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Principal: Well it looks to me as if we shall have to fit him in somewhere. What does Monday morning look like?
Secretary: Well, Monday morning is extremely busy. You've got all the short list interviews.
Principal: Oh goodness. And how long do they go on for?
Secretary: Well, the last one is due at ... to come at 10 o'clock and will probably go on through until 10:30.
Principal: And then?

Secretary: Then you've got your Japanese agent and you did tell him you'd probably take him out to lunch.
Principal: Yes, well can't pass that up ... erm ... what's Tuesday morning look like?
Secretary: Tuesday morning is also very full. You've got a committee meeting, starts at 9:30 probably won't finish until 12:30.
Principal: Huh-Huh. And lunch?
Secretary: Lunch is with your publisher.
Principal: Oh yes. And I do remember that I've got something in the afternoon ... erm ... from the examining board, haven't I? I've got...
Secretary: Yes. At 2:30. You're expecting the chief examiner (Oh) regarding the review report.
Principal: Oh yes. And I've got ... I've got somebody's parents coming.
Secretary: Yes, at 4 o'clock Johan Blun's parents are coming.
Principal: And there ... isn't there a meeting, a principal's meeting after ... anyway he didn't want to be that late ... erm ... well, let's have a look at Monday afternoon. What have we got then?
Secretary: Well the lunch with the Japanese agent is probably likely to last until 2:30. (Mm-Mm) At 2:30 you've got the lawyer regarding the planning permission.
Principal: Oh, I've ... yes ... and?
Secretary: Well at 3:30 there's a tutorial with Maria Rosa ...
Principal: Oh well hang on ... erm ... look what we can do ... you ... if you could give the lawyer a ring and ask him if he can fix it, the appointment, for Wednesday and if he can't make Wednesday, later in the week. It's not absolutely vital that I should do it then. And give Maria Rosa a ring also if you can contact her, otherwise you can tell her when she arrives and ... erm ... I can give I can definitely give her ... I've got Wednesday clear, haven't I? So ... erm ... (Yes) I can give her a tutorial on Wednesday morning (Yes) and that gives us two hours so you could ring the Cultural Council and fix it for then. His name's Mr. Dennis I think, isn't it?
Secretary: Yes. So I'll ring him and tell him you're expecting him at 2:30 on Monday afternoon.
Principal: OK then.
Secretary: Fine. Thank you.

    At 7:20 pm on May 6th 1937, the world's largest airship, the Hindenburg, floated majestically1 over Lakehurst airport, New Jersey2, after an uneventful crossing from Frankfurt, Germany. There were 97 people on board for the first Atlantic crossing of the season. There were a number of journalists waiting to greet it. Suddenly radio listeners heard the commentator3 screaming 'Oh, my God! It's broken into flames. It's flashing ... flashing. It's flashing terribly.' 32 seconds later the airship had disintegrated4 and 35 people were dead. The Age of the Airship was over.
    The Hindenburg was the last in a series of airships which had been developed over 40 years in both Europe and the United States. They were designed to carry passengers and cargo5 over long distances. The Hindenburg could carry 50 passengers accommodated in 25 luxury cabins with all the amenities6 of a first class hotel. All the cabins had hot and cold water and electric heating. There was a dining-room, a bar and a lounge with a dance floor and a baby grand piano. The Hindenburg had been built to compete with the great luxury transatlantic liners. It was 245 metres long with a diameter of 41 metres. It could cruise at a speed of 125 km/h, and was able to cross the Atlantic in less than half the time of a liner. By 1937 it had carried 1,000 passengers safely and had even transported circus animals and cars. Its sister ship, the Graf Zeppelin, had flown one and a half million kilometres and it had carried 13,100 passengers without incident.
    The Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, which is a highly flammable gas, and every safety precaution had been taken to prevent accidents. It had a smoking room which was pressurized in order to prevent gas from ever entering it. The cigarette lighters7 were chained to the tables and both passengers and crew were searched for matches before entering the ship. Special materials, which were used in the construction of the airship, had been chosen to minimize the possibility of accidental sparks, which might cause an explosion.
    Nobody knows the exact cause of the Hindenburg disaster. Sabotage8 has been suggested, but experts at the time believed that it was caused by leaking gas which was ignited by static electricity. It had been waiting to land for three hours because of heavy thunderstorms. The explosion happened just as the first mooring9 rope, which was wet, touched the ground. Observers saw the first flames appear near the tail, and they began to spread quickly along the hull10. There were a number of flashes as the hydrogen-filled compartments11 exploded. The airship sank to the ground. The most surprising thing is that 62 people managed to escape. The fatalities12 were highest among the crew, many of whom were working deep inside the airship. After the Hindenburg disaster, all airships were grounded and, until recently, they have never been seriously considered as a commercial proposition.

