新标准大学英语 视听说教程3 原文及翻译
UNIT 1
INSIDE VIEW
CONVERSATION 1
JANET: HI, IT‘S ME AGAIN, JANET LI. I‘M STILL A STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN ENGLAND. BUT I‘M NOT IN OXFORD
RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVEN‘T GONE BACK HOME TO CHINA EITHER.
IT‘S THE LONG VACATION NOW, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT‘S THE
MIDDLE OF SUMMER. I‘M SPENDING MY SUMMER IN ONE OF THE
WORLD‘S GREATEST CITIES. I‘M IN LONDON, HOME TO THE
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BIG BEN, TOWER BRIDGE…AND THE
DOUBLE-DECKER BUS. I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT‘S LIKE TO
LIVE IN THIS BUSY, LIVELY CITY. SO I‘M WORKING FOR LONDON
TIME OFF, A WEBSITE ABOUT WHAT‘S ON IN LONDON. THIS IS
JOE…, HE‘S MY BOSS, AND THIS IS ANDY, WHO IS A REPORTER. AND
WHAT‘S MY JOB? WELL, I DON‘T KNOW YET, BECAUSE IT‘S MY
FIRST DAY. BUT I‘M MEANT TO BE SHADOWING ANDY, OH, WHAT I
MEAN IS, I‘M GOING TO BE HELPING HIM. SO CAN YOU TELL ME
SOMETHING ABOUT LONDON, ANDY?
ANDY: IT‘S THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD. .
JOE: EXCEPT FOR NEW YORK!
ANDY: NEW YORK? DON‘T MAKE ME LAUGH!
JOE: AND YOUR POINT IS…?