Text 1
W： Excuse me, how can I find the book called The Class of 1998?
女：对不起，请问我怎样找到那本叫《1998届》的书？
M： Oh, I’m afraid it was sold out.
男：哦，恐怕已经卖光了。
W： It’s all right. Thank you!
女：没关系。谢谢你！
Text 2
M： How did your dancing lesson go today?
男：你今天的舞蹈课怎么样？
W： Exciting! But it was hard work. I really need a rest now.
女：真让人兴奋
M： Yeah, I can see that. Go and get relaxed.
男：嗯，我看得出来。去放松一下吧。
Text 3
M：How much is that in total?
男：那个总共多少钱？
W：$100. But if you have a membership card, I can give a 20% discount.
女：100美元。但如果你有会员卡的话，我可以给你打八折。
M：Great! This is my membership card.
男：太棒了！这是我的会员卡。
Text 4
M：Jane,I’m going out for a while.
男：简，我出去一会儿。
W：But you have an appointment with Mr. Douglas at 3 o’clock.
女：但是你3点和道格拉斯先生有个预约。
M：Well,please make it another day.
男：嗯，那请改天吧。
Text 5
W：David said he would quit his job at our school.
女：大卫说他要辞掉在我们学校的工作。
M：Really? Why would he do that?
男：真的吗？他为什么要那样做？
W：His friend started a firm in London. She wanted David to help her.
女：他的朋友在伦敦开了一家公司。她想让大卫去帮她。
Text 6
W：I’m going out for shopping. Do you need anything?
女：我要出去购物。你有什么要带的吗？
M：I can’t find my umbrella. Can you buy one?
男：我找不到我的雨伞了。你能买一把吗？
W：Shouldn’t it be in the cupboard?
女：它不应该在橱柜里吗？
M：I just checked. It wasn’t there.
男：我刚查过了，不在那儿。
W：Impossible. That was where I usually put it. Did you check the balcony?
女：不可能。那是我通常放它的地方。你检查过阳台了吗？
M：Yes, of course, couldn’t find it. Well, just get a new one then.
男：是的，当然，找不到它。嗯，那就买个新的吧。
Text 7
M：Hi,Lucy. How was your weekend?
男：嗨，露西。你周末过得怎么样？
W：Great! You know, we went mountain climbing in the forest park. The air was so different from the city, cool and fresh.
女：太棒了！你知道吧，我们去森林公园爬山了。那儿的空气跟城里完全不一样，又凉快又清新。
M：Sound great!
男：听起来很棒！
W：Yeah,there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and we could see from miles from the top. What about you? What did you do?
女：是啊，天上连一片云都没有，我们从山顶能看到好几英里远。你呢？你做了什么？
M：Busy packing.
男：正忙着打包呢。
W：Oh,yes,of course! I forgot you and Jenny are moving into a new house. It’s on Wednesday, isn’t it?
女：哦，对，当然！我忘了你和珍妮要搬新家了。是星期三对吧？
M：Yeah,two days after. I didn’t realize there are so many things to do.
男：是啊，两天后。我没想到有这么多事要做。
W：Can I help out with anything?
女：我能帮上什么忙吗？
M：Um,it would be nice if could take care of Henry for a couple of days.
男：嗯，如果你能照顾亨利几天就好了。
W：Henry?
女：亨利？
M：Yes,my dog.
男：是的，我的狗。
W：Oh,sure,no problem. You just focus on the move.
女：哦，当然，没问题。你只管专注于搬家就好。
Text 8
M：Hello,can I speak to Mr. Stone, please?
男：你好，请问斯通先生在吗？
W：Hello,but I’m afraid Mr. Stone is in a meeting until lunchtime. Can I take a message?
女：你好，但是斯通先生现在在开会，要到午饭时间才结束。你要留个口信吗？
M：Well,yes. I’d like to make an appointment to see him. It’s Harrison White here.
男：嗯，对。我想预约见他。我是哈里森·怀特。
W：Just a second, Mr. White. I’ll look in the diary.So... when is convenient for you?
女：请稍等，怀特先生。我来查一下日程表。所以…您什么时候方便？
M：Sometime today, if possible. I hear he’ll be away tomorrow.
男：今天某个时候吧，如果可能的话。我听说他明天不在了。
W：Yes,that’s right. He’ll be on a business trip for a week.
