《听见英国》第40练：在等候室中(MP3和文本下载)

Unit 10 Meeting People 认识新朋友
Listening 4 In a Waiting Room 在等候室中

英语听力原文：
Man:Excuse me,anyone's sitting here?
Woman:Urm,no...I'll just move my bag.
M:Thanks.How long have you been waiting?
W:Oh,about half an hour.I'm waiting for my friend to meet me.How about you?
M:Oh,I've just got here.I'm picking up my younger sister.She'll be arriving on a 4-o'clock bus.
W:Where's she come from?
M:London.She's studying there.
W:Me,too.I'm studying business at the London School of Economics.
M:She studies photography at the London College of Fashion,in Covent Garden I think.
W:Yes,I know it.It's a very famous college.She must be good.
M:Maybe.All I know is that she's always asking our dad for money to buy some new cameras orsomething.
(Both laugh.)
W:So,what do you do?
M:Oh,I graduated two years ago from Bristol University and now I'm working at an estate agent'shere in Oxford.
W:The friend I'm staying with started work this year.In a cafe called The Blue.
M:Oh,I know it.It's very nice there.
W:Really?She doesn't like it much.
M:Well,it's difficult starting work after university.
W:Yes,and especially for her because after university,she spent a year travelling in India andThailand.
M:She's lucky.What do you plan to do after university?
W:Well,if possible,I'll also travel for a year,maybe to...Oh,I'm sorry I've got to say goodbye.Myfriend just arrived.
M:Well,it was nice chatting with you.Maybe I'll see you in The Blue.

英语听力翻译：
男：不好意思，这里有人坐了吗？
女：噢，没有......让我把袋子挪开。
男：谢谢。你在这里等多久了？
女：喔，半小时左右。我在等朋友来接我，你呢？
男：喔，我才刚到。我是来接我妹的，她会坐4 点的巴士抵达。
女：她从哪里来的？
男：伦敦。她在那边念书。
女：我也是。我在伦敦经济学院学商。
男：她在伦敦时尚学院学摄影，在科芬园，我想。
女：对，我知道那所学校，很有名。她一定很优秀。
男：也许吧。我只知道她老是向我爸要钱，买新相机之类的东西。
（两人的笑声）
女：所以，你是做什么的？
男：喔，我两年前从布里斯托大学毕业，现在在牛津这边一家房地产中介公司工作。Serain雅思必胜！
女：我要一起住的那位朋友今年刚开始工作， 在一家叫做“蓝色”的咖啡厅。
男：喔，我知道那家，那边很不错。
女：真的吗？她不是很喜欢那个地方。
男：嗯，大学毕业刚刚开始工作总是比较困难。
女：是啊，尤其是她大学毕业之后，又花了一年的时间在印度、泰国旅行。
男：她很幸运。你大学毕业之后计划做什么呢？
女：嗯，如果可能的话，我也想要旅行一年，也许去......喔，对不起，我必须说再见了。我
朋友刚到了。
男：好吧，很高兴和你聊天。也许我们会在“蓝色”再见。

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英语听力测试任务1：
接下来听到的对话中，用到了1~4 所列出的单字和片语，请从（A）~（D）中选出一个适合的选项，将动词跟所接的介系词或名词组合成正确的确片语。
1.  wait                       (A) for
2.  pick                       (B) up
3.  say                        (C) goodbye
4.  chat                        (D) with

答案：1.A  2.B  3.C  4.D

英语听力测试任务2：
请将[1]完成配对的片语，填入下面的空格中完成句子。
Yesterday I went to _________ my friend from the airport but because her plane was late I had to _________ two hours!

Last  week I met Prince Andrew at a charity party. After I introduced myself very politely, I was able to ___________him for a few minutes. Of course, everybody wanted to meet him, so I quickly had to ______________.

答案：pick up, wait for, chat with, say goodbye

英语听力测试任务3：
请根据对话内容，选出一个正确的答案。
Who are the speakers?
(A) Family
(B) Friends
(C) Work associates
(D) Strangers

答案：D

英语听力测试任务4：
请在符合对话内容的话题前面打勾做记号。
________books
________ jobs
________ friends
________ travel
________ future plans
________ TV
________ study
________ films

答案：job,friend,travel,future plan,study

英语听力测试任务5：
请根据对话内容，选出一个正确的答案。
1.Where are the speakers?
(A)Bus station
(B)Doctor’s waiting room
(C)Train station
(D)Airport

2.  Which of the following is true?
(A) The man’s fiend is arriving soon.
(B) The woman is waiting for her friend.
(C) The man will take a bus to London.
(D) The woman will take a bus to London.

3.  Which of  the following best describes the man’s sister?
(A) She is a photographer in London.
(B) She is a student in Covent Garden, London.
(C) She is studying business in London.
(D) She is working in London.

4.  Which of the following is true about the man?
(A) He graduated two years ago from London University.
(B) He graduated two years ago from Oxford University.
(C) He graduated from Bristol and now works In Oxford.

5.  What would the woman like to do after graduatin?
(A) Work in a café
 (B) Work part-time
(C) Work in London
(D) Travel

答案：1.A  2.B  3.B  4.C  5.D

英语听力测试任务6：
请再听一次对话，选出一个正确的答案。
1. Who studies business in London?
A:  _________________________
2. Who works as an estate agent in Oxford?
A:  _________________________
3. Where does the woman’s friend work?
A:  _________________________
4. Where did the woman’ s friend go after work?
A:  _________________________
5. Where may the man the woman meet sometime?
A:  _________________________

答案：
1 The woman
2 The man
3 In a cafe called The Blue
4 To India and Thailand
5 In the Blue

课外补充：
   在英国， 和人握手是件很重要的事，尤其是第一次见面的人，握手的方式对于能否让对方留下好印象，有非常大的影响。握手的时候要伸出右手，确实握住对方的手，力量大小都可以，但是要一直好好的握到最后。
找话题聊天是很重要的，尤其是第一次见面时，谈谈自己家乡的天气，是相当不错的选择。
另外，英国人不像台湾人，不太爱交换名片。