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, Brandon. What are you doing?
Man: Oh, You'll like this. It's a new Web 1 site that helps you improve your writing skills for free.
 
Woman: Really? Yeah. That would be really helpful.
 
Man: Yeah and I'm signing up right now.
 
Woman: Wow. Let me see that.
 
Man: Yeah. It's easy. You just enter your name, your birthday, your address, your bank information. [ What? ] Your credit 2 card number.
 
Woman: Wait, wait, wait. [ What? ] I thought you said it was free.
 
Man: It IS free.
 
Woman: Then, why do they need your bank and credit card information?
 
Man: Well, you know, it's just, you know, just . . . just to check your identity 3 or something like that. But, but it's all free. What?
 
Woman: That doesn't sound free to me.
 
Man: Well, you don't understand.
 
Woman: It sounds pretty fishy 4 to me. How do you know that this is a trusted Web site. Look. That doesn't look like a secure 5 URL.
 
Man: Well, you don't understand. Look. It says right here on their page. Right here: "Our goal is help you learn. Trusting us. We knows how to help you in 15 days or below." What? What?
 
Woman: That's terrible English. Who wrote this? What country are they in? You need to help THEM with their English. I mean, this is a sure sign that they are trying to probably steal your personal information and your identify.
 
Man: No, no, no, and look. Here is a picture of some of their staff. And they look honest. Hey . . .
 
Woman: You're so gullible 6.
 
Man: Hey, hey. What are you doing?
 
Woman: I'm shutting down your computer. I can't watch my own brother fall for a scam like this.
 
Man: You just don't understand.

1. The man is looking at a Web site that helps people improve their ___________ skills.
A. writing 
B. reading 
C. computer
2. How much does the Web service cost?
A. $10 a month
B. $5 a month
C. free
 
3. The Web site asks for the man's name, birthday, and _____________ information.
A. job
B. bank
C. family
 
4. The woman feels that the Web site can't be trusted because ________.
A. the site's design is terrible.
B. the site uses poor English.
C. the site charges too much money.
 
5. The woman ________________ to protect her brother from the Web site.
A. calls the police
B. blocks the Web site
C. turns the computer off 
 
正确答案:

1. writing
2. free
3. bank
4. the site uses poor English.
5. turns the computer off

 

1 web
n.网,蛛丝,蹼,织物,圈套,卷筒纸;vi.生蹼,形成网;vt.织蜘蛛网于,使落入圈套
  • The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
  • You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网?
2 credit
n.信用,荣誉,贷款,学分;v.归功于,赞颂,信任
  • I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
  • He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉,我们做不讨好的工作。
3 identity
n.身份,本体,特征;同一(性),一致
  • He never revealed his identity.他从未暴露过自己的身份。
  • He showed his identity card and went in.他把工作证亮了一下就进去了。
4 fishy
adj. 值得怀疑的
  • It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
  • There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。
5 secure
adj.无虑的,安心的,安全的;adj.牢靠的,稳妥的;vt.固定,获得,使...安全;vi.(海上工作人员)停止工;vi.(船)抛锚,停泊
  • He found a secure foothold and pulled himself up.他找到了一个稳固的踏脚处并爬了上去。
  • Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.需要增加兵力以保护军营免受攻击。
6 gullible
adj.易受骗的;轻信的
  • The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.骗子们已使一些轻信的人上了当。
  • The advertisement is aimed at gullible young women worried about their weight.这则广告专门针对担心自己肥胖而易受骗的年轻女士。
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