1、Using LanguageCOMPLAINING ABOUT A WHALE WATCHING TOURListen again and fill in the blanks.Listen to Dialogue 1.A = Angela T = Tour GuideA: Excuse me.T: Yes, how can I help you?A: Im sorry but we werent very happy with the _.T: Oh, what was the _?A: Well, it was so _ we couldnt go outside I know we he
2、ard the _ and saw them on the videocamera and that was great, but we really _ to stand outside and watch the whales from there. My _ kids are very disappointed.T: Im sorry, but we cant control the _ and you did see whales.A: Well, Im afraid thats not good _. Id like to talk to the _.T: Im sure that
3、wont do you any good. I know hell _ with me. The fact is that you _ see whales. (fading out)Listen again and fill in the blanks.Listen to Dialogue 2.T: Goodbye, I hoped you _ the tour, sir.A: Yes, the whales were _ but Im feeling very annoyed.T: Really? (in a surprised voice)A: Yes. You see. Ive _ m
4、y flight. If Id known the boat was going to be late back, I wouldnt have _.T: Yes, I _, but we had a problem with the boat at the _ minute that we needed to fix. The _ of our passengers is very important to us. So, Im afraid we couldnt _ starting late.A: Yes, but you shouldve checked if there was an
5、yone like me who _ to be back by midday. Anyway, Id like a _, please.T: Well, I can refund half the fare.A: Im sorry but thats not good enough. I now have to make another _ booking and I have _ idea whether therell be any seats _. Id like a _ refund.T: Well, thats not _ to me, but Ill go and talk to
6、 the manager.A: Thanks.T: (music to indicate a few minutes passing) Mr Langton, Im terribly sorry that weve _ problems for you. Of course, well give you a _ refund. Just come into the _ with me.A: Thank you.Listen again and fill in the blanks.Listen to Dialogue 3.S: Excuse me, the tour wasnt what my
7、 _ and I had expected and wed like a refund please.T: You werent _ with the tour?S: Well, we really loved _ the bird life and the _ and seals but we saw only one whale and that one was too far _ to see properly. And we really came on the tour to _ the whales.T: Ah ha, I see. I tell you what, why don
8、t you and your husband come back for a tour on _ day? Free of charge, of course.S: Im afraid thats _ good for us as were visitors to this area and were _ tomorrow morning.T: Well, in that case, well _ half your fares.S: Well, actually, wed like a full refund.T: Im sorry if you read the _, we say tha
9、t well refund HALF the _.S: Ok, thanks.T: Youre welcome.Workbook-ListeningNEWS REPORTS: SHARK ATTACKSListen again and fill in the blanks.News report 1A man is _ at home after being attacked by a shark while standing in about 50 cm of water at Seal Rocks in New South Wales at _ yesterday. He received
10、 cuts to his _ and _. A hospital spokesman said the injuries were not _ and the man was not admitted to hospital.Listen again and fill in the blanks.News report 2In Hawaii, a shark bit off the _ arm of a _-year-old surfer while she was on her _ in clear water. Betty Hamilton lost her left arm just _
11、 the shoulder. Tom Hamilton said his _ was resting comfortably in hospital.Listen again and fill in the blanks.News report 3A 30-year-old man was _ by a 2-metre shark while snorkelling this morning off the North Queensland _. He was bitten on the _ side of his body and _ arm and has been taken by ai
12、r to hospital.Listen again and fill in the blanks.News report 4A man has been killed in a shark attack at _ am this morning in shallow water at a popular city _ in Perth. Scores of witnesses watched as the _-metre shark attacked _-year-old Ken Crew, tearing off his leg. He had been swimming with _ a
13、t the time. Crew was pulled to the shore on a surf ski but _ soon afterwards. The area is being searched but the shark, believed to be a great _, will not be hunted down.Listen again and fill in the blanks.News report 5A _ has been attacked and killed by a _ white shark off the South Australian coas
14、t. Paul Buckland, _, was attacked on Tuesday as he was coming to the _ after diving for shellfish. Buckland yelled for help as he was being held in the sharks _, according to police. His friend, Shannon Jenzen, _ to pull Buckland into their boat, but the shark attacked again from _, taking a leg and
15、 large part of his body. Buckland bled to death _ after.Workbook-Listening TaskListen to Jordan Davies (J) interviewing the shark expert Don James (D).Listen again and fill in the blanks. J: Don, why do the words “shark attack” _ so many people?D: Because shark attacks get a lot of _, especially whe
16、n they result in _ injuries. So many people think that there are _ of sharks waiting in the sea to attack them.J: Are they _ to think that?D: No, not at all. The _ of being bitten by a shark is extremely _. Throughout the world we know of only a _ people who were killed by sharks each year. Now thin
17、k of the millions of swimmers, _, snorkellers and drivers that go into the sea! It really _ that sharks are _ interested in attacking us.J: Really?D: Yes. The _ is that its the sharks that need to be _. While only a few people are killed by sharks, _ of sharks are killed by us each year. J: Goodness
18、, thats a _ number! So how are so many killed?D: A lot are killed by _ fishing technology. Although its aimed at catching _ fish, sharks are often caught at the same time. But sometimes they are caught on purpose. Shark fin _ is so popular in some Asian countries that many sharks are killed _ their
19、fins. J: Thats terrible!D: It is _. As a result, the variety of shark species and their _ are decreasing at a serious rate. In fact, some species are _ to being endangered. And the sharks biology doesnt help much _.J: What do you mean by that?D: Well, Ill give you an _. Female Great White Sharks do
20、not give _ until they are about _ years old; the young take about 14 _ to develop before they are born; and they only have 7 to 9 _. So shark populations grow at a _ rate.J: OK, so what should we do?D: I think _ around the world should take action. They should _ fishing for sharks and protect the most endangered species. Otherwise they will die _. Sharks have been on this planet for _ million years and it would be terrible if they _ because of us.J: Yes, indeed it would.
