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　　原文

　　Man:And what visits are planned for this term?

　　Woman:Right, well I'm afraid the schedule hasn't been printed out yet, but we have confirmed the dates and planned the optional extra visits which you can also book in advance if you want to.

　　Man:Oh that's all right. If you can just give some idea of the weekend ones,so I can...you know, work out when to see friends, etcetera.

　　Woman:Oh sure. Well, the first one is St. Ives. That's on the thirteenth of February and we'll have only sixteen places available 'cos we're going by mini-bus. And that's a day in town with the optional extra of visiting the Hepworth Museum.

　　Man:Oh right. yeah,that sounds good.

　　Woman:Then there's a London trip on the sixteenth of February and we'll be taking a medium-sized coach,so there'll be forty-five places on that, and, let's see，the optional extra is the Tower of London.

　　Man:Oh, I've already been there.

　　Woman:After that there's Bristol on the third of March.

　　Man:Where?

　　Woman:Bristol... B-R-l-S-T-O-L.

　　Man:OK .

　　Woman:That's in a different mini-bus with eighteen places available, oh, and the optional extra is a visit to the S.S. Great Britain.

　　Man:OK …

　　Woman:We're going to Salisbury on the eighteenth of March and that's always a popular one because the optional extra is Stonehenge, so we're taking the large coach with fifty seats.

　　Man:Oh good.

　　Woman:And then the last one is to Bath on the twenty-third of March.

　　Man:Oh yes. Is Bath the Roman city?

　　Woman:Yes, that's right, and that's in the sixteen-seater mini-bus.

　　Man:And where's the optional visit?

　　Woman:It's to the American Museum - well worth a visit.

　　Man:OK, well,that's great, thanks for all that.

　　Woman:My pleasure. By the way, if you want more information about any of the trips,have a look in the student newspaper.

　　Man:OK.

　　Woman:Or, have a word with my assistant; her name is Jane Yentob - that's Y-E-N-T-O-B.

　　Man:Right, I've got that. Thank you very much for all your help.

　　Woman:You're very welcome. I hope you enjoy the trips.

　　注解

　　一、本节必备词汇

　　1. schedule n.时间表

　　2. confirm v.确认

　　3. optional adj.可选择的

　　4. mini-bus n.小型公共汽车

　　5. coach n.长途汽车

　　6. printed out (打)印出

　　二、文本及疑难解析

　　1.”If you can just give some idea of the weekend ones,so I can...you know, work out when to see friends,etcetera.” ”如果你可以告诉我周末游览的情况的话，我就可以安排跟朋友见面或其它事情的时间了。work out在此当"仔细考虑并计划”讲，类似例句如”I had it all worked out.”我把一切都考虑到了。在日常口语中，work out的另外一个重要意思是“锻炼”，例如:I like to work out on weekends.我喜欢在周末健身。

　　2.“we’ll have only sixteen places available 'cos we' re going by mini-bus.” 我们只有 16 个名额，因为届时我们将乘坐小巴,'cos=because,为英式英语中的口语用语。

　　3."we' ll be taking a medium-sized coach,so there'll be forty-five places on that.”到时可以有45个名额，因为我们会乘坐一辆中巴。将来进行时多用于口语中，表示将来的打算。

　　4.“We' re going to Salisbury on the eighteenth of March and that' s always a popular one because the optional extra is Stonehenge.”我们去Salisbury这条路线总是很受欢迎，因为走这条路还可以去史前巨石柱。Stonehenge位于Salisbury平原，其主体是由一根根巨大的石柱排列成几个同心圆，石阵的外围是直径约90 米的环形土岗和沟。公元前2300年左右，这些世界著名的巨石被竖立起来，有来自附近马尔伯勒的重达20吨的砂岩漂砾巨石，也有来自英国西部威尔士的4吨胆矾巨石。至于胆矾巨石是如何辗转380公里来到此处，至今仍是个谜。本节中提到的许多景点都是英国文化和历史的遗产，如伦敦塔Tower of London，S.S. Great Britain号货轮驱动船，这些都是去英国学习不可错过的参观内容。

　　5."It’s to the American Museum — well worth a visit.” 是去美国博物馆，很值得一游。well worth很值得。词组后面可以跟现在分词，如The film is well worth seeing.电影很值得一看，也可以跟名词 The local museum is worth a visit.当地博物馆值得一去。

　　6."By the way, if you want more information about any of the trips, have a look in the student newspaper.” 对了，如果你想了解更多有关游览的事，可以看看学生报纸。by the way在雅思听力中是重要词组，虽然只是“顺便一说”，但后面往往跟着考点。

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