2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(3)

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2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(3)
Li: Neil, can we get this programme done now? I need to get some stuff for my Sunday roast dinner.
0 a$ B; z% A' nNeil: I am stuffed, totally (burp), sorry, stuffed!
Li: Well, since today’s words are stuff and stuffed, I think you will be just perfect to explain them.
$ a0 A' ^& i1 D8 m1 B1 s: ]/ x1 MNeil: Oh that’s easy. I knew I was going to a launch party this lunch time, so I skipped breakfast.
0 F" j$ G+ P5 S* K  ]$ m4 VLi: Neil 说为了去中午的自助餐，他的早饭没吃。That’s not good.
Neil: Anyway, I got there and a lovely buffet was set up. The stuff on offer looked great.
Li: Stuff? You mean the food? 外语学习网
! k" u6 S% L. k; XNeil: Yes. The word ’stuff’ can mean literally anything. It almost has the same meaning as ’things’.
Li: Stuff 可以用来泛指任何东西。Let’s hear these people:
/ z4 L. Z* ?5 h! H# @& q' bExamples
We need to clear the lockers. Can you get all your stuff out by 7pm tonight.
2 s! Y& H/ v3 N  y5 E5 KThe amount of stuff she’s got in her bathroom is unbelievable. She’s got enough to open a beauty shop.
Woman: What’s that stuff on your jacket? 考试用书
# \) q: N$ Q6 VMan: Er, it’s pigeon dropping. Yuck.

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Li: 刚才的对话中我们听到英国人在不同的情况下都可以使用 stuff 这个词。People say it all the time. 我的什么东西，你的什么东西，他的什么东西。All referring to things.
This man is stuffing himself with food
8 A. B1 ^# j! `$ VNeil: Yes. You can also use it as a verb. To stuff something. Like, I ate a lot this lunchtime. I stuffed myself with food.
2 B6 W. s2 G! Y0 d1 O9 Z& q9 k# nLi: 吃瞠了就是 stuffed, completely full?
+ S) {( ]' I1 ]8 r! d# o( \Neil: Yes, I am completely stuffed, I can barely move.
' s; ?' ^7 U1 ?& O, L, U( o2 kLi: What about stuffed toys? 那些软塞绒毛玩具 I see them a lot in toyshops. Look at you now; you look just like one of them.
Neil: I can’t stand them. They are stuffed full of wool or cotton or something. They are for girls. I much prefer proper wooden toys.
# b% o6 B: y7 A* W- V) PLi: 不喜欢软的，难道你喜欢木头做的枕头吗？Maybe you’d prefer a wooden pillow too?
Neil: Are you joking! I’ve got to have a nice and soft pillow. But I must make sure it has the right stuffing in it.
Li: Stuffing 就是塞到枕头里的材料。What’s the right stuffing?

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Neil: Anything but feather or duck down.
Li: Why?
9 ~, r- q) x. L- R, ?Neil: Allergies. 中 华 考 试 网
2 V! M; e0 c$ e- G* LLi: Neil 说他对鸭绒过敏。
' B  e: K8 w  y7 s/ @Neil: I can’t stand anything stuffed with feathers.
1 t9 U, ?" A; h4 V+ k0 _/ fLi: I think we’ve talked long enough about stuff you eat for lunch, stuff that you liked and stuff that gives you allergies.
Neil: Oh yes, it’s time for you to get your stuff ready for Sunday Roast.
" W- k4 O9 N% y# n$ t9 G- eLi: Of course. Join us next time. Bye bye!
Neil: Bye!