流畅英语口语教程1 Track 132

20. Review four. Tape script 87.

M: Hi, and welcome to speak up. The radio phone in where you get the chance to say what you think about the stories in the news today. In the news today is lottery¹ winner Eva Elvorado. Yes, listeners, Eva Elvorado won 198,000,000 dollars, but she says she doesn't want to change her life. She loves her job in a children’s home and she wants to stay the way she is. Phone this now on 0800 989 8989 and tell us what you think. We have our first caller, Emmy Wilder. Go ahead Emmy.

E: Well, Mrs. Elvorado is obviously very fond of the children. But I am sure she will give up the job soon, when everybody knows how rich she is life will be very difficult. Everyone will ask her for money and she will soon get tired of all the letters. So she needs to think about the future now.

M: Good quite there. We had Jack² Nickle on the line. Go ahead Jack.

J: Well she doesn’t sound very excited about winning the lottery. In fact she is more interested in the children than in the money. So she will probably give most of the money away to the children’s home to have friends, you know. And I think she is right. If you have that much money how you can spend it all.

M: Well Jack, I am sure I could help her. Right, let's go to our next caller, Vero Bicker³.

V: It's a lot of money. And she will need a financial adviser⁴. She doesn’t have to worry about the future anymore. But as soon as she had time to think about it I am pretty sure she will change her mind about just giving money to the children’s home.

1 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 bicker   

vi.(为小事)吵嘴，争吵

参考例句：

• The two children used to bicker about who should do the washing-up.这两个小孩子过去常为该由谁洗餐具一事而争吵。
• They always bicker when they meet at school.在学校见面时他们总是争吵。

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。