David: Hello Peggy. What are you doing going through all those newspapers?
Peggy: Oh hallo David. I'm trying to find a flat and I've got to go through all these advertisements. I just can't find anything good.
David: Are you wanting to share or do you want a flat on your own?
Peggy: Well, you know Sara and Mary? I'd really like to share with them.
David: Well, I know of an empty flat. I don't know if you'd like it though. It's on the number ten bus route in Woodside Road. Number 10 I think it is.
Peggy: Oh, I know Woodside Road and the ten bus is the one that brings me to work. Would be a marvellous place. How many rooms has it got?

David: Well, it's got a kitchen and a bathroom. Um, apart from that I think it's got two bedrooms and a sitting-room13.
Peggy: Two bedrooms. Mm. Well, I suppose two of us could share, or one of us could sleep in the sitting-room. How much is the rent?
David: I think they want
21 a week for it.
Peggy: Twenty-one. Oh, that's fine, that would be
7 each. I don't really want to spend more than 7.
David: No, but you see the trouble is it might be a bit noisy. Woodside Road is really quite busy. It's on the bus route after all. With all that traffic going past I don't know if you'd really like it.
Peggy: Oh, that doesn't matter. We'd be out all day. It'd be marvellous to be on the ten bus route, we wouldn't have to walk at all and we'd get to work so quickly. Oh thanks so much David. I must go and tell Sara and Mary.
David: Well, I hope it's what you want.
Peggy: Oh yes, thanks a lot.
David: That's all right.

Rod: Mm, it's not a bad size room, is it?
Liz: Oh, it's great! It's lovely. Oh, and look at that fireplace! Oh, we can have the two chairs right in front of the fireplace there in the middle of the room and toast our feet.
Rod: The first thing we ought to do is just decide where the bed's going.
Liz: Oh, well ... (So) what about right here next to the door (yes) sort of behind the door as you come in?
Rod: Yes, that's a good idea—just as you come in, just in that corner there.
Liz: Yes. Well now, let's think. What else?
Rod: What else is there? Erm ... well there's that huge wardrobe of yours ... (Mm) that's got to go somewhere.
Liz: What about over here—you know—across from the fireplace there, because then, in that little corner where it ... where the wall goes back ... look, over there. (Mm) That'd do, wouldn't it?
Rod: Ok, well we'll put the wardrobe there then. (Yes) OK? So the wardrobe's opposite the fireplace.
Liz: Er ... (OK) what about your desk? (Er) Where are you going to put that?
Rod: Er ... I need lots of light, so I think in that far corner in between the two windows, OK?
Liz: Oh, I see in the corner there, (Yes) yes. (Erm) Yes, that'd be good.
Rod: So the desk goes there.
Liz: So you'd have your chair with your back to the fireplace? (Yes) Yes, that'll be all right.
Rod: Yes. And there's (yes) the chest of drawers.
Liz: Oh, that'd be nice in between the two windows there, right in the middle. (Yes) It really ... come on, I know you're going to like it. (OK) Come on, let's shove it over there. (I mean) I bet ... I er ...
Rod: I knew you'd ask me to move it.
Liz: Come on. Let's go.
Rod: OK. Let's go then. All right.
Liz: Nearly there! That's got it.
Rod: God, what on earth have you got in there?
Liz: Well, there's nothing much in there. I emptied it ... most of it out.
Rod: Oh God, my back hurts!
Liz: There! Wait a minute. Let me stand back and have a look.
Rod: Yes, it's not bad ... sticks out a bit.
Liz: No, it's fine. (OK) What about the TV? Where are we going to put that?
Rod: Er ... it's really got to go in the opposite corner, hasn't it? (Mm) Opposite the desk, that is.
Liz: Oh, you mean in the corner between the windows and the fireplace? (Yes) Yes.
Rod: And then the stereo, er ... the amplifier underneath14 the television and then the two speakers one on either side of the fireplace.
Liz: Yes, that'd be good. (Erm) Well lovely! So it'll all fit in beautifully! (Yes) What else ... what else have we got?
Rod: It's the er ... there's the bookcase, isn't there? Erm ...
Liz: Oh Lord ... where'll we put that?
Rod: Well, as you come in the door, er ... immediately on the er ... left-hand side ...
Liz: Oh along that wall there you mean?
Rod: Because that's ... there's just about enough space there. There's about two feet, so it shouldn't stick out too much, no.
Liz: Yes, it's not very wide is it? So you come in the door (Yes) and then the bookcase is right there on the left. (Yes) There's a long way from your desk, though.
Rod: Well, exercise'll do me good, won't it? Er ... table lamp. Well, we can just put that er ...
Liz: On the chest of drawers. (Yes) When it's ... (Mm) Yes. That'd be nice.
Rod: And no matter who wants to use it, you know.
Liz: Yes. Oh this is going to be lovely. When are we going to get it all in? Now?
Rod: Er ... no, not now. Let's just go to the kitchen and er ... sort that out and have a cup of tea, eh.
Liz: Oh, ha?ha, good. (Right) Yes, I haven't seen the kitchen. Come on.


