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1、中级口语教程Too Clever Text A A farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a severe pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer eventually decided that he would consult a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly person he thought he would find out what he would hav

2、e to pay this doctor. He was told that a patient had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go and consult the doctor in the town. As he came into the doctors consulting room, he said causally,

3、 Good morning, doctor. Here I am again. The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions, examined his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile , Well , sir. Theres nothing new. Please continue to take the same medicine I

4、 gave you the first time you came to see me.Text B A man went to see his doctor one day because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doctor had examined him carefully, he said to him, Well, theres nothing reallywrong with you, Im glad to say. Your only trouble is that you worry too

5、much.Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you in here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice as Im going to give you. He was worried because he couldnt pay his tailors bills. I told him not to worry his head about the bills any more. He followed my advice, and when he came to s

6、ee me again two days ago, he told me that he now feels quite all right again. Yes, I know all about that, answered the patient sadly.You see , Im that mans tailor.Additional InformationDoctor: Good morning. How are you?Patient: Im very worried; doctor.Doctor: Oh? What are you worried about?Patient:

7、Im afraid that Im very ill.Doctor: Im sorry to hear that. Why do you think so?Patient: Because I feel tired all the time, even when I wake up in the morning. I find it very difficult to do any work. 1 have no appetite. My wife cooks me delicious meals but I can only eat a little.Doctor: How do you s

8、leep?Patient: Very badly, doctor.Doctor: Do you find it difficult to get to sleep, or do you wake up early?Fatient: Both, doctor. I never get to sleep until 2 oclock and I always wake at 5.Doctor: Are you worried about anything?Patient: Well , yes , I am. Im worried about my work. Ive just taken a n

9、ew job. I earn a lot of money but its difficult work. Im always afraid of making a mistake.Doctor: I see. Please take off your shirt and lie down on the couch.Patient: Yes , doctor.(The Doctor examines the patient )Doctor: Well , theres nothing very much wrong with you , Im glad to say. Youre workin

10、g too hard and worrying too much. Do you take much exercise?Patient: No, doctor. I never have enough time for exercise. I start work very early in the morning and finish late in the evening. Then I cant get to sleep.Can you give me some medicine to help me to sleep?Doctor: I can, but Im not going to

11、. You dont need medicine. You need advice. Dont work so hard. Too much work is bad. for you. Dont worry about your work. Its silly to worry. Take regular exercise.Patient: But I may lose my job , doctor ! Its hard to get a job like mine.Doctor: Then get an easier one , even if you earn less money. W

12、hich would you rather have, health or wealth?Patient: You re right , doctor. Its more important to be healthy than wealthy. Ill change my job. Im grateful for your advice.Doctor: Come and see me again in a months time. I think youll be a different man !Lesson 2 Au Pair Girl Text A Gretel comes from

13、Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her English. She works as an au pair girl. She helps Mrs Clark in the house and attends English classes regularly in her spare time. Gretel hasn t been i

14、n England long and everything is strange to her. She often compares life in London with life in Vienna. Some things are nicer in London; other things are not so nice. For instance, the shops are bigger in London than in Vienna and there is greater variety. But its more expensive to enjoy yourself in

15、 London. Its expensive to have a meal at a restaurant or to go to a theatre. Gretel has got used to many things already, but she cant get used to breakfast in England. You English eat so much in the morning, she often says. Fruit juice, porridge, bacon and egg, tea, toast and marmalade! How can you

16、face all that food so early in the day? Text B Maria had decided that as soon as she had finished school she would become an au pair girl in London. Two of her friends had already spent a year with a family in Kensington, and told her they had had an interesting time and had managed to learn a lot o

17、f English. She was advised by her Head Teacher to get her parents consent and to make all the necessary arrangements prior to her departure: have enough money for her return fare, know exactly what kind of a family she was going to live with and what they expected of her. Shortly after her eighteent

18、h birthday Maria received a letter from Mrs Hutchinson, the wife of an advertising executive, stating the terms on which she would be employed. The Hutchinsons lived in a house in Chelsea. They had three children; two boys, aged fourteen and ten, both at boarding schools, the elder at a Public Schoo

19、l in the Midlands and the younger at a Preparatory School in Surrey;the youngest child was a girl aged eight, and she went to the French Lycee in South Kensington. During term time Maria would have to take the girl to school in the morning and fetch her in the afternoon. She would have to help Mrs H

20、utchinson in the house - washing up, making the beds, laying the table, dusting the rooms, answering the door, taking telephone messages, shopping and running errands.She would be guaranteed three evenings a week free and could attend English classes either from eleven till one in the morning or fro

21、m half past one till four in the afternoon. She would receive 3 a week pocket money. Maria was delighted with the conditions and thought that they were fair. She also liked the look of the family, as Mrs Hutchinson had thoughtfully enclosed a photograph with her letter. Additional Information It was

