时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 4


英语课

Now Your Turn

Task 1:

SAMPLE DIALOG 1

Maggie: Josh, you were late for work this morning.

Josh:   I was only about ten minutes late. Anyway, the boss didn’t say anything about it.

Maggie: As a friend, I must give you a warning. You should understand that Americans treasure time.

Josh:   What do you mean?

Maggie: You see, for them time is tangible 2. It’s a thing. “Time is money.” You can “spend time”, “waste time”, “save time”. You can even “kill time”!

Josh:   Does this strong sense of time affect their lifestyle?

Maggie: If you’re 20 minutes late for a business appointment, the other persons will be annoyed. They may not trust you anymore. Today you were ten minutes late for work. That was bad enough.

Josh:   I was caught in a traffic jam. What could I have done?

Maggie: You should have called the secretary to say you might be late. I learned 3 the importance of punctuality when I studied at an American university.

Josh:   Tell me about it.

Maggie: Some students were late handing in assignments and the professors gave them poor marks. One professor even refused to read a term paper that was turned in after the deadline.

Josh:   But as far as I know, English-speaking people may be 15-30 minutes late for a dinner party.

Maggie: That’s true. For an informal occasion 4 like that, punctuality is not so important. Also, a boss may keep his employees waiting for a long time.

Josh:   But if his secretary is late, she’s in trouble. She will probably be reprimanded.

Maggie: How true!

 



1 dialog
n.对话,对白
  • At last there can be a reasonable dialog between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了。
  • Address every primary view and dialog possible.要尽可能考虑到所有主要的视图和对话。
2 tangible
adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的
  • The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
  • There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。
3 learned
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • 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。
4 occasion
n.场合,时机,机会,诱因,理由;vt.惹起,引起
  • Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合,她的服装过分华丽了。
  • Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。
学英语单词
a man with plenty of guts
absorption mechanism
acoustic detection
active star networks
adaptive response
adenosine-5'-triphosphate
algophilists
American gallon
andromorphs
anye
be purposed
bedrift
bimolecular layer
black label
caninoes
cellulosic plastics
compfil
crater pit
current cycle
Deep Sea Drilling Project
deep water wave
Delphinidin-monoglueoside
dermacentor variabiliss
dihydroxy benzhydrol
doughnut chart autoformat
ECITO
endorse a check
energy spectrum analysis
first etching
form data
full valuable consideration
gargouillade en dehors
heatwave
Hoenderloo
honeycomb-weave
interpretative trace program
Jaredites
kaua'i
kirson
lateral fovea
Laurie I.
licorice sticks
Loxogramme
Lozzo di Cadore
lushe
merit consideration
minimum-latency coding
multi-level precedence and preemption
multigyms
Neidpath Castle
network of observation
nitrazepams
non-luminous flame
normal operating speed
Offertorium
Options Backdating
outgoing broadcast channel
overhead lockers
pack cloth
palmyra (tadmur)
Pedro Muňoz
Peles
phonon-assisted tunneling
piping bags
plough steel
poppings
post crane
power off contact
pre-cited
projector station
protected cell company
Pseudomugilidae
Q-value of antenna
quaternary ocean
raghead
rarefyine osteitis
repainted
rotatory condenser
rubber tape
Rubenists
Rzgów
sactibiotic
sand conditioning machine
Setaria yunnanensis
short log
skill at
sodium sulfocyanide
special purpose range
spiroceratids
stogdill
support microprocessor
swallow hard
taris
Tendou
thermal transfer fax
thronged
transformer
tyre shoulder
ungroaning
unwordily
value before notching
wild-track