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W: (1-1)You are going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren’t you, Bill?
M: (1-2)Yes.
W: You don’t sound very enthusiastic. It’s not that bad, is it?
M: No, I don’t mind, really. But I can never forget the first speech of thanks I did.
W: Why? What happened?
M: (2)Well, I was in my early twenties. I joined the local history society.
W: Yes?
M: Anyway, I went along to a lecture by a Miss Bligh.
W: Oh. Do go on.
M: (3)She was going to talk with slides about our town in the mid-18th century. She had just published a book on the subject which was reckoned to be quite good. So I went along. When I arrived, the secretary asked me if I could give the speech of thanks. Rather stupidly, I said yes.
W: We’ve all done it.
M: Anyway, from that point on, I was scared. What should I say? I decided to make notes during the lecture and refer to interesting parts and thank her on behalf of the society. In fact, by the time Miss Bligh stood up to talk, I was feeling much better. But she was so nervous that she kept forgetting what to say, and she spoke almost in a whisper. People at the back kept calling out “We can’t hear.” It was embarrassing.
W: I can imagine it.
M: At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew. And she had to finish her talk with no illustrations.
W: So what did you say in your speech of thanks?
M: What can you say? You have be polite. (4)I mentioned the interesting facts, referred to the excellent slides, and the finished by saying “We’d all like to thank Miss Bligh for blowing out her slides.”
W: Oh, no.
M: I felt terrible. I tried to apologize, not very successfully.
W: And the speech of thanks this evening?
M: I’ll write down exactly what I’m going to say and read it carefully.
未听先知
预览四道题各选项,由选项中的 speaker, audience、 speaking和 remark等词可以初步推测,对话 内容与在公众场合发言有关。第1题各选项均为现在时态的动词短语,可能考查某人现在或将来的行为动作 第2题各选项主语均为He,第3题各选项均与女士有关,因此这两题分别考查男士和女士的信息,应注意捕捉相 关细节介绍;根据第4题各选项语义可知,此题考查男士发言的情况,应留意相关描述。
详解详析
1. What is the man asked to do this evening?
对话开头，女士问男士他是否会在当晚的讲座上对讲话人致谢，男士对这一说法给出了肯定的回答。因此答案为A)。
2. What do we learn about the man?
对话中男士提到，二十多岁的时候，他加入了当地的一个历史社团。因此答案为D)。
3. What does the man say about Miss Bligh?
对话中，男士说Miss Bligh的讲座是关于他们镇在十八世纪中叶的历史，Miss Bligh刚刚出版了一本关于该主题的书，而且这本书写得很不错。由此可知，Miss Bligh对于该城镇的历史有着比较透彻的了解。因此答案为B)。
4. What does the man say about the first time he gave a speech of thanks?
根据男士的描述，在致谢辞的末尾，他提到了Miss Bligh做讲座时十分尴尬的一个场景，虽然他试图为这句不合适的话道歉，但效果并不好。由此推断，男士做了一个十分尴尬的致谢辞。因此答案为C)。