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1、By:老鳳山腳底下的最閑的大黑三Adva need 1-1M:Do you have a date for the party yet?W:Actually,l don't. Do you thi nk you could help me find one?M:Hmm, what kind of guys do you like?W:Oh,l like guys who aren't too serious and who have a good sense of humor,you kno w,like you! M:Ok,what else?W:Well, I'd

2、prefer some one that have someth ing in com mon with who I can talk to easily.M:I think I know just the guy for you,BobBranson,do you know him?W:No,l don't think so.M:Let me arra nge for you to meet him,a nd you can tell me what you think.Adva need 1-2M:So,what's the verdict?What do you thi

3、nk of2By:老鳳山腳底下的最閑的大黑三Bob?W:Well,l was worried at first,especially whe n I saw that he wears not on e,but two earri ngs.l thought he might turn out to be one of those guys who are into heavy rock music and stuff like that.You know what I mean?M:But,he's just regular kind of guy,right?W:Yeah,we g

4、et along really well.M:I just know you like him.W:Yeah,I do.He's really funny.He had me laughing hysterically during dinner.I think thepeople sitt ing next to us in the restaura ntthought we were crazy.M:So,are you two going to get together aga in?W:Defi ni tely,i n fact,we're going to a con

5、certtomorrow ni ght.M:That's great.Adva need 2-1M:So,have you see n An drea lately?W:Yeah,l see her pretty offen.We work together at a coffee latte.M:How's she doing?l've been meaning to call her.W:Well,to be honest,l've always thought she was a little difficult.But these days,l find

6、 herimpossible.M:What do you mea n?W:Oh,you know how she is.She has such strong idea about everyth in g.A nd if you don't agree with her,she lets you know what she thinks of you.aboutM:Yes,that's true.But,that's why we love her,right?W:Yeah,l guess so.But she's changed a lot since sh

7、estarted college.She talkedherself all the time.A nd she always man ages to men ti on how good she is at everythi ng she does.M:Hmm,maybe I won't call her after all.Advaneed 2-2W:Are you going to James's party on Saturday?M:Of course,James always gives the best parties.A nd there are always

8、lots of in terest ing new people to meet.W:That's true .I don't know where he man ages to find them all.M:Well,you know what he 's like.He makes friends really easily.He really likes talking to people.And he loves inviting people over.W:Uh-huh,he in vited me for dinner last Saturday,what

9、 a feast!M:Yeah,he's a great cook,too.W:After dinner,I offered to help clean up and he told me not to worry about it.He said he'd take care of it in the mornin g.He was like,“ it's nothing,no big deal.M:Yup,that's sound like James.Advaneed 2-3W1:Have you met the new appartme ntman ag

10、er?W2:Mr Johnson?Hmm,yeah,l met him lastweek.He's a little stra nge.W1:Yeah,he is.l'm not sure I like him.He's hardto predict.Sometimes he is pretty cheerful and talktive and the next day he does n't even say hell 0.1 think he must have pers onal problems orsometh ing.W2:l think you&

11、#39;re right.A nd have you no ticedthat half the time whe n he said he was gonnado someth in g,he n ever actually does it.He toldme three times that he'd come to fix the light inmy kitche n,and he still has n't done it.Adva need 3-1M1:Hello!M2:Hi,my name is Jim Hunt.I'm calling about the

12、 ad for a roomate.M1:All right.M2:Are you still look ing for some one?M1:Yes,we're.M2:Oh,good,l'm really in teresred.M1:Well,there are four of us.A nd it's a fairly small house.So we want some one who is easy to get along with.M2:I'm pretty easygo ing.M1_Great ! So,can I ask you a fe

13、w fairly straitforward questions about yourself?M2:No problem ! I like it when people are direct.Advaneed 3-2M1:What do you do,Jim?M2:Oh,well,I had a lot of diffiere nt jobs.But rm not work ing right now.M1:Oh?M2:Yeah,I got fired from my last job about six monthes ago.So ve been looking for someth i

14、ng else .I have n't bee n very lucky so far.M1:Uh-huh.Well,the rent here is $1200 a mon th.That's $300 a mon th for eavh perso n.M2:,oh.M1:Will you have eno ugh money to pay the rent every mon th?M2:Yeah,l probably will .If I can find a job.M1:Yeah,look,where are you livi ng now?M2:Well, I&#

