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　Short Conversations(短对话)
　　Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.
　　Two-faced Connie
　　Donna: Well, Connie said you didn't mean to say I was bossy.
　　Jessie: She also said that you didn't mean to call me unreliable.
　　Donna: Yeah, well, unreliable might not have been the right thing to say. I admit1 it.
　　Jessie: I suppose2 bossy wasn't very nice, either. I'll take that back if you take back unreliable and that part about me being unorganized.
　　Donna: You're not unreliable.
　　Jessie: And unorganized?
　　Donna: But Jessie, you are unorganized.
　　Jessie: I don't believe it!
　　Donna: You are! Why do you keep denying3 it? Even Connie said you are.
　　Jessie: She did?! Well, she said you're bossy, too! What does that prove4?
　　Donna: She said I'm bossy?
　　Jessie: Yep5, she said you always have to take charge.
　　Donna: What a two-faced thing to say.
　　Whittaker: Well, here's your water, girls.
　　Donna: No, thanks, Mr. Whittaker. I'm going home!
　　Whittaker: Oh, Jessie?
　　Jessie: I'm leaving, too.
　　Whittaker: But what...?
　　Connie: Hi, guys. Sorry I'm late but I had to...uh, what's going on?
　　Donna: We're leaving.
　　Connie: Leaving? What happened?
　　Donna: I'm not interested in working with people who talk behind other people's back6 about people who...oh, never mind7! Goodbye!
　　Jessie: Connie, I really thought a woman of your age would know better8.
　　Connie: Know better? What did I do?
　　注释：
　　1.admit:承认
　　用法：We cheerfully admit that we are engaged.我们高兴地承认我俩订婚了。
　　2.suppose:认为
　　用法：What do you suppose I am thinking of you？
　　你认为我是怎么想你的？
　　3.keep denying:一直否认(keeping doing...一直在......)
　　用法：I have to keep telling myself what is going to happen.
　　我不得不一再告诉自己将会发生什么事。
　　4.prove:证明
　　用法：Me? How can you prove it?
　　是我干的？你怎么证明它？
　　5.yep:=yes,是nope=no,不
　　6.behind sb.'s back:背地里
　　用法：Don't speak ill of a man behind his back.
　　不要背地里说别人的坏话。
　　7. never mind:算了，不必介意
　　8.would know better:不该这样,学乖点。(know better意谓：懂事，有头脑，明事理，常接than表示"知道不该......")
　　用法：Since you had worked in this area for several years, you would know better.你在这一领域内工作了好几年，你不应该这样(也该学乖了)。
　
　　Long Conversations(长对话)
　　1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
　　A:
　　Susan:(With a new dress on) Dad, do you notice anything?
　　Frank:Why, yes! I see my little baby grown upsintosquite a very sophisticated1 young lady.
　　Susan:(Feeling disappointed) Oh, no! (She starts sobbing2.).
　　Frank:I've made over a million dollars in my life, but it'll take me at least three life-times to understand just one teenage girl!
　　Susan:(Keeps crying).
　　Frank:Sue dear! What did I say?
　　Susan:Oh, it's not you, dad. It's Victor! He's always complaining that I'm overdressed3 and too sophisticated for him!
　　Frank:Overdressed?
　　Susan:Yes! He says I'm always wearing swim suits I can't swim in...and ski clothes I can't ski in...and when I wear mink4 he feels embarrassed about taking me to a sandwich shop...and...Oh dad! (Sobbing) What's wrong with trying to look nice?
　　Frank:Oh nothing that a little poverty wouldn't solve! You mean you dress too old for him?
　　Susan:Yes!
　　B:(Phone rings)
　　Frank:It's probably that nuisance5, Victor, now! The only reason I tolerate his calling is that I own many shares in Bell Telephone!
　　Susan: It's for me, dad?
　　Frank:Here you go! (He gives the receiver to Susan.)
　　C:(Susan answers the phone.)
　　Susan: Hello, Victor!
　　Victor:Hi, Sue! I've a chance to win the Orange County Grand Prix!
　　Susan:Whatever is that, Victor?
　　Victor: It's a sports car race. I'm entering my racer in competition with the finest cars in Orange County!
　　Susan:Oh, Victor! I didn't know you had a racing car! How thrilling! I'd love to see it!
　　Victor:Okay, honey. Pick you up in a half hour to see my new car at the race track. The race starts in one hour.
　　D:(Saying to Frank)
　　Susan:Dad, I'm going to a sports car race! Victor has a car entered!
　　Frank:So he's thought up6 a new way to break his fool neck!
　　Susan:(Opens the closet) Hmm...now what can I possibly wear? No, this looks too old. Uh-uh, this looks too sophisticated!
　　(Doorbell rings)
　　Susan:Like it, Victor? I pieced7 together and accessorized8 a few outfits...chromed9 the buttons...redesigned the lapels10...and modified the lining11!
　　Victor: (Looking a little surprised) Looking good, Sue! What do you say we burn a little rubber in my second car for the Grand Prix?
　　Susan:(A car pulls up and they drive away.) This is Mike's house! Are you picking him up too?
　　Victor: C'mon! Mike's also got a racer!
　　(They enter Mike's house.)
　　Victor:Is the Grand Prix set up, gang?
　　Mike:For a half hour already!
　　(A girl smirks.)
　　Susan:What are you smirking12 at, Betty?
　　Betty:Oh nothing, Sue! Your outfit is very original!
　　Victor:(Showing Sue a model car) Sue, just look at this baby! Aren't these treads13 realistic?
　　Susan:(Feeling angry) I'd like to tread all over you, Victor!
　　Victor: But, Sue! I named this beauty "Susan" after you!
　　Susan: Oh? That's sweet of you, Victor! Enjoy your race!
　　(Susan runs away angrily.)
　　注解
　　1.sophisticated: matured and experienced精于世故的
　　用法：She is such a sophisticated woman that she saw through his trick at the first sight.
　　她是个十分老练的女人，她一眼就看穿了他的把戏。
　　2. sob: whimper and cry呜咽,哭泣
　　用法：The old woman sobbed there for her lost cat.
　　那个老妇人在为她丢了的猫哭泣。
　　3. overdress: dress luxuriously穿得过于讲究
　　4. mink: coat made from animal skin貂皮衣
　　用法：Wearing mink used to be the fashion of English lady.
　　身穿貂皮衣曾是英国女性的时尚。
　　5. nuisance: somebody or something made people annoyed令人厌恶的人或事。
　　6. think up: work out and invent想出,发明
　　7. piece: to make by joining parts or fragments(同together连用)拼凑、拼在一起
　　用法：I tried to piece together a broken vase, but I failed.
　　我试图想把破碎的花瓶拼在一起，可我没拼成。
　　8. accessorize: to equip, decorate, or supplement with something extra用装饰品等附加物来补充......
　　用法：Don't bother her. She was busy accessorizing the living room with watercolors.
　　别打扰她。她正忙着用水彩画来布置客厅。
　　9. chrome:给......镀铬
　　10.lapel: the reversed collar衣服上的翻领
　　11.lining:衣服的衬里，内衬
　　用法：The lining of the overcoat was made of silk.
　　大衣的衬里是用丝绸做的。
　　12.smirk: smile in an affected way傻笑、得意地笑
　　用法：The girls were just sitting there smirking during the evening party.
　　那些女孩子在晚会上就坐在那儿傻笑。
　　13.treads:汽车轮胎的胎面花纹
　　用法：The tires have good treads.
　　这些车胎胎面花纹完好无损。