Lesson 2-2：Ages 岁数

英语对话1
A:Who is this elder² in the picture?
B:He's my girlfriend's grandfather, he's 99 years old!

英语对话2
A:When did³ you start your internet⁴ business⁵?
B:In my early 30s.

英语对话3
A:Only toddlers can use these chairsl
B:Yes, my son is just 20 months old.

英语对话4
A:When do you plan⁶ to retire⁷ from your work?
B:I don't know…maybe in my late 60s.

英语对话5
A:When did you graduate⁸ from school?
B:I left school at the age of 23.

英语听力练习题

Listen to the dialogues⁹ and circle the correct¹⁰ answers.
听MP3对话，并选出正确答案。

1.( ) (a) 9 years old (b) 19 years old (c) 91 years old (d) 99 years old
2.( ) (a) early 30s (b) late 30s (c) 13 (d) early 40s
3.( ) (a) 21 months old (b) 21 years old (c) 20 months old (d) 20 years old
4.( ) (a) early 60s (b) over 16 (c) under 16 (d) late 60s
5.( ) (a) 32 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 22                         

英语听力练习参考答案

1.b
2.e¹
3.c
4.b
5.d

1 e   

n.英语字母表的第5个字母；C大调音阶中的第三音

参考例句：

• The "e" in " time" is a silent letter. time中的e不发音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You've made a mistake -- you've left out the letter e. 你出了一个错，把字母e 落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 elder   

adj.年龄较大的，年长的；n.长者，长辈

参考例句：

• She has an elder brother.她有一个哥哥。
• He's the second child;he has an elder sister.他排行老二，他有个姐姐。

3 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

4 internet   

n.因特网；互联网络

参考例句：

• You can find it on the Internet.你可以在因特网上找到它。
• I surf the Internet two hours a day.我每天上网冲浪两个小时。

5 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。

6 plan   

n.计划，策略，方法；v.计划，设计，意欲

参考例句：

• What do you plan to do during the holidays?你打算在假期里做什么？
• I talked with him about our plan,and he wanted in.我同他谈了我们的计划，他想参加。

7 retire   

vi.引退，退役，退休，退隐，退去，撤退，退却，离开；vt.撤退，辞退；n.隐居，撤退号

参考例句：

• Next year his father will retire and take things easy.明年他父亲就要退休而过闲适的生活了。
• When I retire,I shall make my home in the country.退休后我将在乡间安家。

8 graduate   

v.毕业；(在表、计、尺上)刻[分]度，定等级，分级；n.毕业生

参考例句：

• We shall graduate in the middle of next year.到明年的年中，我们就该毕业了。
• He was a college graduate.他是个大学毕业生。

9 dialogues   

n.对话( dialogue的名词复数 )；（文学、戏剧、电影等中的）对话；对白；意见分歧者之间的意见交换

参考例句：

• They had long dialogues. 他们进行了长时间的对话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The teacher asked the students to make up short dialogues by themselves. 老师要学生们自己编写小对话。 来自辞典例句

10 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。