英文 B2 聽力練習 第 1 回
English listening practice, B2, round 1 — 11 recordings, 30 questions
每一段都是母語錄音。建議先到網站聽、作答，再回來看逐字稿。
內容
第 1 段 你聽到一位女士談她上過的課程。
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旁白You hear a woman talking about a course she did.
你聽到一位女士談她上過的課程。
女I'd assumed a photography course would be mostly about cameras and settings, and of course there was some of that. But what really stayed with me was how much time we spent just looking — at light, at shapes, at people. I see things differently now, even without a camera in my hand.
我原本以為攝影課主要是講相機和設定，當然也有一些。但真正讓我印象深刻的，是我們花了很多時間只是「看」——看光線、形狀、人。現在就算手上沒有相機，我看東西的方式也不一樣了。
第 2 段 你聽到兩個朋友談一家新咖啡店。
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旁白You hear two friends talking about a new café.
你聽到兩個朋友談一家新咖啡店。
男Have you tried the new café on King Street?
你去過國王街那家新咖啡店嗎？
女Twice. The coffee's nothing special, but it's the only place round here where you can actually find a quiet table to work at.
去過兩次。咖啡沒什麼特別，可是那是附近唯一真的能找到安靜位子工作的地方。
男That's exactly what I need.
那正是我需要的。
第 3 段 你聽到一位男士談他當導遊的工作。
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旁白You hear a man talking about his job as a tour guide.
你聽到一位男士談他當導遊的工作。
男People think the difficult part is remembering all the history, but that's easy once you've done it a few times. What's hard is keeping a group of thirty tired tourists interested at four o'clock in the afternoon.
大家以為最難的是記住所有歷史，其實帶過幾次就很簡單了。難的是在下午四點，讓一團三十個累壞的遊客保持興趣。
第 4 段 你聽到一位學生談選大學。
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旁白You hear a student talking about choosing a university.
你聽到一位學生談選大學。
女Everyone told me to choose the university with the best reputation. But when I visited, I just didn't feel comfortable there. The smaller one felt friendlier, and the course had more practical work, which is how I learn best. So that's where I'm going.
大家都叫我選名氣最大的大學。可是我去參觀時，就是覺得不自在。比較小的那間感覺比較友善，課程也有比較多實作，那是我最好的學習方式。所以我要去那間。
第 5 段 你聽到一位男士給同事留語音訊息。
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旁白You hear a man leaving a voicemail for a colleague.
你聽到一位男士給同事留語音訊息。
男Hi Sarah, it's Mike. About tomorrow's presentation — I've finished the slides, but I'm not happy with the figures in section three. Could you check them before you send everything to the client? I don't want them to see any mistakes.
莎拉，我是麥克。關於明天的簡報，投影片我做好了，但我對第三部分的數字不太放心。你寄給客戶之前可以幫我檢查一下嗎？我不想讓他們看到錯誤。
第 6 段 你聽到一位女士談搬到鄉下。
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旁白You hear a woman talking about moving to the countryside.
你聽到一位女士談搬到鄉下。
女I expected to miss the shops and restaurants, and I don't at all. What I hadn't expected was how dark it gets at night. In the city, there's always some light. Here, without a torch, you can't see your own hand.
我以為自己會想念商店和餐廳，結果完全不會。我沒料到的是晚上會這麼暗。在城市裡總有一點光，這裡沒有手電筒，連自己的手都看不見。
第 7 段 你聽到兩位同事談一場會議。
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旁白You hear two colleagues talking about a meeting.
你聽到兩位同事談一場會議。
女That meeting went on for two hours and we still didn't decide anything.
那個會開了兩個小時，結果什麼都沒決定。
男I know. Next time, we should send everyone the agenda the day before, so people come prepared.
我知道。下次我們應該前一天把議程寄給大家，讓大家有準備再來。
第 8 段 你聽到一位男士談學做菜。
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旁白You hear a man talking about learning to cook.
你聽到一位男士談學做菜。
男I followed recipes exactly for years and never really understood why they worked. Then a friend told me to stop measuring everything and taste as I go. It sounds obvious, but it completely changed my cooking.
我多年來都完全照食譜做，從來不懂為什麼這樣做會好吃。後來一個朋友叫我別再什麼都量，邊煮邊嚐。聽起來理所當然，卻徹底改變了我的廚藝。
第 9 段
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女Hello, I'm Dr Anna Kerr, and I study sleep. I'm often asked how much sleep people really need. For most adults, the answer is between seven and nine hours, although teenagers need more — around nine. One of the biggest problems today is light from screens. It tells the brain that it's still daytime, so it delays the release of melatonin, the hormone that makes us feel sleepy. My advice is to switch off phones at least an hour before bed. Temperature matters too: a bedroom should be cool, ideally around eighteen degrees. Many people believe that a glass of wine helps them sleep. In fact, alcohol reduces the quality of sleep in the second half of the night. And if you can't sleep, don't lie there worrying — get up, go to another room and read something until you feel tired. Finally, try to wake up at the same time every day, even at weekends. Your body clock will thank you.
