时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
原文:

Woman: Hey. Are you okay?
Man: Yeah. I just have a cold, I think.
 
Woman: No, no you don't. You've sounded like that for a while. You smoke, and you're dying from it.
 
, Man: What? Well, you know, I'm just . . .I'm just a casual smoker 1, and I can quit anytime I want.
 
Woman: No, you can't. You smoke two packs a day, and I DONT call that a casual smoker.
 
Man: Hey, it's my choice, so butt 2 out. We've talked about this before, and I'm tired of you, mom, and dad nagging 3 me about it all the time.
 
Woman: Okay, but what about your kids? Don't you worry about how your smoking is affecting them?
 
Man: It's not a problem. I smoke outside.
 
Woman: Yeah, but don't you worry they'll start smoking too?
 
Man: No. They won't. I know my kids. I trust them.
 
Woman: Yeah, yeah. Didn't you say that Jacob got caught smoking a week ago at school?
 
Man: Yeah, but it was the first time . . . He's under a lot of pressure these days.
 
Woman: Yea, right. The first time you know of. He's lying to you.
 
Man: I trust him.
 
Woman: Really. Well, what about these cigarettes? [ What? ] Right here! [ Oh! ] I found them in his clothes when he stayed over last night. Listen.
 
Man: They . . . They're probably not his!
 
Woman: There his. He's following your example. You can't expect him NOT to smoke when you smoke yourself.
 
Man: Hey. Don't tell me how to raise my kids. It's my job.
 
Woman: I won't have to. You're killing 4 yourself, and someone else is going to be raising your kids for you.
 
Man: Well, what does that mean?
 
Woman: Figure it out. Listen. I ('ve) got to go now. If you want to talk more, I'll be at mom's house.
 
Man: Whatever.

1. The man smokes _______ packs of cigarettes a day.
A. one
B. two
C. three
2. The man and woman are _____________.
A. siblings 5
B. husband and wife
C. coworkers
 
3. According to the conversation, where does the man probably smoke at home?
A. in the bathroom
B. in his bedroom
C. on the porch
 
4. The woman knows the man's son, Jacob, is smoking because ________. 
A. she caught him smoking at school
B. he confessed to her about his problem
C. she discovered his habit at her house
 
5. Based on the tone of the conversation, the man is ____________ the woman's ideas.
A. resistant 6 to 
B. open to
C. confused with
 
正确答案:

1. two
2. siblings
3. on the porch
4. she discovered his habit at her house
5. resistant to

 

1 smoker
n.吸烟者,吸烟车厢,吸烟室
  • His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
  • He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。
2 butt
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
3 nagging
adj.唠叨的,挑剔的;使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的现在分词 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责
  • Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
  • I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 siblings
n.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
6 resistant
adj.(to)抵抗的,有抵抗力的
  • Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
  • They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。
学英语单词
3-methyl-2-cyclopentenone
anterolateral groove of spinal cord
AQCS (Analytical Quality Control Services)
art-style
be in blinkers
Benfeld
Bergading, Gunong
bexarotene
bioecologists
bridge mark
chalinid
climatic reaction
clorofenazole
contact acne
contract of mandate
contracted method
copper contact
creditor country
Delano
dimethylation
EDVAC(electron discrete variable automatic compiler)
entropy ratio map
Euclasterida
excudate
facing up to
farinaceous albumen
flake coffee
fluffing tendency
foot squared
free surface flow
furuto
fusion cast refractory
GAT-1
girllover
grayanotoxanes
hawes water
horizontal creel
Kali Yuga
Laser Dust Monitors
legists
leish
lift winch
light flash sensor
Lorain, John
maaseik
Mababe Dpr.
magnetostrictions
mckewen
McLellan
medievally
metal ink
miniature score
monochrome television
more sail than ballast
motor compensator with PID regulator
My Le
myodynias
noise identification
Obure
Olenus
Ophiopogon sylvicola
optimal coupling
output from decision-assisting models
pascal function
photo transmission
physical topology
pie crimper
Pilina
piringer-kuchinka(syndrome)
pitty-patty
pnina
quintuplet elliptic spring
regulating blood method
relegate to
rest position
rhizopus arrhizus
rhodotorula rubra
rousseaux
sarcocystiss
seagoing freighter
second viscosity coefficient
sending current
setscrews
shaft skid
shrinkage retarding treatment
side-trip
silicon photodetector
space writers
spot (satellite positionting and tracking)
streptobaeillus moniliforrais
subliminal
summer theater
transformer bridges
tuft row
undrooping
unqualified approval
viverriculas
wardrobe crate
white-chinned petrels
wildauer
zanily
Zikhron Ya'aqov