15、39;ve bee n stay ing with a frien d.for the past couple of weeks.M1:Uh-huh.M2:Yeah,but he's asked me to leave by Friday.So I really n eed to find a place to live .I've had moved 4 times in the past year and wellM1:Liste n,Ji m,l appreciate your telli ng me about yourselflike it whe n people

16、are hon estwith me.Anyway,I have to talk to my other roomates about this.And ni give you a calltomorrow to let you know what we decide.Why don't you give me your nu mber?M2:Sure,it's 2235Adva need 4-1W:Good n ews!l find a summer job!M:That's great!A nythi ng in teresti ng?W:Yes, work ing

17、 at an amuseme nt park.Does n't that sound fan tastic?M:Sure,it does.W:So,have you found anything?M:Noth ing yet,butve got a couple of leads. One is worki ng as an in tern for a record compa ny- mostly answering phones.Or I can get aIan dscap ing job aga in.W:Be ing an intern sounds more in tere

18、st ing tha nIan dscap in g.A nd it's probably not as hard.M:Yeah,but a Ian dscaper earns more moneythan an intern.And you get a great tan!Advaneed 4-2M:So,what will you be doing at the amusement park,exactly?W:AetuaIIy,I'II have two jobs.First,I'II be working at a place called Children&#

19、39;s World.They have all kinds of interesting games and educational activities for young kids. I have to go to a training program before I start to find out how everything works.M:Three days?Wow,the equipme nt must be pretty high-tech.W:Oh,it is-a lot of computers and in terest ing devices .I t'

20、s just the kind of stuff that kids love.M:WeII,it sounds like the perfect job for you.I know how much you love kids.So what's the other job?W:WeII,I'II also be one of the people who works around the park greet ing people.asM:Do you mean you'll have to dress up in a costume?W:Yes,as a car

21、toon character"know,l know,it sounds silly.And it's certainly notreward ing aswork ing in Childre n's World,but it's part of the job.Adva need. 5-1W: So where are you work ing in this summer,Carlos?M: I 'm work ing as a tutor in a lear ning cen ter for kids.W:ln teresti ng! What

22、 kind ofM: I work on subjects they n eed help ing, uh, maining math and En glish.W: Is your job hard?M: Not at all. The kids work on computer most of time. We have to help get started and whe n they are into problems.W: Do you enjoy it?work ing with adults. And I canM: Oh, yes, work ing with kids is

23、 so much more fun tha n choose my own hours. As long as work 8 hours a day. I can call me at any time from 8 a.m. to 9p.m.Advaneed 5-2W: Paul, did you find a summer job yet?M: Yeah, I 'm work ing in a restraut.W: Oh, how 's it goi ng?M: Oh, the money is not bad.W: What are you doing? Are you

24、 wait ing tables?M: I wish. No, I'm work ing in a kitche n. I cut up the stuff for the chef, vegetables, meat and thin gs. I 'll also wash the dishes.W: Yuck!M: Yeah, that 's. pretty hard work. I did n't realize how hot it is in a restraut kitche n un til I took this job.W: So why do

25、n't you quit?M: I 'd love to. But I n eed mon ey.Advaneed 5-3M: So what kind of job did you find for the summer?W: I'm working for a marketing company. I'm going to marketing.M: So you 're one of those people who drives me crazy by call ing me up and trying topersuade me to buy s

26、ometh ing that I have absolutely no n eed for.W: Exactly!M: Do you like it?W: Believe it or not I do. It's also a bunch of stude nts work ing there, and we have a lot offun when we not making calls. It's really easy too since we just have to read them from script.M: Are you doing this full t

27、ime?W: Yes, but I work from 2 in the after noon to 9 at ni ght .So I get to sleep as late as I want to in the morni ng.Adva need 6-1M: Hello!W: Hi, Robert. This is Ti na.M: Hi, Tina, what's up?W: Well, actually, I was wondering if you 'd mind lending me your camera for a few days. Iwant to t

28、ake some photos of my new appartme nt to send to my folks.M: Sure, you can borrow it.W: Oh, thanks a million !Advaneed 6-2M: Hi, San dy.This is Mike.W: Oh, hi, how are things with you?M: Pretty good. Listen, I was wondering if I could use your video games system over theweeke nd.W: You mea n my So n

29、y Play Stati on?M: Yeah, my sister asked me to take care of my niece and nephew over the weekend.myThey are six and eight. And I thought it would be a great way to keep them busy.W: That's a great idea! But kids that age love video games. I have bad news, mach ines isn't work in g. I 've

