1、Lesson 13第1页Section 1A.Dialogues.Dialogue 1:Can I help you,sir?We want a meal.What sort of meal?A hot one or a cold one?A salad,I think.Which one,sir?A ham or a beef salad?Whats this sort of salad in English?Which one are you looking at,sir?That one over there,next to the bread rolls.Thats a beef sa
2、lad,sir.Thank you.Is there any rye bread?No,Im sorry.There are plenty of rolls.第2页Dialogue 2:Excuse me,sir,where do you come from?We come from Copenhagen.You speak English very well.Thank you.What are you doing at the moment?Were visiting London.What do you both do?We are teachers.第3页Dialogue 3:Do y
3、ou like your salad?Yes.Its nice and fresh.Is yours good,too?No.Mine is rather tasteless.You need some salt and some olive oil.第4页Dialogue 4:Allow me to fetch you a chair.Thank you,but Ive just asked the waiter to get me one.Let me get you a drink,then.Thank you again,but look,Johns bringing me one n
4、ow.I dont seem to be very useful,do I?Dont say that.Theres always another time,you know.第5页B.Restaurant English.Dialogue 1:Man:Three gin and tonics please.Waitress:Im sorry,sir,but were not allowed to serve drinks before twelve oclock midday.Would you like me to bring you something else?Some coffee?
5、第6页Dialogue 2:Man:Waiter,this table-cloth is a disgrace.Its covered with soup stains.Waiter:Oh,Im so sorry,sir.It should have been changed before.If youll just wait one moment.第7页Dialogue 3:Man:Waiter.I cant quite understand how you manage to get ten marks plus twelve marks plus sixty-five marks fif
6、ty pennies to add up to one hundred and seventy-seven marks fifty pennies.Waiter:One moment,Ill just check it,sir.Youre quite right,sir.I cant understand how such a mistake could have been made.I do apologize,sir.第8页Section 2A.Discussing Past Events.Interviewer:Now lets go back to your first novel,R
7、ag Doll.When did you write that?Writer:Rag Doll,yes.I wrote that in 1960,a year after I left school.Interviewer:How old were you then?Writer:Um,eighteen?Yes,eighteen,because a year later I went to Indonesia.Interviewer:Mm.And of course it was your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film East
8、ern Moon.Writer:Yes,thats right,although I didnt actually make Eastern Moon until 1978.Interviewer:And you worked in television for a time too.第9页Writer:Yes,I started making documentaries for television in 1973,when I was thirty.That was after I gave up farming.Interviewer:Farming?Writer:Yes,thats r
9、ight.You see,I stayed in Indonesia for eight years.I met my wife there in 1965,and after we came back we bought a farm in the West of England,in 1970.A kind of experiment,really.Interviewer:But you gave it up three years later.Writer:Well,yes.You see it was very hard work,and I was also very busy wo
10、rking on my second novel,The Cold Earth,which came out in 1975.Interviewer:Yes,that was a best-seller,wasnt it?Writer:Yes,it was,and thats why only two years after that I was able to give up television work and concentrate on films and that sort of thing.And after that.第10页B.Telephone Conversation.S
11、hop Assistant:Harlings Hardware.Customer:Hello.Id like to buy a new fridge.I cant afford a very expensive one,and it mustnt be more than 140 cm high.Shop Assistant:Right.I think I have one here.Wait a moment.Yes,here we are.Its 50 cm wide and 130 cm high.Customer:Oh.And how much is it?Shop Assistant
12、:Its one hundred and twenty-nine pounds,very cheap.Customer:Ill come over and have a look at it.第11页C.Conversation at Perfect Partners Ltd,a Dating Agency.A:Good morning.Can I help you?B:Yes.Id like to find my perfect partner.A:I see.Well,if you could just answer a few questions?B:Certainly.A:First
13、of all,what age would you like your partner to be?B:About twenty.Not more than twenty-five,anyway.A:Okay.And what sort of build?B:What do you mean?A:Well,would you like someone who is very slim or would you prefer someone rather more plump?B:Ah,I see what you mean.I dont think I mind,actually.第12页A:
14、And what about height?B:Oh,not too tall.A:So,medium-height?B:Yes,and long hair.A:Any particular color?B:No.As long as its long,it doesnt matter what color.A:Good.Now,is there anything else at all?B:Well,obviously Id like someone good-looking.A:Well,well see what we can do.Would you like to fill in t
15、his form in the next room and Ill call you soon.第13页(enters C)C:Hello.Is this the Perfect Partners office?A:Thats right.C:Im interested in meeting someone new.A:Well,youve certainly come to the right p1ace.What sort of person are you looking for?C:Oh,someone tall,dark and handsome.A:I see.And what s
16、ort of age?C:Oh,mid-twenties,I suppose.A:Well,I might have just the person for you.Could I just ask how old you are?C:Twenty-four.A:Good.Could you just wait here a minute?(C puzzled)第14页(A goes and fetches B)A:This doesnt usually happen,but I think Ive found just the person for you.B:Oh,no!C:Not you
17、!B:What are you doing here?C:I think I should be asking you that.B:Well,I just wanted to.(interrupted by A)A:Excuse me,but whats going on?C:Thats my husband.B:And thats my wife.A:But youre just right for each other,from what you told me.第15页(Pause)B:Yes.I see what you mean.C:I suppose its true.You a
18、re what Im looking for.B:Oh,darling.Why did we ever leave each other?C:I dont know,but its not too late,is it?B:No.(they embrace)A:Excuse me.B&C:(surprised)Sorry?A:Thatll be twenty-five pounds please!第16页Section 3Dictation.A Letter.47 Riverside Road,London SE1 4LP.10th May,1989Dear Chris,Thanks for
19、your letter.Im sorry I havent answered it sooner but writing is difficult at the moment.I fell off my bike last week and broke my arm.It isnt anything very serious and Ill be OK in a few weeks.Your holiday sounds fantastic.Im sure youll enjoy it.Someone at work went to Jamaica last year and had a wonderful time.When are you going exactly?I hope youll have good weather.There isnt really much more news from here.Ill write a longer letter in a few weeks.Send me a postcard and give my regards to everyone.Yours,Kim第17页