1999年英语专业四级真题听力原文本（B）

　　SECTION B CONVERSATION

　　9. W: Do you know that Mark turned down that job offer by a travel agency?
　　M: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet.

　　10. W: Can we eat somewhere else? Very few small restaurants like this serve good food.
　　M: I know, but there isn’t anywhere else in this town. Look! The waiter is coming over for our order.

　　11. W: Mary is fluent in English and she’s just started to learn Japanese.
　　M: I hear she also knows a few words in Chinese and French.

　　12. M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.
　　W: Don’t be so sure. He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house.

　　13. W: Excuse me, I wonder if the bus would come at all. It’s already 10:45.
　　M: Oh, I’m afraid you’ve just missed the last one which left 5 minutes ago.

　　14. W: Hi, John, haven’t seen you for a quite few days. I heard you’ve been sick. How are you feeling now?
　　M: They must confuse me with my brother, Jack. Anyway, he is feeling better now.

　　15. W: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it through the rest of the year.
　　M: The year! It’s supposed to be good for four!

　　16. W: Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry. There must be at least 40 ahead of ours.
　　M: True, I think it will take quite a while for us to be on board.