听力题M: Uh, could I borrow a few dollars until payday

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听力题W: Hi, Kaven

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听力题Alan: Come in! Sally: Hi Alan—I just wondered if you would like to come out for a coffee. Alan: Oh, hi, Sally. I was just writing a letter. Sally: Writing a letter! Is your phone out of order? Alan: No—well, not exactly a letter. Alex has applied for a job at children''s summer camp, and they''ve asked me for a character reference. Sally: Oh dear—you''re not going to tell them the truth, are you? Alan: What do you mean? Sally: Well, that he''s a big-headed show-off who never does a day''s work. Alan: Oh, come on, he''s not that bad—I mean, kids love him. He''s always entertaining his little brother''s friends with his magic tricks. Sally: Oh, yes, he''s great with children, but he''s big kid himself, isn''t he? Alan: Yes, I suppose he is a bit immature. Sally: And I hope they don''t expect him to work before four o''clock in the afternoon. You know what he''s like—he needs a bomb under him to get him up in the morning. Alan: Mm. Sally: Also, he hates taking orders from anybody. Do you remember that job he had last summer in a restaurant? He ended up throwing a bucket of water over the chef when she asked him to wash the kitchen floor. Alan: Oh no, don''t remind me. But he did run that restaurant single-handed when the chef and two of the waiters were off sick with food poisoning. Sally: That''s true. He''s good in a crisis. Now shall we go and get some coffee? Alan: All right. Alan: Come in! Sally: Hi Alan—I just wondered if you would like to come out for a coffee. Alan: Oh, hi, Sally. I was just writing a letter. Sally: Writing a letter! Is your phone out of order? Alan: No—well, not exactly a letter. Alex has applied for a job at children''s summer camp, and they''ve asked me for a character reference. Sally: Oh dear—you''re not going to tell them the truth, are you? Alan: What do you mean? Sally: Well, that he''s a big-headed show-off who never does a day''s work. Alan: Oh, come on, he''s not that bad—I mean, kids love him. He''s always entertaining his little brother''s friends with his magic tricks. Sally: Oh, yes, he''s great with children, but he''s big kid himself, isn''t he? Alan: Yes, I suppose he is a bit immature. Sally: And I hope they don''t expect him to work before four o''clock in the afternoon. You know what he''s like—he needs a bomb under him to get him up in the morning. Alan: Mm. Sally: Also, he hates taking orders from anybody. Do you remember that job he had last summer in a restaurant? He ended up throwing a bucket of water over the chef when she asked him to wash the kitchen floor. Alan: Oh no, don''t remind me. But he did run that restaurant single-handed when the chef and two of the waiters were off sick with food poisoning. Sally: That''s true. He''s good in a crisis. Now shall we go and get some coffee? Alan: All right.

听力题W: Oh, Rex, I have been looking for you for hours

听力题M: Hi Diana, mind if I sit down? W: Not at all

听力题M: I''ve just found the most useful device at that new outdoor store, a water purifier. W: A water purifier! You want to carry even more equipment with you on our hiking trips? M: If it is lightweight and saves work—yes! And this one fits that description. W: Really? I bet it takes up a lot of room. M: Not at all. It''s a straw, much like the ones you use to drink a soda or a milkshake. W: Really? That''s small. M: It''s plastic and has a series of mineral and chemical filters that strain harmful microbes from water. W: Yes, but how good a job can it do filtering the germs out of stagnant pond water, or water from lakes and streams? M: It''s fantastic. It makes the water entirely germ-free. W: But what about salt or chemical pollutants? Does it clean them out? M: No, it doesn''t remove salt and chemicals. But these are really not major concerns when we''re out hiking and camping. W: Hm... How long will a straw last? M: For about 100 gallons. But don''t worry about measuring that large amount of water. There is a built-in safety feature. The mineral and chemical filters become clogged long before the limit is reached, and the straw then stops drawing water. W: I think I''ll go and get one for my camping trip this weekend. M: I''ve just found the most useful device at that new outdoor store, a water purifier. W: A water purifier! You want to carry even more equipment with you on our hiking trips? M: If it is lightweight and saves work—yes! And this one fits that description. W: Really? I bet it takes up a lot of room. M: Not at all. It''s a straw, much like the ones you use to drink a soda or a milkshake. W: Really? That''s small. M: It''s plastic and has a series of mineral and chemical filters that strain harmful microbes from water. W: Yes, but how good a job can it do filtering the germs out of stagnant pond water, or water from lakes and streams? M: It''s fantastic. It makes the water entirely germ-free. W: But what about salt or chemical pollutants? Does it clean them out? M: No, it doesn''t remove salt and chemicals. But these are really not major concerns when we''re out hiking and camping. W: Hm... How long will a straw last? M: For about 100 gallons. But don''t worry about measuring that large amount of water. There is a built-in safety feature. The mineral and chemical filters become clogged long before the limit is reached, and the straw then stops drawing water. W: I think I''ll go and get one for my camping trip this weekend.

听力题You may remember that a few weeks ago

听力题Years ago before there were refrigerators

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听力题 Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one. Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning a foreign language. It is only by traveling in, or living in a country and getting to know its people and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be different from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do of course exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world would be a dull place indeed when all different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned. However this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today, has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from ourselves. Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one. Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning a foreign language. It is only by traveling in, or living in a country and getting to know its people and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be different from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do of course exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world would be a dull place indeed when all different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned. However this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today, has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from ourselves.

听力题M: Good afternoon

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听力题W: Have you ever visited a redwood forest

听力题 Living at the foot of one of the world''s most active volcanoes might not appeal to you at all. But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people. In fact, it is the most densely populated region on the whole Island of Sicily. The reason is that rich volcanic soil makes the land fantastic for farming. By growing and selling a variety of crops, local people earn a good living. For them, the economic benefit they reap surpasses the risk of dying or losing property in one of the volcano''s frequent eruptions. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way, that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits. According to the experts, the size of the risk depends on both its probability and seriousness. Let''s take Mount Etna for example: it does erupt frequently, but those eruptions are usually minor, so the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small. But suppose Mount Etna erupts every day, or imagine that each eruption there killed thousands of people. If that were the ease, the risk would be much larger. Indeed, the risk would be too large for many people to live with, and they would have to move away. Living at the foot of one of the world''s most active volcanoes might not appeal to you at all. But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people. In fact, it is the most densely populated region on the whole Island of Sicily. The reason is that rich volcanic soil makes the land fantastic for farming. By growing and selling a variety of crops, local people earn a good living. For them, the economic benefit they reap surpasses the risk of dying or losing property in one of the volcano''s frequent eruptions. People everywhere make decisions about risky situations this way, that is, by comparing the risks and the benefits. According to the experts, the size of the risk depends on both its probability and seriousness. Let''s take Mount Etna for example: it does erupt frequently, but those eruptions are usually minor, so the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small. But suppose Mount Etna erupts every day, or imagine that each eruption there killed thousands of people. If that were the ease, the risk would be much larger. Indeed, the risk would be too large for many people to live with, and they would have to move away.

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