1、日常交际面试用语考研英语四六级使用P 1W: Hello, Clarkson College, may I help you?M: Yes. (1) Im looking for information on courses in computer programming. I would need it for the fall semester.W: Do you want a day or evening course?M: (2) Well, it would have to be an evening course since I work during the day.W: Aha
2、. Have you taken any courses in data processing?M: No.W: Oh! Well, data processing is a course you have to take before you can take computer programming.M: Oh, I see. Well, when is it given? I hope its not on Thursdays.W: (3) Well, theres a class that meets on Monday evenings at 7.M: Just once a wee
3、k?W: Yes. But thats almost 3 hours from 7 to 9:45.M: (4) Oh! Well, thats all right, I could manage that. How many weeks does the course last?W: Mm, let me see. 12 weeks. You start the first week in September, and finishOh. just before Christmas, December 21st.M: And how much is the course?W: Thats 3
4、00 dollars including the necessary computer time.M: Ah-hum. Okay, Eh, where do I go to register?W: (5) Registration is on the second and third of September between 6 and 9 in Frost Hall.M: Is that the round building behind the parking lot?W: Yes, thats the one.M: Oh, I know how to get there. Is ther
5、e anything that I should bring with me?W: No, just your check book.M: Well, thank you so much.W: Youre very welcome. Bye!M: Bye!P 2M: When I say I live in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons.W: The seasons?M: Yeah, you know how cold it is in winter, what its like when the days are s
6、o short?W: (1) So what is it like?M: Well, it is cold, very cold in winter, sometimes as cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of course when you go out, you wrap up warm. But inside, in the houses its always very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people always complain that when they visit
7、 England, the houses are cold even in a good winter.W: And what about the darkness?M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time theres only one hour of daylight, (2)so you really look forward to the spring. It is sometimes a bit depressing. But you see the summers are amazing. From May to July in the North
8、of Sweden, the sun never sets. Its still light at midnight. You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper.W: Oh, yeah, ” the land of the midnight sun”.M: Thats right, but its wonderful. You want to stay up all night. (3)And the Swedes make the most of it, often they start work earlier in summer
9、 and then leave at about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings. (4)Theyd like to work hard, but play hard, too. I think Londoners work longer hours, (5) but Im not sure this is a good thing.P 3W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking te
10、rribly depressed. Did he get pensioned off at last?M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is past it.W: He is all alone, isnt he?M: Yes, his wifes been dead for years. They had one daughter, Dories. But she went off to town as
11、soon as she left school. And he hasnt heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?M: I dont suppose she come. She never got on with her father. (1)He is bit of a tough character and she is rat
12、her selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. Hes healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly.W: Are you his doctor?M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.W: That bad-tempered old thing?M: (2) Oh, he isnt really bad-tempered. He just looks it. (3)He is an excellent doctor, taught me a
13、 lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant. W: Yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. (4)She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.P 4M：Mary！I hope youre packed
14、and ready to leave.W：Yes, Im packed, but not quite ready. I cant find my passport.M：Your passport？Thats the one thing you mustnt leave behind！W：I know. I havent lost it. Ive packed it, but I cant remember which bag its in.M：Well, youll have to find it at the airport. Come on！The taxi is waiting.W：Di
15、d you say the taxi？I thought we were going in your car.M：(1)Yes, well, I had planned to. But Ill explain later. Youve got to be there in an hour.W：The plane doesnt leave for 2 hours. Anyway, Im ready to go now.M：Now, you are taking just one case. Is that right？W：No, theres one in the hall as well.M：
16、Gosh！What a lot of stuff！Youre taking enough for a month instead of a week!W：Well, you cant depend on the weather. It might be cold.M：Its never cold in Rome, certainly not in May. (2)Come on, we really must go.W：(3)Right, were ready. Weve got the bags, Im sure theres no need to rush.M：There is. I as
