01-04-2026 **00:00:09** - Now turn to section one. 現在轉到第一部分。 - Section one, you'll hear two friends planning an event. 第一部分，你將聽到兩個朋友在策劃一個活動。 - First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to six. 首先，你有一些時間來查看問題1到六。 - Now we shall begin. 現在我們開始。 - You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time. 你應該在聽的時候回答問題，因為你不會再聽第二遍。 - Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to six. 請仔細聽並回答問題1到六。 --- **00:01:18** - Hello, Joan. I'm glad you could come. 嗨，瓊。很高興你能來。 - Hello, Peter. What's up? Is something the matter? 嗨，彼得。怎麼了？有事嗎？ - No, no, everything's fine. 不，沒事，一切都好。 - It sounded urgent on the phone. 電話裡聽起來很急迫。 --- **00:01:50** - Did it? 是嗎？ - It's just that I've had this idea, but I wanted to see how soon we could get it off the ground. 就是我有個想法，但我想知道我們多快能讓它開始運作。 - Well, don't keep me in suspense. 好啦，不要吊我胃口。 - You know, they're planning to close down the local clinic. 你知道，他們打算關閉本地診所。 - It was in the newspaper yesterday, but most people have actually known for some time. 昨天報紙上有報導，但其實大多數人早就知道了。 - Well, I thought we should do something about it. 嗯，我覺得我們應該做點什麼。 - What did you have in mind? 你有什麼想法？ - I thought we could organize a charity event and donate the money to the clinic. 我想我們可以組織一個慈善活動，把錢捐給診所。 - I know it doesn't sound like much, but it will show the local council how we feel and that we mean business. 我知道這聽起來沒什麼，但它能讓地方議會知道我們的立場，我們是認真的。 - That'll take quite a lot of organizing. 這需要很多籌備工作。 - Why don't we just hold a protest outside the town hall? 為什麼我們不就在市政廳外抗議呢？ - A protest would take just as much organization as an event like this. 抗議跟這樣的活動一樣需要籌備工作。 - Besides, I think fewer people would turn up. 再者，我覺得會來的人會比較少。 - A village fair or something like that would attract more people and get money for the clinic. 鄉村市集或類似的活動會吸引更多人，並籌到錢給診所。 - People are more generous when they're enjoying themselves. 人們在開心的時候會更大方。 --- **00:02:25** - Okay, then it sounds good to me. 好的，那我覺得不錯。 - How do we start? 我們要怎麼開始？ - First, we put our heads together and come up with a list of people who'll be willing to help and people who can provide us with some of the things we need. 首先，我們要集思廣益，列出願意幫忙的人和能提供我們一些所需物品的人。 - For example, we might need a caterer to provide refreshments, a rock band for entertainment, tents, and so on. 比如說，我們可能需要餐飲服務、搖滾樂團、帳篷等等。 - Then we do a lot of telephoneing around and try to get everybody together at the same time in the same place. 然後我們打很多電話，試著讓大家在同一時間同一地點聚在一起。 - Sounds like a lot of work to me. 聽起來工作量很大。 --- **00:03:02** - But that's only the beginning. 但這只是開始。 - First things first, though. 不過，第一步還是要先做。 - Let's decide now on who to get to the initial meeting and where and when to hold it. 現在我們決定誰來參加第一次會議，以及在哪裡、什麼時候舉行。 - Fine. 好的。 - Well, the village hall would be the best place to have the meeting. 嗯，村民會堂會是最好的開會地點。 - It's not as big as the youth club, but it's warmer. 它沒有青年俱樂部大，但比較暖和。 - There'll be no problem getting permission to use it. 申請使用應該沒問題。 - But I suppose it depends on how many people we invite. 不過，我想還是看我們邀請多少人。 - We don't want too many, otherwise the meeting will go on too long and nothing will get decided. 不想要太多人才好，否則會開太久，什麼都決定不了。 - But the village hall is a good idea. 但村民會堂是個好主意。 - It's more official than having it in someone's living room. 比在某人家裡開會更正式。 - How many? 要多少人？ - Six or eight people to start with. 10 at the most. 一開始六到八人，最多十人。 --- **00:03:35** - Okay. Now, we have to decide on a suitable day and time. 