新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 6-6

Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG                                                                      
A: Oh, Bobby, so you’ve come to see me again.
B: How are you doing? Hope everyone is OK here.
A: My God, I can hardly bear the life here. This nursing home is driving crazy.
B: What’s wrong?>
A: You see, there are to many old people here, but far too small a staff.
B: Yeah, that’s probably because people live longer now, crowding nursing homes.
A: So we can hardily¹ get attention. The owner tries to save money on food and care.
B: I see, nursing home abuse² is now a very common problem. I heard of one survey with statistics³: 300 homes were inspects, and in nearly half of them care was substandard.
A: Sometimes they even beat me. I don’t know where and how I can get help.
B: I n theory government offices and lawyers can help you in cases of abuse.
A: But it is inconvenient⁴ for me to contact government offices again and again, and I’m too poor to hire a lawyer.
B: OK, aunt, since it’s hard to ensure you’re Ok here, I’ll take you home. Mary and I will take care of you.
A: Are you sure Mary thinks in the same way as you do?

1 hardily   

耐劳地，大胆地，蛮勇地

参考例句：

• Anyway, we should seriously study the tradition and hardily develop the future. 我们要扎实的学习传统又要大胆地开拓未来。
• He can hardily hold on after working all night for several days. 他成宿地工作，身体都快顶不住了。

2 abuse   

vt.滥用；辱骂；诋毁；n.滥用；恶习；弊端

参考例句：

• You can't make personal abuse on her.你不可对她进行人身攻击。
• She screamed abuse at me.她尖声责备我。

3 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

4 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？