教你怎么听2 Lesson13

Unit Thirteen
[00:03.24]FLATS AND HOUSES
[00:06.30]1.Look at the drawings of the two flats
[00:11.83]and listen to David and Kate talking about them.
[00:16.07]Which flat are they talking about each time?
[00:21.03]Write down the number of the flat.
[00:24.58]Example.First,just listen to Kate and look at the pictures in the Workbook.
[00:31.63]Which flat is she talking about?
[00:35.47]Kate: Look, this one has got fewer bedrooms.
[00:39.21]David: Which flat do you mean?
[00:42.03]Number 2.
[00:46.16]Kate:Number 2.
[00:48.69]Now do the exercise.
[00:52.53]After each BEEP,
[00:54.96]say the number of the flat that Kate and David are talking about.
[00:59.69]David:This one has got less space.
[01:03.63]KateWhich one?
[01:05.67]David:Number 1.
[01:10.69]Kate: Mm. Yes. This flat's got more cupboards.
[01:15.70]David:Which one?
[01:18.03]Kate:Number 2 ... Mm.... There aren't as many windows in this flat.
[01:25.97]David:In which flat?
[01:28.61]Kate: Number 2.
[01:33.47]David:Hm...so there's more light in that flat.
[01:38.72]Kate:Which flat,are you talking about?
[01:41.64]David:Number 1.
[01:46.37]Kate:This one's got more bedrooms
[01:49.92]David:Oh dear!Which are you talking about now?
[01:54.44]Kate:Number 1...Mm, but this one's got fewer cupboards.
[01:59.98]David:Which one
[02:02.41]Kate: Number 1,of course.
[02:06.75]David: Well, let's go and see them both.
[02:10.59]2.Look at the house plan below.
[02:16.12]Listen and match different names of each rooms with their corresponding letters.
[02:22.16]Estate Agent:Mrs Walker,
[02:26.68]this is the hall and you can see the stairs here on the right.
[02:31.30]Enn, and now on the left, the first room is the lounge 1.
[02:36.84]We'll just go into that in a moment,
[02:40.97]but there's the dining-room entrance
[02:44.70]and away on the back of the house is the kitchen,
[02:48.54]Now, do come this way and let me show you the lounge.
[02:53.06]Mrs Walker: Oh, yes. That's a nice large mom.
[02:57.11]Do we get the light in here?
[02:59.75]Estate Agent: Yes,we get the sun on the front of the house,
[03:05.50]that streams into the lounge very well allday.
[03:09.23]Mrs Walker:  Oh, good. Lovely. I do like having a lot of light in the main living room.
[03:14.77]Estate Agent: Well, now, do come through to the dining-room.
[03:19.21]This is a long room that stretches right through to the back of the house.
[03:24.56]You can see out tb the back through those windows there.
[03:29.01]Mrs Walker:  Oh, yes. Lovely. you can see out over the garden.
[03:33.24]Estate Agent: Um.
[03:35.28]Mrs Walker: That is nice, yes, have a big dining-room.
[03:39.40]We do entertain quite a bit,so that'll be very good.
[03:43.92]Estate Agent: Well, you'll be pleased to note that you see down at this end,
[03:48.94]there's a,there's a door through into the kitchen.
[03:52.99]Mrs Walker:  Oh,lovely. Very useful, yes.
[03:56.54]Estate Agent: Now, come through. Don't you think the kitchen looks nice?
[04:01.27]Mrs Walker: Oh, yes. Excellent. Yes,all, these fittings 2 are lovely. All very modem 3.
[04:07.20]Estate Agent: And, I think that outlook, with the big window over the sink, is quite attractive.
[04:14.25]Mrs Walker: Right, yes. Something to look at while I'm doing the washing-up.
[04:18.77]Estate Agent: It's a very well equipped, kitchen,Mrs Walker.
[04:23.21]I expect you've already got these things,
[04:26.66]but you see we have built-in excellent refrigerator here,
[04:31.10]and,er there's the washing machine in that comer.
[04:35.44]Mrs Walker: Yes, that'll he fine.Yes, we will need those,in fact.
[04:40.29]Estate Agent: I know you haven't got a family yet,
[04:44.03]but,er,you know it's nice to be well provided in advance.
[04:48.89]Now, let's go upstairs and, er,look at the bedrooms.
[04:53.85]Mrs Walker: Right, certainly.
[04:56.10]Estate Agent: After you.Now, straight ahead of you, at the front of the stairs,
[05:02.73]you'll see the toilet and then,just to the left of it is the bathroom.
[05:07.98]Do have a look in.
[05:10.31]Mrs Walker: Fine.Oh,yes, that's all very,nice.
[05:14.54]I like the, er, green coloured suite 4.
[05:18.28]Estate Agent: Yes, it goes well, doesn't it, there?