好的。現在，我們要決定一個合適的日期和時間。 - Suitable to everybody. 讓所有人都方便。 - I mean, a Saturday or Sunday would seem to be the best choice because people aren't at work on those days, but they may not like the idea of giving up a part of their weekend for a meeting. 我的意思是，星期六或星期日是最好的選擇，因為那天大家不用上班，但他們可能不喜歡放棄週末的一部分來開會。 - Unless we persuade them it's for a good cause or that it's to their advantage and that it'll all be a lot of fun. 除非我們說服他們這是為了善事，或對他們有好處，還會很有趣。 - We'll provide refreshments, of course. 當然，我們會提供點心。 --- **00:04:10** - What if some don't want to give up their weekend? 如果有人不想放棄週末怎麼辦？ - Then we'll give them an alternative. 那我們就給他們另一個選擇。 - Say one evening in the week after everybody's finished work. 比如說，工作日的某個晚上，大家都下班後。 - We'll see which is the most acceptable to them. 看看哪個時間他們比較接受。 - Then book the hall. 然後預訂會堂。 - I can do the refreshments for the meeting. 我可以負責會議的點心。 - I'll get Darren and Maggie to help me. 我會找達倫和瑪吉幫忙。 - I'm sure they'll be more than willing. 我相信他們會很願意。 --- **00:05:15** - So what's next on the agenda? 接下來的議程是什麼？ - A list of who we want at the meeting. 一份我們想邀請參加的人名單。 - Yes, of course. 是的，當然。 - Obviously, we want someone from the clinic. 當然，我們想邀請診所的人。 - I think Dr. Perkins would be best. 我覺得佩金斯醫生最合適。 - He can tell us exactly what the financial situation is there. 他能告訴我們那裡的財務狀況。 - You know, how much money it takes to keep the place running and how important it is for the community to have the clinic. 你知道，維持診所運作需要多少錢，還有診所在社區的重要性。 - The vicar too, he can rally lots of support. 牧師也可以動員很多支持。 - And Mr. Sims, our member of parliament, he is very busy, but I think I can persuade him to come 還有我們的國會議員辛姆斯先生，他很忙，但我想我可以說服他來。 - or get his wife to persuade him to come. 或讓他太太說服他來。 - I see her quite a lot socially. 我社交上經常見到她。 --- **00:05:49** - That's great. 太好了。 - Two other people I have in mind are Freddy Smith, the journalist. 我心裡還有另外兩個人，分別是記者弗雷迪·史密斯。 - Yes. Well, he's the editor of the local paper now and might be useful. 是的，他現在是當地報紙的編輯，可能會有用。 - He might let us advertise for free and he'll know how to go about getting leaflets and posters printed. 他可能會讓我們免費刊登廣告，並且知道如何印製傳單和海報。 - That's another thing. 這是另一件事。 - We'll need volunteers to put leaflets through people's doors and stick up posters all over the place. 我們需要志願者，把傳單放進人家的門裡，還有貼海報到處都是。 --- **00:06:25** - We can decide that at the meeting. 這個可以在會議上決定。 - What about the other person? 另一個人呢？ - What other person? 另一個人是誰？ - You said you had two people in mind. Freddy Smith and 你說你心裡有兩個人，分別是弗雷迪·史密斯和…… - Oh, yes. Mr. Gates. 噢，對。蓋茨先生。 - Mr. Gates. Do I know him? 蓋茨先生。我認識他嗎？ - You must do. He owns Great Fields Farm. 你一定認識。他擁有格雷特農場。 - We need a large area to hold the fete. 我們需要一個大的地方來辦嘉年華會。 - Right. So, how many have we got then? 好的。那我們現在有多少人？ - Seven or eight? 七、八個？ - There's Dr. Perkins, Mr. Sims, that journalist. 有佩金斯醫生、辛姆斯先生，還有那個記者。 - Freddy Smith, you mean? 你是說弗雷迪·史密斯？ - Yes, him. 對，就是他。 - And the vicar and Mr. Gates, the farmer. 還有牧師和農場主蓋茨先生。 - That's only five. 那只有五個。 - There's you and me. That's seven. 還有你和我。就是七個了。 - That will do for now. 先這樣就可以了。 - Let's start making phone calls. 我們開始打電話。 --- **00:07:06** - That is the end of section one. 這是第一部分的結束。 - You now have half a minute to check your answers. 現在你有半分鐘時間檢查你的答案。 - Now turn to section two. 現在轉到第二部分。 --- **00:08:51** - So what's next on the agenda? 那接下來的議程是什麼？ - A list of who we want at the meeting. 我們希望邀請參加的人名單。 - Yes, of course. 是的，當然。 - Obviously, we want someone from the clinic. 顯然，我們想邀請診所的人。 - I think Dr. Perkins would be best. 我覺得佩金斯醫生最合適。 - He can tell us exactly what the financial situation is there. 他能告訴我們那裡的財務狀況。 - You know, how much money it takes to keep the place running and how important it is for the community to have the clinic. 你知道，維持診所運作需要多少錢，以及診所在社區中的重要性。 - The vicar too, he can rally lots of support. 牧師也可以動員很多支持。 - And Mr. Sims, our member of parliament, he is very busy, but I think I can persuade him to come 還有我們的國會議員辛姆斯先生，他很忙，但我想我可以說服他來。 - or get his wife to persuade him to come. 或讓他太太說服他來。 - I see her quite a lot socially. 我和她在社交場合經常見面。 --- **00:08:51**（延續） - That's great. 太好了。 - Two other people I have in mind are Freddy Smith, the journalist. 我心裡還有另外兩個人，分別是記者弗雷迪·史密斯。 - Yes. Well, he's the editor of the local paper now and might be useful. 是的，他現在是當地報紙的編輯，可能會有幫助。 - He might let us advertise for free and he'll know how to go about getting leaflets and posters printed. 他可能會讓我們免費刊登廣告，也知道如何印製傳單和海報。 - That's another thing. 這是另一件事。 - We'll need volunteers to put leaflets through people's doors and stick up posters all over the place. 我們需要志願者，把傳單送到人家的門口，還有貼海報到處都是。 --- **00:09:38** - We can decide that at the meeting. 這個可以在會議上決定。 - What about the other person? 另一個人呢？ - What other person? 另一個人是誰？ - You said you had two people in mind. Freddy Smith and 你說你心裡有兩個人，分別是弗雷迪·史密斯和…… - Oh, yes. Mr. Gates. 噢，對。蓋茨先生。 - Mr. Gates. Do I know him? 蓋茨先生。我認識他嗎？ - You must do. He owns Great Fields Farm. 你一定認識。他擁有格雷特農場。 - We need a large area to hold the fête. 我們需要一個大的地方來辦嘉年華會。 - Right. So, how many have we got then? 好的。那我們現在有多少人？ - Seven or eight? 七、八個？ - There's Dr. Perkins, Mr. Sims, that journalist. 有佩金斯醫生、辛姆斯先生，還有那個記者。 - Freddy Smith, you mean? 你是說弗雷迪·史密斯？ - Yes, him. 對，就是他。 - And the vicar and Mr. Gates, the farmer. 還有牧師和農場主蓋茨先生。 - That's only five. 那只有五個。 - There's you and me. That's seven. 還有你和我。就是七個了。 - That will do for now. 先這樣就可以了。 - Let's start making phone calls. 我們開始打電話。 --- **00:09:57** - That is the end of section one. 第一部分的內容到此結束。 - You now have half a minute to check your answers. 現在你有半分鐘時間檢查你的答案。 - Now turn to section two. 現在轉到第二部分。 --- **00:10:26** - Section two. 第二部分。 - You are going to hear a student arranging to transfer between English classes. 你將聽到一位學生安排轉換英語班的對話。 - She is leaving a message on the language department's answering machine. 她在語言系的答錄機留言。 - The student's name is May Lee. 學生的名字是梅莉。 --- **00:10:26（繼續）** - First look at questions 11 to 17. 首先看一下問題11到17。 - As you listen to the first part of the talk, answer questions 11 to 17. 在聽第一部分講話時，回答問題11到17。 --- **00:10:51** - Hello, this is May Lee speaking. 嗨，我是梅莉。 - This message is for Mrs. Brooks in student affairs. 這則留言是給學生事務部的布魯克斯女士。 - Mrs. Brooks, I telephoned you last week and you told me to call back and put the details of my request to transfer on the answering machine. 布魯克斯女士，我上星期打電話給你，你讓我回電並在答錄機上留下轉班的詳細資料。 - I hope you can hear me easily. 希望你能清楚聽到我說話。 - I have the form here and I'll give you the information working from the top to the bottom. 我這裡有表格，我會從上到下提供資料。 --- **00:11:33** - As you know, my family name is Lee spelled L E E and my first name is May. 如你所知，我的姓是李，拼音是L E E，名字是梅。 - My student number is 0002312. 我的學生編號是0002312。 - That's 0 023 12. 就是0 023 12。 - I'm in Mr. Anderson's class. 我在安德森先生的班上。 - You know, he's the one who helps out with the football team. 你知道，他是幫忙足球隊的人。 --- **00:12:07** - The next part of the form asked for my address. 