英语初级口语 (mp3+lrc字幕)Lesson21

[00:00.00]Lesson 21
[00:04.08]Text A
[00:05.33]Bill Is Very Rude
[00:08.18]Bill is in Victor's house and he is sitting down.He is leaning back and he has put his feet on the table.Bill is very rude.
[00:18.21]VICTOR:Would you mind taking your feet off the table,Bill?
[00:21.60]BILL:Not at all.But I was very comfortable.
[00:24.61]VICTOR:Do you put your feet on your own table?
[00:27.35]BILL:No,I never do that.
[00:29.52]VICTOR:Why not?
[00:30.85]BILL:I don't want to mark my table,of course.
[00:33.78]VICTOR:Well,will you please avoid marking mine?
[00:36.86]BILL:I'm sorry.I thought you were going to buy a new table soon.
[00:41.38]VICTOR:I hope to buy a new table,but I have to sell my old one first.
[00:46.03]BILL:Would you please tell me how much you want for it ?
[00:49.06]VICTOR:How much do you think it's worth?
[00:51.67]BILL:Not much.It's badly marked.I'll give you ten dollars for it.
[00:57.21]Text B
[00:59.59]The Phone Rang Again!
[01:01.91]Mrs Moore had worked hard all day the office,and she was lookig forward to a relaxing evening at home.
[01:08.86]Just as she walked in the door,the telephone began to ring.She dashed to answer the phone
[01:15.39]and found that the caller was a man trying to sell her some light bulbs.She refused and hung up the phone.
[01:21.45]She smelled dinner cooking and went in to see how her children were getting along with the meal.
[01:26.91]Everything was ready except setting the table,so Mrs Moore went upstairs to change clothes.
[01:33.34]Just as she reached the head of the stairs,the telephone rang again.When Mrs Moore answered it ,
[01:40.68]she found out that her husband wouldn't be home for dinner.
[01:43.76]After she changed clothes,she went back downstairs to eat.During dinner,the phone rang twice.
[01:51.88]Her sister called to ask about the family,and a group wanted her to do some volunteer work.
[01:57.94]She and the children finished dinner and began cleaning up the kitchen.The phone rang again.
[02:04.13]The neighbours wanted to borrow the garden hose.
[02:06.41]After the kitchen was cleaned,Mrs Moore sat down with a sigh to read while the children did their homework.The phone rang again.
[02:15.97]Without even answering it ,Mrs Moore called to her children,"Get ready,we're all going to a movie.""Great!But why?"
[02:25.53]"It seems that's the only way we can get away from this telephone."
[02:31.09]7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.
[02:41.59]Billy' s motorcycle shone in the afternoon sun and caught Billy's reflection in the fender.
[02:48.67]He had worked all summer to save enough money for this bike and it was his--all his.
[02:56.82]He strapped on his helmet, slid the new black leather gloves over his hands, then threw one leg over the vinyl seat.
[03:04.69]There was a roar of the engine as he kicked it into motion, and suddenly there he was,
[03:10.90]speeding down the street on his motorcycle.
[03:13.80]Billy' s little brother,Tommy, watched solemnly from the front door.
[03:19.26]Tommy was only eight years old, but eight was old enough, he thought,
[03:24.70]for someone to have his very own motorcycle.
[03:27.41]It didn't seem fair that Billy had a bike and Tommy didn't.
[03:32.01]So Tommy sat on the front porch, ate his candy bar,
[03:36.50]and brooded over the matter as he watched Billy slide around the corner.
[03:40.68]All he wanted was just one ride.
[03:44.16]When Billy discovered his bike missing the next morning,
[03:47.76]there was a widespread investigation by the police, his parents, and the neighbours.
[03:53.61]No one had seen the bike since the day before.
[03:57.45]As Billy walked off down the sidewalk,heading for the school bus,
[04:02.34]his attention was attracted by something black glaringat him from under a hedge.
[04:07.75]He approached slowly, then suddenly broke into a run.
[04:12.21]There under the hedge was his motorcycle with one badly dented fender.
[04:18.59]He reached for the handlebars to pull it from under the bushes.
[04:22.40]When he retracted his hand, there was a familiar sticky substance on his fingers.
[04:28.49]Tasting the brown sweetness, Billy smiled secretly to himself.