洪恩环境英语第八册练习 Lesson 5

　　Welcome to Lesson Five.
Listen to Connie as she tells us about some things she's never done
and some other things that she has done in her life.
I'm thirty-three years old.I've never been married.
Work has always been the most important thing...
Is it worth it?Sure.There are things I've done that Steven hasn't done.
I've traveled around the world as a reporter.
I've visited fifty countries.That's exciting too.
Connie is thirty-three years old.
That's not very young,but it's also not very old.
There are many things that she has already done,
but there are some things Connie has never done.
Now,when you hear...
Visit fifty countries.       You say...
She's already visited fifty countries.
When you hear...             Not be married.
You say...
She's never been married.All right,Let's begin.
Visit fifty countries.She's already visited fifty countries.
Not be married.      She's never been married.
Go to already gone to China three times.
She already  gone to China three times.
Not see the Great Wall.
She's never seen the Great Wall.
Not visit India.
She's never visited India.
Be invited to the White House.
She' already been invited to the White House.
Not meet the President of the United¹ States.
She's never met the President of the United States.
Now listen to this conversation.
Notice what the man and woman say they have and haven't done.
Oh,come on.You mean you've been to China three times,
and you've never seen the Great Wall?
It's true.I've haven't seen it yet.But I will .someday.
And you've been invited to the White House three times,
but you've never met the President?
I haven't me him yet.But I will.I have a long life ahead of me.
When hte man says,"You've never seen the Great Wall?"
and"You've never met the President?"
he's expressing surprise that the woman's never done these things.
But when she says,"I haven't seen it yet,"
or"I haven't met him yet,"she means² that there is still time.
She might do these things in the future.She says...
I have a long life ahead of me.
Now,when you hear....
You've never been married?
You say...   I haven't never been yet.
When you hear...
You've never met the President of the United States?
You say...     I haven't met him yet.
OK?Let's begin.
You've never been married?
I haven't been married yet.
You've never met the President of the United States?
I haven't met him yet.
You've never visited Indeia?
I haven't visited there yet.
You've never lived in Los Angeles?
I haven't lived there yet.
You've never been invited to the White House?
I haven't never invited there yet.
Now listen to this conversation between Connie and Mike.
Have you heard from Steven?
He's still waiting.Poor Steven.He stayed up all night last night.
He's on pins and needles.
He must be tired today.And he must be worried.Is Anne OK?
She's fine.She has pains this morning.She must be ready to have the baby.
Now listen and repeat.
Must be tired       he must be tired
He must be tired today.
must be be worried  he must be worried
And he must be worried.
must be ready       she must be ready
She must be ready to have the baby.
When we say that someone must be something,
like must be tired or must be worried,
we are talking about an assumption³ that we are almost certain is true.
Now,when you hear a statement⁴ using almost certain,say the same thing using must.
For example,you hear... I'm almost certain Steven is tired.
And you say...        He must be tired.
You hear..            I'm almost certain Steven and Anne are worried.
And you say...        They must be worried
All right,let's begin.
I'm almost certain Steven is tired.
He must be tired.
I'm almost certain Steven and Anne are worried.
They must be worried.
I'm almost certain Steven is nervous.
He must be nervous.
I'm almost certain Jake's story is good.
It must be good.
I'm almost certain Connie has an interesting job.
She must have an interesting job.
I'm almost certain Mike and Jake are hungry.
They must be hungry.
I'm almost certain Maria is having a great time on her vacation.
She must be having a great time on her vacation.
Don't forget that you can also use must be
with a verb⁵ that ends in-ing
to show that you are almost certain something is happening.
For example,I saw Connie going into that restaurant at noon.
That was 15 minutes ago.She must be having lunch.
Now this time,you'll hear a situation and you say what must be happening.
For example,You hear...   Jake is very tired.
He's been sitting in a comfortable chair with his eyes closed
for a long time.
And you say...           He must be sleeping.
You hear....             Maria is on vacation.
She's been doing a lot of skiing⁶
and eating in nice restaurants with Sam Finch⁷.
And you say...           She must be having a good time.
OK,ready?Let's begin.Jake is very tired.
He's been sitting in a comfortable chair with his eyes closed
for a long time.
He must be sleeping.
Maria is on vacation.She's been doing a lot of skiing
and eating in nice restaurants with Sam Finch.
She must be having a good time.
The doctor to Connie's office is closed,
and I can hear the sound of her typewriter.
She must be working.
Rita went out today wearing her tennis racket.I wonder what she's doing.
She must be playing tennis.
The waitress in the restaurant served Maria and Sam their food.
That was ten minutes agao.But they're not eating;
they're talking and looking at each other.
What's happening to their hot food?
It must be getting cold.
Now listen to Connie and Mike again.
This time they're talking about Steven.
So Steven won't be able to come in today.
That's OK.I have the schedules and the scripts⁸.
I'll be able to manage while he's gone.
He won't be able to see Jake's story on archaeology⁹.
We'll show it tomorrow either,Mike.
I'm not sure he'll be able to come in to work tomorrow either,Mike.
Where's Maria?
Today's Thursday.Maria won't be back until Friday.
I don't think she'll be able to see the story either.
Now listen and repeat.
Steven won't be able to come in today
Steven won't be able to come in today.
I'll be able   to manage  while he's gone
I'll be able to manage while he's gone.
he won't be able   to see Jake's story
He won't be able to see Jake's story.
he'll be able   to come in to work tomorrow.
He'll be able to come in to work tomorrow.
I don't think she'll be able  to see the story either.
I don't think she'll be able to see the story either.
Now you're going to listen to some sentences.
Change each sentence by adding a form of be able to after will or won't,
might or might not.For example,you hear....
Steven won't come to work tomorrow.And you say...
Steven won't be able to come to work tomorrow.
If you hear..  Jake might take a day offf tomorrow.
Then you say... Jake might be able to take a day off tomorrow.
All right?Let's begin.
Steven won't come to work tomorrow.
Steven won't be able to work tomorrow.
Jake might take a day off tomorrow.
Jake might be able to take a day off tomorrow.
Mike might not help Steven this week.
Mike might not be able to help Steven this week.
Marie won't see Jake's story on archaeology.
Maria won't be able to see Jake's story on archaeology.
Maria might return before Firday.
Maria might be able to return before Friday.
Jake will do excellent work in the future.
Jake will be able to do excellent work in the future.
And now,what about you?Will you be able to do excellent work in the future?
I hope so. That's the end of Lesson Five.

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 assumption   

n.假定，臆断，担任，承担

参考例句：

• We mistook assumption that the price would fall.我们错误地认为价格会下降。
• I would question the validity of that assumption.我会质疑那个假设的正当性。

4 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

5 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

6 skiing   

n.滑雪运动

参考例句：

• I'm a complete novice at skiing. 滑雪我完全是个新手。
• to go skiing 去滑雪

7 finch   

n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀，金丝雀等)

参考例句：

• This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
• In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚，它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。

8 scripts   

剧本( script的名词复数 )； 文字； 笔迹； （一种语言的）字母系统

参考例句：

• Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts. 许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
• The scripts had a rather tired plot. 这部陈旧的剧本的情节是非常俗套的。

9 archaeology   

n.考古学

参考例句：

• She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
• He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。