表格的下一部分是要我提供地址。 - I'll give it slowly. 我會慢慢說。 - I live at flat 510 University Avenue. 我住在大廈510號，大學大道。 - You probably know the building. 你應該知道那棟建築。 - It's just near the engineering school. 就在工程學院附近。 - The telephone number is 818 674. 電話號碼是818 674。 - And I share it with a lot of other people, so it's often engaged. 其他人也用這個號碼，所以常常打不通。 - I'll give it to you again. 我再告訴你一次。 - 818 674. 818 674。 - I think that's all I have to put on this part of the form. 我想這就是我需要填的全部了。 --- **00:12:41** - I know you were curious about my reason for requesting a transfer, so I'll explain that next. 我知道你對我轉班的原因很感興趣，所以我接著說。 --- **00:13:55** - Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 18 to 20. 在聽剩下的對話之前，你有時間先看看問題18到20。 - Now listen and answer questions 18 to 20. 現在請聽並回答問題18到20。 --- **00:14:10** - Now I'll tell you why I want to transfer between classes. 現在我會告訴你我為什麼想換班。 - Mrs. Brooks, I really like my teacher and my classmates, but I find it very hard not to speak in my own language. 布魯克斯女士，我真的很喜歡我的老師和同學，但我很難不講我自己的語言。 - I just begin to think in English when the class ends. 上完課我就開始用英語思考。 - And I'm surrounded by other people from my country. 而且我身邊都是來自我國家的人。 - So, it's natural that we all speak in our mother tongue. 所以，我們都用母語講話是很自然的事。 - I have been looking around for a class where there are very few other people from my country, so I'll be forced to use English. 我一直在找一個裡面幾乎沒有我國家人的班，這樣我就不得不用英語。 - The best class I can find is the evening class, which begins at 6:00 p.m. 我找到的最適合的班是晚間班，六點開始。 - Most of the students in that class come from countries which speak Spanish, and I can't speak a word, so I must use English. 那個班的大多數學生來自講西班牙語的國家，我一個字都不會說，所以我必須用英語。 - I have an Italian friend in the class, and she tells me there are two Hong Kong Chinese, six Spanish speakers, and one Japanese student. 我有個意大利朋友在那個班，她告訴我，有兩個香港華人、六個西班牙語使用者和一個日本學生。 - She says most people speak English at the break, although sometimes the Spanish slip into their own language. 她說，大多數人在休息時會講英語，雖然有時候西班牙語會滑回他們的母語。 --- **00:12:07**（延續） - I check the class list and two students have dropped out of the evening class, so there should be room for me. 我查了班級名單，發現有兩個學生退出了晚間班，所以應該有空位讓我加入。 - Could you please see if I can join the class? 你能幫我看看我是否可以加入這個班嗎？ - I'm not sure what the class number is, but the evening class I want is in room 305 of the Trotter building. 我不確定班級號碼，但我想上的晚班是在特羅特大樓的305室。 - The class I'm in now is next door to the Trotter building in Prince Tower, so it's very easy for me to find my way to the new class. 我現在上的班就在王子大廈的隔壁，離特羅特大樓很近，找路很方便。 - I'm not going home until late today. So, could you please leave a message for me at my friend Margaret's house? 今天我不會很早回家。請你幫我在我朋友瑪格麗特家留個訊息，好嗎？ - Her number is 8127543 and she has an answering machine. 她的電話是8127543，她有答錄機。 - I do hope you can transfer me, Mrs. Brooks. 希望你能幫我轉班，布魯克斯女士。 - If there is any more information you need, please call me. 如果你還需要其他資料，請打電話給我。 - Thank you very much. 非常感謝。 --- **00:13:55** - That is the end of section two. 第二部分的內容到此結束。 - You now have half a minute to check your answers. 現在你有半分鐘時間檢查你的答案。 - Now turn to section three. 現在轉到第三部分。 --- **00:13:55（繼續）** - Section three, you will hear part of an interview between Dr. Hildden, a member of staff on a fashion design course, and a student, Julia, who is applying to do the course. 第三部分，你將聽到時尚設計課程的員工希爾登醫生與申請參加該課程的學生朱莉亞之間的部分訪談。 - First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 23. 