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剑桥12听力test1文本
剑桥12test1section1
Hi.CanIhelpyou?
I'dliketofindoutifyouhaveanyexcursionssuitableforfamilies.
Sure.Howabouttakingyourfamilyforacruise?
Wehaveasteamshipthattakespassengersoutseveraltimesaday.It'sover100yearsold.
Thatsoundsinteresting.Howlongisthetrip?
Aboutanhourandahalf.
Anddon'tforgettotakepicturesofthemountains.
They'reallaroundyouwhenyou'reontheboatandtheylookfantastic.
OK.AndIassumethere'sacafeorsomethingonboard?
Sure.Howoldareyourchildren?
Er,mydaughter'sfifteenandmyson'sseven.
Right.Welltherearevariousthingsyoucandoonceyou'vecrossedthelake,tomakeadayofit.
Onethingthat'sverypopularisavisittotheCountryFarm.
You'remetofftheboatbythefarmerandhe'lltakeyoutotheholdingpens,wherethesheeparekept.
Childrenlovefeedingthem!
Mysonwouldlovethat.Hereallylikesanimals.
Well,there'salsoa40-minutetrekroundthefarmonahorse,ifhewants.
Doyouthinkhe'dmanageit?
Hehasn'tdonethatbefore.
Sure.It'ssuitableforcompletebeginners.Ah,good.
Andagain,visitorsarewelcometoexplorethefarmontheirown,aslongastheytakecaretoclosegatesandsoon.
Therearesomeverybeautifulgardensalongthesideofthelakewhichalsobelongtothefarm.
They'llbejustattheirbestnow.
Youcouldeasilyspendanhourortwothere.
OK.Wellthatallsoundsgood.Andcanwegetlunchthere?
Youcan,andit'sverygood,thoughit'snotincludedinthebasiccost.
Youpaywhenyougetthere.Right.
Soisthereanythingelsetodooveronthatsideofthelake?
Well,whatyoucandoistakeabikeoverontheshipandthengoonacyclingtrip.
There'satrailtherecalledtheBackRoad.
Youcouldeasilyspendthreeorfourhoursexploringitandthescenery'swonderful.
They'llgiveyouamapwhenyougetyourticketforthecruise-there'snoextracharge.
What'sthetraillikeintermsofdifficulty?
Quitschallenginginplaces.Itwouldn'tbesuitableforyourseven-year-old.
Itneedssomeonewho'sgotabitmoreexperience.
Hmm.Well,mydaughterlovescyclingandsodoI,somaybethetwoofuscouldgo,andmywifeandsoncouldstayonthefarm.
Thatmightworkoutquitewell.
Butwedon'thavebikeshere...Istheresomewherewecouldrentthem?
Yes,there'saplacehereinthecity.It'scalledRatchesons.
I'lljustmakeanoteofthat-er,howdoyouspellit?
R-A-T-C-H-E-S-0-N-S.It'sjustbythecruiseshipterminal.OK.
You'dalsoneedtopickuparepairkitforthebikefromtheretotakealongwithyou,
andyou'dneedtotakealongasnackandsomewater.
It'dbebesttogetthoseinthecity.
Fine.Thatshouldn'tbeaproblem.
AndIassumeIcanrentahelmetfromthebikeplace?
Sure,youshoulddefinitelygetthat.
It'sagreatride,butyouwanttobewellpreparedbecauseit'sveryremote.
Youwon'tseeanyshopsroundthere,oranywheretostay,soyouneedtogetbackintimeforthelastboat.
Yeah.Sowhatsortofpricesarewelookingathere?
Let'ssee,that'dbeoneadultandonechildforthecruisewithfarmtour,that's$117,
andanadultandachildforthecruiseonlysothat's$214dollarsaltogether.
Oh,waitaminute,howolddidyousayyourdaughterwas?
Fifteen.
ThenI'mafraidit's$267becauseshehastopaytheadultfare,whichis$75insteadofthechildfarewhichis$22-sorryaboutthat.
That'sokay.Er,sohowdo...
Section2
Goodmorningeveryone.Myname'sJoyPerkinsandI'mtherestaurantmanager.
AndIunderstandthatnoneofyou'vehadanypreviousexperienceaskitchenassistants.
Well,youmightbefeelingabitnervousnow,butmostofourkitchenassistantssaytheyenjoythework.
OK,theymightgetshoutedatsometimes,butit'snothingpersonal,
andthey'repleasedthattheyhavesomanydifferentthingstodo,whichmeanstheynevergetbored.
AndI'lltellyoustraightawaythatifyoudowell,wemightthinkaboutmovingyouupandgivingyousomemoreresponsibility.
Right,well,you'veallshownupontime,whichisanexcellentstart.
NowI'mgladtoseenoneofyouhaveunsuitablefootwear,
sothat'sgood-youneedtobecarefulasthefloorscangetverywetandslippery.
Thoseofyouwithlonghairhavegotitwelloutoftheway,
butsomeofyouwillneedtoremoveyourringsandbracelets
justputthemsomewheresafefortoday,andremembertoleavethemathometomorrow,astheycanbeasafetyhazard.
Nowit'sgoingtobeabusydayforyoualltoday-wedon'thaveanytablesfreeforthisevening,andonlyafewforlunch.
Fortunatelywe'vegotourheadchefback-hewasawayonholidayalllastweekwhichmeanttheotherchefshadextrawork.
Now,I'lltellyouabitmoreaboutthejobinaminutebutfirst,somegeneralregulations.
