参考答案
The podcast is mainly about people’s traveling experiences and what they like and don’t like about traveling.
听力原文
F = Finn; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man 1, etc.
Part 1
F: I’ve spent a lot of time living in different countries so there isn’t one place I think of as home. I’ve lived in Scotland and Poland and China. I love going to new places and learning about new cultures. Today, I’m asking people about travel.
Part 2
W1: I love travel. It’s one of my passions.
M1: Well, I enjoy it a lot. I have traveled to India several times. I lived there, and I’ve lived here, and I’ve been to Istanbul once and I enjoyed that very much.
W2: I’ve done quite a bit of traveling on holidays and stuff. I think it’s good, good experience.
W3: You get to meet different people coming from different backgrounds, and that’s really important to get an understanding.
M2: It’s always just nice to get out and experience a different culture and different lifestyle.
W4: I get very excited about the thought of going to most countries, any country.
W5: I love to travel to different countries.
M3: Absolutely love traveling. I’ve been traveling for about two and a half years solid now.
W6: I’ve been to Turkey. I’ve been to Egypt. I’ve been to Malta.
M4: I work as an expedition leader and so I actually operate in different countries around the world, many places outside the United Kingdom.
Part 3
F: What do you like about traveling?
M3: I think you mature a lot when you travel. You, er, you learn … oh, just completely different experiences to what you’re used to at home.
W6: I like the airport experience. I love that.
M5: I like the arrival more than the traveling.
W5: To see art especially. We love to see theater in other countries.
M4: You see some, some of the most beautiful scenery around the world which you wouldn’t experience in other countries.
M2: I just really like getting out there and experiencing a different culture, getting far away from, you know, what we’re used to in Australia, and meeting new people.
W4: The anticipation of being in a new place, of seeing very different things, er, of hearing a different language, (and) of eating different food. Everything that travel has to offer.
Part 4
F: What don’t you like?
W6: I don’t like long flights.
W3: I suppose plane journeys aren’t always the most exciting of things.
W1: Flying. I don’t particularly like flying, but it’s a necessity when you live in Ireland, you know.
M2: I suppose the biggest problem I have with traveling is living out of a suitcase.
W4: In all honesty, I actually see the whole travel as an adventure in itself. So, er, when, when I was backpacking, and we all … we ran out of money, or we were in dangerous situations, I actually quite enjoyed that.
M4: You spend a lot of time outside the United Kingdom, and the disadvantage of that is, that you, you tend to miss families and friends. I miss out on normal things in life, so … I’ve been outside the United Kingdom for two thirds of the year. I’d say that’s the main disadvantage.
W5: The hardest thing for me is that I am handicapped. And so sometimes getting around, especially very old cities, is very difficult.
M5: My wife’s usually late for … getting to the airport. It wasn’t until I, I got married I actually started missing flights.
