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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