English--描述穿着的情景用语.doc

Unit 3 What Did the Person Look Like?Woman: Officer! Officer!Officer: Yes, maam.Woman: Somebody just took my purse! My money, my credit cards_ everythings gone!Officer: All right. Just calm down a minute. OK. Now., what did the person look like?Woman: He was kind of tall and thin.Officer: About how tall was he?Woman: Around 510”.Officer: 510”. And how much did he weigh?Woman: Im not sure. Maybe around 140 pounds.Officer: And about how old was he?Woman: Oh, he was fairly young_in his mid-teens, I think sixteen or seventeen.Officer: And what color was his hair?Woman: Blond, and it was long and straight.Officer: Eyes?Woman: I dont know. It all happened so fast.Officer: Yes, of course. What was he wearing?Woman: Jeans and a T-shirt. Oh, and a denim vest.Officer: Fine, and now tell me about your purse. What did it look like?Woman: Well, it was dark brown, and it had a shoulder strap.Officer: What was it made of?Woman: Leather.Officer: OK, now Ill need your name and address. Isnt he the one whoJoan: Do you know who that guy is?Ellen: Which one?Joan: The one in the light slacks.Ellen: Oh, thats Bob Wilson. Hes the one who just moved into the penthouse apartment.Joan: Oh, really? He looks kind of interesting. Do you know anything about him?Ellen: Yeah, hes from England. He works for British Airways.Joan: Have you spoken to him? Whats he like?Elle: He seems like a very nice guy. Hes very friendly and hes got a good sense of humor.Joan: Is he the one whose wife has the green Volvo?Ellen: Yeah, thats right.Joan: We should invite them over for coffee. Do you know if they have any children?Ellen: No, they just got married, I think.Joan: Well, lets invite them and the Colbys over sometime this weekend.Pattern: The one in the light slacks( wearing light slacks; with glasses)I have no idea.( Never saw him before in my life.)Do you know where hes from?9(what country hes from? ; who he is?; what he does?)Whats he like?He seems like a very outgoing person.( pretty moody woman, an easy(difficult) person to get along with,. nice, outgoing sweet friendly outspoken arrogant, moody Whats the person like?Voc:Hard and conscientious, determined, tough and uncompromising, cherish independence, stubborn and obstinate, poor loser, neat and well-organized, punctual, gifted, caring and kind, sincere, loyal and unpretentious, down-to-earth character, reserved, distant and aloof, strong-willed and ambitious, original thinker, brimming with new ideas, impulsive, adaptable, open and honest, hate hypocrisy, rebellious, indecisive, sensitive, generous, intelligent, well-mannered, witty and intelligent, efficient, considerate, sociable, enjoying entertaining, quick-witted, proud and lively, blunt and forthright, frank, gullible, scornful, adventurous, demanding, shrewd, arrogant, authoritative, be good-natured and simple, calm and placid, hardworking, outgoing, self-centered, imaginative and creative, easy-going, hesitant, athletic, nostalgic, inquisitive, helpful, reliable, crafty and cunning, dishonest, dignified, ambitious, direct and straightforward, quick-witted, alert, kind and understanding, tolerant, nave, charming, popular, critical, strong-willed, active, energetic, open, cheerful and friendly How to listen to Section A In Section A, there are 9 or 10 dialogues conducted between a man and woman. After the dialogue, a third voice will ask one question related with it. Listeners will have to choose the best answer among the 4 choices given. Between the 2 questions there are 13 seconds for you to choose the right answer. Some points that need attention:1. Pay special attention to the conversation background or environment and the contents of the conversation. A conversation can not be isolated with language environment and some necessary information exchanged in such an environment. For example, In a store, a shop assistant and a customer might discuss the articles and prices; In hospital, doctors and patients might discuss problems of health and treatment. In school, teachers and students might discuss problems of study, exercises , homework and examinations. At airports, clerks and passengers might discuss problems of flights, flight number, departure and arrival time. If we are familiar with the conversation environment, generally. we can expect and predict the contents of the communication. On the other hand, if we know the contents of the communication, we can infer the relationship of the two speakers.2. We have to be clear about the purpose of the speakers. A conversation as a communicative language is intended to achieve certain purpose or aim. For example, One person of the dialogue might seek help, or offer help; One might suggest or ask for advice, and the other might agree, refuse, support or reject. Therefore , when you are listening, pay attention to the whole situation, understand the purpose of the speaker, and grasp the important information.3. Understand