Customer service: I am afraid all our drivers are flat out at the moment. I would suggest you take a taxi from the airport to the campus, but it would cost you an arm and a leg.
Mark: Would you refund the cost of the pickup service since I
was not picked up?
Customer service: Unfortunately, it has all been prepaid, and it
is customer’s responsibility to provide us the correct flight details.
Mark: That is totally unfair! I did provide the correct itinerary to my agent. It is not my fault if the information somehow got lost in the system. I can’t get hold of my agent due to the time difference. If I would be charged anyway, I would rather stick around here for your next available driver.
There are more than 90 species of whales, all whale species can be categorised into baleen whales and toothed whales. The baleen whales eat by swimming slowly through fish-rich water and straining food into their mouth. And toothed whales as their names indicate, have teeth. Whales live in marine environment and they are mammals. Just like the continental mammals, whales are also viviparous, which means they reproduce by giving birth to a calf rather than eggs, which leads to fewer offspring and longer-lived individuals. Whales breath with their lungs, and they all have blowholes positioned on top of their head. They breathe in air through the blowholes when they are on the water surface
and close it up when they dive. All mammals need to sleep, but whales have to be awake at all times to maintain breath. So whales have a special sleep pattern: half of their brain falls asleep while the other half keeps awake, that makes whales sleep 24 hours per day.
Whales have very advanced hearing and they can hear from miles away. They produce low frequency sound, which can be detected over large distances. Now many species of whales are declared as endangered. Apart from human activities such as illegal whaling, these animals collide with ships or get entangled with fishing nets. They are also threatened by pollution and habitat loss from climate change. Now I will briefly talk about four types of baleen
whales.
The first one is the blue whale. The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It is also the largest animals ever to have lived, since they are much larger than dinosaurs. Their heart has the same size of a small car, which bumps tons of blood through the circulatory system of the blue whale. The largest blue whale that was ever found was 33.58 meters long and weighed 190 tons. The skin of the blue whale is blue-grey colored. On top of its head, there is a large ridge located from the tip of the nose to the blowhole. The blue whale has a very small dorsal fin and relatively
small tail flukes. In terms of feeding and distribution, the blue whale feeds almost exclusively on krill, and you can find the blue whales worldwide. They travel to polar waters to feed during summer time and spend the winter in tropical or subtropical areas. Blue whales like to swim alone or in groups of 2 or 3. In the past century, blue whale has been extensively hunted and the number has deceased to a very low level. Hence, it is now listed as an endangered species. The second one I will introduce is the fin whale. The fin whale is a fast swimmer. It can swim at the speed of 30 km/hr. Occasionally, the fin whale can jump out of the water. The average length of the fin whale is about 18 to 22 meters and it
can weigh up to 70 tons. The fin whale looks long and slender, the head resembles the blue whale but the color is dark grey to brown. The fin whale prefers to stay in deep water and it is also distributed all over the the world's ocean. Unlike the blue whale, the fin whale is more gregarious, which means they live in flocks and are more sociable. Fin whales are generally seen in groups of 10 or more. They mainly feed on small crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters and shrimps. Northern hemisphere fin whales also feed on fish.
Part 1 影子跟讀「短對話」練習
Customer service: I am afraid all our drivers are flat out at the moment. I would suggest you take a taxi from the airport to the campus, but it would cost you an arm and a leg.
Mark: Would you refund the cost of the pickup service since I
was not picked up?
Customer service: Unfortunately, it has all been prepaid, and it
is customer’s responsibility to provide us the correct flight details.
Mark: That is totally unfair! I did provide the correct itinerary to...
