英语口语教程(初级) UNIT 1-8

[00:00.00]Oral Workshop:    Reproduction     Lesson 1-8 ;

[01:02.10]    Lesson 1 ;

[01:04.71]    Text A   How Old Is She? ;

[01:08.08]A woman was having some trouble with her heart, ;

[01:11.61]so she went to see the doctor.He was a new doctor,and did not know her, ;

[01:17.54]so he first asked some questions,and one of them was, "How old are you?" ;

[01:22.70]"Well,"she answered, "I don't remember, doctor,but I will try to think." ;

[01:28.74]She thought for a minute and then said, "Yes,I remember now, doctor! ;

[01:34.05]When I married,I was eighteen years old, and my husband was thirty. ;

[01:39.57]Now my husband is sixty,I know.And that is twice thirty. ;

[01:44.53]So I am twice eighteen.That is thirty-six, isn't it?" ;

[01:51.59]    Text B  Could I Speak to    Jim,Please? ;

[01:58.18]A:Hello,332440. ;

[02:01.61]B:Oh hello,Sally.This   is Dave Thomson here   Could I speak to Jim   please? ;

[02:07.84]A:I'm afraid he's   not in at the   moment Dave. ;

[02:10.86]  He went out about   an hour ago and   he's not back yet. ;

[02:14.85]B:Any idea when he   might be back? ;

[02:17.71]A:Well,he shouldn't   be long.He said he   was just going to   get some paint. ;

[02:23.64]  But I wouldn't be   surprised if he's   stopped off at the   pub on the way back. ;

[02:28.49]B:OK.Well,tell him   I've called,will   you,and I'll try   again later. ;

[02:34.27]A:All right.Goodbye,   Dave. B:Thanks then Sally.   Goodbye. ;

[02:40.92]7.Read the following   passage once. ;

[02:46.18]Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. ;

[02:52.72]    Accident ;

[02:54.87]The river,you see, was never really safe at that time of the year-- ;

[03:00.34]early autumn, I mean,when there is heavy rainfall. ;

[03:04.99]So when I heard the children had gone swimming, ;

[03:08.37]as they used to all spring and summer,I knew there might be an awful accident. ;

[03:14.91]And when they came home late without little Katie, ;

[03:19.41]I guessed what had happened. ;

[03:24.21]    Lesson 2 ;

[03:54.02]    Text A ;

[03:56.01]But the Chinese Did! ;

[03:58.77]One day Tom said to one of his friends, "I'm going to have a holiday in Peking. ;

[04:05.01]But I don't speak Chinese, ;

[04:07.15]so I'll go to even- ing classes and have Chinese lessons for a month before I go. ;

[04:12.83]He studied very hard for a month, ;

[04:15.38]and then his holidays began and he went to China. ;

[04:19.42]When he came back a few weeks later,his friend said to him, ;

[04:23.92]"Did you have any trouble with your Chinese when you were in Peking,Tom?" ;

[04:28.47]"No,I didn't have any trouble with it,"answered Tom. ;

[04:32.61]"But the Chinese did!" ;

[04:35.37]    Text B ;

[04:38.08]  At the Birthday     Party ;

[04:40.12]MRS ROSS:Welcome,   Peter.Give me   your coat and   hat. ;

[04:44.57]PETER:Thank you,   Mrs Ross. ;

[04:46.72]MRS ROSS:The boys and   girls are in the   living room.Wait,   I'll call John. ;

[04:51.93]JOHN:Hi,Peter.Why   are you late? ;

[04:55.97]PETER:My mother made   me dress up. ;

[04:58.43]JOHN:That's good.   Alice has some   pretty friends. ;

[05:02.51]PETER:You know I don't   like girls. ;

[05:05.12]PETER:Happy birthday,  Alice. ;

[05:07.88] Many happy returns  of the day. Here's  a present for you. ;

[05:12.18]ALICE:Thank you,   Peter.Come into   the dining room. ;

