Question

1. What exactly does the man want to find out?

A．What people think of the bus service?

B．How many people are using the bus service?

C．Which group of people use the bus service mostお.

2. What does the woman say about the bus service?

A．The distance between bus stops is too long.

B．The bus timetables are full of mistakes.

C．Buses are often not on time.

3. Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?

A．He often goes to work in a friend’s car.

B．He doesn’t need to go shopping by bus.

C．He lives close to the bus station.

 

Answer 1

答案：1A2C3A
解析：

M: Hello, Mrs. Smith. I’m from the Daily Mirror and I’m doing a report on public opinionsお about the city’s bus service. So what do you think of the bus service? W: The bus service? Actually, I don’t use it that often unless I have to go shopping. M: What... how could the bus service be improved? W: Well they...could turn up on time. I mean you look at a timetable and you think, oh, well, fiveおminutes to wait and it turns out to be an hour. M: Do any other people in your family use the bus service? W: My husband, He uses it more often. But, fortunately, a girl who works in his office often gives him a lift into work, but when he does need to use it he’s often angry at it. Once he waited up to fifty minutes at the station for a bus.  So I think there should be some way of warning people when a bus is not going to arrive and certainly much more frequent bus services. 1．对话开始，男声作自我介绍并说明来意：(M)Hello．Mrs. Smith．I’m，from the Daily Mirror．And I’m doing a report on public opinion about the city’s bus service．So，what do you think of the bus service? 这一采访话题在女声的回应中再次给予重复：“The bus service?" ...”因此谈话目的十分明确：public opinion on bus service。这一话题中心在以后的交谈中还不断涉及，重复出现。 2．需要把握的内容细节：当男声(记者)问起“How could the bus service be improved?”时，女声(Mrs. Smith)答道：They could turn up on time. I mean you look at a timetable and you think, oh, well, five minutes to wait．And it turns out to be an hour。其中的It could turn up on time是真实语言交际中使用假设语气委婉地提出建议或意见的实例，其真实意思为：It cannot turn up on time。也就是：Buses are often not on time，由此可以判断本题答案了。 3．题干中的fortunate是一关键词汇，Mrs. Smith关于其husband乘车情况的较长说明中提到：... Fortunately，a girl who works in his office often gives him a lift into work。此处的give him a lift意为“让他搭自己的车(= ltake him in her car on way to work)”，由此可推断出其fortunate的原因是：He often goes to working the girl's car。

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