听力专项训练（4）参考答案

W：Hi，David．Haven't seen you for ages．How are you getting along with your work？

M：Hi，Susan．Not so well as to be expected．I've left my position．I can't bear the rudeness of my boss any longer．

W：What are you going to do then？

M：No idea．Anyway，I've got to think about it seriously．And you？

W：I've been very successful as a dancer．I like this kind of life．It is so exciting．

M：You can't do that for ever．

W：No．But I've decided to open a dance school once I've moved to the top．Alot of young dancers need better training．

M：That's a wonderful idea．

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W：I can't decide whether to go to university or get a job．What's your opinion？

M：Well，if I were you，I would go on studying．

W：But I don't even know what to study．

M：I advise you to major in economics．

W：That's what my parents want me to do．

M：You should take their advice．They know what's best for you．The more you learn，the better job you'll get．

W：But my friends will have jobs and have a lot of fun while I'm spending all my time doing reading and writing．

M：But if you go to university，you still have time for fun．

W：What you say makes sense．I'll think it over． Thank you for your advice．

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M：I think I was very lucky to get that job．Now we are able to live in a little village．

W：Ah，but it won't be alittle village forever．This is a developing area．There will be more people here in about five years'time．

M：Yes，but there won't be any factories．Just two or three office buildings，and they will be far behind that woodland over there．

W：How did you sleep last night，by the way？

M：Very nice．Never slept better．It was so quiet！

W：I didn't sleep too well．I couldn't get used to the silence．The only noise I heard last night was some birds'singing at about two o'clock in the morning．

M：Well，the silence was wonderful for me．

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W：Robert，you play the guitar，don't you？

M：I used to．But I haven't played quite some time．I don't really have time these days with all my studies．Why do you ask？

W：I'm trying to organize a group to play at some parties on weekends．We still need a guitar player．

M：Well，I don't know．But your idea sounds fun to me．

W：Oh，it will be．I'm more or less in charge of things，so if you want to give it a try，you're in．It's as easy as that．Besides，it's a GREat chance to get out and meet people．

M：But I haven't practiced for a long time．I don't know ifIremember any songs Iused to play．

W：Don't worry about that．I just thought I'd ask you to try and join us sometime when we were practicing．We'll be practicing for a few months before we give performances．

M：OK，I'll have a try．

W：I'msure youcandoit．Anditwillbe fun，too．

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Joe was born in 1931．As a boy，he had a dream of becoming a doctor．But in 1948，when he was 17，he had to work to help support his family．Joe worked in construction，on the railroad，and served in the army for over ten years．Then he worked in his hometown of Philadelphia for 20years．But he still kept his dream of going back to school．In1979，at the age of 48，Joe decided to make his dream come true．He finished high school and became a student in the Community College of Philadelphia， where he took all the math courses he could．In1981，after earning a deGREe at the Community College，he was admitted to study computer math in the University of Pennsylvania．In 1986，Joe completed his work on his master's degree．Today at 56，Joe is studying for his doctor's degree．His dream is coming true．