语音讲解:
Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
Do ________ like to __________? Although _________________are __________, this ____ always so. Cats ______________knowing how to ____ and ____-they have to ____ how to do it. _______ a cat becomes a good ______ also __________ her _________ with ____. If a _____ is raised __________ kittens, the kittens will probably not kill ____ when they _______, because they ____________ to ________________ friends ___________ food.
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.
A
A: (To the listeners) _____ of you are too _______ to know what your _______ will be. But when I read these words, words of ____ and ______, I realize that the one wish that ____ ___________ me so late in life was the ____ of ________.
B : Mr. Forrester, I'm sure I speak ___________ everyone here in _____ you for this ________ visit. The _________ of your words is something we should all aspire to _____. Mr. Forrester, may I ask, ________ do we ____ this honor?
A: Professor Crawford, I spoke here today because a friend of mine _______ allowed to . A friend who had the integrity to ________ me when I was _________ to _______ him. His name is Jamal Wallace.
B: Jamal Wallace is a friend of yours?
A: Yes, he is . I helped him to find his own words by ______ with some of mine. And __________, he ________ never to say anything to anybody about me. A ___________ which he ____.
B: Mr. Forrester, while your visit appears to be ________. I'm sure you will __________ that it will not change or __________ this institution reaching a ___ and _____ decision in his ____.
A: There's one more ______ here. Those words that I read today, I ______ write them. Jamal Wallace ____.
B
A: You're _____.
B: I am? Why?
A: Because I make you _______.
B: No, you don't.
A: You _______ I do. I wanted to be a ballerina, did you know that ? But Donna had her _____ set on us working _________. She never really said so, but I could tell.
B: You always ________ your mom __ her first name?
A: She said that me calling her " mom" ______________. She's talked about you ____, you know. Did you ever miss her?
B: I don't know, I _____ so.
A: Well, she could not ______at all. But I _______ love it when she _____ and she would always sing the same song __________ like a_____ . Hey, why'd you come to Donna's _______?
B: Look, you know. I don't wanna _______ it. I mean, I just ________ we're circling the inevitable.
A: What does that mean?
B: Well, you have this ________ dream that we're always gonna be together. It's an _________ fantasy. I mean, it's just not who I am. I'm sorry.
A: You know, you are so busy _______ people _____ and trying to be something that you're not, ____ when something real finally ____________ your life, you can't _______ it. Well, I am here. I am ____. I am your daughter. Whether you want to _________________ it or not, it's a ____. I mean, _____________ person doesn't __________ his own child? I'm not asking you for the________, I'm asking you for a ______, to _________, and you can't even do that. And you feel sorry for me? I feel sorry for you.
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Dictation :
natural enemies:天敌
mouser: one who hunts mice捕鼠者
kitten: a baby cat. The more informal words "kitty" and "pussy" can also be used for the same meaning.小猫。俗称kitty,也可说pussy。
Dialogue Completion:
A
When you aspire to do something, it means you want to achieve something, or to become like someone.(渴望,追求)
用法:A lot of young boys growing up in England, aspire to being a goalscorer for Liverpool like Michael Owen.
在英国长大的许多男孩子都梦想成为一个像利物浦队Owen那样优秀的足球射手。
If you have integrity, it means that you are generally a good person, with good morals and ethics. A politician with integrity is rare, as is a lawyer. Everyone knows that. But integrity can mean anything - as in a husband or a wife that understand the sanctity of marriage, or in this case a person that sticks to their own beliefs even if those around them do not.(正直,守信,品德好)
用法:The judge is a man of integrity.
这位法官是个刚正不阿的人。
B
ballerina:女芭蕾舞演员