时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
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Tonya: Hey, Phil. Uh. Why the gloomy 1 face?
Phil: Ah, Sharon and I are calling it quits. We're breaking up. Divorce 2 time. [What?] I need to find a good divorce lawyer.
 
Tonya: What? Phil You've only been married two months. What's going on?
 
Phil: You just don't understand. There are just some difference we haven't been able to work out.
 
Tonya: Well, you've only been married two months. Like what? Things can't be THAT bad.
 
Phil: Oh, yeah. Yeah, they are, sis. I thought married life was going to be filled with bliss 3, but things are really terrible right now.
 
Tonya: Like what? You haven't give me a reason yet for breaking up.
 
Phil: Well, okay, okay. First of all, she drinks 2% milk and won't switch of non-fat milk. [So what? I do too.] She's always telling me to put the toilet seat . . .
 
Tonya: Buy two things of milk. Big deal.
 
Phil: She's always telling me to put the toilet seat down in the bathroom. [Duh . . .] And, and, and, she wears this smelly facial cream. Oh, it's so smelly. And, and she . . .
 
Tonya: Well, that IS annoying, but so what?
 
Phil: And, she sometimes fall asleep with the light on. Oh yeah. And get this: she studies English grammar in her free time. [Serious?] Really romantic, right?
 
Tonya: You know what? So what? It's not a big deal. That's it? Don't you think those are petty 4 reasons for wanting to get a divorce?
 
Phil: Hey, the movie stars do it all the time. [What?] And, AND AND . . .
 
Tonya: You wanna (want to) be like them?
 
Phil: And get this. She gets upset when I call my old girlfriend two or three times a week. I mean . . .
 
Tonya: WHAT? YOU'RE CALLING YOUR OLD GIRLFRIEND?
 
Phil: Just to say hello. That's all.
 
Tonya: You shouldn't be calling her! No wonder she's upset.
 
Phil: And I now only have one picture of my (old) girlfriend in my wallet. I got rid of the other three last week.
 
Tonya: You're still carrying pictures of your old girlfriend?
 
Phil: You just don't understand.
 
Tonya: What is wrong with you? Phil, be quiet and listen, Phil. What is wrong with you? You have a really screwy way of thinking about this. [You don't understand.] Listen, listen, listen. First of all, those character flaws 5, as you see them, they are just habits, personal habits that aren't bad at all, but YOU a big part of the problem. [WHAT?] Calling your old girlfriend? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? [You don't understand.]
 
Keeping pictures of your girlfriend? Only having one in your wallet and feeling bad? What is wrong with you, Phil?
 
Phil: What? I'm just . . .
 
Tonya: No, listen. Stop thinking of yourself. You're so self-centered. I am ashamed that you are my brother.[I still . . .] What's wrong with you?
 
Phil: Still, I just need a good divorce lawyer.
 
Tonya: A divorce lawyer is the last thing you need; maybe she needs one, but you don't.
 
Phil: Man. Wha . . .?
 
Tonya: Listen, listen. You just need to grow up. [But. . . ] Save your energy and frustration 6 for real problems. Listen, people get really sick, sometimes people die. When you guys have kids, you're going to have some teenagers coming down the road, and that's pretty scary. You're going to have some financial problems. You haven't see anything yet. I think you guys really need to get some marriage counseling 7; you've got to work on these problems, Phil.
 
Phil: Ah. WOMEN!
 

1. Sharon and Phil been have been married for ________ months.
A. two 
B. four
C. six
2. What is one reason why Phil wants to break up and divorce Sharon?
A. Sharon buys and wears very expensive clothing.
B. Sharon places work over her relationship with Phil.
C. Sharon complains about Phil's bathroom habits. 
3. One thing that bothers Sharon is that Phil __________. 
A. gets together with his old girlfriend two or three times a week
B. carries a picture of his old girlfriend 
C. brings up old memories of his old girlfried
 
4. Tonya, Phil's sister, thinks that he is really _________.
A. egotistical
B. proud
C. pampered 8
 
5. What is one suggestion that Tonya does NOT give Phil? 
A. He ought to consult with a divorce lawyer. 
B. Phil should avoid serious financial crises 9.
C. Phil and his wife could get some counseling.

