新编大学英语听力1Unit Six

[00:03.60]Part Two    Listening-Centered Activities

[00:08.39]Listening 1

[00:10.19]Exercise 1

[00:12.06]Directions: Listen to the dialog and fill in the table with the information you get from the tape about the shoes Maria tried on.

[00:23.90]Maria Almar is looking round the shops in Athens before she catches the afternoon flight back to Zuric

[00:32.08]Maria is looking for a pair of shoes.

[00:35.17]Maria: Excuse me. Do you speak English?

[00:39.64]Assistant: Yes, madam. Can I help you?

[00:42.30]Maria: I'm looking for a pair of blue shoes to wear with a dress.

[00:47.81]Assistant: Blue?

[00:49.18]Maria: Yes, you've got some in the window at 1,450 drachma

[00:57.02]Could I try them on, please?

[00:59.90]Assistant: What size is it?

[01:01.67]Maria: 38.

[01:03.29]Assistant: Just a moment, please. Yes, here we are.

[01:07.61]Maria: Are they leather?

[01:09.70]Assistant: Oh, yes.

[01:10.99]Maria: I like the style.

[01:13.26]Assistant: Do they fit all right?

[01:15.42]Maria: They feel a bit tight actually. Have you a larger size?

[01:21.50]Assistant: We haven't got that shoe in a 39, I'm afraid.

[01:26.29]Maria: Have you anything similar in blue that would fit me?

[01:31.04]Assistant: No, we haven't. I'm sorry.

[01:33.96]Maria: I'll leave it then. Thank you very much.

[01:38.21]Exercise 2

[01:40.15]Directions: Listen to the dialog agai

[01:44.83]Work in pairs and role-play the whole dialogue between Maria and the shop-assistant assuming that there are shoes of size 39 in the shop.

[01:57.04]Listening 2

[01:59.05]Exercise 1

[02:00.71]Directions: Listen to the first part of the radio program and answer each of the folloeing questions with no more than 10 words.

[02:12.16]1) What's the title of the program?

[02:15.86]2) What's the purpose of the program?

[02:20.08]3) What's the program's telephone number?

[02:24.86]4) What's the name of the host?

[02:28.61]5) What's the guest's occupation?

[02:32.86]Welcome to At Your Service,the consumer program that gives you advice when something goes wrong with goods or services you've bough 1

[02:41.60]If you have a problem which you'd like us to help you with, here's the number to ring: 01-246804

[02:51.47]That's 01-246804

[02:56.94]My name is Jack 2 Mills, and with me to answer your questions today is the head of the Consumer Aid Association, Mary Smith.

[03:06.30]Exercise 2

[03:08.39]Directions: Listen to the second part of the program twice and write"T" for true and "F" for false in the space provided.

[03:19.80]Jack: Now let's go staight to our first caller, Mr Black from Londo

[03:24.73]Good morning, Mr Black. How can I help you?

[03:28.30]Mr Black: Well, I was looking for a second-hand 3 car and I saw this advertisement in the local newspaper and it was the car I wante

[03:38.30]It was  &1,150 and it was described as perfec

[03:45.43]I went to see the car. It looked very good, so I bought it...Mr Black.

[03:51.59]Mary:could I interrupt?

[03:52.74]Mr Black: Yes, please.

[03:54.22]Mary: Did you pay the full asking price for the car?

[03:57.85]Mr Black: Yes, I paid 1, 150 for it. It seemed all right when I bought i

[04:05.88]But a few days later, I had some trouble starting it, and when it was started, it didn't run very wel

[04:14.45]So I took it to the local garag

[04:17.76]They had a good look at it and they said everything was wrong with i

[04:23.12]It had been damaged in an accident and the repairs hadn't been very goo

[04:28.81]So it wasn't worth the money I'd paid for i

[04:33.46]In fact, they said it was only worth 40

[04:38.89]That's a lot less than I'd paid for it

[04:41.92]So I went back to the man, but he didn't really want to know and I don't know what to do now.

[04:49.62]Mary: Mr Black, the most important point here is.

[04:54.08]Was the seller a dealer 4 or was this a private sale?

[04:58.66]Mr Black: I don't think he was a dealer.

[05:01.18]Mary: Well, unfortunately, with private sales the buyer has very little protection under the la

[05:07.73]did the man say that the car was perfect?

[05:10.75]Mr Black: Yes.

[05:12.16]Mary: When you bought the car, you bought it understanding that it was faultles

[05:17.02]That there was nothing wrong with it at all?

[05:19.18]Mr Black: Yes, yeah.

[05:20.76]Mary: I'm sorry to be a little pessimistic, Mr Blac

[05:24.40]I think it's probably worthwhile making a claim under the Small Claims Procedur

[05:30.37]It may be your best choice.

[05:32.68]Mr Black: I see. Thank you very much.

[05:35.63]Exercise

[05:37.82]Directions:Listen to the whole radio program again and retell the main idea of the progra