2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(4)

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2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(4)
- n2 w; y% G, o: RThe script of this programme 本节目台词
% M  X/ V# {! a6 V' ZNeil: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is Neil.
' [5 E- X( m% U. b4 D% ^4 CHelen: (Sigh) 大家好，我是 Helen. 中华考试网
Neil: Oh Helen, that was a heavy sigh.
' Y7 u) G6 i7 @! X2 F( t, ~Helen: 很重的叹气? By heavy, you mean a big sigh! Well, I suppose it was. It’s just I’ve been trying to lose some weight but my diet is not working.
, i3 S+ Z1 f0 H* f! E$ Q( ~Neil: So how heavy are you exactly?
Helen: I’m not going to tell you my weight! 考试用书
Neil: OK but my advice is to cut down on the biscuits, eat more fruit and stick to the diet!
6 K" F) S- n' r1 |* }Helen: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Neil: Sorry, am I getting too heavy?
Helen: Heavy 沉重? 难道 Neil 长胖了？Are you putting on weight too, Neil?
9 c9 `3 O7 `0 V' r4 u4 bNeil: No no! Heavy can have another meaning. Used informally, it can mean serious or intense.
4 j0 g! X/ S) r1 gHelen: Ah! 单词 heavy 在非正式表达中，带有严肃或者强烈的意思。
Neil: Have a listen to this:

Our relationship’s getting a bit heavy. I think we need to go out more and have a bit more fun.

Neil: And another informal use of the word can mean difficult:
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. ~: d. L" T( PThat was a heavy lecture! I had trouble understanding it all.

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Helen: A heavy lecture 那么 heavy 的另一个非正式含义是难度高的意思。I’ve been to a few of them!
. u0 B, L; B: Y: ?- }3 LNeil: Me too. But Helen, the word heavy is also used in more a formal way to mean intense. Listen to these examples:
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There was such a heavy fog I couldn’t see where I was going.
The flooding was caused by days of heavy rain.
Heavy fighting broke out after the government’s announcement.

Helen: 刚才我们听到的 heavy 是比较正式的用法，意思是很强烈，很激烈。And what about a heavy drinker or a heavy smoker? What does that mean?
Neil: Heavy here means to indulge to a great extent.   
Helen loves heavy metal music!
0 |2 n( |+ F4 j, Y* FHelen: Heavy 在这里的意思是太多了，过度了。一个人老是喝很多酒，那么就成了酒鬼了。Well, that’s not me – but there is one kind of ’heavy’ I do like to indulge in.
Neil: What’s that?
8 d6 t, _. X4 L5 Z& S$ FHelen: 重金属音乐！ 来自www.Examw.com
6 V, S- l# f0 }1 C8 X4 C(Turns on heavy metal music)
Neil: (shouting) Heavy metal! That’s a little heavy for my ears!