PRONUNCIATION CORNER
a) Can 只是在简短的回答里重读，即读做，单独念时也可重读。此外不需重读，读即可。例如：
I can help you
Yes, I can
b) 下面问句中有两点值得注意：
Can you tell me how to get to Angel Place?
(i) 问句的节奏，以重音符号标明。请练习一下。一边读，一边打拍子。
(ii) To的不同发音：[]和[]。To后面的词以元音开始，to读作[]同时再加一个[]连接音。练习下面的词组，注意[]这个连接音。
to Angel Place
To 后面的词以辅音开始，to读作[]，例如：to get
PART IV - Exerise
先看图，然后填充下列句子。

1.The music shop is in...Street,which is the first street...the....
2.Go to the next corner ,turn left and the music shop is... ...second block... ...right-hand side of the street.
3.My office is...Pitt Streer... ...the Star Cinema and not far...the music shop.
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PROGRAMME 8
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PART I - The Dialogues
这一节已经是第8讲，不知你听广播的时候不看材料行不行，如果不太行的话，我们希望你还是坚持不看。
Dialogue 1
有几个澳大利亚人在中国旅行，在从南京开往上海的火车遇见了。有一位失手掉了件行李。这段对话在广播里分三部分播放，以下是前两个部分：
DAVID:
Good morning.
FRED & PAT:
Good morning.
DAVID:
Oops! Oh! Sorry! Are you all right?
FRED:
Sure...Do you want a hand ?
DAVID:
Thanks...There!...Phew!...Sorry,my hands are cold. It's freezing today,isn't it ?
FRED:
Yes,it is. 23
DAVID:
By the way ,I'm David Brown.
FRED:
Pleasd to meet you, David. Fred Robinson.
DAVID:
Nice to meet you, Fred.
FRED:
And this is Pat,my wife.
PAT:
How do you do ?
DAVID:
How do you do ?
Dialogue 2
Fred,Pat,David 三个人在上海安排外出活动.
FRED:
Are you doing anything tonight,David?
DAVID:
No, I'm free tonight.
FRED:
Good.Why dont't we all go to the shanghai Acrobats？
DAVID:
Great idea!
PAT:
Or a chinese opera.I love opera.
FRED:
What about you , David?
DAVID:
I like music too.I'd prefer the opera.
PAT:
Fred likes music-don't you, Fred?
FRED:
I like acrobats too!
PAT:
Well, why don't we go to the opera tonight? and to the acrobats tomaorrow night? David...where will we meet you? At what time?
Dialogue 3
我们的记者Geoff Howard 约请了两位最近去过中国的澳大利亚人到播音室来谈谈观感。这段话在广播里分成两部分。他说话的语调是记者采访时常用的，一般说话不是这样。
GEOFF:
Sue,you visited China recently,didn't you?
SUE:
Yes,I did.
GEOFF:
Where did you go?
SUE:
I went to Guilin,Xi'an,Guangzhou,Shanghai and Beijing.
GEOFF:
What's Guilin like?
SUE:
It's marvellous.Beautiful scenery.
GEOFF:
What about Shanghai?
SUE:
Shanghai's a lot bigger than Guilin,of course,and it's very...noisy, too.
GEOFF:
Tell me more about Guilin. 24
SUE:
Well,the river's very beautiful and there are lots of rocks and caves. It's a great place. I love it.
GEOFF:
What do you think about hotels in China? Graham?
GRAHAM:
They're good.
GEOFF:
Sue?
SUE:
On the whole,I think they're very comfortable,and I like the hotel food very much.
GRAHAM:
Yes, I agree. I think the hotel food in China's very good.
GEOFF:
Well,talking of food,is Cantonese food better than Sichuan food? Graham? What's your opinion?
GRAHAM:
Hmm...no...in my opinion they're both marvellous!
SUE:
I don't agree...Sichuan food's too hot for me. You always need a large glass of cool water on the table!
GEOFF:
Well,thank you, Sue and Graham.
SUE & GRAHAM:
Thank you.

PART II - Vocabulary
C.A.A.C[]中国民用航空总局（全名是General Administration of Civil Aviation of China;C.A.A.C.是前英译 Civil Aviation Administration of China 的缩写，现仍沿用。）
a cave 山洞
a knife and fork 一副刀叉
an opera 歌剧
the People's Market （北京）人民市场
a rock 岩石
scenery 风景
the Shanghai Acrobats 上海杂技团的表演（acrobats ，杂技演员）
comfortable 舒适的
freezing 非常冷的
lively 充满生气的；热闹的
Do you want a hand? 你要我搭把手吗？
on business 因事；因公
oops! 哎呦！（走路撞了人，或失手掉了东西，或看到别人有类似的举动，都可以这样说，以免尴尬。）
phew! 育！（表示干了重活之后感到疲劳或松一口气）

NAMES
Graham Stewart
David Brown
Pat Robinson
Sue Millar
Fred Robinson 25
PART III - The Lesson
这一讲主要是复习第1到第7讲中学过的东西，没有新的讲授内容。

CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES
a) By the way [] 口语里常用。通常表示要转换话题。有“顺便说（问）一下”的意思。
b) On the whole [] 整个来说；总的来说。（参看 Dialogue 3)
c) Talking of(food)[]说起（伙食）（参看Dialoge 3)
PART IV - Exercises
A 先看下面的对话和短文
，然后简短地回答问题。第一部分的第一个问题已附答案，已共参考。

1. MAN:
It's a nice day,isn't?
WOMAN:
Yes,it is.
MAN:
Better than yesterday.
WOMAN:
Yes.Yesterday was winday.I'm not keen on winday days.
QUESTIONS
1)What are they talking about? (The weather)
2)Is it a nice day?
3)Worse than yesterday,or better?
4)Does the woman like windy days?
2. David's tall and slim.He's got fair hair and blue eyes.He thirty and he's a teacher. He teaches Geography in a big school in Sydney. He likes his job. He's very interested in teaching.
QUESTIONS
1)Is David tall?
2)Has he got dark hair?
3)What does he do?
4)What does he teach?
5)Does he like teaching?
3.
MAN:
I'm looking for Park Street. Can you help me?
IST WOMAN:
Sorry.No,I can't.
MAN:
Excuse me. Do you know where Park Street is?
2ND WOMAN:
Yes.It's off George Street.
MAN:
And where's George Street?
2ND WOMAN:
It's the first on the right.
MAN:
Thanks a lot.
2ND WOMAN:
You're new to Sydney,then?
MAN:
Yes.I'm from Melbourne.

QUESTIONS
1)What was the man looking for?
2)Was the first woman able to help him?
3)Was the second woman able to help him?
4)Did he know where George Street was at first?
5)Does he come from Sydney? 26
B 先看下面的短文，然后做后面的练习。
Many Australians shop in supermarkets. Supermarkets are usually cheaper than other shops,and more convenient. There is usually a car park. People can buy a lot of different things in a supermarket.
练习：在下列句子后标明True（正）或False（误）：
1.Not many Australians shop in supermarkets.
2.Supermarkets are usually cheaper than other shops.
3.Other shops are more cinvenient.
4.There isn't a place for cars at most supermarkets.
5.There are a lot of different things to buy in a supermarket.
C 再请你猜几个谜语：
1.What is made shorter by adding a syllable to it?(英语里哪个词增加一个音节反而“更短”？）
2.Which month has twenty-eight days in it?
3.You are my brother,but I am not your brother. Who am I ?

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