新東方：英語四級考試聽力30天學習筆記

　　[Test 9-9]

　　A) The man went to Australia during Christmas.

　　B) The man visited Australia during the summer vacation.

　　C) The man didn’t have a good time because of the different weather.

　　D) The man remained home while his parents went to see his uncle.

　　W: Where were you on Christmas David? I called you several times and nobody was home.

　　M: My parents and I traveled to Australia to visit my uncle. It was quite an experience to spend Christmas in summer.

　　Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

　　節(jié)日：Christmas 圣誕節(jié);Valentine's Day 情人節(jié)

　　[Test 9-10]

　　A) To attend a party at a classmate’s home.

　　B) To do homework with her classmate.

　　C) To attend an evening class.

　　D) To have supper out with her classmate.

　　M: It’s seven o’clock already. Mary should be home by now.

　　W: Oh. I forgot to tell you that she called this afternoon and told me she was going to a par­ty at her classmate’s house and wouldn’t be home until 10.

　　Q: What did Mary say she was going to do?

　　健忘表達方式：

　　1. forgetful: He is forgetful.

　　Isn't he forgetfull? (有責備的語氣)

　　How forgetful he is! (語氣更強)

　　2. absent minded

　　表示人內向：

　　shy

　　embarrassed

　　keep to oneself

　　keep one's mind/ thought to oneself

　　conscious (stream of consciousness 意識流)

　　self-conscious 自我意識

　　[Test 10-2]

　　A) They’re talking about nice children.

　　B) The man has a house for sale.

　　C) The woman lives in a nice house.

　　D) The man has three children.

　　W: Hi! I’ m calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday’ s paper. It sounds really nice.

　　M: It is-especially if you have children.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?