中级班文本124.docx

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中级班文本124

第一篇

Man：

On，I’mreallysorry.AreyouOK?

Woman：

I’mfine.ButI’mnotverygoodatthis。

Man:

NeitheramI。

Say,areyoufromsouthAmerica？

Woman:

Yes，Iamoriginally。

IwasborninArgentina.

Man：

Didyougrowupthere?

Woman：

Yes，Idid。

ButmyfamilymovedhereeightyearsagowhenIwasinhighschool。

Man：

Andwheredidyoulearntherollerblade?

Woman;Hereinthepark。

Thisisonlymysecondtime。

Man:

Well,it'smyfirsttime。

Canyougivemesomelessons？

Woman:

Sure，justfollowme

Man:

Bytheway。

MynameisTed.

Woman：

AndI’mAnna.Nicetomeetyou。

Man:

Hey，hey！

Thatwasfun。

Thanksforthelesson.

Woman:

Noproblem。

So,tellmealittleaboutyourself.Whatdoyoudo？

Man：

Iworkinatravelagency。

Woman：

Really?

Whatdoyoudothere?

Man：

I’minchargeoftheircomputers。

Woman:

Oh，soyou’reacomputerspecialist？

Man:

Well,sortof.Yeah，Iguessso。

Woman：

That’sgreat.ThenmaybeyoucangivemesomehelpwiththecomputercoursesI’mtaking.

Man：

Oh，sure,butonlyifpromisetogivemesomemorerollerbladinglessons。

Woman：

Hmm…It’sadeal。

第二篇

Reporter：

Whereareyoufromoriginally,YuHong.

YuHong：

I’mfromChina，fromnearShanghai.

Reporter:

Andwhendidyoumovehere.

YuHong：

IcamehereafterIgraduatedfromcollege.Thatwasin1992.

Reporter:

Andwhatdoyoudonow？

YuHong:

I’matransportationengineer.

Reporter:

Isee。

Soyou'reanimmigranttotheUnitedState？

YuHong:

Yes,that’sright。

Reporter:

WhataresomeofthedifficultiesofbeinganimmigrantintheUS？

YuHong:

Oh,that'snotaneasyquestiontoanswer。

Therearesomanythings，really。

IguessoneofthemostdifficultiesisthatIdon’thaveanyrelativeshere.Imean,Ihavealotoffriends.Butthat’snotthesamething。

InChina,onholidaysortheweekend，wevisittherelatives.Itisn’tthesamehere.

Reporter：

Andwhatdoyoumissthemostfromhome？

YuHong：

Oh，that’seasy。

Mymom’ssoup.Shemakesgreatsoup。

Ireallymissmymother’scooking.

第三篇

Man:

Hey,arethesepicturesofyouwhenyouwereakid?

Woman:

Yeah。

That’smeinfrontofmyuncle’sbeachhouse。

WhenIwasakid,weusedtospendtwoweeksthereeverysummer。

Man：

Wow,Ibetthatwasfun。

Woman:

Yes,wealwayshadagreattime.Everydayweusedtogetupearlyandwalkalongthebeach。

Ihadagreatshellcollection.Infact，Ithinkitstilluptheattic.

Man:

Hey，Iusedtocollectshell,too，whenIwasakid。

Butmyparentsthrewthemout.

YouknowwhatIremembermostaboutgrowingup?

Woman：

What?

Man:

Visitingmygrandparents’house.Youknowonholidaysandstaff。

Theylivedwayoutinthecountry,andmygranddahadahorsenamedBlackie.Hetaughtmehowtoright。

Ijustlovethathorse,andshelovesme，too.Iusedtoreallyenjoyspendingtimeatmygrandparents'house.AndeverytimeIcameback,Blackierememberedme.

Woman:

Uh…memories。

第四篇

Woman：

Whyisthereneverabuswhenyouwantone？

Man：

Goodquestion。

Therearen’tenoughbusesonthisroute.

Woman:

SometimesIfeellikewritingalettertothepaper。

Man：

Goodidea。

Weshouldsaythatweneedmoresubwaylines，too.

