大学英语听力第二册 lesson 2

　　PART B Macro-Listening
Everybody Likes Him 》
I. Tapescript
Mother： Tell me about Michael.
Mary： But I'm leaving now, Mom.
Mother： Come on, Mary. You must tell me everything about him.
Mary： Well, he's very tall and handsome.
Mother： Hum ...
Mary： ... he has big blue eyes and long blond¹ hair.
Mother： Oh, how long?
Mary： Down to his shoulders. It's beautiful, like gold.
Mother： Looks like a woman from behind
Mary： What did you say, Mom? He wears two big rings on his ears, and
Mother： OK, OK. You'd better tell me what he does, honey.
Mary： He does many things. He's a very creative painter². And his paintings sell well.
Mother： Really?
Mary： He also gives free English lessons to people in the neighborhood.
He's quite a patient teacher.
Mother： Fine.
Mary： You're going to like him. Everybody says he's a nice guy.
Mother： I hope I will. Where does he live?
Mary： He has a small apartment on the 88th Street. Don't worry, Mom.
I'm not going to marry him tomorrow.
Passage
How Old Is He?
Tapescript 》
A man got into a train and found himself sitting:, opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each oth- er, and the man said to her, 'Do you have a family?'
'Yes, I have one son,' the woman answered.
'Oh, really?' said the man, 'Does:he smoke?'
'No,:he's never touched a cigarette³.' the woman replied.
'That's good, ' the man continued. 'I don't smoke either. Tobacco⁴ is very bad to one's health. And does your son drink wine?
'Oh, no, ' the woman answered at once. 'He's never drunk⁵ a drop of it. '
'Then I congratulate⁶ you, ma'am, 'the man said. 'And does he ever come home late at night?'
' No, never, ' his neighbour⁷ answered. ' He goes to bed immediately⁸ after dinner every night.' 'Well,' the man said, 'he's a wise young man. How old is he?'
'He's six months old today. But he'll grow upto be a gentleman,' the woman replied proudly.

1 blond   

adj.金发的；n.白肤碧眼金发的人

参考例句：

• Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
• This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。

2 painter   

n.画家，漆匠，油漆工

参考例句：

• God must be a painter.上帝一定是个画家。
• You look like a painter.你看起来像个画家。

3 cigarette   

n.香烟，纸烟，烟卷

参考例句：

• Help yourself to a cigarette.请随便用香烟吧。
• Please put that cigarette out.请把烟灭掉。

4 tobacco   

n.烟草；烟草制品；抽烟

参考例句：

• Tobacco is considered by some to be an evil.烟草被有些人认为是一种祸害.
• A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.每年在烟草上花去大量的钱.

5 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

6 congratulate   

vt.(on，upon)祝贺，向…道喜

参考例句：

• I congratulate you with all my heart.我衷心祝贺你。
• Let me congratulate you on having passed the examination.我祝贺你考试通过。

7 neighbour   

n.邻居；邻近的人(或物)，邻国

参考例句：

• I know nothing about my new neighbour.我对我的新邻人全无所闻。
• How can you get on with your neighbour?你与你的邻居相处得怎么样？

8 immediately   

ad.立即地，即刻地；直接地，紧密地

参考例句：

• I'll change it immediately for you.我立刻给您换。
• I immediately become happy again.我立马就变的高兴起来了。