CLERK: Conference Centre Reservations. Good morning. WOMAN: Hi. I'm interested in the computing conference next month. CLERK: Future Directions【Example】 in Computing? WOMAN: Yes, that's right. Could I ask you a few questions about it? CLERK: Of course. WOMAN: OK. I know the conference is for three days but actually I want to attend on the Friday and Saturday only. Will that work out to be any cheaper? CLERK: Let me have a look. Well, you could register for the two days separately, but that wouldn’t actually save you very much as it still costs £35 for each day. In fact, if you could register for the three days, you also get an invitation to a free dinner on the Saturday night, so that's probably the better option. WOMAN: Right, I'll do that. How much will the fees be in that case? CLERK: It's £75.【Q1】 WOMAN: All right. I’d like to register for the full three days. Now, can I pay that by credit card? CLERK: I’m afraid not. You’ll have to send a cheque【Q2】 to us, or you can pay at the conference office. WOMAN: Fine. So it's probably easiest if I pay by cheque. Now then, what else do I need to arrange? Right. How about accommodation? I guess that's not included in the price? CLERK: No, I'm sorry, it's not, but we do have a few rooms available for delegates at the conference centre if you’d like. Those are very cheap but if you’re interested you’ll need to book soon, because there’s always a heavy demand for them. They are only £15【Q3】 per night, but they are very basic and you’d have to get your own breakfast, because they don’t provide you with that. But it’s very convenient, because it’s in the same building as the conference rooms. WOMAN: Uhuh. CLERK: Or there’s a very reasonable guest house which is £25【Q4】 per night. And I think that includes your breakfast. WOMAN: Is it close to the conference centre? CLERK: It would be about a ten-minute walk away from here.【Q5】 WOMAN: I see. That sounds quite reasonable.
CLERK: The details are all in our conference pack【Q6】, which I’ll send you. WOMAN: Great, thanks. That'll be very useful. Oh, and can you also send me an application form? CLERK: Of course. I'll get that in the post to you straight away. Is there anything else? WOMAN: Yes, actually. Can you tell roe where exactly the conference centre is? CLERK: Well, it’s on South【Q7】 Park Road and it’s right at the end of the road next to the library. 【Q8】It's a ten-minute taxi ride from the station and will cost you £5【Q9】. Otherwise, you can take the bus which runs every half an hour from the station - that's the 21A【Q10】 - and it brings you straight to the conference centre. WOMAN: Right, got that.
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这道题目还是比较简单的。当你听到 how much will the fees be…? 应该知道接下来答案就要出现了。并且当男声说出 75 的时候，发音很清楚。
这道题目也很简单。当女声提到是否可以用信用卡支付的时候，男声说恐怕不行，you’ll have to send a cheque to us, or…。即使在这个地方你没有听很清楚，那么接下来那个女声又重复一下，it’s probably easiest if I pay by cheque. 所以答案是很容易写出来的，注意英国英语用 cheque，美国英语用的 check， 但是给出的答案是两个都可以的。
这道题目也不难，因为当你听到信号词 accommodation 的时候，就要集中注意力听下面的内容。接下来谈到了会议中心提供的住房，当男声说这个价钱的时候，读得很重、很清晰，所以答案很容易写下来。
这道题目也很简单，因为和第 3 题提到的信息之间并没有出现其他的数字，所以下一个数字 25 出现的时候就是正确答案了。
这道题目比较难。其实听力原文是 a ten-minute walk，但是从语法的角度讲10 minutes’ walk 也是正确的。但是如果你用了 a，后面就必须写成 ten-minute 做定语。
这道题目相对较难，因为答案出现在此段对话的第一句，并且题干中给出的提示信息 an application form 是在需要填的信息之后，所以很容易把答案错过去。这是听力考试里需要大家克服的困难。另外是因为对短语 conference pack 不熟悉，所以有的考生写成了 conference bag。
这道题目很简单，男人说到这个路的名字的时候，发音很清楚。但是要注意第一个字母要大写。
这道题目也很简单，因为和第 7 题先后出现，并且中间留出了足够的时间写下来，这道题做对的关键是单词的拼写。
这道题目比较简单，因为前面信号词 taxi 出现的时候并没有直接跟价钱，给留出了足够的准备时间听下面的 cost，所以答案很容易写出来。
这道题目比较难。其实大部分考生都能听懂 21，但是会把后面的 A 丢掉，主要是因为中国的公共汽车没有这样的编号形式，但是相信大家做了这套题目之后，以后就不会再犯同样的错误了。