王强口语 第一册 Short conversation 020
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：王强口语 第一册
Lesson Twenty
Short Conversations
Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.
No Money for Presents
Madge's friend: What's the matter?
Madge: You mean beside the fact that it's Christmas Eve and I haven't done any shopping and even if I did, I couldn't buy what I want because what I want is something special and all the money I have in the world is one dollar and 87 cents.
Friend: Yeah. Besides that?
Madge: Nothing!
Friend: Oh, listen, sweetie. Who's this present for, anyway?
Madge: My Guy.
Friend: Your guy? Does your husband know about this?
Madge: Guy is my husband.
Friend: Oh - that Guy.
Madge: I wanted to get him something really nice this Christmas and I can't.
Friend: Well, if you don't have the cash 1 on hand, uh, ooh I know, you could bake 2 some cookies and sell them down by the market.
Madge: We sold the stove 3 to pay the car insurance 4.
Friend: Okay, you could use the car to make deliveries 5.
Madge: Sold the car to cover medical bills.
Friend: Oh. Furniture?
Madge: Dentist.
Friend: Jewelry 6?
Madge: Taxes 7.
Friend: Books?
Madge: Harvey.
Friend: Harvey?
Madge: Guy's cousin Harvey. You think we're poor ... what am I going to do?
Friend: Oh, come on, cheer up, sweetie.
- Could you cash these chips?可以兑现这些筹码吗？
- I never carry much cash with me.我从不多带现款。
- I will bake a delicious cake for her.我将为她烤制美味的蛋糕。
- The bread will not bake if the fire is too small.如果火太小，面包就烤不成。
- He cooks his meal with a gas stove.他用煤气炉做饭。
- The stove is smoking badly.那炉子烟冒得很厉害。
- The insurance is very necessary.保险是很必要的。
- The insurance business is built on trust.保险业建立在信任的基础上。
- Deliveries of mail could be delayed because of cost-cutting. 由于削减成本，邮件的递送可能会延迟。
- We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers. 我们已创造了快速处理订单的方法以便迅速将货物送达顾客。