英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 lesson 27

lesson 27 

                                             Text A 

                                     The Shopping List

    Mrs Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong th her, however, so he sent her to the local hospital for tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the tests direct 1 to Mrs Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she should not eat, any of thern might be the cause of her skin trouble. 

    Mrs Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.

    When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, "Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you." 

    "Done all my shopping?" she asked in surprise. "But how you know what I wanted?"

    "Well, When I got home, I found your shopping list beside telephone , " answered her husband , "so I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down. "

    Of course , Mrs Black had to tell him that he had bought all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat!

                                         Text B 

                                 Under a Terrible Strain 2

    Betty and Jean are on their way to work. 

BETTY:   What was the party like last night, Jean? 

JEAN:   Not bad at all , thanks. There were one or two interesting people there. Why couldn't you come? 

BETTY:   Well, I couldn't get away from work early. And when I got home I had a headache , so I had to go straight to bed. But I was over-tired , because I wasn't able to get to sleep for hours. 

JEAN:   What a shame. Why didn't you take a sleeping pill? 

BETTY:   I don't like them. I used to take them when I had to work overtime 3, you know. 

JEAN:   How many did you use to take? 

BETTY:   Three every night. 

JEAN:   Good heavens. Why did you take so many? 

BETTY:   Because I was under a terrible strain. The doctor said they weren't very strong. Anyway, I used to feel awful the next morning. 

JEAN: I'm sure you did. 

BETTY: The doctor said I had to be careful. 

JEAN: He was quite right. 

BETTY: So I stopped drinking coffee late at night instead.   

    Question on Text B 

7.Read the following passage once. Underline 4 the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.

                                         A Language Mix-Up

    Two young British tourists were travelling in France when a policeman stopped their car and gave it a search. He found a bag of white powder which looked suspicious 5. "Drogue?" asked the heroin-conscious policeman. "Yes, dogs," they responded 6, and promptly 7 found themselves in jail 8. 

    Analysis 9 of the powder revealed 10 that it was a chemical which gives off a smell , used to discourage 11 dogs from using the sides of the car as a toilet. The tourists were set free, after promising 12 to take a few French lessons before their next vacation in France.