大学英语听说教程 第一册 unit3a

[06:55.71]M:Really?Why?
[06:58.93]W:Well...it's just that I think if you don't enjoy doing something
[07:05.33]any more you should stop doing it.
[07:09.71]M:I see.You mean you don't enjoy smoking any more?
[07:14.73]W:That's right.You should give it up,too.It's bad for your health.
[07:21.21]M:Stop talking like my mother.That's what she keeps saying.
[07:26.38]W:But it's true.It's a nasty habit.
[07:31.06]I can't think why I ever started.
[07:35.34]Anyway,it's obviously got you in its grip!
[07:40.85]M:What do you mean? What are you talking about?
[07:45.24]W:I mean you couldn't give it up!
[07:49.03]M:Who? Me? Couldn't give up smoking?
[07:54.31]Nonsense! Of course I could!I know I could.
[08:00.18]W:How do you know?
[08:02.98]M:Because I've already proved it.
[08:06.37]Smoking's the easiest thing in the world to give up.
[08:10.76]I've done it hundreds of times!
[08:16.07]4.2 Retelling a Story
[08:22.47]1.Listen to the following story twice,
[08:28.16]and as you listen,fill in the blanks with the missing phrases.
[08:35.47]Mrs.Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband.
[08:41.67]Every morning he went for a walk in the park
[08:46.47]and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.
[08:51.77]But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs.Brown's house at twelve o'clock,
[08:59.87]and two policemen helped Mr.Brown out.
[09:04.57]One of them said to Mrs.Brown,
[09:09.17]"The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and called us for help,
[09:16.07]so we sent a car to bring him home."
[09:20.17]Mrs.Brown was very surprised,
[09:24.17]but she thanked the policemen and they left."
[09:28.66]But,Grandfather,"she then said,
[09:33.65]"you've been to that park nearly every day for twenty years.
[09:39.13]How did you lose your way there?
[09:42.61]"The old man smiled,closed one eye andsaid,
[09:48.20]"I didn't quite lose my way.
[09:51.88]I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home."
[09:57.76]Mrs.Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband.
[10:03.98]Every morning he went for a walk in the park
[10:08.76]and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.
[10:14.03]But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs.Brown's house at twelve o'clock,
[10:22.11]and two policemen helped Mr.Brown out.
[10:26.78]One of them said to Mrs.Brown,
[10:31.07]"The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and called us for help,
[10:37.86]so we sent a car to bring him home."
[10:41.96]Mrs.Brown was very surprised,
[10:46.16]but she thanked the policemen and they left.
[10:50.55]"But,Grandfather,"she then said,
[10:55.54]"you've been to that park nearly every day for twenty years.
[11:01.03]How did you lose your way there?
[11:04.50]"The old man smiled,closed one eye and said,
[11:10.20]"I didn't quite lose my way.
[11:13.88]I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home."
[11:19.97]Mrs.Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband.
[11:26.05]Every morning he went for a walk in the park
[11:30.94]and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.
[11:36.14]But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs.Brown's house at twelve o'clock,
[11:44.24]and two policemen helped Mr.Brown out.