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Lesson Thirty
Section One:
Tapescript.
Telephone Conversations:
(1)
(Ringing of phone)
Woman: Four six hour oh. Can I help you?
Narrator: Stop.
(2)
Man: His line’s busy at the moment. Do you want to hold?
Narrator: Stop.
(3)
Woman: There’s no reply on that number. I’ll try Mr. Shaw.
Narrator: Stop.
(4)
(Ringing of phone)
Man: This is Karim Premji speaking. I’m afraid I’m out of the office at the moment. If you could leave your name and number when you hear the tone1, I’l1 get back to you as soon as possible.
(Tone)
Narrator: Stop.

Section Two:
Tapescript.
A. Offers:
Henry: Cigarette?
Tony: Oh ... er ... thanks, Henry... Um, do you have a light?
Henry: Sorry. Here.
Tony: Thanks. Lovely day. Pity I’m on duty.
Henry: I’ll stand in for you if you like. I’ve got nothing else to do.
Tony: Oh no, I couldn’t possibly...
Henry: Go on. Go off and have a good time. Here—you can have the Mini if you like.
Tony: But... are you sure, Henry?
Henry: Of course I am. Take Jill up the mountains, or something.
Tony: That’s ever so good of you, Henry. Oh, you ... er ... you won’t tell anyone, will you ... I mean, I am on duty.
Henry: Not a word. Bye, Tony—enjoy yourself.
Tony: Thanks, Henry. I won’t forget this ...
Henry: Damned2 right you won’t, you poor fool!

B. Dreams:
Three people are describing their dreams.
1. I knew that the brakes of my car needed repairing, but I did nothing about it, until one night I dreamt I was driving my car along a familiar road. Suddenly I had to brake because I was driving towards a wall. However, when I put my foot on the brake nothing happened and I crashed into the wall.

2. I was walking down an unfamiliar3 road when I reached a dark and miserable4 house. Grey clouds covered the sky, and so I went inside the house where I found a poor, pathetic5 person, wearing clothes similar to those my wife wore. I didn’t recognize her and felt sorry for her. There was nothing else in the dream but when I woke the next morning, I felt the misery6 and unhappiness of it all day.

3. One day I was sitting in my office, listening to a group of colleagues whispering and talking about me. I couldn’t hear what they were saying but it worried me. That night I dreamt exactly the same sequence7 again, except that in my dream I saw something I’d missed during the day. While they were whispering they were all looking down at something. The next morning when I woke up I realized exactly why they’d been whispering and talking about me. That day was my birthday. Wasn’t it possible that they’d been looking down at a birthday card? My dream was right. I did get a card from my colleagues, whom I’d suspected of talking about me.

C. Faults:
Woman: The trouble with education in Britain, I think, lies with the teachers. I don’t think teachers get nearly enough training in actually how to teach rather than the subject. I think they’re too serious, too academic, they’re not imaginative8 enough. And that means that there’s not enough excitement in the classroom for children to get interested in the subject.
Man: Yes, I agree. I think there’s too much theoretical9 teaching10 given and not enough practical education, with the result that pupils are far too busy studying for exams to have time to learn about life itself and how to, how to live in the world.
Woman: Mm. I think all teachers should be at least twenty—five before they start teaching. I think they should be forced to live in the outside world, rather than go from the classroom to the university and back to the classroom again.

D. A Japanese Girl:
I had a working mother when I was a young girl. She went back to work when I was ten and my brother was fourteen. She taught at a school of dress design. I studied English at university. Then I got a job with an advertising11 agency12 as an assistant. I studied English so I could get a good job with a good company. In 1980 I went abroad with a friend. We spent a month in California. Then I worked for a company which sold cassette13 tapes and books for English conversation. I was still single at twenty-five, then my parents started to worry because their daughter wasn’t married. Our neighbors and relations were asking when I would marry and they began to talk about an arranged marriage. In Japan they don’t force you to marry someone, but they may give you a chance to meet someone. I am very interested in jazz and I met my husband in a jazz club. My parents didn’t want their daughter to marry a foreigner. They didn’t want me to come to England, but now I work in London for a Japanese newspaper.

