Lesson 137
A pleasant dream
美好的夢(mèng)
Listen to the tape then answer this question. What would Julie like to do, if she had the money?
聽(tīng)錄音,然后回答問(wèn)題。如果朱莉有那筆錢(qián),她想做什么呢?
JULIE: Are you doing the football
pools, Brain?
BRIAN: Yes, I've nearly finished, Julie.
Julie. I'm sure we'll win
something this week.
JULIE: You always say that,
but we never win anything!
What will you do
if you win a lot of money?
BRIAN: If I win a lot of money
I'll buy you a mink coat.
JULIE: I don't want a mink coat!
I want to see the world.
BRIAN: All right.
If we win a lot of money
We'll travel round the world
and we'll stay at the best
hotels. Then we'll return home
and buy a big house in the
country. We'll have a beautiful
garden and …
JULIE: But if we spend all that money
we'll be poor again.
What'll we do then?
BRIAN: If we spend all the money
we'll try and win the football
pools again.
JULIE: It's a pleasant dream
but everything depends on 'if'!
New Word and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
football
n. 足球
pool
n. 賭注
win (won, won)
v. 贏(yíng)
world
n. 世界
poor
adj. 貧窮的
depend
v. 依靠(on)
朱 莉:布賴(lài)恩,你正在下足球賽的賭注嗎?
布賴(lài)恩:是的。我這就做完了。朱莉。 我敢肯定這星期我們會(huì)贏(yíng)一點(diǎn)的。
朱 莉:你老是那樣說(shuō),但是我們從來(lái)沒(méi) 贏(yíng)過(guò)!要是你贏(yíng)了許多錢(qián),你打算 做什么呢?
布賴(lài)恩:要是我贏(yíng)了許多錢(qián),我給你買(mǎi)件 貂皮大衣。
朱 莉:我不要貂皮大衣。我要去見(jiàn)風(fēng)世面。
布賴(lài)恩:好吧。要是我們贏(yíng)了很多錢(qián),我們 就去周游世界,并且往最好的旅館。 然后我們返回家園,在鄉(xiāng)下買(mǎi)幢大 房子。我們將有一個(gè)漂亮的花園和 ……
朱 莉:但是如果我們把所有錢(qián)都花光了, 我們又會(huì)變窮的。那時(shí)我們?cè)趺?辦呢?
布賴(lài)恩:如果我們花光了所有錢(qián),我們?cè)O(shè)法 在足球賽賭注上再贏(yíng)一次。
朱 莉:這是個(gè)美好的夢(mèng),但一切都取決于 “如果”!