Unit1.
Listening & Speaking
1, what has been said, mentioned earlier, two-way interaction, a breakdown, even confusion, a native speaker, going on 3,
1), be fun, I don’t think, it depends, What’s that, what you mean, got it, what would you say; Tom Chang. It depends.
He’ll tell them a little white lie. It’s an innocent social fib or excuse. Not mentioned.
2), serious hearing problems, to hear 100%, is perfect, hear again, listen to the conversations, three times; What did you say? Would you speak louder please?
No. I’ve been having serious hearing problems for years. I can’t hear people well. That’s why I’m here. What do you mean by hearing aid? What’s that? Oh, I haven’t told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations.
You know what? I’ve changed my will three times! 5, BADCA 6, DACCB 7, FTTFF
8, complaining about, does everything, every 10 hours, every 2 hours, every 24 hours, in one hour, damn near, from down the hall, I just realized 9, They are talking about Nurse Nancy.
Because she did everything absolutely backwards. 1)
One doctor told her to give a patient 2 milligrams of
morphine every 10 hours. She gave him 10 milligrams every 2 hours. 2)
The other doctor told her to give a petient an enema every 24 hours. She tried to give him 24 enemas in one hour.
They heard a blood-curdling scream from down the hall. She was boiling a patient. Text A
5/ 1.passengers 2.immediately 3.similar 4.wonder 5.continent 6.traffic 7.misunderstanding 8.embarrassed 9.flights 10.common 11.serious 12.searched 6/ 1.got on 2.head for 3.on the shoulder 4.pull over 5.resulted
in 6.feel like 7.By the time 8.turn out all right 9.in the end 10.instead of 7
1. By the time I got home, I was too tired to do anything active.
2. The two girls look too similar for people outside the family to tell them apart from each other. 3. What in the world does mm stand for? The abbreviations that people use on the BBS are too confusing for me to understand.
4. Because of TV, most people have become too lazy to make the effort to go to the cinema.
5. Anne made a serious mistake yesterday because the test gave her too little time to decide on the correct choice. 8
1. until I have really learnt the basics of the language.
2. until the end of the book
3. until they have finished their speeches
4. until my teacher explained them in class with several examples
5. until I saw Sam Ward leave the building 6. until he got on a city bus 9
1. Because of the heavy snow, the passengers had to wait at the airport until midnight when the snow stopped. 2. Twenty minutes after the train started, the two boys found that they had got on a train heading for Hangzhou instead of their hometown, Suzhoul.
3. Similar-sounding English words often result in misunderstandings among English-speaking people. 4. The driver heard an unusual sound from the car engine, so he pulled over immediately to check, but it turned out all right in the end.
21世纪大学实用英语综合教程 第二册 课后答案
