雅思听力在考试中占据着重要的地位，时常用听力材料来磨耳朵可以不断巩固大脑的英语语言能力。以下是雅思听力材料，您可以结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译进行听力学习。

听力原文及翻译

Good afternoon. My name's Mrs. Carter, and I run the before and after-school extended-hours childcare service. I hope you've had a chance to have a good look around the school and talk to staff and pupils. 

下午好。我是卡特老师，我负责课前和课后延长时间的托儿服务。我希望您有机会好好参观一下学校，并与教职员工和学生交谈。

I know that many of you are interested in using our childcare service when your child joins the school, and perhaps you already know something about it, but for those that don't, I'll go through the main details now.

我知道你们中的许多人都对孩子入学后使用我们的托儿服务感兴趣，也许您已经对此有所了解，但对于那些不了解的人，我现在将介绍主要细节。

We offer childcare for children from the ages of 4 to 11, both before and after school. I know that many parents who work find this service invaluable. You can leave your child with us, safe in the knowledge that they will be extremely well cared for. 

我们为 4 至 11 岁的儿童提供课前和课后托儿服务。我知道许多在职父母认为这项服务非常宝贵。您可以将孩子交给我们，放心，我们会非常细心地照顾他们。

We are insured to provide care for up to 70 children, although we rarely have this many attending at any one session. I think we generally expect around 50 to 60 children for the afternoon sessions and about half that number for the breakfast sessions. Although we currently do have 70 children registered with us, not all of these attend every day.

我们保证最多可照顾 70 名儿童，尽管我们很少在任何一个课程中看到这么多儿童。我认为我们通常预计下午课程大约有 50 到 60 名儿童，早餐课程大约有这个数字的一半。虽然目前有 70 名儿童在我们这里注册，但并不是所有儿童每天都来上课。

It's 10 years since we began offering an extended hours service, and we've come a long way during that time. When we first opened, we only had about 20 children attending regularly. We try to keep our costs as low as we can, and we think we provide very good value for money. 

我们开始提供延长时间服务已有 10 年了，在此期间我们取得了长足的进步。我们刚开业时，只有大约 20 名儿童定期上课。我们尽量将成本保持在尽可能低的水平，我们认为我们提供的服务非常物有所值。

For the afternoon sessions, which run from 3:30 until 6 PM, it's £7.20, but if you prefer, you can pay for one hour only, which costs £3.50, or two hours, which costs £5.70. The cost of the childcare includes food and snacks. 

下午的课程从下午 3:30 到下午 6 点，费用为 7.20 英镑，但如果您愿意，您可以只支付一小时的费用，费用为 3.50 英镑，或两小时的费用为 5.70 英镑。托儿费用包括食品和零食。

They'll be given breakfast in the morning and, in the afternoon, a healthy snack as soon as they finish school at 5 PM. Children are given something more substantial, such as pasta or casserole. Please inform us of any allergies that your child might have, and we'll make sure they're offered a suitable alternative.

早上他们会得到早餐，下午 5 点放学后，我们会给他们一份健康的零食。孩子们会得到更丰盛的食物，比如意大利面或砂锅菜。请告知我们您的孩子可能有的任何过敏症，我们会确保为他们提供合适的替代品。

As you may know, the childcare service runs through the school holidays, from 8 am to 6 pm. We offer a really varied and exciting program to keep the children entertained. We don't want them to feel as if they are still at school; it will also feel different because they'll get the chance to make new friends with children from other schools. 

您可能知道，托儿服务在学校假期期间开放，时间为上午 8 点至下午 6 点。我们提供丰富多彩且令人兴奋的节目，让孩子们乐在其中。我们不想让他们感觉好像还在上学；他们也会感觉不同，因为他们有机会与其他学校的孩子结交新朋友。

Spaces are available for them because a lot of our full-time children don't always attend during the holidays. In the past, parents have asked if children over the age of 11 are allowed to come with their younger brothers and sisters, but I'm afraid we're unable to do this because of the type of insurance we have.

我们为他们提供空位，因为我们的很多全日制儿童在假期期间并不总是来。过去，家长们曾询问过 11 岁以上的孩子是否可以和弟弟妹妹一起来，但恐怕由于我们的保险类型，我们无法这样做。

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