人人說英語(高級口語)2 Uni9-12
[00:00.00]Unit 9 Shopping
[00:13.51]Fake Money(E)
[00:16.35]Jimmy went into a shop,took a toy tank,
[00:21.08]gave the shopkeeper fake money and started to leave.
[00:25.76]So,the shopkeeper told him,"Excuse me,little boy,this isn't real money."
[00:32.71]Little Jimmy didn''t reply,continuing walking out of the shop
[00:38.35]The shopkeeper repeated himself,and Jimmy kept walking.
[00:43.31]The third time the shopkeeper said,
[00:49.97]"I'm sorry,young man,but this is not real money."
[00:54.41]Jimmy looked at the tank in his hands,
[00:58.49]looked at the shopkeeper and finally said,"And this isn't a real tank,either."
[01:05.33]Bye-bye,Grandpa(M)
[01:08.60]A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things
[01:16.36]when she noticed an old man following her around
[01:22.00]Thinking nothing of it,she ignored him and continued shopping
[01:28.95]After she got what she wanted,she went to the checkout line
[01:34.98]but the old man got in front of her
[01:39.21]"Pardon me,"he said,"
[01:42.66]I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable
[01:48.83]It's just that you look just like my granddaughter,who just died recently
[01:56.30]And I miss her very much
[02:00.56]"I'm very sorry,"replied the young woman."Is there anything I can do for you?"
[02:08.60]"Yes,"the old man said.
[02:13.15]"As I'm leaving,can you say'Bye-bye,grandpa'to me?
[02:17.98]It would make me feel so much better."
[02:22.21]"Sure,"answered the young woman.
[02:26.44]As the old man was leaving,she called out,"Bye-bye,!"
[02:33.21]When she stepped up to the checkout counter,she saw that her total was $178.50
[02:43.97]"How can that be?"she asked."I only bought a few things!"
[02:50.32]"Your grandpa said you would pay for him,"said the clerk.
[02:56.27]Washing a Rabbit(M)
[02:59.62]A young boy,about seven years old,
[03:03.98]was at the corner store picking out a box of laundry detergent
[03:09.13]The clerk walked over,and,trying to be friendly,
[03:13.57]asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do
[03:17.80]"Oh,no laundry,"the boy said,"I'm going to wash my rabbit."
[03:23.05]"But you shouldn't use this to wash your rabbit.
[03:27.41]It's very powerful,and if you wash your rabbit in this,he'll get sick.
[03:33.08]In fact,it might even kill him."
[03:36.61]But the boy was not to be stopped
[03:40.84]and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it,
[03:45.28]even as th eclerk still tried to talk him out of washing his rabbit
[03:50.84]About a week later the boy was back in the shop to buy some candy
[03:55.89]The clerk asked the boy how his rabbit was doing
[04:00.74]"Oh,he died,"the boy said.
[04:04.90]The clerk said he was sorry the rabbit died but added,
[04:10.25]"I tried not to use that detergent on your rabbit."
[04:15.22]"Well,"the boy replied,"I don't think it was the detergent that killed him."
[04:21.28]"Oh?What was it,then?"
[04:24.75]"I think it was the washing machine."
[04:28.51]Unit 10 Social Relations
[04:42.57]Proposing to Susan (M)
[04:46.20]Nick and Susan had been childhood sweethearts
[04:51.76]Now,Nick collected enough courage to ask her the most important of all questions.
[04:59.21]"There are quite a lot of advantages to being single,"he began,
[05:05.97]"but there comes a time when you long for the companionship of another person
[05:12.53]It'll be a person who will regard you as perfect,as an idol
[05:19.97]It'll be a person you can treat as your absolute own
[05:26.53]who will be kind and faithful when times are hard
[05:32.59]who will share your joys and sorrows
[05:37.76]To his delight Nick saw her eyes light up with joy
[05:45.21]Then Susan nodded in agreement and responded,
[05:52.18]"I think it's a great idea!Can I help you choose which puppy to buy?"
[05:59.84]On a Date(M)
[06:02.89]Tom has been seeing a girl for several years.
[06:07.96]She's attractive and intelligent,and he always enjoys being with her
[06:14.20]One Sunday afternoon,the two of them are taking it easy
[06:20.16]They are having a walk on a moonlit beach
[06:24.81]and with the sea breeze blowing through her hair,and the stars in her eyes
[06:30.84]she suddenly tells Tom she thinks she really loves him.
[06:35.99]But she can no longer bear the uncertainty
[06:40.67]of not knowing where their relationship is going
[06:44.82]She says she's not asking whether he wants to get married,
[06:51.06]only wheter he believes they have some kind of future together
[06:56.63]Tom says he also has strong feelings for her
[07:01.38]but he cannot honestly say he'll be ready soon to make a lasting commitment
[07:07.02]and he doen't want to hurt her by holding out false hope.
