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Lesson Twenty
Section One:
Dialogue
Dialogue 1:
--Excuse me, but could you tell me the way to the cinema; please?
--No, I'm sorry I can't. I'm a stranger in these parts.
But why don't you ask that man with a beard? He'll be able to tell you,I'm sure.
--Which one do you mean?
--Look, the one over there, by the lamp-post.
--Ah, yes. I can see him now. Thank you very much.
--Not at all.
Dialogue 2:
--You are not eating your breakfast.
--I don't feel very well.
---Oh, dear, what's the matter?
--I got a terrible headache.
--You must go back to bed. You look quite ill.
--I don't want to cause any bother. I'd rather work it off.
---Out of the question. You must go to bed and keep warm.
Dialogue 3:
--I'm sorry to bother you. Can you tell me where War and Peace is showing?
--Yes. At the Empire Cinema.
--Would you know when it starts?
--No. I can't tell you when it begins. But I know how you can find out.
--It's here in this Entertainment's Guide.
---Can you show me which page is it on?
--Certainly. But I'm not;sure whether you want to go early or late.
Dialogue 4:
--You are up early this morning.
--Yes. I've been out and bought a paper.
--Good. Then you'll be able to tell me what the weather's like.
--It's raining.
--Oh, dear, not again.
--Don't worry, it's not nearly as wet as it was yesterday.
--Thank goodness for that.
Dialogue 5:
--Good morning. Can I see Mr, Baker, please?
--Have you an appointment?
--Yes, at ten o'clock.
--What's your name, please.
--Jones, Andrew Jones.
--Ah, yes. Mr. Baker is expecting you. Will you come this way,please?
Mr. Baker's office is along the corridor.
Dialogue 6:
--What does your friend do. for a living?
She is one of those persons who look after people in a hospital.
---Oh, I see. She is a nurse, you mean.
Yes. That's the word I was looking for. My vocabulary is rather poor, I'm afraid".
Never mind. You explained that very well.
Dialogue 7:
--What shall we do this weekend?
Let's go for a swim.
--Where shall we go for it?
--Lefts go to Long Beach. We haven't been a long time.
--That's a splendid idea. I'II call for you in a car at eleven o' that alright for you?
--Yes. That'll be perfect. See you tomorrow, then. Goodbye.
Dialogue 8:
You have some black, walking shoes in the window. Would you show me a pair in size seven, please?
--Oh, dear, what a pity! There are none left in size seven. Here is a pair in a slightly different style.
--Can I try them on?
--Yes, of course.
--I like these very much. What do they cost?
--They cost 4.25 pounds.
--Good. I'll have them, then.
Dialogue 9:
--Excuse me, but I must say goodbye now,
--Can't you stay a little longer?
--No, I'm sorry, but I really must go. I shall miss my bus if I don't hurry.
--When does your bus go?
--At ten o'clock. Good gracious, it's already 10,15. I'll have to ask you to drive me home.
--That's alright, but I hope to see you again soon.
--That's most kind of you.
Section Two:
A. Preferences:
Woman: Which do you prefer: driving a car yourself or being a passenger?
Man: Well--that depends. I enjoy driving, especially on long empty roads where I can go nice and fast.
But I'm not very fond of sitting in traffic jams waiting for lights to change, and things like that.
I suppose I don't mind being a passenger, but only if I'm sure that the other person really can drive properly.
Woman: So you don't really like being in other people's cars, then?
Man: Well, as I say, it's all right with a good driver. Then I can relax, sit back and enjoy the scenery.
But yes, you're right--on the whole I certainly prefer driving to being a passenger.
B. Telephone Call:
--Hello Allen. This is Collin speaking.
--Fine. How about you?
--Good. And how's Bob feeling after his holiday?
--I see. I've got quitea lot to tell you.
--I've just got engaged!
--Yes! No. We haven't fixed the date yet,
--What's she like?
--Lovely girl! We met on a bus, believe it or not.
just happened to be sitting together and got into the conversation.
And we made a date for the same evening, and discovered we've got a lot in common, you know, same interests and, we laugh at the same things.
--No. You don't know her. Hmm. At least she doesn't know you or Bob.
---Oh, about three weeks now.
