洪恩环境英语第四册 练习 04

　　LESSON         FOUR
[00:51.80]Listen and repeat¹.
[00:55.14]The youngest kid² is two years old.
[01:00.21]The oldest is six now.
[01:04.26]Her husband³ is hte best lawyer⁴ in town.
[01:09.54]Is that the tallest building in Stamford?
[01:14.29]No,the Faircild Hotel is the tallest.
[01:20.04]It has the nicest restaurant in town.
[01:26.00]Ok,now listen to this conversation⁵ between two friends,Dave and Janie.
[01:33.44]They're talking about Dave's three children.
[01:37.80]Hi,Dave!Are those the photos of your three kids⁶?
[01:43.37]Oh,hello.Janie.Yes,they are.
[01:48.41]Do you want to see them?
[01:51.78]Yes,I do.What are their names?
[01:57.13]Frank⁷,Tommy,and Mark⁸,Frank is the oldest and Mark is the youngest.
[02:05.07]Really?Mark's also the tallest of the three.
[02:11.24]That's true⁹.Mark is the youngest,but he's also the tallest boy in the family.
[02:18.32]And Tommy is the heaviest.
[02:23.05]He's the heaviest and maybe the cutest of the three.
[02:29.08]Well,I think Frank is the cutest.
[02:33.31]Now talk about Dave's three children.
[02:38.46]You're going¹⁰ to hear a child's name and the an adjcetive,like"Frank...old."
[02:48.12]Use the adjective¹¹ in the superlative to talk about the child.
[02:53.77]For example,I say,"Frank ...old."And you say:
[03:01.42]Frank is the oldest.
[03:05.39]Ready?Let's begin.Frank...old.
[03:12.84]Frank is the oldest.
[03:16.31]Mark...young.
[03:20.57]Mark is the youngest
[03:24.33]Mark...tall.
[03:28.48]Mark is the tallest.
[03:33.81]Tommy...heavy.
[03:38.85]Tommy...is the heaviest.
[03:44.31]Frank...cute.
[03:48.86]Frank is the cutest.
[03:52.49]Now you make up some questions about people.
[03:56.85]I say,"Old,"And you say,"Who's the Oldest person¹² in your family?"
[04:06.00]Ready?Let's begin.Old.
[04:12.34]Who's the oldest person in your family?
[04:16.81]My grandfather.
[04:19.87]Short
[04:22.92]Who's the shortest person in your family?
[04:30.05]My youngest brother.
[04:33.21]Rich
[04:36.17]Who's the richest person in your family?
[04:40.53]My cousin.
[04:43.38]Young
[04:46.30]Who's the youngest person in your family?
[04:50.77]My baby sister.
[04:54.22]Kind
[04:57.27]Who's the kindest person in your family?
[05:01.85]My grandmother.
[05:04.90]Smart.
[05:07.96]Who's the smartest person in your family?
[05:12.50]I am,I think.
[05:15.77]Now you're going to compare¹³ three cities:New York.Stamford,and Los Angeles.
[05:24.52]I say,"New York is a noisy city."
[05:31.00]And you say,"New York is a noisiest city of the three."
[05:37.84]I say,"Stamford is quiet city."And you say,
[05:44.40]"Stamford is the quiestest city of the three."Let's begin.
[05:51.37]New York is a noisy city.
[05:56.10]New York is the noisiest city of the three.
[06:03.15]Stamford is a quiet city.
[06:07.83]Stamford is the quietest city of the  three.
[06:12.79]Los Angeles is a new city.
[06:17.23]Los Angeles is the newest city of the three.
[06:22.09]New York is the old city.
[06:26.35]New York is the oldest city of the three.
[06:31.34]Stamford is a nice city.
[06:35.89]Stamford is the nicest city of the three.
[06:40.46]Stamford is the good city.
[06:45.32]Stamford is the best city of the three.
[06:50.04]Stamford is the nicest city.
[06:54.28]Stamford is the best city.
[06:58.12]That's the opinion¹⁴ of someone¹⁵ who loves Stamford.
[07:02.97]SOme people who live in New York of Los Angeles say,
[07:08.43]"Our city is the nicest city...and the best."
[07:14.00]Now can you spell the words you've been using?Let's see.
[07:20.06]When I say a word,you spell it and then listen to the correct¹⁶ spelling,OK?
[07:28.10]Prettiest.    p-r-e-t-t-i-e-s-t.
[07:42.05]Nicest        N-i-c-e-s-t
[07:52.79]Thinnest      T-h-i-n-n-e-s-t
[08:04.94]Biggest       B-i-g-g-e-s-t
[08:17.89]Noisiest      N-o-i-s-i-e-s-t
[08:30.64]Cutest        C-u-t-e-s-t
[08:42.19]Heaviest      H-e-a-v-i-e-s-t
[08:54.73]When you call someone or something the nicest,the biggest,or the best,
[09:03.16]you usually have to say who or what you're comparing¹⁷ that person or thing with.
[09:11.50]For example,I'm the youngest person in my family.
[09:18.16]Or mark is the tallest of the three brothers.
[09:24.79]Now I say,"Dave has three children.Mark is the tallest."
[09:32.73]And you say,"Mark is the tallest of the three children."
[09:39.79]I say,"The restaurant is in Stamford.
[09:45.25]It's the best restaurant."
[09:48.80]And you day,"It's the best restaurant in Stamford."
[09:55.64]All right.Let's begin.
[09:59.09]Dave has three children.Mark is the tallest.
[10:05.96]Mark is the tallest of the three children.
[10:10.93]The restaurant is in Stamford.
[10:14.87]It's the best restaurant.
[10:19.34]It's the best restaurant in Stamford.
[10:23.70]All the sisters are cute.Ann is the cutest.
[10:29.94]Ann is the cutest of all the sisters.
[10:34.91]The three restaurants have seafood¹⁸.
[10:39.16]Marina Bay¹⁹ has the best seafood.
[10:44.34]Marina Bay has the best seafood of the three restaurants.
[10:50.29]My books are heavy,This dictionary²⁰ is the heaviest.
[10:56.82]This dictionary is the heaviest of my books.
[11:03.88]My cousin lives in town.He's the richest man.
[11:10.25]He's the richest man in town.
[11:14.40]Listen to this dialogue²¹.
[11:18.06]Excuse me?Aren't you lucy Swenson?
[11:27.13]Yes,but...I'm Paul Butler.I met you once at KNEB in Los Angeles.
[11:36.48]Oh,of course²²!You went out with my friend Ruth Valdez.
[11:45.33]But what are you doing in New York?
[11:50.19]I didn't expect²³ to run into you here.
[11:55.05]I'm here on business²⁴.I have an interview²⁵ at ABC tomorrow.
[12:02.21]If you're free²⁶,maybe we can get together before I go back to Los Angeles.
[12:09.26]That would²⁷ be nice.
[12:13.20]Did you notice²⁸ the new expressions²⁹ go out with.run into,and get together?
[12:23.65]Listen again to the sentences³⁰.
[12:27.31]Then repeat what you hear.
[12:31.46]Excuse me?Aren't you Lucy Swenson?
[12:39.64]Yes,but...
[12:43.30]I'm paul Butler.
[12:46.64]I met you once at KNEB in Los Angeles.
[12:52.52]Oh, of course!
[12:56.59]You went out with my friend Ruth Valdez.
[13:02.24]But what are you doing in New York?
[13:06.78]I didn't expect to run into you here.
[13:11.51]I'm here on business.
[13:15.17]I have an interview at ABC tomorrow.
[13:20.24]If you're free.
[13:23.58]maybe we can get together before I go back to Los Angeles.
[13:32.72]That would be nice.
[13:36.20]This is the end of Lesson Four.

