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1、Section 13.1A Dialogue.MARCO: Pronto!MARY: Id like to speak to MARCO BENINI, please!MARCO: Is that Mary?MARY: Yeah! Hello, Marco!MARCO: Hello, Mary! How are things in Washdon?MARY: Im not in Washdon - Im in Rome! Will you come and meetme?MARCO: Oh, really!? Er. thats fantastic, Mary! Shall I find yo

2、u ahotel?MARY: A hotel? I dont need a hotel! I can stay in your apartment andtry some real Italian food! Is your mother a good cook? And we can betogether again! Isnt that amazing?MARY: Well, isnt it? Anyway, look, Im here in this square. I have alot of luggage, so I can stay for a good long time. W

3、ill you come over?MARCO: Where are you exactly?MARY: I dont know.MARY: Its a big long square, with a lot of tourists and artists and cafs.MARCO: Is it Piazza Navona?MARY: Yeah, some Italian name. So hurry up, Marco. I cant wait!MARY: Hello, Marco! Look, thats my picture! Its good, isnt it? Canyou pa

4、y him, please? I dont have any Italian money.MARY: Theres my luggage! Hey, what kind of car do you have? Is it abig one?MARCO: No, but itll be alright, MaryMARCO: So, Mary, these are my parents. This is my mother, and myfather - Miss Mary Hartman.MARCOS FATHER: How do you do. Very happy to meet you,

5、 MissHartman.MARY: Hi! So this is your apartment, Marco. Its not very big, is it?MARCO: There are only 3 of us here! Anyway, never mind; theres anextra bedroom for you.MARY: I dont need a bedroom. I can sleep in your room, cant I - likein the hostel in Washdon! Remember, Marco?MARCOS MOTHER: Oh no,

6、Miss Hartman! You must have yourown bedroom! Please come with me!MARY: Hey, this wines really good! Can I have some more please?Oops!MARY: Never mind, spaghetti with wines fine!MARY: Hey, do you get it? Spaghetti with wines fine!MOTHER: Che strana ragazza!1MARY: What does that mean?MARCO: Oh, it mea

7、ns What a nice young girl!MARY: Thank you very much, maam!FATHER: Im going to bed. Its late. Goodnight, Mary.MOTHER: Yes, its time for bed.MARY: Goodnight, maam!MARY: Hey Marco, were alone together! Isnt that great? I know -well listen to some music! What about this? Its my brothers new CD!MARCO: Bu

8、t my parents are in bed!MARY: Oh, they wont hear it!MOTHER: Whats happening!MARY: Oh, hi! Its my brothers group. Isnt it incredible?MOTHER: Its so loud! Im trying to sleep!MARCO: Yes, why dont we listen to it tomorrow? Were all tired now,arent we?MARY: OK, OK, alright.MOTHER: Good night!MARCO: Good

9、night, Mary. If youd like a bath, the bathroom is nextto your bedroom. See you in the morning.MARCO: Hey, er. whats that?MARY: Oh Marco, I cant sleep!MARCO: Oh, dear!MARY: You are happy to see me, arent you?MARCO: Yes, of course I am. But Mary, my parents bedroom is nextdoor!MARY: Never mind about y

10、our parents, Marco! What about your littleMary?MARY: Morning! So whats for breakfast, eh?MARCO: Well, in Italy we just have coffee for breakfast.MARY: Just coffee? Thats no good, Ill make you an Americanbreakfast. Come on!MARY: Its alright Mrs Benini, you can take it easy. Im makingbreakfast - Ameri

11、can style!MARY: OK, I need sugar, milk, flour and eggs. So, here are the eggs,and heres the milk.MARY: Heres the sugar. Hey, wheres the flour? I must have flour!MARCO: Here it is, Mary.MARY: Thank youMARY: In the States we call this a pancake. What do you think of it?MARCO: Its incredible!MARCO: Loo

