英语听力精选进阶版 6717

William: Hello and welcome to Authentic¹ Real English. I'm William Kremer.

Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.

William: You look very pleased today Li.

Yang Li: Well, I should be. I've just won a prize!

William: Wow, great! What did you win?

Yang Li: I don't know yet. I ate this bar² of chocolate and it told me to phone a number to find out my prize.

William: Oh wow, cool. Let's call them.

Yang Li: OK.

Yang Li dials³ number

Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.

Yang Li: Wow, this is exciting!

Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.

William: Hmmm.

Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.

Yang Li: 这么长的提示信息！不会再长了吧。

William: Li, can I see that chocolate wrapper?

Yang Li: Yeah, of course. 这个包装纸上写的什么？

William: It says "Calls to this line are charged⁴ at ￡20 a minute"!

Yang Li: What? No way! Well, shall⁵ we hang up?

William: I think so! What a swizz.

Li hangs up

Yang Li: A swizz? 让我猜一下。这是不是诈骗、坑人钱财的骗局的意思？

William: I think so! What a swizz!

Yang Li: A swizz. That certainly was a swizz.

William: We might say "What a swizz", or "That's a bit of a swizz".

Yang Li: So how do you spell this word, swizz?

William: Well, you know I'm not too sure. I've seen it spelled S.W.I.Z.Z. but I've also seen S.W.I.Z.

Yang Li: You mean you don't know how to spell this word? 我们所有的听众都想知道这个单词的拼写。你却不知道，我们怎么教别人？What a swizz!

William: Ha ha. Yeah, I'm sorry. But that's just the way English is sometimes. It's always changing! At least you know -

Ringing noise

Yang Li: Oh. Hello?

Choc Person: Hello, is that Yang Li?

Yang Li: Yes.

Choc Person: We have a missed call from you. Just ringing to say you've won a prize!

Yang Li: Wow, what is it?

Choc Person: You need to ring this number to find out: 0800 23 4...

Yang Li: What a swizz. Bye.

William: Bye.

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 bar   

n.条，棒，条状物；酒吧，（卖东西的）柜台

参考例句：

• I went to the bar yesterday.我昨天去酒吧了。
• They walked into the bar.他们走进了酒吧。

3 dials   

n.钟（表）面( dial的名词复数 )；标度盘；拨号盘；表盘v.打电话，拨电话号码( dial的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He dials his favourite station every morning. 他每天早晨调拨收听他最喜欢的电台。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights. 他给绑在一把椅子上，四周都有仪表，灯光强得耀眼。 来自英汉文学

4 charged   

adj.充满感情的；紧张的，可能引起激烈反应的v.填充

参考例句：

• Both men were charged with assault. 两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。
• The youth was charged with three counts of burglary. 那位年轻人被控犯有三次盗窃罪。

5 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？