Intermediate Listening - Radio Talk 中級聽力練習﹝適雅思、多益考試之獨白聽力練習﹞

You will hear a woman called Lucy talking on the radio.
您將會聽到一位名叫露西的女士在電台的談話。

Listening for Gist 大意題

What is Lucy discussing?

How does she feel about her idea?

Listening for Details 細節題

Read the questions before you listen.
Then listen again and answer the questions.

1. What is Lucy’s main reason for starting a new magazine?

1. She was asked to do it.
2. She wanted more writing experience.
3. She wanted to produce her own magazine.

2. The magazine is different to a local newspaper because of

1. what it looks like.
2. what it contains.
3. where you can buy it.

3. The first half of the magazine helps people to

1. choose leisure activities.
2. keep up to date with world news.
3. plan holidays around Britain.

4. The restaurants in the reports are chosen because

1. readers recommend them.
2. people have complained about them.
3. the journalists have tried them.

5. In the second half of the magazine you can find

1. reviews of local artists’ work.
2. articles about local people.
3. articles to help local businesses.

6. What pleases Lucy about the magazine?

1. The high quality of the writers.
2. The attitude of the readers
3. The variety of subjects covered.

Listening Carefully – Sentence Completion 仔細聽 - 完成句子

Listen again and complete the missing parts of the script. Try to type all the missing words. You may need to listen to the key sentences several times.
再聽一次並把錄音稿空白的地方填上。試著打出所有空白的字，有可能需要聽很多次。

Check your answers by reading the complete script at the bottom of the page.

I’ve been a journalist for many years working for newspapers and magazines . I’ve always dreamt of starting my own magazine, not because I want to be rich but because I want to do something different. And now I’ve done it! It is different from other magazines and I’m sure .

So what’s the magazine like? I should explain that it’s – it’s the same size as the local weekly newspaper and in fact looks very similar, but it doesn’t and it doesn’t . I think this is the important difference. You can buy it in all the usual places you would buy your local newspaper.

The magazine ; the first half is a ‘what’s on’ guide which contains information about everything that’s happening in the city over a seven-day period. There are music and film reviews, and information about special events, so you can decide . And it’s also got local bus timetables and useful phone numbers.

There are also reports on restaurants. But we’re not going to write only good things about the restaurants we choose, because these are not advertisements. They are . That’s a strength of this magazine, the writers are who say what they think.

That’s one half of the magazine, the other half is the articles. We want to write about . They may be famous or not but they have all done something interesting such as . There are several famous artists in the

city, like Lisa Goodchild who has talked to us about her life in the first issue. We hope to interview a wide variety of people. [pause]

I’m really happy because there are some fantastic journalists living in the area, many of them busy , and the new magazine by writing for it. The journalists are happy because the magazine has room for longer articles so they have more space to give their opinions.

Answers 答案

Listening for Gist 大意題

She is talking about her new magazine.

She is excited, happy etc.

Listening for Details 細節題

1. B

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. A

6. C

Script 錄音稿

I’m Lucy Holmes and I’m here today to tell you about my work. People ask me why I decided to start a new magazine. Well, I’ve been a journalist for many years working for newspapers and magazines in this country and abroad. I’ve always dreamt of starting my own magazine, not because I want to be rich but because I want to do something

different. And now I’ve done it! It is different from other magazines and I’m sure it’s going to be successful.

So what’s the magazine like? I should explain that it’s a local magazine that will come out each Thursday – it’s the same size as the local weekly newspaper and in fact looks very similar, but it doesn’t carry news and it doesn’t report on events as they happen. I think this is the important difference. You can buy it in all the usual places you would buy your local newspaper.

The magazine itself is divided into two main parts; the first half is a ‘what’s on’ guide which contains information about everything that’s happening in the city over a seven-day period. There are music and film reviews, and information about special events, so you can decide what’s worth spending your time on. And it’s also got local bus timetables

and useful phone numbers.

There are also reports on restaurants. But we’re not going to write only good things about the restaurants we choose, because these are not advertisements. They are the honest opinions of our journalists. That’s a strength of this magazine, the writers are all independent journalists who say what they think.

That’s one half of the magazine, the other half is the articles. We want to write about the lives of local people. They may be famous or not but they have all done something interesting such as developing a new business. There are several famous artists in the

city, like Lisa Goodchild who has talked to us about her life in the first issue. We hope to interview a wide variety of people. [pause]

I’m really happy because there are some fantastic journalists living in the area, many of them busy writing for national papers, and they’re supporting the new magazine by writing for it. The journalists are happy because the magazine has room for

longer articles so they have more space to give their opinions.

So, anyone who’s interested in ....... [fade]

Source: Cambridge PET Sample Test 2 Part 2 2003