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初级英语听力(新版) Lesson 24

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   初级英语听力(新版) Lesson24

  1. Add two and four; eight and ten; fourteen and seven.
  2. Subtract six from eighteen; four from eleven; five from nineteen.
  3. Multiply two by eight; five by three; six by four.
  4. Divide six by three; eight by two; twenty by five.
  1. I'll take a commission of ten per cent.
  2. The current rate of interest is twenty-three per cent.
  3. I only get three-eighths of the total.
  4. It's only a fraction of the cost, about a sixteenth.
  5. Divide nine by two and you get four point five.
  6. You only get two point four six per cent.
  1. I have to get a new pair of Jeans. Is there anywhere ...? Do you know a, a good shop where I can get a pair?
  2. Look, er, I want something interesting. All I've eaten since I've arrived here is junk food. I want some good local food. Where should I go and what shall I ask for?
  3. The car's giving problems again. I had it serviced last week but it's as bad as it was before. I don't know what to do about it.
  4. Ooh, yes, I need your advice. The problem is that I have to go to this very formal dinner party next week and I haven't got a dinner suit here. I really don't want to buy one. What do you suggest?
  5. Ever since I've been here I had this stomach problem, you know. I mean, it's not serious. Well, I don't think it is. I mean, you often get these things when you travel. Must be the different water or something. But it rea1ly is a nuisance and it seems to be getting worse ...
  6. Damn! I've lost my wallet!
  Man: Telegram, miss.
  Jean: Oh, thanks.
  Jean: I wonder who it's from. Oh, it's for Helen. Helen, there's a telegram for you.
  Helen: For me? Oh, Jean, will you open it? I hate opening telegrams.
  Jean: Do you? Why?
  Helen: Well, it's just that I think a telegram must mean bad news.
  Jean: I'm just the opposite. I love opening telegrams because I'm sure they must mean something exciting.
  Jean: Helen, you'd better sit down. You aren't going to believe this. It says, 'Congratulations, Nurse of the Year. Letter follows.'
  Helen: It can't be true.
  Jean: Here. You read it.
  Hello. This is Sophie Peter's ringing from the Brook1 Organization. Um, we got your job application and I'm ringing just to arrange an interview with you. How about Monday morning at, er, 11:30? Would that be all right? That's Monday morning of the 10th of August. Um, if you can't make that time, could you please give us a ring? The interview will be with myself and Brian Shaw, so we, um, we look forward to seeing you then. Bye-bye.
  "Henry!"
  "Yes, dear?"
  "I'm going up to bed now. Don't forget to do your little jobs."
  "No, dear."
  Henry turned off the television and went into the kitchen. He fed the cat, washed up several dishes, dried them and put them away. Then he put the cat out, locked all the doors and turned out all the lights. When he got to the bedroom, his wife was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.
  "Well dear, have you done all your little jobs?"
  "I think so, my love."
  "Have you fed the cat?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you put him out?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you washed up the dishes?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you put them all away?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you tidied the kitchen?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you turned out all the lights?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Have you locked the front door?"
  "Yes, dear."
  "Then you can come to bed."
  "Thank you, dear."
  After a little while they heard a gate banging downstairs.
  "Henry."
  "Yes, dear."
  "I'm afraid you've forgotten to shut the garden gate."
  "Oh dear! ..."
  —Ladies and gentlemen, it's the Lake Late Talk Show, with your host, Dickie Reeves. (applause)
  —Nice to be with you again, folks. And among the line of interesting guests I'll show you tonight is the lady you've all been reading and hearing about recently. She is beautiful. She is clever. And she is brave. She is the lady who makes friends with monkeys. She is with us tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, the apewoman herself, Josephin Carter. (applause) Hello, Josephin, or can I call you Joe?
  —Please do.
  —The first question that I know everybody has been dying to ask you is, how long have you been living with monkeys?
  —Apes actually. Well, I've been studying apes for quite a long time, ever since I was at university. But I've only been actually living with them for five years.
  —Five years in the African jungle, with only monkeys to talk to.
  —Apes actually.
  —Oh, with only apes to talk to. That's fantastic! And I know you're going back to your monkey colony ...
  —Ape colony actually.
  —... to finish your work.
  —Oh, yes. I haven't finished it yet. Although I have been recording2 their behavior and watching their movements very closely, I still haven't finished my work. I've also been training my husband to work with me.
  —Your husband?
  —Yes. He's come with me tonight. Let me introduce you to Tarsan!
  —Hi, everybody.
  People think that all solicitors3 are rich and prosperous. In any town there are, of course, rich and prosperous solicitors, but there are also solicitors like me. I am neither rich nor prosperous. I have an office over a fish and chip shop, for which I pay an exorbitant4 rent, and two rather inefficient5 secretaries.
  I suppose it is because my premises6 are in the less fashionable part of the town, but my clients always seem to have enormous problems and miserable7 incomes. Mr. Pollard was exactly that sort of client. He was a small, untidy little man, with a large head and round, old-fashioned spectacles.
  "I have a problem," he began nervously8, "I bought this house, you see. I got a mortgage from the building society, but then I lost my job, so I got behind with the payments." He gave me the details. It appeared that he owed eleven payments of fifty pounds, and had no job and no money. Not surprisingly the building society had written to say they intended to take possession of the house; sell it, and thus get back their money.
  "What would happen if they sold it for less than I paid?" he asked. "Would I get back any money?"
  "Probably not," I replied.
  "Would you mind telephoning the building society?" he pleaded, "and see if they could possibly give me a little more time?"
  "If you're not earning any money, how will more time help?" I asked. He looked at me hopelessly.
  In the end the house was sold. The building society debt was paid off and Mr. Pollard got sixty pounds.
  Everybody agrees I'm just ordinary. My face is ordinary, my voice is ordinary, my clothes are ordinary. Everything about me is ordinary. 'What's Frank like?' they say. 'Frank? Oh—you know, ordinary.' they say. Now look at that man two rows in front. He's not ordinary. In fact I can't see anybody apart from me who is. Even this fellow next to me. Quite ordinary on the whole, I suppose. But there's something a bit ... something a bit odd about his mouth. Mustn't catch his eye. Might start a conversation. Don't want that. Interesting that he was just in front of me in the queue.
  They looked in his bag, they looked in his pockets—made him take his shoes off even. Mm—they've nearly finished with the food—though she didn't take my glass when she collected my tray. Ah—she's pressed her button again. Probably wants another gin and tonic9. Had four already. Or is it five? Not bad, though. At least not in this light. Good—some of them are getting their blankets down now. I reckon that in about half an hour it'll all be quiet. And then ... Of course they looked in my briefcase10 too. Didn't look here, though, did they? Oh, no. Hah! Though they think otherwise, I know very well who those two in the back row are. Noticed them when I went to the toilet. But they won't shoot. Not as long as I have this in my hand, they won't. And it's so small. Marvellous what they can do these days. Just about now, if I were sitting in funny mouth's seat and not by the aisle—just about now, I could probably look down and see the mountains gleaming in the moonlight. I like that. Mm. Well, now I must go over my speech again. Mustn't forget what my demands are, must I?
  Well, I think that this problem of teenagers getting into trouble with the law is mainly caused by unemployment. You see, because of the high level of unemployment, so many teenagers nowadays leave school and find that they have no chance of getting a job, and this obviously makes them feel bored and frustrated11. And as a result of this, they're much more likely to get drunk and so on. Another thing of course is that you get groups of unemployed12 teenagers wandering around the streets with nothing to do, which can easily lead to trouble of one sort or another.

