Lesson 14

大名鼎鼎的一套听力书，最原汁原味的听力语料。作为一名曾经的英专生，直到自己作为雅思听力教师，这套书都一直是我最喜欢最百听不厌的。

PS：相信很多爱好英文的朋友都有听过，我自己在网上也听过，不过可能是由于传来传去反复压缩，音质不是很好，所以我把收藏起来的这套书的原版光盘无损地上传到喜马拉雅上，供大家学习。最后，强烈建议各位支持正版，去书店购买纸质书。^_^

Listening

Section One：

Dialogue 1

1. Geneva

2. by air / plane

3. He wants to save money / He prefers morning flights

4. 9:20

5. 8:15 

Dialogue 2

1. To have some more chicken.

2. She wants to be slim. / She wants to be slimming.

3. a very small piece.

Dialogue 3

1. a cup of tea

2. a cup of coffee

3. Yes. He wants a milky one without sugar.

Dialogue 4

1. a black coffee

2. Yes. A portion of that strawberry tart

3. because he wants to make an order.  / Because he needs service.

Dialogue 5

1. steak and ice-cream

Dialogue 6

1. bank / bank office; ground floor; International Bank

2. from Monday to Friday; 9:30 am. till 3 pm.

Dialogue 7

1. he can’t get breakfast / he was late for breakfast; make it; hurries; 10:30

Dialogue 8

1. 5:30 / half past five tomorrow

2. 577; Browning

3. 12 noon; departure

4. keep the room till 3 pm. / stay at the hotel till 3 pm.

Section Two:

Telephone Conversation

7896443( No. called); 2748553(caller’s No.); Mr. Henderson’s car / his car will be ready by 6 pm. on Thursday.

2687435( No. called); 7733298(caller’s No.); Helen’s mother is arriving on Thursday, about 1 pm.

5754661( No. called); 1234567(caller’s No.); the advertisement / ad will be in Friday’s paper on the 13th of this month.

B. Shopping

baked beans → 2 boxes

rice → 3 boxes

spaghetti → 5 boxes

tomato sauce → 100 tins

tea → a couple of boxes / 2 boxes

sugar → 4 boxes

cat food → 8 boxes

2. 1）ask the shopkeeper to deliver.

2) this afternoon

3) 48 tins

4) She wants to save them for the war

5) She can’t stand fish.

Section Three:

Dictation:

Spot Dictation 1: 

A sailor once went into a pub in a very dark street in Liverpool. He got very drunk there and staggered out around 11 pm. Around midnight, one of his friends found him on his hands and knees in the gutter. "What are you doing there?" he inquired. "I'm looking for my wallet. I think I lost it in that dark street down there," he said. "Well, if you lost it in that street, why are you looking for it here?" the friend demanded. The sailor thought for a moment." Because the light is better here," he answered. 

Spot Dictation 2:
A famous 85-year-old millionaire once gave a lecture at an American university. "I'm going to tell you how to live a long, healthy life and how to get very rich at the same time," he announced. "The secret is very simple. All you have to do is avoid bad habits like drinking and smoking. But you have to get up early every morning, work at least 10 hours a day and save every penny, as well," he said. A young man in the audience stood up. "My father did all those things and yet he died a very poor man at the age of only 39. How do you explain that?" he asked. The millionaire thought for a moment. "It's very simple. He didn't do them for long enough," he answered.