时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
原文:

Sam: Hey, Henry, how's everything going, and what's with the flowers?
Henry: They're for my wife.
 
Sam: Oh, a wedding anniversary or something?
 
Henry: To tell the truth, it couldn't be worse. [Oh]. You see, I have to pick my wife up from the airport this evening, but while she was gone, there were a few minor 1 mishaps 2.
 
Sam: Oh really? What happened?
 
Henry: Well, I had some of the guys over Friday night to watch a basketball game on TV, but one of them got all excited, and started horsing around, waving his arms, and he accidentally knocked over my wife's 250-year old Chinese porcelain 3 vase given to her [Oh no!], given to her by her grandmother, and broke it beyond repair.
 
Sam: Man, have you tried . . .
 
Henry: . . . super glue? Yeap, but she would be able to tell in a second I was trying to pull something over her eyes.
 
Sam: Oh, wow. You're in hot water now.
 
Henry: If it had only been that.
 
Sam: Oh, there's more?
 
Henry: Yeah, you see, the water from the vase spilled all over the manuscript of a book my wife has been writing for the past two years. It blurred 4 the ink over many of the pages. [Oh no.] And so one of the guys had the bright idea of drying the pages by the fire while we watched, uh, the rest game, but a spark from the fire must have blown out and burned the manuscript to a crisp.
 
Sam: But what about an electronic file copy? Had one, didn't she?
 
Henry: Well, actually, her computer crashed the day before while I was playing some computer games, and I haven't been able to get it to work since.
 
Sam: Man, are you in trouble now. [I know.] You're going to have a hard time digging yourself out of this one. [Yeah.] Ah, so I get it now. You're buying the flowers for her as a part of some kind of peace offering, right?
 
Henry: No, not at all. They're for my funeral.
 
Sam: [laughter]

1. Where is Henry going this evening to pick up his wife?
A. the train station
B. the bus station
C. the airport
2. What was Henry doing Friday night when his problems started?
A. He was watching a game on TV with some pals 5.
B. He was playing basketball with a few of his friends.
C. He was having a barbeque with a couple of buddies 6.
 
3. The vase broke when one of Henry's friends:
A. hit it with a ball.
B. accidentally dropped it.
C. bumped into it with his arm.
 
4. How did the manuscript of the book become totally ruined?
A. It burned up in a fire.
B. Hot water damaged the entire copy.
C. Someone mistakenly threw it into the trash.
 
5. From the tone of the conversation, what sort of reaction does Henry expect from his wife about his misfortunes?
A. disappointment
B. anger
C. contentment
 
正确答案:

1. the airport
2. He was watching a game on TV with some pals.
3. bumped into it with his arm.
4. It burned up in a fire.
5. anger

 

1 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
2 mishaps
n.轻微的事故,小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )
  • a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
  • In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸,一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 porcelain
n.瓷;adj.瓷的,瓷制的
  • These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
  • The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
4 blurred
v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离
  • She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
  • Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 pals
n.朋友( pal的名词复数 );老兄;小子;(对男子的不友好的称呼)家伙
  • We've been pals for years. 我们是多年的哥们儿了。
  • CD 8 positive cells remarkably increased in PALS and RP(P CD8+细胞在再生脾PALS和RP内均明显增加(P 来自互联网
6 buddies
n.密友( buddy的名词复数 );同伴;弟兄;(用于称呼男子,常带怒气)家伙v.(如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般)交往( buddy的第三人称单数 );做朋友;亲近(…);伴护艾滋病人
  • We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
  • The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
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aamdals vaerk
abstract control system
adjustable sounder
aiesha
anhydrous wolframic acid
Arabisations
asperation
automatic squeezer machine
average car-kilometers per transit operation
Barrowists
be under an obsession of
beeswax
bill dishonoured by non-acceptance
boggery
Brunels
by-respect
cactuss
campanulate corolla
cervid
cherish a viper in one's bosom
claustrals
close reefed
code signing
coincident - current selection
Cold Dew wind
ConstraintLisp
continuous coal cutter
cubbin
cyril burts
domestic concern
DSK
dynamic world planning
Elton's ring tests
empty container kilometrage
Eugenio Pacelli
extended coverage endorsement
framework for social and demographic statistics
freight revenue ton kilometers
frumpish
governor arm screw
great calorie
Hervik
hoisting accessory
houndstooth checks
hydrogen controlled electrode
ilama tree
immature sediment
in situ cultivation
Inverurie
Kattun
kungshanensis
limnetic facies
limnophytes
linden families
liquid spring
local parameter measurement
local system library
lower respiratory tract smears
m(o)ustache
macroite
mark to markets
membranous stesia of the anous
mercurialness
mitchel
Mograbian
negative acceleration phase
nimit
orrice
Pieve d'Alpago
plastic volumetric strain
platemakers
pleuroliths
pox marks
quick acting manure
relative bias
roller step bearing
scale of weather system
scarlet fever sine eruptione
school paper
sclerobasidium
scoopstone
season of flax retting
sgarbis
sliding scale wages
smoky mountains
soda solonetz
solution specification
sound-hole
square wave amplitude
star connect
steakmakers
stofan
take-off device
transverse artery of neck
traversing base
unmap
v.everything
Welty
wernet
Wilson chamber
xylols