step by step 第四册 lesson 152

Lesson 152

   Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

    Phonetics: Contraction¹, Liaison² and Weak Form

   1. A: Hello, Charles, I ____ ____ you all day. What ____ ____ ____
____?
      B: Actually, ____ ____ working on my first novel.
      A: Oh, yes, how far ____ ____ ____ ____ ____?
      B: Well, ____ ____ ____ ____ good title, and ____ made a list of
characters, and ____ designed the front cover.
      A: Have you started ____ ____ ____?
      B: Oh, yes, ____ ____ two pages already.
      A: Only two?
      B: Well, yes, I haven't quite ____ ____ what happens next.
   2. A: 821-0537.
      B: Hello. ____ ____ speak to Mandy please? This is Mrs Ford³ here.
      A: This is Mandy speaking.
      B: Ah, Mandy, good evening. Look, I ____ wondering if ____ like
to come to a party ____ having on Friday ... ____ ____ many coming from
the office ...
      A: Oh, that sounds nice, ____ love to ...
      B: ____ ____ also wondering if the other three in your flat ____
like to come too ... ____ holding it in the country cottage, about
8:30.
      A: That's very nice, thank you very much Mrs Ford. Erm ... I'm
afraid Sheila ____ ____, as ____ ____ ____ Amsterdam then ...
      B: Oh, that's a pity...
      A: But I'm sure the others ____ like to. What ____ ____ thing
should we wear ...? Quite formal, I suppose ...
      B: Oh, didn't I say? Well, if you don't mind, we thought a fancy
dress party ____ ____ rather fun, so ____ ____ your best, ____ ____?
               Score: ____

    Part Ⅱ  The Phone Call

      Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:

Ⅰ.   While the speaker was waiting for his flight, he had to ..., but
.... While ..., he listened ... . The speaker became impatient because
.... Finally, the old man ... and he said ... .

Ⅱ.  ____ was kind of funny ____ he was an old ____ and he was talking
____ his wife and he ____ talking about his trip. ____ he said, uh,
that he, uh, he ____ having a good time ____ he talked about the ____
and he asked about ____ weather back there. And ____ the time he was
____, uh, to his wife ... I ____ it was to his ____, but while he was
____ to his wife, he ... he ____ eating a sandwich and, uh, ____
coffee.
    And this went ____ and on and on, ____ I really was getting ____
because this phone call ____ had to make was ____. And, uh, maybe I
waited ____ ... oh, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes. ____ finally the guy
hung ____ and he turned around ____ he ... he had seen ____ standing⁴
there, and he ____, "Well, I'm sorry, uh, that ____ took so long on
____ phone, but I was ____ dinner with my wife."

     Part Ⅲ   Unique Mail Service

      Vocabulary

   1. suite
   2. zip code
   3. lobby
   4. bulletin
   5. access
   6. essence
   7. short of
   8. certify
   9. consent
   10. up-beat
   11. transient
   12. rational
   13. carbon
   14. Westwood
   15. John Doe

                Notes

     The first organized system of post offices in America was created
by the British Parliament in 1711 and the mails were carried over post
roads. Postage stamps were first used in the U.S. in 1847. The postal⁵
savings⁶ system started in 1911, and parcel post in 1913. Mail service
by railroad was instituted in 1862, and airmail in 1918.
    The U.S. Postal Service now operates as an independent agency
within the government, with the goal of becoming self-supporting by
1984; it has operated at a deficit⁷ for many years.

        Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:

    Westwood Mail Services

    Nature: _____________________
    Location: ___________________
    Facilities:
    Mailboxes with keys, ________
    Office hours:
    _____________________________
    _____________________________
    Charge:
    _____________________________
    Customers:
    1. __________________________
    2. __________________________
    3. __________________________
    4. doctors, lawyers, individuals having own business
    5. __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________

    Services:
    1. mail checking service
       (telephoning or personal checking 24 hours a day)
    2. __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________
       __________________________
    3. __________________________
    4. signing for ______________
       __________________________
       __________________________
    5. __________________________
       __________________________
    6. __________________________
       a. during office hours:
       __________________________
       b. after office hours:
       __________________________

1 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

2 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

6 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

7 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。