英語聽力原文:
Secretary: Hello, London Life Agency. Can I help you?
Mike: Yes, I'd like to speak to Ms Paula Kent, please.
S: Certainly, who shall I say is calling?
M: Mike Davison.
S: One moment, please.
Paula: Hello Mike. How are you?
M: Fine.
P: Great.So where are you now?
M: Oh.I’m still at Heathrow Airport...the plane was a little late.
P: That’s Ok. You come to my office, I can take you to my flat. It’s only 10 minutes from the office.
M: OK.What’s the easiest way to get there?
P: Well, there’s a special express train to Paddington but that's expensive and because Paddington is so big, you may have to walk a long way to change onto the underground. If you don't mind a longer trip, I think the underground is better.
M: OK.That sounds fine.
P: OK.So you take the Piccadilly Line, that’s the dark blue, form Heathrow to Leicester Square.
M: OK...Dark Blue line to Leicester Square.
P: Yeah.And there you change to the Northern Line, that’s the black line, and take a northbound train to Camden.
M: Camden.
P: Yes.At Camden, get off and go up the escalator and out of the ticket gates. Turn right, walk down the road for about three minutes, and you'll see a bus stop. From there, take bus 153 and get off at Zoo Gardens. My office is opposite that stop.
M: OK.Let me just check once more. Take the underground from...
英語聽力翻譯:
秘書:倫敦人壽公司,您好,請問需要什么服務(wù)嗎?
麥可:是的,我想找葆拉•肯特小姐,謝謝。
秘書:好的,請問是哪位找呢?
麥克:麥克•戴維森。
秘書:請稍待一會(huì)兒。
葆拉:哈羅,麥克。你好嗎?
麥克:很好。
葆拉:太好了。你現(xiàn)在人在哪兒?
麥克:喔,我還在希斯洛機(jī)場....班機(jī)有點(diǎn)誤點(diǎn)。
葆拉:沒關(guān)系。如果你到我辦公室來,我可以帶你去我的公寓,離辦公室只有10 分鐘而已。
麥克:好,怎么去最容易?
葆拉:嗯,有一班直達(dá)派丁頓的特快車,但是很貴,而且派丁頓車站很大,你可能要走很長一段路才能轉(zhuǎn)乘地鐵。如果你不介意多花點(diǎn)時(shí)間,我想直接搭地鐵會(huì)比較好。
麥克:可以啊,我無所謂。
葆拉:好,所以你先搭皮卡地里線,就是深藍(lán)色的那條線,從希斯洛坐到列斯特廣場。
麥克:好......搭深藍(lán)線到列斯特廣場。
葆拉:對(duì)。然后換乘北線,就是黑色線,搭往北的列車到康頓。
麥克:康頓。
葆拉:對(duì),在康頓下車,搭電扶梯上樓,出售票口,右轉(zhuǎn)之后沿街走3 分鐘左右,就可以看到公車站牌。你在那邊搭153 路公交車,然后在動(dòng)植物園下車,我的辦公室就在站牌對(duì)面。
麥克:好,我再確認(rèn)一次。搭地鐵從......
下面是一些與英國交通有關(guān)的詞匯,請將這些字填入文章的空格處,每個(gè)字限用一次。
double-decker out of
catch across
northbound underground (or tube)
get off change
Take the ____________tube to Victoria and then ______________to the Jubilee Line. ____________ at Green Park and then, when you come ________the _________station , go_____________ to the opposite side of the road where you can then _____________ a Number 107 ___________bus. Get off at Hyde Park Corner .My flat is only three minutes’ walk from there.
Listening Warm-up
請根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容,判斷下面的句子是否正確,如果符合對(duì)話內(nèi)容,請?jiān)赥做記號(hào),如果不符合,請?jiān)贔做記號(hào)。
1. Mike is going to meet Paula at her flat. (T)(F)
2. Mike has also talked to Paula’s mother. (T)(F)
Task 1
對(duì)話中提到了好幾處交通工具,請按照Mike搭乘的先后順序?yàn)樗鼈兙幪?hào)。請注意,下面列出的交通工具,有些Mike并沒有搭乘或在對(duì)話中并沒有提到。
________take a taxi
________take the Piccadilly line
________take the express train
________go on foot
________take a bus
________take the Northern Line
Task 2
請根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容,選出一個(gè)正確的答案。
1. What is Paula’s surname?
(A) Kempt
(B) Sent
(C) Kent
(D) Davison
2. Where is Mike now?
(A) The airport
(B) Paddington
(C) An underground station
(D) Central London
3. Where must Mike change lines?
(A) Piccadilly
(B) Leicester Square
(C) Paddington
(D) Camden
4. What colour is the Northern Line?
(A) Blue
(B) Black
(C) Grey
(D) Dark
5. What is the last station Mike must go to?
(A) Piccadilly
(B) Leicester Square
(C) Paddington
(D) Camden
Task 3
下面是對(duì)話最后一部分的內(nèi)容,里面有七個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的地方,請?jiān)俾犚淮螌?duì)話,將錯(cuò)誤更正。
Paula: Yes. At Camden, get off and go down the escalator and out of the ticket gates. Go straiht, walk down the road for about five minutes, and you will see a bus stop. From there, drive bus 135 and get off at Sue’s Park .My office is next to that stop.