1 gloomy
adj.阴暗的,阴沉的,令人沮丧的,阴郁的
  • A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.几束隐约的阳光使阴暗的下午有些明亮。
  • When I saw their gloomy faces,I knew something was wrong.当我看到他们沮丧的脸时,我知道出事了。
2 divorce
n.离婚;分离;vi.离婚;vt.离婚;脱离
  • Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚,还是妻子要和他离婚?
  • None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。
3 bliss
n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
  • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
  • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
4 petty
adj.小的,琐碎的,不重要的,心胸狭窄的
  • The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了。
  • It was petty of her not to accept the apology.她气量太小,连道歉也不接受。
5 flaws
n.缺点( flaw的名词复数 );错误;裂痕
  • The argument is full of fundamental flaws. 这段论述充满根本性的错误。
  • His remark is full of contradictions and flaws. 他的话前后矛盾,破绽百出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 frustration
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
7 counseling
n.咨询服务
  • A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism-counseling program. 一位身份数百万的媒体大亨,坦诚地告诉他全体员工他将暂时搁置他的事业以便参加戒酒班,令员工大为惊愕。
  • She will need medical help and counseling to overcome the tragedy. 她将需要医疗帮助和心理咨询来平复这场悲剧。
8 pampered
adj.饮食过量的,饮食奢侈的v.纵容,宠,娇养( pamper的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The lazy scum deserve worse. What if they ain't fed up and pampered? 他们吃不饱,他们的要求满足不了,这又有什么关系? 来自飘(部分)
  • She petted and pampered him and would let no one discipline him but she, herself. 她爱他,娇养他,而且除了她自己以外,她不允许任何人管教他。 来自辞典例句
9 crises
n. 危机;危险期
  • Economic crises recur periodically. 经济危机周期性地发生。
  • Great crises often call forth gifted leaders. 危急存亡之际常能产生天才的领袖。
学英语单词
- scape
academic credentials
admissible pair
aggsbach markt (aggsbach)
air ejection
air-void ratio
all before
arabic acid
arge nokoensis
asterionella kariana
azlon
bioeffect
boilingly
break into a passion of tears
cable puller
calahorra (calagurris)
carpenter's dream
checkrow plan
chemical rocket injector
child-freer
collinear lines
commissurae
condensation value
consultative model
crura membranacea
current balancing
currentvoltage characteristic
data base manipulation
dead again
defence tax
defined benefit plans
Discomyces bovis
disk agitator
draught blower
encephalochoristoma naso-frontalis
ERP (error recovery procedure)
everardo
external mirror laser
exuvia
Exxon donor solvent process
FI.
five-food group
floor constraint
free electron method
front end frame
Galilean moons
Garara
gasoline content gage
get mixed up in
glod
grain-boundary structure
grave mound
gross calorific power
heat resistivity
hodge-poker
hover-taxi
image at infinity
input conversion
integrated keyboard panel
Kinabalu, Gunung
Kobushiga-take
koraist
malimbe
Mallāq, Wādī
molecular moisture capacity
Norton County
observe
ol? (spain)
origin element field
Phyllophorinae
pigment cells
population atomic
pot-bound
project cost control
puerperium
punish as
raw material of wood-charcoal
rebonding of moulding sand
reclaimers
rexan
sealing coat
self-existent
serologicals
serralles
sheelers
signalling key
snipe-fish
source container
speed of welding travel
stibie
synactic
synergistic muscle
systemicities
teletype channel
the sea wolf
toxic uveitis
trademark regulations
tuckering
tumbler echo box
twisted-tape insert
unpermeable stratum
water surface drop by dune