《英語輕鬆學》學好初級口語 #Lesson 37：The Train Will Depart Soon 火車快要開了

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 初級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽會話 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. Does the woman know where Andy is?

2. What type of transportation will they take?

3. What does the woman want to do?

 

實用會話 Dialogue

 A  Where is Andy?
 B  I have no idea. He hasn’t shown up yet.
 A  Unbelievable! The train will depart soon. He is going to be late.
 B  We will have to leave without him.
 A  But he will be mad at us.
 B  That’s his problem. He needs to be taught a lesson.
 A  OK. You are the boss.

 A  安迪在哪裡？
 B  我不知道。他還沒出現。
 A  真不敢相信！火車快要開了。他會遲到的。
 B  我們得留下他先離開。
 A  但是他會對我們很生氣。
 B  那是他的問題。他得記取教訓。
 A  好吧。你說了算。

 

單字片語 Vocabulary and Phrases

 1  show up　  出現
= turn up
= appear
Marcus didn’t show up at the party last night.
= Marcus didn’t turn up at the party last night.
= Marcus didn’t appear at the party last night.
馬克斯昨晚沒有在派對上出現。

 2  unbelievable  a. 令人難以置信的

 3  depart  vi. 出發，啟程
depart for + 地點　　出發前往某地
We need to wake up early tomorrow. Our plane departs at 7 a.m.
我們明天要早起。班機在早上七點起飛。
Angela departed for New York last week.
安琪拉上週已前往紐約。

 4  teach sb a lesson　 　使某人記取教訓
Johnson is always late to work. I’m going to teach him a lesson!
強森上班總是遲到。我要去教訓他一頓！

 5  You are the boss.　你說了算。（此為口語用法）
boss  n. 老闆，上司

 

口語新技能 New Skills

  表示「我不知道」的說法 

表示「我不知道」除了“ I don’t know.” 之外，也可以這樣說：
I have no idea.
I have no clue.
Haven’t got a clue.

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