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Unit 9
Section One: Tactics for Listening Part 1--Phonetics
A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the swimming pool, please? B: I can’t, I’m afraid. I’m a stranger here, you see. But why not ask that man over there? He’ll be able to tell you, I’m sure.
A: Which one do you mean?
B: Look, the one over there, on the other side of the road. A: Ah, yes. I can see him now. Thank you very much. Part 2--Listening and Note-Taking
Figures released today show that average earnings have gone up by 60% over the last twelve months. Official sources say that this is due to the government’s successful economic policies, which have led to more efficient management and greater productivity. Industrial output has risen by 43% during the last year, and exports have gone up by 52%. Inflation is down to approximately 3%.
Exercise A
1. Present economic situation. 2. Reasons.
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Exercise B
1. The present economic situation can be described as follows: a. Average earnings have gone up by 60%. b. Industrial output has risen by 43%. c. Exports have gone up by 52%. d. Inflation is down to approximately 3%.
2. This is due to the government’s successful economic policies, which have led to more efficient management and greater productivity.
Section Two: Listening Comprehension Part 1--Dialogues
Dialogue 1: How to get to the National Theatre, Please?
Woman: Excuse me, please. Could you possibly tell me how I can get to the National Theatre please?
Man: Sorry. I didn’t catch that. Which theatre? Woman: The National Theatre.
Man: The National Theatre. And you’re going by car.
Woman: That’s right. I think there’s a car park at the theatre and we’ll park there.
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Man: Mm. Well, the best way from here is to drive as far as the roundabout – that’s straight on, about two minutes’ drive. Take the first turning left out of the roundabout and continue for about a minute or so until you come to a junction. Turn left at the junction and you’ll see the National Theatre on your right. You can’t possibly miss it. It’s a tall, white building.
Woman: Thank you very much. Left out of the roundabout, left at the junction and it’s on the right.
Man: That’s it.
Woman: That’s very kind of you. Man: That’s all right. Exercise A:
1. Where does the woman want to go? She wants to go to the National Theatre. 2. How will she go there? She will go there by car. 3. How long does it take?
It takes about three minutes to drive there.
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Dialogue 2 A postman
Woman: What time do you leave home in the morning, Tom? Tom: I always get up at 4 o'clock. I leave home at about 5 o'clock. Woman: And what time do you start work? Tom: I start work at 5.30.
Woman: And what do you do when you get to the post office? Tom: I sort my letters.
Woman:How, what exactly do you mean\
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Tom: Well... I have a walk... Every postman has his or her walk. That means that I deliver all the letters for the houses in certain streets. The streets where those houses are... that's my walk.
Woman: So you sort the letters for the houses in your walk. Tom: Yes. I go up one side of each street and down the other side. So before I leave the post office, I put all the letters in the correct order. Then I put a rubber band round each lot of letters and I pack the letters in my bag. when I'm ready, I go out and deliver the letters.
Woman: So what time do you finish your delivery? Tom: It depends... er... between 9.30 and 10 o'clock. Woman: What do you do then?
Tom: I have a cup of tea. Then I sort some more letters, or... sometimes I sort parcels.
Woman: Do you deliver a second lot of lettters?
Tom: No, we don't often make a second delivery these days; only at Christmas time. But occasionally we deliver special letters... official letters, or letters advertising things.
Woman: I see. So what time do you finish work? Tom: I usually finish about 2 o'clock. Woman: Do you ever work at night?
Tom: No, I never work at night. Betty, my wife, she doesn't like me to work at night.
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施心远主编《听力教程》1 (第2版)Unit 9听力原文和答案
