1、 Ishow2018 高级班文本 3.0 目录 一 人物 Bob Branson 二 人物 Andrea， James 三 找室友 四 工作 amusement park， intern， landscaping job 五 工作 working as a tutor， in a restaurant， for a marketing company 六 借东西 （相机，蓝色西装，车） 七 三角恋 八 三个故事（撞鲸，抢银行，卡烟囱），耍蛇，救警察 九 丢钱包 十 四个烦恼 （开车快，狗叫，放广告，销售员） 十一 换衣服，衣服褪色 十二 找宿管（换灯泡，狗叫） 十三 地区习惯（吃东西有声音，睡
2、得晚，中东服饰） 十四 Greener World 十五 垃圾填埋场，臭氧层 十六 化工厂倾倒废弃物，找证据 十七 算命 十八 克服害羞 十九 舞蹈课，厨艺课 二十 转折点（工作后，有狗了，有自行车） 二十一 转折点（学语言，获奖） 二十二 后悔专业选择、大学生活 二十三 迟到，狗生娃 二十四 戴安娜，比尔盖茨 二十五 在家中工作，交通形势 二十六 心理医生，露营顾问 Lesson1 A A:Do you have a date for the party yet? B:Actually , I dont. Do you think you could help me find one? A:
3、Hmm, what kind of guys do you like? B:Oh, I like guys who arent too serious and who have a good sense of humor.You know , like you. A:Ok, Uh, what else? B:Well, Id prefer someone I have something in common with- who I can talk to easily. A:I think I know just the guy for you. Bob Branson. Do you kno
4、w him.? B:No, I dont think so. A:well, let me arrange for you to meet him, , and you can tell me what you think. B Chris: So, whats the Verdict? What did you think of Bob? Kim: Well, I was worried at first especially when I saw that he wears not one but two earrings,I thought he might turn out to be
5、 one of those guys who are into heavy rock music and stuff like that. You know what I mean? Chris: But hes just like a regular kind of guy, right? Kim: Yeah, we got along really well! Chris: I just knew youd like him. Kim: Yeah, I do, and hes really funny. He had me laughing hysterically during dinn
6、er. I think the people sitting next to us in the restaurant thought we were crazy. Chris: So, are you two going to get together again? Kim: Definitely, in fact, were going to a concert tomorrow night. Chris: Thats great. Lesson2 A A: So, have you seen Andrea lately? B: Yeah, I see her pretty often.
7、We work together at a caf latt. A: Hows she doing, Ive been meaning to call her. B: Well, to be honest! Ive always thought shes a little difficult. But these days, I find her impossible. A: What do you mean? B: Oh, you know how she is. She has strong ideas about everything. And If you dont agree Wit
8、h her, she lets you know what she thinks of you. A: Yes, thats true. But thats why we love her, right? B: Yeah, I guess so. But shes changed a lot since she started college. She talked about herself all the time and she always manages to mention how good she is at everything she does. A: Hmm. Maybe
9、I wont call her after all. B A: Are you going to Jamess party on Saturday? B: Of course, James always gives the best parties. And there are always lots of interesting new people to meet. A: Thats true. I dont know where he manages to find them all. B: Well, you know what hes like. He makes friends r
10、eally easily. He really likes talking to people, and he loves inviting people over. A: Ur Ur, he invited me for dinner last Saturday, what a feast! B: Yeah, hes a great cook too. A: After dinner I offered to help clean up, but he told me not to worry about it. He said hed take care of it in the morn
11、ing. He was like, its nothing, no big deal. B: Yup, that sounds like James. C A: Have you met the new apartment manager? B: Mr. Johnson? Hmm. Yeah, I met him last week. Hes a little strange. A: Yeah, he is. Im not sure I like him. Hes hard to predict. Sometimes hes pretty cheerful and talk active,an
12、d the next day he doesnt even say hello. I think he must have personal problems or something. B: I think youre right. And have you noticed that half the time when he says hes going to 3 something, he never actually does it? He told me three times hed come to fix the light in my kitchen, and he still
13、 hasnt done it. Lesson3 A Dave: Hello? Jim: Hi. My names Jim Hunt. Im calling about the ad for a roommate. Dave: Oh, right. Jim: Are you still looking for someone? Dave: Yes, we are. Jim: Oh, good. Im really interested. Dave: Well, there are four of us, and its a fairly small house, so we want someo
14、ne whos easy to get along with. Jim: Im pretty easygoing. Dave: Great! So can I ask you a few fairly straightforward questions about yourself? Jim: No problem. I like it when people are direct. B D: What do you do, Jim? J: Oh, well, Ive had a lot of different jobs, but Im not working right now. J: Y
15、eah, I got fired from my last job about six months ago,so Ive been looking for something else. I havent been very lucky so far. D: Uh-huh. Well, the rent here is $1,200 a month uh, thats $300 a month for each person J: Oh, Uh . D: Will you have enough money to pay the rent every month? J: Yeah, I pr
16、obably will if I can find a job. D: Yeah. Uh, look, where are you living now? J: Well, Ive been staying with a friend for the past couple of weeks. D: Uh-huh. J: Yeah, but hes asked me to leave by Friday, so I really need to find a place to live.Ive had to move four times in the past year and, well
