体验英语3.docx

1、体验英语34(Answers in bold.)1. My family is a little unusual. Some people might even say were nuts.2. My mother is extreme when it comes to neatness. She cant stand to see even a speck of dust in the house.3. Mom is really strict with us when it comes to household chores. Every day, we have to do a coup

2、le of hours of chores to keep things neat.4. My father loves to barbecue. Hes definitely a fanatic. He cant live without his barbecue grill.5. One time, I accidentally broke Dads grill. He completely freaked out. He was so upset, he couldnt even wait a day to buy another one.6. My sister, Alicia, is

3、 a vegan. She not only avoids meat, but also any animal products, like milk and eggs.7. Sometimes Alicia and Dad argue because they have opposite interests. Shes as devoted to her vegetarianism as he is to his barbecuing.8. Some of my other relatives are a little strange, too. Ive got an aunt who th

4、inks she can see the future and a cousin who does four hours of bodybuilding exercises every day!9. My family might be a little irritating to some people, but they dont bother me much. After all, theyre the only family Ive got.Answers1. She has a very particular diet.2. He is a clown at heart.3. She

5、 is a fanatic about her hobby.4. He likes to pretend he is a TV or movie character.Answers1. She makes her cat follow a vegan diet.2. He makes balloon hats when hes not working./His duck follows him everywhere.3. She keeps the dolls in their boxes.4. His family is worried about him.Answers1. a famil

6、y dinner, just for her2. a professional clown, kids birthday parties3. collecting dolls, from floor to ceiling4. TV and movies, be a character1. My sister is a really strict vegan. Its not for religious or health reasons. Its just shes just a little nuts. Every time she comes over for a family dinne

7、r we have to make a special dish just for her. And if, like, the fork weve used to serve some meat even touches her plate for a split second, she freaks out and has to get another plate. Recently, she started this new thing where she cant even eat any vegetables that are cooked. They have to be raw.

8、 And she put her cat on a vegan diet, too. The poor thing only eats vegetables. Every time I go over to her place, the cat looks at me with these sad eyes, like, Meat . please?2. My cousin Pat is a professional clown. He goes by the name Patty Cakes. He gets hired to do special events like kids birt

9、hday parties. The thing about Pat is that he just cant stop being a clown even when hes not working. Hell show up at his friends house and start making balloon hats for everyone. And then theres his pet duck, Phoebe. Pat uses Phoebe in his clown act, but sometimes he doesnt have time to take her hom

10、e after work, so he just brings her along wherever hes going. Its just so strange to see Pat walk in somewhere with Phoebe following behind him wearing a diaper.3. My Aunt Samantha collects dolls. Shes a real fanatic. Most people have hobbies, you know, like sports or music or movies, but Aunt Saman

11、tha spends all her money on dolls. She has one room in her apartment completely devoted to Barbie dolls. I mean, the whole room is wall-to-wall Barbies! Shes got over a thousand of them lined up on shelves from floor to ceiling. The dolls are all in perfect condition. She stores them in their boxes

12、and never takes them out. Its kind of scary, actually. When you walk into that room, you just feel surrounded by them. Its like theyre all watching you or something.4. My brother Andrew is really into TV and movies and, um . How can I put this nicely? He can get pretty extreme about it. Hes always p

13、retending to be a character from a movie or TV show. Now, when he was twelve or thirteen, he used to watch the TV show Star Trek all the time, and hed go around talking exactly like Mr.Spock. Like if Id say, Andrew, get out of my room. Im studying. Youre so irritating. And hed say, Irritating? Ah, y

14、es, one of your earthling emotions. Stuff like that, a line right out of Star Trek. Now, sometimes, its funny. Like now hes doing Harry Potter voices. But we worry about him a lot. I mean, does he even know who he is? Hes always acting like someone else.Real world listeningAnswerLydia: 300-400 Greg:

15、 11Answers1. Abigail, Gregs aunt: She lives nearby. Greg doesnt know her well. Shes kind of crazy. She has fifteen cats.2. ChiaLin, Lydias aunt: She lives in Shanghai. She wouldnt miss it for the world. Her mother wouldnt forgive her if she didnt come to the wedding.3. Lydias Dad: He is in the resta

16、urant business and has lots of friends and associates. He has many suppliers and customers. He is getting along very well with his associates. He thinks that his friends and associates will get insulted if they are not invited.5(Answers in bold.)1. Pamela is pregnant with her first child. She has to decide whether she wants to be a wo