unit2.a-sweet--sweet-house聽力原文

1、Part 1A.House age nt:right, if youd just come this way.Woma n: Thank you.Man:Yes.House age nt:Er on the right here we have the er the bathroom, which as you can see isfully fully fitted. If we just move forward now, we er come into the er main -bed-sitt ing room here. And er on the left are dining r

2、oom table and chairs.Woma n:Oh yes.Man:Yes.House agent:And er straight ahead of us um foldaway double bed and mattress, which Ithink youll agree is quite a no vel idea.Ma n: Oh yes.House age nt:And the n um to Woma n: Beh ind the armchair.House age nt: Yes, beh ind the armchair. To our right, umin t

3、he corner there, a fitted wardrobe.And ano ther one on my left here.Woma n: On either side of the bed?House age nt:Yes, thats right. Thats right, so you can put all your er ni ght attire orwhat whatever you like in there.Man:Yes, thats good.House age nt:The n, therethe we have the sofa here er in fr

4、ont of the um win dow.Ma n: Oh yes.House age nt: Er so theres ple nty of light coming through into the room and as you can see theres a nice view through the win dows there.Woma n: No curta ins, though.House age nt: No curta ins, but weve got roller bli nds.Woma n: Oh.House age nt:Yes, theyre nice a

5、nd straight forward. No problems about that dont have to washthem of course. And um on the left of the er sofa there, you can see nice coffee tables.If if we move straight a straight ahead, actually, into the er the kitchen you c;that um on my left here weve got a washing machine, tumble dryer and u

6、m electric cooker Woma n: Oh,yes.Man: Mmm.House age nt:AII as you can see to the most moder n desig ns. And there umide- of on the other sthe kitche n um refrigerator there in thein the corner.Man:Oh yeah, yes.Woma n: Oh, what a nice little cubbyhole! Yes, very n eat.House age nt: Yes. Well um I don

7、t know whether youve got any questi ons. Thats it of course.Woma n: Well, could could we perhaps see the bathroom, because we we did nt see that?House age nt:OK, yes, yes. Lets um lets go on out of here and um end up in thebathroom C.Dave: Hi Ran dall. (Hi.) come on in.Randall: Uh, yeah, I stopped b

8、y to see if you were still looking for a roommate to share your house.Dave: Yep. I sure am. Ever since I cut back on my worki ng hours to go to school, I ve been really strapped for cash.Ra ndall: Oh.Dave : Hey, let me show you the place. Uh, here.s the living roomRan dall: Oh. It looks like you cou

9、ld use a new carpetand those sta ins?Dave: Well. I vead a few problems with some former roommates. Iknow it n eeds to be clea ned, but I just dont have the money to do it rignow.Ra ndall: Oh. And what about the kitche n?Dave: Right this way. Look. It s completely furnished with all the latestapplia

10、nces, except Ran dall: What?Dave: Well, the refrigerator door is broke na little bitand it wshut all the way. It needs fixing, but dont worry.sIed by ve just improvpushing a box against it to keep it shut.Ran dall: Hmm. Great.Dave: Ah. It isn t that bad.Ran dall: Well how about the bathroom?Dave: We

11、ll Randall: No, no. Don t tell me. The toilet is clogged or the sink has a few leaks.Dave: No, those work fine, but, uh, the tile in the shower needs to bereplaced, and the win dow n eeds fixing.Randall: Let me see. The tile what? The window? Where s the windowpan e?Dave: Well, that another slight p

12、roblem. I vut up a piece of cardboard to keep out the (Hmmm) rain and snow, and if it gets a little cold, you can always tur n up the heat. Well, you used to un til the cen tral heati ng went out.(Oh boy.)Ran dall: Hey, I think I ve see n eno ugh. I can t believe you ve sun der these con diti ons.Da

13、ve: So what do you think? You really can t beat a place like this for$450 a month. So it has its problems, but we can fix those.Ran dall: Uh, no tha nk you. I thi nk I ve see n eno ugh.Part 21. My dream house would be a canal boat. Id like to wake up every morning and see the water. Erm, Id paint it

14、 bright red, and it would have a little roof-garden for all my pot-plants.2. My ideal house would be modern, ermm, it would be made of bricks, and it would have white pillars outside the front door. And it would be det ached oh yes, it would have a garage.3. My ideal home would be to live in a cotta

15、ge in a small village by the sea. Er, somewhere like Corn wall, so its un spoilt and there are cliffs and trees around.4. I think if I could have any sort of house, Id like one of those white-walled villas in Spain. (Itd) Be marvelous to be able to just fall out of bed and into the sea first thing i

16、n the morning. (Itd) Be absolutely great. All that heat. Marvelous.5. Ive always wan ted to live in a really big house in th e coun try, a big family house with, ermat least two hundred years old, I think, with a big garden, and best of all rd like to have adry-stone wall around the garden. Ive alwa

17、ys loved dry-stone walls.6. Dyou know, I may sound daft but whatve always wan ted to do is live somewhere totally isolated, preferably somewhere enormous like a castle or something, you know, right out inthe sea or even sort of in a little isla nd, on an isla nd, you know, out at sea, where you have

18、 to get there by a boat or someth ing, where its cut off at high tide. I think itd be really great.Questio ns:1. Accord ing to the first speaker, i n what color would her dream house be pain ted?2. Where would she put all her pot-pla nts?3. In the sec ond speakers opinion, what would there be outsid

19、e the front door of his ideal house?4. What would there be around the third speakers ideal home?5. When the fourth speaker got up in the morning, what would he do first?6. What is Spain famous for?7. According to the fifth speaker, what would she like to have around the garden of her dream house?8.

