时间:2019-01-23 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
原文:

News Reporter: Hello. This is Charles Richards from Channel 7 News, and we're down here, uh, at the City Mall, interviewing people on how they celebrate Christmas. And, uh, hi young lady. What is your name?
Young Girl: Elizabeth Carter 1.
 
News Reporter: And, uh, Elizabeth, uh. How does your family celebrate Christmas?
 
Young Girl: We go sledding, and we go over to my grandparents' house and have dinner with them.
 
News Reporter: Well, that is great, and let me ask this young man. Hi, what is your name? [Johnny.] And Johnny, how old are you?
 
Johnny: Five.
 
News Reporter: And, uh, does your family eat anything particular 2 for Christmas?
 
Johnny: Turkey . . .
 
News Reporter: And what does Christmas mean to you?
 
Young Girl: Going to my grandma's and making their breakfast.
 
News Reporter: Going to grandma's and making breakfast. And let me ask another young man. Hi, what is your name? [Steven.] Okay, and Steven, what does Christmas mean to you?
 
Steven: Giving but not expecting to get.
 
News Reporter: Now, that's kind of hard for a young man like yourself. What does that mean: Giving by not expecting?
 
Steven: Well, one thing that we do is secret giving.
 
News Reporter: Secret giving? Now how does that work in your family?
 
Steven: We sneak 3 up to the porch 4 of somebody that we want to give to, we put the gift that we want to give to them, ring the doorbell, and hide.
 
News Reporter: Ring the doorbell and hide? Uh, so you're not expecting something; you just want to be generous 5 to someone else. Is that right?
 
Steven: Yeah. That's correct.
 
News Reporter: And let's interview one more. And, uh, how do you celebrate Christmas? What is the best thing about Christmas and what does it mean to you?
 
Child: It means 6 getting off from school!
 
News Reporter: Getting off from school?! Do you all feel that way?
 
Group of Children: Yeah!!
 
Young Girl: Because I hate homework.
 
News Reporter: Yeah. Well, that all here from the City Mall. Channel 7 reporting.
 

1. Where does this news program take place?
A. at a shopping center
B. at a local school
C. in a city market place
2. How does the young girl, Elizabeth, celebrate this holiday with her family?
A. They go out to eat at a restaurant.
B. They visit close relatives 7.
C. They go to see a movie.
 
3. What does Johnny and his family eat on this day?
A. turkey
B. ham 8
C. chicken
 
4. What sentence best describes Steven's feelings about Christmas?
A. It's a time when people exchange gifts with friends, family, and teachers.
B. It's a holiday when friends give gifts during an elaborate 9 dinner.
C. It's a day when people think of others without waiting for a gift in return.
 
5. The final young woman says that the best thing about Christmas is:
A. receiving presents from classmates.
B. having a vacation from school.
C. sleeping late every day.
 
正确答案:

1. at a shopping center
2. They visit close relatives.
3. turkey
4. It`s a day when people think of others without waiting for a gift in return.
5. having a vacation from school

 

n.运货马车夫,赶大车的人;卡车司机
  • Although fatigue shows readily on Carter, he bounces back quickly. 卡特虽然容易显出疲劳的样子,但他恢复得很快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.个别的,各个的;独有的,特殊的,特别的
  • We each have our own particular tastes,haven't we?我们各有所好,不是吗?
  • She likes fruit and apples in particular.她喜欢水果尤其是苹果。
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
n.门廊,入口处,走廊,游廊
  • There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
  • The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。
adj.慷慨的,大方的,慷慨给予的
  • She was kind and generous.她心地善良,宽容大量。
  • She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
n.亲属( relative的名词复数 );相关物;亲缘植物(或动物);[语法学]关系词
  • She went to visit relatives in Wales. 她去威尔士看望亲戚了。
  • They're always farming out their children on their relatives. 他们总是把孩子寄养在亲戚家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.火腿,大腿,笨拙的演员;adj.过火的,做作的;v.演得过火
  • Please give me a can of ham.请给我一罐火腿。
  • The ham is very good today.今天的火腿很好。
adj.详尽的;复杂的;vi./vt.详述;详细制订
  • You understand the situation;I needn't elaborate any further.你对情况是了解的,我不必再进一步详谈了。
  • He made an elaborate hairstyle.他做了一个复杂的发型。
学英语单词
Acetcarbromal
ad modum
air transmission coefficient
allowance of track irregularity
Ansong
anthropolaters
antidiuretic
antipodal points
as lawyers go to heaven
back-water valve
backward bent vane
Barrow's golden eye
Bates wave-front shearing interferometer
BEDO DRAM
beer-can
blastochore
brake block
calibration time
cercospora fusimaculans atkinson c.panici-miliacei saw.
CFC-E
cleistogene
closed flux device
coastal groin
constant functions
de-inebriating
direction of trade
display control
distribution of radiant heat
Diupres
drenching apparatus for ash pan
Eudan
fertilizer distributing machinery
filing-up
fly blow
Frank Cooper
fuel oil unit
gas filling station
giantolite
hard hit
have it on
hemitetany
Hippocrates's sleeve
hot trapping
hothersall
ilex cornutas
kellyton
Kushiro
lampreys
laureate
Liu Chong Hing Bank Limited
lordi
lyssavirus rabies virus of human
machine program
main and return cm
manducable
miraculum
monochrome signal gemerator
nemathecial
net reproductive rate
neue-helvetica
observation set
of cardiac valves incompetence
oilspill
Osbert Lancaster
outflaming
outreaching
paleopteridology
paper quill
paraphysicists
passover suppers
Patna
PC-PFC
peer-to-peer lending
phermone
phone bills
phonon wind
poncier
powder crystal
prehypertensives
pseudo-compactness
pulse time modulation system
push-start
reduced insulation
schmuck
scsosms-s
seine net
shack up in
single-headed
slag-slurry pump
slot-line circuits
social fringe
sympodulospore
tail-rod guide
talk channel
Tawari
the star - spangled banner
time optimal
tissue forceps
toprope
twisted around
water speedwells
weak conservation form