IELTS Listening Part 1: Booking a Homestay for a Summer Course

Part One. You will hear a student phoning a homestay agency.

第一部分。你將聽到一名學生打電話給寄宿家庭仲介。

First, you have some time to look at questions one to six.

首先，你有一些時間閱讀第一至第六題。

Now listen carefully and answer questions one to six.

現在請仔細聽，並回答第一至第六題。

Hello, Sunny Lane Homestays. Carol speaking.

您好，這裡是Sunny Lane寄宿家庭，我是Carol。

Hi! I'm coming to Brighton for an English course this summer,

您好！我今年夏天要去布萊頓上英文課，

and I'm looking for a host family.

正在找寄宿家庭。

Lovely! Let me take some details. What's your name?

好的！我先登記一些資料。你叫什麼名字？

Daniel Kowalski. That's K-O-W-A-L-S-K-I.

Daniel Kowalski，拼法是K-O-W-A-L-S-K-I。

Thank you. And when do you arrive?

謝謝。你什麼時候抵達？

On the 14th of July.

7月14日。

And how long is your course?

你的課程有多長？

Six weeks. I finish at the end of August.

六週。我八月底結束。

Right. Our families charge £165 a week.

好的。我們的寄宿家庭每週收費165英鎊。

That includes breakfast and an evening meal.

包含早餐和晚餐。

Oh, dinner too? That's really good value!

喔，晚餐也包含？真划算！

It is! Do you have any special diet?

對啊！你有什麼特殊的飲食需求嗎？

Yes, I'm vegetarian. I don't eat meat or fish.

有，我吃素。我不吃肉也不吃魚。

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions seven to ten.

在聽對話的其餘部分之前，你有一些時間閱讀第七至第十題。

Now listen and answer questions seven to ten.

現在請聽，並回答第七至第十題。

Now, is there anything else the family should know?

那麼，還有什麼需要讓寄宿家庭知道的嗎？

Well... I'm a bit allergic to cats.

嗯……我對貓有點過敏。

Ah. Quite a few of our families have pets, I'm afraid.

啊。恐怕我們有不少家庭都有養寵物。

Don't worry, though. I'll only choose homes without animals.

不過別擔心，我只會挑沒有養動物的家庭。

Thanks, that's a relief.

謝謝，這樣我就放心了。

Oh, and how far are the families from the school?

喔，還有，這些家庭離學校多遠？

We try to keep it under twenty minutes by bus.

我們盡量控制在搭公車二十分鐘以內。

That's fine. I might even cycle!

沒問題。說不定我還會騎腳踏車去呢！

Great idea! Most families have a spare bike.

好主意！大部分家庭都有一台多的腳踏車。

I'll email you three family profiles by Friday.

我週五前會把三個家庭的資料寄到你的信箱。

Brilliant! Thank you so much, Carol.

太棒了！非常謝謝你，Carol。

That is the end of Part One.

第一部分到此結束。