王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 022A

　　Lesson Twenty-two
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.
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A:_____________. Dear Carolyn: I ____ you _____ this ____ Michael. I am ____ he _________ be able to read it by himself and he'll _________ understanding all this. _______________________, I love you ____ very much. ______________ I feel fine, I ______ I'd ___________, ______ that word, I am sorry."
Daughter: I ____ believe ____ making _____.
" After _______________ the ________________, I am ____ you'll ______________ this letter. It's ____ to write ____ to my ____ children. I could ___ this ___ with __________ me, I suppose. As one gets older, one's ____ subside¹. What becomes more and more important is ____________________ that you were ______ this ____ stay. How sad it seems to _____ this _____ without _____ you __________ ever really knowing who you ____. It's ____ for a mother to love her children, ______________. It just happens. I don't know if __________ for children. You're ___________ being _________ us for _____ you wrong. His name was Robert Kincaid. He was a __________ and he was here in ____, ________ an _____ for National Geographic² on the covered bridges in Madison county. Remember when we got that ______, how we felt like __________?

1 subside   

vi.平静，平息；下沉，塌陷，沉降

参考例句：

• The emotional reaction which results from a serious accident takes time to subside.严重事故所引起的情绪化的反应需要时间来平息。
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon.围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。

2 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法