英语中级口语第1课18课.docx

1、英语中级口语第1课18课 Lesson 1 Too CleverText A A farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a severe pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer eventually decided that he would consult a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out wh

2、at he would have to pay this doctor. He was told that a patient had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go and consult the doctor in the town. As he came into the doctors consulting room, he

3、 said causally, Good morning, doctor. Here I am again. The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions, examined his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile , Well , sir. Theres nothing new. Please continue to take the

4、same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me.Text B A man went to see his doctor one day because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doctor had examined him carefully, he said to him, Well, theres nothing reallywrong with you, Im glad to say. Your only trouble is that

5、 you worry too much.Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you in here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice as Im going to give you. He was worried because he couldnt pay his tailors bills. I told him not to worry his head about the bills any more. He followed my advice, and wh

6、en he came to see me again two days ago, he told me that he now feels quite all right again. Yes, I know all about that, answered the patient sadly.You see , Im that mans tailor. Additional InformationDoctor: Good morning. How are you?Patient: Im very worried; doctor.Doctor: Oh? What are you worried

7、 about?Patient: Im afraid that Im very ill.Doctor: Im sorry to hear that. Why do you think so?Patient: Because I feel tired all the time, even when I wake up in the morning. I find it very difficult to do any work. 1 have no appetite. My wife cooks me delicious meals but I can only eat a little.Doct

8、or: How do you sleep?Patient: Very badly, doctor.Doctor: Do you find it difficult to get to sleep, or do you wake up early?Fatient: Both, doctor. I never get to sleep until 2 oclock and I always wake at 5.Doctor: Are you worried about anything?Patient: Well , yes , I am. Im worried about my work. Iv

9、e just taken a new job. I earn a lot of money but its difficult work. Im always afraid of making a mistake.Doctor: I see. Please take off your shirt and lie down on the couch.Patient: Yes , doctor.(The Doctor examines the patient )Doctor: Well , theres nothing very much wrong with you , Im glad to s

10、ay. Youre working too hard and worrying too much. Do you take much exercise?Patient: No, doctor. I never have enough time for exercise. I start work very early in the morning and finish late in the evening. Then I cant get to sleep.Can you give me some medicine to help me to sleep?Doctor: I can, but

11、 Im not going to. You dont need medicine. You need advice. Dont work so hard. Too much work is bad. for you. Dont worry about your work. Its silly to worry. Take regular exercise.Patient: But I may lose my job , doctor ! Its hard to get a job like mine.Doctor: Then get an easier one , even if you ea

12、rn less money. Which would you rather have, health or wealth?Patient: You re right , doctor. Its more important to be healthy than wealthy. Ill change my job. Im grateful for your advice.Doctor: Come and see me again in a months time. I think youll be a different man ! Lesson 2 Au Pair Girl Text A G

13、retel comes from Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her English. She works as an au pair girl. She helps Mrs Clark in the house and attends English classes regularly in her spare time. Gre

14、tel hasn t been in England long and everything is strange to her. She often compares life in London with life in Vienna. Some things are nicer in London; other things are not so nice. For instance, the shops are bigger in London than in Vienna and there is greater variety. But its more expensive to

15、enjoy yourself in London. Its expensive to have a meal at a restaurant or to go to a theatre. Gretel has got used to many things already, but she cant get used to breakfast in England. You English eat so much in the morning, she often says. Fruit juice, porridge, bacon and egg, tea, toast and marmal

16、ade! How can you face all that food so early in the day? Text B Maria had decided that as soon as she had finished school she would become an au pair girl in London. Two of her friends had already spent a year with a family in Kensington, and told her they had had an interesting time and had managed

17、 to learn a lot of English. She was advised by her Head Teacher to get her parents consent and to make all the necessary arrangements prior to her departure: have enough money for her return fare, know exactly what kind of a family she was going to live with and what they expected of her. Shortly af

18、ter her eighteenth birthday Maria received a letter from Mrs Hutchinson, the wife of an advertising executive, stating the terms on which she would be employed. The Hutchinsons lived in a house in Chelsea. They had three children; two boys, aged fourteen and ten, both at boarding schools, the elder

19、at a Public School in the Midlands and the younger at a Preparatory School in Surrey;the youngest child was a girl aged eight, and she went to the French Lycee in South Kensington. During term time Maria would have to take the girl to school in the morning and fetch her in the afternoon. She would h

20、ave to help Mrs Hutchinson in the house - washing up, making the beds, laying the table, dusting the rooms, answering the door, taking telephone messages, shopping and running errands.She would be guaranteed three evenings a week free and could attend English classes either from eleven till one in t

21、he morning or from half past one till four in the afternoon. She would receive 3 a week pocket money. Maria was delighted with the conditions and thought that they were fair. She also liked the look of the family, as Mrs Hutchinson had thoughtfully enclosed a photograph with her letter. Additional I

22、nformation It was nothing for a girl t.o be sent away to service when she was eleven years old. That meant leaving the family as she had never been parted from for a day in her life before, and going to some place miles away to be treated like a dog. Ive got nothing against girls going into good ser

23、vice.In my opinion, good service in a properly run big house was a wonderful training for a lot of girls who never would have seen anything different all the days of their lives if they hadnt gone. It was better than working on the land, then, and if it still existed now, I reckon Id rather see any

24、of my daughters be a goodhousemaid or a well-trained parlour maid than a dolled-up shop-assistant or a factory worker.But folks are too proud to work for other folks, now. even if its to their own advantage, though as far as I can see you are still working for other folks , whatever youre doing. Big

25、 houses didnt want littlegirls of eleven, even as kitchen maids, so the first few ycars had to be put in somewhere else, before you got even that amount of promotion.Big houses expected good service, but you got good treatment in return. It . wasnt like that at the sort of place my friends had to go

26、. Mostly they went to the farmers houses within ten or twenty miles from where theyd been born. These farmers were a jumped Up, proud lot who didnt know how to treat the people who worked for them. They took advantage of the poor peoples need to get their girls off their hands to get little slaves f

27、or nearly nothing. The conditions were terrible. Lesson 3 Who Took the Money? Text A Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she no

28、ticed that the old ladys handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag- the notes had gone!Mrs Smith was sure that the old lady who was sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would have t

29、o call the police; but, as she disliked making a fuss and getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old ladys handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old ladys bag , took

30、 the notes and put them in her own bag. When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought. How did you pay for it? he asked. With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course, she replied. Oh? Whats that, then? he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table. Text B Good