时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:大学体验英语听说教程


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  Unit 13 I can squeeze 1 you in...

Vocabulary Task

Script 2

Sheila: Tom, I can’t make that meeting on Tuesday. My schedule is pretty full. Tuesday is impossible.

Tom: Yeah. Looks like you’ll be too busy. You’re booked solid all day. Can you make it Monday?

Sheila: I might be able to squeeze it in at 10:00. It’ll be tight, though.

Tom: How’s Wednesday? Do you have any free time?

Sheila: Wednesday’s schedule is pretty light. After 10:00 I’m open.

Tom: Ok, let’s try for 11:00 on Wednesday.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

1. watch his children

2. have dinner with Sandy and see a movie with Sandy

3. see a baseball game with Bob

4. go to work

2 Second Listening

Answers

1. Thursday – add; watch his children from 6:00; remove; Gym

2. Friday – add: Have dinner & a movie with Sandy from 8:00; remove: Drink with Bob

3. Saturday – add: Gym; remove: go out with Sandy?

4. Sunday – add: See a baseball game with Bob (all day) remove: see a baseball game with Bob (all day), add: work for Larry (all day)

Script

1. Voice: Steve, your ex-wife is on line one.

Steve: Mary? Tell her I’m not here!

Voice: Sorry, too late.

Steve: [sighs] Mary? This is not a good time-

Mary: Steve, are you free on Thursday night? I need someone to watch the kids ‘cause I’ve got a meeting.

Steve: Well, I’m kinda busy. I go to the gym on Thursday nights.

Mary: Hey, they’re your kids, too. This meeting’s important.

Steve: Okay, I’ll just go to the gym on Saturday.

Mary: You should be here in time to make dinner. Say, six o’clock?

Steve: Oh, great. Can’t just buy McDonalds?

2. (one side of a telephone conversation)

Steve: Hello, Sandy? This is Steve, Jack’s friend. We, uh, met at his party.[…]

Steve: I was wondering if you’d like to go out for a drink with me on Saturday night. […]

Steve: Huh? Friday at 8:00 for dinner? I’m supposed to meet a friend at 9:00 but I can cancel. I gotta work a little late, but I’m sure I can squeeze you in at 8:00. […]

Steve: What? A movie after dinner? Sure.

3. Bob’s

Voice: Hi, it’s Bob. Please leave a message after the beep. [beep]

Steve: Bob, Steve. Listen I gotta cancel Friday night. I know we planned this a long time ago, but something really important has come up. I’m totally free on Sunday, though. And there’s a double-header, so let’s go see the Giants then. My treat! Give me a call when you come home. See ya. [beep]

4. Steve: Hello? Oh, hi, Mr. Wilson. What can I do for you? […]

Steve: What? Work Sunday? I’d like to help you out, but I’m booked. I’ve got tickets to the Giants and Dodgers 3 double-header. I thought Larry was supposed to come in. […]

Steve: His dog died? Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. But why can’t he come in? […]

Steve: Okay. I guess if you really need my… Right. Okay, Mr. Wilson. Bye-bye. [hangs up, sighs] Let’s see, where’s Bob’s number again?

Real World Listening

1 Predict

Answer

Go to an autograph signing session 4

Play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Record a new CD

Do a live online chat on MTV.com

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Play at the Summer Fest – Middleburg

Play and sign autographs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland

Do a live online chat and play at the Starlight Dome 5 – Akron

Play at the Waterfront Fair – Pittsburgh

Record a CD – St. Louis

Script

Manager: Ok, time to get up, women! Your public is waiting for you!

Woman 1: Huh? What day is it?

Manager: It’s Wednesday. We’re in Middleburg, Ohio, tonight, at the Summer Fest in the town park.

Woman 2: Yeah. Hope it doesn’t rain.

Manager: Then tomorrow it’s up to Cleveland to play for Sarah’s induction 6 into the Hall of Fame, followed by an autograph signing session.

Woman 1: Wish it was us being inducted. The first all-girl rock band in the rock and Roll Hall of Fame… What’s on for Friday?

Manager: Friday we have to be in the studio in Akron. We’re doing a live online chat on MTV.com. come on, guys. You’ll love it. It’s at 4:00, and then we’re in the Starlight Dome that night.

Woman 1: Where are we playing Saturday?

Manager: Pittsburgh, at the Waterfront Fair. We’ll be there Sunday afternoon, too.

Women 2: This schedule is brutal 7. When do we get a bay off?

Manager: Hah! We’re booked through the weekend, but we have a light schedule on Monday. We just have to drive out to record the new CD in St. Louis, but at least you can sleep on the bus. Hmm?



1 squeeze
vt.硬塞,硬挤;挤压;n.榨;经济困难;拮据
  • This machine helps you to squeeze more juice out.这台机器能挤出更多的果汁。
  • It was a tight squeeze in the crowded bus.公共汽车上载客太多,挤得很。
2 script
n.剧本,广播稿;文字体系;笔迹,手迹
  • It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
  • The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
3 dodgers
n.躲闪者,欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
  • a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
  • But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句
4 session
n.会议,开庭期,市盘,学期;adj.短期的
  • This matter will go over until the next session.这件事将留待下次会议讨论。
  • Congress is now in session.国会现在正在开会。
5 dome
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
6 induction
n.感应,感应现象
  • His induction as a teacher was a turning point in his life.他就任教师工作是他一生的转折点。
  • The magnetic signals are sensed by induction coils.磁信号由感应线圈所检测。
7 brutal
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
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adjectician
aimlessnesses
ammonium nitrate explosive
arduenna
asspulls
baby-bond
back titration
balanceable
bary-
be married to
big six
Biliran, Prov.of
bioadsorption
blue fleabanes
Bow River
calcium sucrate
carob seed
character-indicator tube
chenards
chrysomphalus aurantii maskell
Coccidiomorpha
consensing
crepature
cumylene
deformation-gradients
dial-up network
Didymousporeae
Diplospora mollissima
duchesse potatoes
eaux-de-vie
ecosexuality
electric soup
elevator ladder dredger
emitter-coupled logic driver
enheritance
equine encephalitis virus
Fibonacci numbers
four - leaf clover
Frunze
galactographies
Gijzegem
gochi
gone bankrupt
hairstreak butterfly
hernio-enterctomy
Hohenzethen
hydrologic system
indirect moisture determination method
information broker
ion pair ionization
irrigation siphon
jeyhun (dzheykhun)
joons
jump pass
lady smock
lever arm relation
light pumping semiconductor laser
lose the number of one's mess
Luken's band
malesky
marine morphology
median toxic dose
medicinelike
metameric state
micro-ecology
muscular strains in shoulder region
myxoendothelioma
Naousa
nbcw
nine-to-fivers
Novoaydar
pellinis
phytophotodermatitis
propodoventral enantiophysis
propylite
purpuroxanthic acid
rectal alimentation
refrigerator mothers
retched
rule schemata
s.hominis
seasonal product
shaped-charge antitank missile
shortage risks
Sidli
single-origin
sluicer
spacer spark coil
starting button
starvelings
telecomms
tie game
train line circuit breaker
ugly betty
umbellifers
unprohibited
upstream shell
varicellovirus equine rhinopneumonitis
vernacular fiction
vmpd
working orthogonal plane
xerocracy