1、Section ThirteenSection One:Tapescript.A. Dialogues:Dialogue 1: Can I help you, sir? We want a meal. What sort of meal? A hot one or a cold one? A salad, I think. Which one, sir? A ham or a beef salad? Whats this sort of salad in English? Which one are you looking at, sir? That one over there, next
2、to the bread rolls. Thats a beef salad, sir. Thank you. Is there any rye bread? No, Im sorry. There are plenty of rolls.Dialogue 2: Excuse me, sir, where do you come from? We come from Copenhagan. You speak English very well. Thank you. What are you doing at the moment? Were visiting London. What do
3、 you both do? We are teachers.Dialogue 3: Do you like your salad? Yes. Its nice and fresh. Is yours good, too? No. Mine is rather tasteless. You need some salt and some olive oil.Dialogue 4: Allow me to fetch you a chair. Thank you, but Ive just asked the waiter to get me one. Let me get you a drink
4、, then. Thank you again, but look, Johns bringing me one now. I dont seem to be very useful, do I? Dont say that. Theres always another time, you know.B. Restaurant English:Dialogue 1:Man: Three gin and tonics please.Waitress: Im sorry, sir, but weve not allowed to serve drinks before twelve oclock
5、midday. Would you like me to bring you something else? Some coffee?Dialogue 2:Man: Waiter, this table-cloth is a disgrace. Its covered with soup stains.Waiter: Oh, Im so sorry, sir. It should have been changed before. If youll just wait one moment .Dialogue 3:Man: Waiter. I cant quite understand how
6、 you manage to get ten marks plus twelve marks plus sixty-five marks fifty pennies to add up to one hundred and seventy-seven marks fifty pennies.Waiter: One moment, Ill just check it, sir. Youre quite right, sir. I cant understand how such a mistake could have been made. I do apologize, sir.Section
7、 Two:Tapescript.A. Discussing Past Events:Interviewer: Now lets go back to your first novel, Rag Doll. When did you write that?Writer: Rag Doll, yes. I wrote that in 1960, a year after I left school.Interviewer: How old were you then?Writer: Um, eighteen? Yes, eighteen, because a year later I went t
8、o Indonesia.Interviewer: Mm. And of course it was your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film Eastern Moon.Writer: Yes, thats right, although I didnt actually make Eastern Moon until 1978.Interviewer: And you worked in television for a time too.Writer: Yes, I started making documentaries fo
9、r television in 1973, when I was thirty. That was after I gave up farming.Interviewer: Farming?Writer: Yes, thats right. You see, I stayed in Indonesia for eight years. I met my wife there in 1965, and after we came back we bought a farm in the West of England, in 1970. A kind of experiment, really.
10、Interviewer: But you gave it up three years later.Writer: Well, yes. You see it was very hard work, and I was also very busy working on my second novel, The Cold Earth, which came out in 1975.Interviewer: Yes, that was a best-seller, wasnt it?Writer: Yes, it was, and thats why only two years after t
11、hat I was able to give up television work and concentrate on films and that sort of thing. And after that.B. Telephone Conversation:Shop Assistant: Harlings Hardware.Customer: Hello. Id like to buy a new fridge. I cant afford a very expensive one, and it mustnt be more than 140 cm high.Shop Assistan
12、t: Right. I think I have one here. Wait a moment. Yes, here we are. Its 50 cm wide and 130 cm high.Customer: Oh. And how much is it?Shop Assistant: Its one hundred and twenty-nine pounds, very cheap.Customer: Ill come over and have a look at it.C. Conversation at Perfect Partners Ltd, a Dating Agenc
13、y:A: Good morning. Can I help you?B: Yes. Id like to find my perfect partner.A: I see. Well, if you could just answer a few questions?B: Certainly.A: First of all, what age would you like your partner to be?B: About twenty. Not more than twenty-five, anyway.A: Okay. And what sort of build?B: What do
14、 you mean?A: Well, would you like someone who is very slim or would you prefer someone rather more plump?B: Ah, I see what you mean. I dont think I mind, actually.A: And what about height?B: Oh, not too tall.A: So, medium-height?B: Yes, and long hair.A: Any particular color?B: No. As long as its lon
15、g, it doesnt matter what color.A: Good. Now, is there anything else at all?B: Well, obviously Id like someone good-looking.A: Well, well see what we can do. Would you like to fill in this form in the next room and Ill call you soon.(enters C)C: Hello. Is this the Perfect Partners office?A: Thats rig
16、ht.C: Im interested in meeting someone new.A: Well, youve certainly come to the right place. What sort of person are you looking for?C: Oh, someone tall, dark and handsome.A: I see. And what sort of age?C: Oh, mid-twenties, I suppose.A: Well, I might have just the person for you. Could I just ask ho
17、w old you are?C: Twenty-four.A: Good. Could you just wait here a minute?(C puzzled)(A goes and fetches B)A: This doesnt usually happen, but I think Ive found just the person for you.B: Oh, no!C: Not you!B: What are you doing here?C: I think I should be asking you that.B: Well, I just wanted to . (in
18、terrupted by A)A: Excuse me, but whats going on?C: Thats my husband.B: And thats my wife.A: But youre just right for each other, from what you told me.(Pause)B: Yes . I see what you mean.C: I suppose its true. You are what Im looking for.B: Oh, darling. Why did we ever leave each other?C: I dont kno
19、w, but its not too late, is it?B: No. (they embrace)A: Excuse me.B&C: (surprised) Sorry?A: Thatll be twenty-five pounds please!Section Three:Dictation.47 Riverside Road, London SE1 4LP.10th May, 1989Dear Chris,Thanks for your letter. Im sorry I havent answered it sooner but writing is difficult at t
20、he moment. I fell off my bike last week and broke my arm. It isnt anything very serious and Ill be OK in a few weeks.Your holiday sounds fantastic. Im sure youll enjoy it. Someone at work went to Jamaica last year and had a wonderful time. When are you going exactly? I hope youll have good weather.There isnt really much more news from here. Ill write a longer letter in a few weeks. Send me a postcard and give my regards to everyone. Yours Kim.