--Well, yes. It was quite a sudden decision, but I feel really happy.
I'd like you both to meet her. Now, how about a meal together one evening soon?
--Would you ask Bob to ring me?
--Oh, I must go now. My boss has just come into the office. Bye.
--Oh, thanks. Bye.
C. Old Arthur:
Everyone knows him as Old Arthur.
He lives in a little hut in the middle of a small wood, about a'mile from the village.
He visits the village store twice a week to buy food and paraffin,
and occasionally he collects letters and his pension from the post office.
A few weeks ago, a reporter from the local newspaper interviewed him. This is what he said:
I get up every morning with the birds.
There is a stream near my hut and I fetch water from there.
It's good, clear, flesh water, better than you get in the city.
Occasionally, in the winter, I have to break the ice.
I cook simple food 'on my old paraffin stove; mostly stews and things like that.
Sometimes I go to the pub and have a drink, but I don't see many people.
I don't feel lonely. I know this wood very well, you see.
I know all the little birds and animals that live here and they know me.
I don't have much money, but I don't need much. I think I'm a lucky man.
D. The Man Who Missed the Plane
James wrote a play for television, about an immigrant family who came to England from Pakistan,
and the problems they had settling down in England.
The play was surprisingly successful, and it was bought by an American TV company.
James was invited to go to New York to help with theproduction.
He lived in Dulwich, which is an hour's journey away from Heathrow.
The flight was due to leave at 8.30 a.m., so he had to be at the airport about 7.30 in the morning.
He ordered a mini--cab for 6.30, set his alarm for 5,45, and went to sleep.
Unfortunately he forgot to wind the clock, and it stopped shortly after midnight.
Also the driver of the mini-cab had to work very late that night and overslept.
James woke with that awful feeling that something was wrong.
He looked at his alarm clock. It stood there silently, ,with the hands pointing to ten past twelve.
He turned on the radio and discovered that it was, in fact, ten to nine.
He swore quietly and switched on the electric kettle.
He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot when therfine o'clock pips sounded on the radio.
The announcer began to read the news: " ... roports are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport.
A Boeing 707 bound:for New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning.
Flight number 2234 .... "James turned pale.
"My flight," he said out loud. "If I hadn't overslept, I'd have been on that plane.
E. Dangerous Illusions:
Interviewer: Do you mind if I ask you why you've never got marfled?
Dennis: Uh ... welt, that isn't easy to answer.
Interviewer: Is it that you've never met the right woman? Is that it?
Dennis: I don't know.
Several times I have met a woman who seemed 'right', as you say.
But for some reason it's never worked out.
interviewer: No? Why not?
Dennis: Hmm. I'm not really sure.
Interviewer: Well, could you perhaps describe what happened with one of these women?
Dennis: Uh... yes, there was Cynthia, for example.
Interviewer: And what kind of woman was she?
Dennis: Intelligent. Beautiful. She came from the right social background, as well. I felt I really loved her. But then something happened.
Interviewer: What?
Dennis: I found out that she was still seeing an old boyfriend of hers.
Interviewer: Was that so bad? I mean, why did you.., why did you feel that...
Dennis: She had told me that her relationship was all over, which.. uh ... which was a lie.
Inte/viewer: Are you saying that it was because she had lied to you that you decided to break off the relationship?
Dennis: Yes, yes, exactly ... Obviously, when I found out that she had lied to me, I simply couldn't ... uh ... well, I simply couldn't trust her any more.
And of course that meant that we couldn't possibly get married,
Interviewer: Uh, huh. I see. At least, I think I do.
But ... you said there were several women who seemed 'right.'
Dennis: Yes.
Interviewer: Well .... what happened the other times?
Dennis: Well, once I met someone who I think I loved very deeply
but.., unfortunately she didn't share my religious views.
Interviewer: Your religious views?
Dennis: Yes, I expect the woman I finally marry to agree with me on such ... such basic things as that.
Interviewer: I see.
Dennis: Does that sound old-fashioned?
Interviewer: Uh ... no. Not necessarily. What was her name, by the way?
Dennis: Sarah.
Interviewer: Do you think you'll ever meet someone who meets ...
uh... how shall I say it ... who meets all your.., requirements?
