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/31A:Whatdotheotherpeopleinyourapartmentthinkaboutthem?E:Mostofmyotherneighboursarescaredofthem.A:Maybeyoushouldthinkaboutmoving.E:Ican'taffordtomoverightnow.A:Well,perhapsyoushouldhaveapartyandtrytogettoknowthembetter.Maybeonceyougettoknowthem,they'llturnouttobemoresensitive.E:Ithinkyou'rebeingabitoptimistic.Ifyoumetthem,you'duA:Well,Idon'tknowwhatelseyoucoulddothen.Doyouthinkbribingthemwithchocolatewouldwork?04.EveryPartofYourBodyCanSpeakWordsStormankle腳踝armpit腋窩bottom愕部chest胸脯、胸部elbow臂肘knee膝蓋palm手掌stomach胃waist腰wrist手腕frown皺眉grin露齒而笑gum牙齦scalp頭皮suck吸、吮吸wink眨眼wrinkle皺紋yawn哈欠kneel跪下lean傾斜，倚靠，瘦的，貧乏的tripover絆倒famished極饑餓的starve餓得要死gettingabitetoeat隨便吃點(diǎn)東西hotpot火鍋afterone'sownheart全符合自己的心意spicy辣的dragone'sfeet拖著腳走，遲緩誤事，拖拉，不合作tongue舌頭authentic可信的apainintheneck［美俚］討厭的家伙blame責(zé)備badblood仇恨takethecake得獎，成為最佳者，（諷）壞到極點(diǎn)promotion晉升grinandbearit逆來順受haveatastefor愛好，提出，想要getintheway妨礙Emily:Idon'tknowaboutyou,butI'mfamished.Areyouinterestedingetbitetoeat?Ryan:That'ssoundsgreat.I'mabsolutelystarving!Whatkindoffoodareyouthemoodfor?E:I'dlovesomethingspicy.MaybewecouldgetsomeSichuanhotpot.R:Youareawomanaftermyownheart.Idon'tknowmanypeoplewhocanhandlespicyfood.Areyousureyouareupforhotpot?E:Sure.IfIcould,Iwouldeathotpoteveryday!E:Well,let'sstopdraggingourfeetandfindaSichuanhotpotrestaurantfordinner!E:Well,haveyouthoughtaboutityet?R:No???E:Nevermind.There'sanauthentictastinghotpotrestaurantnotfarfromtheChinaWorldTradeTowersonChangAnStreet.Haveyoubeenthere?R:That'sit!That'stheoneIwasthinkingof.ItoldyouIrememberit!E:Youeallyhaveabighead,don'tyou?R:So,Emily,howwasyourday?E:Idon'tthinkyoureallywanttohearaboutit.R:Itcan'thavebeenthatbad.Goonandtellmeaboutit.E:Tobehonest,itwashorrible!Mymanagerissuchapainintheneck!R:Why?Whathappened?E:Well,hemadequiteafewmistakesonthemonthlyreportandwhenhissupervisorfoundhim,mymanagerblamedthemonme!R:That'snotveryfair.Whatdidyoudo?E:Therewasn'treallyanythingthatIcoulddo.Thereotofbsdalwaysbeeibloodbetweenmymanagerandmyself.IfIhadsaidanything,hewouldhavefiredmeforsure.R:Didhetreateveryoneinyourdepartmentlikethis?E:Hetreatseveryoneprettypoorly,butthewayhetreatsmereallytakesthecake!R:Doyouhaveanyideaswhyhetreatsyouworsethantheothers?E:Ireallyhavenoidea.AllIknowisthatthethoughtofhimreallycurlsmyhair!E:Notreally.I'mhopingtolivewithitforawhileuntilIgetapromotion.R:That'sverysensible.Itsoukdsyouhaveagoodheadonyourshoulders.E:Itrytobesensibleaboutit,butit'snotveryeasy.Sometimesyoujgrinandbearit.R:That'ssotrue.Whenyouhaveatasteforsuccess,youcan'tletpeoplelikeyourmanagergetintheway.05.MindYourPostureWordsStormbow彎腰、鞠躬handshake握手hug擁抱nodhead點(diǎn)頭greet問候crawl向前爬dive跳水drag拖、拉posture姿勢foldarms交叉雙臂置于胸前bitenails咬指甲limp柔軟的，易曲的，無力的offend冒犯，違反，得罪，使…不愉快typically代表性地，作為特色地signifyconfidenceandrespect表示/意味信心和尊敬/敬重makecontactwith和…接觸，和...