剑桥雅思9真题听力 第26期Test3(2-2)
日期:2013-09-04 15:44

(单词翻译:单击)

TEST 3
SECTION 2-2

MAN: All these visitors mean we have had to expand our operation and it's now a truly family concern.I'm near to retirement age so I only concern myself with looking after the mechanical side of things - keeping the trains going.Liz now devotes all her energies to recruiting and supporting the large squadron of workers,which keep the place running smoothly.We're really pleased that after some years away teaching,Sarah has now returned to the park and makes sure the visitors are kept fed and watered,which keeps her pretty busy as you can imagine.Our son,Duncan,has been a stalwart of the park for the last ten years,taking over from me in the area of construction - and I'll say a little bit more about that in a moment - and his new wife.Judith,has also joined the team in charge of retall.That's becoming a tremendous growth area for us - a lot of people want to buy souvenirs.

WOMAN: So have you finished your development of the site for the moment?

MAN: Not at all!We're constantly looking for ways to offer more to our visitors.The railway remains the central feature and there's now 1.2 kilometres of the line laid but we'd like to lay more.Because of the geology of the area,our greatest problem is digging tunnels.But we're gradually overcoming that.We're also very pleased with a new installation of the Go-Kart arena which is 120 square metres in area.Again the problem is the geology;we had to level the mounds on the track for safety reasons.We wanted to enable 5-12year olds to use the go-karts.And the main attraction here is the Formula 1 Kart.We've known fights to break out over who gets it!And then finally to our most recent development which is the landscaped...

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重点单词
  • formulan. 公式,配方,规则;代乳品 adj. (赛车的)级的
  • expandv. 增加,详述,扩展,使 ... 膨胀, vi. (谈
  • mechanicaladj. 机械的,力学的,呆板的 n. (供制版用的)样
  • constructionn. 建设,建造,结构,构造,建筑物
  • smoothlyadv. 平滑地,流畅地
  • arenan. 竞技场
  • stalwartn. 顽强的人,健壮的人 adj. 高大结实的,顽强的
  • constantlyadv. 不断地,经常地
  • trackn. 小路,跑道,踪迹,轨道,乐曲 v. 跟踪,追踪