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24. 8 A 9 A 10 A 11 C 12 C 13 B
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Woman:
Hello, I’m Sarah Brown, and I’m here to tell you about my job as a weather
forecaster.
I’ve
been a weather forecaster for a television company for seven years, and two
years ago I became the head of the weather department. Now, I divide my time
equally between presenting weather forecasting on television and managing the
weather department which has a staff of eleven. At thirty years old I’m the
youngest ever head of weather and the first woman to do the job.
Since
our news and weather service goes out all round the world, we all take turns
to work at night. I prefer that to doing the show when I have to get up at
four in the morning. I normal work an eight-hour day and in that time I do
ten or twelve forecasts.
Before
doing a weather forecast, I study data on the computer. This is the
information I use in my forecasts. There isn’t much time to learn what I have
to say, but fortunately I’ve never forgotten my words so I don’t get nervous.
My
husband and I try to have the same free days, but neither of us has a regular
pattern of work. He’s a pilot on long-distance flights, so although he works hard
he has a lot more time at home than I do. We moved to our present house about
a year ago, and he’s enjoying painting it.
I took up flying as a hobby five years ago. I hope to get my pilot’s licence this year, but because of the job, I haven’t been to the flying school for ages. For exercise I swim and ski and I like running. I’m really proud of myself for running in the London Marathon – it’s a forty-kilometre race and I never thought I could manage it! My husband plays tennis, and we sometimes play together, but he’s better than me so I never win.
Because I’m on world news, people sometimes recognise me in really distant places. Once, in an Indian village, and old man took me to have my photo taken with all his family. I get some lovely letters – one person wrote to say that my smile made her feel happy all day. People occasionally even write and ask me to marry them! |
Người
phụ nữ: Xin chào, tôi là Sarah Brown và tôi ở đây để kể cho bạn nghe về công
việc của tôi với tư cách là người dự báo thời tiết.
Tôi
đã làm người dự báo thời tiết cho một công ty truyền hình được bảy năm và hai
năm trước tôi trở thành trưởng phòng thời tiết. Bây giờ, tôi chia đều thời
gian của mình cho việc trình bày dự báo thời tiết trên truyền hình và quản lý
bộ phận thời tiết với đội ngũ nhân viên gồm 11 người. Ở tuổi ba mươi, tôi là
người phụ trách thời tiết trẻ nhất và là người phụ nữ đầu tiên đảm nhận công
việc này.
Vì
dịch vụ tin tức và thời tiết của chúng tôi được phát đi khắp thế giới nên tất
cả chúng tôi đều thay phiên nhau làm việc vào ban đêm. Tôi thích điều đó hơn
là thực hiện buổi biểu diễn khi tôi phải thức dậy lúc 4 giờ sáng. Bình thường
tôi làm việc tám tiếng một ngày và trong thời gian đó tôi thực hiện mười hoặc
mười hai dự báo.
Trước
khi làm dự báo thời tiết, tôi nghiên cứu dữ liệu trên máy tính. Đây là thông
tin tôi sử dụng trong dự báo của mình. Không có nhiều thời gian để học những
gì tôi phải nói, nhưng may mắn là tôi chưa bao giờ quên lời nên không lo lắng.
Tôi
và chồng cố gắng có những ngày rảnh rỗi như nhau, nhưng cả hai chúng tôi đều
không có lịch làm việc đều đặn. Anh ấy là phi công trên những chuyến bay đường
dài nên mặc dù làm việc chăm chỉ nhưng anh ấy có nhiều thời gian ở nhà hơn
tôi. Chúng tôi chuyển đến ngôi nhà hiện tại khoảng một năm trước và anh ấy rất
thích sơn nó.
Tôi
bắt đầu đam mê bay như một sở thích cách đây 5 năm. Tôi hy vọng sẽ lấy được bằng
phi công trong năm nay, nhưng vì công việc nên đã lâu rồi tôi không đến trường
dạy bay. Để tập thể dục, tôi bơi, trượt tuyết và tôi thích chạy. Tôi thực sự
tự hào về bản thân khi tham gia London Marathon - đó là một cuộc đua dài 40
km và tôi chưa bao giờ nghĩ mình có thể vượt qua được! Chồng tôi chơi quần vợt
và thỉnh thoảng chúng tôi chơi cùng nhau, nhưng anh ấy giỏi hơn tôi nên tôi
không bao giờ thắng.
Bởi
vì tôi đang theo dõi tin tức thế giới nên đôi khi mọi người nhận ra tôi ở những
nơi rất xa. Một lần nọ, tại một ngôi làng ở Ấn Độ, ông già đưa tôi đi chụp ảnh
cùng cả gia đình ông. Tôi nhận được những lá thư đáng yêu – có người viết nói
rằng nụ cười của tôi khiến cô ấy vui cả ngày. Thỉnh thoảng có người còn viết
thư hỏi cưới tôi! |
TEST
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16 September 17 Jarvis 18 78
/ seventy-eight (pounds) 19 223 23 bookshop
/ book shop Audioscript Woman: Westwood
English School. Man: Hello, I want
to ask about evening classes, please. Woman: Yes, they’re on
Thursdays. But this term will finish at the end of August. We’ll start again
on the twenty-second of September, but you can book your place now. Man: It’s for a
Chinese friend. He wants an easy class. Woman: Well, there’s a
two-hour class for beginners. Man: Mmm. My friend
would like something shorter. Woman: Well, we have a
fifty-minute speaking class. That would be good for him. The teacher is Miss
Jarvis. That’s J A R V I S. The students all like her. Man: How much does
that class cost? Woman: It’s seven
pounds fifty per class or if you pay for all twelve classes now, it’s only
seventy-eight pounds – it’s cheaper that way. Man: Right. Woman: Can your friend
come to the school soon and book his place? The address is two hundred and
twenty-three, Fitzroy Square. Man: Is that in the
centre of town? Woman: Well, it’s
about twenty minutes’ walk from the station. We’re just by the bookshop. Man: Right. Thank
you. Woman: Goodbye.
