英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 7

 

Lesson 7 

Text A 

                                  After a Heavy Snowstorm¹ 

    One night there was a heavy snowstorm, and in the morning Mr Smith's garden was full of deep snow. Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. He said to this man, "Don't throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the bushes² in my garden; and don't throw any snow into the street, or the police will be angry. " Then Mr Smith went out.

    When he came back, the path was clean and the snow from it was not on the bushes, or the fence³, or the street. Mr Smith was very pleased-until he opened the garage to get his car out. The garage was full to the top with all the snow from the path, and his car was somewhere under it all! 

Text B 

                        No Baseball Today 

PETER: Can you play baseball with me today? 

JoHN: No, I can't. I'm sorry. I have to help my mother. We're going to move tomorrow. 

PETER: Where's the new house? Is it far from here? 

JoHN: No, it's not far. It's near our old house. 

PETER: Can I help you pack? 

JoHN: Sure. Thanks. 

PETER: What can I do? 

JoHN: Take the books out of the bookcase. Put them in this box. 

PETER: Well, the books are in the box. What can I do now? 

JoHN: Take the magazines out of the bookcase. Put them in that box. 

PETER: All right. 

JoHN: Peter ! Pack them. Don't read them. 

PETER: These magazines are interesting. May I borrow one? 

JOHN: Of course. 

PETER: Thanks, John. 

                                  Quiestions on Text B 

7. Read the foilowing passage once. Undertine the key words whiie reading and retell the story to your partner.                

                                       A Better Mailman⁴ 

    I worked as a mailman for a short time. However, I am afraid of dogs and I had a lot of trouble. One day I tried to deliver some letters to a big house. I started to open the gate and all of a sudden⁵ a huge dog ran toward⁶ me. It growled⁷ and barked at me , so I threw the letters over the fence. The dog picked them up and carried them into the house. The dog was a better mailman than I was!

1 snowstorm   

n.雪暴，暴风雪

参考例句：

• After several weeks of travel,snowstorm hit us first.我们旅行了几个星期，初次碰上了暴风雪。
• A severe snowstorm blocked up railroads.一场暴风雪使铁路中断。

2 bushes   

n.灌木（丛）( bush的名词复数 )；[机械学]（金属）衬套；[电学]（绝缘）套管；类似灌木的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛）

参考例句：

• There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
• The boy chased his sister in and out among the bushes. 那个男孩在灌木丛里跟着他姐姐追过来追过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 fence   

n.围墙，剑术；v.用篱笆围住，练习剑术，防护；[计算机]栅栏

参考例句：

• They put a fence around the garden.他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
• The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped.贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。

4 mailman   

n.邮递员(现在常改称mail carrier)

参考例句：

• The mailman always comes at 9 o'clock.邮递员总是九点钟来。
• The mailman brought a small packet.邮差送来了一个小邮包。

5 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

6 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

7 growled   

v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说

参考例句：

• \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》