英语初级口语教程 We Are Not Deaf !

We Are Not Deaf !

Ja*** and Lise h**e had lunch with Uncle D**id and Aunt Ja***t. The two old people are deaf , and the girls are tir*** be- c***se they h**e had *** ***ut. They both want *** le**e. LISE: We'll h**e *** le**e soon, Aunt Ja***t.
ANET JANET: Yes , of ***urse you can h**e so*** tea , dear. I'll *** and make so***.
JANE: Oh no, Lise. S***p her! You'd better say it louder.
LISE: WE'LL H**E TO LE**E, AUNT JANET.
UNCLE D**ID: You can't le**e yet. I want *** hear so*** m***e about Canada.
LISE: But I must *** back and look after Mal***lm. Oh dear, thhear. I MUST GO BACK
AND LOOK AFTER MAL***LM.
AUNT JANET: Why, what's the matter with him?
LISE: I TOLD YOU, AUNT JANET. HE ISN'T WELI..
AUNT JANET: But I thought you said he was *** the hotel. Where are you stay***g?
LISE: We'rc camp***g. . . WE'RE CAMPING.
AUNT JANET: In this weather? Well, I'm not surpris*** Mal***lm isn't well. Perhaps I ought
*** ****** out and wee him.
LISE (firmly): NO, THAT'S NOT A CJOOD IDEA, AUNTIE. HE'S ILL.
UNCLE D**ID: What's the matter with him?
LISE: He's ***t a ***ld.
JANE: He's ***t a temperature.
LISE: Oh, what's the use? HE'S GOT A ***LD.
UNCLE D**ID: All right , all right , we can hear. We're not deaf!

　

Text B

The S***len S***lls
Many years a*** *** another ***untry there ***v*** a po*** student.He had vcry ***ttle mo***y. He ***v*** *** a very small room over a rest***rant? His room was at the back of the build***g over the kitchen. The rest***rant ow***r was a very ***an man. Nobody ***k*** him. But he was a ***od ***ok and many people ca*** *** his rest***rant.

O*** day he was w***k***g quietly *** his kitchen when he heard the po*** student talk***g *** his friend."You must be very unhappy, said his friend, `******ng *** a po*** room ***ke this.
"Oh no." said the student, "I am busy with my studies and I'm not ***terest*** *** my room.
"But you o***y cat pla*** r***e - you don't h**e mo***y f*** anyth***g tasty "
"Yes, it's true, I eat o***y pla*** r***e. But the de***cious s***lls that ****** from the kitchen make thc r***e very tasty ***de***. "

The rest***rant ow***r was furious. This student was stea***ng the s***lls from his kit.chen. He decid*** *** tatke him *** ***urt.
Everybody *** the ***urt l***gh*** wh*** the ***; n man a***uset thc student of stea***ng hi.s s***lls'. But thc judge ***ok him seriously."Every man ***uld be able *** ***mpla*** *** the ***urt ." he said.
When the rest***rant owv***r ***ld the judgc everyth***g. the judge said , "You are right. The student is gui***v. " The reat***rant ow***r waa de***ght***, but the po*** student was vcry much . afraid. What ***uld he do? He had o***y a few ******a *** his pocket.

The judge ask*** the stud***t if he had any mo***y. The student ***ok 5 ******s from his pockct and held them out *** the judge *** his right hand.
"Let the ******s fall ****** your left hand," said the judge.
The ***urtroom was very quiet. Everyo*** heard the t***kle of the ******s as they fell ****** the student's left hand.
"Well," said the judge *** the rest***rant ow***r, "you've heard his mo***y. You've been well paid f*** your s***lls. "

7. Read the follow***g passage once. Under****** the key w***ds while read***g
and retell the s***ry *** your part***r.

A Bad Student
Peter's father wants *** know how his son is gett***g along *** school. O*** day he asks him;
"Peter, how are you gett***g along *** school? What seat do you h**e *** the class? Does the teacher place you *** seats a******d***g *** your marks?"

"Yes, father. "
"And what seat do you h**e?" "Number twenty-o***. "
"And how many students are there *** your class?" "Twenty-o***, father. "
Several weeks pass. Peter, who is a bad student and studies very ***ttle, br***gs ho*** the marks of his monthly exam***ations.

"How are you gett***g along *** school now, Peter?" asks his father. "Your marks do not seem *** be very ***od. "
"I am gett***g along much better now, father. " "What is your place *** the class now?"
"Number twenty now. "
"Good. Then you are o*** place ahead. "
"No, father. O*** of the students left the class. His family mov*** *** another ***wn. "