Dennis: I don't know. How can I?
But I do feel it's important not to ... not to just drift into ... a relationship, simply because I might be lonely.
Interviewer: Are you lonely?
Dennis: Sometimes. Aren't we all? But I know that I can live alone, if necessary.
And I think I would far prefer to do that ...
to live alone ... rather than to marry somebody who isn't really ... uh ... well,
really what I'm looking for.., what I really want.
Section three
Dictation.
Every color has a meaning, And as you choose a color, you might like to remember that it's saying something.
We've said that red is lovable. Green, on the other hand, stands for hope; it is tranquil.
恆星英語初級聽力篇2Lesson Thirty-One
Section One:
Dialogue
Dialogue 1:
Passenger: West London Air Terminal, please. I have to be there by 11.10.
Taxi Driver: I can't promoise, but I'll do my best.
Taxi Driver: You're just in time. Seventy pence, please.
Passenger: Thanks a lot. Here's eighty pence. You can keep the change.
Dialogue 2:
Passenger: Do you think you can get me to Victoria by half past?
Taxi Driver: We should be OK if the lights are with us.
Taxi Driver: You've still got five minutes to spare. Seventy pence,please.
Passenger: Thanks very much indeed. Here's' a pound, give me twenty pence, please.
Dialogue 3:
Passenger: Piccadilly, please. I have an appointment at 10.30.
Taxi Driver: I think we can make it ifwe get a move on.
Taxi Driver: Here we are, sir. Eighty pence, please.
Passenger: Many thanks. Let's call it a pound.
Dialogue 4:
Passenger: Paddington, please. I want to catch the 11.15.
Taxi Driver: We'll be all right if there are no hold-ups.
Taxi Driver: This is it, sir. Seventy pence, please.
Passenger:Thank 's the fare,and this is for you.
Section Two:
A. Probability:
--No luck then, John?
--Afraid not, sir. Not yet, anyhow. We're still checking on stolen cars.
--Mm.
--Where do you think he'll head for, sir?
--Well, he definitely won't try to leave the country yet.
He may try to get a passport, and he'll certainly need clothes and money.
He'll probably get in touch with Cornfield for those, so I expect he'll make for Birmingham.
--Right. I'll put some men on the house.
--Yes, do that. Mind you, I doubt if he'll show up there in person.
Hammond's no fool, you know. I should think he'll probably telephone.
--What about his wife?
--Mm. I shouldn't think he'll go anywhere near her---though he might get her to join him after he's left the country.
And when he does leave, he probably won't use a major airport, either.
So you'd better alert the coastguard, and keep an eye on the privat airfields.
--Right, sir. I'd better get his description circulated.
--Yes. He may change his appearance, of course, but I don't expect he'll be able to do much about the tattoos...
And John--becareful. He could be armed. And if I know Hammond, he cer tainly won't give himself up without a figh.
B. Job Hunting:
A lot of young people today find it difficult to get a job, especially in the first few months after they leave school.
This is much more of a problem now than it has ever been in the past.
In some parts of the country sixty or even seventy per cent of youngpeople in the last years of school will be without a job for a whole year after leaving school.
Our Jobs Information Service has been in touch with thousands of young people over the last two or three years,
talking to them about their hopes and their fears,
and we have in fact been able to give a lot of help and advice to young people who have just left school.
Are you recently out of school and still without a job?
Or are you still at school and worried about getting a job when you leave?
We have found that many people don't know who to talk to and sometimes don't know what questions to ask.
That is why our experience at Jobs Information Service is so important.
It will cost you nothing--just a phone call. If you would like to talk to us
and we are here to talk to you--then please phone 24987 any day between 9.00 and 5.30.
C. The Movies:
Man: I want to do something tonight for a change; let's go out.
Brian: All right, let's go to the movies.
Woman: In this heat? Are you joking?
Brian: We can go to an outdoor movie.
Do you think I'd suggest an indoor one in the middle of the summer in San Diego?
Man: Vd rather go out for a meal.
Woman: Yes, that sounds a better idea. The outdoor movies are so uncomfortable.
Brian: Why don't we do both at the same time? We could pick up some take-away food and eat it in the movie.
