青岛大学领导班子-三峡大坝导游词
Task 3
A:
Y
ou're not looking very
. What's the matter with you?
B: Oh, nothing
special. I'm just a bit
.
A:
With the job?
B: With everything, with
catching the same train every morning, sitting in
the same office all day, watching the
same television programs.
A: Y
ou need a holiday.
B: It wasn't always
like this, you know.
A: what do you
mean?
B: Well, our great-great-
grandfathers had more fun, didn't they? I mean,
they
for
their
food
and
their
own
vegetables
and
did
things
for
themselves. We do
the same
sort of
job
for
years
and
years.
There's no
in our lives.
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A: Y
ou need a holiday. That's what's the matter with you.
Task 4
A: Can I help you?
B: Yes, I want to fly to Chicago on
Wednesday, 7th, and return on Friday,
9th.
A: Of October?
B: No, November. How much is the fare?
A: Fares are cheaper if you stay over
Saturday night.
B:
Thanks,
but
unfortunately
I've
already
arranged
some
business
here
that Friday. So I'll just
have to pay the extra cost.
A: What
time of day would you prefer? Morning or
afternoon?
B: Morning, because I have
to be there by early evening. Is there a meal?
A: Yes, they'll be serving breakfast,
and you'll also see a movie.
B: What
movie?
A: In both directions they'll
show a feature film.
B: Sounds good,
but what's the fare?
A: $$850,
round trips
.
B:
That's more than I expected.
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Task 5
A: And welcome once again to
for our
B: Thanks, Anna.
Y
es. In tonight's
Now,
everyone
knows
people
in
Japan
work
long,
hard
hours, but
just
what
do people
do
in
their
free
time?
Well,
we
did
a survey
of
leisure
activities in
Japan, and here is the Top 10. In the first place
is eating out.
As you can see, eating
out is by far the most popular free-time activity.
In
the
second
place
comes
driving.
Y
es,
it
appears
Japanese
people
like
nothing more
than driving around cities and into the
countryside in their
free time. It may
seem strange to you and me, but there you are!
Next, in
the
third place, is traveling within Japan... to all
those lovely temples and
gardens, I
guess. The fourth is, guess what, Anna?
A: I've no
idea.
B:
Karaoke,
of
course.
Lots
of
people
enjoy
singing
along
with
their
favorite
songs.
Then
in
the
fifth
place
we
have
watching
DVDs
and
videos, followed by listening to music.
But just look what we have here
in the
seventh place-- trips to museums and zoos. Then
way down in the
eighth place comes
going to bars, and after that, gardening. I guess
not so
many
people
in
Japan
have
gardens.
And
finally
in
the
tenth
place
we
have playing the
lottery. And who wouldn't want to win lots of money?
Back to you, Anna.
A:
Thanks, Mark. Now, let's go to see...
Task 6
People
have
always
wanted
to
know
about
the
past.
Children
like
to
remember
and
talk
about
fun
things
they
did.
They
like
to
hear
stories
about
their
parents'
lives.
People
wonder
about
what
happened
before
they were born.
Sometimes,
people learn about the past to solve a problem
they have now.
They might ask questions
like these: how did we get into this mess? What
can we do to get out of it?
Y
ou can learn about the past in many ways. The most important way is by
studying
written records. About 5,000 years ago, people
learned to write
down what happened to
them. Perhaps a man had been bought or sold.
Famous
kings
and
queens
wanted
their
deeds
recorded.
They
wanted
people in the future to
know how great they were.
History is
the written record of the past. The period since
people learned
to write is called
historic times. The period before people learned
to write
is
often
called
prehistory.
In
addition,
it
is
known
as
prehistoric.
means
But
many
things
were
never
written.
And
most
writings
from
the
past
have
been
lost.
However,
we
can
still
learn
much
about
the
past
from
other things people have
left behind. In some places, there are ruins of
cities built thousands of years ago.
Ruins are the remains of things built in
the
past.
They can
still
tell
us
many
things
about
the people
who
built
them.
People who dig up and study old ruins
are called archaeologists. Studying
ruins
adds
to
what
we
know
about
historic
times.
But
the
remains
of
buildings and other things
are all we know of prehistoric peoples. These
things
give
us
many
clues
about
the
ways
people
lived
before
they
learned to
write. besotted
As you might guess, the
farther we go back into history, the less we know
for sure about what happened. We have
to make more and more guesses.
We know
a lot about what happened 50 years ago. We know
less about
what
happened 500 years ago. We know even less about
what happened
5,000 years ago. In
general, the longer ago something happened, the
less
we can know about it.
Task 7
The Indians also used
smoke to send signals. They made a
fire, and put
wet grass on it.
Then they covered the fire with a wet blanket.
After a few
moments, they took the
blankets away again. This made a cloud of smoke.
They could send simple messages in this
way. One cloud of smoke meant
In the thick
forests of Africa, it used to be difficult to
travel from village
to village. But
drums could be heard from many miles away. People
in
this
part
of
the
world
discovered
that
they
could
use
their
drums
for
sending messages. They did not use a
special code like the Morse Code.
They
made
their
drums
Like
people.
They
did
this
by playing
tunes that sounded like simple
sentences in their languages.
The
Incas
of
South
America
never
developed
a
way
of
writing
their
languages, but they used to send
messages by tying knots in rope. Men
used
to
run
with
such
knotted
ropes
from
town
to
town
along
the
Inca
roads.
Many
of
these
rope
messages
have
been
found, but
nobody can
understand what they
mean.
Task 8
A: Have you read
this? The article about that new survey...
B: Y
es, I took a glance. It seems pretty obvious to me. Y
ou don't really
need a survey to tell you this,
do you?
A: Well, I don't know. It isn't
that simple, is it? I mean some people like
living in the country...
B:
yeah, and you can see why -- less stress, less
traffic, less smog... But I
don't think
it's just a question of what you like...
A: No, it's more like a question of
work and money...
B:Yeah,
the
main
question
why
many
people
don't
want
to
live
in
the
country is because they can't find a
job there.
A: This article here agrees
that it's easier to find work in large cities, but
it
doesn't agree it's the main
important reason.
B: Why not?
A: It says it might be the main reason
for older people, but for younger
people, even
if
jobs are easily
available
in the country, they still
would
rather stay in
large cities.
B: I see the point.
There's the lure of the bright lights of the
cities...
A: Yes, night life, music,
and youth culture in general, you know.
B: Yeah, what's the thing they now talk
about?
A: