ANGELA: Hello, Flanders conference hotel.
MAN: Oh, hi. I wanted to ask about conference facilities at the hotel. Have I come through to the right person?
ANGELA: You have. I’m the customer services manager. My name’s 【Example】 Angela. So how can I help you?
MAN: Well, I’m calling from Barrett and Stansons, we’re a medical company based in Perth.
ANGELA: Oh yes.
MAN: And we’re organising a conference for our clients to be held in Sydney. It’ll be held over two days and we’re expecting about fifty or sixty people.
ANGELA: When were you thinking of having it?
MAN: Some time early next year, like the end of January? It’d have to be a weekend.
ANGELA: Let me see … our conference facilities are already booked for the weekend beginning January 28th. We could do the first weekend in February?
MAN: How about January 21st?
ANGELA: I’m afraid that’s booked too.
MAN: Well, let’s go for the February date then.
ANGELA: So that’s the weekend beginning the 4th.
MAN: OK. Now can you tell me a bit about what conference facilities you have?
ANGELA: Sure. So for talks and presentations we have the Tesla room.
MAN: Sorry?
ANGELA: 【Q1】 Tesla – that’s spelled T-E-S-L-A. it holds up to a hundred people, and it’s fully equipped with a projector and so on.
MAN: How about a 【Q2】 microphone?
ANGELA: Yes, that’ll be all set up ready for you, and there’ll be one that members of the audience can use too, for questions, if necessary.
MAN: Fine. And we’ll also need some sort of open area where people can sit and have a cup of coffee, and we’d like to have an 【Q3】 exhibition of our products and services there as well, so that’ll need to be quite a big space.
ANGELA: That’s fine, there’s a central atrium with all those facilities, and you can come before the conference starts if you want to set everything up.
MAN: Great. And I presume there’s 【Q4】 wifi?
ANGELA: Oh yes, that’s free and available throughout the hotel.
MAN: OK.
ANGELA: Would you also like us to provide a buffet lunch? We can do a two-course meal with a number of different options.
MAN: What sort of price are we looking at for that?
ANGELA: Well, I can send you a copy of the standard menu. That’s 【Q5】 $45 per person. Or you can have the special for $25 more.
MAN: I think the standard should be OK, but yes, send me the menu.
MAN: Now we’re also going to need accommodation on the Saturday night for some of the participants … I’m not sure how many, but probably about 25. So what do you change for a room?
ANGELA: Well, for conference attendees we have a 25% reduction, so we can offer you rooms at 【Q6】 $135. Normally a standard room’s $180.
MAN: And does that include breakfast?
ANGELA: Sure. And of course, guests can also make use of all the other facilities at the hotel. So we’ve got a spa where you can get massages and facials and so on, and there’s a 【Q7】 pool up on the roof for the use of guests.
MAN: Great. Now what about transport links? The hotel’s downtown, isn’t it?
ANGELA: Yes, it’s about 12 kilometres from the 【Q8】 airport, but there’s a complimentary shuttle bus for guests. And it’s only about ten minutes’ walk from the central railway station.
MAN: OK. Now, I don’t know Sydney very well, can you just give me an idea of the location of the hotel?
ANGELA: Well, it’s downtown on Wilby Street, that’s quite a small street, and it’s not very far from the 【Q9】 sea. And of course if the conference attendees want to go out on the Saturday evening there’s a huge choice of places to eat. Then if they want to make a night of it, they can go on to one of the 【Q10】 clubs in the area – there are a great many to choose from.
MAN: OK. So if we go ahead with this, can you give me some information about how much …
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测：定位词 talks；提示词 room；词性：名词。通过题干可知此处要填的是房间名称。
题目解析：此题较为简单，定位词原词重现后即可听到答案，然后通过文中的拼读填写即可。但是要注意的是，本段对话略带口音，因此要仔细辨别拼读中的每一个字母。
听前预测：定位词 projector；提示词 and；词性：名词。通过题干可知此处要填的是会议室的某个设备。
题目解析：定位词重现后，咨询者继续问：“How about a microphone?”，之后经理给出了肯定的答复，由此可知 projector 和 microphone 为会议室已有的设备，所以答案为 microphone。
听前预测：定位词 area、coffee；提示词 an；词性：名词。通过题干可知此处应填一个与 coffee 并列的名词，且该词是以元音音素开头的。
题目解析：文中咨询者要求有一个“open area where people can sit and have a cup of coffee, and we’d like to have an exhibition of our products and services”，由此可提炼出与 coffee 并列的名词为 exhibition。
听前预测：定位词 free；提示词 throughout；词性：名词。
题目解析：此题的定位词出现在答案之后，但是根据题干可知此处要填入的也是会议室所配备的设备，所以可以先就文中的内容预测答案。文中咨询者提问：“And I presume there’s wifi?”，该句中出现了 wifi，也属于会议室中的设备，所以可先记下这个单词。随后经理回答：“Oh yes, that’s free and available throughout the hotel.”，其中出现了定位词和提示词，因此可以确定答案为 wifi。
听前预测：定位词 buffet lunch；提示词 $。根据题干可知此处应填一个数字，即标准自助餐的价格。
题目解析：此题较好定位，但是文中出现了几个数字，所以需要听清每个数字所指的内容。先是定位词原词重现，接着听到咨询者问“What sort of price are we looking at for that?”，可知后文会出现答案。基于后文的“Well, I can send you a copy of the standard menu. That’s $45 per person.”，可以得知标准自助餐是每人 45 美元，而随后经理又说“Or you can have the special for $25 more.”。由于题干中问的是标准餐，而非特殊餐，因此正确答案为 45。
听前预测：定位词 Rooms；提示词 $。根据题干可知此处应填一个数字，即房间的价格。
题目解析：由文中明显的定位疑问句“So what do you charge for a room?”，可知其后的回答中会出现答案。回答为：“Well, for conference attendees we have a 25% reduction, so we can offer you rooms at $135. Normally a standard room’s $180.”，该句中出现了 135 和 180 两个数字，从句意中可知出席会议的人有 25% 的折扣，因此答案为 135。
听前预测：定位词 spa；提示词 rooftop；词性：名词。
题目解析：此题较为简单，定位词原词重现后，出现了答案对应信息，即“there’s a pool up on the roof”，其中 up on the roof 对应题干中的 rooftop，因此答案为 pool。
听前预测：定位词 shuttle service；提示词 free；词性：名词。
题目解析：此题的定位词出现在答案之后，但是我们可以通过常识先进行预测。一般情况下，酒店都会提供去机场的 shuttle service（往返大巴服务），因此当听到“it’s about 12 kilometres from the airport”时，可以先做简单的记录，随后又听到“but there’s a complimentary shuttle bus for guests”，其中 complimentary 与题干中的 free 同义，因此可确定答案为 airport。
听前预测：定位词 Wilby Street；提示词 near；词性：名词。根据题干可知此处要填的应是某个地点。
题目解析：此题较为简单，定位词原词重现后，可听到“it’s not very far from the sea”，其中 not very far from 对应题干中的 near，因此答案为 sea。
听前预测：定位词 restaurants；提示词 many；词性：名词。
题目解析：文中没有出现定位词原词，而是将其替换为“there’s a huge choice of places to eat”。 随后又继续说：“Then if they want to make a night of it, they can go on to one of the clubs in the area…”，由此可知酒店附近有很多 clubs，因此答案为 clubs，注意此处应填复数形式。