1 repeat   

n.重复，反复；vt.重复，复述；vi.重复；adj.重复的，反复的

参考例句：

• There will be a repeat of this talk next week.下星期将重播这次讲话。
• History will not repeat itself.历史不会重演。

2 kid   

n.小孩；v.开玩笑，哄骗，嘲弄

参考例句：

• The kid was playing with his ball.孩子在玩皮球。
• Look at that cute kid.瞧瞧这可爱的小家伙。

3 husband   

n.丈夫

参考例句：

• My husband just lost his job.我老公刚刚失业了。
• I visited my daughter and her husband.我去看望我的女儿和女婿。

4 lawyer   

n.律师，法学家

参考例句：

• My son is a lawyer.我儿子是律师。
• A lawyer is often called in to write a will.律师常被请来写遗嘱。

5 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

6 kids   

n.小孩( kid的名词复数 )；年轻人；小山羊；小山羊皮

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。

7 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

8 mark   

n.标志，分数，马克；v.做标记于，留意，打分数

参考例句：

• Put a question mark at the end of that sentence.在那个句末划一个问号。
• Mark the wrong word with a circle.把错字圈起来。

9 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

10 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

11 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

12 person   

n.人

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。

13 compare   

vt.(to，with)比较；(to)把…比作；vi.相比

参考例句：

• How does your new house compare with your old one?你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样？
• It is hard to compare.很难比较。

14 opinion   

n.看法，意见；v.判断，意见，主张

参考例句：

• My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.我的意见大体上同你的差不多。
• I quite agree to your opinion.我很赞成你的看法。

15 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

16 correct   

adj.正确的；vi.改正，纠正；vt.改正

参考例句：

• She gave a correct answer.她给了个正确的答案。
• Choose the correct one from these words.选择正确的词填空。

17 comparing   

v.比较，对照( compare的现在分词 )；把…比做；比喻；比拟（常与 to连用）

参考例句：

• He began comparing himself with the students. 他开始将自己和学生相比较起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Traveling on foot takes such a long time comparing with modern ways of getting about. 与现代化旅行方式相比，徒步旅行花的时间太多了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

19 bay   

n.海湾，狗吠声，月桂；vt.吠，使走投无路；vi.吠

参考例句：

• I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
• Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。

20 dictionary   

n.词典，字典，辞典

参考例句：

• I have a new dictionary.我有一本新字典。
• This is a very good dictionary.这是一本非常好的词典。

21 dialogue   

n.对话；vi.对话；vt.用对话表达

参考例句：

• Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
• The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。

22 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

23 expect   

vt.预期，期待，料想

参考例句：

• Don't expect me to run after you all your life.别指望我伺候你一辈子。
• Don't expect too much of his idea.不要对他的主意期望过高。

24 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

25 interview   

n.面谈，访问，接见；v.接见，会谈

参考例句：

• I have an interview this afternoon.我今天下午有面试。
• We'll do the interview tomorrow.我们明天再做访问吧。

26 free   

adj.自由的，免费的；v.使自由；adv.随意地

参考例句：

• I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
• There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。

27 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

28 notice   

n.通知，布告；注意，认识；vt.看到，注意到

参考例句：

• Post this notice on the wall.把这个通知贴在墙上。
• I didn't notice you when you passed by.你走过时，我没有注意到你。

29 expressions   

n.表情( expression的名词复数 )；表示；（数学）表达式；词

参考例句：

• ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
• The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》

30 sentences   

n.[律]判决，宣判，课刑；句子( sentence的名词复数 )；宣判，判决v.宣判，判决( sentence的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• The example sentences in this dictionary are printed in italic type. 本词典中的例句都是用斜体排印的。