17、ked the taxi driver to wait 2 minutes, not 20！W：(4)Look, Im supposed to be going away to relax, youre making me nervous！M：Well, I want you to relax on holiday, but you cant relax yet.W：(5)OK, I promise not to relax, at least not until we get into the airport and I find my passport.P 5W: (1) Tell me,
18、 Peter, what makes Harrods so famous?M: Well, its the biggest department store in the UK. And its food hall and Egyptian hall are very famous. (2) People come to Harrods just to see them. W: (3) What is special about the food hall?M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kin
19、ds of cheese from all over the world and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year. W: Thats amazing! And why is the Egyptian hall so famous?M: (4) Well, when people see it, they feel they are in another world. It looks like
20、an Egyptian building from 4, 000years ago. And it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4, 000 years old, of course. W: Is it true that Harrods produces its own electricity?M: Yes, it does.70%, enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building, we use 11,500 light bulbs. W: Really? Tell
21、me, how many customers do you have on an average day? And how much do they spend?M: About 30,000 people come on an average day, but during the sales, the number increases to 300, 000 customers a day. How much do they spend? Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record
22、 for one day is 9 million pounds. W: 9 million pounds in one day?M: Yes! On the first day of the January sales. W: Harrods says it sells everything to everybody, everywhere. Is that really true?M: (5) Oh yes, of course! Absolutely everything!P 6W: Hi Kevin!M: (1) Hi Laura, long time no see! What hav
23、e you been up to lately?W: Not much, I can assure you, and you?M: (2) Much the same except I do have some big news.W: Come on. This suspense is killing me.M: No, really, what have you been doing these past few weeks? The last time I saw you, you were looking for a new job.W: Well, thats not exactly
24、true. I was thinking about changing jobs. Luckily, they offered mea new position in the accounting department. M: A step up in the big business world.W: I wouldnt exaggerate, but I am pleased. I had been hoping to get a promotion for a while. (3) So when it finally came through, I was relieved. Actu
25、ally, thats why I was looking for a new job. I just didnt want to work there anymore if they werent going to recognize my efforts.M: Right, sometimes you can do your best and it seems like the others dont know you exist. I hope the moneys better.W: I got a reasonable raise, (4) now enough about me,
26、Im dying to hear your news. M: I am getting married.W: No, you said youd never get married.M: That was then and this is now. Youve got to meet Andrea, shes great!W: This is all news to me. I didnt even know you were dating.M: We werent, weve just been dating for two weeks now.W: And you getting marr
27、ied?M: (5) I know. I cant help it. I just know shes the one.W: Well, congratulations! Thats fantastic!M: Thanks, Im glad to hear you feel that way. P 7W: Hello.M: (1) Hello. Is that the reference library?W: Yes, can I help you?M: (2) I hope so. I rang earlier and asked for some information about Den
28、nis Hutton, the scientist. You asked me to ring back.W: Oh, yes. I have found something.M: Good. Ive got a pencil and paper. Perhaps you could read out what it says.W: Certainly. Hutton Dennis, born: Darlington, 1836, died: New York, 1920.M: Yes, got that. W: Inventor and physicist, the son of a far
29、m worker. (3) He was admitted to the University of London at the age of 15.M: Yes.W: (4) He graduated at 17 with the first class degree in physics and mathematics. All right?M: Yes, all right.W: He made his first notable achievement at the age of 18. It was a method of refrigeration which rose from
30、his work in low temperature physics. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Manchester at 24, where he remained for twelve years. During that time, he married one of his students, Natasha Willoughby.M: Yes, go on. W: Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of mod
31、ern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles. For this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high frequency radio waves. In his lifetime, Hutton patented 244 invent
32、ions. Do you want any more?M: Yes, when did he go to America?W: Let me see. In1920 he went to teach in New York and died there suddenly after only three weeks. Still he was a good age.M: (5) Yes, I suppose so. Well, thanks.P 8W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I received your resume last week, and was very impressed. M: Thank you!W: We are a small financ