女：是的，没错。他要出差一周。
M：I need to talk about my new program with him before he leaves. It’s urgent. So would this afternoon be OK?
男：我需要在他离开前跟他谈谈我的新项目。这事很急。所以今天下午行吗？
W：Let me see...OK. Mr. Stone is free this afternoon after 3:00.
女：我看一下……好的。斯通先生今天下午3点之后有空。
M：Well,3:00 is a bit difficult. But I could make it after 3:30.
男：嗯，3点有点困难。但我可以3点半之后去。
W：So,shall we say a quarter to four this afternoon in Mr. Stone’s office?
女：那么，咱们就说好今天下午三点四十五分在斯通先生的办公室见面？
M：That’s great. Thanks.
男：太好了，谢谢。
Text 9
W：Hello?
女：喂？
M：Hi,Cindy. This is Jake Lee at Fix-it Corporation. How are you today?
男：嗨，辛迪。我是Fix-it公司的杰克·李。你今天怎么样？
W：Oh,hi,Jake.I’m fine. How are you?
女：哦，嗨，杰克。我很好。你呢？
M：Good! The reason I’m calling is that we’d like to offer you the position you were interviewed for last Thursday.
男：我打电话来是想告诉你，我们决定录用你上周四面试的那个职位。
W：Oh,that’s great! I was really impressed with Fix-it.
女：哦，太棒了！Fix-it给我留下了很深的印象。
M：I’m glad to hear it. And we’ll prepare to offer you a starting salary of $55,000.
男：很高兴听你这么说。我们会准备给你提供5.5万美元的起薪。
W：I see. And ...vacation time?
女：我明白了。休假时间？
M：Oh,you get one day per month in your first year.
男：哦，你第一年每个月有一天。
That is you’ll have 12 days in your first year, and then increase if you stay longer with the company.
就是第一年你有12天假期，之后在公司待得越久，假期也会增加。
W：What would be my job title?
女：我的职位是什么？
M：You’d be a junior specialist. And you’d be working under Monica Stansfield, the department manager.
男：你会是一名初级专家，在部门经理莫妮卡·斯坦斯菲尔德手下工作。
W：OK...Is the salary negotiable at all?
女：好的，薪水还可以商量吗？
M：Well,this is typical for new staff.
男：嗯，这对新员工来说很正常。
W：I see...
女：我明白。
M：Why don’t you think about it? I’ll need to hear back from you by Wednesday. Will that work?
男：你为什么不考虑一下呢？我需要你在星期三之前给我答复。这样可以吗？
W：Sure,no problem. I’ll let you know Tuesday afternoon.
女：当然，没问题。我周二下午通知你。
Text 10
Hello, everybody. Today I’d like to share with you something about John Audubon. John was born on April 26th,1785.
大家好，今天我想和大家聊聊约翰·奥杜邦。他出生于1785年4月26日。
He spent much of his childhood in France where he spent many hours each day outdoors painting pictures.
他童年的大部分时间都在法国度过，每天都会花好几个小时在户外画画。
At the age of 18,he moved to the United States. Well, actually, John began his life in the US as a businessman.
他18岁的时候搬到了美国。嗯，其实约翰在美国最初是当生意人的。
However, instead of taking care of his business, John was often off exploring nature. At first, John spent his time hunting for fun.
然而，约翰并没有好好打理自己的生意，反而经常跑出去探索大自然。一开始，约翰把时间花在打猎上，只是为了好玩。
Then he found that the animals around were very beautiful, and he particularly enjoyed observing the birds he saw.
然后他发现周围的动物都很漂亮，他特别喜欢观察他看到的那些鸟。
He began studying them, trying to learn the differences between the birds and noticing their different behaviors.
他开始观察它们，努力搞清这些鸟之间的不同，还注意到了它们各自不同的行为。
Therefore, he painted the birds he observed a lot. In 1819, John realized that he didn’t have enough money to pay his bills.
所以，他画了很多他观察到的鸟。1819年，约翰发现自己没有足够的钱付账单了。
He was very upset that he couldn’t earn enough money to support his family.
他非常难过，因为挣的钱不够养家糊口。
So he spent time improving his painting skills and began to sell his paintings.
于是他花时间提升绘画技巧，开始卖自己的画了。
He discovered that he could earn some money while doing something he really enjoyed.
他发现自己可以在做真正喜欢的事情的同时赚到一些钱。
We are lucky now to have so many paintings of American birds by John Audubon.
