英语初级口语第16课至20课.docx

初级口语Lesson 16Text AThe Charcoal Pit Erika was worried. Her restaurant was losing customers. The new restaurant across the street now had more customers than she did. She had even seen some of her own customers going to eat at The Charcoal Pit. What was she going to do? One thing she could do was revise her menu. Maybe not everyone wanted hamburgers. She might add omelets and casseroles. The menu might help. Perhaps the decor of her restaurant was dated. She could redecorate the place. Erika decided to consult an interior decorator who could give her some new ideas. A face-lift for Burger Haven would certainly lift her spirits. In fact, she felt better after thinking of some improvements. Erika would fight to make her restaurant the most popular one in town. Text B There Is Hepe for Us !Tina and Leela are talking to each other.They are standing outside a dance-hall and they are talking about dancing.TINA:I havent danced for a long time.LEELA: Neither have I.TINA: We must go to a dance soon, or well forget how to dance.LEELA: Yes, we must. What have you been doing since I last saw you?TINA: Ive been studying hard for my examinations. And you?LEELA: Ive been learning Japanese every evening.TINA: Why have you been learning Japanese? Why not English?LEELA: I hope to visit Japan next yesr.TINA: Well, well both have to start learning all the new dances.LEELA: Yes, lets go into the dance-hall and ask if we can take dancing-lessons .TINA: A good idea. They can teach elephants to dance nowa days perhaps theres hope for us !1. Neither 两者都不、既不.也不、也不2. Examinations 考试;检查( examination的名词复数 );考查;试题;3. dance-hall 舞厅 Questions on Text B7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. When I looked out the window and saw the snow drift in the driveway, I thought to myself that I should never have gotten out of bed. I had been making preparatioris for more than two days for a large dinner party to bc held that night and knew that several of the people I was expecting to come would be calling to cancel if the snow continued much longer. I called upstairs to tell Jerry to look out the window. Jerry heard me and quickly got out of bed. He knew that the weather people had been predicting snow. Now it had really come. To Jerry, two or three inches of fresh snow would be just what was needed to make the ski trip a big success.1. charcoal n.木炭；炭画笔；木炭画2. pit 坑 凹陷3.restaurant n.饭店；餐馆；饭馆；菜馆4.customers n.商业客户 计算机用户5.across prep.穿过；横穿，横过；与交叉；在对面；adv.横过，越过；在对面；交叉；斜对面；6. revise vt.修订；改变；修正7. add vt.增加；补充；附带说明；把包括在内；8. omelets n.煎蛋饼，煎蛋卷（ omelet的名词复数 ）9. casseroles 砂锅菜； Perhaps 或许；（表示不确定）也许；（用于粗略的估计）10.decor n.布置，装饰；布景；装饰风格11. dated adj.有日期的； v.过时（ date的过去式和过去分词 ）；显示出时代（或年龄）； 12.redecorate vt.& vi.（给建筑物的内部）再装修13. consult vi.商议，商量；咨询；vt.请教；翻阅；求教于；顾及；14.i interior decorator n.室内设计家15. face-lift v.翻新门面，作整形手术16. certainly adv.无疑地，确定地；当然地；必定；准 lift 举起 抬起，电梯17. spirits n.情绪；灵魂；神灵；18. fact 事实 felt v.摸索（ feel的过去式和过去分词 ）深感；以为；19. improvements n.增加或修改（ improvement的名词复数 ）；改进；改善；改良；20. popular adj.流行的，大众化的；21. drift vi.漂泊;流动;随意移动; vt.浮现; 漂流;堆积成堆22. driveway n. 马路，汽车道;马车道23. preparatioris 制备 a large 大的 dinner party 宴会24.several adj.几个的；专有的，独占的； pron.几个，数个；数人；25. expecting v.期望（ expect的现在分词 ）；预料；要求；认为（某事）会发生；26. cancel vt.取消，注销；抵消，偿还；数约去 n.撤销，注销；27. continued adj.继续的，延续的；v.继续，连续 、持续 continue的过去式和过去分词 28. upstairs adv.在楼上，往楼上；在高空29. predicting v.预言，预测，预示（ predict的现在分词 ）30. inches n.英寸 少量 fresh snow 初雪31. success n.成功，成就；好成绩，好结果；成功的人（或物）32. ski trip 滑雪之旅Lesson 17The Coustry Schoollhouse The country schooihouse was three miles from my uncles farm. It stood in a clearing in the woods and would hold about twenty-five boys and girls. We attended the school with more or less regularity once or twice a week in summer. We walked to it in the cool of the morning by the forest paths, and back in the dusk at the end of the day. All the pupils brought their dinners in baskets-corn dodger, buttermilk, and other good things. We sat in the shade of the trees at noon and ate them. It is the part of my education which I look back upon with the most satisfaction. My first visit to the school was when I was seven. A strapping girl of fifteen, in the customary sunbonnet and calico dress, asked me if I used tobacco -meaning did I chew it. I said no. It roused her scorn. She reported me to all the crowd , and said : Here is a boy seven years old who cant chew tobacco. I learned to smoke fairly well , but that did not win over anybody. I remained a poor thing, and characterless. I longed to be respected, but I never was able to rise. Children have but little charity for one anothers defect. 