創(chuàng)新英語教程第一冊UNIT18

[00:04.49]3 Problems on holiday [00:11.15]Hello.How are you? [00:15.60]Great.I've seen lots of interesting things. [00:20.64]I'm really enjoying it. [00:24.08]Yes,it's a nice place,isn't it? [00:28.24]Yes,lovely.So what are you doing today? [00:33.38]Oh,I've lost my passport, [00:38.03]so I need to go to the Embassy and see if I can get a temporary one. [00:42.79]Oh no! Where did you lose it? [00:46.94]I'm not sure.The last time I remember having it was in the bank the other day. [00:53.79]Have you been back there to see if anyone's handed it in? [00:59.06]Yes,I went there yesterday,but they didn't have it. [01:04.10]How annoying! [01:07.16]Yes,it's real pain.Anyway,listen,I must go. [01:13.64]The Embassy opens at ten and I want to get there early. [01:18.50]Yes,sure.Well,good luck.I hope you sort it all out. [01:24.56]Yes,thanks. [01:27.80]7 Key word:sort out [02:29.76]Yesterday I went to the bank to get some money out of the cashpoint. [02:39.50]There are two machines next to the bus stop where I catch my bus into town. [02:46.27]I got to the bank and there were two people waiting at eachmachine, [02:53.04]so I had to decide which queue to join. [02:58.08]I was worried because I knew the bus could come at any moment, [03:04.03]so I wanted to join the faster queue. [03:08.58]I joined one with an old lady and a young man in front of me. [03:14.85]The young guy finished quickly and we moved forward. [03:20.41]I started thinking I'd made the right decision. [03:25.66]The old lady then started looking in her bag for her purse. [03:31.83]As the queue next to me moved forward, [03:36.87]I thought abut changing,but I couldn't see ab bus coming and anyway, [03:43.35]just at that moment,a couple arrived and started queuing up for the other machine. [03:49.41]'Never mind,'I thought. [03:53.77]'I only have to wait for one person and the old lady has found her purse.' [04:00.43]Unfortunately,though,she had also found several cheques, [04:07.51]which she wanted to pay into her account. [04:11.87]She put her card in and keyed in her PIN number. [04:18.22]The machine seemed very slow [04:23.29]and I suddenly noticed a bus at the end of the road. [04:29.35]The old lady took the envelope and put her cheques in, [04:34.91]but then she dropped one. [04:39.17]I picked it up for her and put it in the machine. [04:44.32]I could see the bus coming to the stop before mine. [04:50.66]The old lady finally finished! [04:55.71]'I'm going to make it,'I said to myself. [05:01.06]I keyed in my number and asked for fifty pounds. [05:06.52]I waited and a message came up: [05:11.80]'Sorry.This machine is temporarily unable to dispense money.' [05:18.46]I wanted to scream!The bus was already leaving the stop before mine. [05:27.31]I looked over at the three people waiting in the other queue [05:33.27]and asked if I could jump in ahead of them. [05:37.32]'My bus is coming,'I tried to explain. [05:43.09]'I need the money to get the bus.' [05:47.53]They just looked at me as if I was an alien. [05:53.31]'No,you'll have to wait like everyone else,'one of them replied. [06:00.25]I Joined the end of the queue.My bus left without me! [06:07.41]In this kind of situation, [06:13.05]there should be a law that makes everyone form just one queue. [06:18.70]This is what happens in the post office and it works well. [06:23.95]Everyone is treated fairly. [06:28.00]Until that law is introduced,though, [06:32.44]the world will continue to be divided into two groups: [06:37.69]the people like me,who always choose the wrong queue, [06:43.57]wait for ages and never get what they want, [06:48.11]and the people who never have any problems in life. [06:53.07]They just jump queues, [06:56.73]because they know someone on the door of a club [07:01.28]or they have a friend who is standing near the front [07:05.53]or because they're just beautiful and some stupid man lets them push in, [07:11.91]because