Holidays节日假日-《教你怎么听》Lesson 17

Unit seventeen holidays

1 Listen to the man telephoning the hotel to book a room and fill in the form.

Receptionist:Royal Hotel. Good afternoon.

Can I help you?

Mr Pidgley:Good afternoon.

I'd like to book a room, please, for the twenty-third of December.

Receptionist:Right. The twenty-third of December?

Mr Pidgley:Yes please.

Receptionist:Er,how long for?

Mr Pidgley:Two days.

Receptionist:So the twenty-third to the twenty-fifth of December.

Mr Pidgley:That is correct,thank you.

Receptionist:Is that right?

Mr Pidgley:Yes.Receptionist:And, er, what time will you be arriving on the twenty-third?

Mr Pidgley:Approximately two thirty.

Receptionist:Twothirty p.m. yes?

Mr Pidgley:Yes, indeed. Yes.

Receptionist And, erin, what kind of room would you like, sir?A single or a double?

Mr Pidgley:Single, please.

Receptionist:Single room.

Right. Er could you give me your name, please7

Mr Pidgley:Yes, it's Mr J. Pidgley.

Receptionist:Pidgley, could you spell that for me, please?

Mr Pidgley:P-I-D-G-L-E-Y.

Receptionist:P-I-D-G-L-E-Y.

Mr Pidgley:Yes.

Receptionist:Mr J. Pidgley.

Mr Pidgley:That's right.

Receptionist:Yes, from the twenty-third to the twemy-fifth of December,

a single room, arriving at two thirty p.m..

Mr Pidgley:And you can confirm that?

Receptionist:Yes.That's, er, that's OK. sir.

Mr Pidgley:Thank you very much indeed.

Receptionist:Look forward to seeing you. Goodbye.

Mr Pidgley:Thank you. Goodbye.

2 Listen to th three announcements,

and look at the departures boart below.

Then decide which flight each announcement refers to,

Write down where the passengers should go.

Announcer:Would passengers on flight IB four, two,oh to Madrid

please proceed through gate two for immediate boarding?

Passengers for Madrid, gate number two.

Announcer:British Airways regret to announce a delay on their flight BA two, six, five to Rotterdam.

This is due to adverse weather conditions.

The estimated time of take-off is now sixteen hundred hours.

Would passengers please wait in the departure lounge?

Thank you.

Announcer:This is a call for passengers on Air New Zealand flight two, four, nine to Auckland.

We regret to announce a further delay on this flight.

Passengers can obtain a voucher for refreshments from the information desk.

These will be accepted in the cafeteria.

We apologize for this delay.

Passengers on Air New Zealand flight two,four,nine

can obtain refreshment vouchers at the information desk.

Thank you.

3 Indicate th position of each of the places to visit by putting th correct number in the box.

Hotel receptionist: Good morning.Can I help you?

Visitor:Oh, good morning. Yes please.

I'd like to have some information about er nice placeser around here because I,

I'm going to spend er the morning in this city

and I don't know exactly where I could go.

Receptionist:Well you could go to the open-air market,

it's not far from the hotel

and they have de-delightful fresh fruits and vegetables,they have home-made jams and jellies,

they also sell ceramics and hand-made jellies,

and leather goods

I think you'd enjoy it.

Visitor:Oh that's a good idea yes. Could you tell me where it is?

Receptionist:Yes. If you leave the hotel and you make a left turn

and you follow a winding road,

you go over a bridge, erm, onto Plum Island.

And it's right there.

Visitor:Oh that sounds good, thank you.

Receptionit:Yeah. There are also some tourist shops and cafes not far from the hotel

erm if you are interested in buying souvenirs.

Visitor:Oh no I'm not so keen on that.

Don't you have something special which I should see?

Receptionist:Yes well,there's the cathedral.

Erm, if you leave the hotel and make a right turn

and go over the bridge you go up a hill: and there it is.

You can climb to the top

and you have a very beautiful view of the city.

Visitor:Oh that sounds interesting.

I'd love to go there.

Is it far from here or...? Receptionist:No, no it's not far at all.

Also don't forget the aquarium.

We have a very nice aquarium here.

Visitor:What's that7

Receptionist:Oh aquarium erin is like a zoo for fish.

They have large tanks filled with fish that you can look at.

Visitor:Mm well, no, not really I think.

Receptionist:OK. And there's also a very nice restaurant.

It's called the Overlook and it's not far from the hotel.

If you make a right turn when you leave the hotel it's right near, erm,

and it overlooks the falls.

Visitor:Oh that's great. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.

Receptionist: You're welcome.

I hope you enjoy your morning here.

Visitor:Bye-bye then. Receptionist:Bye.

4 Listen and decide which of the three types of holiday

in the pictures below each of these people wants,

why and how they'll spend their time.

Alistair:Well, I'm off tomorrow I'm leaving tomorrow, great, holiday, yes.

Barbara:Oh, nice, where are you going?

Alistair:Italy.

Mike:Tell us more.

Alistair:Well I'm leaving at eight tomorrow morning.

Yes, driving to Gatwick, so that's about an hour,

er so I'm arriving at the airport 9 o'clock and taking off 10 o'clock.