Woman：

Yes，thereshouldbemorepublictransportationingeneral。

Man:

Andfewercars.Thereistoomuchtraffic.

Woman:

Say，isthatourbuscoming?

Man:

Yes，itis。

Butlook,it’sfull.

Woman:

Oh,no。

Let’sgoandgetacupofcoffee.WecantalkaboutthisletterI’mgoingtowrite.

Man:

So,areyoureallygoingtowriteapapertothepaper?

Woman:

Sure，I’mgoingtosaysomethingaboutthebuses.Theyaretooold。

Weneedmoremodernbuses，niceair-conditionedones.

Man:

Andtheyneedtoputmorebusesontheroad.

Woman:

Right,andtherearetoomanycarsdowntown，andthereisn’tenoughparking.

Man:

That’sforsure。

It’simpossibletofindaparkingspacedowntownthesedays。

Woman:

Ithinktheyshouldprivatecarsdowntownthesedaysbetweennineandfive。

Man：

Oh，youmeantheyshouldn’tallowanycarsexcepttaxisandbusesduringtheregulartheworkday。

Hmm…thatsoundslikereallyagoodidea。

第五篇

Woman:

Excuseme。

Couldyoutellmewherethebankis?

Man:

Thereisoneupstairs,acrossfromtheduty-freeshop。

Woman:

Oh，thanks。

Doyouknowwhattimeitopens？

Man：

Itshouldbeopennow.Itopensat8：

00am.

Woman:

Good,andcanyoutellmehowoftenthebusesleaveforthecity?

Man：

Youneedtocheckatthetransportationcounter。

It’srightdownthehall。

Woman:

Ok,andjustonemorething.Doyouknowwherethenearestrestroomis？

Man:

Rightbehindyoum'am,seethatsign？

Woman:

Oh，thanksalot。

Woman:

Excuseme.It’smeagain。

I’msorry.Ineedsomemoreinformationifyoudon’tmind.

Man:

Notatall.

Woman:

Thanks.Doyouknowhowmuchataxicoststothecity？

Man:

Well，itdependsonthetrafficofcourse.Butitusuallycostsabout40dollars.

Woman：

Fortydollars?

IguessI’lltakeabus.ThatmeansIhavealmostanhourtillthenextone。

WherecouldIfindaninexpensiverestaurantintheairport？

Maybeafast-foodplace.

Man:

Goupstairs，andturnright,you’llseeasnackbaronyourleft.

Woman:

Thanksverymuch.Haveaniceday.

Man：

You，too。

第六篇

QuiteanumberofthingshavebeendonetohelpsolvetrafficproblemsinSingapore.Forexample，motoristsmustbyaspecialpassiftheywanttodriveintothedowntownbusinessdistrict。

Theycangointothebusinessdistrictonlytheyhavethepassdisplayedontheirwindshield。

AnotherthingSingaporehasdoneistomakeitmoredifficulttobycars。

Peoplehavetoapplyforacertificateiftheywanttobuyacar.Andthenumberofcertificatesislimited,noteveryonecangetone。

Thereisalsoahightaxoncars.SoitcoststhreeorfourtimesasmuchtobuyacarinSingapore,asitdoesinsayUnitedStateorCanada.

TheotherthingSingaporehasdoneistobuildanexcellentpublictransportationsystem。

Theirsubwaysystemisoneofthebestintheworld。

Andthereisalsoaverygoodtaxiandbussystem。

第七篇

Father：

Whatdoyouthink?

Mother：

Well，ithasjustasmanybedroomsasthelastapartment.Andthelivingroomishuge。

Daughter:

Butthebedroomsaretoosmall,andthereisn'tenoughclosetspaceformyclothes.

Father:

Andit’snotascheapasthelastapartmentwesaw.

Mother：

Butthatapartmentwasdarkanddingy,anditwasinthedangerousneighborhood。

Father:

Let’sseeiftherealrestateagenthassomethingelsetoshowus.

Agent：

Well，howdoyoulikethisplace,then？

Daughter：

Oh,it’smuchbetterthanotherone。

ThethingIlikebestisthebedrooms.Theyarehuge.

