英语口语大赢家Topic143:集邮Stamp Collection

本杰明在邮局下面碰到了泰瑞。泰瑞来买一套最新发行的邮票。本杰明和泰瑞都是集邮迷。本杰明会买这套邮票吗？往下看就知道了。

 

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(Terry meets Benjamin in the post office.)

Terry: Hi! Ben! Nice meeting you here!

Benjamin: Hi, Terry! Nice meeting you here.

Terry: What are you doing here? Fitness¹ Consultant²?

Benjamin: Subscribe³ to the magazine for my wife.

Terry: I see. I thought you had switched your hobby of stamp collection to fitness.

Benjamin: No, I love collecting stamps. Hey, what are you doing here?

Terry: I want to buy the newly issued stamps.

Benjamin: I have spent all my money on that magazine, otherwise I will buy some myself too.

Terry: Hey, do you have time this Sunday? I want you to come to my house.

Benjamin: Sure. Why?

Terry: I want to swap⁴ some stamps with you.

Benjamin: No problem. I will come by then.

Terry: See you.

Benjamin: See you.

 

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（泰瑞在邮局碰到了本杰明。）

泰瑞：嗨！本！真高兴在这儿见到你！

本杰明：嗨！泰瑞！在这儿碰到你真好。

泰瑞：你在这儿做什么？《健康顾问》？

本杰明：我帮我天天订的。

泰瑞：知道了。我还以为你的兴趣由集邮转到健身去了呢。

本杰明：没有，我喜欢集邮。嘿，你在这儿做什么？

泰瑞：我想买一套最新发行的邮票。

本杰明：我的钱全订了那本杂志了。不然我也想买一套。

泰瑞：嘿，这个星期天有空吗？我想要你来我家。

本杰明：好的。为什么？

泰瑞：我想跟你换一些邮票。

本杰明：没问题。我到时去。

泰瑞：再见。

本杰明：再见。

 

经典背诵 Recitation
Terry: Benjamin is a good friend of mine from China. We both love collecting stamps very much. To get more stamps, I often go to the post office to buy the newly issued ones. My biggest hobby is to swap some stamps with friends. It's really fun.

 

生词小结
switch vt. 转变

hobby n. 兴趣，爱好

stamp n. 邮票

collection n. 收集

issue vt. 发行

otherwise adv. 否则

swap vt. 交换

 

情景练习 Scene practice
表达邀请的句型练习

仔细阅读下面五个场景，两人一组，使用邀请的句型，用一用，练一练。

1.Gucci asks May to go to the Happy Valley. But May has other plans. If you were May, what would you say?

2.One of Shirley's colleagues invites her for dinner on Saturday evening, but she is busy that night, if you were Shirley, how would you refuse your colleague politely?

3.Jenny invites Clive to go out for a picnic on the coming weekend. Clive decides to receive her invitation. What would he say to Jenny?

4.Benjamin asks Todd to a concert next Saturday. Todd accepts his invitation. If you were Todd, what would you say to Benjamin?

5.Jane asks Shirley to go for a sale tomorrow. But Shirley has to go to the gym then. So how will she refuse Jane politely?

 

1 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。

2 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

3 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。

4 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。