大學英語六級考試(CET6)歷年真題聽力2017年12月英語六級聽力真題(第2套) 長對話(1)
對話一
W: You're going to give a short speech of thanks forthe speaker this evening, aren't you, Bill?
比爾，你今晚要為演講者致感謝詞，對嗎?
M: Yes.
沒錯。
W: You don't sound very enthusiastic.
你聽起來興致不高。
It's not that bad, is it?
沒那么糟，不是嗎?
M: No, I don't mind really.
不，我不介意。
But I can never forget the first speech of thanks I did.
但我永遠忘不了第一次致感謝詞的經歷。
W: Why? What happened?
為什么?發(fā)生了什么?
M: Well, I was in my early twenties.
好吧，我那時才二十小幾歲。
I joined the local history society.
我加入了當地歷史學會。
W: Yes.
然后呢。
M: Anyway, I went along to a lecture by a Miss Bligh.
總之，我去了布萊小姐的演講。
W: Oh. Do go on.
繼續(xù)說。
M: She was going to talk with slides about our town amid eighteenth century.
她要用幻燈片講我們鎮(zhèn)子十八世紀的事兒。
She'd just published a book on the subject, which was reckoned to be quite good.
關于這個話題她當時剛出版了一本書，反響不錯。
So I went along.
所以我去了。
When I arrived, the secretary asked me if I could give the speech of thanks.
到那兒時，秘書問我能否致感謝詞。
Rather stupidly, I said yes.
太蠢了，我答應了。
W: We've all done it.
我們都干過。
M: Anyway, from that point on, I was scared.
總之，從那一刻起，我很害怕。
What should I say?
我該說些什么?
I decided to make notes during the lecture and refer to interesting parts and thank her onbehalf of the society.
我決定演講過程中做些筆記，談一些有趣的部分，再代表學會感謝她。
In fact, by the time Miss Bligh stood up to talk, I was feeling much better.
事實上，布萊小姐起身演講時，我感覺好多了。
But she was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say, and she spoke almost in awhisper.
但她太緊張了，一直忘詞，講話聲音也太小了。
People at the back kept calling out "we can't hear."
后排觀眾一直喊著"我們聽不到"。
It was embarrassing.
太尷尬了。
W: I can imagine it.
我能想象得出來。
M: At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew.
至少幻燈片還不錯，直到投影儀的燈泡爆了。
And she had to finish the talk with no illustrations.
然后她得在沒圖片的情況下講完。
W: So what did you say in your speech of thanks?
所以你感謝詞都說了些什么?
M: What can you say?
你還能說什么呢?
You have to be polite.
你得禮貌。
I mentioned the interesting facts, referred to the excellent slides, and then finished up bysaying "we'd all like to thank Miss Bligh for blowing out her slides."
我談了些有趣的事實，談到了幻燈片很棒，然后結束時說了"我們都很感謝布萊小姐吹炸了幻燈片"。
W: Oh, no.
哦，不。
M: I felt terrible.
我感覺糟透了。
I tried to apologize, not very successfully.
我試著道歉，但效果不好。
W: And the speech of thanks this evening?
那么今晚的感謝詞呢?
M: I'll write down exactly what I'm going to say and read it carefully.
我會完全寫下要說的話，然后仔細讀出來。
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
請根據你剛剛聽到的對話回答問題1至問題4。
1. What is the man asked to do this evening?
問題1：男士被要求今晚做什么?
2. What do we learn about the man?
問題2：關于男士，我們知道了些什么?
3. What does the man say about Miss Bligh?
問題3：男士關于布萊小姐說了些什么?
4. What does the man say about the first time he gave a speech of thanks?
問題4：男士關于第一次致感謝詞說了些什么?