Man: That sounds like fun. What a good idea.
Woman: But they neve show any good films in the summer. At least not any of the new ones.
All you get is the old classics.
Brian: And what's wrong with them?
Woman: Oh nothing, it's just that we've seen them all half a dozen times.
Brian: But that's why they're classics. They're worth seeing again and again.
Man: You've got a point there, Brian.
My main objection to outdoor movies is that you can never hear properly. You hear all the traffic from outside.
Brian: Well, we can find a foreign film with subtitles, then you don't need to hear the sound.
Woman: Supposing it's a musical.
Brian: Oh trust you to say that!
I think it would be fun to sit watching an old film and eating a meal at the same time.
Woman: Last time I went to an outdoor movie, I bought a bar of chocolate to eat as I went in.
It was a horror film and I was so shocked I just sat there holding my bar of chocolate until the interval
when I found it had melted in my hand and run all down my dress. That was an expensive evening out.
Man: Well, we won't go and see a horror film, darling, and take-away meals don't melt
D. Radio Program:
Presenter: Good evening and welcome to "Interesting Persona-lities."
Tonight we've got a real treat in store for you. We have here in the studio Mrs. Annie Jarman of Bristol.
Mrs. Jarman: Hello. That's me.
Presenter: Say hello to the listeners, Mrs. Jarman.
Mrs. Jarman: I just did, Hello again.
Presenter: Now Mrs. Jarman is eighty-four years old.
Mrs. Jarman: Nearly eighty-four.
Presenter: Sorry, nearly eighty-four years old and she holds...
an: Not quite.
Presenter: Yes, I explained. Now Mrs. Jarman holds the English record...
Mrs. Jarman: Eighty-three years, ten months and fifteen days.
Presenter: Good, well, now that we've got that out of the way.
Mrs. Jarman holds the English record for having failed her driving test the most times.
Mrs. Jarman: I'm still trying.
Presenter: Quite. Now precisely how many times have you failed your driving test Mrs. Jarman?
Mrs. Jarman: Well, the last attempt last Wednesday brought it up to fifty-seven times.
Presenter: Over how long a period?
Mrs. Jarman: Twenty-eight years.
Presenter:What do you think is the cause of this record, number of failures?
Mrs. Jarman: Bad driving.
Presenter: Yes, quite. Well, it would be. But in what way do you drive badly?
Mrs. Jarman: Every way.
Presenter: Every way?
Mrs. Jarman: Yes. I hit things. That's the really big problem, but I'm working on that.
Also I can't drive round corners. Each time I come to a corner I just drive straight on.
Presenter: Ah, yes, that would be a problem.
Mrs. Jarman: It causes havoc at roundabouts.
Presenter: I can imagine. And how many examiners have you had in all this time?
Mrs. Jarman: Fifty-seven. None of them would examine me twice.
Several left the job, said it was too dangerous.
One of them got out of the car at the end of the test, walked away and was never seen again.
Presenter: Oh dear. But why do you drive so badly?
Mrs. Jarman: I blame the examiners. It's all their fault. They don't do their job properly.
Presenter: Really? In what way?
Mrs. Jarman: They distract my attention. They keep talking to me.
Turn left, turn right, park here.
By the time I've turned round to ask them what they said we're half way through a field or slowly sinking into a pond surrounded by ducks.
They should keep quiet and let me concentrate.
Presenter: But they have to tell you where to go, Mrs. Jarman.
Mrs. Jarman: Then they should give me time to stop each time before speaking to me.
Why do you think they have those notices on the buses, 'Do not speak to the driver', eh?
I'm surprised there aren't more accidents.
Presenter: How long do your tests usually'last, Mrs. Jarman?
Mrs. Jarman: Two or three minutes. Not longer. They've usually jumped out by then. Except the last one.
Presenter: And how long did that last?
Mrs. Jarman: Four hours and twenty-five minutes, exactly, from beginning to end.
Presenter: Four hours and twenty-five minutes?
Mrs. Jarman: Yes. You see, I'd got on the motorway and as I told you I can't turn right or left
so we didn't stop until I hit a post box just outside London.
Presenter: And was the examiner still with you?
