[英语学习]听力材料.docVIP

1.Y: 各位听众好, 我是杨晨，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。J: Hello everyone, my name is Jody ! And welcome to American Cafe! American Cafe is a place where you can improve your spoken English by meeting people who actually live and work in the United States. Youre going to learn a lot more than English. I promise.Y: 没错, 我们这个节目非常丰富多采。您在这里不但可以学到地道的美国英语，还可以认识很多的美国人。J: For today, Yang Chen and I spent our Sunday visiting a famous Washington D.C. hangout thats been a success here since 1976. Its called Kramers Books Afterwards Cafe.Y: 对，在今天的节目中，我们要带您到一个非常有意思的地方。这里是华盛顿当地的居民非常喜欢的一个hangout, 等一下我们要解释这个词。J: Its a combination of a cafe, a bookstore, a restaurant and a bar.Y: 这个地方是1976年开业的。它不仅是一个书店，还是一个咖啡馆和餐厅。J: Great! Lets introduce Mark who has been working at Kramers for 20 years.Mark: It was ... in 1976 when they opened it, it was a unique idea combining a restaurant, bar with a bookstore.Y: 我想在这里我们用hangout来形容Kramers是再合适不过了。我们俩在这里真的是渡过了一个很愉快的下午，又买书，又吃，非常非常的放松。这也就是人们到咖啡馆的目的吧。J: Exactly. And thats exactly what a customer named Peter explained why people come to Kramers and why its such a popular destination.Peter: Its a great meeting place. Its a very diverse bookstore. And its just a good place to come. Um, this bookstore has been here a long time, I dont know what long is, maybe 20 years or so. Its always been successful. Its always been lively. Its in a very lively part of town, probably the most cosmopolitan part of Washington.Y: 这个Peter有点儿英国口音。不过他已经在Washington住了三十多年, 我们可以说他是地道的Washington 人。J: I think 30 years makes you a resident of the District.Y: 对， 如果Jody你要是到北京住三十年，我也可以说你是地地道道的北京人。J: 好，谢谢您。Y: 我们没有问Peter是做什么的，不过我觉得听他说话好象是一位教授。你看他用的这些词都很好。他用了一个Cosmopolitan.J: I really like that word. Cosmopolitan. Youre hip. Youre with it. Modern. Urban.Y: Cosmopolitan 这个词有世界性的，见过世面的这些意思。 我们可以说在中国，北京了，上海了，这些城市都非常cosmopolitan.J: I think D.C., Washington D.C. the nations capitol, is a very cosmopolitan city. You know, Mark mentioned a good word that I would like to go back to for