22、 nothing for a girl t.o be sent away to service when she was eleven years old. That meant leaving the family as she had never been parted from for a day in her life before, and going to some place miles away to be treated like a dog. Ive got nothing against girls going into good service.In my opinio

23、n, good service in a properly run big house was a wonderful training for a lot of girls who never would have seen anything different all the days of their lives if they hadnt gone. It was better than working on the land, then, and if it still existed now, I reckon Id rather see any of my daughters b

24、e a goodhousemaid or a well-trained parlour maid than a dolled-up shop-assistant or a factory worker.But folks are too proud to work for other folks, now. even if its to their own advantage, though as far as I can see you are still working for other folks , whatever youre doing. Big houses didnt wan

25、t littlegirls of eleven, even as kitchen maids, so the first few ycars had to be put in somewhere else, before you got even that amount of promotion.Big houses expected good service, but you got good treatment in return. It . wasnt like that at the sort of place my friends had to go. Mostly they wen

26、t to the farmers houses within ten or twenty miles from where theyd been born. These farmers were a jumped Up, proud lot who didnt know how to treat the people who worked for them. They took advantage of the poor peoples need to get their girls off their hands to get little slaves for nearly nothing

27、. The conditions were terrible.Lesson 3 Who Took the Money? Text A Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed that the old

28、 ladys handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag- the notes had gone! Mrs Smith was sure that the old lady who was sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would have to call the police

29、; but, as she disliked making a fuss and getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old ladys handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old ladys bag , took the notes and pu

30、t them in her own bag. When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought. How did you pay for it? he asked. With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course, she replied. Oh? Whats that, then? he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table

31、. Text B Goodbye, darling, said Mr Mackin. Ill be late tonight. Poor George, she thought. He was always in a hurry in the morning, and it wasnt unusual for him to come home late at night. He worked for a shoe company in Lceds. and therc was such a lot of work that he normally staycd in the office ti

32、ll seven or cight. When George had left the house Mrs Mackin sat down. in an armchair and turned on the radio. It was a few minutes past eight , and she heard the last words of the news :.wman who escaped from I.ceds prison yesterday is still free. The police warn you not to open your door to strang

33、ers. She turned off the radio. The housework was waiting for her. Shc made the beds and washed the dishes. There wasnt auy shopping to do. and so she thought for a moment of all the Work in the garden. The Mackins lived in a house with a large garden in a suburb of Leeds. Behind the garden there wer

34、e some trees. and then the cpen fields. Suddenly Mrs Mackin remembered the news. She laughed uneasily. That prison is only 15 miles away, she thought. She didnt work in the garden, she mended her husband s shirts instead And she care.fully lockcd the front door and closed all the windows. It was get

35、ting dark. She turned on the lights in the livingroom.Thcn she noticed that she had turned on the lights in most of the roonss in the house. How silly I am! she said nervously and went into the other rooms and turned the leghts on. The person at the door said something loudly. but she was so frighte

36、ned that she dient understand a word. Additional Information Do you believe in ghosts? I dont, eitlter-or at least I didnt until I heard a strange story the other day from Mr Mike Paton, of 19 Marlborough llill. It all began on November 28, whcn Mr Patons eight-ycar-old son, Bob , was playing in the

37、 big back garden of his parents house. He met an old man with a long white beard. The old man told Bob he was builcling the underground railway there, but Bob didnt believe him. Bob told me afterwards that he knew the underground ran under Marlborough Hill itself. The old man said there had been an

38、accident the day before. Then he went away. At first the Patons didnt believe Bobs story. Mrs Paton told me that Bob often made up stories about ghosts and monsters, like other children of his age. But Mr Paton was curious and decided that he would go to the library to check up on the facts. He foun

39、d that the railway compapy had started to build the line to the west of Marlborough Hill in 1881. but they had run into an underground river. Ten workmen had died in an accident and the Company had changed the direction of the line and built the present tunnel under Marlborough Hill. At first I didn

40、t believe Mr Patons storv either, so I did some research myself. Inspector Bright of the Metropolitan Police said it was natural to find tramps in the district in winter, but no one had reported one answering the description I had given him since last August. Mr Joseph Griffiths of London Transport

41、checked the files on the accident for me. He told me that the accident had apparently taken place on or very near the junction of Marlborough Hill and Woodstock Avenue on 27 November 1881. Mr Patons house stands on the corner! The source of this extraordinary story was not affected by the news. I to

42、ld Mummy it was true, young Bob Paton told me yesterday. When I left the house he was playing happily with his toy cars-in the garden!Lesson4 Musical Half-Notes Text A A musician who played Pop Music in a CLub lived in boardinghouse in the centre of london. He always used to get back to his room ver