[07:11.39]This almost breaks her heart.She turns around and walks away.
[07:18.75]My Relatives(D)
[07:21.91]My name's Jerry Cooper,
[07:25.75]and everybody says I must be mentally ill when I talk about my relatives.
[07:32.13]You see,I married a widow with a grown-up daughter who then became my stepdaughter.
[07:39.57]My dad came to visit us,fell in love with my lovely stepdaughter
[07:45.74]and then married her.
[07:48.69]So my stepdaughter is now my stepmother.
[07:53.44]Soon my wife had a son who was,of course,
[07:59.09]my dad's brother-in-law since my son is the half-brother of my stepdaughter
[08:04.55]who is now,of course,my dad's wife.
[08:09.22]So as I told you,when my stepdaughter married my dad,
[08:14.86]she was at once,my stepmother.
[08:18.73]Now since my new son is brother to my stepmother,he also becomes my uncle.
[08:26.10]As you know,my wife is my stepgrandmothr since she is my stepmother's mother.
[08:33.96]Don't forget that my stepmother is my stepdaughter.
[08:38.82]Remember,too,that I'm my wife's grandson.
[08:43.18]But hold on just a few minutes more.
[08:46.94]You see,since I'm married to my stepgrandmother,
[08:52.11]I am not only my wife's grandson and her husband,but I am also my own grandfather.
[08:59.85]Unit 11 Travel
[09:13.48]Traveling with a Cat(M)
[09:17.84]Traveling to Boston,Mrs.Simons had checked her luggage through
[09:26.41]and also the cage carrying her cat
[09:31.98]The flight was uneventful.After landing,the luggage appeared after a normal wait
[09:43.34]However,the luggage handlers
[09:49.87]The luggage handlers noticed the cat was not moving.
[09:56.04]After checking,they thought the cat must have died in the cold luggage compartment
[10:04.68]It looked like an ordinary cat
[10:09.23]so they decided to find another one to put in the cage
[10:15.47]In the meantime,Mrs.Simons kept asking about the rest of her luggage
[10:22.63]She was told it was delayed
[10:26.99]Time dragged on while the luggage handlers found a replacement cat in a pet shop
[10:35.35]which they put into the cage.
[10:39.61]They finally brought the cage with the cat to Mrs.Simons.
[10:45.56]She looked into the cage,jumped back with a horrified look,and screamed out
[10:53.22]"This is not my cat!My cat was dead,
[10:58.68]and I was bringing her back home for a proper burial."
[11:03.54]Trip to France (M)
[11:08.11]A young woman decided to end her own life by throwing herself into the ocean
[11:14.35]She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the water
[11:20.52]when a handsome young sailor saw her crying on the edge of the pier
[11:26.08]He took pity on her and said,
[11:30.13]"Look,you've got a lot to live for.
[11:34.49]I'm off to France in the morning,and if you like,
[11:39.85]I can stow you away on my ship
[11:43.61]I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day"
[11:48.57]Moving closer,he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added,
[11:53.82]"I'll keep you happy,he you'll keep me happy."
[11:58.39]The girl nodded yes.After all,what did she have to lose?
[12:04.74]That night,the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat
[12:10.51]From then on,he came to talk to her every night,
[12:14.88]and they absolutely had a good time together
[12:19.03]A week later,during a routine inspection,the captain discovered the young woman.
[12:26.58]"What are you doing here?"the captain asked.
[12:31.26]"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors,"she explained.
[12:36.01]"I get a trip to France,adn he's promised to marry me after we get there."
[12:42.07]"A trip to France?"the captain said."But this is the Rock Island Ferry."
[12:48.91]Unit 12 Weather
[13:02.58]Snow Plow(E)
[13:06.13]Paul and his wife live in Chicago.
[13:11.88]One winter morning while watching TV,they hear the weatherman say,
[13:19.92]"We are going to have three to four inches of snow today.
[13:26.37]You must park your car on the even numbered side of the street
[13:33.53]so the snowplow can get through."
[13:37.79]Paul goes out and moves his car
[13:42.96]A few days later while they are eating breakfast,the TV weatherman says,
[13:51.11]"We are expecting four to five inches of snow today.
[13:57.28]You must park your car on the odd numbered side of the street
[14:03.94]so snowplow can get through."
[14:08.20]Paul goes out and moves his car again.
[14:13.16]The next week they are having breakfast,
[14:17.99]when the TV weatherman says"We are expecting seven to eight inches of snow today.
[14:26.43]You must park..."then the power goes out.
[14:34.68]Paul says to his wife,"Honey,I don't know what to do."
[14:41.24]She says,"Why don't you just leave the car in the garage this time?"