[05:21.52]Well,now, if we look towards thefront of the house, this is the sunny side again.
[05:27.44]Do go, in what t've got down as bedroom number three.
[05:32.70]It's very sunny in here
[05:35.86]and I thought that this mightbesuitable for,er
[05:39.70]well,I don't know, some members of your family will enjoy this.
[05:44.14]Mrs Walker: Certainly, yes.
[05:47.30]In fact, my husband's mother is going to be living with us here,
[05:51.35]so I think this will be eminently 5 suitable for her.
[05:55.40]She'll love it with all the sun coming in.
[05:58.84]Estate Agent: Good. Oh well,that,that,that seems to be a very good idea.
[06:04.77]Now,next door is a slightly smaller bedroom.
[06:09.50]Er,do just have,a look in there.
[06:12.85]Mrs Walker:  Oh,yes,I see.Quite a bit smaller;
[06:16.97]but tha'll be fine if we have any guests to stay.
[06:20.71]Estate Agent: Yes. Yes, and now for the big' suite,, the main,'bedroom
[06:26.74]here is at the back.Mrs Walker:  Oh, yes.
[06:30.48]Estate Agent: Do, do go and have a look here.
[06:34.92]You'll see it has that lovely outlook over the garden.
[06:39.15]Mrs Walkeri Yes, it does indeed. Yes.
[06:42.60]This must be over the dining-mom, isn't it?
[06:45.94]Cos it's looking out to the same place.
[06:49.39]"Estate Agent: Quite right, yes.
[06:52.11]Mrs Walker: That's very nice indeed, yes. Very spacious 6 mom.
[06:56.84]Estate Agent: Well, of course, there are cupboards built-in most of the bedrooms,
[07:02.19]which, er, is a very good thing these days and a nice linen 7 cupboard in the bathroom.
[07:08.43]Mrs Walker:  Very useful, yes, Well, thank you very much indeed.
[07:13.06]I think this may suit us very well.
[07:16.30]13:3 Listen and write the name of each piece of furnitutre
[07:23.74]in its correct position on the floor plan.
[07:27.48]Rod: Mm, it's not a bad size room, is it?
[07:32.83]Liz:Oh; it's great! Oh, and look at that fireplace 8!
[07:37.27]Oh, we can have the two chairs fight in front of the fireplace there
[07:41.79]in the middle of the room and toast our feet.
[07:45.03]Rod:The first thing we ought to do is just decide where the bed's going.
[07:50.39]Liz:Oh, well...what about right here next to the door sort of behind the door as you come in?
[07:58.33]Rod:Yes, that's a good idea--just as you Come in,
[08:02.27]just in that comer there:
[08:04.81]Liz:Yes. Well now, let's think. What else?
[08:08.65]Rod:What else is there?
[08:11.28]Erm...well there's that huge wardrobe of yours ... that's got to go somewhere.
[08:18.63]Liz:    What about over here--yon know, across from the fireplace there,
[08:23.77]because then,in that little comer where it...where the wall goes back...look,over there.
[08:30.01]That'd do, wouldn't it?
[08:33.07]Rod:OK,well we'Il put the wardrobe there then. yes OK?
[08:38.92]So the wardrobe's opposite the fireplace.
[08:42.55]Liz:Er...OK.what about your desk? Where are you going to put that?
[08:47.80]Red:Er...I need lots of light,
[08:52.32]so I think in that far comer in between the two windows, OK?
[08:57.57]Liz:Oh, I see in the comer there,yes.
[09:01.52]Yes, that'd be good.
[09:05.07]Rod:So the desk goes there.
[09:07.89]Liz:So you'd have your chair with your back to the fireplace?
[09:12.23]Yes, that'll be all right.
[09:15.57]Rod:Yes. And there's the chest of drawers.
[09:20.20]Liz:Oh, that'd be nice in between the two windows there, right in the middle,
[09:24.82]It really ...come on, I know you're going to like it.
[09:29.68]Come on, let's shove 9 it over there. I bet  I er ...
[09:36.10]Rod:I knew you'd ask me to move it.
[09:39.74]Liz:Come on. Let's go.
[09:41.98]Rod:OK. Let's go then. All right.
[09:45.43]Liz:Nearly there! That's got it.
[09:48.07]Rod:Good, what on earth have you got m there?
[09:52.30]Liz:Well, there's nothing much there, I emptied it ... most of it out.
[09:56.82]Rod:Oh God, my back hurts !
[09:59.98]Liz:There! Wait a minute. Let me stand back and have a look.
[10:03.92]Rod:Yes, it's not bad ... sticks out a bit.
[10:08.37]Liz:No, it's fine.OK  What about the TV?
[10:13.80]Where are we going to put that?
[10:16.72]Rod:Er ... it's really got to go in the opposite comer, hasn't it?
