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Section B: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.
第二节：在本节中，你将听到两段长对话。每段对话只读一遍。
At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause.
每段对话后有1分钟的停顿。
During the pause, read the questions and mark your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
在停顿期间，阅读问题并在答题纸上用一条线标出答案，线划在字母的中间。
Conversation One
对话一
Listen to the conversation, mark each statement as either true （T） or false（F） according to what you hear.
听对话，根据对话内容判断所给句子的正误，正确的标T，错误的标F。
Hi, Amanda, how are you?
嗨，阿曼达，你好吗？
I’ve missed working with you and the whole group since my transfer last week.
自从我上周调任以来，我很怀念和你以及整个团队一起工作的日子。
Hi, Steve! We’ve missed you too.
嗨，史蒂夫！我们也很想你。
The office just isn’t the same without you.
没有你，办公室就不一样了。
How is your new job?
你的新工作怎么样？
It’s great. I really get to focus on what I like to do and everyone has been very nice and welcoming.
太棒了。我真的可以专注于我喜欢做的事情，每个人都非常友好和热情。
However, I’m having a small problem with my new colleagues.
然而，我和我的新同事之间有点小问题。
What happened?
发生了什么？
Well, three people are celebrating their birthdays this month and the policy here is for everyone to contribute ten dollars to a card and cake for each of them.
这个月有三个人要过生日，这里的政策是每人拿出10美元买一张卡片和一块蛋糕。
Wow, so you’ll be out thirty dollars on your first week at work!
哇，这么说你第一周上班就拿了30美元！
I know. It is a lot of money and I haven’t yet gotten to know well enough any of the people celebrating their birthdays.
这是一大笔钱，而且我还不太了解那些过生日的人。
In our old department, it was only three dollars for each birthday and there were only ten of us.
在我们原来的部门，每个生日只拿三美元，而且我们只有十个人。
Well, every department is different.
每个部门都不一样。
You wouldn’t want your new co-workers to think you’re a Grinch, right?
你不想让你的新同事认为你是令人扫兴的人，对吧？
What is that?
什么意思？
It doesn’t sound like a good thing to be.
听起来不像是好事。
A Grinch is a person who spoils the mood on a happy occasion by being selfish or unenthusiastic.
Grinch指的是在欢乐的场合因自私或缺乏热情而破坏气氛的人。
You know—a party pooper.
即一个扫兴的人。
I definitely don’t want to be that!
我可不想成为那样的人！
But I still think it’s unreasonable for them to ask me for such a big sum of money when we don’t know each other very well.
但我仍然认为，在我们彼此不太了解的情况下，他们向我要这么一大笔钱是不合理的。
What should I do?
我该怎么办？
If I were you, I would just bite the bullet and hand over the money.
如果我是你，我会咬紧牙关把钱交出来。
First impressions are important and it’s not worth getting a reputation for being a scrooge.
第一印象很重要，不值得给人留下吝啬鬼的名声。
Think about it this way: when your birthday comes around, you’ll have at least one card and cake to look forward to.
这样想吧：当你的生日来临时，你至少会有一张卡片和一块蛋糕值得期待。
