【听英文对话做选择】接机

原文：

Man: Hey. Don't worry. Uh, my brother will meet you at the airport. Sorry, but I have to work that day.

Woman: So, you can't come to get me?

 

Man: No, uh, sorry.

 

Woman: Uh, well, um, what does your brother look like?

 

Man: Well, he's fairly¹ tall, he has short light brown hair, and he's pretty thin. He's certainly not a body builder or pro² wrestler³.

 

Woman: Okay. Um, what else?

 

Man: Oh, and he usually wears a white baseball cap with crazy looking red shoes. I mean, you can't miss him.

 

Woman: Alright. So, I'm looking for some tall crazy looking guy with wild red shoes who's ready to play baseball?

 

Man: Exactly.

 

Woman: And what's his name?

 

Man: Well, uh, Mike, Michael. He goes by either one.

 

Woman: Alright.

 

Man: Alright. Bye.

 

Woman: (I) Hope he shows up?

 

Man: Okay, now, I'll call him.

 

Woman: Alright, bye.

 

Man: Bye.

 

1. Who will meet the woman at the airport?

A. the woman's father

B. the man's brother

C. a friend from work

2. The person is _______ tall. 

A. quite

B. extremely⁴

C. not so

 

3. He has _______ hair. 

A. black

B. red

C. brown

 

4. The man wears ______________.

A. black shoes

B. blue shirts

C. a white hat

 

5. The man's name is _______.

A. Mike

B. Marshall

C. Matthew

 

正确答案：

1. the man`s brother

2. quite

3. brown

4. a white hat

5. Mike

 

1 fairly   

adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直

参考例句：

• I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
• It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。

2 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

3 wrestler   

n.摔角选手，扭

参考例句：

• The wrestler tripped up his opponent.那个摔跤运动员把对手绊倒在地。
• The stronger wrestler won the first throw.较壮的那个摔跤手第一跤就赢了。

4 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。