[10:21.74]Opposite the desk, that is.
[10:25.19]Liz:Oh, you mean in the comer between the windows and the fireplace? Yes.
[10:30.33]Rod:And then the stereo 10, er...the amplifier underneath 11 the television
[10:36.87]and then the two speakers one on either side of the fireplace.
[10:40.99]Liz:Yes, that'd be good. Well lovely! So it'll all fit in beautifully!
[10:46.74]What else ... what else have we got?
[10:50.79]Rod:It's the er ... there's the bookcase, isn't there7 Erm ...
[10:55.75]Liz:Oh Lord ... where'll we put that?
[10:58.81]Rod:Well, as you come in the door, er ... immediately on the er ... left-hand side ...
[11:05.63]Liz:Oh along that wall there you mean?
[11:09.26]ROd:Because that's ... there's just about enough space there.
[11:13.59]There's about two feet, so it shouldn't stick out too much, no.
[11:18.45]Liz:Yes, it's not very wide, is it?
[11:21.51]So you come in the door and then the bookcase is right there on the left.
[11:26.94]There's a long way from your desk,though.
[11:30.89]Rod:Well, exercise'll do me good, won't it?
[11:34.62]Er...table lamp. Well, we can just put that er ...
[11:39.77]Liz:On the chest of drawers. When it's...Yes.That'd be nice.
[11:46.09]Rod:And no matter who wants to use it, you know.
[11:50.14]Liz:Yes.Oh this is going to be lovely.
[11:53.38]When are we going to get it all in? Now?
[11:56.83]ROd:Er...no, not now.
[11:59.65]Let's just go to the kitchen and er ... sort that out and have a cup of teaeh.
[12:05.29]Liz:Oh, ha-ha, good. Yes, I haven't seen the kitchen. Come on.
[12:10.83]ROd:Come on then. Let's go.
[12:13.36]13:4 You will hear a dialogue between married couple,jeremy and Linda,
[12:23.60]who are talking about a house they have just seen and they thinking of buying.
[12:29.14]They don't always agree.
[12:32.30]Listen and fill in the chart.
[12:35.36]J:What did you think of that place then?
[12:39.88]Not bad, was it?
[12:42.41]L:Oh, it was lovely, it was really lovely.
[12:46.15]A very pretty house, a beautifully modernized 12 cottage.
[12:50.87]J:Mmm.Not as big as the house we've got at the moment, though.
[12:55.73]L:No, not as big, it's true, hut it's in a much better location,
[13:01.17]with the countryside all around, and lovely views from the bedrooms.
[13:05.89]J:It's quite a long way from the station, isn't it?
[13:10.02]If we bought it, we'd have to drive to the station,and we couldn't walk.
[13:14.54]L:That wouldn't matter. You can walk in summer if it's a nice day.
[13:18.88]It's a lovely walk across the park.
[13:21.80]J:I'll tell you one thing I didn't like it actually,
[13:26.24]and that was the low ceilings everywhere, especially in the kitchen.
[13:30.76]L:Yes, but think how expensive it is to heat our house at the moment,
[13:35.62]and that's partly because the ceilings are so high.
[13:39.36]If the ceilings were lower it would be much cheaper to heat.
[13:43.48]I mean our gas bills would really go down.
[13:47.04]J:I suppose you're right. But the lounge is so tiny.
[13:52.39]You couldn't get more than five people in it.
[13:55.94]L:Yes. I know,
[13:58.19]but the thing to do with his house is to knock down the wall between the livingroom and the dining-room.
[14:04.12]Then you'd have a good-sized room.
[14:07.18]And think how cosy 13 it would be on a winter evening, beside that open fire.
[14:12.61]And the kitchen was big, anyway.
[14:15.77]And nice and bright.
[14:18.49]J:Mmmn ... I'm afraid I didn't like the bedrooms very much,
[14:23.63]with one on the first floor and another two in that converted 14 loft 15.
[14:28.26]L:Oh I loved the bedrooms, partieul ... well, all the bedrooms.
[14:33.90]They're all double bedrooms, and with those views ...
[14:37.53]J:But the main one,
[14:39.78]the main one is right next to the street,
[14:43.51]so that would be very noisy.
[14:45.94]L:But the street isn't so noisy.
[14:48.76]I mean, it's only a lane, it's not really a busy road.
[14:53.28]You wouldn't hear very much.
[14:56.21]J:Yes, true.
[14:58.64]And I suppose the children can have the bedrooms on the top floor,
[15:02.87]the stairs are a bit dangerous.I'd have to fix them.
[15:07.31]And the roof is leaking.
[15:10.03]If they don't do something about that soon, the ceiling will come down.
[15:14.89]It's been mining a lot recently.
[15:18.13]L: What about the outside? What did you think of that?
