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4Can Time Move Backward?
Part1 Getting ready
B You are going to hear eight short dialogues concerning time. As you listen, choose from the following the clock which gives the time when each dialogue takes place and write the number of the dialogue in the brackets above it.
Tapescripts
1.Man:What time do you have?
Woman:I have a quarter to five.
Man:Excuse me? What's the time?
Woman:A quarter to five.

2.Woman:What time is it?
Man:It's 10:15
Woman:Are you sure?My watch has 10:30.
Man:Your watch must be fast.I have just set mine by the radio.

3.Woman:Could you give me the time?
Man:It's 7:05 exactly.

4.Man:What time have you got?
Woman:About 4:30

5.Man:Can the clock be right?2:55?
Woman:That clock is always off. It's 3 o;clock sharp.

6.Woman:Check the time. There's a clock in the kitchen.
Man:It's a little before eleven.

7Woman:Are we going to be late?
Man:We will be unless we hurry.
Woman:When does the movie start?
Man:At 6:40, We've got fifteen minutes to get there.

8:Mano you have the time?
Woman:It's about three-twenty-five.
Manh,no, I'm late. I have an appointment in twenty minutes.
Womanon't worry. I'll drive you wherever you have to go.

C You are going to hear five statements about time difference. Comelete the following sentences.
Tapescripts:
1. When it is (7 a.m. Monday )in Tokyo, it is (5 p.m. Sunday )in New York and( 6 a.m. Monday )in Hong Kong.
2.When it is (4 p.m. Friday) in Melbourne, it is (11p.m. Thursday) in Denver and (9 a.m. Friday) in Baghdad.
3. When it is (3 p.m. Tuesday) in Singapore, it is (3 a.m. Tuesday) in Miami and(10 p.m Monday) in Honolulu.
4. When it is (8.p.m. Friday in Mexico City, it is (12 noon Saturday) in Guam and (3 a.m. Saturday) in Rome.
5.When it is (1 a.m. Wednesday) in London, ti is (9 a.m. Wednesday) in Shanghai and
(9 p.m. Tuesday) in Santiago.

Part 2 Local time
A:   you are going to hear an announcement made on a plane during landing.Write down every word as a dictation.It will be read three times. In the first reading, you will hear the whole announcement from beginning to end. In the second reading, you will hear a pause after each sentence or just part of a sentence. During the pause, you must write down what you have just heard as quickly as possible. You can check what you have written with the third reading.
Tapescript:
Ladies and gentlemen. May we kindly ask you to remain seated until the aircraft has reached its final position. The temperature here in London is 15 C or 59 F. The exact local time is 11:35. Captain Smith and his crew would like to say goodbye to you.We hope you enjoyed your flight. Thank you.

B You are going to hear a recorded phone call. While listening for the first time, add more key words if you can in the left-hand column. After the second listening complete the messages in the right-hand column with the help of the notes.
Tapescript:
Telephonist: Hello, Santos Trading.
Mr. Wong:Oh, hello. This is Mr. Wong here, calling from Singapore.
Telephonist:Yes, Mr. Wong, who do you want to speak to?
Mr. Wong:Um... I'd like to speak to Mrs. Cox, please.
Telephonist:Fine, putting you through.
Woman: Hello, can I help you?
Mr. Wong:Oh, hello. This is Mr. Wong calling from Singapore. Er... may I speak to Mrs. Cox,please?
Woman:Oh, I'm afraid Mrs. Cox is away. She has the flu and she may not be hack in the office till Monday. I expect her assistant, Mr. Box, can hepl. I'll just see if he's in his office. Hold on a moment, please.... Hello, Mr.Wong?
Mr. Wong:Yes.
Woman:I'm very sorry, (but) he's out just now, Can I take a message for him?
Mr. Wong:Oh, yes, please. Will you tell him I won't be arriving in Melbourne until quite late this Saturday, at 1 a.m. local time.(Um.) And will Mrs. Cox still be able to meet me?
Woman:Right.
Mr. Wong:And also inform the Royal Hotel that I'll be arriving very (very) late.
Woman:Sure.
Mr. Wong:Oh, wonderful, thanks. Could you please....er....telex or phone me to confirm that this is possible?
Woman:Right, I...I'll take the message. I'll give it to Mr. Box and I'm sure he'll be in touch with you. Thank you very much, Mr. Wong.
Mr. Wong:Thank you.

