劍橋雅思報考指南 第11期
Recording 13
錄音13
1. A: Right, so, you need to book some flights, is that right? B: Yes, for me and my family. We're going to Scotland for my sister's wedding.
1、A：好，那么你是需要預(yù)定航班，對吧?B：對，我和我的家人。我們要去蘇格蘭參加我妹妹的婚禮。
A: Oh, lovely! When's the wedding? B: It's on 21st July.
A：噢，太棒了!婚禮是什么時候?B：7月21日。
A: That should be wonderful, but I assume you'll want to fly in earlier? What about the 20th or even the 19th?
A：這聽起來棒極了，但我猜你希望能再早點飛?20號或甚至19號怎么樣?
B: It will have to be the 18th, I've actually got to attend a special dinner on the 19th.
B：必須在18號，(因為)事實上我19號要去參加一個特別的晚宴。
2. Welcome aboard, everyone! I hope you'll enjoy your stay with us and get a lovely glimpse of country life.
2、各位，歡迎大家的到來!我希望你們享受這段與我們同行的時光，并好好看看美麗的鄉(xiāng)村生活。
We're going to a wonderful market on Tuesday morning, I'm sure you'll love that with all the local farm produce on sale.
我們周二早上會去一個很棒的市場。我很肯定你們都會愛上那兒的， 所有的本地農(nóng)場出產(chǎn)的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品都有售賣。
Then on the Wednesday you'll get to see where all that lovely produce comes from as John Smith, a local farmer, has invited us to see him at work.
在周三，你們就能看看這些惹人喜愛的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品是從哪兒來的了，因為約翰·史密斯，一位本地農(nóng)民，邀請我們?nèi)⒂^他工作。
On Thursday, you'll have a day to relax before we leave on Friday.
周四，你們有一天放松的時間，隨后我們于周五離開。
3. A: So, what topic are we going to choose for our project? It's due in three weeks.
3、A：那么，我們的項目該選什么課題?三周后就要交了。
B: I know, it's not a lot of time. I was going to suggest we do one on the environment.
B：我明白，時間不多了。我建議我們做環(huán)境類。
A: But that's so broad a topic. We should try to narrow it down. What about recycling?
A：但這個課題也太廣了。我們應(yīng)該把范圍縮小些?；厥照n題怎么樣?
B: That's a good idea, there's a lot of information and I think the other groups are concentrating on pollution, so this would be nice and different.
B：這個主意不錯，信息很多，而且我認(rèn)為其他小組主要集中于污染課題，所以這個課題很好，有新意。
4. We encountered quite a few problems during our research. Firstly, the weather washorrendous and made our work conditions very difficult indeed .
4、我們在研究過程中遇到了好些問題。首先，天氣糟透了，使得我們的工作條件變得非常艱苦。
Luckily, we had the right equipment to deal with that, and could carry on regardless.
幸運的是，我們有合適的設(shè)備來應(yīng)對這一切，能排除萬難繼續(xù)工作。
Unfortunately though, in spite of having so many volunteers, we did run out of fundshalfway through the project. So, we were forced to postpone the second half of our trip.
但不幸的是，盡管我們有很多志愿者，我們在項目中途資金就用完了。所以我們被迫將另一半考察之旅延后。