Rod: Come on then. Let's go.

1. Another use for Landsats is to find fresh water. In dry areas such as deserts, Landsat photos may show black areas that indicate water or they may show red areas that indicate healthy plants. People who are trying to find water in these dry areas can save time by looking in the places that are black or red on the Landsat pictures.
2. The fifth use is to warn us of natural disasters, such as the damage done by large forest fires, melting ice near the North and South Poles, and lines in the earth where earthquakes might happen.
3. Many experts believe that we must turn to the sun to solve our energy needs. Solar energy is clean and unlimited15. It is estimated that the amount of solar energy falling on the continental16 United States is 700 times our total energy consumption. It's possible to convert, or change, this energy for our use, but the cost is the major problem. The federal government is spending millions of dollars to find ways to convert, or change, sunshine into economical energy. By the year 2000, solar technology could be supplying about 25 percent of the United States' energy needs.
4. The major expense involved in a solar heating system is the purchase cost of all the parts of the system and the cost of their installation. The approximate cost to buy and put a solar heating system into a three-bedroom house at present varies from $7,000 to $12,000. This is a one-time cost that can be financed over many years. This finance charge may be more expensive than heating with oil at the present prices.

 


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1 majestically d5d41929324f0eb30fd849cd601b1c16     
雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地
参考例句:
  • The waters of the Changjiang River rolled to the east on majestically. 雄伟的长江滚滚东流。
  • Towering snowcapped peaks rise majestically. 白雪皑皑的山峰耸入云霄。
2 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
3 commentator JXOyu     
n.注释者,解说者;实况广播评论员
参考例句:
  • He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛,是个好的解说者。
  • The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。
4 disintegrated e36fb4ffadd6df797ee64cbd05a02790     
v.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
  • The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了,我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句:
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
6 amenities Bz5zCt     
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快
参考例句:
  • The campsite is close to all local amenities. 营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。
  • Parks and a theatre are just some of the town's local amenities. 公园和戏院只是市镇娱乐设施的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 lighters 779466b88f83c05ba52f9b51e758d246     
n.打火机,点火器( lighter的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The cargo is being discharged into lighters. 正在往驳船里卸货。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Babies'bootees and cheap cigarette lighters were displayed in unlikely juxtaposition. 儿童的短靴和廉价的打火机很不相称地陈列在一起。 来自辞典例句
8 sabotage 3Tmzz     
n.怠工,破坏活动,破坏;v.从事破坏活动,妨害,破坏
参考例句:
  • They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
  • The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。
9 mooring 39b0ff389b80305f56aa2a4b7d7b4fb3     
n.停泊处;系泊用具,系船具;下锚v.停泊,系泊(船只)(moor的现在分词)
参考例句:
  • However, all the best mooring were occupied by local fishing boats. 凡是可以泊船的地方早已被当地渔船占去了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
  • Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had. 就像小船失去了锚,她的思绪毫无逻辑地四处漂浮,一会为这个想法难受,一会为那个念头生气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
10 hull 8c8xO     
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳
参考例句:
  • The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
  • The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。
11 compartments 4e9d78104c402c263f5154f3360372c7     
n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 );(列车车厢的)隔间;(家具或设备等的)分隔间;隔层
参考例句:
  • Your pencil box has several compartments. 你的铅笔盒有好几个格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The first-class compartments are in front. 头等车室在前头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 fatalities d08638a004766194f5b8910963af71d4     
n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 );死亡;致命性;命运
参考例句:
  • Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤,但没有人死亡。
  • The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 sitting-room sitting-room     
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
参考例句:
  • The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
  • Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
14 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
15 unlimited MKbzB     
adj.无限的,不受控制的,无条件的
参考例句:
  • They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
  • There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
16 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
参考例句:
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

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