洪恩环境英语第八册练习 Review One(在线收听

  Review One.For this lesson,you'll need a pencil and a piece of paper.
  Anne is bored.She decides to call Steven at WEFL.
  Listen to their conversation.
  Hello.Steven Winn speaking.
  Hi.Steven.Busy?
  Oh.hi.Anne!How are you doing?You OK?
  Oh,sure.I've just been feeling a little bored this afternoon.
  Are things OK at the studio?
  Oh,sure.Everything's been going very well here.
  Jake's been working on a story about an exhibit at the Natural History Museum.
  He also wants to have an interview with Abbott Larkin here at the studio.
  Larkin's been in and out of Stamford lately.
  He's building a computer factory here.
  How about Connie?Is she still interviewing hight school students?
  No,she's been doing a story on employment agencies.
  Any news from Maria?
  No,but her friend Sam Finch called from Aspen.
  Maria moved to a different hotel,and somehow they lost contact with each other.
  That sounds strange.Maybe they had a fight.
  I don't think so.He's been making a business deal in california.
  What have you been doing?
  Nothing much really.Shopping a lot of baby things.The usual.
  I'm getting bored with this waiting,Steven.
  I know..I know.
  Well,everyone has been very busy.
  Take a piece of paper and a pencil and write down what everyone's been doing.
  You will hear each sentence twice.
  After each sentence,there ae pauses for you to write.
  Ready?Let's begin with Jake.
  Jake's been doing a story on an exhibit at the museum.
  He also wants an interview with Abbott Larkin.
  Abbott Larkin is building a computer factory in Stamford.
  Connie's been doing a story on employment agencies.
  Sam Finch has been making a business deal in California.
  Maria's still skiing.
  Anne has been shopping a lot.
  The following statements are false.Correct them.For example,you hear..
  Steven's been skiing in Aspen.
  And you say...No,he hasn't.Maria has.
  You hear...
  Jake has been doing a lot of shopping for the baby.
  And you say...No,he hasn't.Anne has.
  OK?Let's start.
  Steven's been skiing in Aspen.
  No,he hasn't.Maria has.
  Jake's been shopping a lot for the baby.
  No,he hasn't.Anne has.
  Did you know what Connie has been trying to have an interview with Abbot Larkin?
  No,she hasn't.Jake has.
  How about that Maria!She's been making a business deal in California.
  No,she hasn't.Sam has.
  Have you heard?Mike's been working on a story about employment agencies.
  No,he hasn't.Connie has.
  I didn't know Sam Finch was in the computer business.
  He's been making plans to build a computer factory in Stamford.
  No,he hasn't.Abbott Larkin has.
  Oh?I though Abbott was too busy at the Museum of Natural History.
  He's been writing a story about some important discovery,hasn't he?
  No,he hasn't,Jake has.
  OK.Now Steven is interviewing Patrica Woo for Kathy's job.
  Let's listen to their conversation.
  Thanks for filling out the application,Ms.Woo.
  Please,call me Pat.
  OK,Pat...So,I see you graduated from NYU three years ago.
  Yes.After graduation,I worked as a reporter for the Tribune.
  Mostly business and finance.You know,
  mergers,people buying companies,people making deals.I really loved it.
  Why did you leave?
  Oh,they wanted me to relocate..To Dallas.
  I mean,San Francisco,OK..or even Chicago.
  But relocation to Dallas?No way!Not me!
  Do you have any letters of recommendation?
  Yes.Copies...there,with my resume..with the stories I wrote for the Tribune.
  Ah,yes,here they are..Well,Ms.Woo..I mean,Pat,
  you definitely have all the right qualifications fro the job.
  Yes,it looks very good.We'll notify you as soon as we make a decision.
  Is that it?       That's it.
  Oh!Well,uh,if you need more information...
  We'll call you.Thanks for coming in.
  Now listen and repeat.
  apply                application
  graduate             graduation
  relocate             relocation
  recommend            recommendation
  qualify              qualification
  inform               information
  educate              education
  notify               notification
  admire               admiration
  abbreviate           abbreviation
  Notice some of the changes that are made in order to form a noun from a verb:
  Inform becomes information,apply becomes relocation.
  and relocate becomes relocation.
  Now let's practice some of the nouns and verbs you just rrepeated.
  You hear the verb and you say its noun form.
  For example,you hear...
  Graduate.            And you say...      Graduation.
  You hear....         Apply.
  And you say...       Application.
  OK?Let's go.
  Graduate.            Graduation.
  Apple.               Application.
  Admire.              Admiration
  Inform.              Information.
  Notify.              Notification.
  OK.Let's practice these in sentences.You hear...
  He graduated from Hamilton College in June.
  All you say...
  It was a terrific graduation.
  You hear...
  They recommended Patricia for the job.
  And you say.
  It was a terrific recommendation.
  Ready?Let's begin.
  He graduated from Hamilton College in June.
  It was a terrific graduation.
  They recommended Patricia for the job.
  It was a terrific recommendation.
  She was educated in the army.
  It was a terrific education.
  He applied to Harvard Business School last year.
  It was a terrific application.
  They relocated to Monte Carlo.
  It was a terrific relocation.
  They abbreviated"Thank God it's Friday,"TGIF.
  It was a terrific abbreviation.
  Let's try this exercise the other way.
  I say,"Admiration for computer programmers."And you say..
  I admire computer programmers.
  I say,"Qualification for the job."And you say..
  I qualify for the job.
  Ready?Let's begin.Admiration for computer programmers.
  I admire computer programmers.
  Qualification for the job.  I qualify for the job.
  Notification of the employees.   I notify the employees.
  Information for the President.   I inform the President.
  Relocation every six months.    I relocate every six months.
  This is the end of Review one.

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