第五期 2007年6月真题 长对话(3/6)-英语听力

[00:00.00]Conversation One
【对话一】 [00:02.59]M: Hello, I have a reservation for tonight.
你好，我预定了今晚的房间 [00:05.36]W: Your name, please.
请告诉我你的名字 [00:06.96]M: Nelson, Charles Nelson.
Nelson，Charles Nelson [00:08.94]W: OK, Mr. Nelson. That's a room for five and...
好的，Nelson先生。那个房间是5... [00:12.29]M: Excuse me, you mean a room for ￡5? I didn't know the special was so good.
请原谅，你的意思是一间房5英镑？我不知道特价房这么便宜。 [00:18.86]W: No,no,no...According to our records,a room for five guests was booked under your name.
不不不...根据我们的记录显示，你的名下预订了一个为5个客人住的房间。 [00:25.03]M: No,no...Hold on. You must have two guests under the name.
不，等等。我定的肯定是两人的房间。 [00:30.05]W: OK, let me check this again. Oh, here we are.
好的，让我再查一下。哦，在这里。 [00:34.49]M: Yeah?
怎么说？ [00:35.47]W: Charles Nelson, a room for one for the 19th.
Charles Nelson，19日一个单人间…… [00:39.71]M: Wait, wait. It's for tonight, not tomorrow night.
等等，是今晚，不是明晚。 [00:43.85]W: Um...um...I don't think we have any rooms for tonight.
emmmmm...今晚可能没有房间了。 [00:49.48]There's a conference going on in town and...Er, let's see...yeah, no rooms.
镇上有一个会议要举行，让我看看...是的，没有房间了。 [00:57.53]M: Oh, come on! You must have something, anything!
哦，拜托！你们肯定有房间的，任何都行！ [01:01.45]W: Well, let...let me check my computer here...Ah!
好吧...让我查查电脑……啊！ [01:07.91]M: What?
怎么了？ [01:08.53]W: There has been a cancellation for this evening.
今晚有一个预定取消了。 [01:11.24]A honeymoon suite is now available.
现在有一个蜜月套房可以住。 [01:13.87]M: Great, I'll take it.
太好了，我要了。 [01:15.84]W: But I'll have to charge you ￡150 for the night.
但是你需要为今晚支付150英镑。 [01:19.96]M: What? I should get a discount for the inconvenience!
什么？！我应该因为这个麻烦享受优惠！ [01:24.54]W: Well,the best I can give you is a 10% discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
我最多给您10%的优惠外加一张免费的早餐券。 [01:32.67]M: Hey, isn't the breakfast free anyway?
嘿，早餐不是本来就免费吗？ [01:35.79]W: Well, only on weekends.
只在周末免费。 [01:37.40]M: I want to talk to the manager.
我想和经理谈谈。 [01:39.64]W: Wait,wait, wait..uh..Mr.Nelson,I think I can give you an additional 15% discount.
等等，Nelson先生，我想我可以给你额外15%的优惠。 [01:46.45]Conversation Two
【对话二】 [01:48.89]M: Sarah,you work in the Admissions Office,don't you?
Sarah，你在招生办公室工作，对吧？ [01:55.07]W: Yes,I am..I've been here ten years as an Assistant Director.
是的，我在这里做了10年的助理主任。 [02:01.34]M: Really? What does that involve?
真的吗？需要负责什么呢？ [02:04.05]W: Well,I'm in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.
我负责大学里所有研究生的录取工作。 [02:09.91]M: Only postgraduates?
只负责研究生的吗？ [02:11.74]W: Yes, postgraduates only.
是的，只是研究生的。 [02:14.12]I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
本科生的与我没有关系。 [02:16.83]M: Do you find that you get a particular... sort of...different national groups?
你会录取一些特殊的...不同民族的人吗？ [02:23.41]I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or...
我的意思是，你会录取很多来自拉丁美洲的或者是…… [02:27.88]W: Yes. Well,of all the students enrolled last year,nearly half were from overseas.
是的，去年所有入学的学生中有近半数的人来自海外。 [02:34.58]They were from African countries,the Far East,the Middle East,and Latin America.
他们来自非洲国家、远东、中东和拉丁美洲地区。 [02:40.12]M: Em..but have you been doing just that for the last ten years,
在过去的10年，你只做这些吗？ [02:44.98]or,have you done other things?
或者你还做了别的什么事？ [02:46.76]W: Well, I've been doing the same job.
我一直在做一样的工作。 [02:49.93]Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham,
在这之前，我在伯明翰的医学院做秘书， [02:56.03]and further back, I worked in the local government.
再往前，我在当地政府工作。 [02:59.06]M: Oh, I see.
哦，我明白了 [03:00.43]W: So I've done different types of things.
所以我做了各种各样的事情。 [03:03.05]M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future?
确实，你对未来的工作发展怎么看？ [03:08.50]Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something?
你有没有想过换一种不同的工作或做一些…… [03:14.36]W: Oh, yeah, from October 1st, I'll be doing an entirely different job.
哦，是的。从10月1日起，我就要开始做完全不同的工作了。 [03:19.35]There's going to be more committee work.
我将会有更多的委员会工作。 [03:21.23]I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students, unfortunately.
我是说，更多的政策性工作，很不幸，很少能处理一些学生们的问题。 [03:27.16]I'll miss my contact with students.
我会想念和同学们接触的日子。