(单词翻译:单击)
热身练习
【Warm up】
Warm up 热身练习
Comprehension 1
Match the sentence halves. 连线组成依据完整的话
1 Johnny is staying in London a the football team again.
2 Sarah would love to visit b for at least a year.
3 Harry introduces Johnny c that he is running a business.
4 Fadi wants to start d her family and friends.
5 Carlos tells everybody that e be rich in a couple of years.
6 Tony reminds everyone f is not going to be demolished
7 The good news is that the café g he is no good at football.
8 Johnny thinks he will h to his new girlfriend.
Comprehension 2
Match the sentences with the speakers. 将下列句子与所给人名配对
Magda Fadi Tony Johnny
Sarah Olivia Bindyu Harry
1 It’s great to be back!
2 Oh, I’m a bit jealous of you
3 Oh, by the way – this is Bindyu
4 We’ll have to start the football team again!
5 You always talk about your job!
6 I’m afraid I’m no good at football
7 I wrote an article in the local paper!
8 Are you going to buy something?
9 Are you just back for a visit?
听力文本
【Audioscript】
Episode 33: Welcome John Back
All: Johnny! Welcome back! Great to see you again!
Johnny: It’s great to be back!
Olivia: Are you just back for a visit?
Johnny: No! I’m staying...!
All: Hooray!
Fadi: Great news!
Johnny: Yeah – a position came up with my company back in London – I applied for it, and, well, here I am!
Olivia: How did it go in China?
Johnny: Great – it was really good to be back. I did really well in my job...
Magda: You always talk about your job!
Johnny: Hey! My career is important to me!
Sarah: Oh, I’m a bit jealous of you...I’d love to go back home to visit my family and friends. I haven’t been back for ages now...
Johnny: Yeah...you should go...
Olivia: So you’re back for good?
Johnny: For a year, at least...then we’ll see!
Harry: Oh, by the way – this is Bindyu – she’s my girlfriend...
Johnny: Nice to meet you! Well done, Harry...
Bindyu: Nice to meet you too.
Fadi: We’ll have to start the football team again!
All: Hi Carlos!
Carlos: Oh, Hi! Hi Sarah!
Sarah: Hello!
Harry: Johnny – this is our new Brazilian friend, Carlos...
Johnny: Hi Carlos! You’re Brazilian? You must be good at football...join our team!
Carlos: Erm, well, actually, I’m afraid I’m no good at football...
Johnny: Well, you’ll fit in with our team then!
Carlos: Eh?
Harry: Never mind, Carlos, it’s not important...
Johnny: So what’s been going on here while I’ve been away?
All: Er, well...hmmm...
Harry: Lots of stuff..
Johnny: Go on! I saw that banner in the window – what’s up? Why do you need to save the café?
Olivia: And my shop...
Harry: Well, did you see that building site just behind the café?
Johnny: Yes, I did actually – it looks like they’re building something big, looks interesting...
Olivia: Hmmm...
Harry: Yeah, luxury flats...
Olivia: The problem being...
Tony: ...they want to knock down the café!
Olivia: And my shop.
Johnny: Oh no...
Sarah: But don’t worry!
Johnny: Why not?
Harry: We got a campaign going – the banner in the window...
Bindyu: And I wrote an article in the local paper!
Sarah: We found they’re historic buildings – so it’s not legal to knock them down.
Johnny: Don’t worry anyhow - I’m rich enough now! I could buy the café, and your shop Olivia!, then do what I want..!
Harry: Seriously!?
Johnny: Er, well, no, actually, probably not. Just joking, you know. But I will be rich enough in a couple of years....!
Harry: Yeah, right.
Carlos: Listen guys, that was what I came to talk to you about. At lunch today – I’m a caterer, Johnny, I make lunch for all the people who work on the building site next door...
Johnny: I see...
Carlos: ...well, there were two of the top managers there.
Olivia: Oh yeah?
Sarah: And?
Carlos: Well, I didn’t listen to them, exactly...
Sarah: Of course not!
Carlos: No, but....I heard what they were saying...
Olivia: And what were they saying?
Carlos: They were saying...
Tony: Oi! Johnny! Are you going to buy something? If you want to have a party go back to your house! I run a business here, you know....
Johnny: Oh sorry, Tony – yeah, could I have a coffee please?
Tony: That all?
Olivia: Tony! Please...Carlos is going to tell us something really important...
Tony: What?
Olivia: That’s what we’re going to find out...!! Carlos...go on!
Carlos: The managers, they were saying, that they know these buildings – the café, and your shop – they know they’re historic buildings, and they know they can’t knock them down...
Magda: Yes...that’s what I found out...I told Bindyu...she put it in the paper...
Carlos: Yes – they’ve read the newspaper, they said. They know there’s nothing they can do...
Olivia: So?
Magda: So?
Harry: So?
Tony: So?
Carlos: So...they’re not going to knock them down! The campaign was a success! You’ve won!
听力突破
【Glossary】
重点词汇语法讲解
Glossary
Career (n.) - Job history n. 生涯，职业，事业
如：He has serious aspirations to a career in politics.
他有从政的雄心壮志。
This career offers a challenge.
这份职业具有挑战性。
Jealous (adj.) - Wanting something that another person has got. adj. 妒忌的，羡慕的，嫉妒的
如：Don't let her make mischief between you she's only jealous.
别让她在你们之间挑拨－－她就是太忌妒了。
He was hounded out of his job by jealous rivals.
他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。
To fit in (phrasal v.) - To belong. 适合，适应，融入（群体），装配好
如：Do these plans fit in with your arrangements?
这些计画与你的安排一致吗?
They fit in there.
他们在那里很合适。
Building site (n.) - An area where a building is being erected.
Legal (adj.) - Lawful, within the law. adj. 法律的，合法的，法定的
如：The contract was formulated in difficult legal language.
该合同是用深奥的法律术语订立的。
You should go through the legal formality.
你应该办理合法手续。
技能训练
【Exercise】
Vocabulary & Grammar
Grammar
Complete the sentences using the prepositions below. 用所给介词填空
back about down at
for on up by
1 It's great to be ...........!
2 A position came ........... with my company.
3 You always talk .......... your job!
4 I haven't been back .......... ages now.
5 So you're back ......... good?
6 I'm afraid I'm no good ........ football
7 So what's been going ............ here while I've been away?
8 They want to knock ......... the café!
9 Oh, ................ the way – this is Bindyu.
Vocabulary
Complete the table 填表
| Adverb. Adj. | |
| (1) | actual |
| historically | (2) |
| (3) | good |
| really | (4) |
| (5) | exact |
| probably | (6) |
答案与详解
【Answers】
Answers
Comprehension 1
1b
2d
3h
4a
5g
6c
7f
8e
Comprehension 2
1 Johnny
2 Sarah
3 Harry
4 Fadi
5 Magda
6 Carlos
7 Bindyu
8 Tony
9 Olivia
Grammar
1 back
2 up
3 about
4 for
5 for
6 at
7 on
8 down
9 by
Vocabulary
1 actually
2 historic
3 well
4 real
5 exactly
6 probable
