1、Lesson Thirty-OneSection One:Tapescript.Dialogue 1:Passenger: West London Air Terminal, please. I have to be there by 11.10.Taxi Driver: I cant promoise, but Ill do my best.Taxi Driver: Youre just in time. Seventy pence, please.Passenger: Thanks a lot. Heres eighty pence. You can keep the change.Dia
2、logue 2:Passenger: Do you think you can get me to Victoria by half past？Taxi Driver: We should be OK if the lights are with us.Taxi Driver: Youve still got five minutes to spare. Seventy pence, please.Passenger: Thanks very much indeed. Heres a pound, give me twenty pence, please.Dialogue 3:Passenge
3、r: Piccadilly, please. I have an appointment at 10.30.Taxi Driver: I think we can make it if we get a move on.Taxi Driver: Here we are, sir. Eighty pence, please.Passenger: Many thanks. Lets call it a pound.Dialogue 4:Passenger: Paddington, please. I want to catch the 11.15.Taxi Driver: Well be all
4、right if there are no hold-ups.Taxi Driver: This is it, sir. Seventy pence, please.Passenger: Thank you. Heres the fare, and this is for you.Section Two:Tapescript.A. Probability: No luck then, John？ Afraid not, sir. Not yet, anyhow. Were still checking on stolen cars. Mm. Where do you think hell he
5、ad for, sir？ Well, he definitely wont try to leave the country yet. He may try to get a passport, and hell certainly need clothes and money. Hell probably get in touch with Cornfield for those, so I expect hell make for Birmingham. Right. Ill put some men on the house. Yes, do that. Mind you, I doub
6、t if hell show up there in person. Hammonds no fool, you know. I should think hell probably telephone. What about his wife？ Mm. I shouldnt think hell go anywhere near herthough he might get her to join him after hes left the country. And when he does leave, he probably wont use a major airport, eith
7、er. So youd better alert the coastguard, and keep an eye on the private airfields. Right, sir. Id better get his description circulated. Yes. He may change his appearance, of course, but I dont expect hell be able to do much about the tattoos . And Johnbe careful. He could be armed. And if I know Ha
8、mmond, he certainly wont give himself up without a fight.B. Job Hunting:A lot of young people today find it difficult to get a job, especially in the first few months after they leave school. This is much more of a problem now than it has ever been in the past. In some parts of the country sixty or
9、even seventy per cent of young people in the last years of school will be without a job for a whole year after leaving school.Our Jobs Information Service has been in touch with thousands of young people over the last two or three years, talking to them about their hopes and their fears, and we have
10、 in fact been able to give a lot of help and advice to young people who have just left school.Are you recently out of school and still without a job？ Or are you still at school and worried about getting a job when you leave？ We have found that many people dont know who to talk to and sometimes dont
11、know what questions to ask. That is why our experience at Jobs Information Service is so important. It will cost you nothingjust a phone call. If you would like to talk to usand we are here to talk to youthen please phone 24987 any day between 9.00 and 5.30.C. The Movies:Man: I want to do something
12、tonight for a change; lets go out.Brian: All right, lets go to the movies.Woman: In this heat？ Are you joking？Brian: We can go to an outdoor movie. Do you think Id suggest an indoor one in the middle of the summer in San Diego？Man: Id rather go out for a meal.Woman: Yes, that sounds a better idea. T
13、he outdoor movies are so uncomfortable.Brian: Why dont we do both at the same time？ We could pick up some take-away food and eat it in the movie.Man: That sounds like fun. What a good idea.Woman: But they never show any good films in the summer. At least not any of the new ones. All you get is the o
14、ld classics.Brian: And whats wrong with them？Woman: Oh nothing, its just that weve seen them all half a dozen times.Brian: But thats why theyre classics. Theyre worth seeing again and again.Man: Youve got a point there, Brian. My main objection to outdoor movies is that you can never hear properly.