12、k Mary, Im afraid theres a problem. You see, somerelatives are coming here. Theyre staying for two weeks, so we need theextra room.MARY: You mean - I must stay in your room? Thats fine!MARCO: No, I dont mean that, Mary. Im afraid you must. er. go.MARY: Oh! Oh, I see. Oh well, alright! I have some fr

13、iends in Naples.Ill go there.MARCO: Why dont I take you to the station, Mary?MARCO: Bye-bye, Mary. See you in Washdon, maybe?MARY: Yeah, maybe.MARCO: Bye!Section 13.1E Dialogue.DEBORAH: Well, here we are, back in Brighton, standingin front of our hotel. Today were visiting some Englishfriends of min

14、e, who live here in Brighton.ALAN: What, today?DEBORAH: Yes, today, honey. So - where was I? Right,these friends of mine; their names are Peter and Rosie. Now,Peters a salesman; he works for a food company, and hetravels a lot, all around Europe. And Rosie works at theAmerican Embassy in London - th

15、ats how I know her, infact, from when I was in England last year. So theyre verybusy people, and its real sweet of them to make time to seeus. Were very lucky.ALAN: Can I say something?DEBORAH: Why sure, honey.ALAN: I want to go play golf today, Deborah.ALAN: You know what the weathers like in Engla

16、nd.Today its sunny, theres no rain. OK, its damn cold, butstill, its a great day for golf. So thats what I want to dotoday.DEBORAH: Sure honey, but were seeing Peter and Rosietoday. You can play golf tomorrow.ALAN: I cant play golf tomorrow. The weather wont belike this tomorrow; itll probably rain.

17、DEBORAH: Well, it is winter, honey. Even in the States itrains a lot in the winter.ALAN: Yeah, well, in England it rains a lot in the spring,the summer, the fall and the winter. But its not rainingtoday, so lets go play golf, OK? Hey, Ill tell you what.Well go play golf this afternoon, and we can st

18、ill go seeyour friends in the evening.DEBORAH: No, that wont work, Im afraid.ALAN: Why the hell not?DEBORAH: Because Im cooking dinner for us all.ALAN: Theyre inviting us to dinner, and youre cookingit? Thats crazy!DEBORAH: Were cooking it, honey. Just because Im awoman, that doesnt mean I must do a

19、ll the cooking, nowdoes it? Hey, will you look at us? Here we are, just standingin front of the hotel, talking. Lets get going; we have a lotof shopping to do!DEBORAH: Theres a really good supermarket down thisroad; we can get everything we need there.ALAN: So what are you cooking?DEBORAH: What are

20、we cooking? Well, my idea is to dosomething really typically American. So I think Ill makethem some jambalaya.ALAN: Jambalaya? But thats Southern food. Were fromPittsburgh, not New Orleans!DEBORAH: So whats typical Pittsburgh food, then?Burger and fries? No, Alan, Peter and Rosie aresophisticated pe

21、ople; they travel all around. I want to cookthem something real special. Ah! Here we are. Waitrose.ALAN: I cant see any shopping carts.DEBORAH: Over there, honey, where it says trolleys.ALAN: Trolleys? Is that what they call shopping cartshere? Ill go and get one. Geez, this shopping cart is sosmall

22、! Whats with this country?DEBORAH: Itll be big enough for us, Alan. Were onlycooking one dinner.DEBORAH: Here we are.ALAN: So what do we need?DEBORAH: First of all, rice.ALAN: Hey look, they have Uncle Bens! Here - UncleBens easy cook rice. One pound. Is that enough?DEBORAH: Honey, I can see youre n

23、ot a great expert onfood!ALAN: What do you mean?DEBORAH: Well, first of all, easy cook rice is yukky, andsecond of all, you dont want to use American rice anyway.ALAN: Why the hell not, when were cooking an Americandinner?DEBORAH: Honey, were in Europe now. Try to be a bitsophisticated, OK? Well go

