1、1Text 1W: What are we going to get for Lydias birthday?M: How about a pair of running shoes?W: You know she hates doing exercise.M: Then I guess we can buy her a birthday cake.Text 2M: Excuse me. Do you have time to help take a picture of us?W: Oh, Im sorry. Ive got to catch a bus. M: Thats OK.Text
2、3M: It really annoys me when Kate calls her friends during office hours. W: If I were you, I would tell her to stop.M: Maybe youre right. I will talk to her sometime.Text 4M: Heres the menu, Madame. Would you like something to drink?W: Yes, please. May I see the wine list?M: Certainly. Here you are.
3、Text 5M: We need to have some fresh air. Do you mind my opening the window?W: As a matter of fact, Im feeling a bit cold. Text 6M: Guess what Ill be doing this summer?W: What?M: Im going to work at the Riverside Hotel.W: What exactly will you be doing?M: Lets see. Ill be doing some small repairs ins
4、ide and outside the hotel. Ill be cutting grass and taking care of the flowers.W: Sounds interesting. Whats the pay?M: Well, uhabout 15 dollars an hour, five hours a day, and Sunday free. W: Thats good money. What are you going to do with it?M: Ill pay for the textbooks for next term.Text 7M: Hi, Su
5、e! Hows it going?W: Oh, hi, Frank! Just fine. How are your classes?M: Pretty good. Im glad this is my last term here though.W: Why is that? I thought you were enjoying school.M: I was. But now Im getting tired of it. Im ready for the real world.W: What are you planning to do when you graduate?M: Fir
6、st, I want to get a job as a computer programmer, and then after five years or so, Id like to start my own business.W: Sounds good. I still have three terms to go until Im done.M: Youll make it for sure. Well, see you later.W: Bye!Text 8M: Hello, Milton Hotel reservations. How may I assist you?2W: H
7、i, Im calling to make some changes to an existing reservation. M: Certainly. Do you have the reservation number?W: Sure, its 219.M: Thats a reservation for Sally Manco. Is that right?W: Yes, thats right. Id like to change the check-in date, from September 15th to September 16th. M: Certainly. I can
8、make that change for you. Is that the only change?W: No, the check-out date will also change from the 23rd to the 24th.M: No problem. We have you arriving on the 16th of September and leaving the 24th of September. Altogether, eight nights. Will there be anything else?W: Yes. Instead of a courtyard
9、room, Id like a room with a view, preferably on an upper floor. M: I can certainly change that for you, but there will be a change in the room rate. The new rate is 199 dollars per night, instead of the original 179 dollars. W: Thats OK. These are all the changes. Thank you very much.M: Youre welcom
10、e. Have a nice day!Text 9W: Gordon, Im going to Keswick in the Lake District this weekend. M: Really?W: Yeah. Five of us. Why dont you join us? Were getting to Keswick on Friday. Then were going boating on Saturday, and on Sunday were going to do some shopping. Then I will take some time to visit my
11、 aunt Lucy. M: Youre not going to camp, are you? Isnt it a bit cold?W: No, were not. It is a bit cold. Were staying in a country inn. Its not like five-star hotels or anything, but its really comfortable.M: Hmm. Sounds interesting. You know, its the boating that I dont like.W: Well. What are you up
12、to?M: Sit on my sofa all weekend and watch the DVDs Ive just bought. And that will be a busy weekend. I may finish watching Friends.W: I dont know how you can do that all weekend, Gordon. I get bored.M: I know, I know. But thats really what I want to do. Text 10Hello! Welcome to the program. In Amer
13、ica, May and June are the traditional months for graduations. A listener in China, Wang Ming, who is about to get an engineering degree, wants to know how American college graduates find jobs. Right now, the answer is: not very easily. A latest study on the college job market showed that employers w
14、anted to hire 22% fewer graduates this year than last. The study also showed that just 20% of those who looked for jobs before graduation have found one by now. This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago. But one difference: fewer of this years graduates
15、 have started to search for jobs. Engineering graduates were more likely to have started their job search already, and to have accepted a job. This is among the best-paid professions for people with just a college degree. On average, engineering majors expect to start at about 62,000 dollars a year.