30、 bee n meaning to take it into get fixed. But I have n't gonna gotte n around to it.M: Oh, too bad.W: But do you know, you can always rent one. Most video stores have mach ines to rent.You just have to leave the deposit.M: Oh, perfect ,1 'll do that, tha nks, Sa ndy.W: No problem.Advaneed 6-

31、3M1: Hi.,Grey, It's Phil.M2: Hi, what's up?M1: Not much. But I was won deri ng if I can ask you for a favor?M2: Hmm, maybe, tryi ng me.M1: Well, I have to go out of tow ns for a few days next week. Could I leave Pully with you wh.ile rm gone ?M2: Pully? Who 's Pully?M1: You know, Pully i

32、s my bird.M2: Oh, yeah, I forget, your bird. I don't know, Phil,I really don't like birds very much. They're messy and they make a lot of no ise andM1: No, not Pully. She is really clea n and very quite. She won't bother you, I promise.M2: Oh, right, I 'll do it.M1: Thanks, I'

33、;m really appreciate it. I 'll bring her over on Tuesday ni ght.M2: Ok, but you own me one.Adva need 7-1W:Hello!M:Hello,may I speak to Sophia please?W:l'm sorry. She is not in right now. Would you like to leave a message?M:Yes,please. This is Jeff. Could you tell her that Tony is having a pa

34、rty on Saturday?W:U n-huh.M:And would you ask her if she likes to go to with me?W:All right, Peter ,I 'give her the message.M:No, this is Jeff, not Peter.W:Oh,l 'm sorry.M:By the way, who 'Peter?Advaneed 7-2W1:Hi, I 'm home.W2:Oh, hi.W1:Did anyone call?W2:Un-huh. You old friend Peter

35、 called a few hours ago. He is going to be in town onSaturday, and wants to get together with you Saturday ni ght. He said to call him.W1:Oh,super! I have n 'see n Peter in almost a year. Any other calls?W2:Uh, yeah, Jeff called. He wants to know if you want to go to Tony'party with him.W1:

36、Oh, whe n is To ny'party?W2:O n Saturday.W1:Oh, perfect. That 'the same ni ght I'm going to get together with Peter. So I have anexcuse not to go. Even if I were n'go ing out with Peter, Iwould n 'go any where with Jeff.Oh, he ' such a pain!W2:0h, he did n 't sound so bad

37、. He soun ded kind of sweet.W1:Yeah,yeah, I guess he is. It 'just that I don 'twa nt to go out with him. And he just doesn 'seem to get the massage. Do me a favor, Amy, if he calls again, could you just tell him I'm not home?W2:Hmm. Ok.Adva need 8-1M:What an awful story! A couple was

38、 sail ing their yacht from Hawaii to Mexico. While theywere crossing the Pacific, their boat hit a whale and sank!W:Is that true? What happe ned to the whale?M:It doesn t say! Oh and here 's another one. A guy in Los Angles was robbing a bank. Butas he was escap ing, he got caught in the revolv

39、ing door.W:I guess it was his first bank robbery.M:Yeah. Oh! And liste n to this. Some guy got locked out of his house, so he tried to get i n through the chi mn ey.W:Don ' tell me he got stuck in the chimney!M:Exactly. And he was still trying to get out two days later when the police rescued hi

40、m.Advaneed 8-2W:A man who con sidered himself a sn ake charmer was stra ngled to death on Sun day bya three-and-a-half-meterboa constrictor in a town in Thailand. It seems that the manrushed to see the gia nt sn ake after friends told him the serpe nt was see n beside one of the town 'main roads

41、. The snake charmer put it around his neck, while he and his friends were walking home, the snake strangled him to death.Advaneed 8-3M:Two teenage girls who disappeared from a ship were found alive and well. The girlsturned up on Friday, n ear a small tow n on the no rtheast of Australia. The girls

42、said theywere visit ing a friend on the ship and fell asleep in their friend 'cab in. When they woke up, the ship was heading for Singapore, sothey decided to jump off the ship and swim toshore. They found themselves on a deserted part of the Australian coast, and had to walk over 100 miles to t

43、he n earest tow n.Advaneed 8-4W:Early Tuesday morni ng in California, two police officers were purs uing a car thief dow n Hollywood Boulevard in a high-speed chase were rescued by the thief. During the chase, the officers 'car overturned and fell into a shallow river. The officers couldn'ge

44、t out of thecar, which was rapidly filling up with water. The thief went back to the scene of the accide nt and helped rescue the officers. The Hollywood Police Departme nt has decided to drop charges aga inst the thief for savi ng the officers 'lives.Adva need 9-1M:Some one had stole n my walle

45、t last ni ght.W:Oh no! What happe ned?M:Well, I was working out, and I had put my stuff in my locker, just like I always do. When I came back, some one had stole n my wallet. I guess I ' forgotte n to lock the locker. W:l'm sorry. That 'terrible! Did you lose much money?M:Only about $20.