Part 3 Ladies and gentlemen
A You are going to hear some announcements made by Professor Williams at the final plenary session of an international conference on urban planning. The following vocabulary is used in the conversation. Guess  the meaning when you hear these words in the announcements. Match them with their definitions. Write the correct number before each definition. While you listen, don't forget to add more key words in the notes column. They will be very helpful for the next section.
1.session 2.urban 3domestic 4.lodge 5.chairpeople 6. coach 7.reprint 8.reminder 9.convention 10.productive
Tapescript:
Ladies and gentlemen. If  I can have your attention for a moment please? I have the final notices for this final session of the conference. Now, first of all, I'd like to mention that the urban pollution session has been very popular so we are moving the final discussion to Room 201,That's Room 201. Which means (that) the domestic shelter session will be changed from Room 201 to room 304. That's the domestic shelter session in Room 304. I hope everybody's got that.
     Now I have a notice here that you must return your keys to the porter's lodge before you leave. So anybody who has forgotten to bring them with you, please get them and return them before you leave. Thank you.
     Turning now to your discussion records, I would like to see you return them to the session chairpeople by 5 o'clock this afternoon. That's 17 hundred hours. Thank you.
     Regarding coaches for the airport,....ah.... they will be gathering outside the Kennedy Building at 3:30. That's ....ah....15:30 hours.And there'll be another one a little late than that at 15 hour.... that's 17:15. That's 5:15. I'd like to ask you all to be there, ready for the buses ,at least 5 minutes before the departure times. So we can all leave promptly and everybody will get home on time. Thank you.
    I have particular messages for ....ah....Dr. Schap.....schapsinger and Dr. Garbeldi and Dr. Surinander. I'd like to ask you three.... Are you here Dr.Schapsinger? Dr. Garbeldi? Yes. And Dr. Surinander? I'd like to ask you to collect your reprints from the conference desk before you leave. Thank you.
      Finally I have a reminder from Dr. Goldman of the Chicago Institute that the Sixth Annual Convetion of PES,86, October. And I'd like anybody that's interested in that conference to leave your name at the conference desk. Thank you very much.
    Ladies and gentlemen. I know it has been a (very) happy event for me, this conference. And I hope that you too have found it a happy and productive time .Thank you all for coming.

Part 4 More about the topic: Day-light-saving Time
   The following short passage is about day-light-saving time. Supply the missing words while listening.
Tapescript:
        Standard time is a worldwide (system) of time areas based on longitude.Longitude is the distance on the earth (measuring) east or west of the first longitude(line) at Greenwich, England. Each time area is (15 degrees) longitude wide. Under standard time, the time kept in each time area is that of its( central) longitude line. These lines are 15degrees,(30 degrees) and so on east or west of the (first) line in England. The (difference) in time between each nearby area is  exactly (one) hour. All clocks keep the (same) time within each area.
   In the summer, most people in the United States move their clocks( ahead )one hour to use day-light-saving time. The use of day-light-saving time provides an(added) hour of day light in the early evening. Its chief (purpose) is to save energy by reducing the evening use of (electricity)for reading. Many countries first used day-light-saving time during (war) time .For example, Britain went on day-light time during(WW1), so did the United States. The United States also observed it during (WW2). After the war, many American states (established) some kind of day-light-saving time.But this became (confusing). So in 1966, (Congress) established day-light-saving time for the nation, It began the (last) Sunday of April and ended the last (Sunday) of October.
    In the 1970s, that time period was (extended) as a result of the reduction in Arab oil exports that caused a (fuel) shortage in the United States. In (1986), new legislation changed the (start) of day-light-saving time from the last Sunday in April to the (whole) month of April saves the nation about (300000) barrels of oil each year. So today day-light-saving time begins the first Sunday in Apirl and ends the last Sunday in October. That is why most Americans will set their clocks (backward) one hour this Saturday night.

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Part 5, Memory test: Radio Announcement.
Tapescript:
   Announcer: And now here are some of the things you can listen to this evening here on Radio2. Our Wednesday play is at nine and is called Old People Talking; it's about a small group of old age pensioners sitting in a social club remembering the past. Before that at 7:30 we have "My Favoiurite Discs" in which Jenny Lindley talks about the records that influenced her musical career.At 10:30 there is an account by James Farmer of his travels in the Middle East by bicycle and at 11:00 there's a service from St. Paul's, On Radio 3 the big event of the evening is the broadcast of La Traviata from the Albert Hall; it's at 9:00 and it has Felicity Newcombe in the major role. The interval talk at 9:15 is Peter Morris remembering his adventures while fishing is Scotland. Radio 1 has as usual continuous pop music; from 6 to 8 it's the Tommy Brian Show with interviews with live pop stars; from 10 till midnight it's Joe Newland with his frieds. So if you're in for the evening or listening on the car radio there should be something for you; stay runed.