剑桥五雅思听力5.5冲6section4.doc

ADVISER: Good morning, how can I help you?
STUDENT: Good morning. Umm, I understand you help fix up students with host families.
ADVISER: That's right ... are you interested in ...?
STUDENT: Yes ...
ADVISER: Well please sit down and I'll just take a few details.
STUDENT: Thank you.
ADVISER: Right now ... what name is it?
STUDENT: Jenny Chan.
ADVISER: Can you spell that please?
STUDENT: Yes ... J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.
ADVISER: Right ... and what is your present address?
STUDENT: Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road.
ADVISER: OK, and do you know the phone number there?
STUDENT: Yes ... I have it here, ummm ... 2237676, but I'm only there after about 7 pm.
ADVISER: So when would be the best time to catch you?
STUDENT: I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-past, before I leave for the college.
ADVISER: Great ... and can I ask you your age?
STUDENT: I've just had my nineteenth birthday.
ADVISER: And how long would you want to stay with the host family?
STUDENT: I'm planning on staying a year but at the moment I'm definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit.
ADVISER: You're working on it? Fine ... and what will be your occupation while you're in the UK?
STUDENT: Studying English?
ADVISER: And what would you say your level of English is?
STUDENT: Umm. Good, I think I'd like to say 'advanced' but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose it's intermediate.
ADVISER: Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer?
STUDENT: Ummm, well I'm studying right in the centre but I'd really like to live in the north-west.
ADVISER: That shouldn't be a great problem ... we usually have lots of families up there.

ADVISER: And do you have any particular requirements for diet?
STUDENT: Well, I'm nearly a vegetarian ... not quite.
ADVISER: Shall I say you are? It's probably easier that way.
STUDENT: That would be best.
ADVISER: Anything about your actual room?
STUDENT: I would prefer my own facilities - 'en suite', is that right? And also if it's possible a TV and I'd also like the house to have a real garden rather than just a yard,
somewhere I could sit and be peaceful.
ADVISER: Is that all?
STUDENT: Well ... I'm really serious about improving my English so I'd prefer to be the only guest if that's possible?
ADVISER: No other guests ... Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you're willing to pay. What did you have in mind?
STUDENT: I was thinking in terms of about £60-£80 a week, but I'd go up to a hundred if it was something special.
ADVISER: Well I don't think we'd have any problems finding something for you.
STUDENT: Oh, good.
ADVISER: And when would you want it for?
STUDENT: I'd like to move in approximately two weeks.
ADVISER: Let me see, it's the 10th today ... so if we go for the Monday it's the 23rd March...
STUDENT: Yes.
ADVISER: Right ... good, and if I could ask one last question ...
必备词汇：
Fix sb.up with 为某人提供某物
Host family 寄宿家庭
Extension 延期
Advanced 高级的
Intermediate （英语学习水平）中级的
Particular requirement 特别要求
Vegetarian 素食主义者
Facility 设备
Approximately 大约

En suite 套间（卧室含卫生间）
拓展词汇：
Homestay (在国外的访问者)在当地居民家居住
Post code 邮政编码
General English 普通英语
Academic English 学术英语
ESP 专门用途英语
English for Specific Purposes
Move out
Move in
Accommodation 住宿
Deposit 押金
Double room 双人间
Twin room (旅馆)标准间
Single bedroom 单人间
Studio apartment 一居室的公寓
Den n.舒适的私室（办公，学习用）
Living room
Sitting room
Kitchenette 小厨房
Bathroom
Stove 炉
Stereo system 立体音响系统
Phone connection （电脑）电话连线上网
Entrance hall 门廊（进门的门厅）