捷进英语 lesson 13

1 MR.BIGELOW:This is just what I needed.

SIMON:It is a lovely park,isn't it>

MR.BIGELOW:So tell me,Simon,how did you wind up here a restaurant manager in Boston?

SIMON:Ah!Well,that's a bit of a puzzle to me,as well.

2 MR.BIGELOW:Was your training in restaurants?

SIMON:Oh no!After primary and secondary¹ schools I went to university.

Manchester.Modern languages.

3 MR.BIGELOW:That's a lot of tests.

SIMON:Oh yes,I passed all kinds of exams.

MR.BIGELOW:I was never any good at taking tests.

I barely² got through elementary school.

4 MR.BIGELOW:High school was worse.And it was years before I went to college.

And I didn't do very well there either,I'm afraid.

SIMON:Oh,I did well,but there was something missing³.

5 SIMON:At the end of the day,I wanted experience that was...

MR.BIGELOW:Hands-on. SIMON:Exactly.

MR.BIGELOW:Find out the way it works⁴ in the real world. SIMON:Yes.

6 MR.BIGELOW:So you got a job!

SIMON:NO.I went back to business school for management studies.

MR.BIGELOW:More tests!

1 WENDY:He was talking to Anne.At first I thought he was so mean.

A real snob,you know?

2 SIMON:He'os not,though.He said he barely got through school.

He told me he did really badly at university.

3 WENDY:Well,he learned⁵ to run a company somewhere.

He makes a ton of money.

SIMON:That's the thing.He said he was bad at maths.

4 WENDY:At what?

SIMON:Maths.

WENDY:You mean math?

SIMON:We say maths.

WENDY:You must mean all the different maths.

Because I mean the one basic math. SIMON:Whatever.

5 SIMON:But Wendy,listen to this.He told me making money is easy.

He said,"If I buy someting for one dollar,and sell it for two,

I make money from that one per cent difference."

6 WENDY:One per cent?You mean a hundred per cent.

SIMON:Right.The man can't figure a percentage to save his life.

WENDY:Tell me about it.You should see the tip he left me!

1 SHARON:George,would you mind taking care of this for me?

You did such a good job last time.

GEORGE:Sure.I'll do it as soon as I can.

SHARON:Thanks ever so much.See you later. GEORGE:Bye.

2 NINA:George? GEORGE:Yeah?

NINA:What was that all about?

GEORGE:Oh!Sharon just wants me to arrange⁶ some fransportation for a guest.

3 NINA:Ah,that's not your job.

GEORGE:She just wants me to help her occasionally⁷.

NINA:She wants you to help her occasionally?

GEORGE:Well... NINA:George,I don't think so.I need you 100%in this office.

GEORGE:Right.

4 NINA:Next time,would you please tell her that you have your own work to do?

GEORGE:I'd better do that now.

But it won't be easy coming up against her southern charm⁸.

NINA:George,why don't you just use that no9rthern charm of yours?

1 secondary   

adj.中级的，中等的，次要的；n.次要位置，副手

参考例句：

• It's a question of secondary importance.这是个次要的问题。
• Secondary school means junior school and high school.中学是指初中和高中。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

4 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

6 arrange   

vt.安排，整理，计划，改编(乐曲)；vi.协商，计划

参考例句：

• He began to arrange the flowers in the vase.他开始把花瓶内的花摆好。
• We must arrange about that.这事我们得安排一下。

7 occasionally   

adv.偶然地；非经常地

参考例句：

• He went on talking,occasionally wiping at his face with a towel.他继续说着，偶尔用毛巾擦一下脸。
• I like playing football best,but occasionally I play table tennis,too.我最喜欢踢足球，偶尔也打打乒乓球。

8 charm   

vt.使着迷，使陶醉；n.招人喜欢之处，魅力

参考例句：

• With all imperfections the short play has a real charm.尽管有不少缺欠，这出小戏仍颇具魅力。
• He could resist her charm no longer.他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。