[05:15.86]  I'm going to   cut the cake   soon. ;

[05:18.46]JOHN:Have some   sandwiches,Peter. PETER:Thanks.John,   who's that girl? ;

[05:24.09]JOHN:That's Joan.   She's pretty,   isn't she? ;

[05:27.67]  She likes to dance.   Ask her to dance. ;

[05:31.35]PETER:Well,I don't   know. ;

[05:33.95]JOHN:Don't be afraid.   She isn't going to   bite you. ;

[05:37.84]PETER:Who's afraid?   I'm not afraid. PETER:Would you like   to dance,Joan? ;

[05:44.53]JOAN:Yes,Thank you.   I'd like to dance   very much. ;

[05:49.85]7.Read the following   passage once. ;

[05:55.68]Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. ;

[06:02.37]   Self-service ;

[06:04.98]If you are in a hurry and you want to have a quick meal ;

[06:09.38]there is no better place than a self- service restaurant. ;

[06:14.03]You go into the restaurant,pick up a tray,knife, fork,and spoon ;

[06:20.37]and queue at a counter where the food is on display. ;

[06:24.46]You pick out what you want and put it on your tray, ;

[06:29.11]which you have to push along a special rack till you reach the cashier. ;

[06:34.48]The cashier will give you your bill. ;

[06:37.65]After paying,you take your tray to any table you like. ;

[06:43.12]You can sit alone or with another customer. You can have a good meal in ten minutes. ;

[06:50.89]And--as there is no waiter you don't have to give a tip. ;

[06:57.74]  Lesson 3 ;

[07:28.97]    Text A ;

[07:30.91]There Is Something Very Nice Inside Your Drum ;

[07:34.90]It was Jimmy's birthday,and he was five years old. ;

[07:39.40]He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, ;

[07:43.44]and one of them was a beautiful big drum. ;

[07:47.12]"Who gave him that thing?"Jimmy's father said when he saw it. ;

[07:51.36]"His grandfather did,"answered Jimmy's mother. ;

[07:55.09]"Oh,"said his father. Of course,Jimmy liked his drum very much. ;

[08:00.76]He made a terrible noise with it,but his mother did not mind. ;

[08:05.11]His father was working during the day, ;

[08:08.13]and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening,so he did not hear the noise. ;

[08:13.39]But one of the neighbours did not like the noise at all, ;

[08:16.82]so one morning a few days later,she took a sharp knife ;

[08:21.06]and went to Jimmy's house while he was hitting his drum. ;

[08:24.18]She said to him, "Hello,Jimmy. ;

[08:27.14]Do you know,there's something very nice inside your drum. Here's a knife. ;

[08:32.92]Open the drum and let's find it." ;

[08:36.65]    Text B ;

[08:39.77]  May I See a   Hat,Please? ;

[08:42.53]MR ROSS:May I see a   hat,please? SALESMAN:What size   do you take? ;

[08:48.87]MR ROSS:I'm sorry.   I don't know. ;

[08:51.53]SALESMAN:I'll measure   you...you take size   6.What colour hat   would you like? ;

[08:57.97]MR ROSS:Brown,please. ;

[08:59.86]SALESMAN:Here are some   nice brown hats.Try   this hat on.It's a   very good one. ;

[09:06.61]MR ROSS:Yes,I like   this one.It goes   very well with my   coat. ;

[09:11.41]  How much is it? ;

[09:13.05]SALESMAN:It's $ 9.95  (nine dollars and  ninety-five cents). ;

[09:16.47]  Do you want me to   put it in a box? ;

[09:19.90]7.Read the following   passage once. ;

[09:26.29]  Underline the key   words while reading   and retell the story   to your partner. ;

[09:33.03]  The police in   the big city   were looking   for a thief. ;

[09:38.20]At last they caught him. ;

[09:41.31]But while they were taking photographs of him--from the front,from the left, ;

[09:47.55]from the right,with a hat,without a hat-- ;

