[P36-1]
A) At home.
B) In a phone box.
C) In her office.
D) In a friend's house.
M: Please hold the line, Mrs. Smith. The doctor will talk to you in a minute.
W: I’m afraid I may have to hang up. I don’t have any more coins and the line will be cut soon.
Q: Where is Mrs. Smith most probably?
打电话场景:
1、约人约不到
2、约会去不了
3、电话打不通
电话亭:
telephone box
telephone toll
telephone booth
telephone stand
newsstand 报亭
vegetable stand 菜摊
stands 露天座位
[P36-2]
A) On the west side of a square.
B) At the end of a street.
C) To the east of the traffic light.
D) On the east side of a square.
M: Excuse me, but could you show me the way to the train station?
W: Certainly. Go straight until you reach the traffic light, then turn left and you will see a square. The station is on the east side of it.
Q: Where is the train station located?
[P36-5]
A) In a hospital.
B) In a library.
C) In a travel agency.
D) In a restaurant.
M: You can get a lot of practice in giving out tickets and handling hotel reservations. Later on, you can take telephone calls.
W: That’s great! Thanks, Mr. Thomson. I’ll come to work tomorrow.
Q: Where will the woman probably be working?
旅行社:
book tickets 定票
make hotel reservation 订房
[P36-6]
A) Customer and salesperson.
B) Teacher and student.
C) Boss and secretary.
D) Guest and waitress.
M: Please make 20 copies of this and deliver them to the chief executive and heads of departments.
W: Certainly, sir. They will find it on their desks tomorrow morning.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
注:chief executive 行政主管
chief executive officer CEO
[P39-8]
A) The woman enjoyed the movie very much.
B) The woman saw a horror movie.
C) The man asked the woman to be careful at night.
D) The man went to the show with the woman.
W: I still can’t get over the show last Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreams all night.
M: So, next time before you walk into a theatre, make sure what you are going to see.
Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
注:frightening dreams 恶梦
nightmare 恶梦
考试、交通
对电影的点评基本上是负面的
It's a waste of time.
It's a waste of money.
It isn't worth the price of the admission.
It has got an awful review.
对音乐会的点评基本上是正面的
[P41-2]
A) It will take about one month to repair the watch.
B) The woman should have saved more money.
C) It is a good idea to keep the old watch.
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D) The watch is no longer worth repairing.
W: I can’t figure out what’s wrong with my watch. It was just a month ago that I had it repaired.
M: Don't waste your time and money any more. It's a very old watch and is quite worn out.
Q: What does the man mean?
思想:崇尚消费
1、东西坏了,扔了算了,买个新的
2、修不如买
东西方思想差异:
1、崇尚消费
2、发起个人斗争:借钱不借;借笔记一般也不借
3、注重钱
4、饮食方面:apple pie 必定好吃(代表美国的传统文化traditional American)
This picnic is as American as apple pie. 典型的美式野餐。
apple pie virtue 美国的传统美德
I took the last one and it was out of the world.
Even my mother's can't match this.
You wouldn't have to force me to take another helping.
5、不谦虚 self-confidence
6、表达直接且理性,逻辑严紧
注:1. figure out 判别出
2. worn out (物)寒酸;(人)疲乏
[P44-3]
A) The man is a forgetful person.
B) The typewriter is not new.
C) The man can have the typewriter later.
D) The man misunderstood her.
M: Isn't that a new brand of typewriter you are working at?
W: Oh, Bill. This isn't the first time you've asked me about it.
Q: What does the woman imply?
健忘:
forgetful
He is forgetful.
Isn't he forgetful?
How forgetful he is!
absentminded
slip one's mind
slipper 拖鞋
slippery 润滑的
害臊:
shy
embarrassed 困顿的
self-conscious 自我认识的
keep to oneself
keep one's mind/ thought
consciousness 认识
外向:
outgoing
sociable
easygoing
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