雅思17天倒计时：听力与口语训练

Part I：单词与短语

election n.竞选；former adj.前任的，从前的；Prime Minister 首相；lane n.弄堂；defeat vt. & n击败，失败；in the recent election在最近的选举中；retire from political life 退出政坛；fanatical adj.狂热的；opponent n.反对者；radical adj.急进的；progressive adj.进步的；on duty值班；ex-(前缀)前。。。(如：ex-wife，ex-girlfriend)；on the following day在接下来的一天，第二天；entrance n.入口；suspicious adj.怀疑的；the day after之后的一天；lose one’s temper (动词短语)发火

Part II：语法学习

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Part III：综合训练

Mr. Wentworth Lane, the former Prime Minister, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring (1) political life (2) has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent (3) Mr. Lane’s Radical Progressive Party. (4) the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister’s house. (5) he asked (6) Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that (7) his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance (8) Patrick asked the same question. (9) a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more (10) asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. “I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,” he shouted, “Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired (11) political life (12) gone (13) live abroad!” “I know,” answered Patrick, “(14) I love to hear you say it!”

答案：

(1) from; (2) and; (3) of; (4) After; (5) When; (6) if; (7) since; (8) and; (9) Though//Although; (10) and; (11) from; (12) and; (13) to; (14) but

Part IV：句子翻译

1. 前首相Wentworth Lane先生在近期的选举中失利。他现正在退出政坛并已去了国外。

2. 我朋友Patrick一直是Mr. Lane的急进进步党的狂热反对者。选举后，Patrick去了前首相官邸。当他问Mr. Lane是否住在那儿时，值班警察告诉他自从落选后，前首相已经出国了。

3. 第二天，Patrick又一次去了官邸。还是那位警察正在缓缓走过入口，这时，Patrick问了相同的问题。虽然这次有点起疑心了，但这位警察还是给了他同样的回答。

4. 一天后，Patrick又一次去了官邸，问了一模一样的问题。这一次，警察发火了。“我昨天和前天都告诉过你，”他吼道，“Mr. Lane选举失利了，他退出了政坛，到国外生活去了！”“我知道，”Patrick回答道，“但我就是喜欢听你说这些！”

答案：

1. Mr. Wentworth Lane, the former Prime Minister, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.

2. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane’s Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister’s house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.

3. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer.

4. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. “I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,” he shouted, “Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!” “I know,” answered Patrick, “but I love to hear you say it!”

Part V：听力与口语训练

短对话1：

Man: Let’s walk a little faster.

Woman: My feet are just killing me.

短对话2：

Woman: I’m really worn out from playing tennis.

Man: Take off your shoes and have some tea.

短对话3：

Man: Sorry, I couldn’t find the magazine you asked for.

Woman: Thanks anyway.

短对话4：

Man: It’s such a nice warm day. I think I’ll go write my report under a tree.

Woman: I’d like to join you, but I find it hard to work outside.

短对话5：

Woman: I’d like to buy a new coat.

Man: The women’s department is up on the third floor, madam.

短对话6：

Man: I’ve got time to buy a magazine, haven’t I?

Woman: The train is about to leave.

短对话7：

Man: Excuse me, I’d like to send some fresh flowers to my friend.

Woman: Let’s see. These carnations are very nice indeed.

短对话8：

Woman: I’m going to ask our next-door neighbor to turn the music down. I simply can’t work.

Man: Do you really think that it makes any difference?

单词与短语：

kill (vt.)让某人疼痛；carnation n.康乃馨；not make any difference没形成什么差别

Part VI：快速阅读

Dear Sir,

I write in response to(作为响应)your invitation(邀请)to guests who have recently stayed in your hotel to suggest ways in which you could improve your service.

I was a guest at your hotel last month and I found that the level of customer care(客户服务) was excellent. Indeed, every member of your staff(员工), from the manager to the maid(女服务员), was, without exception(无一例外), extremely polite and helpful. And the standard(标准)of the rooms was beyond(超出)what I had expected.

However, I found that the restaurant stopped serving(服务，提供)breakfast at 8:30am. As I was on holiday(度假), I would have liked to take my breakfast at around 9:30, but was unable to do so. I also spoke to several other guests who expressed the same disappointment(失望). In addition(另外), I feel that if you could supply(提供)newspapers in Chinese, the quality of stay(住宿的质量)for Chinese speakers, of whom the number has been on a steady rise(稳步增长)in the past few years, would be considerably(极大地)enhanced(提高).

I would be happy to know if my suggestions(建议)have turned out to(最终证明)be useful in your constant(不断的)improvement(改进)of your overall(整体)service.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Kenny Gao

来源：昂立英语