王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 020

　　Lesson Twenty
听力部分
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
A
A: Please ______________ for the ______.
B: Cynthia C-H-A-R-L-T-O-N Lee
A: Thank you. Please _________. We will ____ the _________ with Mr. Skakle.
Mr. Skakle, the fine-minute rule is ___________.
C: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Miss Lee, hello, I'm over here, thank you for joining us. Now ____________ subpoena¹, __________?
B: Yes.
C: Could you _____________________? I understand _______________, but ______ me when I tell you you're ______ friends.
C: Miss Lee, you _____________. But you ___________.
B: Yes, I __________ to William Hanson.
C: Who is now married to the nominee²?
B: Yes. _____________ Laine ______________. It was ______________ ago.
C: Divorce. Right. I've read __________________. Ladies and gentleman, that by the way is tab -76 and they ____ irreconcilable³ differences. Could you tell us, what were those __________ differences?
B: I can't really ______ them.
C: Was your husband _______________ you?
B: No.
C: Did you have __________________ or _____________________ how to ____ your ___?
B: We didn't have children.
C: Were there infidelities?
B: Yes, there was one.
C: Is it ____ to say that this _________ precipitated⁴ the divorce?
A: Miss Lee, please answer the question verbally. Is that a yes?
B: Yes, it was yes.
C: Did you, Madam, have the affair?
B:No.
C:It was ____________ then.
B: Yes, Will was __________ Laine Billing's first senatorial campaign. He was with her all the time.
C: Are you _______ the senator, the nominee, ________________ your husband?
B: Yes.
C: Did the nominee know Mr. Hanson was married?
B: Laine was my friend, my good, good friend.
C: Miss Lee, would you ______ to this _________ as you did in your deposition⁵, how you _________ that the nominee _________________ your husband?
B: Yes. On the _____ of the _________, I was at home. I had the ___, I was ____________, watching Laine about to ____ her _______________. I was very ___ that I ________ be there. It was a _________ for Laine and my husband. She was ____ the ______. Will was by her side, he was ________ her hand ___________, and on ______________ of Laine, she was just _______ clasping that person's hand. But with Will, their hands ______________. It was ____ that I noticed it, but, my ____________. I answered the door, and there was a gentleman, ______________. He had a _________ on. He had papers for me.
A: Papers? Sorry?
B: ________ papers.

1 subpoena   

n.（法律）传票；v.传讯

参考例句：

• He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。
• Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

2 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 irreconcilable   

adj.（指人）难和解的，势不两立的

参考例句：

• These practices are irreconcilable with the law of the Church.这种做法与教规是相悖的。
• These old concepts are irreconcilable with modern life.这些陈旧的观念与现代生活格格不入。

4 precipitated   

v.（突如其来地）使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 )；促成；猛然摔下；使沉淀

参考例句：

• His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis. 他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。
• He lost his footing and was precipitated to the ground. 他失足摔倒在地上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 deposition   

n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物

参考例句：

• It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
• This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。