Forallofyou,whateveryourage,there'ssomeequipmentyoumustn'tuseuntilyou'vebeenproperlytrained,
likethewastedisposalsystemforexample,forhealthandsafetyreasons.
ThenIthinktherearetwoofyouhereareunder18-that'sEmmaandJake,isn'tit?
Right,soforyoutwo,themeatslicerisoutofbounds.
Andofcoursenoneofyouareallowedtousetheelectricmixeruntilyou'vebeenshownhowitworks.
Nowyoumayhaveheardthatthiscanbeastressfuljob,andIhavetosaythatcanbetrue.
You'llbeworkinganeight-hourdayforthefirstweek,
thoughyou'llhavethechancetodoovertimeafterthataswellifyouwantto.
Buthoweverlongthehoursare,you'llgetabreakinthemiddle.
Whatyouwillfindisthatyou'reonyourfeetalldaylong,liftingandcarrying,soifyou'renotfitnowyousoonwillbe!
You'llfindyoudon'thavemuchchancetotakeiteasy
whensomeonetellyoutodosomethingyouneedtodoitstraightaway
butatleastwedohaveaveryefficientairconditioningsystemcomparedwithsomekitchens.
Nowletmetellyouaboutsomeofthepeopleyouneedtoknow.
SoasIsaid,I'mJoyPerkinsandIdecidewhodoeswhatduringthedayandhowlongtheyworkfor.
I'llbetryingtogetyoutoworkwithasmanydifferentpeopleinthekitchenaspossible,
sothatyoulearnwhileyou'reonthejob.
OnepersonwhosenameyoumustrememberisDavidField.
Ifyouinjureyourselfatall,evenifit'sreallyminor,
youmustreporttohimandhe'llmakesuretheincidentisrecordedandyougettheappropriatetreatment.
He'strainedtogivebasictreatmenttostaffhimself,orhe'llsendyouoffsomewhereelseifnecessary.
Thenthere'sDexterWills-he'sthepersonyouneedtoseeifyousmashaplateorsomethinglikethat.
Don'tjustleaveitandhopenoonewillnotice
it'sreallyimportanttogetthingsnotedandreplacedortherecouldbeproblemslater.
Andfinally,there'sMikeSmith.
Heisamemberofstaffwhotakescareofallthestoresofperishables,
soifyounoticewe'regettinglowinflourorsugarorsomething,makesureyoulethimknowsohecanputinanorder.
OK,nowthenextthing...
Section3
OK,Stewart.Weneedtostartplanningourpaperonpubliclibraries.
Haveyouthoughtofanangleyet?
Well,there'ssomuchwecouldlookinto.
Howlibrarieshavechangedoverthecenturies,forinstance,orhowdifferentcountriesorganisethem.
Whatdoyouthink,Trudie?
Maybeweshouldconcentrateonthiscountry,andtryandrelatethechangesinlibrariestoexternaldevelopments,
likethefactthatfarmorepeoplecanreadthanacenturyago,andthatthelocalpopulationmayspeaklotsofdifferentlanguages.
Wecouldincludesomethingaboutchangesinthesourceoffunding,too.
Yes,butrememberwe'reonlysupposedtowriteashortpaper,soit'sprobablybestifwedon'tgointofundinginanydetail.
Right.Well,shallwejustbrainstormafewideas,togetstarted?
OK.Weobviouslyneedtolookattheimpactofnewtechnology,particularlytheinternet.
Nowthatlotsofbookshavebeendigitalised,peoplecanaccessthemfromtheirowncomputersathome.
Andifeveryonedidthat,librarieswouldbeobsolete.
Yes.Butthedigitalisedbooksthatareavailableonlineforfreearemostlyoutofcopyright,aren'tthey?
Andcopyrightinthiscountrylastsfor70yearsaftertheauthordies.
Soyouwon'tfindthelatestbest-sellerorup-to-dateinformation.That'sanimportantpoint.
Anyway,IfindithardtoconcentratewhenI'mreadingalongtextonascreen.
I'dmuchratherreadaphysicalbook.Andittakeslongertoreadonascreen.
Oh,Ipreferit.Isupposeit'sjustapersonalpreference.
Mm.Iexpectthatlibrarieswillgoonevolvinginthenextfewyears.
Somehavealreadybecomecentreswherecommunityactivitiestakeplace,likelocalclubsmeetingthere.
Ithinkthat'llbecomeevenmorecommon.
I'dliketothinkso,andthatthey'restillbeservingtheirtraditionalfunction,butI'mnotsosure.
Therearefinancialimplications,afterall.
WhatI'mafraidwillhappenisthatbooksandmagazineswillalldisappear,andthere'lljustberowsandrowsofcomputers.
Theywon'tlookanythinglikethelibrarieswe'reusedto.
Well,we'llsee.
I'vejusthadanidea.
Whydon'twemakeanin-depthstudyofourlocalpubliclibraryasbackgroundtoourpaper?
Yes,that'dbeinteresting,andraiseallsortsofissues.
Let'smakealistofpossiblethingswecouldaskabout,thenworkoutsomesortofstructure.
Forinstance,um,wecouldinterviewsomeofthestaff,
andfindoutwhetherthelibraryhasitsownbudget,orifthat'scontrolledbythelocalcouncil.
Andwhattheirpoliciesare.
Iknowtheydon'tallowfood,butI'dlovetofindoutwhattypesofnoisetheyban
therealwaysseemstobealotoftalking,butnevermusic.
Idon'tknowifthat'sapolicyoritjusthappens.
Ah,I'veoftenwondered.
Thentherearethingslikeh