[09:51.85]he suddenly attacked the policemen and ran off. ;

[09:56.09]They tried to catch him,but he got away. ;

[10:00.02]Then a week later the telephone rang in the police-station, ;

[10:05.34]and somebody said,"You are looking for Bill Cross,aren't you?" ;

[10:10.56]"Yes.""Well,he left here for Water bridge an hour ago." ;

[10:16.38]Waterbridge was a small town about 100 miles from the city. ;

[10:22.47]The city police at once sent four dif -ferent photographs of the thief ;

[10:27.99]to the police in Waterbridge.Less than twelve hours later ;

[10:33.25]they got a telephone call from the police in Waterbridge. ;

[10:37.44]"We have caught the fourth this evening, we think." ;

[10:42.66]    Lesson 4 ;

[11:13.79]    Text A ;

[11:15.43] What's the Matter     with You? ;

[11:17.93]MRS WELSH:Good   afternoon,Dr Dawes. DR DAWES:Good   afternoon,Mrs Welsh. ;

[11:22.58]MRS WELSH:Please   come this way,   Doctor.Peter's   in this room. ;

[11:26.31]DR DAWES:Well,Peter.   I'm sorry you're   ill.What's the   matter with you? ;

[11:31.83]PETER:I don't know,   Doctor.I'm ill.   I have a headache   and a stomachache. ;

[11:38.12]DR DAWES:Show me your   tongue.What did you   eat yesterday? ;

[11:42.26]PETER:Well,Doctor I... DR DAWES:Did you eat   any cake? ;

[11:46.71]PERER:Yes,I ate some   cake. DR DAWES:Did you eat   any ice cream? ;

[11:50.90]PETER:Well,yes,I did.   I ate some ice cream ;

[11:55.14]DR DAWES:Did you   eat any candy? PETER:Well,yes,I did.   I ate some candy. ;

[12:00.82]DR DAWES:Young man,   tell me everything   you ate yesterday   evening. ;

[12:05.32]PETER:Well,Doctor.I   went to a birthday   party. ;

[12:08.89]DR DAWES:I see!How   many pieces of   cake did you eat? PETER:Three,Doctor. ;

[12:14.93]DR DAWES:How many   plates of ice cream   did you eat,young   man? ;

[12:18.86]PETER:Gosh,Doctor.   I had only three   plates of ice cream.   John had four. ;

[12:25.92]    Text B ;

[12:29.39] How Did You Lose     Your Way? ;

[12:32.31]Mrs Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. ;

[12:37.52]Every morning he went for a walk in the park ;

[12:41.10]and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.But one morning ;

[12:46.21]a police car stopped outside Mrs Brown's house at twelve o'clock, ;

[12:50.15]and two policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. ;

[12:53.98]One of them said to Mrs Brown,"The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park ;

[13:00.01]and telephoned to us for help,so we sent a car to bring him home." ;

[13:04.97]Mrs Brown was very surprised, ;

[13:08.09]but she thanked the policemen and they left. ;

[13:11.21]"But,Grandfather," she then said, ;

[13:14.38]"you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. ;

[13:18.57]How did lose your way there?" ;

[13:20.92]The old man smiled, closed one eye and said,"I didn't quite lose my way. ;

[13:27.16]I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home!" ;

[13:32.83]7.Read the following   passage once. ;

[13:39.27]Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. ;

[13:45.92]One morning a man was crossing a narrow bridge ;

[13:50.62]when he saw a fisherm -an on the shady bank of the deep,smooth river under him, ;

[13:56.60]so he stopped to watch him quietly. ;

[14:00.08]After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line in. ;

[14:05.24]There was a big,fat fish at the end of it. ;

[14:09.33]The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into the water. ;

[14:15.26]Then he put his hook and line in again. ;

[14:18.48]After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. ;

[14:23.54]Again he threw it back into the river.Then, the third time,he caught a small fish. ;

[14:31.72]He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go. ;