Unit 1 機場接機 Unit 2 註冊費遲交 Unit 3 選課錯誤 Unit 4 銀行開戶 Unit 5 作業要求延遲交件 Unit 6 科目被當見教授 Unit 7 買學生票沒帶證件 Unit 8 宿舍室友吵鬧 Unit 9 共同廚房誰整理 Unit 10 房屋修繕 Unit 11 退租押金 Unit 12 安裝電話費用的紛爭 Unit 13 買車 Unit 14 車窗被砸 Unit 15 預約看醫生 Unit 16 有人插隊 Unit 17 申請表填錯 Unit 18 上網購物收到錯誤商品 Unit 19 找工作 Unit 20 住宿 Unit 21 沒拿到薪水 Unit 22 被騙 Unit 23 換工作 Unit 24 車禍 Unit 25 租車 Unit 26 分擔油錢 Unit 27 開車被臨檢 Unit 28 看醫生沒有保險 Unit 29 沒趕上飛機 Unit 30 飯店換房間 Unit 31 取消訂房 Unit 32 不滿意旅行團的服務 Unit 33 迷路 Unit 34 錯過該搭的車 Unit 35 折扣算錯 Unit 36 機場退稅 Unit 37 上班遲到 Unit 38 忘記上司交代的事 Unit 39 護照弄丟重新申請 Unit 40 銷售能力 Unit 41 動手不動口的人太多了 Unit 42 搞砸生意 Unit 43 勝任團隊合作 Unit 44 做事抄捷徑 Unit 45 生意談成的機會不高 Unit 46 共識 Unit 47 搞砸了 Unit 48 燒錢 Unit 49 時機 Unit 50 無法共事 Unit 51 兩種車型的比較 Unit 52 擴張業務部門 Unit 53 熱臉貼冷屁股 Unit 54 估算一個數字 Unit 55 尋找有經驗的創業者 Unit 56 拍馬屁 Unit 57 好的創意都支持 Unit 58 炒魷魚 Unit 59 營運作業上有豐富經驗 Unit 60 折扣和優惠討論 Unit 61 繼續保持 Unit 62 簽約 Unit 63 重新獲得產品優勢 Unit 64 我的想法 Unit 65 咬緊牙關 Unit 66 裁員 Unit 67 扭轉劣勢 Unit 68 討論訂單 Unit 69 請假代班 Unit 70 卸責
Part 2 影子跟讀「短段落」
Unit 1 電視的發展 Unit 2 電視的發展 Unit 3 印刷術 Unit 4 印刷術 Unit 5 銀行的演變 Unit 6 電話的發展 Unit 7 臉書的普及和沿革 Unit 8 Google 的成立 Unit 9 條碼的沿革 Unit 10 塑膠工業之父 Unit 11 諾貝爾的生平 Unit 12 直升機的發展和貢獻 Unit 13 聽診器帶來的便利性 Unit 14 汽車發展史 Unit 15 飛機的發明 Unit 16 利普斯 Unit 17 打字機的發明 Unit 18 石墨:皇室的象徵 Unit 19 原子筆的潛力 Unit 20 解雇促成了立可白發明 Unit 21 紙技術傳至歐洲 Unit 22 底片的進展 Unit 23 燈泡的發展 Unit 24 尿布
Part 3 影子跟讀「實戰練習」
Unit 1 塗鴉及凱斯哈林 Unit 2 魯蛇或溫拿 Unit 3 虛構世界的未來會是如何 Unit 4 動物和視頻 Unit 5 電影和環境保護 Unit 6 無尾熊 Unit 7 鯨魚 Unit 8 雪梨歌劇院
Part 4 雅思聽力必考字彙 Unit 1 租屋概況 Unit 2 租屋的外在環境與交通 Unit 3 租屋的傢俱與電器 Unit 4 租屋的開銷和注意事項 Unit 5 參觀藝術展 Unit 6 參觀國家公園 Unit 7 參觀雪梨歌劇院 Unit 8 遊覽大堡礁 Unit 9 訂機票 Unit 10 在機場出境 Unit 11 在機場入境 Unit 12 藥店買藥 Unit 13 露營 Unit 14 遊覽澳洲動物園 Unit 15 申請澳洲的手機門號 Unit 16 在澳洲申請銀行帳戶 Unit 17 診所看病 Unit 18 看牙醫 Unit 19 配眼鏡 Unit 20 看足科醫師 Unit 21 皇家農業展 Unit 22 澳紐軍團日 Unit 23 大洋路 Unit 24 考駕照 Unit 25 租車 Unit 26 澳洲高等教育 Unit 27 申請大學 Unit 28 正式入學前的英文進修 Unit 29 大學的學習 Unit 30 大學的考核 Unit 31 大學的專業 Unit 32 大學的設施 Unit 33 研究方法之量化研究 Unit 34 研究方法之質化研究 Unit 35 校園就業服務 Unit 36 求職 Unit 37 急救認證 Unit 38 袋鼠 Unit 39 無尾熊 Unit 40 全球暖化 Unit 41 土壤侵蝕退化 Unit 42 沙漠化
雅思聽力目次
Part 1 影子跟讀「短對話」
Unit 1 機場接機 Unit 2 註冊費遲交 Unit 3 選課錯誤 Unit 4 銀行開戶 Unit 5 作業要求延遲交件 Unit 6 科目被當見教授 Unit 7 買學生票沒帶證件 Unit 8 宿舍室友吵鬧 Unit 9 共同廚房誰整理 Unit 10 房屋修繕 Unit 11 退租押金 Unit 12 安裝電話費用的紛爭 Unit 13 買車 Unit 14 車窗被砸 Unit 15 預約看醫生 Unit 16 有人插隊 Unit 17 申請表填錯 Unit 18 上網購物收到錯誤商品 Unit 19 找工作 Unit 20 住宿 Unit 21 沒拿到薪水 Unit 22 被騙 U...