Mrs. Jarman: Oh, yes, he'd fainted much earlier on.
Presenter: Well, there we are. That's the end of "Interesting Personalities" for this week.
Thank you Mrs. Jarman for coming along and telling us about your experiences with cars.
Mrs. Jarman: Can I just say a word?
Presenter: Er ... yes. Go ahead.
Mrs. Jarman: I'd just like to say if there are any driving instructors in the Bristol area listening in,
well, I'd like to say thank you very much and my offer to pay double still hods good if any of them will come k you.
Presenter:Thank you,an,and good night.
an:I won't give up.
Section Three:
A. A Little Crime:
A psychiatrist who has studied the legend of Bonnie and Clyde compares the characters of the two.
Interviewer: So in your book why do you focus more on Bonnie than you have on Clyde?
Shivel: Bonnie had something which Clyde completely lacked.
Style. And she was also far more intelligent than he was.
Without her, there never would have a legend.
He was just a rather stupid hoodlum who got into difficult situations almost by accident and then started shooting wildly.
She was a much warmer,more generous person.
Interviewer: But she could be very ruthless, couldn't she?I mean what about that policeman she shot in Grapevine,Texas?
Didn't she laugh about it?
Shivel: Well, first of all, we don't know if that's what actually happened.
A farmer says he saw her shoot the second policeman and then laugh. That's the only evidence we have that.
She actually did that. But even if the story is true,
the whole incident illustrates this warmer, almost motherly, side to her character.
Interviewer: Motherly? How does the incident of shooting a policeman illustrate that she was motherly?
Shivel: Well ... uh ,.. just let me finish.
You see, the day before the shooting, Bonnie and Clyde were driving about with a pet rabbit in; the car.
Bonnie's petrabbit. Clyde started complaining because the rabbit stank.
So they stopped and washed the rabbit in a stream. The rabbit almost died because of the shock of the very cold water.
Bonnie got very worried, and wrapped the rabbit in a blanket and held e to her as they drove on.
Then,the next morning, when the rabbit still wasn't any better, she made Clyde stop and build a fire.
She was sitting in front of that to get the rabbit warm when the two policemen fire, trying drove up and got out.
Probably the policemen had no idea who was there.
They just wanted to see who was burning a fire and A moment later, as we know, they were both dead.
All e of that pet rabbit which Bonnie wanted to mother.
And uh ... perhaps ... in a strange way, Clyde was something like a pet rabbit, too.
She was attracted to him because he was weaker than she was and needed someone to mother him,
It's strange,you know, but strong, intelligent women are often attracted to such men ,..
weaker than they are ... men who are like children, or pet rabbits.
B. Psychiatrist:
Psychiatrist: Goodbye Mr. er ... um ... er ... Just keep taking those tablets and you'll be all right in no time.
Next please. Good morning, Mrs. er ... your first visit, is it?
Mrs. Parkinson: Yes, doctor.
Psychiatrist: I see. Well, let me just fill in this form. Name?
Mrs. Parkinson: Parkinson. Enid Parkinson. (Crunch) Mrs.
Psychiatrist: So you're married, Mrs. Parkinson.
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Yes.
Psychiatrist: I see. Now, your date of birth, please.
Mrs. Parkinson: Wednesday the twelfth of June..
Psychiatrist: No, not your birthday, Mrs. Parkinson. Your date of birth.
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Twelfth of June 1946.
But not a word to my husband, mind, he thinks it was 1956.
Psychiatrist: 1946. Right. Now, what seems to be the trouble?
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Well, it's nothing very much, 's just that (crunch) I can't stop (crunch)eating these crisps (crunch).
Psychiatrist: Yes, I had noticed that you seemed to be getting through rather a lot of them.
you mind picking up those two empty bags off the floor, please?
Thank you. Now, when did this problem start?
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) About six. months ago. My husband and I won a huge box of crisps in a talent competition.
And we've not been able (crunch) to stop eating them over since. It's costing us a fortune. (Crunch)
Psychiatrist: I see. Now, what do you think about when you've eating these crisps?
Mrs. Parkinson: More (crunch) crisps.
Psychiatrist: I see. And what do the crisps remind you off?.
