Two Tourists in Europe剑桥雅思4-听力原文翻译及答案解析

一、Two Tourists in Europe听力原文：

SALLY:Oh,PETER,there you are.

You've been ages.What kept you so long?

PETER:I'm sorry I'm so late,SALLY.

Have you been waiting long?

SALLY:Oh,half an hour.

But it doesn't matter.

I've had a coffee and I've been reading this guidebook for tourists.

Sit down.You look very hot and tired.

What would you like to drink?

PETER:I'd love a really chilled mineral water or something.

Will you have another coffee?

SALLY:Yes.I will.The waitress will be back in a moment.

Why were you so late?

Did something happen?

PETER:Yes.You know I went to the bank to cash some travellers cheques?

Well,the exchange rate was looking healthy,but when I went to the teller,they told me the computer system was temporarily down,so they couldn't do any transactions.

They said the problem would be fixed in a few minutes,so I waited.

And then I started talking to another guy in the bank,and I forgot the time.

SALLY:Oh,really?

Someone you met in the bank?

Does he work there?

PETER:No,he was a tourist,from New York.

His name's Henry,and he's been here for a week,but he's moving on to Germany tomorrow.

He's an architect,and he's spending four weeks travelling around Europe.

SALLY:Just like us!

PETER:Yeah,just like us.

He told me the names of some places where we should eat.

Great food,and not too expensive,he said.

Oh,and he also gave me this map of the bus system.

He said he didn't need it anymore.

SALLY:That's useful.Pity he's moving on tomorrow.

Ah,here's the waitress.Let's order.

Do you want anything to eat,or shall we just have a drink?

PETER:Well.I'm hungry,and we've got a lot of sightseeing to do,so let's just have a snack and a drink.

SALLY:Sounds good to me.

PETER:Well,let's decide what we'll see today.

I guess the best place to start is the Cathedral,and then the Castle.

What are the opening times for those two?

SALLY:Well,according to this guidebook,the Cathedral is only open from nine-thirty in the morning until midday.

No.hang on.That's the Cathedral Museum.

The Cathedral itself is open morning and afternoon.

The Castle is just open from one to five,so we can't go there until after lunch.

I really want to spend some time in the Art Gallery,because they've got this wonderful painting by Rembrandt that I've always wanted to see.

PETER:What else should we see?

SALLY:Well,the guidebook says the Botanical Gardens are worth spending some time in,and they're open all day,from eight to six,so we can go there any time.

I'd like to go to the Markets near the river too,but...oh...no,wait,that's only in the mornings,too.

PETER:As well as today and tomorrow,we can see some other places on Monday,you know.

But I don't think the Markets will be open then:they only open on Thursdays,so we've missed them for this week.

Maybe we should go to the Cathedral today because it's Sunday tomorrow,and even though it's open every day it might be more difficult to get in tomorrow because of the church services.

SALLY:That's true,but the Art Gallery isn't open on Sundays at all,so we'll have to go there today.

The Castle's open every day except Mondays,so we're OK there,and the Gardens of course only close at night.

PETER:Are all these places free or do we have to pay to go in?

What does the guidebook say?

SALLY:I think there's a charge for all of them except the Botanical Gardens.

Oh,and the Markets,of course you don't pay to go in.

PETER:OK,well,it looks like our plan is this:we'll go to see the painting you like first,the Rembrandt,then have lunch and go on to the Castle after that,and then the Cathedral.

SALLY:OK.It says here that the roof of the Cathedral is really beautiful.

PETER:Is that right?

What I really want to do at the Cathedral is climb the tower.

The view is supposed to be spectacular.

SALLY:OK,well,that'll be more than enough for today.

Then,tomorrow,let's go to the Botanical Gardens and have a picnic.

I want to sit by the river and watch the swans.

This city's famous for them.

