捷进英语 lesson 13
1 MR.BIGELOW:This is just what I needed.
SIMON:It is a lovely park,isn't it>
MR.BIGELOW:So tell me,Simon,how did you wind up here a restaurant manager in Boston?
SIMON:Ah!Well,that's a bit of a puzzle to me,as well.
2 MR.BIGELOW:Was your training in restaurants?
SIMON:Oh no!After primary and secondary 1 schools I went to university.
Manchester.Modern languages.
3 MR.BIGELOW:That's a lot of tests.
SIMON:Oh yes,I passed all kinds of exams.
MR.BIGELOW:I was never any good at taking tests.
I barely 2 got through elementary school.
4 MR.BIGELOW:High school was worse.And it was years before I went to college.
And I didn't do very well there either,I'm afraid.
SIMON:Oh,I did well,but there was something missing 3.
5 SIMON:At the end of the day,I wanted experience that was...
MR.BIGELOW:Hands-on. SIMON:Exactly.
MR.BIGELOW:Find out the way it works 4 in the real world. SIMON:Yes.
6 MR.BIGELOW:So you got a job!
SIMON:NO.I went back to business school for management studies.
MR.BIGELOW:More tests!
1 WENDY:He was talking to Anne.At first I thought he was so mean.
A real snob,you know?
2 SIMON:He'os not,though.He said he barely got through school.
He told me he did really badly at university.
3 WENDY:Well,he learned 5 to run a company somewhere.
He makes a ton of money.
SIMON:That's the thing.He said he was bad at maths.
4 WENDY:At what?
SIMON:Maths.
WENDY:You mean math?
SIMON:We say maths.
WENDY:You must mean all the different maths.
Because I mean the one basic math. SIMON:Whatever.
5 SIMON:But Wendy,listen to this.He told me making money is easy.
He said,"If I buy someting for one dollar,and sell it for two,
I make money from that one per cent difference."
6 WENDY:One per cent?You mean a hundred per cent.
SIMON:Right.The man can't figure a percentage to save his life.
WENDY:Tell me about it.You should see the tip he left me!
1 SHARON:George,would you mind taking care of this for me?
You did such a good job last time.
GEORGE:Sure.I'll do it as soon as I can.
SHARON:Thanks ever so much.See you later. GEORGE:Bye.
2 NINA:George? GEORGE:Yeah?
NINA:What was that all about?
GEORGE:Oh!Sharon just wants me to arrange 6 some fransportation for a guest.
3 NINA:Ah,that's not your job.
GEORGE:She just wants me to help her occasionally 7.
NINA:She wants you to help her occasionally?
GEORGE:Well... NINA:George,I don't think so.I need you 100%in this office.
GEORGE:Right.
4 NINA:Next time,would you please tell her that you have your own work to do?
GEORGE:I'd better do that now.
But it won't be easy coming up against her southern charm 8.
NINA:George,why don't you just use that no9rthern charm of yours?
- It's a question of secondary importance.这是个次要的问题。
- Secondary school means junior school and high school.中学是指初中和高中。
- The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
- He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
- Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
- All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。
- We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
- The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。
- He began to arrange the flowers in the vase.他开始把花瓶内的花摆好。
- We must arrange about that.这事我们得安排一下。
- He went on talking,occasionally wiping at his face with a towel.他继续说着，偶尔用毛巾擦一下脸。
- I like playing football best,but occasionally I play table tennis,too.我最喜欢踢足球，偶尔也打打乒乓球。