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Potatoes. (Crunch) Potato crisps.(Crunch) All nice, crisp and golden brown with plenty of salt on them.
Psychiatrist: I see. But don't they remind you of anything else?
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Cheese. Cheese crisps. Cheddar efort crisps. Edam crisps.
Oh, I'd definitely say they remind me of cheese.
Psychiatrist: Yes, they certainly seem to do that.
Does anything else come to mind when you're eating these vast amounts of crisps?
Mrs. Parkinson: Not much, apart from crisps, doctor.
(Crunch) If I'm really on form I can work up an appetite for, oh, paprika crisps, or shrimp crisps or even ham and bacon crisps.
Psychiatrist: And have you made any effort to stop eating these crisps?
Mrs. Parkinson: Oh, no. I wouldn't want to (crunch) eat anything else. I like my crisps.
Psychiatrist: But if you don't want to stop eating them, why come to a psychiatrist?
Mrs. Parkinson: (Crunch) Well, it's the noise, doctor. (Crunch)My husband complains he cantt hear the telly.
And the neighbors bang on the walls late at night. (Crunch) Say they can't sleep.
I've offered them a whole box so that ... so that they can do the same, but (crunch) they say they'd rather sleep.
Psychiatrist: I should have thought earplugs would have been a more sensible thing to offer them.
Mrs. Parkinson: Earplugs! That's it! The problem's solved.(Crunch) Thank you. Thank you very much, doctor.
Psychiatrist: Er ... Mrs ... um ...
Mrs. Parkinson: Parkinson.
Psychiatrist: Parkinson, yes. Er... could I have a crisp?
Mrs. Parkinson: Certainly, (crunch) doctor. Here, have a couple of bags.
Psychiatrist: Oh, thank you, Mrs. Parkinson.
恆星英語初級聽力篇3Lesson Thirty-Three
Section One:News
News Item 1:
Actress Virginia Darlington, who plays Judy in the TV soap opera Texas,
got married yesterday surrounded by armed bodyguards at the most luxurious hotel in Texas, the Mansion.
The 39-year-old star exchanged vows with plastic surgeon Henry Jones under a bough of ivy and gardenias,
wearing a wedding-dress designed by Britain's Saunders.
Because this is the second time she has married a flautist marked the celebrations by playing
Love is Wonderful the Second Time Around.
News Item 2:
The Football Association Secretary Mr. John Garner says he's delighted with the decision to lift the worldwide ban on English soccer clubs.
As a result of serious incidents of hooliganism in European and international matches,
football's international ruling body FIFA decided last June that English teams should not be allowed to play outside Britain.
FIFA announced its new decision to lift the worldwide ban this morning,
but the ban on European matches still stands.
Now, the Football Association Secretary says it's up to the English fans to improve themselves
and if they do behave the ban could be lifted in as short a time as twelve months.
News Item 3:
A group of twelve women are working hard to become the first all-female crew to sail around the world.
At the moment the crew are busy trying to raise the three hundred and fifty thousand pounds needed to buy and equip a sixty-two foot yacht to make he record attempt.
As part of their fund-raising the crew have been repainting the famous boat Gipsy Moth 4,
on show at Greenwich, which has raised one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds from the British Yachting Association.
The crew are also busy training to get ship-shape for their round-the-world sailing race which starts in September.
The crew skipper says she doesn't think the fact the crew are all women will lessen their chances of winning.
Section Two:
A, Eskimos:
Well, it's got two big wheels one behind the other,
and there's a kind of metal frame between the wheels that holds them together.
And there's a little seat above the back wheel that you can sit on,
and above the front wheel there's a sort of metal bar that sticks out on both sides.
And you sit on the seat you see, and you put your hands on this metal bar thing--and the whole thing moves forwards---it's amazing.
What makes it move forward, then?
Ah well, in the middle you see, between the two wheels,
there are these other bits of metal and you can put your feet on these and turn them round and that makes the wheels go round.
Hang on--if it's only got two wheels why doesn't the whole thing fall over?
Well, you see, urn, well I'm not sure actually...
B. Shoplifting:
Speaker A: Well, to be honest, I'm not sure what I would have done.
I mean, it would have depended on various rviewer: On what, for instance?
