人人说英语中级10

Unit 10 services
At a restaurant E
A:Do you wish to order now ,sir?
B:Yes ,please ,I'd like the sea food salad to stoke with,and beef to follow, and a bowl of rice.
A:Thank you ,sir!and would you care for anything to drink?
B:Yes ,I'd like a bottle of red wine ,please.
A:Would you like some dessert ,too?we have delicious cakes.
B:Not today,thanks!
A:Sea food salad ,beef ,a bowl of rice,and a bottle of red wine ,is that all?
B:Yes ,it is .
Staying at a hotel E
A:You are staying at the lake side hotel ,aren't you?
B:That's right,
A:Is that a good place to stay?
B:Yeah,I'm very pleased with it .
A:The service is exellent and the restaurant is nice.
B:Really ,and what's your room like?
A:It's small,but very clean,and it's nice and quiet.
B:That's nice,where is it located,by the way?
A:It's not really a very good location,it's too far from the town.So I have to take a taxi whenever I go to town to do some shopping.but apart from that ,everythig is fine.
At the Post office E
A:I'd like to mail this parcel¹ to Kunming ,please?
B:Do you want to send it by Air mail or by Service mail?
A:How long does it take if I send it by Service mail?
B:It usually takes about a week.
A:Oh,it won't get there for the Spring Festival this mail.
A:How long does it take if I send it by Air mail?
B:It'll get there tomorrow.
A:Then I will send this by Air mail ,please.
B:Just a minute ,I'll weigh it ,that'll be 25yuan.
A:Thank you!
Taking a taxi M
A:Why did the passenger tact² the taxi driver on the shoulder?
B:He wanted to ask him something.
A:What did the driver do before he lost the control of the car?
B:He screamed.
A:Where did the car stop?
B:It stopped centimetres.
A:What did the driver say after he said "Look,don't ever do that again"?
B:He said :"You scared the daylights out of me."
A:What did the passenger say he didn't realise⁴?
B:He said he didn't realise that a little tap could scare³ the driver so much.
A:What had the taxi driver been driving for the past twenty-five years?
B:A hells⁵.
The missing⁶ money M
A:Did Alame forget she had spent money on something else?
B:No
A:Had a thief stolen her money while Alame was shopping?
B:No
A:Had the shop assistant shortly⁷ changed her?
B:No
A:Has she lost it on the way home?
B:No
A:Has she lent it to anyone?
B:No
A:Had anyone robbed⁸ her ?
B:No
A:Has she changed her trousers?
B:Yeah
A:Did she put on a different pair of trousers?
B:Yes
A:She happend to have left 50yuan in her back pocket of her trouser.
B:Yes.
Arrving at the same time M
Possibilities
A:Sam drives a sight-seeing train in the National park,which takes tourists on the Slic road from one in of the path to another.He isn't driving at a normal speed ,actually, he is driving very slowly,so Sam and David arrived at the next Slic spot at the same time.
B:Sam is driving the train,and David takes a taxi to catch up with Sam.
A:David arrives in the railway station just in time to catch the train.Although it has just started a movie,so he becomes a passenger on the train,then both Sam and David arrive at the next station at the same time.

1 parcel   

n.小包；包裹；vt.分配；打包；adj.部分的；adv.局部地

参考例句：

• Shall I tie up your things in a parcel?我把您的东西包起来，好吗？
• The parcel was sent express.这包裹是用快递方式寄出去的。

2 tact   

n.机敏，圆滑，得体

参考例句：

• She showed great tact in dealing with a tricky situation.她处理棘手的局面表现得十分老练。
• Tact is a valuable commodity.圆滑老练是很有用处的。

3 scare   

vt.恐吓；vi.受惊吓

参考例句：

• I like reading scare stories.我喜欢读恐怖故事。
• The sound of the explosion gave me quite a scare.爆炸声把我吓了一跳。

4 realise   

v.觉悟；明白；实现；兑现

参考例句：

• Wish you realise your dreams as early as possible!祝愿您早日实现自己的梦想！
• How much did you realise on the house?这所房子你们出售后赚了多少钱？

5 hells   

地狱( hell的名词复数 )； 苦难的经历； 悲惨的境况； （有人认为含冒犯意）该死

参考例句：

• Do you know why so many people fall into the hells? 知不知道怎么那么多的人下地狱？
• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their hells. 大地主曾骑在村民头上作威作福。

6 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

7 shortly   

adv.立即，不久；简略地，简言之

参考例句：

• You go along with him. I'll come shortly.你陪陪他，我马上就来。
• He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。

8 robbed   

v.抢夺( rob的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫；掠夺；使丧失

参考例句：

• Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They stood looking on while the man was robbed. 正当那个人被抢劫时，他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 来自《简明英汉词典》