大家好，我是安娜·柯爾博士，研究睡眠。常有人問我，人到底需要睡多久。大多數成人是七到九小時，不過青少年需要更多，大約九小時。現在最大的問題之一是螢幕的光。它告訴大腦現在還是白天，所以會延遲褪黑激素的分泌，那是讓我們想睡的荷爾蒙。我的建議是睡前至少一小時關掉手機。溫度也很重要：臥室應該涼一點，最好大約十八度。很多人以為喝一杯酒有助睡眠，其實酒精會降低後半夜的睡眠品質。如果睡不著，不要躺著擔心——起床到另一個房間看點東西，直到覺得累。最後，試著每天在同一時間起床，週末也一樣，你的生理時鐘會感謝你。
第 10 段 說話者 1
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旁白Speaker 1
說話者 1
女I started playing the guitar at forty, which people find funny. My teacher said it would take years to sound decent, but within six months I was playing songs I'd loved since I was a teenager. I honestly couldn't believe it.
我四十歲才開始彈吉他，大家覺得很好笑。老師說要好幾年才能彈得像樣，可是六個月內我就能彈從青少年時期就喜歡的歌。我真的不敢相信。
旁白Speaker 2
說話者 2
男My grandfather was a carpenter, and he taught me to make furniture in his workshop when I was small. Now I build tables and chairs at the weekend. Every time I pick up his old tools, I think of him.
我爺爺是木匠，我小時候他在工作室教我做家具。現在我週末會做桌椅。每次拿起他留下的舊工具，我都會想起他。
旁白Speaker 3
說話者 3
女I joined a running club after I moved to a new city and didn't know anyone. Now my closest friends are people I met there. We still run together twice a week, and we usually go for breakfast afterwards.
我搬到新城市、誰都不認識，就加入了跑步社。現在我最好的朋友都是在那裡認識的。我們還是每週一起跑兩次，跑完通常一起吃早餐。
旁白Speaker 4
說話者 4
男I took up painting because my job is so stressful. I'm not very good, and I don't really care. For two hours every Sunday, I forget about work completely. That's the whole point for me.
我開始畫畫是因為工作壓力太大。我畫得不太好，也不怎麼在乎。每個星期天的兩個小時，我能完全忘掉工作。對我來說，重點就在這裡。
旁白Speaker 5
說話者 5
女I used to be terrified of speaking in public. Joining a theatre group was my sister's idea, and I hated the first few rehearsals. But being on stage has changed me. I'm much more confident at work now, too.
我以前非常害怕在大家面前說話。參加劇團是我姊姊的主意，前幾次排練我很討厭。可是站上舞台改變了我，現在我在工作上也有自信多了。
第 11 段
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男My guest today is Clara Webb, a wildlife filmmaker whose latest series follows wolves in Canada. Clara, how did you get into this kind of work?
今天的來賓是野生動物紀錄片導演克拉拉·韋伯，她最新的影集記錄加拿大的狼。克拉拉，你怎麼會走進這一行？
女Completely by accident. I was studying biology and volunteered to help a film crew carry equipment for a week. I expected to be bored, but watching how they told a story with animals was fascinating. I changed my plans after that.
完全是意外。我當時讀生物，自願幫一個攝影團隊搬一週的器材。我以為會很無聊，結果看他們怎麼用動物說故事，覺得非常迷人。從那之後我就改變了計畫。
男Your new series took three years to film. Why so long?
你的新影集拍了三年，為什麼這麼久？
女Wolves are extremely shy, so for the first year we hardly saw them at all. We had to let them get used to our presence. People imagine the hard part is the cold, but it's really the patience.
狼非常怕生，所以第一年我們幾乎看不到牠們。我們得讓牠們習慣我們的存在。大家以為最難的是寒冷，其實真正難的是耐心。
男Some viewers have said the series makes wolves look too friendly. What's your response?
有些觀眾說這部影集把狼拍得太友善了，你怎麼回應？
女I understand the concern, but we never changed what happened. Wolves are often shown as monsters, and I wanted to show them as family animals, which they are. That doesn't mean they aren't dangerous.
我理解這個擔心，但我們從沒改動實際發生的事。狼常被描繪成怪物，我想呈現牠們是重視家庭的動物，而牠們確實是。這不代表牠們不危險。
男What do you hope people take away from it?
你希望觀眾從中得到什麼？
女Mostly, I'd like them to question what they think they know. If one person watches it and decides to find out more, that's enough for me.
我最希望大家質疑自己以為知道的事。只要有一個人看完後決定去多了解一些，對我來說就夠了。