Speaker A: Well, on ... hmm ... on how valuable the things the boys stole were.
The text doesn't ... it doesn't say whether they had just stolen a tin of peas or something like that.
So, I can't really say ... except well .... I think I would have told the shop-keeper if they had stolen something really valuable.
Otherwise, I suppose I would have just ... I don't know ... minded my own business, I suppose.
Speaker B: Well, I think it's quite clear what I should have done.
The boys had broken the law.
You can't allow that sort of thing to go on, can you?
After all, it affects all of us. If you let boys or anybody else get away with theft, they'll just go on stealing!
So, I think the woman should have told--what's his name? --the rviewer: Mr. ker B: Patel.
She should have told him and if necessary she should have held the boys while he got the police, or she should have gone for the police herself.
Interviewer: So you're saying that that's what you would have done?
Speaker B: Exactly. If I had been in that situation, that's exactly what I would have done.
At least ... at least, that's what I ought to have done. That's what I hope I would have done!
C. Frogs:
Fred: A funny thing happened to me the other : Oh, yes? What happened, Fred?Fred: Well, you knowI usually go out for a walk every night just after dark.
Well, I was out the other night taking my usual walk and I heard a funny noise coming out of the building site down the road,
you know, the one where they dug a big hole lately.
Going to make it into an underground garage, I : Yes, I know it; go on.
Fred: Well, as I said. I heard this funny noise and I thought perhaps there was a kid down there, you know how kids go playing on building sites.
But as I got nearer I could tell it wasn't a kid,it sounded more like an animal.
I thought it must be some dog or cat that had got itself trapped or something.
Man: So, what did you do?Fred: Well, I went down there to investigate.
I climbed down, ruined my trousers because of all the mud. You see it had been raining heavily for three or four : Yeah.
Fred: Well, when I got down there I found the hole was full of water and the water was full of : Frogs?
Fred: Yes. You know, those green things that jump up and down and go croak croak.
So I thought "What are they going to do when the bulldozers come to work tomorrow?"
So I climbed back out, went home and got some plastic bags; big ones, like you use for the : What for?
Fred: I'll tell you.
I went back and started collecting the frogs and putting them into the plastic bags.
I thought I take them to the pond in the park. They'd be happy there.
Man: I suppose they would.
Fred: Next thing I know there are sirens screaming and bright lights everywhere.
Man: What was going on then?
Fred: It was the police. Two cars full of police with flashlights and dogs.
Somebody had reported seeing me going into the building site and thought I was a : Well, what happened?
Fred: They put me in one of the cars and took me down to the Station.
Man: Why didntt you tell them what you were doing?
Fred: I tried to in the car, but they just told reel would have to talk to the inspector on duty.
Luckily I still had one of the bags on me full of frogs.
A couple of them got out while the inspector was questioning me and you can imagine what it was like trying to catch them.
Man: So what happened in the end?
Fred: Oh, the inspector turned out to be a bit of an animal lover himself and he sent the two cars back to the building site and told his men to help me collect all the frogs.
We did that and then they drove me home and I invited them all in for a cup of tea and we all had a good laugh.
Man: Well, I never. If you wrote that in a book they'd say you made it up.
D. Newspaper Editors:
A newspaper has a complex hierarchy. The easiest way to show this is in the form of a chart.
At the top of the chart there are four major positions.
These are the Executive Editor, who talks to the unions and deals with legal and financial questions.
Then there is the actual Editor of the paper and his deputy.
The Editor makes decisions about what goes into the paper.
The deputy has close contact with the House of Commons and the political contact.
Finally there is the Managing Editor, who sees that everything runs smoothly.
Below this there are three Assistant Editors and the heads of the five departments.
Each of the three Assistant Editors has a different responsibility.
For example, one is responsible for design.
The five departments are City News, which deals with financial matters, then the Home, Foreign, Sports and Features.
Features are the special sections including fdms, books and the Woman's page.
So on the second level there are three Assistant Editors and the five Department Heads.
Also on this level is the Night Editor.
He looks after the paper, especiallythe front page, in the afternoon and evening,
preparing material for publication the next morning.
Below the second level there are,the reporters and specialists, who write the reports and articles,
and the sub oditors, who check and prepare the copy for the printer.
