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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and a facilities manager at the university.

旁白：听下面一段学生和大学设施管理员的对话。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Hi, I’m Melanie. The one who’s been calling…

学生：你好！我是梅兰尼，我刚才已经打过电话。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->From the singing group, right?

管理员：是合唱团那边么？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->From the choir.

学生：是唱诗班。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Right… the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you’re having problems with…

管理员：对，是唱诗班。终于和你碰面了，这太好了。恩，你在哪些事情上碰到麻烦了？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Noise. Like I explained on the phone, we’ve always had our rehearsals in the Lincoln Auditorium—every day at three o’clock—and it’s always worked just great.

学生：噪音。正如我在电话里所讲述的那样，我们一直以来都把我们的排练安排在林肯礼堂，时间 3 点，这个安排一直都还好。

2 .But the past few weeks with the noise it’s been a total nightmare. Since construction started next door on the science hall…

不过前几周噪音，成了我们的噩梦。隔壁科学厅装修弄出来的。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Oh that’s right, they’re building that addition for new laboratories.

管理员：恩，是这样的。他们在添建几间新的实验室。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Exactly. Anyway, ever since they started working on it, it’s been so noisy we can barely hear ourselves sing.

学生：事情确实如此。不过，自从他们开工以后，声响太吵了，搞得我们听不到自己唱歌的声音了。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Let alone sing.

管理员：更别提唱歌了。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Forget about singing! I mean we keep the windows down and everything, but once those bulldozers get going, I mean those machines are loud!

学生：先不说唱歌。我的意思是，我们把门窗之类的东西都关了，但推土机一运作起来，那玩意儿的动静确实太大。

2 .We’ve already had to cut short two rehearsals, and we’ve got a concert in six weeks.

我们现在已经缩短了两次排练的时间，并且我们 6 周之后就有一场演出。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Well, that’s not good. I’m assuming you’ve tried to reschedule your rehearsals? They don’t do construction work at night.

管理员：嗯，情况确实不大好。我想你们尝试调整过排练日程么？他们晚上不会开工。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I ran that by the group, but there were just too many... I mean evenings are really hard.

学生：我试过了让班里的成员晚上排练，不过麻烦太多了。我的意思是把排练安排在晚上确实困难。

2 .It seems like everyone in the choir already has plans and some even have classes at night.

好像唱诗班的成员在晚上都有安排，有的晚上还有课。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->And what about the music building?

管理员：音乐楼那边呢？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Y’know, originally, we were booked in one of the rehearsal rooms in the music building but then we switched with the jazz ensemble.

学生：恐怕您也知道，我们本来在那儿登记了一间排演室，不过后来和爵士班换了一下。

2 .They’re a much smaller group—and they said the acoustics, the sound in that room was better for them—so having us move to a bigger space like the Lincoln Auditorium seemed like a reasonable idea.

他们组员少得多，那儿的音效对他们更适合，所以，他们把我们换到更大的林肯礼堂也很有道理。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->But now…

管理员：不过现在…

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->All that noise…[suspicious tone] I don’t know. I just wonder if the jazz ensemble knew what was going to happen…

学生：就是那些噪音。我也不知道怎么办才好。现在我怀疑爵士班的人预先知道林肯礼堂附近会大兴土木。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->[not convinced student is right]Well that wouldn’t be very nice.

管理员：嗯，这个想法似乎不太好。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->No. But it really was quite a coincidence… Anyway, now the music building’s fully booked. Mornings, afternoons, everything.

学生：是的。不过这也太巧了！不管怎样，现在音乐楼那边都已经订满了，早上、下午都没有空位。

2 .We just need a quiet space—and it has to have a piano.

我们只想找个安静的地方，嗯，那儿还得有钢琴。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->[worried, didn’t realize that a piano was required]A piano… of course, some of the other auditoriums have pianos, but that’s not going to be easy.

管理员：一架钢琴......当然，别的礼堂当然有钢琴，不过安排起来也不容易。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->You think they’re pretty booked up?

学生：你认为那些地方也都差不多预定满了吗？

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Probably, but it can’t hurt to check. Or what about Bradford Hall? I remember a piano in the old student center there.

管理员：可能。不过查一下也不费事。布拉福德厅怎样？我记得那儿的老学生中心里面就有钢琴。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->At this point, we’d be grateful for any quiet place.

学生：到这个节骨眼上了，我们能找到一个安静的地方就是运气了。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Can you… how flexible can you be on times?

管理员：你们能…嗯，你们时间安排够灵活么？

2 .You said no evenings but what if I can’t find something open at three o’clock. Can you move earlier or later?

你刚才提到晚上不合适，如果我找不到 3点左右的排练室，你们能把排练时间调到早一些的，或是晚一些的吗？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I wish I could say another time would be OK but… you know how it is… everybody’s already got commitments… for the whole semester.

学生：我也希望别的时间能够满足我们的要求，但你也知道事情有多麻烦，每个人都把整学期的事情安排好了。

2 .2:30 or 3:30 would probably be OK but I don’t think we could go much outside that…

两点半或者三点半大概可以，这个范围外的时间我想我们不能接受。

1 .<-FACILITIES MANAGER:->Well, check with me tomorrow morning. I should have found something by then.[cautioning] It might not be ideal…

管理员：嗯，明天早上来找我吧。到那会儿我应该能够找到合适的地方。应该不会有太大问题…

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->As long as it’s got a piano and nobody’s putting up a building next door, we’ll be happy.

学生：只要有架钢琴而且没人在隔壁大兴土木，我们就满足了。