通信candidate候選人，投考者impressiveresume深亥卿象confident自信的keepdistance留間隔rude粗魯?shù)?、無禮的seeeyetoeyeonsth.對某事看法——致unprofessional夕卜行的，不專業(yè)的hire雇用、聘請avoid避免client顧客，客戶，委托人slouchv懶散posture（身體的）姿勢，體態(tài)sense感覺，判斷力eventually最后,終于Isabella:Matthew,doyouknowmuchaboutbodylanguageincountriesaroundtheworld?M:Sure.I'vepickedupafewthingsfromtravellingaroundforwork.Why?I:Well,IhadameetingtodaywithawomanfromJapanandshewouldn'tstopbowing!Ididn'tknowwhattodo!M:Didyoubowback?I:No,Itriedtoshakeherhand,butherhandwassolimpIwasabitoffended.M:Well,JapanesebusinessmenandwomentypicallybowtogreeteachotherinJapan.Shemighthavebeenoffendedbyyourstronghandshake.I:ButshewasinAmerica!Shouldn'tshehaveknownthatstronghandshakesAmericasignifyconfidenceandrespect?M:ThingsaredifferentinJapan.Youknow,insomecountries,makingeyecontactwithothersisconsideredrude.I:Isthatwhyshewouldn'tlookatmeinthemeeting?M:Ithinkit'shighlypossible,yes.M:That'sagoodidea.Whenyoudon'tknowmuchaboutothercultures,thesimplethingcanoffendsomeone.That'ssotrue.Itthafwegreaeyetoeyeonthis.M:Well,whatdidyouthinkaboutthelastcandidate?Doyouthinkweshouldhireher?Shehadaveryimpressiveresume,butsheseemedtolacktheconfidencethatIthinkagoodmanagerneeds.M:Whatmadeyouthinkthatshewasn'tveryconfident?Didyounoticethewaythatsheavoidedmakingeyecontactwithuswhileshetalked?M:Shewasabitnervous,Iguess.Whatelse?Whenshefirstwalkedintotheroomtogreetus,shedidn'tshakeintroduceherselfatall.Ithoughtthatwasabitunprofessional.Itsurewould.Didyoualsonoticethewaysheslouchedinherchairduringmostoftheinterview?Shehadhorribleposture!M:Iagree.IguessIwaspayingmoreattentiontoheranswersthanherbodylanguage.Ontopofallofthat,shedidn'tseemtohaveanysenseaboutpeoplepersonalspace.Shedidn'tkeepenoughdistancebetweenuswhenduringthemeeting.M:That'strue.Iguesswe'llhavetokeeplookingforamanagerthen.I:Don'tworry,we'llfindsomeoneeventually!06.BloodIsThickerthanWater血濃于水WordStormsurname\familyname姓nuclearfamily核心家庭immediatefamily直系親人kinship血緣關(guān)系bloodrelationship血緣kinsmenbyblood血親stock門第、血統(tǒng)ofnoblebirth貴族出身ofhumblebirth平民出身ancestor祖先descendant后代、晚輩progeny后裔inherit繼承familytree家譜identicaltwins同卵雙生fraternaltwins異卵雙生legitimatechild婚生子（女）川egitimatechild非婚生子（女）bastard私生子（女）brotherhood手足情halfbrother/sister同父異母（同母異父）兄弟/姐妹single-childpolicy獨(dú)生子女政策biologicalfather生父yearnforattention渴望被關(guān)注envy羨慕step-dad繼父bemeantto有意要,打算Kaitlyn:Howmanypeoplearethereinyourfamily?Jack:Myimmediatefamilyisquitesmall.It's-jUsttheromerstepmom,mystep-dadandme.Howaboutyou?K:Ihavealargefamily.Ihave3eldersisters,mytwinsister,ayoungerbrotherandmyparents.J:Ididn'tknowyouwereatwin!Areyouidenticalorfraternal?Interesting!Itmustbegreathavingatwinsister.Areyoubestfriends,too?Weusedtobereallyclose,butallthatchangedonceshemovedtoShanghai.Howaboutyourfamily?Youdidn'tmentiontoyourbiologicalfather.Idon'tknowmuchabouthim.HediedwhenIwasjustababy.EventhoughIdon'thaveabloodrelationshipwitmystep-fatherandstep-brother,Iconsiderthemtobemyrealfamily.Whataboutyourstep-brother'smother?Doeshekeepintouchwithher?No,shealsodiedwhenmystep-brotherwasalittle.Mymotherandmystepfathermeteachothershortlyaftermyfatherdiedandbecamegoodfriends.Theyendedupgettingmarriedafewyearslater.Soundslikeitwasmeanttobe.Haveyoueverthoughtabouthavingchildren,K?MyhusbandandIhavethoughtaboutit,butwe'vedecidednottohavThey'rejusttooexpensive.Besides,withallthenewsaboutglobalwarmingonthenewslately,whoknowswhatkindofworldwe'llhaveinthefuture.Whatabout:Well,I'vealwayswantedtohavelotsofchildren.Growingupwithonlyonebrother,Ialwaysfeltabitlonely.Whatdoyouthinkaboutfamilieswithonlyonechild?Forme,growingupinabigfamilyalwaysmademeyearnforattention.IalwayswantedtobeanonlychildsothatIcouldalwaysdowhatIwantedandsothatIwouldnerhavetoshare.Don'tyouthinkyouwouldmisshavingotherpeoplearound?Noway!Ispent20yearsofmylifewithrelativesaroundme24-7.Youknow,Idon'tthinkI'veeveractuallyspentanytimebymyselfinmyparentsyouthinkoftheone-childpolicyinchina?IfChinadidn'thavesuchapolicy,canyouimaginehowmanypeopletherewouldbeinChinanow?That'strue.Butasawoman,I'mgladthateventhoughIdon'1children,IatleasthaveachoiceinhowmanychildrenIhave.Ontheotherhand,Ican'timaginewhatChinawouldbelikeifthereweren-childpolicy!taoneDoyouthinkmostfamilieswithmanychildrenenvyorfeelsorryforotherfamilieswithonlyonechild?Idon'tknowwhatotherpeoplek,butI,forone,envyonlychildren!07.HugeFamilyWordStormrelation=relatives親戚kinsmenbyaffinity姻親extended-family數(shù)代同堂的大家庭step-繼adopt收養(yǎng)takeafter長得像、性格像reunion團(tuán)聚niece侄女、外甥女nephew侄子、外甥sibling親兄弟姐妹cousin表（堂）兄弟姐妹patriarch族長headofthehousehold一家之主fosterparents養(yǎng)父母blacksheepofthefamily敗家子、不孝子financiallyindependent經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立supportafamily維持一家生計(jì)retirementhome養(yǎng)老院arecordofancestors祖先的檔案、族譜generation一代becriticalof不滿decade十年undersb'sroof住在某人家rare罕見的respectable可敬的，高尚的，值得尊敬的respect關(guān)系Sophia:Doesyourfamilyhavearecordofyourancestors?Nee:Sure.Mymomhasbeenworkingonourfamilytreeforyears.Sheupdatingit.S:Doyouhaveacopyofyourfamilytreeinyourhouse?Ietoseeit.'dlovN:Icanshowittoyou,ifyoulike.Ithinkitgoesbackabout8generationssofar.S:That'samazing!Doyouhavealargeextendedfamily?N:I'vegot30cousinsonmymom'ssideand10cousinsonmydad'S:Areyouveryclosetoyourfirst-cousins?N:Theonesthataremyagearecloserelatives.NowthatI'molder,spendasmuchtimewiththemasIusedto,soIdon'tknowmyyoungercouwellastheolderones.S:Isee.Who'stheheadofyourhousehold?N:It'srdtsfymymother.And,hermotherisdefinitelythematriarchofthebiggerfamily.S:That'sinteresting.What'syourgrandmotherthinkofcyberRtepN:Atfirst,shewasquitecriticalofher,butnowthatthey'vebefewyears,she'sstartingtoacceptthefactthatmyfatherdivorcedmymother.S:That'sprettymuchhowyoufeelaboutyour-mom.Likegrandmother,likegrandson!N:DoyouthinkChinesefamilieshavechangedmuchinthelast50years?S:Ithinkfamilieseverywherehavechangedalotinthelast5decades.N:Whatdoyouthinkisthebiggestchange?N:That'strue.Youknow,somehusbandsandwivesdon'tevenliveinthcityanymore.S:Wouldyoueverconsiderhavingyourparentslivewithyouwhentheygetolder?N:IguessI'maIbisoiodned.I'dratherhavemyparentslivewithmethanliveinaretirementhome.S:That'sveryrespectable,butIcouldneverlivewithmyparents.IusuallyonlyseethematourChristmascelebration—andthat'senough!N:Howaboutyourothersiblings?Dotheyspendalotoftimewithyourparents?S:Twoofmysistersstillliveathome,eventhoughtheyhavealreadygraduatedfromuniversityandhavegoodjobs.Theyenjoyspendingtheirfreetimewithmyparents.Iguessinthatrespect,I'mtheblacksheepofthefamily.N:Well,youknowwhattheysay.Youcanchooseyourfriends,butnotyourfamily.08.LookingforLoveWordStormadore崇拜admire傾慕flirt調(diào)情fancy迷戀casual隨意的princecharming白馬王子headoverheels神魂顛倒haveanaffair發(fā)生關(guān)系puppylove過家家platonic柏拉圖式row爭吵splitup分手standsb.up放鴿子、失約lovetriangle三角戀ficklelover靠不住的情人anniversary周年紀(jì)念confront使面臨、面對rude粗魯?shù)膔egret遺憾closure關(guān)閉、終止Cyprus（地中海東部一島）塞浦路斯position職位relocate重新部署madly發(fā)狂的Olivia:Howiseverythinggoingwithyourgirlfriend?Noah:Didn'tItellyou?It'sover.O:Oh,I'msorrytohearthat.Ididn'tknowthatyouhadsplitup.Whathappened?Itwasafewthings.Thefirstthingthathappenedwasthatweweresupposedtogooutforaromanticdinnerforouroneyearanniversary,butshestoodmeup!Really?Didshetellyouwhyshedidn'tshowup?No,butIendedupfindingoutlaterthatnightwhenIsawherwithanothermanataclubnearmyhome!Whatwasshethinking?Didyouconfrontheraboutitwhenyousawher?Iwantedto,butIknewthatifIspoketoher,I'djustblowupatIdecidedtojustgohome.Icalledherlaterthatnight,butshedidn'tphone.Ican'tbelieveshewoulddothattoyou.Itandrudo!dishonest一Iknow.Istillhaven'theardfromher.ThegoodthingisthatIherthatIdon'tfeelsadaboutnothavingheraround.Ibetyousheregretswhatshe'sdone.Youweresuchagooalcatch!Shelostout,didn'tshe?Iguessso.Itwouldbenicetoknowwhyshedidthisthough.Iknow.It'salwaysnicetohavesomeclosure,butIdon'tthinkproblemfindinganothergirlfriend.Thereareplentyoffishinthesea.N:HowwasyourholidaytoCyprus?Didyouhappentomeetsomeone?Howdidyouknow?Youalwaysactlikethiswhenyou'vefalleninlove.Whoishe?Howdidymeet?HisnameisTonyandwemetmyfirstnightinPathos.Heworkswithmysisterwholivesthere.Wasitloveatfirstsight?Notreally.Iwasn'tlookingforholidayromance,butmysistertoldmethatshehadpromisedhimthatshe'dsethimuponblinddatewithme.Ididnhaveanythingtolose,soIwent.And?Let'sjustsaythatbythethirddate,webothrealizedthatwehadfalleninlove.N:Thathappenedquickly!Areyougoingtoseehimagain?Itsoundslikeheismadlyinlovewithyou.Areyoureadyforsuchaseriousrelationship?Well,I'mnotreallyachickenanymore.Wedon'tknowwhatwillhapwe'lljusthavetowaitandsee!09.MarryaSoulMateWordStormregistryoffice婚姻登記處churchwedding教堂婚禮bride新娘groom新郎bridesmaid伴娘bestman伴郎clergyman牧師getengaged訂婚proposeto求婚silver/goldenwedding結(jié)婚禮品清單weddingceremony婚禮weddingmarch婚禮進(jìn)行曲weddingbanquet喜宴extravagant奢侈的、浪費(fèi)的eternal永恒的、永遠(yuǎn)的vows婚誓hen-pecked懼內(nèi)、妻管嚴(yán)one'sbetterhaf一半bouquet花束tuxedo無尾晚禮服separate分居fancy奇特的cheaton對...