[14:37.75]The man on the bridge was very surprised, so he spoke to the fisherman. ;

[14:43.94]He said,"Why did you throw those beautiful, big fish back into the water ;

[14:50.74]and keep only that small one?" ;

[14:53.50]The fisherman looked up and answered, "Small frying-pan." ;

[14:59.68]    Lesson 5 ;

[15:28.21]    Text A ;

[15:29.84]  Summer Plans ;

[15:32.50]Peter and Mary are talking about their plans for the summer. ;

[15:37.05]Mary is going to work in the city,but Peter is going to go to camp. ;

[15:42.83]Mary thinks that their friend John is going to the mountains with his family. ;

[15:48.35]PETER:What are you   going to do after   you return from   Washington? ;

[15:52.28]MARY:I'm going to   stay in the city. PETER:What will you   do all day? ;

[15:57.09]MARY:I'm going to work   with my father at   the store. ;

[16:00.51]In the evening,I'll read books.On weekends I'll go to the beach with my family ;

[16:07.31]PETER:Have you ever   worked? ;

[16:09.46]MARY:No,but I can   learn.What are   you going to do   this summer? ;

[16:14.98]PETER:I'm going to   camp.I've gone to   camp for four   summers. ;

[16:19.53]MARY:I've never gone  to camp.What do you  do there? ;

[16:23.16]PETER:We do many   things. ;

[16:25.00]   In the morning,we    go swimming and    boating. ;

[16:28.07]  In the afternoon,   we play basketball   or tennis. ;

[16:31.95]  We sit around a   campfire at night.   We sing or tell   stories. ;

[16:37.01]MARY:That sounds   wonderful. ;

[16:38.95]PETER:It is wonderful.   What's John going   to do this summer? ;

[16:43.76]MARY:I think he's   going to the   mountains with   his parents. ;

[16:47.54]PETER:Well,so long,   Mary.Have fun. ;

[16:50.56]MARY:You too,Peter.   Give my regards   to John.I'll see   you in September. ;

[16:57.41]    Text B ;

[16:59.86]   My Dishwasher ;

[17:01.86]Mrs Williams lived in a small street in London,and now she had a new neighbour. ;

[17:08.14]Her name was Mrs Briggs,and she talked a lot about her expen -sive furniture, ;

[17:13.61]her beautiful carpets and her new kitchen. ;

[17:17.24]"Do you know,"she said to Mrs Williams one day,"I've got a new dishwasher. ;

[17:22.66]It washes the plates and glasses and knives and forks beautifully." ;

[17:27.42]"Oh?"Mrs Williams answered. ;

[17:29.87]"And does it dry them and put them in the cupboard too?" ;

[17:34.32]Mrs Briggs was surprised. ;

[17:37.02]"Well,"she answered, "the things in the machine are dry after an hour, ;

[17:42.14]but it doesn't put them away,of course." ;

[17:44.85]"I've had a dish- washer for twelve and a half years," Mrs Williams said. ;

[17:50.01]"Oh?"Mrs Briggs answered. ;

[17:52.62]"And does yours put the things in the cupboard when it has washed them?" ;

[17:56.81]She laughed nastily. "Yes,he does,"Mrs Williams answered. ;

[18:02.28]"He dries the dishes and puts them away." ;

[18:06.52]7.Read the following   dialogue once.   Underline the key   words while reading ;

[18:15.36]and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words. ;

[18:20.94]Frank and Charles discuss last night's television programme ;

[18:26.71]Frank:Did you watch   television last   night,Charles? ;

[18:30.19]Charles:Yes,I did. Frank:It was a good   game,wasn't it? ;

[18:35.91]Charles:Oh,I didn't   watch the football   match. ;

[18:39.18]  I wanted to,but my   wife preferred to   see the old film. ;

[18:44.40]Frank:What a pity.It  was quite exciting.  Both teams played  very well. ;

[18:52.02]Charles:How did it   finish? ;

[18:54.42]Frank:It finished in   a draw.What was   the film like? ;

