课文原文

Dialogue
Language Function:
Expressing Regrets for Being Unable to Attend a Meeting.
A:There'll be a meeting after class tomorrow.Are you coming?
B:After class tomorrow I'm afraid I can't.
A:But it's quite important.It's about our helpint out Becky.
B:Oh,but I have to take my grandma to the doctor's.
A:Then we'll have the meeting without you,
and I'll tell you about the meeting the day after tomorrow.
B:Thank you.I'm really sorry to have to miss the meeting.
regret/ri'gret/
遗憾
help out
帮助克服困难
terribly
极；非常
oblige
迫使
Listening comprehension
A.Listen and choose an appropriate sentence for what you've heard.
B.Listen and Circle A,B or C for each question to describe what you're heard.
Text:A Stone's Throw
A man who was bored with living in London
and desired to move to the country
was looking for a house
from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day.
One day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire
which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of a railway station
from which there were frequent trains to London.
He telephoned the house agency
and arranged to go down by train the next day
and have a look at the house.
The house agent met him at the station and they drove to the house,
which was at least a kilometre from the station.
The man who had come to see the house
turned to the house agent when they reached it
and objected,"I should be very interested to meet the man
who threw that stone you mentioned in your advertisement! "

词语解释
New Words and Expressions
stone
石头
throw
掷
bore
令人厌烦的
desire
渴望
advertisement
广告
suitable
适合的
Hampshire
汉普郡
claim/kleim/
宣称
frequent
时常的
agency/
代理处；代理
arrange
安排
agent
代理人
object
不赞成；反对