不忠bridesmaidsandgroomsmen女候相和男候相surfing沖浪ridiculous可笑的Abigail:Haveyouheardthebignews?Joshua:Whatbignews?A:OliviaandNicholasareengaged!Heproposedtoherlastnightatafancyrestaurant.J:Ididn'tevenknowtheyweredating!A:AfterNex-girlfriendcheatedonhim,theyrealizedthattheyhadagreatfriendshipandthatmaybetheyweremeanttobewitheachother.J:Theyreallyareperfectforeachother.Ican-matcthedkcrfupleetterthanthem.A:Iheardthattheyareplanningtohaveanextravagantweddingceremonyinchurchwithareceptioninanexpensiverestaurantonthelake.J:Havetheyaskedanyonetobeintheweddingpartyyet?A:IthinkNaskedJacktobehisbestmanandOaskedKaitlyntobehermaidofhonour.Theybothhavebigfamilies,sotheirsiblingswillbethebridesmaidsandgroomsmen.J:Itsoundslikethey'redonealotofplanninginaveryshorttime.Havetheydecidedwheretheyaregoingtogofortheirhoneymoon?A:Ihaven'theardwheretheyjwyet,butIbetyoutheywillgotoabeachsomewhere;youknowhowtheybothlovesurfing.J:Youknow,mostpeoplefinditdifficulttofindtheirsoulmate,buttheymadeitseemextremelyeasy.J:Whatwasyourweddingceremonylike,A?A:MyhusbandandIgotmarriedinaregistryofficewithjusttwofriendsthereaswitnesses.Butthenwehadthreepartiestocelebrate.J:Threeparties?That'squitealot.Thatmusthavebeenexpensive.A:Well,sincemyhusbandandIarefromtwodifferentcountries,andweliveinathirdcountry,wedecidedtohaveoneineachcountry.Itwasn'tactuzexpensive.J:Wereyourparentsupsetthattheyweren'ttheretoseeyougetmarried?A:Iwouldhavelikethemtobethere,buttheycouldndtoflyouttosteefforus,andwecouldn'taffordtoflyouttoseethem,sotheyunderstood.J:Didyourhusband'sfamilygettomeetyourfamily?A:Myhusband'sparentsflewouttomeetmyfamilywhenwegotmarriedinmyhometown,sothatwasgreat.Somepeoplespendridiculousamountsofmoneyonextravagantweddingreceptions,butweagreedthattheweddingpartyshouldbelessaboutmoneyandmoreaboutfamily.J:Thatmakessense.Didyougoonahoneymoon?A:Wewaiteduntilourone-yearanniversarytogoonourhoneymoontoAfrica.J:Youreallydidn'thaveaverytraditionalwedding,didyou?A:Notatall,butwedon'thaveatraditionalmarriageeither,soitsuitedusperfectly!10.GettingalongWordStormbuddy男性朋友driftapart疏遠(yuǎn)maturity成熟sincerity真誠loyalty忠誠colleague同事hangout閑逛holdagrudge記仇、忌恨fallout吵架positive積極的UltimateFrisbee極限飛碟（游戲）driftapart疏遠(yuǎn)holdagrudge發(fā)牢騷separate分開的，分離的；分開，分別Hailey:Howareyoudoing,Andrew?A:Notwell.I'vebeenfeelingprettyaonelyH:Butyouhavesomanyfriends!Howcouldyoubelonely?A:Youknowwhattheysay:afriendtoallisafriendtonone.Idonreallyknowanyofmyfriends.Infact