英语四级听力会话原文练习

英语四级听力会话原文练习 Conversation 【一】 M： So, Linsy, do you like to text message on your cellphone? W：Yeah, I text message a lot. I dont do it so much, I prefer to make a call if Im in a hurry. Yeah, I go both ways. Sometimes I dont want to talk to the person, I just want to ask him a question, so its much easier for me, just text message, if I call them, I have to have a long conversation. Yeah, I . But I get off the phone pretty quickly . Yeah, thats true, you dont talk a lot. So are you a fast messager? When I first get a cellphone, I was so , I thought Id never text message, but people cant text message me. So I feel obliged to learn how to text message, so now Im pretty fast , what about you? Actually, I have the opposite problem. When I first get my cellphone. I thought it was so cool the to text message to all my friends who have one. Arent pretty fast ., but it seems like now I dont use so much. I got slower actually. Yeah, Ive been text messaging, actually sort of has to do with your age. For example, people in high school, they text message a lot, but I asked my father, “do you text message?” and guess what he said? What? He said, he would never text message, he thinks its very childish and unprofessional to text message. Yeah, I could see what he means, its considered pretty informal to text message 8. what does the man say about himself? 9. what does the woman tend to do while she is on the phone? 10. why did the men text his friends when he first got his cell phone? 11. what does the womans father think of the text massage? childish Conversation 【二】 Good morning, Mr. Johnson, how can I help you? well, Id like to talk to you about Team Barn, the department manager. What seems to be the problem? Well, ever since Saudra left the department, I felt like Ive been targeted to do all her work, as well as mine. Im expected to attend many meetings. And I seem to be spending a lot of time doing unnecessary paperwork. Im sorry to hear that. And on top of that, Ive specifically asked if I could leave early last Friday, even though as Ive finished my assignment, I was told to help. But surely, thats a positive sign showing that Mr. Barn has a lot of trust in you. Yeah, but other colleague gets leave early and they dont have such a lot of work to do. So you feel hes making unrealistic demands on you? Yes, absolutely. Have you approached Mr. Barn about this particular problem? I tried, but it seems he just has no time for me. Well, at this stage, it would be better to approach him directly. If nothing else show you can solve the problem yourself before you take it further, makes it clear youre not just a complainer. Why dont you send him an email, requesting a meeting with him in private. Hmm, I feel a bit worry about his reaction. But, anyway Ill send him an email requesting a meeting, and see what happens though, thanks for your advice. Good luck, let us know the outcome. 12. what do we know about