1. stood v.坐落（ stand的过去式和过去分词 ）；维持原状；停着；2. woods n.森林；木（ wood的名词复数 ）3. regularity n.规则性，规律性；整齐；正规； attended v.参加 照顾；伴随；4. dusk n.黄昏 v.变暗；使变暗 pupils n.学生（ pupil的名词复数 ）；瞳孔；5. buttermilk n.脱脂乳，酪乳 shade n.遮阳，vt.遮蔽；挡风物，险胜6. upon prep.在上面；当时候 satisfaction n.满足，满意7.strapping 高大结实的 customary sunbonnet 普通的太阳帽8. chew vt.& vi.咀嚼，咬；深思，考虑9. tobacco n.烟草，烟叶；烟草制品；卷烟；纸烟10. roused v.醒来，唤醒11. scorn n.鄙视；轻蔑；不屑一顾；笑柄12. crowd n.人群；群众；一群； fairly 适当，相；公平地13. remained v.留下（ remain的过去式和过去分词 ）；保持；留待；仍然是14. characterless adj.缺乏特征的，平凡的，不出众的15. respected v.尊重（ respect的过去式和过去分词 ）；尊敬；关心；慎重对待；Text B On a Camping Holiday Jim My Booth and Donald Black are on a camping holiday. They have brought only a little food with them. Jimmy is hungry and he is looking at some rice in a tin. There is only a little rice in the tin.JIMMY: There isnt much rice, is there?DoNALD: No, there isnt, but there are some vegetables.JIMMY: Are there any potatoes?DONALD: No, there arent. Im sorry.JIMMY: Im very hungry, Donald. What can I eat?DONALD: Theres a little bread and there are a few biscuits.JIMMY: But I want some rice and some meat.DONALD: All right, IIL walk to the village and Ill get some meat.JiMMY: Good. By the way, whos going to cook the meat?DoNALD: Youll cook it of course!1. Booth n.售货棚，摊位；公用电话亭；2. Vegetables n.蔬菜（ vegetable的名词复数 ）3. Biscuits n.饼干 软烤饼；松饼4.village n.村民；乡村，村庄；群落 Question on Text B7. Read the foilowing dialogue once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words.Peter: Hello, Jim. What was the film like?Jim: Awful. It was a complete waste of time.Peter: Why? What was it about?Jim: It was about a married couple. They had to live with the wifes mother, because they didnt have enough money to buy a house of their own.Peter: A lot of young people have to do that.Jim: Yes. but the husband had to work overtime three times a week, so he was always tired.Peter: lt sounds like the story of my life.jim: Yes, it does, doesnt it? But this man was always over-tired, and he couldnt sleep. So he used to take two sleeping pitla every night. Peter: I take sleeping pills sometimes.Jim: Yes, but not two every night. Anyway, the strain was too much for him. He had a nervous breakdown and had to go to hoapital. Peter: It sounds a very depressing film.Jim: Not really. His wife was able to find a good job as an interpreter, because she rnuld speak French and German fluently. After a few months work, she had a better job than y weher huaband. So in the end, there able to buy a house, and he didtst have to work any more. Stupid, wasnt it?Peter: I dont know. My wife used to speak French. I must tell her to brush it up.Lesson 18 Text AChristmas Cards It mas two weeks before Christmas. and Mrs Smith was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and to her husbands friends, and put them on the table in the living-room. Then, when her husband came home from work, she said to him, Here are the Christmas cards for our friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and our book of addresses.WiII you please write the cards while I am cooking the dinner? Mr Smith did not say anything , but walked out of the Iiving-room and went to his studys. Mrs Smith was very angry with hims , but did not say anything either. Then a minute later he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them. These are from last year, he said, I forgot to post them. Text BNew Year Resolutions Peter and John are admiring the Christmas decorations on the houses. Peter invites John to see the tree at his house, but , John cant go. He has to buy a present for his mother. Later the boys and Mary talk about New Year resolutions. Peter tells Mary about one she should make. Mary, as you will see, has a good answer for him.PETER: Im glad we live in a small town.JOHN: Why?PETER: Because the houses look so nice at Christmas time.JoHN: Yes , they do. Do you have a Christmas tree this year?PETER: Yes , we have a