1、剑4听力原文test1_section1M: Good morning!W: Good morning! How can I help you?M: I understand that the school organizes umm, trips to different W: Yes. We run five every month, three during weekends and two Wednesday afternoon trips.M: What sort of places?W: Well. Obviously, it varies, but always places o
2、f historical interest and also which offers a variety of shopping, because our students always ask about that. And then we go for ones where we know there are guided tours because this gives a good focus for the visit.M: Do you travel far?W: Well, we are lucky here obviously because we are able to s
3、ay that all our visits are less than three hours drive.M: How much do they cost?W: Again it varies, between 5 and 15 pounds a head, depending on distance.M: Ah haW: Oh and we do offer to arrange special trips if, you know, there are more than 12 people.M: Oh right. I ll keep that in mind. And what a
4、re the times normally?W: We try to keep it pretty fixed so that the students get to know the patter.nWe leave at 8.30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. We figure it s best to keep the day fairly short.M: Oh yes and then how do we reserve a place?W: You sign your name on the notice board. Do you know where i
5、t is?M: Ah ha. I saw it this morning.W: And we do ask that you sign up three days in advance so we know wevegot enough people interested to run it and we can cancel if necessarwy ith full refund of course.M: That s fine. Thanks.M: And what visit sub plan for this term?W: Right. Well. I m athfreaisdc
6、hedulehasnbteen printed out yet. But we have confirmed the datesand planed the optional extra visits, which you can also book in advance if you want to.M: Oh that s all right. And if you can just give some ideas of the weekend onesso I can, you know, work out then to see friends and such I W: Oh sur
7、e. Well, err the first one is St. Ives. That s on the 13th of February and we will havplaces available becausewere going bymini bus. And that s the day in town with the optional extra of visiting the Hepworth Museum.M: All right. Yes ah. That sounds good.W: And then there Lsonadon trip on the 16th o
8、f February. And we will be taking a medium size coach so there will be 45 places on that. And let s see the optional extra is the Tower of LondonM: Oh, I vaelready been there.W: Yam. After that is Bristol on the 3rd of March.M: Where?W: Bristol. B-R-I-S-T-O-L.M: Okay.W: That s in a different mini bu
9、s with 18 places available. Oh and the optional extra is visit to the S.S. Great Britain.M: Okay.W: We regoing to Salisbury on the 18th of March. And that alwasys the popular one because the optional extra is Stonehenge. So we re taking the large coach with 50 seats.M: Oh good.W: And then the last o
10、ne is to Bath on the 23rd of March.M: Oh yes, is Bath the Roman city?W: Yes, that s right. And that s in the 16 seats mini bus.M: And where s the optional visit?W: It s to the American Museum, well worth visit.M: Okay, that s great. And thanks all that.W: My pleasure. Oh by the way, if you want more
11、 information about any of the trips, have a look in the student newspaper.M: Ok.W: Or have a word with my assistant. Her name is Jane Yentob. That -E-N-T-O-B. s YM: All right. I ve got that. Thank you very much for all your help.W: You re welcome. I hope yolul enjoythe trips.test1_section2Good after
12、noon everybody and welcome to Riverside Industrial Village. To start your visit, Im just going to give you a brief account of the history of the museum before letting you roam about on your own. I wont keep you long. OK?Now from where were standing youve got a good view of the river over there. And
13、it was because of this fast flowing water that this site was a natural place for manufacturing works. The water and the availability of raw materials in the area, like minerals and iron ore, and also the abundance of local fuels, like coal and firewood, all made this site suitable for industry from
14、a very early time.Water was the main source of power for the early industries and some of the water wells were first established in the twelfth century, would you believe? At that time, local craftsmen first built an iron forge just behind the village here on the bank near the river. By the seventee
15、nth and eighteenth centuries, the regions rivers supported more than 160 water mills and many of these continued to operate well into the nineteenth century. But then the steam engine was invented and then the railways came and the centres of industry were able to move away from the rivers and the c
16、ountryside and into the towns. So industrial villages like this one became very rare.So thats the history for you. If youd like any more information, you can ask me some questions, or you can read further in our excellent guidebook.Now I m going to give you a plan of the site and I d just like to point out where everything is anyou can ta
copyright@ 2008-2022 冰豆网网站版权所有
经营许可证编号:鄂ICP备2022015515号-1