the questions by the 3rd person after the conversation. Most of the questions by the 3rd person start with wh- question words such as what, Who, why, where , when, which, whose, how. Most often, the questions might be related with the content of the second speaker. So, It is important to understand what the second speakers says.4. Be good at predicting questions. There are close relationships among the contents of the conversation, questions asked about them, and written choices on the paper. When you complete the choice of the previous question, you have to spend a few seconds to read through the four written choices for the next question and at the same time predict the contents and question for the next conversation. Keep this in mind, you can do much better to grasp some important information related with it.5. Get rid of disturbance. The right choice among the 4 choices given most often are closest or similar in meaning to the original words or expressions in the tape. But the other choices might be similar in pronunciation, spelling and form that might disturb your right choice. So you have to understand the speakers and the choices in order to make your right decisions. My Views on Gambling Most of life is a gamble. Very many of the things we do involve taking some risk in order to achieve a satisfactory result. We undertake a new job with no idea of the more indirect consequences of our action. Marriage is certainly a gamble and so is the bringing into existence of children, who could prove sad liabilities. A journey, a business transaction, even a chance remark may result immediately or ultimately in tragedy. Perpetually we gambleagainst life, destiny, chance, the unknowncall the invisible opponent what we will. Human survival and progress indicate that usually we win.So the gambling instinct must be an elemental one. Taking risks to achieve something is a characteristic of all forms of life, including humanity. As soon as man acquired property, the challenge he habitually issued to destiny found an additional expression in a human contest. Early man may well have staked his flint axe, his bearskin, his wife, in the hope of adding to his possessions. The acquirement of desirable but non-essential commodities, must have increased his scope enormously, while the risk of complete disaster lessened. So long as man was gambling against destiny, the odds were usually in his favor, especially when he used commonsense. But as the methods of gambling multiplied, the chances of success decreased. A wager against one person offered on average even chances and no third party profited by the transaction. But as soon as commercialized city life developed, mass gambling became common. Thousands of people now compete for large prizes, but with only minute chances of success, while the organizers of gambling concerns enjoy big profits with, in some cases, no risk at all. Few clients of the betting shops, football pools, state lotteries, bingo sessions, even charity raffles, realize fully the flimsiness of their chances and the fact that without fantastic luck they are certain to lose more than they gain. Little irreparable harm results for the normal individual. That big business profits from the satisfaction of a human instinct is a common enough phenomenon. The average wage-earner, who leads a colorless existence, devotes a small percentage of his earnings to keeping alive with extraordinary constancy the dream of achieving some magic change in his life. Gambling is in most cases a on-toxic drug against boredom and apathy and may well preserve good temper, patience and optimism in dreary circumstances. A sudden windfall may unbalance a weaker, less intelligent person and even ruin his life. And the lure of something for nothing as an ideal evokes criticism from the more rigidly upright representatives of the community. But few of us have the right to condemn as few of us can say we never gambleeven if it is only investing a shilling a week in the firms football sweep or the church bazaar “lucky dip”.Trouble develops, however, when any human instinct or appetite becomes overdeveloped. Moderate drinking produces few harmful effects but drunkenness and alcoholism can have terrible consequences. With an unlucky combination of temperament and circumstances, gambling can become an obsession, almost a form of insanity, resulting in the loss not only of a mans property but of his self-respect and his conscience. Far worse are the sufferings of his dependants, deprived of material comfort and condemned to watching his deterioration and helplessness. They share none of his feverish excitement or the exhilaration of his rare successes. The fact that he does not wish to be cured makes psychological treatment of the gambling addict almost impossible. He will use any means, including stealing, to enable him to carry on. It might be possible to pay what salary he can