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21 9.30 / 21.30 / nine thirty / half past
nine 22 (the) entrance 23 (the)
lions 24 games 25 4.65
/ four (pounds) (and) sixty-five (p/pence) Audioscript Woman: Thank you for calling
Finchester Zoo. The zoo is open on six days and closed on Mondays. The
opening hours are from ten a.m. until it gets dark. This is half past nine in
the summer and four o’clock in the winter. There is a guided tour of the zoo every
hour. Visitors for the tour should wait at
the entrance which is where the tour begins. Our guide will meet you
there. The tour finishes at the café. You should not feed the animals but you can watch when we give them something to eat. Every day at two o’clock the lions are given their food and the elephants get theirs at three o’clock. There is a shop in the zoo where you can buy
books and games. All the family will like playing these. There is also a café
which sells snacks. Tickets for adults cost six pounds
eighty-five and children’s tickets are four pounds sixty-five. A family
ticket, for two adults and three children, is eighteen pounds seventy-five. For more information …
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TEST
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16 7 / 7th / seventh
(September) 17 Saturday 18 JAGGARD 19 (11)
Park (Road) 20 photos / photograph(s) Audioscript Tony: Hello, is that
Sally? Sally: Yes? Tony: This is Tony
Bassett. We were at Romford School together. Sally: Oh hello, Tony!
I remember you well. Tony: There’s going
to be a party for the pupils in our year at Romford School. Sally: Oh – when will
it be? Tony: Well, we
started at that school on the fourth of September, but the party has to be on
the seventh – almost exactly ten years later. Sally: That’s a
Saturday, isn’t it? I know our first day at school was a Tuesday. Tony: That’s right.
Do you remember my sister, Margaret? It’s at her house. Sally: Oh yes … she
got married, didn’t she? Tony: Yes. She’s
Margaret Jaggard now. Sally: Is that J A
double G A R D? Tony: That’s right.
She lives in Park Road at number eleven, near the park entrance. Sally: That’ll be easy
to find. Can I bring something to eat or drink? Tony: There will be
enough food, but everybody’s going to bring some photos – we’ll enjoy looking
at them. Sally: I’ll put the date
in my diary.
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21 March 22 (The)
Visitor(s)(‘s)(s’) (Centre) 23 2.15 / 14.15 (p.m.) (in
the afternoon) / two fifteen / (a) quarter past two 24 (many different) toy(s)
(and books) 25 (£)4.25 / four pounds
(and) twenty(-)five (p/pence) Audioscript Sea World is not open at the
moment, but here is some information. We are open six days a week, from
Tuesday to Sunday, from nine a.m. until five thirty p.m. Visitors are welcome
from April to February, but we have to close in March for painting and
repairs. Every morning at eleven,
there is a short film about the sea. Go to the Visitor Centre to watch this.
The film is followed by a short talk about the different animals living in
the sea. The dolphin show begins at
two fifteen every afternoon, but to make sure we can start on time, we ask
everyone to be in their seats by two o’clock. The shop at Sea World is open
all day. Children will like the many different toys and books on sale there.
There is also a café, where you can get drinks and snacks. Adult tickets cost seven
pounds and tickets for children are four pounds twenty-five. There are
special prices for school groups. Thank you for calling Sea
World.
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TEST
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16 Wednesday(s) /
Wed(s). 17 (£)8.50 (each) 18 FERRET 19 7.45 / 19.45 / (a)
quarter to eight (p.m.) (in the evening) 20 136 / one three six /
one hundred and thirty-six Audioscript Man: Queen’s
Theatre. Can I help you? Woman: Yes, do you
have two tickets for this week’s show? Saturday’s best for me. Man: Well, all of
the tickets have gone then, but we still have a few for Wednesday evening or
Thursday afternoon. Woman: It’ll have to
be the evening. Have you got two near the front? Man: Let me see.
I’ve got two seats, but they’re near the back, I’m afraid. Woman: How much are
they? Man: They’re eight
pounds fifty each. Woman: OK. I’ll take
them. Man: Then that’ll be
seventeen pounds altogether. Collect your tickets from the ticket office in
Ferret Road. That’s F E double R E T. The ticket office is open all day. Woman: OK. When does
the show begin? Man: At seven
forty-five in the evening. It lasts two and a half hours. Woman: That sounds
fine. Can we get to the theatre by bus? Man: Yes, there’s a
bus stop just outside – take the one-three-six from the town centre. They go every
eight to ten minutes. Woman: Thank you for
your help.
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21 3 / three
(nights) 22 FALKIRK (Hotel) 23 golf 24 Thursday 25 0208
66873 Audioscript Here’s some good news for all
our listeners. Would you like to win a free holiday in Scotland? Yes? Well,
the lucky winner of The Travel Programme’s holiday
competition will win a three-night stay, for two people, in the wonderful
Scottish countryside. We have chosen a fine hotel
for you. It’s called the Falkirk – that’s F A L K I R K, and it’s an old castle
in the mountains. You won’t have to pay for
anything during your stay. The hotel has excellent food, and the competition
winners can even use the beautiful hotel golf course when they are there. All you have to do to win
this great holiday is call The Travel Programme and answer
the simple question we will ask you. Don’t delay, because the competition
closes at midnight on Thursday, and we’ll tell you the name of the winner
next Saturday. The number to call is oh-two-oh,
eight-double-six-eight-seven-three. Good luck, everyone. Now,
here’s the question for you …
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