首先，你有時間看看問題21到23。 - Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 23. 現在請仔細聽，並回答問題21到23。 --- **00:14:10** - Right, Julia? 好的，朱莉亞？ - So from your CV and portfolio and what you've already told me, you seem to be very much the sort of person we're looking for on the post-graduate course. 根據你的履歷、作品集以及你之前跟我說的，你看起來非常符合我們研究所課程的要求。 - So tell me, you finished your fashion design course in London 4 years ago. 那告訴我，你四年前在倫敦完成了你的時尚設計課程嗎？ - Did you think of carrying straight on and doing a higher degree at the time? 你有考慮直接繼續升學，攻讀更高層次的學位嗎？ - Yes, but there were financial pressures. 有，但經濟壓力很大。 - So I ended up working in the retail industry as you can see from my CV. 所以我最後在零售業工作，就像你從我的履歷看到的那樣。 - And actually it was a very useful experience. 而且這段經歷非常有用。 --- **00:15:06** - In what way? 以什麼方式？ - Well, I was lucky to get the job with Fashion Now. 嗯，我很幸運能在Fashion Now找到工作。 - They're a big store and one of my priorities was to get as much experience as possible in different areas. 他們是家大型商店，我的重點之一就是在不同領域積累經驗。 - So that was good because I had the chance to work in lots of different departments and having direct contact with the customers meant I was able to see how they reacted to innovation and new fashion ideas. 所以這很棒，因為我有機會在許多不同部門工作，並且能直接與顧客接觸，讓我看到他們對新創意和新時尚的反應。 - Because with fashion now a designer might show something in New York or Milan and there'll be something similar in the shop within weeks. 因為現在時尚設計師可能在紐約或米蘭展示某些作品，幾週內店裡就會出現類似的東西。 - So that was probably the most useful thing for me. 所以那可能是對我來說最有用的事情。 --- **00:15:40** - Right. And so what's made you decide to do a post-graduate course now? 好的，那麼是什麼讓你決定現在攻讀研究所課程呢？ - Um, well, while I enjoyed working at Fashion Now and I learned a lot there, I felt that the way forward would have been to develop my managerial skills rather than my skills in fashion design. 嗯，雖然我喜歡在Fashion Now工作，也學到很多，但我覺得未來應該是發展我的管理技能，而不是純粹的設計技能。 - And I'm not sure that's what I want to do. 而我還不確定我是否想這樣做。 - Yes. When I was doing my degree in London, I'd been interested in women's wear, but I know that there's been a lot of work done in areas like new fabric construction. 對的，當我在倫敦讀書時，我對女裝很感興趣，但我知道在新面料結構等領域已經做了很多工作。 - And though I'm not intending to go too deeply into the technology, I'd be very interested in looking at how new fabrics could be used in children's wear. 雖然我不打算深入研究技術，但我對新面料在童裝中的應用很感興趣。 - So, I'd like the chance to pursue that line. 所以，我想有機會追求這個方向。 --- **00:16:14** - Yes. Good. And are you at all concerned about what it's going to be like coming back into an academic context after being away from it for several years? 好的，很好。你是否擔心離開學術環境幾年後再回來會是怎樣的感覺？ - No, I'm looking forward to it. 不，我很期待。 - But I'm basically more interested in the application than the theory. 不過，我基本上對應用比理論更感興趣。 - Or at least that's what I found so far. 至少到目前為止是這樣。 - And I'm hoping the course will give me the contacts and skills I need eventually to set up my own enterprise. 我希望這個課程能最終給我建立自己的事業所需的聯繫和技能。 - I'm particularly interested by the overseas links that the department has. 我特別對該系所的海外聯繫感興趣。 - Yes, many of our students look overseas or to international companies for sponsorship of their projects. 是的，我們的許多學生都會向海外或國際公司尋求贊助。 --- **00:17:50** - Yes, the facilities here look excellent. I just went to look at the library. 是的，這裡的設施看起來非常棒。我剛去看看圖書館。 - It's really impressive. 真令人印象深刻。 - There's so much room compared with the one at my old university. 