英语初级口语教程 The Charcoal Pit

Text A

The Char***al Pit
Erika was w***ri***. Her rest***rant was los***g cus******rs. The ***w rest***rant across the street now had m***e cus******rs than she did. She had even seen so*** of her own cus******rs ******g *** eat at The Char***al Pit. What was she ******g *** do?
O*** th***g she ***uld do was re***se her ***nu. Maybe not everyo*** want*** hamburgers. She might add o***lets and casseroles. The ***nu might help.
Perhaps the de***r of her rest***rant was dat***. She ***uld r***e***rate the place. Erika decid*** *** ***nsu*** an ***teri*** de***ra***r who ***uld give her so*** ***w ideas. A face-***ft f*** Burger H**en would certa***ly ***ft her spirits.
In fact, she fe*** better after th***k***g of so*** improve***nts. Erika would fight *** make her rest***rant the most popular o*** *** ***wn.

Text B
There Is Hepe f*** Us !

T***a and Leela are talk***g *** each other. They are stand***g outside a dance-hall and they are talk***g about danc***g. TINA: I h**en't danc*** f*** a long ti***.
LEELA: Neither h**e I.
TINA: We must *** *** a dance soon, *** we'll f***get how *** dance.
LEELA: Yes, we must. What h**e you been do***g s***ce I last saw you?
TINA: I've been study***g hard f*** my exam***ations. And you?
LEELA: I've been learn***g Japa***se every even***g.
TINA: Why h**e you been learn***g Japa***se? Why not Eng***sh?
LEELA: I hope *** ****** Japan ***xt yesr.
TINA: Well, we'll both h**e *** start learn***g all the ***w dances.
LEELA: Yes, let's *** ****** the dance-hall and ask if we can take danc***g-lessons .
TINA: A ***od idea. They can teach elephants *** dance nowa days perhaps there's hope f***
us !

　

Questions on Text B

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

When I look*** out the w***dow and saw the snow drift *** the driveway, I thought *** myself that I ***uld ***ver h**e ***tten out of b***. I had been mak***g preparati***is f*** m***e than two days f*** a large d******r party *** bc held that night and k***w that several of the people I was expect***g *** ****** would be cal***ng *** cancel if the snow ***nt***u*** much longer. I call*** upstairs *** tell Jerry *** look out the w***dow. Jerry heard *** and qu***kly ***t out of b***. He k***w that the weather people had been pr******t***g snow. Now it had really ******. To Jerry, two *** three ***ches of fresh snow would be just what was ********* *** make the ski trip a big su***ess.