17、D: Listen, Jim. I appreciate your telling me about yourself. I like it when people are honest with me. Anyway, I have to talk to my other roommates about this, and Ill give you a call tomorrow tolet you know what we decide. Why dont you give me your number? J: Sure, its two, two, three Lesson4 A Tra
18、cy: Good news! Ive found a summer job! Mark: Thats great! Anything interesting? T: Yes, working at an amusement park. Doesnt that sound fantastic? M: Sure, it does. T: So, have you found anything? M:Nothing yet, but Ive got a couple of leads. One is working as an intern for a record company mostly a
19、nswering phones. Or I can get a landscaping job again. T: Being an intern sounds more interesting than landscaping. And its probably not as hard! M: Yeah, but a landscaper earns more money than an intern. And you get a great tan! B M: So what will you be doing at the amusement park, exactly? T: Actu
20、ally, Ill have two jobs. First, Ill be working at a place called Childrens World.They have all kinds of interesting games and educational activities for young kids. I have to go to a training program for three days before I start to find out how everything works. M: Three days? Wow, the equipment mu
21、st be pretty high-tech! T: Oh, it is a lot of computers and interesting devices.Its just the kind of stuff that kids love. M: Well, it sounds like the perfect job for you. I know how much you love kids.So whats your other job? T: Well. Ill also be one of the people who walks around the park greeting
22、 people. M: Do you mean youll have to dress up in a costume? T: Yes, as a cartoon character! I know, I know. It sounds silly. And its certainly not as rewarding as working in Childrens World, but its part of the job. Lesson5 A Woman: So where are you working this summer, Carlos? Carlos: Im working a
23、s a tutor. in a learning center for kids. W: Interesting. What kinds of things do the kids do there? C: They work on subjects they need help in, uh, mainly .math and English. W: Is your job hard? C: No, not at all. The kids work on computers most of the time. We have to help them get startedand when
24、 they run into problems. W: Do you enjoy it? C: Oh, yes. Working with kids is so much more fun than working with adults.And I get to choose my own hours.As long as I work eight hours a day, I can come in at any time from 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M.W: Lucky you! B Woman: Paul, did you find a summer job, yet? Pa
25、ul: Yeah, Im working in a restaurant. W: Oh, hows it going? P: Oh, the moneys not bad. W: What are you doing? Are you waiting tables? P: I wish! No. Im working in the kitchen. I cut up stuff for the chef vegetables and meat and things. I also wash the dishes. W: Oh, yuck. P: Yeah. Its pretty hard wo
26、rk. I didnt realize how hot it is in a restaurant kitchen until I took this job. W: So why dont you quit? P: Id love to, but I need the money. C Man: So what kind of job did you find for the summer? Julia: Im working for a marketing company. Im doing telephone marketing. M: Oh, so youre one of those
27、 people who drives me crazy by calling me up and trying to persuade me to buy something that I have absolutely no need for. J: Exactly. M: Do you like it? J: Believe it or not, I do. Its mostly a bunch of students working there, and we have a lot of fun when were not making calls. Its really easy, t
28、oo, since we just have to read from a script. M: Are you doing this full time? J: Yes, but I work from two in the afternoon until eleven at night, so I get to sleep as late as I want to in the morning. Lesson6 A Jack: Hi, Rod. This is Jack. Rod: Oh, hi, Jack. Whats up? J: Im going to my best friends
29、 wedding this weekend. Id love to videotape it. Would you mind if Iborrowed you video camera? R: Um, yeah. Thats OK, I guess. I dont think Ill need it for anything. J: Thanks a million. R: Sure. Have you used a video camera before? Its pretty easy. J: Yeah, a couple of times. Would it be OK if I pic
30、ked it up on Friday night? R: Fine. No problem. B Andy: Hello. J: Hi, Andy. This is Jack. A: Oh, hi, Jack. J: I was wondering if you could do me a favor. A: That depends. J: Well, I have to go to a wedding this weekend. Would it be OK if I borrowed your navy blue suit? A: Oh, sure. No problem. J: Th
31、anks a lot. Ill come by and pick it up tonight. A: Thats fine. C R: Rose Rizzo. J: Hi, Rose. This is Jack. R: Oh, hello. How are you? J: Pretty good, thanks. Listen, the reason Im calling is I have a really big favor to ask you. R: Yes? J:Remember I told you about that friend of mine whos getting ma
32、rried to a woman he met in Barcelona? R: Yeah, I remember. And? J: Well, the weddings this Saturday afternoon, and its out in the country about an hours drive from here and I was wondering if I could borrow your car for the afternoon to get there.R: Gee, Jack, Id really love to help you out, but Im
33、going to be needing my car all weekend. Ive got a friend coming in from out of town, and I promised to show her the sights. J: Oh, OK. I understand. Anyway, how are things? I havent seen you for ages. R: Oh, pretty good. Lesson7 A Amy: Hello? Jeff: Hello. May I speak to Sophia, please? A: Im sorry,
