英语初级口语文章

英语初级口语文章内容摘要：

Read the following dialogue once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words. Frank and Charles discuss last night39。 s television programme. Frank: Did you watch television last night, Charles? Charles: Yes , I did. Frank: It was a good game, wasn39。 t if? Charles: Oh, I didn39。 t watch the football match. I wanted to , but my wife preferred to see the Frank: What a pity. It was quite exciting. Both teams played very well. Charles: How did it finish? Frank: It finished in a draw. What was the film like? Charles: It was quite good. missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first. Frank: Did your wife enjoy it? Charles: No , she didn39。 t. After half an hour slie stopped watching and started to read a book. Lesson 6 Text A How to Make Everybody Happy Peter39。 s uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody, his uncle waved. Peter was surprised, and said, Uncle Gee, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all? I don39。 t know all these people , said his uncle. Then why do you wave to them? asked Peter. Well, Peter, answered his uncle, when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is pleased. He continues his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone and he doesn39。 t know me, he is surprised and says to himself `Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?39。 So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy. Text B What Wonld You Like to Do Tonight? Mary39。 s cousins, Fay and Rosemary, are still at her house. The girls want to go to the movies. They look in the newspaper to see what time the movie starts. After seeing the movie, they go to an ice cream parlor and order their favorite desserts. MARY: Girls , what would you like to do tonight? ROSEMARY: Do you ever go to the movies? MARY: Of course. I often go to the movies. ROSEMARY: Well, let39。 s go to the movies. MARY: There39。 s a good movie near here: Summer in Maine FAY: Fine. I heard it39。 s a very good movie. RosEMARY: Let39。 s find out what time it starts. MARY: Let39。 s look at the newspaper. Movie programs are usually on page nine. FAY: Here it is. Summer in Maine starts at 8 o39。 clock. Questions on Text B the following conversation once. Underline the key words while reading and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words. Fred: If I won the Pools, I39。 d go round the world. Bert: Would you? I wouldn.39。 t. Fred: What would you do? Bert: Oh, I don39。 t know. I39。 d buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I suppose. But it39。 s difficult to imagine having a lot of money. Fred: One thing39。 s certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn39。 t work any more. Bert: Wouldn39。 t you? What would you do with all that spare time? Fred: As I said, I39。 d go round the world. Bect: What would you do after that? Fred: Oh, I don39。 t know. It39。 d take me a long time to go round the world. Bert: It doesn39。 t sound very exciting. Fred: Anyway, we haven39。 t won the Pools, and we39。 re not likely to win them. So there isn39。 t much point in talking about it, is there? Bert: I39。 d be happy if I got a rise. Fred: And my wife would be happy if I bought her a mink coat. Bert: Well , I39。 m not likely to get a rise and you haven39。 t the money for a mink oat, so let39。 se down to earth and have another drink. Fred: What39。 ll you have? Bert: I39。 ll have a pint of the best. Fred: I39。 d have a Scotch if I were you. We deserve it. Bert: All right. Make it a double, will you? Lesson 7 Text A After a Heavy Snowstorm One night there was a heavy snowstorm, and in the morning Mr Smith39。 s garden was full of deep snow. Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. He said to this man, Don39。 t throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the bushes in my garden。 and don39。 t throw any snow into the street, or the police will be angry. Then Mr Smith went out. When he came back, the path was clean and the snow from it was not on the bushes, or the fence, or the street. Mr Smith was very pleaseduntil he opened the garage to get his car out! The garage was full to the top with all the snow from the path, and his car was somewhere under it all! Text B No Baseball Today PETER: Can you play baseball with me today? JoHN: No, I can39。 t. I39。 m sorry. I have to help my mother. We39。 re going to move tomorrow. PETER: Where39。 s the new house? Is it far from here? JoHN: No, it39。 s not far. It39。 s near our old house. PETER: Can I help you pack? JoHN: Sure. Thanks. * * * PETER: What can I do? JoHN: Take the books out of the bookcase. Put them in this box. PETER: Well, the books are in the box. What can I do now? JoHN: Take the magazines out of the bookcase. Put them in that box. PETER: All right. JoHN: Peter ! Pack them. Don39。 t read them. PETER: These magazines are interesting. May I borrow one? JOHN: Of course. PETER: Thanks, John. Quiestions on Text B 7. Read the foilowing passage once. Undertine the key words whiie reading and retell the story to your partner. A Better Mailman ! I worked as a mailman for a short time. However, I am afraid of dogs and I had a lot of trouble. One day I tried to deliver some letters to a big house. I started to open the gate and all of a sudden a hu。