开放英语 workbook unit23

[00:01.64]Extract 1
[00:04.41]Listen to the questons and follow the instructions in your book.
[00:09.10]1.Who's going to be your new secretary?
[00:15.84]2.Whose pen is this?It isn't mine.
[00:24.17]3.Whose cup of coffee is this?
[00:31.84]4.Who's going to tell her the bad news?
[00:39.18]5.Whose birthday is it?
[00:45.97]6.Whose flowers are they?They're lovely.
[00:54.09]Extract 2
[00:57.30]Answer the questions using the prompts¹ in your book.
[01:02.74]1.What about your passport? I've renewed² my passport.
[01:15.21]2.What about your packing? I've done my packing.
[01:26.55]3.What about your plants? I've watered my plants.
[01:40.34]4.What about your transport to the airport?
[01:48.95]I've ordered a taxi.
[01:54.25]5.What about a hotel? I've booked a hotel.
[02:09.30]Extract 3
[02:12.43]Kate and Ben talk about a fashion show.
[02:17.37]I went to a fashion show last night.
[02:20.05]Did you?What was it like?
[02:20.12]It was really interesting.There were lots of famous people there.
[02:24.11]Did you buy anything?
[02:25.44]Of course not!I haven't got enough money.
[02:28.08]Some of the clothes cost more than & 1000.
[02:31.00]Really?I think people spend too much on clothes.
[02:30.00]It's a waste of money.Tell me more about the fashion show.
[02:33.74]Who did you see?
[02:34.57]Madonna was there,and Sting³.
[02:36.79]Oh,and I sat next to the actress Caroline Sand.
[02:40.24]I didn't speak to her,though.
[02:41.20]Didn't you?Why not? I'm too shy

1 prompts   

v.为（演员）提示台词( prompt的第三人称单数 )；促使；为（发言者）提示；导致

参考例句：

• The play was so regularly performed that there was no need of written prompts. 这戏经常演出，没必要使用书面提示。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• It is this fact which prompts us to declare that the wasp is not free. 正是这一事实促使我们宣称，那只黄蜂不是自由的。 来自哲学部分

2 renewed   

adj. 更新的，重建的，复兴的，重申的 动词renew的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They regrouped their forces and renewed the attack. 他们重新聚集兵力，再次发动进攻。
• The army renewed its assault on the capital. 军队重新发动对首都的攻击。

3 sting   

vt.激怒，刺痛，刺伤，蛰伤；n.刺痛，刺伤

参考例句：

• Most flies do not sting.大多数苍蝇不叮人。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。