]Q: Which of the following can replace "exhausted"?
[01:01.00]6. W: If it wasn't for the climate, I'd like it very much.
[01:05.52]M: It won't take you long to settle down.
[01:07.47]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:10.79]7. W: I wish I could,but I'm late already.
[01:15.10]M: What a shame!
[01:16.12]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:19.44]8. M: We've worked long enough for a Saturday afternoon.
[01:23.46]W: OK. Let's call it a day.
[01:25.89]Q: What does the woman mean?
[01:28.95]9. W: What do you think of that girl?
[01:32.03]M: Oh,I almost lost my heart to her.
[01:35.27]Q: What does the man mean?
[01:38.06]10. M: What, what do you say?
[01:40.57]M: All right,I have to eat my words,OK?
[01:44.59]Q: What does "eat my words" mean?
[01:48.15]Section B     Compound Dictation
[01:51.07]The young man was a French (11)-{nobleman
[01:53.92]the son of one of the richest and most important (12)-{families} of Franc.
[01:58.28]He had heard about the revolution taking place in America.
[02:01.73]He wanted to go and help.
[02:04.16]He was only eighteen years old.
[02:06.43]He was tall,handsome.
[02:08.73]and a familiar (13)-{figure} in the high society of Paries.
[02:12.75]His family tried to stop him.
[02:15.24]They asked the King of France to throw him into jail in order to stop him.
[02:21.19]but the young nobleman had already (14)-{bought} his own ship.
[02:25.45]and (15)-{gathered} some young friends to go with him.
[02:29.79]He (16)-{escaped} and came to America.
[02:32.82]The young man was the Marquis de Lafayette.
[02:36.55]Upon his arrival, he (17)-{discovered} that no one knew him here.
[02:41.28]He had been promised that he would be an officer in the American army.
[02:46.27](18)-{but Congress said that it wanted no more foreign officer.
[02:51.86]Lafayette sat down and cried.
[02:54.42]He could not go back to France.
[02:56.69]Instead,he offered to serve as a volunteer - without pay.
[03:01.73]Congress accepted.
[03:03.72]Later Lafayette met Washington.
[03:06.15](19)-{A great affection grew up between the two men.
[03:09.62]as between father and son.
[03:11.84]Lafayette became Washing's personal aid.
[03:15.55]Once toward the end of the way.
[03:18.06](20)-{the men under Lafayette's command were all in rags.
[03:22.29]Lafayette asked Congress for new uniform.
[03:25.53]Congress had no money with which to buy uniform.
[03:29.79]Using his own personal credit.
[03:32.22]Lafayette went to the merchants of Baltimore ant.
[03:35.14]at his own expense.
[03:36.92]bought a new uniform for each man - two thousand in all.
[03:41.81]In this way, his men were able to go on fighting.