43、y late at night and sometimes inthe carly hours ofthe morning. He was so tired when he got back that he would si ton the edge of his bed ,take off his shoes and throw them on the floor and say. Thank goodness. another day is over. He would thcn get into hcd and fall fast aslecp. But thepoor lodger w

44、ho had the room under the musicians was wokcn up cach night, or carly?in the morning. by the two thuds that the two shoes made as thcy landcd On his ceiling.Finally, he could not stand it any more and went and complained to thc musician. Naturally the musician was very upset and promiscd that, in fu

45、ture, aftcr taking off his shoes, he would put them down as quictly as possible on the carpct.The ncxt day, he got back from his club at about one oclock in the morning. went up to his room, sat on the edge of his bed, took off one shoe and threw it on the floor.He was just about to do the same with

46、 the other when suddenly remcmbered the promise he had made the day before. So with grcat care he put the second shoe down silently on the carpet. Then he got into bed and fell fast aslecp. An hour later, he was woken up by a violent knocking on his door. It was thc lodger who slept in the room just

47、 under his. Plcase, plcase, please, the Iodger plcaded, drop the other shoe. I have been waiting for a whole hour for you to drop it. As soon as you do I can go to sleep. Text B Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, not one liked it more than James Wilson. He took long walks in the fresh air. He

48、ran long distances in the fresh air. He played football and other games in the fresh air. He liked to climb mountains and breathe the fresh air at the top. He used to go to sit by the sea and watch the great waves in the fresh air. He always slept with his windows wide open. He had an open car with

49、no roof, and he drove it madly through the fresh air. If Wilson entered a room where the windows were shut, he immediately opened them. He did this even when snow was falling outside. If someone else shut the windows again, he walked out of the room in a manner which showed his opinions without any

50、doubt. When he travelled by sea, he could usually be found in a place on board where the wild wind was blowing through his hair. One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. Good hotels in Finland are heated during the cold winter, and this winter was even colder than usual. When Wilson reached hi

51、s room in the hotel. he found that the windows were closed to keep the icy air out. He did his best to open one , but failed. It was absolutely impossible to open it : the manager had very wisely arranged that. Wilson undressed and got into bed. He was a very angry man. The bedroom was very pleasant

52、. Two or three pictures on the walls showed views of some beautiful parts of Finland. There was no noise at all. The bed was really excellent; but Wilson could not sleep. He could not forget the closed window. No fresh air! It was terrible to think of! He got out of bed and tried once more to open t

53、he window; but it was useless, and he sadly got back into bed.At about one oclock in the morning he was still awake, worrying about the air in the bedroom. He had turned over in bed two hundred and thirty-six times. He was very hot. As he turned over for the two hundred and thirty-seventh time, one

54、arm came out of the bedclothes and hung down beside the bed. His hand touched the floor. It also touched something on the floor. This thing was a shoe. An idea came into his worried mind. Angry men act quickly,and the shoe was in his hand in less than a second. Where was the window? He could see som

55、ething that looked like glass over there. He threw the shoe through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. The shoe flew straight through the air and hit the glass in the middle. A terrible sound of breaking glass filled the bedroom,but to Wilsons sad heart it seemed like the sound

56、 of sweet and beautiful music. Now I have some fresh air in the room, he thought. NOW I need not die. Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep. He did not move for many hours. When daylight came gently through the window, he awoke and lay with his eyes closed. Where was he? Oh, yes! He was in Fio

57、land; but what the matter? Was auytlting wrong? There was something to worry about What was it? Oh. the broken windmv! Yes, indeed. He would have to pas?for that.How much.? Was it a big piece of glass? He could not remember. He Opened his eyes to look. Slowly he tnrned them towards the window. and t

58、hen he sat up suddenly in bed. He was very surprised: the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece. just as good as it had been the might before. No fresh air was etitering the room through that window. What,then,had happened when he threw the shoe? He turned his eyes to the side

59、 and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall.There was a shoe on the floor below it. He could see a lot of broken glass round the shoe . and there was more inside it. Additional Information Here is what happened to Adrian Fox on the train one day: Adrian Fox lives in Devon and he is travelling home

60、 from London by train. He decides to have a cup of tea. and goes to the train buffet. While he is drinking his t.ea, an attractive girl comes and sits at the same table. They begin talking and the girl tells Adrian she is going to Devon on holiday. They are soon very friendly. Adrian finds out that

61、the girl hasnt yet found a hotel to stay in. Adrians mother has a spare room in her house, and Aclrian invites the girl to stay there. He knows his mother wont mind. The girl accepts. A few minutes later a man comes and sits beside the girl. who introduceshint to Adrian. He is her husband. Adrian didnt know the giri was married, and he is a little angry. His mother wont like to have two people staying in her house. Then three children arrive. Two of them are carrying cats. and one has a small dog. They are the girla children. They are all very happy, the girl says, to be staying