北师大版高中英语模块6--Unit 17 Laughter Lesson1-1

[00:00.00]Unit 17 Laughter¹
[00:05.01]Lesson 1 Funny Stories
[00:09.36]A Check your spelling
[00:11.84]"Have you ever had trouble
[00:13.06]trying to spell a word?"
[00:14.85]I asked my husbnad one day.
[00:16.87]"Yes,sometimes.Why,what happened?"He asked.
[00:20.96]"This afternoon,I was in the town center,
[00:23.53]where I had been doing some shopping.
[00:25.89]I suddenly realized
[00:26.97]I didn't have any money left.
[00:28.42]so I quickly went to the bank to cash² a cheque³.
[00:31.01]I wanted to withdraw⁴ $40 
[00:32.85]from our bank account⁵,
[00:34.25]but I couldn't remember if 40 was spelled,
[00:38.48]'fourty''forty.'"
[00:44.23]"What did you do?"my husband asked.
[00:46.51]"I took out $50 instead."I said.
[00:50.13]B Proverbial kid
[00:53.44]A new family moved into the house
[00:55.16]next door to me a few weeks ago.
[00:57.43]They have two sons called william and Wayne.
[01:01.02]William is 14 years old,
[01:02.93]and his little brother is only 3.
[01:05.92]I soon noticed
[01:06.68]that the two boys were always together.
[01:08.70]You never saw one without the other.
[01:11.25]I thought it was very strange.
[01:13.51]I had been thinking⁶ about this for some time
[01:15.27]when one day I saw the boys' mother
[01:16.78]in the street."
[01:18.29]Why are your sons always together,
[01:20.06]even though they have nothing in common?"
[01:21.29]I asked her."Well,"she replied.
[01:23.99]"Didn't you know?"
[01:25.21]'Where there's a Will there's a Wayne'."
[01:25.21]

1 laughter   

n.笑，笑声

参考例句：

• I don't know how my story caused so much laughter.我不知我的故事怎么引起如此大笑。
• The audience gave way to uncontrollable bursts of laughter.听众忍不住发出一阵阵笑声。

2 cash   

n.现金，现款；vt.兑换现款，付现款

参考例句：

• Could you cash these chips?可以兑现这些筹码吗？
• I never carry much cash with me.我从不多带现款。

3 cheque   

n.支票，空白支票 [美]check；总收入

参考例句：

• I have no cash with me,may I pay by cheque?我没有带现金，可以付支票吗？
• Figure the total and I'll pay it with a cheque.请把总数算出来，我用支票支付。

4 withdraw   

vt.收回，撤消，撤退；vi.缩回，退出，撤退

参考例句：

• I want to withdraw a statement I made earlier.我想收回我早些时候发表的一项声明。
• The general decided to withdraw his soldiers.那位将军决定撤军。

5 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。

6 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。