1、ADVISER: Good morning, how can I help you?STUDENT: Good morning. Umm, I understand you help fix up students with host families.ADVISER: Thats right . are you interested in .?STUDENT: Yes .ADVISER: Well please sit down and Ill just take a few details.STUDENT: Thank you.ADVISER: Right now . what name
2、is it?STUDENT: Jenny Chan.ADVISER: Can you spell that please?STUDENT: Yes . J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.ADVISER: Right . and what is your present address?STUDENT: Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road.ADVISER: OK, and do you know the phone number there? STUDENT: Yes . I have it here, ummm . 2237676, but Im only
3、there after about 7 pm.ADVISER: So when would be the best time to catch you?STUDENT: I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-past, before I leave for the college.ADVISER: Great . and can I ask you your age?STUDENT: Ive just had my nineteenth birthday.ADVISER: And how long would you want to stay wi
4、th the host family?STUDENT: Im planning on staying a year but at the moment Im definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit.ADVISER: Youre working on it? Fine . and what will be your occupation while youre in the UK?STUDENT: Studying English?ADVISER: And what would y
5、ou say your level of English is?STUDENT: Umm. Good, I think Id like to say advanced but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose its intermediate.ADVISER: Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer?STUDENT: Ummm, well Im studying
6、right in the centre but Id really like to live in the north-west.ADVISER: That shouldnt be a great problem . we usually have lots of families up there.ADVISER: And do you have any particular requirements for diet?STUDENT: Well, Im nearly a vegetarian . not quite.ADVISER: Shall I say you are? Its pro
7、bably easier that way.STUDENT: That would be best.ADVISER: Anything about your actual room?STUDENT: I would prefer my own facilities - en suite, is that right? And also if its possible a TV and Id also like the house to have a real garden rather than just a yard, somewhere I could sit and be peacefu
8、l.ADVISER: Is that all?STUDENT: Well . Im really serious about improving my English so Id prefer to be the only guest if thats possible?ADVISER: No other guests . Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much youre willing to pay. What did you have i
9、n mind?STUDENT: I was thinking in terms of about 60-80 a week, but Id go up to a hundred if it was something special.ADVISER: Well I dont think wed have any problems finding something for you.STUDENT: Oh, good. ADVISER: And when would you want it for?STUDENT: Id like to move in approximately two wee
10、ks.ADVISER: Let me see, its the 10th today . so if we go for the Monday its the 23rd March.STUDENT: Yes.ADVISER: Right . good, and if I could ask one last question .必备词汇:Fix sb.up with 为某人提供某物Host family 寄宿家庭Extension 延期Advanced 高级的Intermediate (英语学习水平)中级的Particular requirement 特别要求Vegetarian 素食主义者F
11、acility 设备Approximately 大约En suite 套间(卧室含卫生间)拓展词汇:Homestay (在国外的访问者 )在当地居民家居住Post code 邮政编码General English 普通英语Academic English 学术英语ESP 专门用途英语English for Specific PurposesMove out Move in Accommodation 住宿Deposit 押金Double room 双人间Twin room (旅馆)标准间Single bedroom 单人间Studio apartment 一居室的公寓Den n.舒适的私室(办公,学习用)Living room Sitting roomKitchenette 小厨房BathroomStove 炉Stereo system 立体音响系统Phone connection (电脑)电话连线上网Entrance hall 门廊(进门的门厅)