15、You hear all the traffic from outside.Brian: Well, we can find a foreign film with subtitles, then you dont need to hear the sound.Woman: Supposing its a musical.Brian: Oh trust you to say that！ I think it would be fun to sit watching an old film and eating a meal at the same time.Woman: Last time I
16、 went to an outdoor movie, I bought a bar of chocolate to eat as I went in. It was a horror film and I was so shocked I just sat there holding my bar of chocolate until the interval when I found it had melted in my hand and run all down my dress. That was an expensive evening out.Man: Well, we wont
17、go and see a horror film, darling, and take-away meals dont melt.D. Radio Program:Presenter: Good evening and welcome to “Interesting Personalities.” Tonight weve got a real treat in store for you. We have here in the studio Mrs. Annie Jarman of Bristol.Mrs. Jarman: Hello. Thats me.Presenter: Say he
18、llo to the listeners, Mrs. Jarman.Mrs. Jarman: I just did. Hello again.Presenter: Now Mrs. Jarman is eighty-four years old.Mrs. Jarman: Nearly eighty-four.Presenter: Sorry, nearly eighty-four years old and she holds.Mrs. Jarman: Not quite.Presenter: Yes, I explained. Now Mrs. Jarman holds the Englis
19、h record.Mrs. Jarman: Eighty-three years, ten months and fifteen days.Presenter: Good, well, now that weve got that out of the way. Mrs. Jarman holds the English record for having failed her driving test the most times.Mrs. Jarman: Im still trying.Presenter: Quite. Now precisely how many times have
20、you failed your driving test Mrs. Jarman？Mrs. Jarman: Well, the last attempt last Wednesday brought it up to fifty-seven times.Presenter: Over how long a period？Mrs. Jarman: Twenty-eight years.Presenter: What do you think is the cause of this record number of failures？Mrs. Jarman: Bad driving.Presen
21、ter: Yes, quite. Well, it would be. But in what way do you drive badly？Mrs. Jarman: Every way.Presenter: Every way？Mrs. Jarman: Yes. I hit things. Thats the really big problem, but Im working on that. Also I cant drive round corners. Each time I come to a corner I just drive straight on.Presenter: A
22、h, yes, that would be a problem.Mrs. Jarman: It causes havoc at roundabouts.Presenter: I can imagine. And how many examiners have you had in all this time？Mrs. Jarman: Fifty-seven. None of them would examine me twice. Several left the job, said it was too dangerous. One of them got out of the car at
23、 the end of the test, walked away and was never seen again.Presenter: Oh dear. But why do you drive so badly？Mrs. Jarman: I blame the examiners. Its all their fault. They dont do their job properly.Presenter: Really？ In what way？Mrs. Jarman: They distract my attention. They keep talking to me. Turn
24、left, turn right, park here. By the time Ive turned round to ask them what they said were half way through a field or slowly sinking into a pond surrounded by ducks. They should keep quiet and let me concentrate.Presenter: But they have to tell you where to go, Mrs. Jarman.Mrs. Jarman: Then they sho
25、uld give me time to stop each time before speaking to me. Why do you think they have those notices on the buses, Do not speak to the driver, eh？ Im surprised there arent more accidents.Presenter: How long do your tests usually last, Mrs. Jarman？Mrs. Jarman: Two or three minutes. Not longer. Theyve u
26、sually jumped out by then. Except the last one.Presenter: And how long did that last？Mrs. Jarman: Four hours and twenty-five minutes, exactly, from beginning to end.Presenter: Four hours and twenty-five minutes？Mrs. Jarman: Yes. You see, Id got on the motorway and as I told you I cant turn right or
27、left so we didnt stop until I hit a post box just outside London.Presenter: And was the examiner still with you？Mrs. Jarman: Oh, yes, hed fainted much earlier on.Presenter: Well, there we are. Thats the end of “Interesting Personalities” for this week. Thank you Mrs. Jarman for coming along and tell
28、ing us about your experiences with cars.Mrs. Jarman: Can I just say a word？Presenter: Er . yes. Go head.Mrs. Jarman: Id just like to say if there are any driving instructors in the Bristol area listening in, well, Id like to say thank you very much and my offer to pay double still holds good if any
29、of them will come back. Thank you.Presenter: Thank you, Mrs. Jarman, and good night.Mrs. Jarman: I wont give up.Section Three:Tapescript.A. A Little Crime:A psychiatrist who has studied the legend of Bonnie and Clyde compares the characters of the two.Interviewer: So in your book why do you focus mo
30、re on Bonnie than you have on Clyde？Shivel: Bonnie had something which Clyde completely lacked. Style. And she was also far more intelligent than he was. Without her, there never would have a legend. He was just a rather stupid hoodlum who got into difficult situations almost by accident and then st
31、arted shooting wildly. She was a much warmer, more generous person.Interviewer: But she could be very ruthless, couldnt she？ I mean what about that policeman she shot in Grapevine, Texas？ Didnt she laugh about it？Shivel: Well, first of all, we dont know if thats what actually happened. A farmer says
32、 he saw her shoot the second policeman and then laugh. Thats the only evidence we have that she actually did that. But even if the story is true, the whole incident illustrates this warmer, almost motherly, side to her character.Interviewer: Motherly？ How does the incident of shooting a policeman il
