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[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?
打電話(huà)場(chǎng)景：
1、約人約不到 2、約會(huì)去不了 3、電話(huà)打不通
電話(huà)亭:
telephone box telephone toll telephone booth telephone stand
newsstand 報(bào)亭 vegetable stand 菜攤 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 訂房
[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
[P39-2]
A) Whether to employ the woman.
B) Whether to take up the new job.
C) Whether to ask for a raise.
D) Whether to buy a new house.
M: You know, I’ m just not too sure if the new salary will be high enough or even the new position is really what I want. Besides, I like the work that I am doing now.
W: It sounds as though you’ve already made up your mind about what you are going to do.
Q: What is the man thinking about?
注：take up 選課（take, take up, enroll in, register for, sign up for）；接受（take）
[P39-3]
A) A teacher.
B) A psychologist.
C) A librarian.
D) A publisher.
W: I’m looking for a textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to Educational Psychology”. Do you have it?
M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 24 on the top shelf.
Q: What’s the man’s occupation?
注：1. textbook 教科書(shū)
2. introduction 初級(jí)課程
3. shelf 書(shū)架
圖書(shū)館：
reference room 參考資料室 periodical's room 期刊室
current issue 當(dāng)月期刊 older issue 過(guò)期期刊
back issue 過(guò)期期刊 card catalog 索引室，卡片檢索
put on reserve 預(yù)留
關(guān)于圖書(shū)館基本思路：
1、想借的書(shū)借不到。 2、想還的書(shū)已過(guò)期。
[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 惡夢(mèng)
nightmare 惡夢(mèng)
考試、交通
對(duì)電影的評(píng)價(jià)基本上是負(fù)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.
對(duì)音樂(lè)會(huì)的評(píng)價(jià)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.
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?
思維：崇尚消費(fèi)
1、東西壞了，扔了算了，買(mǎi)個(gè)新的
2、修不如買(mǎi)
東西方思維差異：
1、崇尚消費(fèi)
2、提倡個(gè)人奮斗：借錢(qián)不借；借筆記一般也不借
3、重視錢(qián)
4、飲食方面：apple pie 一定好吃（代表美國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)文化traditional American）
This picnic is as American as apple pie. 典型的美式野餐。
apple pie virtue 美國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)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、不謙虛 self-confidence
6、表達(dá)直接且理性，邏輯嚴(yán)緊
注：1. figure out 判斷出
2. worn out （物）破舊；（人）疲憊
[P41-3]
A) Arguing.
B) Protesting.
C) Complaining.
D) Bargaining.
M: Oh, what a morning! You know, I had so much work to do and the phone just kept ringing. Three salespecople called me this morning!
W: I know how it is. I get a lot of calls too... even on weekends.
Q: What are the two speakers doing?
注：I know how it is. 表示同情。
I know how you feel.
[P42-4]
A) Families with cars.
B) American's heavy dependence on cars.
C) Roads and highways.
D) Traffic problems in America.
W: You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars.
M: Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and high ways in this country now.
Q: What are they talking about?
短對(duì)話(huà)，聽(tīng)到什么不選什么。
段子題：聽(tīng)到什么選什么。
[P42-5]
A) The apples and pears might not be so good.
B) The apples are not as good as the pears.
C) The apples and pears are very good.
D) The apples and pears are as good as they look.
W: I intend to buy some fruit for the children. These apples and pears seem to be in season. I'll get two dozen of each.
M: I hope they're as good as they look.
Q: What does the man mean?
注：1. pear 梨pearl 珍珠
2. be in season 新鮮
購(gòu)物場(chǎng)景：
supermarket 超市（便宜，日常生活用品supplies）
department store 百貨公司（貴，衣服，家用電器appliance）
[P42-8]
A) Customer and salesman.
B) Colleagues.
C) Employee and boss.
D) Classmates.
W: Hi! Jack. I just came back yesterday. Anything new while I was away?
M: Congratulations, Susan. It's said you'll be promoted to manager and become my immediate boss.
Q: What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?
注：1. immediate boss 頂頭上司
2. employee 雇員 employer 雇主
interviewer 面試者 interviewee 被面試者
payer 付款人 payee 收款人
