Part One 听辨练习
A. Listen to the following phrases. Pay attention to the liaisons .
knock at look into take up
take a chance take a back seat take a nap
take a message to take advantage of take air
look about look out of look over
look up get out of get off
get into get in get away
get along with get up find out
a cup of tea a box of books a package of gum
a line of cars a glass of milk a bottle of beer
a row of desks a bag of apples a carton of cigarettes
B. Form noun phrases, use a lot of + plural noun, or many a+ plural noun .
bottle actor artist cook table watch infant
box team doctor guide bride bachelor tiger
clock star lawyer parent waiter manager
C. Form sentences with the phrases below .
travel around the world have a picnic
a very old tree think about it
stage a drama did a very good job
cherish a hope take on an important post
pay in cash waste a lot of time
a man of high prestige lost all his property
bring a lot of trouble read it to me
make a mistake work in the fields
draw a chart have a sweet dream
make a sound judgement see it already
net income a talk on environment
at the back of a group of students
start in a hurry have a look at the house
commit a crime very cold outside
make a living by cheating
D. Listen to the tape carefully and then repeat .
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It’s easy. They’re in class.
I have lots of friends. Our exam was long.
Let’s eat lunch. Your answer is right.
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He’s angry. She can tell us.
She’s in trouble. Fill out this application.
Where’s our car? He’s as tall as you are.
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Am I too late? It’s on top of the desk.
Please come in. Keep up the good work.
What time is it? I’ll have a cup of coffee.
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You can ask later. They get up late.
He’s an engineer. Class starts at eight.
Turn off the TV. Please put it away.
E. Read the sentences for at least 2 times .
Cheer up!
I mean it.
May I have a cup of milk?
What do you think of it?
I’ve got a lot of work to do.
I’ve had it with this business.
Don’t give up your decision yet.
Do you think you can grab it?
Please wrap it in blue paper.
We’ll have to put it off until tomorrow.
Come in please.
How long is the sale on?
Let’s put the rug over there.
We need some time out tonight.
When does the new supermarket open up?
You need to wipe up the milk.
What time do you get up every day?
I’m glad I could help you out tonight.
Let me have a look at the book.
How much money do you need to open a company?
F. Two of you students form a group to read the questions and the answers below .
1. How much is it? 5. I hope it’s clean
It’s five dollars. Yes, it is.
2. Is it worth it? 6. I can’t sleep with the light on.
It’s worth every penny. Get under the sheets.
3. Give it to me, please. 7. Turn off the light, please.
Sorry, I can’t. I need it myself. I need it on. I’ve got a lot of work to do.
4. Stop and think. Why?
There’s a mistake in it.
G. Read the dialogue.
Mary: Just outside the district there’s a very dangerous bridge.
Smith: Yes. Paul told me that two trucks crashed there in last month. Did you know how it happened?
Mary: Well, George was driving the large truck. He was driving a little fast.
Smith: George? Who is the man? Do I know him?
Mary: He is the son of the dentist in our district. I think you know him. He is
now the manager of the travel agency in our district.
Smith: Yes. I remember him. He’s always telling jokes. Well, was anybody
injured?
Mary: Oh, yes. The other truck went over the edge of the bridge, and three
children and another passenger were badly injured.
Smith: Were both trucks damaged?
Mary: Yes.
Smith: And what happened to George? Was he injured?
Mary: George? He is said to hurt his leg terribly and was still in hospital now.
H. Read the following paragraph .
It was the last night of the year. It was snowing heavily and the ominous sky had grown dark. A poor little girl was walking bare-foot through the streets trying to find people to buy her matches. She had had slippers on when she left home. But they were too big. She had lost them when she crossed the wide and deep street. So then she continued walking along without her slippers.
The sad girl looked as thin as the matches that she was selling. She had already been walking in the wind and snow for a whole day. No one had bought anything from her; no one had given her even a copper penny. She was shivering with cold, yet she did not dare to go home. If she did not bring money home, her father would beat her. Besides, her home was as cold as the street.