20、How should one get to the last speakers ideal house?Part 3Wendy Stott: Oh hello. (Hello.) My n ames Wen dy Stott. Did the estate age nt ring you and tell youI was coming?House owner: Oh yes, yes I was expecting you. Do come in. (Thank you.) Have you had the particulars and everyth ing? Did the estat

21、e age nt give you, you know, all the details?Wendy Stott: Oh yes. Yes I have, and I was rather interested; that was why I came round this after noon. You seem to have decorated quite recen tlyHouse owner: Yes, oh, yes, it was decorated last year. Now this is thethis is the kitchen.Wendy Stott: Yes e

22、r What kitchen equipment are you leaving behind or are you going to take it all?House owner: Well, you know it rather depe nds on what I end up buying. Ive got someth ing inmind at the mome nt but as you know these things can take ages (Yes.) but the place rm going to has no gas so ni probably be le

23、avi ng this stove, this ove n here.Wendy Stott: Is it . is it quite new? Have you had it long?House owner: Oh, no, not Ion g. Its about five or six years old. (I see.)ve found it very reliable but I shall be taking that fridge but you can see everything else. Its a fully fitted kitchenWendy Stott: Y

24、es, what about the dishwasher um is that a dishwasher under the sink?House owner: No, no, thats a washing machine, I shall be taking that, yes, I will, but there is plumb ing for a wash ing mach ine. (Right.)Wendy Stott: Is the gas cooker the only gas applia nee youve got?House owner: No, no, there

25、is a gas fire but I dont use it very much; its in the main room, the lou nge.Wendy Stott: Oh. Right. That seems fine.House owner: Well, then across here if youd like to come in with me, this is the sitting room. (Oh.Yes.) Well you can see for yourself it is really.Wendy Stott: Oh I like the windows,

26、 right down to the floor, thats really niceHouse owner: Yes, yes, they are ni ce. Its got a very pleasa nt view and theres a balc ony you can sit out on in the summer. (Yes, its a nice view.) Yes, it is nice. Now then across here this is the smallest bedroom; (Yes.) there are three rooms, this is th

27、e smallest and its no more really tha n a box room but of course you can get a bed in.thisWendy Stott: You could make it into a study. It would be more useful I think.House owner: Yes, well I think somebody else has got this room as a study. Then thissecond bedroom. (Yes.) As you can see its got a f

28、itted cupboard and those shelves there they are also fitted.Wendy Stott: Have you got an airi ng cupboard any where?House owner: Oh. Yes, theres one in the bathroom. Ill show you that in a moment. (Oh right.) Now this is the third bedroom, this is the largest bedroom. (Oh.) Of course its got the was

29、h bas in, double fitted cupboard, ple nty of space really, there, (Very ni ce.) and of course this room does take the double bed. Now um this is the bathroom. Theres the airing cupboard. (Is that the airing cupboard?) Yes, thats right. Its nice and warm in there; its rather small but I mean it is ad

30、equate, you know, and of course there isthere is the shower.Wendy Stott: Is that, did you put that in yourself or was it in with the flat?House owner: Oh, no. No that was in whe n the flat was built.Wendy Stott: Is it quite reliable (Oh, yes.) because Ive had problems with a shower recently? (Yes, n

31、o rve n ever had problems with that. No. Its really good.) Is it gas heated at the water point?House owner: No, that is electric. (Ah.)Stateme nts:1. Wendy Stott knows nothing about the flat before she comes to have a look at it.2. The flat was decorated five or six years ago.3. The house owner has

32、used the oven and the stove for about five or six years.4. The win dows in the largest bedroom are right dow n to the floor.5. There is a balc ony in the sitt in g-room.Part 4In terviewer: How importa nt are property prices in the economy?Roy: In the UK, most people in vest most of their money in th

33、eir house. So property prices are extremely importa nt.In terviewer: Mmm. What your view on the UK property market? Do you thi nk prices are too high?Roy: Well, in recent years, prices have gone up ten to twenty percent a year, um in some years even more. But inflation has been just two or three per

34、cent a year. So I think it clear that, um the boom has to end.In terviewer: Mmm. The last property market crash, in the UK, was in the late 1980s, and it put theUK economy into a recession. Do you think the same thing will happen again?Roy:I dont think prices will crash. Thethe economic situation wa

35、s different in the late80s in terest rates rose quite fast just before property prices fell. Today, the Bank of En gla nd is much more careful with with changes in interest rates. The other important differenee, I think, is that then unemployment was quite high. Today, it very low about five percent

36、. so the economic situation completely different. So I don think prices will crash, but it is possible they fall a little bit. Or stay at the same level for a few years.In terviewer: Banks have lent people a lot of money in recent years. People have got big mortgages. Do you think that ll be a probl

37、em? Will people have less money to spend in the future?Roy: oh, certa inly. Because the loa ns have nt just bee n mortgages-people have also borrowed money to spend in the shops. So far, that helped the economy, because spending has been high. But at the end of the day, people will have to pay the money back. So I think we see lower con sumer spe nding over the n ext few years.Part 5Apartme nt Man ager: Well, hi Mr. Brow n. Hows your apartme nt work ing out