英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 4

 

Lesson 4 

Text A 

                                 What's the Matter with You? 

MRs WELsH: Good afternoon, Dr¹ Dawes. 

DR DAwEs: Good afternoon, Mrs Welsh . 

MRS WELSH: Please come this way,Doctor.Peter's in this room. 

DR DAwEs: Well, Peter.I'm sorry you're ill. What's the matter with you? 

    PETER: I don't know,Doctor. I'm ill.I have a headache and a stomachache. 

DR DAwEs: Show me your torgue.What did you eat yesterday? 

    PETER: Well,Doctor,I. . . 

DR DAwEs: Did you eat any cake? 

     PEKE: Yes,I ate some cake. 

DR DAwEs: Did you eat any ice cream? 

    PETEK: Well,yes,I did.I ate some ice cream. 

DR DAWEs: Did you eat any candy²? 

    PETER: Well,yes,I did. I ate some candy. 

DR DAwES: Young man,tell me everything you ate yesterday evening. 

    PETER: WeII, Doctor.I went to a birthday party. 

DR DAwEs: I see! How many pieces of cake did you eat? 

    PETER: Three,Doctor. 

DR DAwEs: How many plates of ice ream did you eat,young man? 

    PETER: Gosh,Doctor.I had only three plates of ice cream.John had four. 

Text B 

                                 How Did You Lose Your Way? 

    Mrs Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.

    But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs Brown, "The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home. " Mrs Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left.

    "But, Grandfather, " she then said , "you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?"

    The old man smiled ,closed one eye and said, "I didn't quite lose my way. I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home ! " 

                              Questions on Text B 

7. Read the following passage once. Underline³ the key words while reading⁴ and retell the story to your partner.

    One morning a man was crossing a narrow⁵ bridge when he saw a fisherman on the shady⁶ bank of the deep, smooth⁷ river under him,so he stopped to watch him quietly.

    After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line in. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it.

    The fisherman took it off the hook⁸ and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and line in again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river. Then, the third time, he caught a small fish. He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go. The man on the bridge was very surprised, so he spoke⁹ to the fisherman. He said, "Why did you throw those beautiful, big fish back into the water and keep only that small one?"

    The fisherman looked up and answered, "Small frying-pan. "

1 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

2 candy   

n.糖果；vt.用糖煮，使结晶为砂糖；vi.结晶为砂糖

参考例句：

• I'd like a box of candy.我要一盒糖果。
• What shall I buy at the candy shop?我该买什么在水果糖店里？

3 underline   

n.下划线；加下划线；vt.在…下面划线；强调

参考例句：

• Underline all the sentences you do not know.在你不懂的所有句子下面划一条线。
• Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.请用线画出短文中的名词性从句。

4 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

5 narrow   

n.狭窄部份，海峡，隘路；adj.狭窄的，精密的，有限的；v.变窄，使...狭窄

参考例句：

• The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这桥太窄，并排通不过两辆车。
• The captain sailed his ship through the narrow channel.船长驾驶他的船穿过了狭窄的航道。

6 shady   

adj.成荫的，多荫的，可疑的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He's a rather shady person.他是个相当靠不住的人。

7 smooth   

adj.平滑的，平坦的，平稳的，顾忱；v.弄平，使平滑；消除，排除，克服

参考例句：

• Life is not always smooth.生活的路不总是平坦的。
• He picked up some smooth stones.他捡了一些光滑的石子。

8 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。

9 spoke   

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。