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re you will find the lecture worth listening to. Yours, Li Hua 【聽力材料】 Text 1 M: Oops…I’m sorry, Mom, I broke another plate.(1) I should probably let you finish. W: No, you go ahead. I got those dishes at a garage sale. Just be more careful! Text 2 M: Elvis Presley was super famous in the midfifties, but why do people always say “Elvis has left the building”? W: That’s an old saying. It just reminds people that Elvis is gone but not fotten. He died in 1977. Did you know he was only 42 when he died?(2) Text 3 W: I just read a newspaper article about a man who traveled around the world on $20 a day. He traveled mostly by bus and train. M: Wow, that’s amazing! I would love to do something like that one day. (3) Text 4 M: Thanks for the cookie, Grandma. Did you bake these? W: Yes, I did! I baked them a couple of weeks ago. They soften up if you put them in some milk. Hey, why did you spit it out? M: It’s as hard as a rock! I think I broke my tooth! (4) Text 5 (總結(jié)題 ) W: Those birds love my yard. See? They are probably looking for worms. M: Yeah, they are lucky they can find meals in lots of places. We have to go to the grocery store to buy our food. W:True, but I wouldn’t want to eat what they do, even if it’s free. Text 6 M: Marissa, if your papers continue to be late, I will have to give you a failing grade for the course. (6) W: I’m sorry! (7) I’ve been having a really hard semester. M: You need to try a little harder, okay? W: I know, I will. There’s just been a lot going on lately. I’m moving out of my house, and my brother is in the hospital. M: I’m sorry to hear that, but this is the 7th paper you’ve turned in late. W: I promise I’ll get the next one in on time. Just please don’t fail me. (7) M: I’ll give you one more chance, but just one. Don’t let me down. Text 7 M: The hike will last for 2 hours.(8) We’ll start at sea level and then climb up a few hills. Are you ready? W: I sure am. The onehour yoga class this morning really made me full of energy. I’m feeling so good. I bet I can race you up those hills. M: That won’t be necessary. We want to take our time to enjoy the sights along the way. We’ll point out certain plants, some of the insects, and watch out for possible snakes. W: Snakes? Uh, I definitely will be racing you up the hill! (9) M: Not to worry. (9) Nature is a wonderful thing. We are all meant to enjoy it together — snakes, spiders, trees, and us humans. Text 8 M: The Bacon Bacon food truck is down the street. I’m going to get lunch. Can I get you something? W: I was wondering why I was so hungry. I skipped breakfast. I have been working straight since I got here to work at 8:00 . (11) I even didn’t have time to drink my morning coffee. A big juicy bacon burger would be awesome. M: I always get a burger. (10) Today, I’m going to try their grilled cheese sandwich. I hear it has three different kinds of cheese, bacon, and bacon jam. W: Jam made out of bacon? Wow. I’d buy a big jar of that bacon jam right now if they have it! M: They might. Okay, I’ll go down and pick up lunch for you and me. W: No, wait. I need a break, and I need to make sure I can buy that jam. M: OK, let’s hurry. If we wait too long, the lunch crowd will be there, and they might run out of everything. (12) Text 9 M: This hotel in India just got ranked the number one hotel in the world! W: What, by some silly website that specializes in top ten lists just to sell more ads? M: No, by Travel + Leisure magazine. (13) W: Oh, really? They really know their stuff. (13) Hey, that looks more like a palace! M: It’s designed after the ancient palaces of northern India. W: It looks like a lot of the rooms have balconies. M: Yeah, those are the suites that have direct access to private pools. But all the rooms have WiFi, flat screen TVs, kingsize beds, daily newspapers, and… (14) W: OK, stop talking! We’ve got to make our reservations! M: Well, hang on a second. You don’t really like Indian food. W: But I thought they offer other choices besides Indian food… M: Maybe. Also, this part of India is pretty quiet. There’s no shopping or clubbing. People go there to relax. (15) W: That’s OK. I can go shopping anywhere. M: The rooms start at $350 per night, and those suites are $750 per night.(16) W: Whoa! I thought India was supposed to be inexpensive! (16) Text 10 (第 20 題為推斷題 ) And now for the weather report for the following 72 hours. The national weather map shows a highpressure area all along the eastern coastline, which will bring them very pleasant, sunny weather from New York to Florida. But showers and thunderstorms are happening from the Ohio River all the way south to the Gulf coast, pouring down heavy amounts of rain over the Southern states. (17) By far the worst of the storms has happened in and around Texas. Some Texas stations have reported up to fifteen inches of rain in a 24hour period with high winds and thunderstorms. (18) Two typhoons were reported along the Gulf coast of Texas, but we haven’t got the exact information about any damage or injuries. Heavy amounts of snow were reported in the Rocky Mountain area with record cold temperatures in Denver and Boulder. As much as a foot of snow has fallen in some of the mountain stations. In contrast, temperatures in Arizona and the desert Southwest went over the 100degree mark again under bright, sunny skies. (19)