2020年12月四级听力真题（第1套）— 长对话1

Wow, congratulations, Simon! The place looks absolutely amazing!

哇噢，可喜可贺，西蒙！这地方看起来棒极了！

Really? You think so?

真的吗？你这么认为？

Of course. I love it. It looks like you had a professional interior designer. But you didn't, did you?

那是当然。我很喜欢。这看起来好像你有个专业的室内设计师一样。但你并没有，是吗？

No. I did it all by myself with a little help from my brother, Greg.

是的，我是在哥哥格雷格的帮助下独自完成的。

He's actually in the construction business, which was really helpful.

他实际上是做建筑生意的，这真的对我很有帮助。

Honestly, I'm impressed! I know I can probably repaint the walls in my house over a weekend or something,

说实话，这真的令我印象深刻！我知道我可以用一个周末或别的什么时候重新粉刷我房子的墙壁，

but not a full renovation. Where did you get your ideas? I wouldn't know where to start.

但不能完全翻新。话说你的灵感哪里来的？我都不知道从哪里开始着手。

Well, for a while now, I've been regularly buying home design magazines.

嗯，有一段时间，我经常买家居设计杂志。

Every now and then, I'd saved the pictures I liked.

我时不时地把喜欢的照片存起来。

Believe it or not, I have a full notebook of magazine pages.

说出来你可能不信，我有一本满是杂志页的笔记本。

Since by overall style was quite minimal, I thought and hoped a whole renovation wouldn't be too difficult.

由于整体风格是比较小的，我想但愿整个装修不会太困难。

And sure enough, with Greg's help, it was very achievable.

果不其然，在格雷格的帮助下，这是非常可行的。

Wasn't it expensive? I have imagined a project like this could be.

不贵吗？我也想象过像这样的一个工程。

Actually, it was surprisingly affordable. I managed to sell a lot of my old furniture and put that extra money towards the new material.

实际上出人意料，完全负担得起。我设法卖掉了许多旧家具，把多余的钱用在新材料上。

Greg was also able to get some discount materials from a recent project he was working on as well.

格雷格也能从他最近的一个项目中得到一些折扣材料。

Great! If you don't mind, I'd like to pick your brain a bit more.

太好了！如果你不介意的话，我想向你请教下。

Johansson and I are thinking of renovating our sitting room, not the whole house, not yet anyway.

约翰森和我正在考虑装修我们的起居室，而不是整个房子，反正现在还没有。

And we'd love to get some inspiration from your experience.

我们很想从你的经历中得到一些启发。

Are you free to come over for a coffee early next week?

下星期初你有空过来喝杯咖啡吗？

Question 12-15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

请根据刚才所听文章回答12-15题。

Q12: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

问题12：从对话中我们可以了解到女士什么信息？

Q13: Where did the man get his ideas for the project?）

问题13：这个人对这个项目的想法来自哪里？

Q14: What did the man say about the project he recently completed?

问题14：关于他最近完成的项目，男士说了什么？

Q15: Why does the woman invite the man to her house next week?

问题15：女士为什么邀请男士下周去她家？