33、lustrate that she was motherly？Shivel: Well . uh . just let me finish. You see, the day before the shooting, Bonnie and Clyde were driving about with a pet rabbit in the car. Bonnies pet rabbit. Clyde started complaining because the rabbit stank. So they stopped and washed the rabbit in a stream. Th
34、e rabbit almost died because of the shock of the very cold water. Bonnie got very worried, and wrapped the rabbit in a blanket and held it close to her as they drove on. Then, the next morning, when the rabbit still wasnt any better, she made Clyde stop and build a fire. She was sitting in front of
35、that fire, trying to get rabbit warm when the two policemen drove up and got out. Probably the policemen had to idea who was there. They just wanted to see who was burning a fire and why. A moment later, as we know, they were both dead. All because of that pet rabbit which Bonnie wanted to mother. A
36、nd . uh . perhaps . in a strange way, Clyde was something like a pet rabbit, too. She was attracted to him because he was weaker than she was and needed someone to mother him. Its strange, you know, but strong, intelligent women are often attracted to such men . weaker than they are . men who are li
37、ke children, or pet rabbits.B. Psychiatrist:Psychiatrist: Goodbye Mr. er . um . er . Just keep taking those tables and youll be all right in no time. Next please. Good morning, Mrs. er . your first visit, is it？Mrs. Parkinson: Yes, doctor.Psychiatrist: I see. Well, let me just fill in this form. Nam
38、e？Mrs. Parkinson: Parkinson. Enid Parkinson. (Crunch) Mrs.Psychiatrist: So youre married, Mrs. Parkinson.Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Yes.Psychiatrist: I see. Now, your date of birth, please.Mrs. Parkinson: Wednesday the twelfth of June.Psychiatrist: No, not your birthday, Mrs. Parkinson. Your date of b
39、irth.Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Twelfth of June 1946. But not a word to my husband, mind, he thinks it was 1956.Psychiatrist: 1946. Right. Now, what seems to be the trouble？Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Well, its nothing very much, doctor. Its just that (crunch) I cant stop (crunch) eating these crisps (cr
40、unch).Psychiatrist: Yes, I had noticed that you seemed to be getting through rather a lot of them. Er . do you mind picking up those two empty bags off the floor, please？ Thank you. Now, when did this problem start？Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) About six months ago. My husband and I won a huge box of cri
41、sps in a talent competition. And weve not been able (crunch) to stop eating them ever since. Its costing us a fortune. (Crunch)Psychiatrist: I see. Now, what do you think about when youre eating these crisps？Mrs. Parkinson: More (crunch) crisps.Psychiatrist: I see. And what do the crisps remind you
42、of？Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Potatoes. (Crunch) Potato crisps. (Crunch) All nice, crisp and golden brown with plenty of salt on them.Psychiatrist: I see. But dont they remind you of anything else？Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Cheese. Cheese crisps. Cheddar crisps. Roquefort crisps. Edam crisps. Oh, Id def
43、initely say they remind me of cheese.Psychiatrist: Yes, they certainly seem to do that. Does anything else come to mind when youre eating these vast amounts of crisps？Mrs. Parkinson: Not much, apart from crisps, doctor. (Crunch) If Im really on form I can work up an appetite for, oh, paprika crisps,
44、 or shrimp crisps or even ham and bacon crisps.Psychiatrist: And have you made any effort to stop eating these crisps？Mrs. Parkinson: Oh, no. I wouldnt want to (crunch) eat anything else. I like my crisps.Psychiatrist: But if you dont want to stop eating them, why come to a psychiatrist？Mrs. Parkins
45、on: (Crunch) Well, its the noise, doctor. (Crunch) My husband complains he cant hear the telly. And the neighbors bang on the walls late at night. (Crunch) Say they cant sleep. Ive offered them a whole box so that . so that they can do the same, but (crunch) they say theyd rather sleep.Psychiatrist:
46、 I should have thought earplugs would have been a more sensible thing to offer them.Mrs. Parkinson: Earplugs！ Thats it！ The problems solved. (Crunch) Thank you. Thank you very much, doctor.Psychiatrist: Er . Mrs . um.Mrs. Parkinson: Parkinson.Psychiatrist: Parkinson, yes. Er . could I have a crisp？M
47、rs. Parkinson: Certainly, (crunch) doctor. Here, have a couple of bags.Psychiatrist: Oh, thank you, Mrs. Parkinson. Oh, paprika with cheese. (Crunch) Thank you so much and good day. (Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch)Lesson Thirty-TwoSection One:Tapescript.News Item 1:Presenter: Now before the
48、weather report, we have some road news for you from Philip Thomson.Philip Thomson: Yes, well, the A41 is still very busy at the Dome roundabout this morning. Harrow Road, the A404, Harrow Road is now flowing freely, no problems there. The other congestion we have is in the A1M up near Hatfield. The
49、M1 is heavy but at least is moving along, a little bit slower than normal. In Hammersmith, road repairs between Ridge Street and King Street are causing delay. Finally, a demonstration march at twelve thirty will cause congestion in central London.News Item 2:Presenter: And now our weather report. Nice sunshine all day long today, soon becoming very warm, but there will be some relief from the heat with something of a breeze developing. Even so, the temperature will get up to twen
