Part V:听力与口语训练
对话1
Kathy:Oh, look. There’s a talent show on next Friday evening. Let’s enter for it.
Susan:But I can’t enter for a talent show. I don’t think I have any talent.
Kathy:Come on. You can sing really well.
Susan:Oh, thanks. But you can, too.
Kathy:Well, no. I can’t sing at all—I shout! But I can play the piano.
Susan:So maybe we can enter for the show.
Kathy:Sure. Why not?
Susan:OK. Let’s start to practice tomorrow.
对话2
Joan:Hi! My name’s Joan Lee. I’m Carol’s friend.
Jack:Oh, hi, Joan. I’m Jack Sun. You live upstairs, right?
Joan:That’s right, in the apartment right above yours….Oh, something smells delicious. Are you cooking?
Jack:Well, it depends on what you call cooking…very basic. Uh, would you like to come in?
Joan:No, thanks. I don’t want to disturb you. I was just wondering if you knew Carol’s new phone number. I can’t seem to find it.
Jack:Uh, no, I don’t. But if you call the old number, there’ll probably be a recording telling you the new one.
Joan:Oh, yes, you’re right. Why didn’t I think of that?
常用语句:
1.There’ll be a talent show at our school next month.
2.I entered for a talent show yesterday and won a little prize.
3.Sam is a man of many talents.
4.We’ll start to practice speaking English tomorrow.
5.Do you live upstairs? –Yes, I live in the apartment right above yours.
6.Gee! I smell chicken! It’s delicious! Are you cooking chicken, Mom?
7.Win or lose, it depends on you!
8.It depends on whether you like it or not.
9.I can speak some very basic English.
10.I’m sorry to disturb you.
11.I was just wondering if you would like to come and join us.
12.I can’t seem to remember his new address.
13.I can’t seem to figure out how to work this camera.
14.When you call my old number, there will be a recording telling you my new one.
15.I didn’t think of that.
16.That’s a great idea! Why didn’t I think of that?
17.Well, I’ve also thought of that! As the saying goes—Great minds think alike.
单词与短语:
talent show 才艺大赛;enter for参与,参加(比赛);shout v.喊叫,吼叫;play the piano 弹钢琴;start to do sth.开始做某事;practice v.练习;live upstairs 住在楼上;apartment n.(单元)房;right above就在上面;smell v.闻起来;it depends on这样看,这取决于;basic adj.基础的;disturb vt.打扰,打搅;I was just wondering我刚刚在想;can’t seem to似乎不;recording n.录音;prize n.奖品;a man of many talents多才多艺的人;live upstairs住在楼上;live in the apartment right above yours就在你上面的房子里住;gee (表示喜欢或不喜欢的语气叹词)唉;lose vt.输,失去,丢掉;figure out琢磨出,推导出;as the saying goes正如那句话说的;Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同
Part VI:快速阅读
Flattering(奉承) Remarks(话)
Jack was young, rich, and fond of(喜欢) girls. He hardly ever did any work and spent most of his time enjoying himself.
One summer he bought a big motor-boat(机动船). As soon as it was ready to go to sea, he telephoned one of the girls he had met somewhere and invited her for a trip in his new motor-boat.
The way Jack used to invite a girl for the trip in his boat was like this: he would begin by saying, "Hello, Laura (or whatever the girl's name was), I have just bought a beautiful new motor-boat and I would like to take you out for a trip in it."
The girl's answer was usually cautious(谨慎的,小心的) because everybody in that part of the country knew Jack's reputation(声名) with girls. She would ay something like this. "Oh, really? That's nice. What name have you given to the boat?" Jack would then answer, "Well, Laura, I have named it after you."
Of course, the girl would feel very proud that Jack had chosen her name for the boat out of the names of all his many girl-friends and she would think that Jack must really love her. She would, therefore, be quite willing to accept his invitation to go for such a trip in his motor-boat.
It would not be until she got down to the harbour(港口) and actually saw the boat that she would understand how cleverly(聪明地) Jack had tricked(耍弄) her because there in neat(整齐的) gold letters on the boat, she would see its name “After you”.
来源:昂立英语