[18:59.27]Charles:It was quite   good. ;

[19:01.83]  But I missed the   beginning of it   because I had to   eat first. ;

[19:06.38]Frank:Did your wife   enjoy it? ;

[19:08.78]Charles:No,she didn't. ;

[19:10.98]  After half an hour   she stopped watching   and started to read   a book. ;

[19:18.44]    Lesson 6 ;

[19:49.17]    Text A     How to Make   Everybody Happy? ;

[19:54.33]Peter's uncle lived in the country. ;

[19:58.37]Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. ;

[20:01.95]Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car ;

[20:06.14]and they passed somebody,his uncle waved. ;

[20:10.07]Peter was surprised, and said,"Uncle George,you know everybody here. ;

[20:16.11]Where did you meet them all?" ;

[20:18.05]"I don't know all these people,"said his uncle. ;

[20:21.68]"Then why do you wave to them?"asked Peter. "Well,Peter,"answered his uncle, ;

[20:27.66]"when I wave to someone and he knows me,he is pleased. ;

[20:31.75]He continues his journey with a happier heart. ;

[20:35.02]But when I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, ;

[20:38.90]he is surprised and says to himself. "Who is that man? ;

[20:43.15]Why did he wave to me?" ;

[20:45.19]So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, ;

[20:48.87]and that makes his journey seem shouter. So I make everybody happy." ;

[20:54.65]    Text B What Would You Like    to Do Tonight? ;

[21:00.07]Mary's cousins,Fay and Rosemary,are still at her house. ;

[21:05.23]The girls want to go to the movies. ;

[21:08.20]They look in the newspaper to see what time the movie starts. ;

[21:12.13]After seeing the movie they go to an ice cream parlor ;

[21:16.17]and order their favorite desserts. ;

[21:18.78]MARY:Girls,what   would you like   to do tonight? ;

[21:22.92]ROSEMARY:Do you ever   go to the movies? ;

[21:24.96]MARY:Of course.   I often go to   the movies. ;

[21:28.13]ROSEMARY:Well,let's   go to the movies. ;

[21:30.74]MARY:There's a good   movie near here:   "Summer in Maine". ;

[21:35.09]FAY:Fine.I heard   it's a very   good movie. ;

[21:39.94]ROSEMARY:Let's find   out what time it   starts. ;

[21:43.06]MARY:Let's look at   the newspaper. ;

[21:45.46]  Movie programs   are usually on   page nine. ;

[21:49.24]FAY:Here it is.   "Summer in Maine"   starts at 8   o'clock. ;

[21:54.92]7.Read the following   conversation once. ;

[22:01.87]Underline the key words while reading ;

[22:05.45]and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words. ;

[22:10.46]Fred:If I won the   Pools,I'd go round   the world. ;

[22:15.88]Bert:Would you?   I wouldn't. Fred:What would   you do? ;

[22:20.94]Bert:Oh,I don't know. ;

[22:23.49]  I'd buy a big house   with a garden for   my wife and kids,   I suppose. ;

[22:29.58]  But it's difficult   to imagine having   a lot of money. ;

[22:34.02]Fred:One thing's certain.If I had a lot of money,I wouldn't work any more. ;

[22:40.16]Bert:Wouldn't you?   What would you   do with all that   spare time? ;

[22:45.47]Fred:As I said,I'd go   round the world. Bert:What would you   do after that? ;

[22:52.27]Fred:Oh,I don't know.   It'd take me a long   time to go round the   world. ;

[22:58.51]Bert:It doesn't sound   very exciting. ;

[23:01.94]Fred:Anyway,we haven't   won the Pools,and   we're not likely to   win them. ;

[23:07.81]  So there isn't much   point in talking   about it,is there? ;

[23:12.26]Bert:I'd be happy if   I got a rise. ;

[23:15.94]Fred:And my wife   would be happy   if I bought her   a mink coat. ;

[23:20.70]Bert:Well,I'm not   likely to get a   rise ;

