【正文】 m going to be a birdesmaid in the wedding, so, you know, I have to buy a dress and then... Woman: Why the long face, Tony? Tony: Oh, I just got some bad news today. Woman: What happened? Tony: Well, you know my job at the design studio? Woman: Yes. Tony: Well,.. Woman: Oh, no! Tony: Oh, yes. Today the boss called me into his office and told me they had to lay me off indefinitely. That means as of April thirtieth, I39。s always saying that39。ll say that for it. Man 1: Great music for dancing. Man 2: Dancing? Yeah. I guess. For young people, anyway. Man 1: What? What, you think we39。ve been pretty busy. I haven39。ve hired have all worked outno major problems so far. Wayne: When I have to make an important decision, I find I need to talk to a lot of people, get their input. If I have to do it myself, I get confused. It39。s a car once I decided which one I liked, I finally went to the showroom to testdrive the car. I suppose you could say that my approach takes a lot of time, but I feel secure in my decisions. Carla: I39。s a lot of fun……most of the time. I think one way I am different is that I like to do my own thing sometimes. I don39。s something in my life that I can39。t move or scream or anything. I can feel something ing closer and closer to me, and, you know, it39。s almost over so I39。s very embarrassing. No one seems to notice that I39。t have to go the office every day. And I don39。親愛的讀者們：由于工作的原因，需要《劍橋國際英語教程4》（Passage 4）的聽力原稿。t have to deal with office politics. But, you know, the truth is, my job is very hard. I have to be very organized and very disciplined. and pretty selfmotivated. And when I have a problem, there is no one around to help me I have to solve it myself. And sometimes I worry about money. So when I get stressed, I take a hot bath to relax, and then I curl up in front of the TV with a cup of hot tea. And that usually does the trick at the end of a long and very hard day. Sean: Traffic stresses me out. I do a lot driving to school and to my parttime job. Drivers can be so rude, especially during rush hour. I try to ignore them by listening to my favorite music in the car. Then, when I get home, I try to something fun to relax. I39。m much older and shouldn39。ve missed most of it, and I don39。s really strange because usually in the dream I am exactly where I am in real life like in my own bed in my bedroom and everything is very realistic. The only part is dreamlike is that I can39。t control, although I should be able to. Once I had the dream when one of my children was very sick, and I just felt pletely helpless. I hate feeling that way.Unit 5Yoshiko: In some ways, I39。t always want to hang out with the group. There39。m in charge of hiring new staff for my department at work. I mean, several of us do the interviews, but I39。s like the more I think about something and consider all the options, the more frustrated I get. I could sit and analyze something forever. My friends say that I can always see both sides of everything, which makes it hard to decide on anything! You can imagine how irritated my friends must get. When I was deciding where to spend my long Christmas holidays last year, I asked everyone for help. Basically what I did was pose this question: Where would you go in December if you had three weeks? I listened to all the answers and then made my decision. You might think I39。t had much time to sample the food. Liz: I know what you mean. I can39。re too old? Man 2: Oh, no. You39。s half the reason she married him! Woman 2: Well, that is a good reason. She is really lucky. I wish my husband liked to cook. He pletely avoids anything that has to do with the kitchen. Woman 1: You know, my husband39。m out of work. Woman: Oh! Tony: No more job. Woman: Tony, I am so sorry. You really liked working there. Tony: Yeah, well, it39。re planning a wedding. I39。t know that? Lynn39。ve got to talk to him before he goes. Liz: Certainly. It was nice meeting you, Pete. Pete: Same here. Liz: Oh, and good luck with your job search. Pete: Thanks. Thanks a lot. Second conversation Man 1: You know, I...uh...I kind of like this music. Man 2: Well, it is lively. I39。s great. This might be the last time I see some of these people for a long time, so I39。ve been pretty lucky. The people I39。t go into a showroom and choose a car! No impulse purchases for me! I needed a lot of time to think it over and consider the options. So, I read consumer magazines to see how they rated their cars. I wanted to know the average prices and safety records of different cars. I mean, you never know...I also talked to people in the field who are knowledgeable. You know, the guy down the street who works in the garage, oh, and, uh, also, my brotherinlawhe39。m really quite a bit different from my classmates! Renato: My life is pretty typical, I think. I head off school at seven in the morning, and school finishes at midday. After school, I usually study or play soccer. On weekends, I like to get together with my friends. We usually hang out in one of the shopping centers. Everyone just shows up there on Saturdays and Sundays. It39。m feeling there39。m not sure from what, and I can39。m late for class, and this really worries me. Finally , I wind up in my math class, but it39。m now twenty years old, I had to go back to high school and study with all these fifteenyearolds. It39。m a freelance writer, and that means that I work at home. And a lot of people think my job is easier because I don39。在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上搜索到一些，但是它們有一些小錯誤，并且缺失幾個單元的聽力原稿。ll watch a funny movie or go to a friend39。t be there in the first place. But still, it39。t know what the homework is, and I think I39。t move. Sometimes I can39。m a typical Japanese teenager. I go to a public high school and wear a uniform, just like everyone else. I go to school five and a half days a week I get Sundays off. I have interests similar to most of my friends: I like to play video games and am a big fan of American movies. Brad Pitt is