BEC高級(jí)考試中,聽力部分可以說是很多同學(xué)做起來最困難的,今天小編為大家?guī)鞡EC高級(jí)聽力真題,一起來做聽力練習(xí)吧!

聽力原文:

Man:?I'm?a?one-man,?small?business.?Very?small.

男:我經(jīng)營的是一個(gè)小企業(yè),就一個(gè)人,規(guī)模非常小。

It?was?terrible?at?first.?Nobody?wanted?to?know.

經(jīng)營之初,情況很糟糕。不會(huì)有人想知道的。

Construction's?the?first?thing?to?be?hit?when?there's?a?recession.

經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退時(shí),建筑業(yè)首先受到?jīng)_擊。

No-one?wants?new?houses,?schools,?nothing.

沒有人想要新房子、新學(xué)校,人們什么都不想要。

I?just?took?a?chance?that?if?there?was?no?new?project?going?on?then?at?least?people?would?want?repairs.

我只是想碰碰運(yùn)氣,如果沒有新項(xiàng)目,至少看看人們是否想給房屋做些修繕工作。

I?tried?the?banks?but?i?couldn't?get?any?help?from?them.?Nothing.?No?interest.

我試著找過銀行,但他們不能幫我。什么都要不來,他們一點(diǎn)也不感興趣。

Must?have?gone?to?twenty?of?them.

我都去過20多家了。

I'd?even?done?research.?Showed?them?there?was?a?demand?for?my?work.

我甚至還做過研究,向他們展示我的工作是有需求市場的。

But?they're?not?interested?in?small?firms.

但他們對(duì)小公司不感興趣。

Lucky?I?had?a?brother?and?an?uncle?with?a?bit?of?money?who?were?willing?to?help?me?out.

幸好我有一個(gè)哥哥和一個(gè)叔叔,他們有一些錢,愿意幫助我。

They?lent?me?enough?to?get?going.?Now?I'm?doing?OK.

他們借給了我公司運(yùn)營需要的錢,現(xiàn)在我的業(yè)務(wù)都正常。

Woman:?I?did?everything?by?the?book?-?projections,?product?research.?I?did?the?lot.

女:我按照書本上講的,做預(yù)測(cè)和產(chǎn)品研發(fā)等所有事情。我都做過了。

Then?I?went?round?the?local?offices?and?noticed?there?was?a?niche?in?my?part?of?town?for?another?take-away.

然后走訪當(dāng)?shù)氐墓?,注意到在我居住的地方還有個(gè)做外賣的商機(jī)。

So?I?decided?to?go?for?it.?I?thought?about?sandwiches?at?first?but?then?I?knew?it?had?to?be?hamburgers.

所以我決定試一試。我開始想到的是賣三明治,但后來意識(shí)到應(yīng)該是漢堡。

What?else! 90%?of?people?I?talked?to?said?there?would?be?a?demand.

還能有什么呢!和我談過的人中,90%說會(huì)有需求。

I?didn't?have?any?money?so?I?approached?a?big?company?-?one?of?the?most?famous?in?the?world?for?this?kind?of?business.

我沒錢,所以我找了一家大公司,是全球此類公司中最有名的一家。

I?did?a?business?plan?and?after?a?lot?of?work?they?took?me?on.

我編制了一份商業(yè)計(jì)劃,在做了很多工作之后,他們同意我加盟經(jīng)營。

I?joined?the?franchise?scheme.

我加入了特許經(jīng)營計(jì)劃。

You?know?-?where?you?borrow?from?the?big?company,?use?their?name?and?pay?them?back?from?your?profits.

就是大公司借給你錢,使用他們的名字,再用你的利潤償還給他們。

And?I?must?say,?it's?been?very?successful,?so?far.

我必須說,到目前為止,公司經(jīng)營得非常成功。

Very?hard?work,?but?well?worth?it.

工作很艱辛,但卻很值得。