As her legs could no longer carry her, she sat down at the corner of the street. How fine it would be if she had a little fire before her! She drew a match from the box and struck it against the wall. Oh, how it burned! The girl struck one match after another. It really seemed as if she was sitting by a great beautiful stove. When the little fire was burning, in her imagination she saw a lot of fine things: a Christmas tree, a goose, and so on. It also seemed to her that her long dead grandmother was standing by her. She was the only person who had been good to her.
The next day the New Year’s sun was shinning upon the little body that was lying there with the pile of burned matches. The poor girl had gently frozen to death on the last day of the Old Year.
A. Listen and repeat .
up and down a pair of shoes keep it up for a year
put it on not at all put it off above all
stand up good idea Dad and Mom first of all
take off pick it up in an hour take it easy
pen and paper far away clean and dirty good evening
for instance knock him out stop it in an instant
far away come on internal affairs loaf away
good on you seven o’clock ten o’clock lack of nothing
an Australian boy an old lady in a hotel a number of
on a sunny day half a year here and there sold out
B. Read the following phrases .
at the drop of a hat put in the shade all of a shake
dangers of every shape fall on one’s feet achieve a lot
catch at shadow make a noise in the world
pick and choose jump at the chance go against the trend
be left in the basket come into the market sit on the seat
still in the dark put on a mask a house of his own
the cost of beef stay over the night kick up the dust
wide of the mark trust everyone turn the light off
boast about his achievement
C. Form sentences as the example .
Example: students ate, in a --> Students ate in a dinning-room.
1. was amazed, hear about it
2. plane arrives, this afternoon
3. told us, an interesting
4. can open it, take all of
5. stop at, for a
6. put on, look at
7. some ice, glass of
8. women are, some information
9. there’s an apartment, on a
D. Read the dialogue .
Megan: Are the children all grown up now, Jane?
Jane: Oh, yes, Laura’s the oldest, She’s a manager assistant.
Megan: Oh, very good. And what about Rose? She was such a bright child—
always studying.
Jane: She’s a teacher at a Middle School.
Megan: Really? And Rita? She was a very beautiful girl.
Jane: Rita is working as a librarian at the public library in London. She has
married to an American photographer.
Megan: Oh, how interesting. And what about Bob and Michael?
Jane: Bob is a taxi driver. He drives all over the country. We seldom see him.
Megan: Oh! Then what does he live at present?
Jane: New York.
Megan: And what about Michael? Does he drive a taxi, too?
Jane: Oh, no. Michael is studying at a university. He has done a very good job.
Megan: How many years has he been a university student?
Jane: About 2 years. He said that he wanted to be a computer programmer in the future.
E. Appreciate the English song.
Don’t Give up (Willie Nelson and Sinead O’Connor)
In this proud land we grew up strong
We were wanted all along.
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I’ve changed my face, I’ve changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose
Don’t give up
‘cause you have friends
Don’t give up
You’re not beaten up
I know you can make it good
Though I saw it all around
Never thought that I could be affected
Thought that we’d be the last to go
It is so strange the way things turn
Drove the night toward my home
The place that I was born, on the lakeside
As daylight broke, I saw the earth
The trees had burned down to the ground
Don’t give up
You still have us
Don’t give up
We don’t need much of anything
Don’t give up
‘Cause somewhere there’s a place
Where we belong
Rest your head
You worry too much
It’s going to be alright
When times get rough
You can fall back on us
Don’t give up
Please don’t give up
‘Got to walk out of there
I can’t take any more
Going to stand on that bridge
Keep my eyes down below
Whatever may come
And whatever may go
That river’s flowing
That river’s flowing
Moved on to another town
Tried hard to settle down
For every job, so many men
So many men on one needs
Don’t give up
‘Cause you have friends
Don’t give up
You’re not the only one
Don’t give up
No reason to be ashamed
Don’t give up
You still have us
Don’t give up
We’re proud of who you are
Don’t give up
You know it’s never been easy
Don’t give up
‘Cause I believe there’s a place
There’s a place where we belong
F. This is the lecture made on the funeral of Diana, princess of Wales. Read it carefully. There may be some unfamiliar words as “profiteth”, which equals to “ profited”. Never mind, you just read it quickly
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. and though I give my body to be burned. And have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly. seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues. They shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part. And we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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