[23:23.92]  and you haven't the   money for a mink   coat, ;

[23:27.14]  so let's come down   to earth and have   another drink. ;

[23:31.38]Fred:What'll you   have? Bert:I'll have a   pint of the best. ;

[23:36.29]Fred:I'd have a Scotch   if I were you.We   deserve it. ;

[23:40.63]Bert:All right.Make it   a double,will you? ;

[23:44.72]    Lesson 7 ;

[24:15.70]    Text A    After a Heavy     Snowstorm ;

[24:20.61]One night there was a heavy snowstorm, ;

[24:24.03]and in the morning Mr Smith's garden was full of deep snow. ;

[24:28.48]Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, ;

[24:31.29]so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. ;

[24:35.48]He said to this man,"Don't throw any snow on that side, ;

[24:40.29]because it will damage the bushes in my garden; ;

[24:43.30]and don't throw any snow into the street or the police will be angry." ;

[24:48.93]Then Mr smith went out.When he came back, ;

[24:53.63]the path was clean and the snow from it was not on the bushes, ;

[24:57.77]or the fence, or the street. ;

[25:00.68]Mr Smith was very pleased--until he opened the  garage to get his car out! ;

[25:06.36]The garage was full to the top with all the snow from the path, ;

[25:10.96]and his car was somewhere under it all! ;

[25:15.46]    Text B  No Baseball Today ;

[25:21.90]PETER:Can you play   baseball with me   today? ;

[25:25.17]JOHN:No,I can't.  I'm sorry.I have  to help my mother. ;

[25:30.33]  We're going to   move tomorrow. ;

[25:33.04]PETER:Where's the   new house?Is it   far from here? ;

[25:36.82]JOHN:No,it's not   far.It's near   our old house. ;

[25:41.48]PETER:Can I help   you pack? JOHN:Sure.Thanks. PETER:What can I do? ;

[25:47.97]JOHN:Take the books   out of the bookcase.   Put them in this box ;

[25:52.01]PETER:Well,the books  are in the box.What  can I do now? ;

[25:56.76]JOHN:Take the   magazines out of   the bookcase.Put   them in that box. ;

[26:01.00]PETER:All right. JOHN:Peter!Pack   them.Don't read   them. ;

[26:06.32]PETER:These magazines   are interesting.   May I borrow one? ;

[26:10.21]JOHN:Of course. PETER:Thanks,John. ;

[26:13.99]7.Read the following   passage once. ;

[26:19.10]Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner. ;

[26:25.34] A Better Mailman! ;

[26:28.45]I worked as a mailman for a short time. ;

[26:31.98]However,I am afraid of dogs and I had a lot of trouble. ;

[26:37.76]One day I tried to deliver some letters to a big house. ;

[26:43.33]I started to open the gate and all of a sudden a huge dog ran toward me. ;

[26:50.69]It growled and barked at me,so I threw the letters over the fence. ;

[26:56.72]The dog picked them up and carried them into the house. ;

[27:01.27]The dog was a better mailman than I was! ;

[27:05.31]    Lesson 8 ;

[27:36.29]    Text A Please Set the Table ;

[27:40.74]MRS MILLER:I have   to stay in the   kitchen. ;

[27:43.39]  I don't want the   food to burn.Would   you please set the   table? ;

[27:47.79]MARY:Of course,   Mother. ;

[27:49.68]MRS MILLER:Did you   put two forks   with each plate? MARY:Yes,I did. ;

[27:55.05]MRS MILLER:Are the   salt and pepper   shakers on the   table? ;

[27:57.86]MARY:Oh,no,they're   not.I'll get them   now. ;

[28:01.39]MRS MILLER:Did you use   the new glasses? MARY:Yes,I did. ;

[28:05.68]MRS MILLER:Does the   table look nice? MARY:I think so,   Mother. ;

[28:09.41]MRS MILLER:I hear   the bell.Please   open the door,   Mary. ;