和我以前的大學比起來，空間大了很多。 - Yes. Most students find it's a good place to study. 對，大多數學生覺得這裡是個很好的學習場所。 - And there are link-ups to other universities of course and all the usual electronic sources. 當然，也有和其他大學的聯繫，以及所有常用的電子資源。 - The staff run an information skills program which we recommend all postgraduates do in the first week or two. 教師會運行一個資訊技能課程，我們建議所有研究生在前一兩週參加。 - Design students find these special collections particularly useful. 設計專業的學生覺得這些特藏特別有用。 --- **00:18:19** - Yes. Then we have a separate computer center which has its own academic coordinator Tim Spender. 是的，然後我們有一個獨立的電腦中心，配有其專屬的學術協調員Tim Spender。 - He's got a background in art design. 他有藝術設計背景。 - And the ethos of the center is that it's a studio for innovation and creativity rather than a computer laboratory. 這個中心的精神是將它當作創新和創意的工作室，而不是純粹的電腦實驗室。 - Oh, right. I liked the study spaces where students can sit and discuss work together. 哦，我喜歡那裡的學習空間，學生可以坐下來討論工作。 - Very useful for joint projects. 對團隊合作的項目非常有幫助。 - We always had to do that sort of thing in the cafeteria when I was an undergraduate. 我本科時，我們總是在自助餐廳做那種事情。 --- **00:18:53** - And I read in the brochure that there's a separate resource for photography. 我在宣傳冊上看到，有一個專門的攝影資源中心。 - Yes, it's called Photo Media. 是的，它叫做Photo Media。 - It's not just for photography, but things like digital imaging and new media. 不僅僅是用於攝影，還包括數位影像和新媒體。 - It's a resource for all our students, not just fashion design. 這是我們所有學生的資源，不只是時尚設計的學生。 - And we encourage students to work there producing work that crosses disciplinary boundaries. 我們鼓勵學生在那裡創作，跨越學科界限。 - It's well used. In fact, it's doubled in size since it was set up 3 years ago. 使用率很高。事實上，從三年前成立以來，它的規模已經擴大了一倍。 - And we also have an offshoot from that which is called Time-Based Media. 另外，我們還有一個分支，叫做Time-Based Media。 --- **00:19:25** - This is for students who want to develop their ideas in the area of the moving image or sound. 這是為想在動態影像或聲音領域發展想法的學生設計的。 - That's in a new building that was specially built for it just last year, but there are plans to expand it as the present facilities are overstretched already. 這是在去年專門為此建造的新大樓，但由於目前的設施已經超負荷，還有擴建的計劃。 --- **00:19:57** - Why? 為什麼？ - Now, uh, is there anything you'd like to ask about the course itself? 現在，你有什麼想問的關於課程的事情嗎？ - Um, I know it's a combination of taught modules and a specialist project, but how does assessment fit in? 嗯，我知道這個課程包括授課模組和專題項目，但評估是怎麼安排的？ --- **00:19:57**（續） - Well, as you'd expect on a course of this nature, it's an ongoing process. 如你所料，這類課程的評估是持續進行的。 - The degree course has four stages, and there are what we call progress reviews at the end of each of the first three. 學位課程分為四個階段，在前三個階段結束時會進行我們稱之為進展評估。 - Then, the final assessment is based on your project. 最終評估則是根據你的專題來做。 - You have to produce a report which is a critical reflection on your work. 你需要撰寫一份報告，對你的作品進行批判性反思。 - And is there some sort of fashion show? 還有時尚展嗎？ - There's an exhibition. 有一個展覽。 - The projects aren't all focused on clothes as such. 這些專題不全是專注於服裝本身。 - Some are more experimental. 有些則偏向實驗性。 - So that seems more appropriate. 所以這樣比較適合。 - We ask representatives of fashion companies along and it's usually well attended. 我們會邀請時尚公司代表參加，通常都很熱鬧。 --- **00:20:30** - Right. And another thing I wanted to ask. 好的，我還想問另一件事。 - That is the end of section three. 第三部分到此結束。 - You now have half a minute to check your answers. 現在你有半分鐘時間檢查你的答案。 - Now turn to section four. 現在轉到第四部分。 --- **00:22:12** - Like many other countries, Britain has experienced a great increase in criminal activity of nearly every kind. 和許多其他國家一樣，英國經歷了幾乎所有類型犯罪活動的大幅增加。 - Nearly five times as many acts of violence were reported to the police in 1997 as 20 years before. 1997年報告給警方的暴力行為幾乎是20年前的五倍。 - Although most burglars are not caught, those who are caught overload the courts and prisons. 雖然大多數入室盜竊者未被捕，但被捕者使法院和監獄負擔過重。 - Although the courts try, in theory at least, to use probation, community service, and other devices to avoid sentencing people to prison. 雖然法院理論上會用緩刑、社區服務等措施來避免判囚。 - The 50,000 people in prison are more in proportion to the population than in any other Western European countries. 監獄中的5萬人比例比其他西歐國家都高。 - Vast sums are being spent on building new prisons. 政府花費大量資金建造新監獄。 - But the prisons are still overcrowded and the humiliation suffered by their inmates makes rehabilitation difficult. 但監獄仍然超載，囚犯受到的羞辱使復健變得困難。 - Many prisoners are released early on parole. 許多囚犯提前假釋出獄。 - The prisons in England are run by the home office, though each prison has a local board of visitors who make reports about conditions and also deal with serious bad behavior. 英格蘭的監獄由內政部管理，但每個監獄都設有地方訪客委員會，負責報告狀況和處理嚴重不良行為。 - Normally, prisoners are released after serving 2/3 or less of the time for which they were sentenced. 通常，囚犯在服刑期的三分之二或更少時間後釋放。 - But an offense in prison may be punished by the loss of some days of remission. 但在獄中犯錯可能會被扣減一些獲得的假釋天數。 - There are several kinds of prisons, including open ones, and some prisoners go out to work in groups outside. 有幾種類型的監獄，包括開放式，還有一些囚犯可以外出集體工作。 - Prisoners who want to study for examinations are helped to do so, and there are training courses in prisons, but in practice, some spend little time outside their cells. 想讀書考試的囚犯會得到幫助，也有訓練課程，但實際上，有些人幾乎沒離開過牢房。 --- **00:24:01** - Most crime is committed by young males and is opportunist and is not planned by hardened professional criminals. 大多數犯罪由年輕男性或偶發者所為，並非由經驗豐富的專業犯罪集團策劃。 - Although these do exist in most common people's view, crime tends to be concentrated in large cities and urban areas. 雖然這些也存在，但在大多數人的觀點中，犯罪多集中在大城市和都市地區。 - About 94% of offenses recorded by the police in England and Wales are directed against property, but only 5% involve violence. 在英格蘭和威爾士，警方記錄的犯罪約94%是針對財產，但只有5%涉及暴力。 - Rising affluence has provided more opportunities for casual property crime. 財富增加也帶來更多偶發財產犯罪的機會。 - In 1977, for example, car crime was only one-tenth of total crime, but this has risen to about 28%. 比如1977年，汽車犯罪只佔總犯罪的十分之一，但現在已升至約28%。 - The demand for and supply of illegal drugs had been an increasing factor in the incidence of crime in recent years. 非法藥物的需求與供應在近年來逐漸推高犯罪率。 - Regular crime surveys are undertaken in England and Wales, Scotland, and in Northern Ireland. 在英格蘭、威爾士、蘇格蘭和北愛爾蘭都定期進行犯罪調查。 - In 1999, a survey in England and Wales asked respondents for information about how crime had affected them in 1998. 1999年，英格蘭和威爾士的調查詢問受訪者1998年的犯罪經歷。 - It estimated a total of 15 million crimes in 1998, the majority of which were against property. 估計1998年共有1500萬起犯罪，絕大多數是針對財產的。 - Violent crime accounted for only 5% of the total, while 36% involved vehicles, 9% were burglaries, and 30% other forms of theft. 暴力犯罪只佔總數的5%，36%涉及車輛，9%是入室盜竊，30%是其他形式的竊盜。 - These surveys, the fifth of which is in progress, indicate that many crimes go unrecorded by the police, mainly because not all victims report them. 這些調查（其中第五次正在進行中）顯示，許多犯罪未被警方紀錄，主要是因為受害者不報案。 ---