第十二期 2009年6月真题 长对话(3/6)-英语听力

[00:00.00]Conversation One [00:02.35]W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? [00:06.39]Old Jake, looking terribly depressed.Did he get pensioned off at last? [00:12.81]M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. [00:17.54]He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted. [00:23.36]W: He is all alone, isn't he? [00:25.83]M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. They had one daughter, Dories. [00:32.41]But she went off to town as soon as she left school. [00:35.73]And he hasn't heard from her since.I hear she is making good money as a model. [00:41.24]W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her.Get her to come back for a while to help? [00:47.29]M: I don't suppose she come. She never got on with her father. [00:52.19]He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. [00:56.85]Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. [01:00.27]He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly. [01:05.23]W: Are you his doctor? [01:07.19]M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is. [01:10.33]W: That bad-tempered old thing? [01:12.97]M: Oh, he isn't bad-tempered. He just looks it. [01:17.02]He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. [01:23.53]His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant. [01:28.11]W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. [01:31.80]She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, [01:35.67]but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group. [01:42.93]Conversation Two [01:44.93]W: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today? [01:49.12]M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green. [01:51.80]W: What can I do for you? [01:53.42]M: Well, unfortunately, there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday. [01:59.32]It seems we haven't seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system. [02:05.88]W: Oh, dear, that's bad news. [02:08.77]I'm very sorry to hear that, and you don't know how many packs are without manuals? [02:15.17]M: No, because we haven't opened every pack. [02:18.35]But in several of those that have been opened there are none, no manuals. [02:24.06]W: I'm very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield. [02:28.23]We'll send out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, [02:34.95]and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at the latest. [02:40.70]M: All of them, right? [02:42.61]W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure. [02:48.41]So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack. [02:52.65]M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be great. [02:56.20]W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up. [02:59.33]I assure you we will do everything possible to find out why the mistake happened. [03:04.37]M: Right. Thanks for your swift action. [03:07.21]W: Not at all.Thank you and goodbye for now.Do call if there is anything else. [03:12.95]M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green. [03:15.74]W: Goodbye.