Section Three:
Tapescript.
A. The Appointment:
Once upon a time, there was a rich Caliph in Baghdad. He was very famous because he was wise and kind. One morning he sent his servant, Abdul, to the market to buy some fruit. As Abdul was walking through the market, he suddenly felt very cold. He knew that somebody was behind him. He turned round and saw a tall man, dressed in black. He couldn’t see the man’s face, only his eyes. The man was staring at him, and Abdul began to shiver14.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Abdul asked.
The man in black didn’t reply.
"What’s your name?" Abdul asked nervously15.
"I ... am ... Death," the stranger replied coldly and turned away.
Abdul dropped his basket and ran all the way back to the Cal iph’s house. He rushed into the Caliph’s room.
"Excuse me, master. I have to leave Baghdad immediately," Abdul said.
"But why? What’s happened?" the Caliph asked.
"I’ve just met Death in the market," Abdul replied.
"Are you certain?" said the Caliph.
"Yes, I’m certain. He was dressed in black, and he stared at me. I’m going to my father’s house in Samarra. If I go at once, I’ll be there before sunset."
The Caliph could see that Abdul was terrified and gave him permission to go to Samarra.
The Caliph was puzzled. He was fond of Abdul and he was angry because Abdul had been badly frightened by the stranger in the market. He decided16 to go to the market and investigate. When he found the man in black, he spoke17 to him angrily.
"Why did you frighten my servant?"
"Who is your servant?" the stranger replied.
"His name is Abdul," answered the Caliph.
"I didn’t want to frighten him. I was just surprised to see him in Baghdad."
"Why were you surprised?" the Caliph asked.
"I was surprised because I’ve got an appointment with him ... tonight... in Samarra!"

B. Legal Advice:
Dennis: You’ve been seeing Steve again, haven’t you?
Cynthia: What are you talking about?
Dennis: You know as well as I do. One of my friends saw you together in a restaurant yesterday evening.
Cynthia: Listen, Dennis. Look, I’m sorry. I was going to tell you. I really was.
Dennis: Well, why didn’t you? Why did you lie to me?
Cynthia: I didn’t lie! How can you say that?
Dennis: Yes, you did! You told me that your relationship with him was all over.
Cynthia: But it is, darling! It ended more than a year ago.
Dennis: Did it? Then why did you go out with him yesterday?
Cynthia: Because he phoned me and said he had some business to discuss with me. What’s wrong with that?
Dennis: Nothing. But if that’s true, why did you tell me you were going to have dinner with your mother yesterday evening?
Cynthia: Because ... because I thought you’d be terribly jealous18 if I told you I was going to see Steve. And you are.
Dennis: I’m not. I simply can’t understand why you lied to me.
Cynthia: I’ve already told you. But you just won’t believe me.
Dennis: That all you did was discuss business together? Of course, I can’t believe that!
Cynthia: Well, that’s exactly what we did! And it isn’t true that I lied to you about my mother. When I told you that, I intended to see her. But then Steve rang and said he needed my advice about something.
Dennis: About what?
Cynthia: A legal matter.
Dennis: A legal matter? Why should he ask your advice about a legal matter? You aren’t a lawyer.
Cynthia: No, but you are! And that’s what he wanted to talk to me about. You’ve been recommended to him. But before he contacted you, he just wanted to know if I thought you’d be willing to help him. I said I didn’t know.
Dennis: Help your ex-boyfriend? Give him legal advice? I’m not going to do that.
Cynthia: That’s what I thought you’d say. I knew it.

