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ANNE:Good afternoon.Do you speak English?
[00:57.31]Wonderful.I'm calling from the United States.
[01:02.71]I'd like to speak with Milos Hermann,please.Yes.Thank you.
[01:08.81]2 ANNE:Hello Milos!This is Anne Holland,from the Sheraton Boston.
[01:18.60]Yes,me too.How are you?
[01:24.70]I'm very well,thank you.Excuse me?
[01:30.79]No,I'm calling from Boston.We'll have our arrival dates very soon.
[01:37.10]3 ANNE:Milos,I wonder if there's an interesting theatre
[01:41.69]or club we can go to while we're in Prague.We can?Excellent.
[01:48.86]4 ANNE:Good idea.We can lunch at the hotel restaurant by all means,
[01:55.44]but then let's get into town for drinks and dinner.
[01:58.63]5 ANNE:Milos,tell me,is there a hair salon¹ at the hotel?
[02:07.82]I see Hm.My hair doesn't travel very well.
[02:15.91]6 ANNE:A hat shop is a solution...No,I don't think a wig² is necessary.
[02:23.50]OK then.Yes.I look forward to it.Good bye.
[02:30.48]Maybe I do need a wig.
[02:43.87]1 SALESMAN:Well,gentlemen,how can I help you today?
[03:02.95]DEAN:We're just looking,thanks.
[03:05.54]SALEAMAN:Very good,very good.
[03:07.51]2 SALESMAN:Let me ask you a question.
[03:09.48]Are you interested in glamour³?Or reliability⁴?
[03:12.77]KEVIN:I'm interested in a car.
[03:15.86]SALESMAN:Very good.
[03:17.35]3 DEAN:What can you tell us about this one?
[03:20.35]SALESMAN:She's a beauty,isn't she?An'82.
[03:23.14]KEVIN:Was it always this color?
[03:25.90]DEAN:How many miles on it?
[03:28.46]SALESMAN:162,000 happy miles.And many more to go,I'm sure.
[03:33.74]4 KEVIN:Was there only one owner?
[03:35.64]SALESMAN:Ah,no.Several owners.Several very happy owners.
[03:39.53]5 DEAN:How often has it been serviced?
[03:42.34]SALESMAN:You know,the funny thing is,
[03:44.33]this car ran so well,it hardly ever got serviced.
[03:47.64]Except after one or two collisions.Isn't that remarkable⁵?
[03:52.22]6 KEVIN:I don't understand.How could the owners ever give it up?
[03:57.00]SALESMAN:Trade-in.They were moving up.
[03:59.69]DEAN:Just like you Kevin.Moving up.
[04:13.90]1 DEAN:I drove cross-country in a car like this.
[04:32.88]KEVIN:Did it make it? DEAN:Eventually.
[04:36.36]2 DEAN:We started in Boston.Then we went to Ohio to visit some relatives.
[04:42.34]Then out west.
[04:44.52]3 KEVIN:What was that like?
[04:46.73]DEAN:Fantastic.Everything's bigger.The mountains are higher.
[04:52.51]The canyons⁶ are deeper.The land goes on and on.
[04:57.60]4 KEVIN:Where did you stay?
[05:00.00]DEAN:We camped.Except for one week we stayed with a family in Butte,Montana.
[05:07.49]KEVIN:More relatives?
[05:09.77]DEAN:No,the car broke down in front of their house.
[05:14.04]5 DEAN:You know what else was great about camping?
[05:18.02]KEVIN:What?
[05:19.51]DEAN:It was very quiet.
[05:21.60]KEVIN:Yeah,well...Shall we put on some music?
[05:29.98]DEAN:Yes! KEVIN:Much better!

1 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

2 wig   

n.假发

参考例句：

• The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
• He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。

3 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

4 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。

5 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

6 canyons   

n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This mountain range has many high peaks and deep canyons. 这条山脉有许多高峰和深谷。 来自辞典例句
• Do you use canyons or do we preserve them all? 是使用峡谷呢还是全封闭保存？ 来自互联网