Shirley: May's birthday is coming. Shall we buy her a birthday present or let her choose one for herself?

Benjamin: I think a surprise party may be better. But I forget when her birthday is.

Shirley: You are such a good father. It's next Sunday.

Benjamin: Sorry. What shall we get for her?

Shirley: What about a cell phone? She is old enough to have one.

Benjamin: Good idea. Shall we search on line to find an appropriate one or go to a phone store?

Shirley: Maybe we can try shopping on line.

Benjamin: Sure. Okay, here is the website.

Shirley: I'm sure that May would love the pink one.

Benjamin: Probably. People's consumptive habit is changing rapidly because of the internet.

Shirley: Totally. Computers bring with them convenience.

Shirley: Oh, what's wrong?

Benjamin: The computer went frozen.

Shirley: Oh, it's such a pain. We'd better go to a store later.

雪莉：阿美的生日就快到了。我们该给她买个礼物还是让她自己挑一个呢？

本杰明：我觉得惊喜聚会可能更好。但我忘记她的生日是什么时候了。

雪莉：你可真是好爸爸啊，就是下周日啊。

本杰明：抱歉，我们该给她买点什么呢？

雪莉：给她买个手机怎么样？她可以有一个了。

本杰明：好主意，我们是去上网找一款合适的手机，还是去手机店啊？

雪莉：也许我们可以直接在网上购物。

本杰明：当然可以。好的，这有个网站。

雪莉：我确定阿美一定会喜欢这款粉红色的。

本杰明：很可能。因为因特网人们的消费习惯正迅速地改变着。

雪莉：的确如此。电脑带来了方便。

雪莉：哦，怎么了？

本杰明：电脑死机了。

雪莉：它（电脑）也是个大麻烦。我们最好还是去手机店吧。

Benjamin: Computers are changing people's lives so quickly. People's habits for consumption are so different from before. Through the internet we can shop on line. No doubt that computers bring with them convenience. But it's not always good, for sometimes it would go frozen at some key moments. That's a real pain.

present n. 礼物

surprise party 惊喜聚会

cell phone 手机

appropriate adj. 适当的

on line 联机的

website n. 网站

consumptive adj. 消费的

rapidly adv. 迅速地

internet n. 因特网

convenience n. 方便

选择疑问句的语调

1.在说话人所说的几种选择中，前面的项用升调，最后一项用降调，中间的连接词用平调。

Shall we take a bus↗ or a taxi↘?

Shall we arrange our plan on Saturday↗, Sunday or Monday↘?

2.如果其他选择说话人没有说出来，说话人说的几项几乎都用升调。

Shall we take the bus↗ or take a taxi↗?

Would you like some coffee↗ or tea↗?

朗读练习：

Is your phone red↗, green↗, or black↘?

Which kind of phone do you want to buy, Nokia↗, Motorola↗, or Lenovo↘?

Should we turn in the money after a week↗ or a mouth↗?

Who wants to take class in Joy Chain, Daniel ↗or May↘?