参考答案
In the podcast, the people talk about how they get to work, what they do on their journey to work, what they like and don’t like about their journey.
听力原文
F = Finn; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.
Part 1
F: I usually get to work by bus. It takes about half an hour. Sometimes I read a book on the way. How about you? How do you get to work?
M1: I travel by bus. Um, it’s only one bus to work. It takes about 15 minutes.
M2: I get to work by car.
W1: Bus.
W2: I walk to work.
M3: I get to work on the tube and I walk some of the way.
W3: About five minutes walk to the station, Waterloo Station, and then I get on a bus which takes about 20 … 25 minutes.
M4: On most days I use the tube – my journey into work and my journey home at the end of the day.
M5: I cycle to work. That’s the quickest and easiest way.
W4: I cycle in to work every day on my bike.
Part 2
F: What do you do on your journey to work?
M3: I usually listen to music or read.
M1: Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes I read a book.
M4: I either read the newspaper or I read books.
W4: Take in the fresh air, the scenery, um … and try to avoid holes in the road which are quite dangerous.
W3: I listen to my iPod.
M5: Well, sometimes, if … if it’s a bit of a quiet road, I can think about what I’m going to do that day.
W1: I … I dream, usually. I just … I, I love … I love journeys. I love just looking out of the window.
M2: Well, it’s so short; I don’t actually do very much at all, apart from making sure I don’t have an accident.
Part 3
F: What do you like about it?
M4: It’s fairly short, so my journey to work is only 30 minutes.
W3: It’s quick.
M2: It’s short. It only takes me seven or eight minutes.
W1: Seeing how the landscape changes through the seasons.
M3: I like listening to music and having some time to think before work.
M1: It’s quite early in the morning, which means that the bus is always quite quiet, so um, I don’t have to fight for a seat.
M5: I like to have some fresh air and the exercise.
W4: I just like the exercise that I get from it and being outside in the open.
W2: It’s not too far. I can walk or run. It’s about a quarter of an hour’s walk, so I feel very healthy. I don’t have to catch a bus.
Part 4
F: What don’t you like about your journey to work?
M3: Um, I don’t like it when it’s very busy in the mornings and I don’t like it when it’s hot and sweaty on the tube.
W1: It’s a very full bus. It’s packed with people because it’s the “work bus”.
M5: There are some very bad drivers on the road.
W3: Sometimes the buses get overcrowded and a lot of people are going to the same place.
W4: I really don’t like cycling to work when it’s raining because I get wet, (and) all my books get wet.
M1: In the winter it’s very cold that early in the morning and um, sometimes if I miss the first bus I have to wait about 20 minutes for the next one to come along.
W2: In winter it’s very windy coming over the bridge and it makes my eyes water.
M2: It’s so short; there’s nothing to like or dislike about it.
