洪恩环境英语第七册练习 06

[00:00.00]Lesson Six.Listen to the following conversation between two friends who work in the same office.
[00:-1.00]Hi,Nancy.Did you hear what happened to my son?
[00:-2.00]His name was spelled wrong on his high school diploma!
[00:-3.00]Oh,Jim.What a pity!I'm sorry to hear that.
[00:-4.00]But he graduated with his class,didn't he?
[00:-5.00]Yes,and he's going to Southern University to study psychology.
[00:-6.00]Oh,how exciting!That sounds very interesting!
[00:-7.00]He wanted to go to Harvard University,but his SAT scores were too low.
[00:-8.00]That's really too bad!How very disappointing!
[00:-9.00]Yes,it was disappointing.
[00:10.00]But now he's excited about studying psychology at Southern.
[00:11.00]Now repeat these phrases.
[00:12.00]interesting
[00:13.00]That sounds interesting!  That sounds very interesting!
[00:14.00]too bad
[00:15.00]That's too bad.  That's really too bad!
[00:16.00]disappointing
[00:17.00]How disappointing!   How very disappointing!
[00:18.00]Now you use one of these two expressions:either That sounds interesting!
[00:19.00]or That's too bad!after each of the following sentences.
[00:20.00]For example,if I say,"My son is studying psychology,"you say....
[00:21.00]That sounds interesting!But if I say,"He failed his math test,"then you say...
[00:22.00]That's too bad! All right?Let's begin.My son is studying psychology.
[00:23.00]That sounds interesting!He failed his math test.
[00:24.00]That's too bad!His SAT scores were very low.
[00:25.00]That's too bad!He's going to major in business administration.
[00:26.00]That sounds interesting!I'm ging to Japan next week.
[00:27.00]That sounds interesting!I won't have time to see much of the country.
[00:28.00]Thats too bad!I'm reading a good mystery novel.
[00:29.00]That sounds interesting! The last Chapter is missing.That's too bad!
[00:30.00]Now listen to the following pairs of sentences.
[00:31.00]My boss wants to take a course in computers.
[00:32.00]My boss wants me to take a course in computers.
[00:33.00]Maria wants to be director of the show.
[00:34.00]Maria wants Mike to be director of the show.
[00:35.00]Notice how the meaning of the sentence changes
[00:36.00]when you put a direct object like me or Mike between a berb and its infinitive.
[00:37.00]Here's another example.
[00:38.00]Steven wants to be back before the baby arrives.
[00:39.00]Steven wants Maria to be back before the baby arrives.
[00:40.00]Now I want you to do this exercise.
[00:41.00]You will hear a sentence and then an object.
[00:42.00]Repeat the sentence,putting the infinitive.
[00:43.00]For example,I say,"My boss wants to take a course in compouters.Me."
[00:44.00]And you say...
[00:45.00]My boss wants me to take a course in computers.
[00:46.00]Or I say..."Steven wants to be director of the show.Mike."
[00:47.00]And you say...
[00:48.00]Steven wants Mike to be director of the show.
[00:49.00]All right.Ready?Let's begin.My boss wants toi take a course in computers.Me.
[00:50.00]My boss wants me to take a course in computers.
[00:51.00]Steven wants to be director of the show.Mike.
[00:52.00]Steven wants Mike to be director of the show.
[00:53.00]Steven wants to be back before the baby arrives.Maria.
[00:54.00]Steven wants Maria to be back before the baby arrives.
[00:55.00]I'd like to buy new furniture.You.
[00:56.00]I'd like you to buy some new furniture.
[00:57.00]This is the end of Lesson Six.