24、for the Italian rice.DEBORAH: And we need tomatoes, or tomatoes, as theysay here.DEBORAH: And peppers - red peppers - and prawns,DEBORAH: and bacon. And last of all, we need sausages.Great, thats it. Lets go and pay.ALAN: Wheres the checkout? Or do they call it, like, Idont know, The Winston Churchi

25、ll in this country?DEBORAH: No, they call it checkout here, just like wedo.DEBORAH: There it is.ALAN: Good. Do we have enough cash for all this stuff?DEBORAH: Of course we do, honey. Anyway, this isnt,like, the third world. They take Visa and Mastercard here.ALAN: Wow!DEBORAH: So lets pay, and then

26、we can go to Peter andRosies, and start cooking delicious jambalaya!ALAN: Lets go for it.Section 13.2A Dialogue.JOHN: Morning, darling!COMPUTER SECRETARY: Late again! Why are you always late?JOHN: Gee, whats the matter with you? Are there any messages forme?COMPUTER: Messages for you? Of course not!

27、 Who wants to speakto you?JOHN: Hey, dont talk to me like that! Or Ill turn you off!COMPUTER: You cant turn me off! You need me!JOHN: Come on, answer the phone! Well, come on!COMPUTER: Oh, alright!COMPUTER: Hello! Im John Berrys secretary, Im afraid. Can I helpyou?ANNIE: Id like to speak to Mr Berry

28、, please.COMPUTER: Do you? Thats very strange! Why do you want to speakto him?JOHN: Here, give me that phone!JOHN: Hi, John Berry here. What can I do for you?ANNIE: Oh, hello John. How are you?JOHN: Gosh, is that Annie? Hey, Im fine, thanks. Would you like tocome to a restaurant with me? I know a ve

29、ry good one -ANNIE: No, wait a moment, John. Im ringing about work. Yo u workfor a multinational company, dont you? Perhaps your company needsinterpreters. Do you think you can help me?JOHN: You want to work for my company? Well sure, I can certainlyhelp you, Annie.JOHN: I know. Why dont you come to

30、 my office after work? We cango for a drink, and then we can go to a restaurant, and then perhaps -ANNIE: No, er dont do anything special, John. Why dont we justhave a quick drink?JOHN: OK, Ill give you my office address? Its 3932 IndustrialHighway, W ashdon West 18.ANNIE: Oh, so your office isnt in

31、 downtown Washdon?JOHN: No, no. Sorry.ANNIE: Well, never mind. See you about 6:00, OK?JOHN: Gee, Im having a drink with Annie! Great! Hey, I must callMartin Black.JOHN: Will you get me Martin Black at ECS, please?COMPUTER: No, I wont!JOHN: You wont? Alright, I dont need you now. Ill turn you off!COM

32、PUTER: No, please! Turn me on again! Turn me on again! Turnme onECS RECEPTIONIST: Electronic Control & Security. Tracyspeaking. How can I help you?JOHN: Id like to speak to Martin Black, please.RECEPTIONIST: Which department is he in?JOHN: I dont know. Er the sales department, I think.RECEPTIONIST:

33、Wait a moment, please!MARTIN: Hello. Martin Black speaking.JOHN: Hi! This is John Berry.MARTIN: Sorry? I dont remember your name, Mr Very. Whichcompany are you from?JOHN: No, this is John Berry - from Plastic Box.MARTIN: Oh yes, of course! How are you, John? Nice to talk to you!Are you happy with yo

34、ur new secretary?JOHN: No, thats the reason Im calling. Theres something wrong withit. Can you come and take a look?MARTIN: Oh damn! Not another one!JOHN: Sorry?MARTIN: Oh, nothing! Wait a moment please, John.MARTIN: Jim. Another one of these electronic secretaries is out oforder! Can you go and tak

35、e a look?JIM: Is the customer one of yours, Martin?MARTIN: Well, yes.JIM: Then you can go!MARTIN: Oh, damn! Stupid man!MARTIN: Yes, John, Ill be happy to come around. See you later!MARTIN: Hello, John. Nice to see you again! So, theres somethingwrong with your secretary. Let me see: which model do y

