洪恩环境英语第七册练习 01

[00:00.00]This is the first lesson:Lesson One.
[00:-1.00]Listen to the converstaion between Steven Winn and Jake Seltzer.
[00:-2.00]Good job,Jake.Here are some of your stories for tomorrow.
[00:-3.00]Wait,Steven.I need a minute of your time.
[00:-4.00]Jake,I'm off to the doctor right now.Can it wait?
[00:-5.00]I know you're busy and I hate to bother you,Steven,but this is important.
[00:-6.00]Now listen and repeat.
[00:-7.00]I'm off         I'm off to the doctor
[00:-8.00]I'm off to the doctor right now.
[00:-9.00]I'm off to is a way to say"I'm going to"or"I'm leaving for."
[00:10.00]Let's practice using this idiom.I say,"I'm going to the doctor right now."
[00:11.00]And you say....
[00:12.00]I'm off to the doctor right now.
[00:13.00]I say,He's leaving for the airport.
[00:14.00]And you say....
[00:15.00]He's off to the airport.
[00:16.00]Ready?Let's begin.I'm going to the doctor right now.
[00:17.00]I'm off to the doctor right now.
[00:18.00]He's leaving for the airport.He's off to the airport.
[00:19.00]Mike and Jake are going to the Stamford Hotel.
[00:20.00]Mike and Jake are off to the Stamford Hotel.
[00:21.00]They're going to interview Abbott Larkin.I'm leaving for the races.
[00:22.00]I'm off to the races.
[00:23.00]Here we are,ladies and gentlemen,at Churchill Downs.
[00:24.00]It's a beautiful day for the annual running of the Kentucky Derby.
[00:25.00]The horses are moving across the track.
[00:26.00]Now they're entering the starting gate.
[00:27.00]They look about ready..And they're off!!!
[00:28.00]Now Listen and repeat.
[00:29.00]Can it wait?
[00:30.00]Can it wait means"Can we talk about it later?
[00:31.00]"or"Can we do it later?"Now you hear...
[00:32.00]Wait!I need a minute of your time.And you say...
[00:33.00]Sorry.Can it wait?You hear...
[00:34.00]How about an interview with WEFL?And you say...
[00:35.00]Sorry.Can it wait?OK?Let's begin.
[00:36.00]Wait!I need a minute of your time.
[00:37.00]Sorry.Can it wait?How about an interview with WEFL?
[00:38.00]Sorry.Can it wait? Hey!Let's practice English idioms! Sorry.Can it wait?
[00:39.00]Let's listen to some more of the converstion between Steven and Jake.
[00:40.00]Why is Abbott Larkin in Stamford now?
[00:41.00]The president of International Computer?What's he doing here?
[00:42.00]He's staying at the Stamford Hotel.
[00:43.00]So what?What's so important?Now listen and repeat.
[00:44.00]what's          what's she doing
[00:45.00]What's she doing here?
[00:46.00]what's          what's she doing
[00:47.00]What's she doing here?
[00:48.00]What's he doing here?or What's she doing here?
[00:49.00]means"Why is he,or why is she,here?"
[00:50.00]Now let's practice this expression.You hear...
[00:51.00]James Brady is in town.And you say...
[00:52.00]What's he doing here? You hear...
[00:53.00]Steven's wife,Anne,just arrived at the studio.And you say...
[00:54.00]What's she doing here? Ready?Let's begin.James Brady is in town.
[00:55.00]What's he doing here?
[00:56.00]Steven's wife,Anne,just arrived at the studio.
[00:57.00]What's she doing here? James Brady is at the bus station.
[00:58.00]What's he doing here?  So's his daughter.
[00:59.00]What's she doing here?Mr.and Mrs.Larkin are with them.
[-1:00.00]What are they doing here?Now listen and repeat.
[-1:-1.00]So waht?         What's so importan?
[-1:-2.00]So waht? and What's so importan? mean about the same thing.
[-1:-3.00]What's so importan?is more formal.
[-1:-4.00]So what?is more famioliar.
[-1:-5.00]So what?means you're not really interested in what the other person is saying.
[-1:-6.00]Let's practice this expression.You hear...
[-1:-7.00]Abbott Larkin is staying at the Stamford Hotel.And you say...
[-1:-8.00]So waht? What's so importan?You hear...
[-1:-9.00]He had coffee for breakfast this morning.And you say....
[-1:10.00]So waht?         What's so importan?