[15:22.46]J:I thought it was very attractive, with the courtyard and then the garden
[15:27.43]I bet the courtyard catches the sun. We would eat out in summer.
[15:32.39]L:And it's quite a big garden.
[15:35.11]And that's a lovely mature apple tree right in the middle,
[15:39.23]lots of space for your vegetables.
[15:42.47]So what do you think?
[15:44.90]J:Well, I'm not so sure. I don't think it would be big enough for us.
[15:50.83]L:OK. Think again, then.
[15:54.07]5.Read the advertisements carefully and listen tho each speaker.
[16:02.61]Find out the answer to the questions.
[16:06.84]Guide's Voice: Here's John.
[16:10.58]Interviewer:Yes, which of these would you buy?
[16:14.63]John:This one.
[16:17.16]Interviewer:Erm yes. why?
[16:19.98]John:Well, first of all, I like the east coast.
[16:24.71]There're very mce pretty areas, there's plenty of wide open spaces and er oh,
[16:31.24]I consider (it) the ideal part of the country.
[16:35.87]Interviewer:Is it the right size for you too?
[16:39.21]John:Oh, plenty big enough, yes. (laughs)
[16:42.55]Interviewer:Mm. How about the price?
[16:46.00]John:Well, you wouldn't get much less th-these days for that type of property,
[16:52.32]you know, with sea views and all the rest of it.
[16:55.38]Interviewer:Mm. Which one of these wouldn't you choose?
[17:00.34]John:Oh, the flat in South L-london.
[17:04.39]Interviewer:Why not?
[17:06.43]John:I was born and brought up there.
[17:09.77]Oh no.I couldn't live in London.
[17:12.41]I hate working there.
[17:14.84]That's why I'm in this job.
[17:18.39]Guide's Voice:Here's Joanne.
[17:23.41]Interviewer:Which one of these do you think you'd like?
[17:27.35]Joanne:This one.
[17:29.39]Interviewer:Mm, why?
[17:31.72]Joanne:It's er a small fiat 16.
[17:34.88]It's er conveniently situated 17, with only two bedrooms,
[17:39.84]which is all I need--one for myself and one for friends.
[17:44.07]It's er near a bus-stop, for me to go to work,
[17:48.12]But I work in the centre of London.
[17:51.57]It's also enn cheap--for London--and that's er very important for someone living on my salary:
[17:58.62]the price of a fiat.
[18:01.26]Interviewer:Er which one of these would you not choose?
[18:07.01]Joanne:This one.
[18:09.04]Interviewer:No, why?
[18:11.76]Joanne:It's er far too big.It sounds lovely, but it's in the country as well,
[18:17.90]which is nice but it's far too difficult for me to get into town to work.
[18:23.33]It's got eight bedrooms, which are far too many, and I couldn't keep it!
[18:29.37]It's er far too difficult to keep.
[18:32.92]Then there's a big garage, which is nice,for two cars, but I don't have a car.
[18:39.56]I don't need a garage.
[18:42.27]And a garden, which is nice, but I'm a useless gardener--I couldn't keep it.
[18:48.70]Interviewer:What about the price?
[18:51.62]Joanne:Oh, that is far too expensive.
[18:55.07]I wouldn't even...I'd look at the price first and disregard 18 this house from the start.
[19:01.50]Guide's voice:Here's Jane.
[19:05.05]Interviewer:Erm, now if you could buy one of these,
[19:09.91]which would you buy?
[19:12.16]Jan:Oh, it's very difficult.
[19:15.50]Erin with the price of houses as it is at the moment,
[19:19.63]I-I think I'd be looking for a house that I'd, you know,
[19:24.59]I'd like to spend quite a long time in enn as you know,
[19:29.45]my-my job's in London erin but I don't really fancy living in the city,
[19:35.09]so I don't really think I'm too interested in the-in the flat in South London,
[19:40.94]although the price is quite reasonable.
[19:44.10]Erin, this one there,
[19:47.94]which is the eight bedrooms and so on I think is a hit too much for me,
[19:53.38]even the price is too much for me(laughs) but who needs eight bedrooms?
[19:59.31]I mean, there're only the two of us with the children.
[20:03.64]Enn, so it's really a choice between the two-the-the market town and the seaside.
[20:11.48]Er-I-my own prejudices are against the East Coast
[20:17.62]I-Id think it's a rather boring part of the country.
[20:22.97]Erm also it tends to get invaded by tourists during the summer-time,
[20:28.51]so that you don't really have the er the place to yourself,
[20:33.37]so I think of the four I would go for the-for the one in the market town.
[20:39.90]Em it's-it's about the right size er OK,
[20:45.65], it's one and a half hours' train journey from London,
[20:49.28]but well that's not unusual these days and I'm quite good at working in trains.
[20:55.42]The price is reasonable- probably hold its value quite well--
[21:00.77]erm so I think that was the one for me.