(单词翻译:单击)
热身练习
【Warm up】
Warm up 热身练习
Comprehension
Decide whether these sentences are true or false. 判断正误
1 Tony has returned to work.
2 Carlos is not going to work at the café any more.
3 Tony doesn’t often say thank you.
4 Fadi has raised the capital for the business.
5 Johnny and Harry are worried about the business venture.
6 Fadi s confident that things will work out alright.
听力文本
【Audioscript】
Episode 42: We are still successful
All: Hooray! Welcome back Tony!
Tony: Erm, cheers, thanks.
Magda: How are you feeling?
Tony: Much better thanks. All well now.
Johnny: Good to hear!
Harry: Carlos will be happy! He doesn’t have to work here anymore...
Tony: Actually...
Carlos: Yeah?
Tony: I was wondering, sometimes it’s useful to have an assistant, you know, someone to help out from time to time...
Carlos: Sure....
Tony: So, would you like to stay on for a bit?
Carlos: Just part time?
Tony: Just part time, yeah...
Carlos: Well, you know that really I want to open my own restaurant...
Tony: Yeah...well this will give you good experience....!
Carlos: I guess so. Why not? Sure!
Tony: Great! Thanks Carlos!
Olivia: That is the first time I’ve ever heard Tony say “thanks” to anyone!
Harry: So, Fadi – how’s our business coming along?
Johnny: Yeah – are we millionaires yet?
Fadi: Erm...well, I’ve got a bit of news for you there....
Harry: Doesn’t sound good...
Johnny: What’s going on?
Fadi: Well, I’ve had a bit of a problem raising the initial capital...
Harry: So we can’t start?
Fadi: Well, not exactly..I mean, I have invested – that is, spent – some of the money already...
Johnny: What on?
Fadi: Publicity, setting up the website, you know – important things!
Harry: But...?
Fadi: Well – it’s business, isn’t it? If we don’t get more money, we can’t go on...
Johnny: And in the meantime you’ve spent the money we gave you to invest...!
Fadi: You’ve got to speculate to accumulate! Be patient – we’ll still be successful!
Harry: If we don’t, I’ll be joining Carlos working in this café!
听力突破
【Glossary】
重点词汇语法讲解
Glossary
initial (adj.) - beginning adj. 开始的，最初的，字首的
如：The government underwrotethe initial costs of the operation.
政府为该项活动提供了开办时所需的费用。
The new aircraft has performed very well in its initial trials.
这种新式飞机在最初几次试飞中表现性能良好。
publicity (n.) - advertising n. 公众的注意，宣传，宣扬
如：Reply to Publicity Department, FREEPOST, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
回信免费邮寄至牛津牛津大学出版社宣传部。
The new publicity manager is really on the ball.
新的宣传部主任确实很内行。
to invest (v.) - to pay money into something order to make more money v. 投资，投入
如：The crimes committed there invested the place with an air of mystery and gloom.
在那里发生罪案後，该地笼罩上一种阴森诡秘的气氛。
I'm thinking of investing in a new car.
我打算花一笔钱买辆新汽车。
to accumulate (v.) - to gradually increase in number vt. 积聚，累加，堆积
如：Dust and dirt soon accumulate if a house is not clean regularly.
房屋不经常打扫，尘土很快就越积越多。
However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
然而，当证据日趋增多时，该动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查。
in the meantime (n.) - until something happens 与此同时，在此期间
如：The next programme starts in five minutes: in the meantime, here's some music.
下一节目五分钟後开始，现在先播放些音乐。
I like skiing and in the meantime, I know it is very dangerous.
我喜欢滑雪，同时也知道这非常危险。
技能训练
【Exercise】
Vocabulary & Grammar
Grammar
Choose the correct sentence a or b. 找出两组句子中正确的一个
1a Magda asked Tony how he was feeling.
1b Magda asked Tony how was he feeling.
2a Tony asked Carlos if he wants to continue working at the café.
2b Tony asked Carlos if he wanted to continue working at the café.
3a Harry asked Fadi how his business is coming along.
3b Harry asked Fadi how his business was coming along.
4a Johnny asked Fadi if the would be millionaires yet.
4b Johnny asked Fadi if they were millionaires yet.
5a Harry asked Fadi if they could start the business.
5b Harry asked Fadi if they could to start the business.
6a Johnny asked Fadi what was going on.
6b Johnny asked Fadi what’s going on.
Vocabulary 1
Find the past simple tense of these fourteen 4-letter verbs from the recording in this wordsearch. 从录音中找出下列14的动词的过去式
Vocabulary 2
Choose the correct spellings. 选择下列拼写正确的一项
assistant assisstant
wundering wondering
experiance experience
business bussiness
milionaire millionaire
successful successfull
答案与详解
【Answers】
Answers
Comprehension
1 true
2 false
3 true
4 false
5 true
6 true
Grammar
1a 2b 3b 4b 5a 6a
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
assistant
wondering
experience
business
millionaire
successful
Glossary
背单词 — 生活常用词汇