Mother:

Yes,theyareniceandbig。

Daughter：

Andtherearetwobathrooms.Icanhavemyownbathroom。

Mother:

Yes，Iguessyoucould。

Daughter:

Theonlyproblemisthecolorofthelivingroom。

Ireallydon’tlikethedarkgreenwall。

Father：

Oh，I’surewecanchangethecolorifwewantto。

第八篇

Man:

CreativeRental.Goodmorning。

Woman：

Hello，I’mcallingabouttheapartmentyouhaveforrent。

Man:

Yes，whatcanItellyouaboutit?

Woman:

Whereisitexactly？

Man:

It’sonKingStreet,justoffthefree-way.

Woman：

Oh,nearthefree-way.Canyouhearthetraffic?

Man：

Yes,I'mafraidyoudohearsome.Buttheapartmenthasalotofspace,Ithasthreebedroomsandaverylargelivingroom.

Woman:

Isee.Andisitonanewbuilding?

Man:

Well,thebuildingisaboutfiftyyearsold.

Woman：

Uh—ha…well，I'llthinkaboutit.

Man：

Ok，thanksforcalling。

Woman：

Thankyou,bye。

Woman:

Hello。

Man:

Hello，istheapartmentyouareadvertisingisstillavailable?

Woman：

Yes,itis.

Man：

Canyoutellmealittleaboutit。

Woman:

Well，it’saperfectapartmentforoneperson。

Itoneroomwithkitchenatoneend.

Man：

Isee，andisitfarawayfromthesubway?

Woman:

Thereisasubwaystationjustdownthestreet.Actually,theapartmentislocatedrightdowntown.Soyoustepoutofthebuildingandtherearestoresandrestauranteverywhere.Butit'sonhighfloor。

Soyoudon’thearanystreetortrafficnoise。

Man：

ItsoundslikejustthekindofplaceI’mlookingfor。

I'dliketocomeseeit,please.

Woman:

Sure,letmegiveyoutheaddress.

第九篇

Yeah,Ireallyneedachange.I'vebeendoingthesamethingsforoverfiveyearsold，andI’mjustnotlearninganythingnew。

It'sthesameroutineeveryday,andI’mreallysickofsittinginfrontofthecomputer.IthinkIneedtotrysomethingtotallydifferent.Iwanabeinaprofessionthatinvolvemeetingpeople.

Ireallyneedtojoininacluborsportsteamtogivemesomethingtodoontheweekends。

Igetreallyboredontheweekends.Andifjoininaclub，Iprobablygettomeetpeopleandmakenewfriends.

Ishouldtakeatypingcoursethissummer.Ireallyneeditformyschoolwork.Andpeoplesaythatifyoucantypereallywell,it’ssomethingyou’llfindusefullaterinlife.

Gosh,Ireallyhavetogoondiet。

I’vegainedtenpoundssincelastyearandeveryonetellsmeIlookfat.AndifIdon’tloseweightnow,Iwon’tbeabletogetintoanyofmysummerclothes.

第十篇

Friend:

SowhereareyouworkingnowTerry?

Terry:

Oh,I'mstillatthebank.Idon’tlikeitthough.

Friend：

That’stoobad.Whynot？

Terry：

Well，it’sboring,anditdoesn'tpayverywell。

Friend:

Iknowwhatyoumean.Idon’tlikemyjobeither.IwishIcouldfindabetterjob.

Terry：

Actually，Idon'twanaworkatallanymore.IwishIhadalotofmoney，SoIcouldretirenow。

Friend：

Hmm…howoldareyou，Terry?

Terry：

Umm。

。

twenty—six。

Friend:

SohowarethingsgoingwithyouandSusie,Terry?

Terry:

Oh,youdidn’tknow.SheandIbrokeupforacoupleofmothsago.Wedecidedweneededabreakfromeachotherforawhile.ButImissheralot.Iwishwecouldgetbacktogetheragain。

Friend:

I’msureyouwill.

Terry：

Ireallyhopeso.Sowhatkindofjobwouldyouliketolookfor?

Frien