big tree this year. I bought the decorations at the five-and-ten- centstorel?yesterday. Do you want to come and see it? JoHN : I cant now because I have to buy a present for my mother.PTEER: When can you come?JoHN: I dont know when I can come. Ill let you know later.MARY: Hi, boys. Are you going to make any New Year resolutions this year?PETER: No, I never make any.JOHN: I make them, but I break them the next day. Are you making any, Mary?MARY: Yes, but I cant tell you what they are.PETER: Youd better make Qne about losing 20 or 30 pounds.MARY: Meanie! Youd better make one about saying nice things to girls.Question on Text B7. Read the following dialogue once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words. Frank is very busy. He is talking to Jimmy, his best friend.Jimmy: Did you play football yesterday?Frank: Yes , I played with Tony and John.Jimmy: What did you do after youd played football?Frank: We all went swimming.Jimmy: Are you going swimming again this afternoon?Frank: No , we arent. Were going to help Mr Smith to plant some flowers.Jimmy: Are you helping him all afternoon?Frank: Yes, we are. We can neither play football nor do our homework today.Jimmy: Youre,going to be very busy.Frank: Yes, we certainly are. But Mr Smith is going to pay us for all the work well do.Lesson 19Text A A Lesson to Learn John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman. Usually he was taken to school by the chauffeur in his fathers beautiful car, before the chauffeur took Johns father to his office. One evening his father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next day, so he would need the car at the time that John had to go to school. He said that Johns mother, who possessed another car, would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house . Well , how will I get to school if you need your car and Mummy is still in bed? John asked. His father thought this was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate people of the world , so he answered , Youll go in the same way as every other child in the world goes-in a taxi. Text BWhats Going on Here?PoLIcEMAN: Whats going on here?MAN: You mean, whats happening? Well, constable, Im trying to get out of the window and Fred here is helping me.PoLIcEMAN: Why are you climbing through the window and not leaving by the front door?MAN: Well , you see I cant find the key and Im in a hurry. Come on, Fied, Were wasting time.POLICEMAN: Just a minute you two. I dont think youre telling me the truth. This isnt your house, is it?MAN: No, its my brothers. Im staying with him for a while.PoLIcEMAN: Is he at home?MAN: Im afraid not. Hes in jail for house-breaking at the moment.Question on Text B7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. Todd heard all the hammering behind the Marseys house. He went to see what was going on. Jeff Marsey was making something from long pieces of wood. What is it? Todd asked. A pair of stilts, Jeff said. Todd knew that stilts could make you several feet taller. Jeff was putting blocks of wood on the stilts. These were for his feet to rest on. Once you got used to them, you could walk anywhere on stilts. Im also making a pair of long pants, Jeff said. Theyll come all the way down and cover the stilts. Ill look like a giant. As the summer went on, Todd forgot all about the stilts. One night Todd was watching television. His cousin came running in the front door. Hed never seen her so excited. Youd better call the police , she said. Why? asked Todd. I was walking home, she said. I looked up and saw a -a giant. He was following me. He wore big baggy pants. He was very stiff and straight. Each step was a huge step. Im going to call the police. Wait, said Todd. It wasnt a giant. Youll be surprised when I tell you who it was!Lesson 20Text AHonesty A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured.The manager of the office asked him how old his parents .were when they died. Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thirty. Father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five. I am very sorry, said the manager, We cannot insure your life as your parents were not healthy. As the man was leaving the office, depressed, he met a elerk who had overheard the conversation.