例题:
A) The apartment is better furnished.
B) She prefers to live in a quiet place.
C) It's less expensive to live in an apartment.
D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with.
M: I hear you are moving to an apartment. Can you tell me why?
W: Actually, I didn't want to move. It would be more expensive to live outside the college. But I just can't bear the noise made by the people living next door.
Q: Why does the woman want to move?
住房场景:
1. 房难找
2. 房租太贵
3. 房太吵
注:1. 口语中现在进行时表将要
2. must 表猜测
have got to do 表应该,必须
例题:
A) He didn't buy anything.
B) He got some medicine for his foot.
C) He was sick and couldn't go shopping.
D) He bought everything except the football.
W: Did you go shopping this afternoon?
M: Yes, but all I got was a sore foot.
Q: What does the man mean?
注:sore foot 脚疼
sore throat 嗓子疼
例题:
A) She didn't know her daughter could sing so well.
B) She sings better than her daughter.
C) She doesn't like her daughter.
D) She herself doesn't have a good voice.
M: I heard your daughter sing at the school concert last night. She has a lovely voice, I must say.
W: Thank you, but I don't know where she gets it.
Q: What does the woman probably mean?
例题:
A) He finds history books difficult to understand.
B) He has to read a lot of history books.
C) He doesn't like the history course.
D) He has lost his history book.
W: Why are you so tired and upset?
M: I’ve been taking the history course this term. But the trouble is that I’ll never get through the reading list.
Q: Why is the man worried?
作业:
1. paper 论文;newspaper 报纸;文件;纸
research 查询资料(library)
2. presentation 口头报告 = report, speech, address
着装正式;心里感受nervous
interview 面试(也需正式着装)
3. reading assignment 阅读作业
reading list 读书清单
对作业的评价一定是抱怨
写论文的步骤:
1.选题
2.查资料
3.打印
充满遗憾:
谈论交通--堵车;谈论车--坏掉;谈论买票--卖光;谈论接人--晚点;谈论野餐--下雨
写论文的困难:
1. 题目难选
2. 资料难查
3. 打字困难(机房总被占)
typewriter(break down 坏了;ribbon 色带), printer, laser printer, laptop.