2017年6月英语六级(第2套)听力真题 长对话(1)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear twolong conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Boththe conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A. He would feel insulted.
B. He would feel very sad.
C. He would be embarrassed.
D. He would be disappointed.
2. A. They are worthy of a prize.
B. They are of little value.
C. They make good reading.
D. They need improvement.
3. A. He seldom writes a book straight through.
B. He writes several books simultaneously.
C. He draws on his real-life experiences.
D. He often turns to his wife for help.
4. A. Writing a book is just like watching a football match.
B. Writers actually work every bit as hard as footballers.
C. He likes watching a football match after finishing a book.
D. Unlike a football match, there is no end to writing a book.

Mr. Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a second-hand bookstore?

Yes. That kind of thing is difficult.

If they've got my book there, I think "Well, this is an insult!

Somebody didn't want to keep my book."

But if it's not there, I feel it's an insult too.

I think, "Why aren't people exchanging my book?

Why isn't it in this store?"

Does being a writer require a thick skin?

Yes. For example, my wife can be very harsh.

I began working on my latest book, The Buried Giant, in 2004, but I stopped after I showed my wife a little section.

She thought it was rubbish.

Even after you won a Booker Prize?

She is not intimidated at all, and she criticises me in exactly the same way she did when I was first unpublished and I was starting.

But you would never compromise on your vision?

No. I wouldn't ever compromise on the essential, the ideas, or the themes.

This isn't really what my wife is trying to criticise me about.

It's always about execution.

So why did you put your book The Buried Giant aside for so long?

Apparently, you started working on it over ten years ago.

I've often stopped writing the book and left it for a few years.

And by the time I come back to it, it may have changed.

Usually my imagination has moved on, and I can think of different contexts or a different way to do it.

What does it feel like when you finally finish a book?

It's funny you ask that, because I never have this moment when I feel "Ah, I've finished!"

I watch footballers at the end of the match, you know; the whistle goes and they've won or lost.

Until then, they've been giving everything they have, and at that moment they know it's over.

It's funny for an author.

There's never a finishing whistle.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Question 1: How would the man feel if he found his book in a second-hand bookstore?

Question 2: What does the man's wife think of his books?

Question 3: What does the man do when he engages in writing?

Question 4: What does the man want to say by mentioning the football match?

伊西古罗先生，你有没有在二手书店里看到过你写的书？

有啊。那种事情很难办。

如果二手书店有我的书，我会想：“好吧，这是种侮辱！

因为有人不想留着我的书。

但如果二手书店里没有我的书，我也觉得是种侮辱。

我会想，为什么人们不交易我的书呢？

为什么它没有这家书店里？

成为一名作家需要脸皮厚一些吗？

当然。比如说，我妻子对我很苛刻。

我是在2004年开始创作我的最新小说《地下巨人》的，我给我妻子看了一小部分后，就停止了创作。

因为她觉得那是一堆垃圾。

甚至在你获得“布克奖”后？

她根本就没有被这个奖吓到，她完全在用当年我刚开始创作且没有发表过作品时的方法批评我。

但你绝不会在你的设想上妥协？

当然不会。我永远不会在本质、思想或主题上妥协的。

我妻子其实不是想要批评我的这些东西。

她是在批评我的写作手法。

那么，你为什么让你的书《地下巨人》搁置了那么久？

显然你在十年前就开始写这本书了。

我常常停止写这本书，一停就停几年。

等我再来写这本书的时候，它可能就发生了改变。

通常是我的想象力改变了，我会想到不同的情景或有了不同的写作手法。

你写完了一本书的感觉是什么样的啊？

你这么问很有趣，因为我从来没有过“啊！我终于写完了！”这种感觉。

你看，我观看比赛结束时的足球运动员；哨声吹响后，他们不是赢了就是输了。

在此之前，他们竭尽全力，但听到哨声后他们就知道比赛结束了。

这对作家来说很有趣。

因为写作是永无止境的。

问题1到4是基于你刚才所听到的那段对话。

问题1：对话中的男士如果在二手书店发现了他的书，他会怎么想？

问题2：对话中男士的妻子对他的书是什么看法？

问题3：对话中的男士从事写作时候，他会做什么？

问题4：对话中的男士提到足球比赛，他想借此说明什么？