大学英语听说教程 第一册 unit4a

[00:00.00]Listening & Speaking Book 1
[00:04.94]Unit 4  The Washwoman
[00:09.53]PartII  Guided Conversation
[00:14.52]2.1   Sample Conversation
[00:19.80]John:Hello,Anne,John speaking.Are you doing anything tonight?
[00:26.10]Anne:Gee,I'm sorry,but I'm afraid I'm busy tonight.
[00:31.69]John:Well,how about tomorrow? Maybe we could go to a movie.
[00:37.38]Anne:That sounds good.What do you want to see?
[00:42.48]John:I was thinking we could see "Bread and Chocolate".
[00:47.36]It's playing on Main Street.   Anne:Super.
[00:52.66]John:I guess we should meet about eight o'clock then--
[00:57.05]I think the movie starts about eight-thirty.
[01:01.44]Where would be a good place to meet?
[01:04.94]Anne:There's a clock tower near the movie theater.
[01:08.62]We could meet there at about eight.
[01:12.20]John:OK.That sounds good.See you tomorrow,then.
[01:17.61]Anne:See you! John:Bye.
[01:21.11]Part III   Summary and Discussion
[01:28.08]1.Listen to the following textrelated conversation carefully
[01:35.58]and find answers to the questions that follow it.(Isaac--I Mother--M)
[01:40.39]I:What's wrong,Mother? You look worried.
[01:44.49]M:I am worried.I gave the old washwoman our laundry last month,
[01:51.28]and she should've brought it back long ago.Something must have happened.
[01:58.28]I:If you're worried about the old woman,
[02:02.10]why don't we go to her house and make sure she's all right?
[02:07.40]If she's sick,we can bring her here to recover.
[02:12.68]You can nurse her back to health.
[02:16.15]M:Oh,no--I couldn't do that!
[02:20.75]I:You couldn't?Why not?What's wrong with you,
[02:26.23]worrying more about a bundle of laundry than about another human being?!
[02:32.35]I'm ashamed of you! 'Oh,our poor laundry,
[02:38.04]oh,something must have happened!'--
[02:41.93]what about the poor old woman?
[02:45.54]Anyone could see she was terribly sick the last time she was here
[02:51.44]she was shaking and trembling,and her face was as white as a sheet!
[02:57.53]And you just heartlessly gave her another bundle of laundry to wash.
[03:03.22]M:Stop that!I am your mother,
[03:07.22]and you have no right to speak to me that way.
[03:12.10]You don't understand.   I:Oh,I understand!
[03:17.69]I understand that you care more about a bundle of laundry
[03:22.68]than about another human being!
[03:26.60]M:You understand nothing.
[03:30.18]I've known the washwoman since I was a little girl,
[03:35.56]and all she has in this world is her hard work.
[03:41.47]It's the only thing that keeps her strong and lets her respect herself.
[03:47.47]She can't bear the thought of being a burden to anyone,not even her own son.
[03:54.87]If she thought I was offering her charity,she would die of shame.
[04:01.66]So instead of charity,I offer her a chance to earn her living.
[04:08.45]That's all she's ever asked for.
[04:12.55]It's all that keeps her alive.
[04:17.65]I:What's wrong,Mother? You look worried.
[04:21.75]M:I am worried.I gave the old washwoman our laundry last month,
[04:28.54]and she should've brought it back long ago.Something must have happened.
[04:35.44]I:If you're worried about the old woman,
[04:39.33]why don't we go to her house and make sure she's all right?
[04:44.63]If she's sick,we can bring her here to recover.
[04:49.41]You can nurse her back to health.
[04:52.88]M:Oh,no--I couldn't do that!