he thinks they like him(but they don't). [07:16.45]Queuing,however,isn't always a problem. [07:21.42]I met one of my best friends in q queue. [07:25.99]I was 14 and my favourite band Take That were doing a tour. [07:33.25]I started queuing for tickets the night before they came on sale. [07:39.31]There were lots of us there and the girl sitting next to me was called Rachel. [07:45.66]She was really nice. [07:49.60]She shared her food and drink with me. [07:53.86]She saved my place in the queue when I had to go to the toilet [07:59.50]and she was just good fun. [08:03.29]We've been friends ever since. [08:07.94]3 While you listen [08:19.02]Conversation 1 [08:22.54]Hi,I wonder if you can help me with this. [08:27.87]What's the problem with it? [08:31.63]I'm not really sure.It's just not working properly. [08:35.74]When you press record,the red light doesn't come on and then, [08:41.90]it works,the film usually comes out looking very strange. [08:47.83]OK.Let me have a look at it..oh,it's very dirty. [08:54.80]How long have you had it? [08:58.65]Quite a while now.Maybe four or five years. [09:04.10]Right.That's quite a long time.And when was the last time you cleaned it? [09:11.68]Cleaned it? I didn't know I had to! [09:16.83]I've never really cleaned it.I don't know how to do it. [09:22.39]Ah-ha!Well,that could be part of the problem. [09:26.83]Let's open it all up and give it a good clean, [09:31.79]and see if that makes any difference. [09:35.45]OK.Great.Thanks.Can I leave it with you? [09:41.09]Yes,of course.It should be ready later on today, [09:46.27]if you want to come back later to collect it. [09:50.63]Conversation 2 [09:55.80]Hi,thanks for coming. [09:59.93]That's OK.Where is it? [10:04.16]Just through here in the kitchen.There you are. [10:08.81]Right,OK.And what's the problem with it? [10:14.16]I'm not really sure. [10:17.64]It's making a funny noise when it goes round [10:22.50]and I think it's leaking somewhere because [10:26.86]water keeps coming out from underneath here. [10:31.61]I see.And how long've you had it? [10:36.47]Almost four years now and I've never had any problems with it before. [10:42.72]No,it's a very good make. [10:46.27]They don't usually break down. [10:50.03]Let's start with the noise. [10:53.58]Do you always check there's no money in your pockets before you put things in? [10:59.46]Wll...um..I try to,of course,but it's possible I miss some sometimes. [11:07.12]Well,that could be it,then. [11:10.96]Sometimes coins get stuck just here and start making a horrible noise. [11:16.60]Let's open this up and have a look,OK? [11:20.86]And then we'll worry about the leak. [11:25.53]Conversation 3 [11:30.49]So what's wrong with it? [11:34.86]I've no idea!I've tried turing it on and off, [11:41.02]but nothing happen at all. [11:44.89]I've tried pressing all these buttons here, [11:49.75]but that didn't make any difference. [11:54.00]I've even tried changing the batteries in the remote control use with it, [12:01.76]but that didn't help either.I really don't know what to do. [12:08.42]How long have you had it? [12:11.87]Just a couple of days. [12:15.35]I only bought it last Saturday and the man in the shop [12:21.12]told me it was the best brand you can buy. [12:26.08]It makes me really angry. [12:29.92]OK.OK.Calm down and let's have a look at it. [12:34.60]It's all connected up OK. [12:38.26]I know.I checked all that earlier. [12:43.22]It's very strange. [12:46.77]Let's start from the beginning with it,then. [12:51.92]OK.Oh,look-you idiot!! What?What have I done? [13:00.28]You haven't plugged it in over here,have you! [13:04.43]I'm not surprised it hasn't been working! [13:08.51]Oh no.I'm really sorry.I've completely wasted your time,then! [13:16.06]Oh well,never mind.You live and learn,I suppose. [13:20.63]Yes,maybe..but it's a really stupid mistake,isn't it? [13:27.47]You can say that again!

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