高教出版社PTES3书后听力03

 　　Unit 3
Party A
1.M: You are upset. What's wrong?
W: The electric company is going to shut off our service
M: Are we behind on the bills?
W: Yes, why didn't you take care of that bill?
M:I guess I forgot. I'll make them a check today.
2. W: Guess what! The toilet is still running over. You were going to fix it last night.
M:I thought I did. Well, we'd better call a plumber¹ then.
W: Alright. I’ll look one up in the phone book.
3. W: Jack², shall I wear my blue evening dress to the party tonight?
M: Can’t you wear your red one? Red seems perfect for the occasion³, don’t you think?
W: But blue fits me better.
M: Then why did you have to ask me?
Part B
W: Andy, listen to this: one-bedroom apartment, modern kitchen, doorman building, ＄650 per month. What do you say we go and look at it?
M: What is wrong with where we are now?
W: I’m tired of living in a basement apartment. I want room; I want light; I want a view.
M: But ＄650 a month---it’s too much.
W: I think we can manage it.
M: I don’t think you’re taking the utilities⁴ into account. Now with the telephone and electricity, that’s going to bring that up to＄750 a month.
W: Oh, I suppose you’re right. Okay, listen to this: fourthfloor walk-up, one-bedroom, utilities included, ＄450 a month.
M: I’m not going to walk up four flights of stairs every day.
W: All right. Here’s another one: East Parkside Avenue, two-bedroom,, large windowed kichen, high ceilings, two baths.
M: East Parkside Avenue! That’s a run-down neighborhood.
W: Okay, listen to this: Westville, spacious⁵, one-bedroom, floor-through, renovated⁶ building, working fireplace⁷, eat-in kitchen.
M: You must joking! It’s nearly an hour away from where we work.
W: Okay. You’re so demanding, Andy.
M: I don’t know. Let me see. How’s this? Third Avenue, new building, excellent view…
W: Oh, that sounds fantastic. Let’s go and look at it right away.
M: Why right away?
W. Because you’ve been putting me off long enough.
M: You know, I’ll say this for you, Gloria. When you get your mind set on something, there’s no stopping you. But you know, that’s one of the things I like best about you!
M: Honey, what’s with the ＄125.45 phone bill? Over＄100 in long distance charges.
W: I don’t know, They’re not time. I’ve only made one call to Mother this month.
M: Really? Then someone has got a hold of our credit⁸ card number and using it to make long distance calls. Virtually⁹ all of the calls are credit card charges.
W: How many of the credit card calls do you think the person’s made?
M: Exactly ＄130.25. I’ve kept track of all of my long distance calls.
W: I’d love to give this person a piece of my mind if I could. But it would be virtually impossible to track the person down. And it would cost at least ＄50 to ＄100 to call those numbers again. What should we do?
M: I’m not going to put up with it any more. I think the best way to straighten the problem out is to call the phone company and change our calling card number.
W: We can’t afford to wait any longer. We must cut down the phone bill.
M: Yes, I’ll call the phone company tomorrow.
Linda.ma

1 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 occasion   

n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起

参考例句：

• Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。
• Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。

4 utilities   

n.[经济学]效用（ utility的名词复数 ）；实用；公用事业；神庙逃亡游戏中的一次性道具

参考例句：

• the administration of public utilities 公共事业的管理
• Phase II requires utilities to reduce emissions by an additional fifty percent. 第二阶段要求排放再减少50％。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 spacious   

adj.广阔的，宽敞的

参考例句：

• Our yard is spacious enough for a swimming pool.我们的院子很宽敞，足够建一座游泳池。
• The room is bright and spacious.这房间很豁亮。

6 renovated   

翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
• The house has been renovated three years earlier. 这所房子三年前就已翻新。

7 fireplace   

n.壁炉，炉灶

参考例句：

• The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
• I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。

8 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

9 virtually   

adv.实际上，事实上

参考例句：

• The job was virtually completed by the end of the week.到周末时这项工作差不多完成了。
• He was virtually a prisoner.他实际上是个囚犯。