听力题 M: Excuse me, madam. W: Yes? M: Would you mind letting me take a look in your bag? W: I beg your pardon? M: I’d like to look into your bag, if you don’t mind. W: Well, I’m afraid I certainly do mind, if it’s all the same to you. Now go away. M: I’m afraid I shall have to insist, madam. W: And just who are you to insist, may I ask? I advise you to go away before I call a policeman. M: I am a policeman, madam. Here’s my identity card. W: What? Oh... well... and just what right does that give you to go around looking into people’s bags? M: None whatsoever, unless I have reason to believe that there’s something in the bags belonging to someone else? W: What do you mean belonging to someone else? M: Well, perhaps, things that haven’t been paid for? W: Are you talking about stolen goods? I don’t know what things are coming to when perfectly honest citizens get stopped in the street and have their bags examined. M: Exactly, but if the citizens are honest they wouldn’t mind, would they? So may I look in your bag, madam? We don’t want to make a fuss, do we? W: Fuss? Who’s making a fuss? Stopping people in the street and, demanding to see what they’ve got in their bags. Now go away. I’ve got a train to catch. M: I’m sorry. I’m trying to do my job as politely as possible but I’m afraid you’re making it rather difficult. However, I must insist on seeing what you have in your bag. W: And what, precisely, do you expect to find there? The jewels? M: Madam, if there’s nothing there which doesn’t belong to you, you can go straight off and catch your train and I’ll apologize for the inconvenience. W: Oh, very well. There you are. M: Thank you.