二、Two Tourists in Europe听力中文翻译：

莎莉：哦，彼得，你来了。

你已经很久了。什么事让你这么久？

彼得：对不起，我来晚了，萨利。

你等了很久了吗？

莎莉：哦，半个小时。

但这并不重要。

我喝了一杯咖啡，正在读这本旅游指南。

坐下来你看起来很热很累。

你想喝点什么？

彼得：我想要一杯真正的冰镇矿泉水或别的什么。

你还要一杯咖啡吗？

莎莉：是的。我会的。服务员一会儿就回来。

你为什么这么晚？

发生什么事了吗？

彼得：是的。你知道我去银行兑现一些旅行支票吗？

嗯，汇率看起来不错，但当我去柜员那里时，他们告诉我计算机系统暂时停机，所以他们无法进行任何交易。

他们说问题会在几分钟内解决，所以我等待。

然后我开始和银行里的另一个人聊天，我忘了时间。

莎莉：哦，真的吗？

你在银行遇到的人？

他在那里工作吗？

彼得：不，他是个游客，从纽约来的。

他叫亨利，已经在这里呆了一个星期了，但他明天要去德国。

他是一名建筑师，正在欧洲旅行四周。

莎莉：就像我们一样！

彼得：是的，就像我们一样。

他告诉我一些我们应该吃的地方的名字。

“食物很好，也不太贵，”他说。

哦，他还给了我这张公交系统的地图。

他说他不再需要它了。

莎莉：那很有用。可惜他明天就要走了。

啊，服务员来了。我们点菜吧。

你想吃点什么，还是我们喝一杯？

彼得：嗯。我饿了，我们还有很多观光活动要做，所以我们就吃点点心喝点饮料吧。

莎莉：听起来不错。

彼得：好吧，让我们决定今天要看什么。

我想最好从大教堂开始，然后是城堡。

这两个的开放时间是几点？

莎莉：嗯，根据这本旅游指南，大教堂只从早上九点半开放到中午。

不，等等。那是大教堂博物馆。

大教堂本身上午和下午都开放。

城堡从一点到五点才开门，所以我们午饭后才能去。

我真的很想在美术馆呆一段时间，因为他们有一幅伦勃朗的绝妙画作，这是我一直想看的。

彼得：我们还应该看什么？

莎莉：嗯，导游书上说植物园值得花些时间进去，而且它们每天都开放，从八点到六点，所以我们可以随时去那里。

我也想去河边的市场，但是。。。哦不，等等，那也只在早上。

彼得：你知道，除了今天和明天，我们星期一还可以去其他地方。

但我认为市场届时不会开放：它们只在周四开放，所以本周我们错过了它们。

也许我们今天应该去大教堂，因为明天是星期天，尽管它每天都开放，但由于教堂的服务，明天可能更难进去。

莎莉：没错，但美术馆星期天根本不开门，所以我们今天必须去那里。

城堡除了周一之外每天都开放，所以我们在那里没问题，花园当然只在晚上关闭。

彼得：这些地方都是免费的吗？还是我们必须付钱才能进去？

旅游指南上说了什么？

莎莉：我想除了植物园以外，所有的都要收费。

哦，还有市场，你当然不用花钱进去。

彼得：好吧，看来我们的计划是这样的：我们先去看你喜欢的画，伦勃朗，然后吃午饭，然后去城堡，然后去大教堂。

莎莉：好的。这里说大教堂的屋顶真的很漂亮。

彼得：是这样吗？

我在大教堂真正想做的就是爬上这座塔。

这景色应该很壮观。

莎莉：好吧，那今天就足够了。

那么，明天，我们去植物园野餐吧。

我想坐在河边看天鹅。

这座城市以它们而闻名。

三、Two Tourists in Europe听力问题：

Question 1-5

Choose the correct letter,A,B or C.

1.What does Peter want to drink?

A.tea

B.coffee

C.a cold drink

2.What caused Peter problems at the bank?

A.The exchange rate was down.

B.He was late.

C.The computers weren’t working.

3.Who did Peter talk to at the bank?

A.an old friend

B.an American man

C.a German man

4.Henry gave Peter a map of

A.the city.

B.the bus routes.

C.the train system.

5.What do Peter and Sally decide to order?

A.food and drinks

B.just food

C.just drinks

Question 6-8

Complete the notes below using words from the box.Art Gallery

Cathedral

Castle

Gardens

Markets

Tourist attractions open all day:and Gardens

Tourist attractions NOT open on Mondays:and Castle

Tourist attractions which have free entry:and Markets

Question 9-10

Complete the sentences below.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.The first place Peter and Sally will visit is the At the Cathedral,Peter really wants to

四、Two Tourists in Europe听力答案：

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.Cathedral

7.Markets

8.Gardens

9.Art Gallery

10.climb the tower/see the view

五、Two Tourists in Europe听力答案解析

Question 1 C.题干的问题是Peter想喝什么，因此可以确定答案应该出现在男生的回答里，所以当考生听到Peter说I'd love a really chilled mineral water or something时，即冰冻矿泉水，因此答案是C。但接下来出现了干扰信息Will you have another coffee？这是彼得在问萨利要不要喝咖啡，故coffee可以排除。

Question 2 C.第一题信息之后，对话中出现了第二题题干中的定位信号词“bank”，接着Peter解释了在bank所碰到的问题：they told me the computer system was temporarily down，so they couldn't do any transactions，其中down的意思是“出现故障，不能正常运转”，因此答案选C。

Question 3 B.在读题时应意识到B、C中存在答案的可能性较大，因为两个选项都涉及国家。原文中Peter提到“and then I started talking to another guy in the bank...he was a tourist，from New York”，因此可以确定答案为B。

Question 4 B.接着Peter提到he also gave me this map of the bus system.He said he didn’t need it any more，map，对应题干信息，因此可以确定答案为B，“the bus routes”。

Question 5 A.Peter说I’m hungry，and we’ve got a lot of sightseeing to do，so let’s just have a snack and a drink，即吃的喝的都点一些，故答案为A。

Question 6 Cathedral.第6-8题是搭配题，原文中反复提及选项中的信息，听起来有些乱，因此对题目中定位信号词的准确把握非常重要。第6题的定位信号词是open all day，录音内容中提到The Cathedral itself is open morning and afternoon，这正是答案，其中morning and afternoon重读，故答案为Cathedral。

Question 7 Markets.第7题的定位信号词是NOT open on Mondays，录音内容中提到But I don’t think the markets will be open then；they only open on Thursdays，故Markets为答案。

Question 8 Gardens.第8题的定位信号词是free entry，当录音中提到Are all these places free or do we have to pay to go in？考生应意识到答案即将出现。随后录音提到I think there’s a charge for all of them except the Botanical Gardens，除了植物园以外都收费，显然答案是Gardens。

Question 9 Art Gallery.录音中提到...it looks like our plan is this：we’ll go to see the painting you like first，当听到题目定位信号词first时考生应意识到他们决定先去看的正是Art Gallery（画廊）。

Question 10 climb the tower|see the view.Cathedral是本题的定位信号词，原文中提到What I really want to do at the Cathedral is climb the tower，因此climb the tower是正确答案，此外录音内容中还提到The view is supposed to be spectacular，即景色应该很壮观，所以考生可以根据理解写出答案see the view