Listen this way 听力教程第三册-4
Unit 4 Have a Nice Trip
Part I Getting ready Audioscript: ★ Australia is the world's largest island and its smallest continent. Its total area of 3 000 000 square miles is about the same as that of the continental United States (excluding Alaska).
★ The area of Nepal is about 54 000 square miles. Within its borders are five of the world's highest peaks.
★ Switzerland is a small, landlocked country, 15 944 square miles in area. It's bordered by France, Austria, and Italy.
★ More than 20 000 000 people live in Argentine. About 97 percent are of European stock. Most Argentines live on the eastern plains. Fewer than 19% live in the dry western and northwestern provinces. ★ Austria is 32 376 square miles in area. This makes it twice the size of neighboring Switzerland. There are about 7 150 000 people living in Austria. More than one third of the people live in or near Vienna, the capital city.
★ Colombia is the only country in South America with a coastline on both sides of the continent. It is a big country with an area of 439 828 square miles and about 16 300 000 persons live in Colombia.
★ Saudi Arabia's area is estimated to be about 830 000 square miles.
Almost all of Saudi Arabia's 7 000 000 people are Arabs. Today Saudi Arabia's vast oil resources are paying for the modernization of the country. Conditions there are changing more rapidly than they have for centuries.
★ Denmark proper has an area of only 16 575 square miles. It is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries -- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But Denmark's population of over 4 600 000 is greater than that of Norway and more than half that of Sweden.
Part II Canada
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Thank you for calling the Daily News Information line on Canada.
Canada is a huge country, cond in size only to the former Soviet Union. Yet it has only 26 million p
eople, which is less than half the population of the United Kingdom. It extends from the Great Lakes in the south to the majestic Rocky Mountains in the west, and the bleak Arctic Islands in the far north. A third of the country is covered by forest and there are also vast grasslands and countless lakes and rivers.
There are great variations in climate. Winters are extremely cold except in Vancouver which has a milder climate owing to its location on the west coast, so take a heavy overcoat and a fur hat. Canadian
summers are warm on the whole, especially inland, so you'll only need lightweight clothing.
A quarter of all Canadians, mainly tho living in the province of Quebec in the east, speak French as their first language. In addition, there are half a million American Indians, a million Germans and smaller numbers of Italians, Ukranians and Inuit. Canada has two official languages: English and French, except in the province of Quebec where French alone is the official language. You'll find English spoken virtually everywhere apart from Quebec and if you plan to visit Quebec City, you'll definitely need a French phrabook if you don't speak French.
Eating out is a pleasure in Canada and you'll find restaurants, coffee shops and snack bars to suit ev
ery pocket. Menus offer a wide choice with excellent afood like Pacific salmon, lobsters and clams, meat dishes including moo steaks and beefsteaks, and also a range of ethnic foods. For the sweet cour, the specialty/speciality is waffles, a kind of thick pancake, rved with maple syrup. Beer is good but foreign wines, even tho from neighboring America, tend to be quite dear and local wines are not particularly good.
Canada has some of the world's most modern shopping centers. Clothes tend to be slightly expensive by European standards but there
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The unit of currency is the Canadian dollar. Banking hours are from to Monday to Thursday and till later on Fridays.
Have a good trip, and thank you for calling the information line. Part III Travelling around Australia Audioscript:
Nancy: Oh, David, hi! You know, I've been meaning to talk to you. I'm planning a trip to Australia, and I wonder if you could give me
some advice.
David: Sure! what do you want to know?黄浦江边
Nancy: Well, I thought I'd start my trip in Sydney. What should I e there?
David: Well, the most important thing to e, of cour, is the harbor, which is the most beautiful in the world.
Nancy: Oh, right. Do they have boat trips?
David: , of cour, they do. They have wonderful boat trips! The one ...
the one that I recommend particularly is ... is a trip around
Have a Nice Trip the harbor in an old sailing ship.
Nancy: Oh, that sounds like lots of fun!
David: . And, of cour, then there's the Sydney Opera Hou, which ...
which everyone knows about. And, uh, you can e ... e
中国风纯音乐澳门一日游攻略wonderful things there ... concerts and opera and theater. Nancy: Oh, I definitely want to go there! Now what about places to stay? Can you recommend some place inexpensive?
那个夏天David: , let me e ... Probably, of cour, you know I don't stay in the places, but probably the most inexpensive place would
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be ... would be a backpacker's hotel. There are lots of tho. Nancy: OK, thanks. That sounds good. Uh, where should I go after Sydney?
David: After Sydney, let's e ... I'd recommend that you travel up the coast to the Great Barrier Reef, which is in North Queensland. Nancy: Right. I've heard a lot about it! But what is there to do there?
