【听英文对话做选择】智能手机

原文：

Woman: Hey. Uh, you look really unhappy. What's going on?

Young Man: Ah, you don't want to know.

 

Woman: Okay, see ya.

 

Young Man: Wait, wait, wait! Why are you walking away?

 

Woman: Well, you said I didn't want to know.

 

Young Man: No, wait. You see my parents really don't love me.

 

Woman: What do you mean? When I met them last week, they seemed really caring.

 

Young Man: Uh, you don't understand! You see. I want a new smart phone . . . I mean, I need one, and my parents won't buy me it!

 

Woman: Uh, excuse me, but uh, don't you already have a iPhone?

 

Young Man: Man, yeah, but it's three months old, and it has a small scratch¹ on it.

 

Woman: Where? Let me see. [Look!] I don't see a scratch.

 

Young Man: Look, look right here!. [THAT?] [Do] you see it?

 

Woman: It's just a speck² of dust.

 

Young Man: Anyway. And my other phone . . .

 

Woman: What? You have two phones?

 

Young Man: That's beside the point.

 

Woman: So, so, did your parents give you a reason for not buying you a new phone?

 

Young Man: Not a good one. Only something about being self-reliant and not being so entitled³, or something like that. And now they want me to work . . . on the neighbor's farm to pay for it. [Good idea!] It's not fair.

 

Woman: Hey, I think I know the problem. [What?] Take a look in the mirror. You'll see both the problem and the solution.

 

Young Man: Uh! You're no help.

 

1. The young man says he needs a new phone because __________.

A. his parents took his last one

B. someone stole his last one

C. his phone is an older model 

2. How many phones does the young man already have?

A. two

B. three

C. four

 

3. According⁴ to the conversation, what are the young man's parents like? 

A. friendly

B. generous⁵

C. kind

 

4. What do his parents want their son to do to get a phone?

A. take out money from his bank account⁶

B. find a job and work to earn money

C. ask his brother if he can use an old phone

 

5. What is the BEST word to describe the young man's personality⁷? 

A. talkative

B. mean

C. self-centered

 

正确答案：

1. his phone is an older model

2. two

3. kind

4. find a job and work to earn money

5. self-centered

 

1 scratch   

n.草稿，抓痕，搔，抓，擦伤，刮擦声，乱写，零，起跑线，未中的一击；vt.搔，抓，挖出，擦

参考例句：

• Scratch my name out please.请把我的名字划掉。
• The suggestion is that they should start from scratch.提出的建议是，他们从头开始。

2 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。

3 entitled   

有资格的

参考例句：

• You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到65岁就有资格享受养老金。
• He entitled us to enter his office at any time. 他授权给我们可以随时进入他的办公室。

4 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。

5 generous   

adj.慷慨的，大方的，慷慨给予的

参考例句：

• She was kind and generous.她心地善良，宽容大量。
• She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。

6 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。

7 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。