英语六级四十天突破讲义与笔记四

　　[P33-5]

　　A) Its too windy.

　　B) The people there are terrible.

　　C) The air is polluted.

　　D) The beaches are dirty.

　　W: The place Ive heard so much about is Los Angeles. The climate is pretty good. Year-round flowers, year-round swimming. How do you like it?

　　M: Well, the beaches are beautiful. But the people there are terribly annoyed by the dirty air. I mean, the combination of fog, smoke and automobile exhaust. There is not enough wind to blow it away.

　　Q: What does the man think of Los Angeles?

　　注：选项B不可能为正确选项。

　　[P36-4]

　　A) The apartment is better furnished.

　　B) She prefers to live in a quiet place.

　　C) Its less expensive to live in an apartment.

　　D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with.

　　M: I hear you are moving to an apartment. Can you tell me why?

　　W: Actually, I didnt want to move. It would be more expensive to live outside the college. But I just cant bear the noise made by the people living next door.

　　Q: Why does the woman want to move?

　　住房场景：

　　1、房难找

　　2、房租太贵

　　3、房太吵

　　注：1. 口语中现在进行时表将要

　　2. must 表猜测

　　have got to do 表应该，必须

　　B) He got some medicine for his foot.

　　C) He was sick and couldnt go shopping.

　　D) He bought everything except the football.

　　W: Did you go shopping this afternoon?

　　M: Yes, but all I got was a sore foot.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　注：sore foot 脚疼

　　sore throat 嗓子疼

　　[P36-9]

　　A) She didnt know her daughter could sing so well.

　　B) She sings better than her daughter.

　　C) She doesnt like her daughter.

　　D) She herself doesnt have a good voice.

　　M: I heard your daughter sing at the school concert last night. She has a lovely voice, I must say.

　　W: Thank you, but I dont know where she gets it.

　　Q: What does the woman probably mean?

　　[P36-10]

　　A) He finds history books difficult to understand.

　　B) He has to read a lot of history books.

　　C) He doesnt like the history course.

　　D) He has lost his history book.

　　W: Why are you so tired and upset?

　　M: Ive been taking the history course this term. But the trouble is that Ill never get through the reading list.

　　Q: Why is the man worried?

　　research 查询资料

　　2. presentation 口头报告 = report, speech, address

　　着装正式;心里感受nervous

　　interview 面试

　　3. reading assignment 阅读作业

　　reading list 读书清单

　　对作业的评价一定是抱怨

　　写论文的步骤：

　　1、选题

　　2、查资料

　　3、打印

　　充满遗憾：

　　谈论交通--堵车;谈论车--坏掉;谈论买票--卖光;谈论接人--晚点;谈论野餐--下雨

　　写论文的困难：

　　1、题目难选

　　2、资料难查

　　3、打字困难