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1 brook PSIyg     
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让
参考例句:
  • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
  • The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
2 recording UktzJj     
n.录音,记录
参考例句:
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
3 solicitors 53ed50f93b0d64a6b74a2e21c5841f88     
初级律师( solicitor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Most solicitors in England and Wales are in private practice . 英格兰和威尔士的大多数律师都是私人执业者。
  • The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation. 那家人已经指示律师起诉汤姆森,要求赔偿。
4 exorbitant G7iyh     
adj.过分的;过度的
参考例句:
  • More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费。
  • The price of food here is exorbitant. 这儿的食物价格太高。
5 inefficient c76xm     
adj.效率低的,无效的
参考例句:
  • The inefficient operation cost the firm a lot of money.低效率的运作使该公司损失了许多钱。
  • Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
6 premises 6l1zWN     
n.建筑物,房屋
参考例句:
  • According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定,场内不准饮酒。
  • All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行,不用送到外面去做。
7 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
8 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地,不安地
参考例句:
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
9 tonic tnYwt     
n./adj.滋补品,补药,强身的,健体的
参考例句:
  • It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
  • Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。
10 briefcase lxdz6A     
n.手提箱,公事皮包
参考例句:
  • He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
  • He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。
11 frustrated ksWz5t     
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
参考例句:
  • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
  • The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
参考例句:
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
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