购物场景:
$ H$ s) ] j2 t! u supermarket 超市(便宜,日常生活用品supplies)
M5 S1 E! F0 ]) N department store 百货公司(贵,衣服,家用电器appliance)
* o& |! H8 I# x4 O( q. Z* w 例题: " g8 a# Q, s$ l
A) Customer and salesman.
) x# Q) L$ c# J: x B) Colleagues.
. s$ o4 b- @$ S+ q. p- Q+ L: m C) Employee and boss. ( z5 L/ h; h5 }! ~
D) Classmates.
: @+ }1 r0 r4 e+ `3 p* p2 b W: Hi! Jack. I just came back yesterday. Anything new while I was away? * {" j0 i: U" K1 p" t0 f
M: Congratulations, Susan. It’s said you’ll be promoted to manager and become my immedi-ate boss. 0 E; t }6 Z2 F' a8 V
Q: What is most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?
* t K, g/ Y+ W) h! b1 Y 注:1. immedi-ate boss 顶头上司 & f J8 _ O! C* C
2. employee 雇员 employer 雇主
: ^5 j4 s; i8 Y3 W interviewer 面试者 interviewee 被面试者 2 U; i* z0 {* V# C9 L
payer 付款人 payee 收款人
/ \* o5 c3 v# [; H0 r/ ?9 I 例题:
& E$ @) @) K4 m+ m( S, z6 |2 s A) The man is a forgetful person. 8 @9 A; X* o, ~$ P
B) The typewriter is not new.
' M# v0 n* C. t8 k; I8 I/ H C) The man can have the typewriter later. . C. h. N0 F! {& d: m; ]
D) The man misunderstood her.
: ] ^. g9 A! O; | M: Isn’t that a new brand of typewriter you are working at? 2 s# @: c' r7 q# n* l2 p
W: Oh, Bill. This isn’t the first time you’ve asked me about it. 7 y2 P$ ^* p2 ^6 _/ x. G" t# m
Q: What does the woman imply? , ~1 A( L0 L- t. x0 u0 v4 @: `
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健忘:
7 B# {1 f7 u6 H+ x F forgetful He is forgetful. Isn’t he forgetful? How forgetful he is!
0 @! Y& {' a! w4 | Absentminded slip one’s mind + x- H0 K+ r, u
slipper 拖鞋 slippery 光滑的 2 M; @6 G# Q$ f. ]% L O
害羞: 3 Q$ e L9 ~6 l$ U. E' I0 S. e( d
shy embarrassed 窘迫的 self-conscious 自我意识的
% R& Y* O& n7 O keep to oneself keep one’s mind/ thought consciousness 意识
7 o6 H6 \5 Q% B. I 外向: * L( O% n% J/ [) u: x& [
outgoing sociable easygoing
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2 l- x+ P$ @/ ?; {. c例题:
( D/ a6 I$ X ?! b A) There will be heavy fog in all areas.
/ j$ F4 }% m5 o- m; y" a4 b B) There will be heavy rain by midnight. & m& o2 k8 r. H! t
C) There will be heavy fog in the east. % K' U, F0 T7 [ J3 ]
D) There will be fog in all areas by midnight. ) F) P. y1 c2 Q1 f1 P$ v
W: It’s nearly 10 o’clock. Let’s listen to the weather forecast.
5 v% q! `' p7 H2 I8 m) C M: Here’s the weather forecast. Fog is spreading from the east, and it’ll affect all areas by midnight. It’ll be heavy in some places. 0 p( Z7 |5 `5 C2 P7 h R0 {2 w
Q: What’s the weather forecast?
' H& a% k; N3 G( y2 L 注:1. 谈论天气一般极端不好。
% p2 e) v5 b8 ^+ F 2. fog 大雾,浓雾 mist 薄雾
# _* a3 Y, G2 H2 Y. i shower 阵雨 pour 倾盆大雨
. ]& Z' n5 v3 s high wind 大风 gale 狂风 / c4 k4 ]0 M$ O0 a
blizzard 大风雪 & u: w: |: t2 _6 z7 s6 X6 Y
3. let up 雨停了 clear up 天放晴
: y3 W1 {' V) u2 A3 |) ` warm up 天变暖
& r" ^. p$ a" B0 ` 4. super hot 特别热 burning hot 特别热
]' }& N' C/ K% g freezing cold 冰冷 icy cold 冰冷 $ |+ X2 ~3 k9 d5 a, g+ Z7 D
例题:
+ E& J& r# u) s5 ~: ` A) She has been dismissed for her poor performance. |