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:

Joshua: Dad. Allowance 1 day. Can I have my allowance?
Father: Oh. I forgot about that.
 
Joshua: You ALWAYS forget.
 
Father: I guess I do. How much do I owe 2 you?
 
Joshua: Just $13.
 
Father: Thirteen dollars!? Why do I owe you that much? Just seems like I paid you the other day.
 
Joshua: No. You forget every Saturday, and it has been piling 3 up.
 
Father: Well, I'm not sure if I have that much.
 
Joshua: Go to the bank. You have lots of money.
 
Father: Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed.
 
Joshua: Then, what about your secret money jar 4 under your bed?
 
Father: Oh, I guess I could do that. So, what are you going to do with the money?
 
Joshua: I'm going to put some in savings 5, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy books.
 
Father: Well, that's sounds great, Joshua.
 

1. How much does the father owe his son in allowance?
A. three dollars
B. thirteen dollars
C. thirty dollars
2. Why hasn't the father given his son allowance?
A. because he didn't remember to do it
B. because he doesn't have any money now
C. because his son already has money
 
3. When does the father usually give his son money?
A. on Friday
B. on Saturday
C. on Sunday
 
4. Where does the man get money to pay his son?
A. in his bedroom
B. at the bank
C. from the bookstand
 
5. Choose one thing the boy does NOT mention about how he will spend his money.
A. He will buy some toys.
B. He will save some of it.
C. He will give part to the needy 6.
 
正确答案:

1. thirteen dollars
2. because he didn`t remember to do it
3. on Saturday
4. in his bedroom
5. He will buy some toys.

 

n.津贴,补贴,零用钱
  • My monthly allowance is 50 yuan.我每月的津贴是50元。
  • I have to work to earn my allowance.我非得工作挣零用钱。
vt./vi.欠(债等);感激;把……归功于某人
  • We still owe one hundred dollars for the car.为这部车我们还欠着100美元。
  • We owe it to society to make our country a better place.把国家建设得更美好是我们对社会应尽的责任。
n.桩(木)
  • The clouds are piling up. 云愈积愈密。
  • On the old hats and peaked shoulders it was piling. 雪花在他们的旧帽子和高耸的肩膀上堆积起来。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
n.罐子;坛子;瓶子
  • I need to open this jar.我得打开这个罐子。
  • Brian puts water into the jar.布赖恩把水灌到罐子里。
n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
学英语单词
absorbed dose distribution
alphanumeric(character)
Angeleno
angle modulstion
be short with someone
blue rinses
Brazilian arrowroot
break a fly upon the wheel
bronzed
cabasset
carotid disease
chauna torquatas
ciliary body
civic hacker
coal tar distillate
compactability
culture technics
cyclorelease
debaoensis
depression podzol
despotical
directory maintenance
ecological entomology
Ethylparabenum
extended attribute block
family of conjugate prior distribution
fluctuating light beam
gap-filling glue
geals
Gen X
grade point
gubber
hag-boat
hammer swing sledge mill
have an anchor to windward
have no intention of doing something
Hiberdating
historic low
Ilex subcoriacea
intestinal toxemia
izus
Japanophiles
jovialties
karaj
kick up block
know one's ass from a hole in the ground
lacaille
Lamb semiclassical theory
lig. calcaneonaviculare dorsale
low-relief erosion surface
lower coil support
Mahlerian
manipulation of sparse array
medium flow rate paper
metal can
metalworking industry
mexical
monocalcium phosphate
motive power depots
motomete
nonsingular matrixes
ntundu
obligate aerobic bacteria
obligation of a contract
occipital plane
Oukaimedèn
Oxytropis hailarensis
parametric process
paremiologist
peachums
Planchonella
polyphonic proses
Pratia wollastonii
PREVMED
pussyification
ratio of current liability to total liability
retinal microaneurysm
rheo-
scanty parenchyma
slip-chip
small tithes
specialing
spin ... wheels
stub tube
sucking port
Syntarpen
Tando Bāgo
tank destroyers
the bullets
the worse for wear
TOXO-GIF
trachelomonas bernardinensis
truck jockey
unlegalistic
valvular tricuspidalis
vena thoracica externa
visibility factor
waterleafs
well to live
well-wisher
yumpies