Er going an a cultural holiday.

This is what I've wanted to'ilo for a long time.

The usual sort of thing is lying on a beach but this is going to be a bit different.

Barbara:Yes, you don't you don't like that, do you?

Alistair:No, no, so I'm hoping to do some museums, art galleries,

taste abit of the food and the drink and the lifestyle of Italy,

I've always wanted to go there.

There are, I've got a whole list of, you know, museums and art galleries

and in fact I'm hiring a car in Milan so I can drive around a bit.

I can leave Milan and go south if I get bored with that city,

so I'm really looking forward to it.

Barbara: Well that's not really my cup of tea at all for a holiday.

No, I don't think I'll be doing that this year.

Mike:What are your plans then Barbara?

Barbara: Well, I'm not sure.I may go somewhere,

well I don't know, I may go to Tenerife,

I just want something,you know, where I can just relax,

lie in the sun for two weeks and come back,you know,looking fantastic,

but I'm not sure where I'm going to go.

I might go to Tenerife,

might go to Greece, you know,I haven't really made up my mind.

Alistair:So you're not a culture vulture like myself?

Barbara:Oh no,no,I mean I like watching programmes on the television,you know,

but when it comes to walking round museums for your holiday,no,no,that's not me at all.

I'm far happier,you know, drinking up the old sunshine on the beach there.

Mike:Yes.I agree about that,actually.

Barbara: Dropping into a bar at,you know, lunchtime,back on the beach.

What about you,Mike?

What're your plans?

Mike:Well I'm quite happy to stay in England.

Barbara:Really? Oh what about the weather9.

Mike:Weather's no problem.I'll take it as it comes, yes sure.

No, I shall head off north to the Lake DistriCt as I usually do.

I'm going at the end of tenn.

I've got a week free. Yes.

Small cottage,self-catering, like to do that,

don't trust anyone else's food so I shall do that.

Barbara:But what about if it's really raining, or...?

Mike:Well, if it's raining really hard,

if it's really chucking it down I'll go out in the car,

perhaps, but I really don't mind,I really don't mind going out in bad weather.

Barbara: But you go out rain or shine?

Mike:I don't mind,yes,no,I've got the equipment,I don't mind,

in fact it's often more exciting if the weather's a bit wild.

Alistair:Wind, rain, all that business.

Mike:The elements you know.

Barbara:Well, I wish you luck, it's not my scene at all.

Alistair:Nor mine I'm afraid, no.

5.Listen to the five travel announcements

and match them with th corresponding pictures below.

Announcer: The eleven twenty to Exeter will be leaving from platform nine;

platform nine.

Announcer: Mind the doors, please. Mind the doors.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen. Could I have your attention, please?

In five minutes time we shall be stopping at the Canterbury restaurant for lunch.

Please make sure you are back at the coach by one thirty.

Thank you.

Announcer: Will passengers on flight Swissair SR eight, one,two to Geneva

please proceed to gate number five for immediate boarding?

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen. Ina few moments we shall be landing at Gatwick.

You are asked to remain seated with safety belts fastened

and with seats in an upright position until the aircraft has come to a complete halt.

Please refrain from smoking until you are inside the air terminal.Thank you.

6.They are talking about the places they have been to and what they did there.

Listen and write as much information as you can.

Robin:Listening.to your talking about holidays makes me feel really envious, Carolyn.

You seem to have been everywhere.

Carolyn:Yes,I have visited several countries,Germany,France,Spain,Italy,the Low Countries,

and recently I've been to West Mrica.

Robin:Oh, and where...what did you do there?

Carolyn:Well,I visited Senegal, Gambia, Morocco--a marvellous time.

Mary:And did... did you eat the local food while you were there.

Carolyn:Well, mostly fruit, mangoes, and they were delicious.

Robin:What are mangoes like?

Carolyn:Very much like an orange.

Bart:I've eaten mangoes, yeah, they're delicious, they really are good.

Yeah, I ate them in the West Indies when I was there a few years ago.

Carolyn:Oh, you have eaten...?

Mary:No, I...well not to West Mrica, but I have been to Egypt,

which was very exciting

and while we were there we saw the Pyramids,which were absolutely breath-taking,

they really were wonderful.

Robin:And how did you travel.

Mary:Well, we travelled mostly by road,

but in fact we did have, on one occasion,a camel ride which I was rather,

frightened by, to tell the troth and --er--I found it much too bumpy and unsafe.

Robin:Ever been on a camel, Bart?

Bart:No, I've never been on a camel. I've ... I've only been on horses, which are very tame.

Carolyn:I've been on a camel.It's a very unexciting ride,I think.

Bart:What about you, Robin?

Robin:No, I've never been anywhere very exotic.

I went to Germany on one occasion and visited the wine festival.

Bart:That sounds great and I hear the food is really good there as well.

Robin:Yes, very good indeed, yes.Have you ever tried--er--sauerkraut, for example?

Mary:No, I haven't, but did you eat it while you were there.

Robin:Sauerkraut with sausage. Yes,it's very, very good.

Bart:Sounds fantastic, yeah,

Robin:Yes, and with the German wine it's excellent.