34、shes not in right now. Would you like to leave a message? J: Yes, please. This is Jeff. Would you tell her that Tony is having a party on Saturday? A: Un-huh. J: And would you ask her if shed like to go with me? A: All right, Peter. Ill give her the message. J: No, this is Jeff, not Peter. A: Oh, Im
35、 sorry. J: By the way, whos Peter? B Sophia: Hi! Im home! A: Oh, hi. S: Did anyone call? A: Uh-huh. Your old friend Peter called a few hours ago. Hes going to be in town on Saturday and wants to get together with you Saturday night. He said to call him. S: Oh, super! I havent seen Peter in almost a
36、year. Any other calls? A: Uh, yeah. Jeff called. He wants to know if you want to go to Tonys party with him. S: Oh. When is Tonys party? A: On Saturday. S: Oh, perfect. Thats the same night Im going to get together with Peter, so I have an excuse not to go. Even if I werent going out with Peter, I w
37、ouldnt go anywhere with Jeff. Oh, hes such a pain! A: Oh, he didnt sound so bad. He sounded kind of sweet. S: Yeah, yeah, I guess he is. Its just that I dont want to go out with him and he just doesnt seem to get the message. Do me a favor. Amy,If he calls again, could you just tell him Im not home?
38、 A: Hmm. OK. Lesson8 A J:What an awful story! A couple was sailing their yacht from Hawaii to Mexico. While they were crossing the Pacific, their boat hit a whale and sank! Anne: Is that true? What happened to the whale? J: It doesnt say! Oh and heres another one. A guy in Los Angles was robbing a b
39、ank. But as he was escaping, he got caught in the revolving door. A: I guess it was his first bank robbery! J: Yeah. Oh and listen to this. Some guy got locked out of his house, so he tried to get in through the chimney. A: Dont tell me! He got stuck in the chimney! J: Exactly. And he was still tryi
40、ng to get out two days later when the police rescued him. B A man who considered himself a snake charmer was strangled to death on Sunday by a three-and-a-half-meter boa constrictor in a town in Thailand. It seems that the man rushed to see the giant snake after friends told him the serpent was seen
41、 beside one of the towns main roads. The snake charmer put it around his neck; while he and his friends were walking home, the snake strangled him to death. C Early Tuesday morning in California, two police officers who were pursuing a car thief down Hollywood Boulevard in a high-speed chase were re
42、scued by the thief. During the chase, the officers car overturned and fell into a shallow river. The officers couldnt get out of the car, which was rapidly filling up with water. The thief went back to the scene of the accident and helped rescue the officers. The Hollywood Police Department has deci
43、ded to drop charges against the thief for saving the officers lives. Lesson9 A Brian: Someone stole my wallet last night! Kate: Oh no! What happened? B: Well, I was working out, and I had put my stuff in my locker, just like I always do. When I came back, someone had stolen my wallet. I guess Id for
44、gotten to lock the locker. K: Im sorry. Thats terrible! Did you lose much money? B: Only about $20. But I lost my credit card and my drivers license. What a pain! B K: Hmm. That reminds me of when I had my purse stolen last year. B: Really? What happened? K: Well, it was when I was in Belgium. I was
45、 on my way to the airport, so I was standing on the side of the road with my bags, trying to figure out the bus schedule. Anyway, this bunch of guys came by and asked if they could help me. They spoke very broken English, and I couldnt really understand what they were saying. I really just wanted th
46、em to leave me alone. Finally, they left and when I looked down, I realized my purse had disappeared. It had my wallet in it withall my travelers checks and my money and my credit card. Well, luckily, I had put my airline ticketand my passport in one of my carry-on bags. B: How awful! So what did yo
47、u do? K: Well, first I screamed at the top of my lungs and tried to run after the guys but they were long gone. Then this sounds really corny I did just what I had seen people do on TV: I called my credit card company. B: Were they helpful? K: They were lifesavers! In no time at all, theyd given me
48、new travelers checks and a new credit card, and sent me on my way. Lesson10 A A: It really upsets me when taxi drivers drive so fast. Im always terrified of having an accident. B: That doesnt really bother me. I like to get where Im going quickly. But I cant stand it when they have their radios turned up all the way full blast. You cant even hear yourself think! B A: I hate it when people take their dogs into a park and let them make messes all over the place. Its so irresponsible! B: You know what bothers me? I hate it when they go out and le