C. At the Police Station:
Policeman: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, I do hope so, constable19. Something dreadful20 has happened.
Policeman: Well, sit down and tell me all about it and we’ll see what can be done.
Mrs. Trott: I’ve lost my Harold. I think he’s left me.
Policeman: Oh, it’s a missing21 person case, is it? Let me just fill in this form, madam. Here we are. Now, the name is Harold. Right?
Mrs. Trott: That’s right; little Harold.
Policeman: I’ll just put ‘Harold’ on the form, madam. What is his second name?
Mrs. Trott: Well, the same as mine, I suppose. Trott. Yes, yes, Harold Trott.
Policeman: Address?
Mrs. Trott: 15 Bermard Street, W12.
Policeman: 15 Bermard Street, W12. And when did you last see Harold, Mrs. Trott?
Mrs. Trott: Early this morning. In the park.
Policeman: And had there been any quarrel? Any argument? Anything which would account for his leaving?
Mrs. Trott: Well, he’d been a very naughty boy so I hit him with a stick and he tried to bite me and I’m afraid he got very angry and just ran away. My little Harold.
Policeman: Yes, madam. I can see that this is very upsetting for you, but I’ll have to ask you a few more questions. Now, what time exactly did you go to the park with Harold?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, eight o’clock. On the dot every day. We go for a nice stroll22 in the park each morning, you see.
Policeman: Eight o’clock.
Mrs. Trott: Yes, I take him out to do his ... er ... to do his job.
Policeman: Sorry, madam?
Mrs. Trott: His job, you know.
Policeman: Oh. Ah. Er... yes. Er... How old is Harold, madam?
Mrs. Trott: He must be six and a half now.
Policeman: And you have to take him into the park to do his ...
Mrs. Trott: Yes. He loves it.
Policeman: What’s his height?
Mrs. Trott: Oh, I don’t think he could be more than eleven inches tall.
Policeman: Eleven ... er ... we are talking about a little boy, are we not, madam?
Mrs. Trott: A boy? A little boy? Good heavens, no! It’s my Harold, my little Harold.
Policeman: (sighs) Dog or cat, madam?
Mrs. Trott: Dog, of course. You couldn’t call a cat Harold, could you?
Policeman: Of course not, madam. What breed23?
Mrs. Trott: Poodle. From a very good family. He’s a dark brown with lovely velvet24 fur and has two little white rings on his front feet and a dear little spot on his forehead. Oh, constable, you’ll do everything you can to find him for me, won’t you? And he’ll be wandering around all lost and doesn’t know how to look after himself. He’s so friendly, he’d just follow any stranger…

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1 tone bqFyP     
n.语气,音调,气度,色调;vt.(up)增强
参考例句:
  • There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
  • Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。
2 damned on0zD     
a.该死的;打入地狱的
参考例句:
  • The play was damned by the reviewers. 这部戏被评论家们批评得一无是处。
  • She damned herself with one stupid remark. 她被自己的一句蠢话毁了。
3 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
4 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
5 pathetic VvqyY     
adj.悲哀的,可怜的,感伤的,不足的,差强人意的
参考例句:
  • The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.这只动物低声哀叫,令人怜悯。
  • I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。
6 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
7 sequence Uhoyc     
n.连续,接续,一连串;次序,顺序
参考例句:
  • He had to attend a sequence of meetings.他得参加一系列会议。
  • The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.这本书依次读各章会更好。
8 imaginative qa3xq     
adj.富有想象力的,爱想象的
参考例句:
  • The imaginative child made up fairy stories.这个想像力丰富的孩子自己编神话故事。
  • Scott was an imaginative writer.司格特是位富于想象力的作家。
9 theoretical DG6ye     
adj.理论的,假设的;根据理论的
参考例句:
  • It's a theoretical matter as well as a practical one.这不仅是个实践问题,也是个理论问题。
  • It's only a theoretical possibility.这只是一种假设的可能性。
10 teaching ngEziT     
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
参考例句:
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
11 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
12 agency iKcy0     
n.经办;代理;代理处
参考例句:
  • This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
  • He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。
13 cassette NTPyO     
n.卡式录音带盒;卡式胶卷盒
参考例句:
  • He inserted a cassette into the machine.他把一盒录像带放入机器。
  • And let's not forget our cassette player and some tapes.还别忘了带上我们的卡式录音机和一些录音带。
14 shiver 1EWzh     
vi.战栗,发抖;n.战栗,发抖
参考例句:
  • A sudden gust of cold wind made me shiver.一股突然刮来的冷风吹得我打哆嗦。
  • It kept him in a cold shiver all the time.这些话让他不停地打寒噤。
15 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地,不安地
参考例句:
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
16 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
17 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
18 jealous 7abz6     
adj.妒忌的,猜忌的;精心守护的
参考例句:
  • He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候,他吃醋了。
  • An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。
19 constable wppzG     
n.(英国)警察,警官
参考例句:
  • The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
  • The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气,不肯冒起火来。
20 dreadful wk0z7     
adj.糟透了的,极端的,可怕的,令人畏惧的
参考例句:
  • I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
  • I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。
21 missing 3nTzx7     
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
参考例句:
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
22 stroll eqOyy     
n.闲逛,漫步;v.闲逛,漫步
参考例句:
  • We are ready to take a stroll in the village.我们准备到村里遛遛。
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
23 breed 8NTzT     
n.品种,种类;vi.繁殖,产仔;vt.养殖,产生
参考例句:
  • The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家。
  • This breed of horses is both tall and heavily grown.这种马既高且大。
24 velvet 5gqyO     
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
参考例句:
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

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