英语四级听力练习集锦4

Can I help you? 

Yes, I'd like to read some articles that are on reserve¹ about British culture.

Professor² Grand³'s class?

That's right. How could you know?

Let's just say you are not the first person coming in asking for those articles.

Oh, well, seeing as how I haven't read any of them yet, it doesn't really matter which one you give me first.

I'm afraid I can't give you any of them at the moment. They've all been checked out.

You're joking, all of them?

Every month. I've asked professor Grand twice already to bring in additional⁴ copies of the articles, but no sooner do I place them on the shelves than they are gone. See that girl in the black sweater? She's been waiting for half an hour for those same articles to be returned.

And here's me.I went out of my way to free out the whole afternoon to read.

I'm sorry, but there is not a whole lot I can do about it. All I can suggest⁵ is that you come in first thing tomorrow morning and try again.We open at eight.

1 reserve   

n.储备（物），储藏量，预备队；vt.储备，保存，保留，预定，预约

参考例句：

• We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.票为您保留到明天中午。
• This area was once a wildlife reserve.该地区曾是一个野生动物保护区。

2 professor   

n.教授，公开表示信仰的人

参考例句：

• He is famous as a professor.他作为教授享有盛名。
• I happen to know that professor.我正好认识那位教授。

3 grand   

adj.豪华的，宏伟的，壮丽的，主要的，重大的；n.(美俚)一千美元

参考例句：

• The pianist played several pieces of music on a grand piano.钢琴家在一架大钢琴上弹了几首乐曲。
• Come on,I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard.跟我来，我带你去后院来一次盛大的旅游。

4 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

5 suggest   

vt.提议，建议，促成，暗示，启发，使人想起

参考例句：

• I suggest trying once more.我建议再试一次。
• I suggest you save your breath.我劝你少开口。