There is also full secretarial back-up.
Seection Three:
A. A Tour of the Airport:
This lift is taking us to departures on the first floor.
We are now in departures.
Arrivals and departures are carefully separated, as you have seen.
Just to the left here we find a 24-hour banking service,
and one of three Skyshops on this floor--there are two in the departure lounge.
And here, as you can see, you can buy newspapers, magazines, confectionery, souvenirs and books.
If you will turn around now and look in front of you, you can see the seventy-two check-in desks,
sixty-four of which are for British Airways.
The airline desks, for enquiries, are next to the entrances on the far left and far right,
and straight ahead is the entrance to the departure lounge and passport control.
Shall we go airside?
We have now cleared passport control and security, and you can see that security is very tight indeed.
You are about to enter a departure lounge which is a quarter of a mile in length.
But don't worry. There are moving walkways the length of the building, so you don't have to put on your hiking boots.
Straight ahead of you is a painting by Brendan Neiland.
As you can see it is a painting of Terminal 4 and it measures twenty feet by eight feet.
On the other side of it are the airline information desks.
Lefts walk around to those. Now, if you face the windows you can see the duty-free shops.
There is one on your left and one on your right.
They have been decorated to a very high standard,
to make you feel like you are shopping in London's most exclusive shops.
The duty-free shops sell the usual things but they also have outlets for fine wines and quality cigars.
If we turn to the right and walk along in front of the duty-free shops,
we will come to a buffet and bar opposite.
You see, this one is called the Fourth Man I'm--all the bars, restaurants and cafeterias have names including the number four,
and many of them have jokey signboards like this one, to brighten up a traveller's day.
If we turn leftoutof here and goback along the concourse,
we come to the plan-ahead insurance desk, on the far side of the first duty-free shop, with public telephones alongside.
Notice that here we can see what is going on outside, through the windows.
Opposite the insurance desk, next to the other duty-free shop, is the international telephone bureau.
Let's just go across there.
Across from this duty-free shop is an area just like the one we have just seen,
with a buffet, bar and skyshops, and now let's go along the moving walkway to the gates, shall we?
B. Lost Handbag:
Mary Jones: Excuse me. Excuse : Yes, madam?Mary Jones: Can you help me.
Please, look, I'm desperate. Are you responsible for lost property?
Man: Yes, I Jones: Well, I've got something to : What is it you've lost?Mary Jones: I've lost my : Your handbag?
Mary Jones: Well, it's terrible. I don't know what to do.
Man: Where did you lose your handbag, madam?Mary Jones: On the train, on the train. Look, we've got to stop the : Which train?
Mary Jones: I've just come off the tube, this last train, in from Paddington.
Man: Yes, the last train tonight. There isn't another Jones: On the circle line, on the circle : Yes, yes.
Mary Jones: Oh, it's terrible. We haven't got much time, I mean I have got so many valuable things in that : Will you.., will you please explain ...
Mary Jones: I was asleep on the train. I must have dropped off. I woke up, almost missed my station, so I rushed off the train and then I realised my handbag was still on : Yes?
Mary Jones: By that time the doors were shut and it was too late.
Man: So your handbag is still on the Jones: It's on the train travelling : All right. All right, just a moment.
Now, can I have your name and address?Mary Jones: Well, look the thing I've got to tell you is that there's money in that : Yes, we realise this, madam.
We need your name and address Jones: OK. My name's Mary : Mary Jones. Address?Mary Jones: 16 : 16 Jones: Craven : Craven Road. That's C-R-A-V-E-N?Mary Jones: Yes.
Man: Now, can you tell me exactly what was in the handbag?Mary Jones: Well, there was : How much?
Mary Jones: Nearly thirty pounds. I had my driving licence : So, thirty pounds, driving licence, yes ...
Mary Jones: I had my keys, and I had the office keys, they'Il kill me when I go to work tomorrow,
and I'd just been to the travel agent, I had my ticket to Athens : Just ... just one moment. House and office keys, ticket to Jones: Yes, hurry please. You've got to phone the next station : Yes, all right, just a moment. Anything else?
Mary Jones: I had myseason : Your season ticket for travelling on the tube.