36、ou have?MARTIN: Oh, you have model 1: the old model! I understand now, ofcourse! You need model 2, John! Youre an important executive, arentyou? You must have the new model!MARTIN: Here, this brochure will tell you all about it. And heres thecontract.JOHN: But but this machine is only two months old

37、!MARTIN: Two months is a long time in modern technology, you know,John.MARTIN: Here, just sign the contract here. Youll get the new model,and Ill take back the old one.JOHN: But butMARTIN: Just sign here, John.MARTIN: Great! Another happy customer! Hey, why dont we go andhave a drink together? My cl

38、ubs near here.JOHN: But Im meeting someone here at six-o-clock.MARTIN: Take it easy, we wont be long! Come on!MARTIN: Ill tell you John, this is my philosophy about women. Lovethem and leave them, John. And show them that youre the boss! Isntthat right?JOHN: Yeah. Gee, there are some nice girls in h

39、ere!MARTIN: Yes, theyre alright.MARTIN: Hey, Suzie!SUZIE: Yes, Mr Black?MARTIN: Suzie darling, this is my old friend John Berry. Hes lookingfor a good time, arent you, John?JOHN: Oh I, er gosh, I dont know.SUZIE: Hey, look out!JOHN: Sorry! Its five past six! I have an appointment! I must go!MARTIN:

40、I understand, John, its OK! Hey, Id really like to meet yourlady friend. Whats she like?JOHN: Well, you see, I -MARTIN: Will you introduce me to her?JOHN: Gee Martin, I really think -MARTIN: Hey, Ill take you to your office. Come on!ANNIE: Oh hello John. Youre half an hour late! My God, its Martin!W

41、hat are you doing here?MARTIN: What are you doing here? Are you going out with him? Withthis. idiot here?ANNIE: No, of course Im not going out with him. But it isnt yourbusiness, anyway! Ill do what I like, thank you very much!MARTIN: Youre a cold, cold woman, Annie. Yo u have no heart.ANNIE: Oh, do

42、nt be so stupid! Im going! Goodbye, John. And thankyou for your help!MARTIN: Goodbye!JOHN: Annie, wait a moment!JOHN: Come back, Annie! Gee, Im sorry.MARTIN: Oh, never mind about her, John! There are lots of nice girlsin Washdon. Lots of them. Bye-bye!JOHN: Great! So Ill go home alone and watch TV a

43、lone - again!Section 13.2E Dialogue.ALAN: Geez, this bag! Can we get a cab, please?DEBORAH: No honey, you need the exercise. Anyhow,were nearly there. Its just a hundred yards or so down theroad, round the corner.ALAN: I call this work. Its not my idea of a vacation, I cantell you.DEBORAH: Sure, hon

44、ey. Now, I just know youll lovePeter and Rosie. They are so sweet, and polite, and typicallyBritish.ALAN: What, like, six hundred years old?DEBORAH: No dear, hes 41 and shes 39. Ah - andtheres their house!ALAN: Geez, its small! Do they have any kids?DEBORAH: No, they dont have any. But Peter has ada

45、ughter from his first wife. He was married before, you see- just like you, Alan. But the girl doesnt live with Peter andRosie. She lives with her mother, in London, I think. OrCambridge.ALAN: Well come one, which? I really want to know.DEBORAH: Hold on a moment: theres a note.ALAN: So what does it s

46、ay?DEBORAH: “Dear Deborah - and Alan” - thats sweet ofthem - “Im afraid Im working this afternoon; wereincredibly busy at the moment in the office. Ill be back atabout 5.00. Theres a key under the milk bottle, if you wantto wait for me here. See you later. Love, Rosie. P.S. Petersaway in Spain on business at the moment; hell be backabout the same time as me.”ALAN: Great! So why dont we go and play a bit of golf,and come back later?DEBORAH: Honey, will you stop talking about golf?Well just go into the house and start cooking now;jambalaya needs a good long time.ALAN: Alright!