Text 1 (周末計(jì)劃)W: Jack, are you going camping with your friends this weekend?M: It depends. If it’s sunny, we’ll go.W: The weatherman says it’s going to rain.M: In that case, we’ll go to the cinema instead.助聽(tīng)詞塊 It depends. 視情況而定。 Text 2 (正向價(jià)值觀-火車站幫忙看包)W: Excuse me, could you mind my bags for a moment? I want to buy some food at the convenience store.M: No problem. But be quick. It was announced that my train will arrive in 10 minutes.助聽(tīng)詞塊 mind 照看；留心（某人/某事物）convenience store 便利店 Text 3 (看望出院后的馬克)W: Mark came out of hospital last Friday. Have you got a chance to visit him?M: I plan to see him this Saturday.W: Aren’t you going to the conference then?M: No. It has been rescheduled for next Monday.助聽(tīng)詞塊 reschedule 重新安排Text 4 (因算錯(cuò)賬退顧客錢)M: Sorry, Miss. We made a terrible mistake adding up the bill. Here is the ten dollars we have to return to you.W: Oh, I didn’t notice that. It’s OK. Don’t blame the waiter. He’s been really nice.助聽(tīng)詞塊make a mistake (in) doing sth. 在做某事時(shí)犯錯(cuò)誤add up the bill 算賬 Text 5 (新年禮物)W: Do you think we should get Steve a book for the New Year?M: Books are good. But Steve wouldn’t take just any book. He has had this particular one on geography. Text 6 (相約見(jiàn)面時(shí)間)M: Hello, Sarah.W: Hello, David. I can’t come for dinner tonight. Sorry.M: Oh, what happened?W: We’ve got a new case and things get pretty crazy here in the office.M: Well, then I’ll come to you.W: No, no, not tonight. Let me see if I can arrange another night.M: Sarah, please. We need to talk. It’s about my job.W: Then tell me on the phone.M: No, it’s better if we do it in person. How about tomorrow night?W: I’m not sure. You can give me a call tomorrow afternoon.M: OK.助聽(tīng)詞塊in person 親自give sb. a call 給某人打電話 Text 7 (著急回家接待客人)W: Jeff will call on us this afternoon. Do you know where he is now?M: Er… wait. Let me see. He has sent two messages saying that he’s done with his work at the office and got a taxi and… and he’ll arrive in twenty minutes.W: We can’t keep him waiting outside our home. We have to hurry.M: But it takes at least half an hour to get to the city center by bus. Look at the traffic.W: Let’s get off. We can save at least twenty minutes by walking through the park.M: Are you sure?W: Yes. A hundred percent.助聽(tīng)詞塊call on 拜訪；看望be done with sth. 完成某事a hundred percent 完全；百分之百 Text 8 (意外獲得姐姐的一本舊書)W: Morning, Mark.M: Morning, Clara. How was your weekend?W: Great. I went to my grandpa’s. He invited us to pick vegetables on his farm. My daughter had a great time there. What about you?M: Oh, I had a truly incredible experience. I dropped by a yard sale on Saturday and got several books.W: Novels?M: A novel and two poetry collections. As I leafed through the novel, a piece of paper fell out. It was an air ticket from 2012. The flight was from Los Angeles to Chicago and the name on the ticket was Ashley Louis.W: Was it?M: Yes. Ashley, my sister. In 2012, she lived in Los Angeles and her husband worked in Chicago. Both of them often flew between two cities. I asked the seller where he got the book. He said it was bought at a second-hand bookstore in Los Angeles three years ago. Last year, he and his family moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.W: So, all the way across the country, your sister’s old book landed in your hands. That’s really crazy.助聽(tīng)詞塊 drop by 偶然訪問(wèn)（某人或某地）；順便訪問(wèn)yard sale 庭院拍賣poetry collection 詩(shī)集leaf through 迅速翻閱second-hand 二手的 Text 9 (在印第安納州上大學(xué)的感受)W: Victor, you’ve been here in Indiana for six weeks now. How are you feeling?M: I think I’ve got used to college life, going to classes, working out and hanging out with my friends. Though there’s pressure to meet deadlines, life here is never boring.W: What’s been hard about being an Indiana basketball player?M: Well, the training is very competitive, weightlifting and running every day. It’s not like high school. In high school, I really didn’t have to do that. I’m just trying to get used to it. And I think I am.W: At this point, how do you see yourself fitting into this group?M: I think we’re all different. George is from Britain. Chris and Leo are from Australia. I’m from France. And the rest are Americans. But I get along with everybody. You know, we are really starting to bond. It’s great to see how we grow each day as a team.W: Thanks, Victor. I wish you a very happy and fruitful stay in Indiana.助聽(tīng)詞塊 meet deadlines 在規(guī)定的時(shí)間內(nèi)完成任務(wù)或達(dá)到目標(biāo)weightlifting 舉重fit into 適應(yīng)get along with 與……和睦相處bond 增強(qiáng)（與某人的）信任關(guān)系fruitful 碩果累累的；成功的 Text 10 (鼓勵(lì)訂閱雜志《閑人》)W: Good evening, dear listeners. 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