46、 But I lost my credit card and my driver' lice nse. What a pain!Advaneed 9-2W:Hmm. That reminds me of whe n I had my purse stole n last year.M:Really? What happe ned?W:Well, it was whe n I was in Belgium. I was on my way to the airport, so I was sta nding on the side of the road with my bags, tr

47、ying to figure out the bus schedule. Any way, this a bunch of guys came by and asked if they could help me. They spoke very broke n En glish, and I could n 'really un dersta nd what they were say in g. I really just want them to leave me alone. Fin ally, they left and whe n I look down, I realiz

48、e my purse had disappeared. It had my wallet in it with all my traveler ' checks and my money and my credit card. Well, luckily, I put my airli ne ticket and my passport in one of my carry-onbags.M:How awful! So what did you do?W:Well, first I screamed at the top of my lungs and tried to run aft

49、er the guys, but they were long gone. Then, ,this sounds really corny, I did just what I had see n people do on TV. I called my credit card compa ny.M:Were they helpful?W:They were lifesavers! In no time at all, they gave me new traveler ' checks and new credit card, and sent me on my way.Adva n

50、eed 11-1M:It really upsets me when taxi drivers drive so fast. I'm always terrified of having an accide nt.W:That doesn 'really bother me. I like to get where I'm going quickly. But I can 'tstand itwhen they have their radio turned up all the way full blast. You can' even here yo

51、urself think!Adva need 11-2W:I hate it whe n people take their dogs into a park. And let them make messes all over theplace. I t 'so irresponsible.M:You know what bothers me? I hate it whe n they go out and leave their dog at home,bark ing all day.Adva need 11-3M:I can tstand when they show the

52、same commercials twice in a row. Why do they do that?It drives me crazy.W:The thi ng bothers me the most is whe n they in terrupt a ball game at the most excit ing mome nt to show some stupid commercials.Adva need 11-4W:It really upsets me whe n store clerk prete nd they have n'no tieed you. And

53、 just sta ndaround, ehatting to each other. It 'so rude.M:Yeah,or on the other hand. They give you the hard sell and try to get you to buy something you don ' really want.Adva need 12-1M:Whe n I lived in Spain, I was surprised how late people eat in the eve ning. When you areinvited to dinne

54、r, you are asked to come around 9 o 'clock and you usually don ' start dinner until ten. And people stay terribly late, sometimes until 2 in the morning or even later. I found it difficult. How does one get up and go to work or school the n ext day after eating and drinking until 3 in the mo

55、rning?Adva need 12-2W:I lived in the middle East for a while. And when I went out, I had to obey the local custom of weari ng someth ing over my head. And weari ng a dress that covered my whole body. At first, I find it really nuisanee, but after a while, I got used to it, and even started to like i

56、t. You feel really secure and also you don 'have to worry about what to wear all the time.Adva need 13-1M:Can I help you?W:Yes, I ' like to return this jacket.M:ls there something the matter with it?W:Yes, I didn 'tnoticed when I bought it but there are a few problems. First, it has a te

57、ar inthe lining.M:Hmm, actually, it 'torn in several places.W:A nd some of the butt ons are very loose, this one came off, in fact and there'sa stai n onthe collar.M:l'm really sorry about this. Would you like to excha nge for ano ther one?W:Well, to be hon est, I don ' th ink this j

58、acket is very well made, I ' rather get refund.M:I un dersta nd, do you have the receipt?Adva need 13-2M1:Ca n I help you?M2:Yes, I bought this briefcase here last week, but there 'someth ing wrong with the lock.I can 'get it closed properly.M1:Let me see, yes, I see what you mean. The l

59、ock seems to be jammed or someth ing.No problem, I 'get you another one, sorry about that.Adva need 14-1W1:Hi.W2:Yes?W1:l won der if you could take a look at these shoes I bought here. They are pretty n ew, but they seem to be falli ng apart.W2:Hmm, let me see. Yes, this doesn' look right. The stitching is coming out. How longdid you say you had them?W1:O nly about a mouth. Here's the receipt.W2:Hmm Yes. Well, let me excha nge these for you. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.Adva need 14-2M1