2017年高考(新课标卷II&III)英语听力真题 长对话(2)

 

Hi, Samantha. Do you have a minute?

嗨，萨曼莎。你现在有空吗？

Hi, Richard. Come in, please.

嗨，理查德。请进。

I've been trying to get hold of you all afternoon.

我整个下午都在找你呢。

I was at the weekly¹ managers' meeting. How are things?

我那时在开每周管理人会议。近况如何啊？

Oh, splendid². I have some news. Good news?

哦，好极了。我有事要告诉你。好事吗？

Wonderful news... to me, anyway! I've been offered a job for three years as an assistant to Prof. Hayes from Birmingham University.

大好消息……反正对我来说是！我得到了一份为期三年的伯明翰大学海斯教授的助理工作。

I'll join him in Mexico³ City. What do you think about that?

我将在墨西哥城与他会合。你觉得这工作怎么样？

Wonderful, Richard! Just what you've always wanted, isn't it? Does it mean that you'll leave soon?

太棒了，理查德！这是你一直想做的工作，不是吗？也就是说你马上就要走了？

Next week. But before I go, I'd like to invite you out for dinner — just to thank you for all the help you gave me during my three-month research⁴ work here.

下周走。但在我走之前，我想请你出去吃顿晚饭——感谢你对我这三个月的研究工作给予的全部帮助。

Would tomorrow evening be a good time for you? We can go to the Shanghai Restaurant in Chinatown. Fine with me.

明天晚上合适吗？我们可以去唐人街的上海餐馆。可以的。

高考大纲3500单词卡片及默写本点击购买

1 Weekly   

n.周刊，周报；adj.每周的，一周一次的，周刊的；adv.每周，一周一次；

参考例句：

• Are you paid weekly or monthly?你拿周薪还是月薪？
• He writes a weekly letter to his parents.他每周给父母写一封信。

2 splendid   

adj.光亮的，了不起的，灿烂的，壮丽的，显著的，杰出的

参考例句：

• He got a splendid present for her.他送她一件极好的礼物。
• The play was just splendid.这出戏真是太好了。

3 Mexico   

n.墨西哥

参考例句：

• They took me to Mexico.他们把我带到墨西哥。
• Mexico is a beautiful country.墨西哥是个美丽的国家。

4 research   

n.探索；调查；研究 vt./vi.调查；研究

参考例句：

• Research has shown that women live longer than men.调查表明女性比男性寿命长。
• The research group is ready to start its work.这个研究小组已准备好随时开始工作。