【新北师大版】教材帮选择性必修第一册Unit 3

Text 1

M: Can I help you find something?

W: I’m looking for summer clothes. The weather changed very suddenly, and I am too hot in my spring and fall clothes.

Text 2

M:Please let me pay for the meal.

W: Nope. It’s not my birthday. It’s on me tonight.

M: But we are here to celebrate your new job.

Text 3

M: I didn’t know you worked at this pizza place, Carrie.

W: Really? I’ve worked here for two years.

M: Wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long and I’ve never run into you.

Text 4

M: Which college will you be attending, Jasmine?

W: I’m not going to college. I’m going to move to Paris and learn all I can about dancing.

Text 5

W: What happened to your finger?

M: It’s just a paper cut.

W: How did you do that?

M: I was putting some papers away for my boss and one scratched me. It’s no big deal.

Text 6

M: I want to buy a boat.

W: Why do you need a boat?

M: Well, if I had one, we could take it out on the lake during the summer. Doesn’t that sound fun?

W: It does. But won’t it be expensive?

M: I’m not worried about that. The only thing I haven’t figured out is where I’ll keep it.

W: I’m sure you could leave it outside your parents’ house. They wouldn’t mind.

Text 7

W: There’s a football game tonight,so the parking lot will be closed.We can leave work early.Would you like to go for a bike ride with me?

M: Tonight?Have you seen the weather report?

W: No,why?

M: There is supposed to be a big storm.The forecast this morning predicted heavy rain.

W: Then maybe the football game will be canceled.

M: I doubt it.Rain or shine,those guys will play.There’s big money in football,you know.

W: I say rain or shine,those guys are crazy.Well,I still want to do something tonight.What are you going to do?

M: I’ll probably watch the football game.

W: Are you serious?You’ll catch a cold!

M: I’m pretty sure it’ll be on TV,Shelly.

W: Well,count me out.I’m going to the mall.

Text 8

W: This is awful! Did you read the newspaper this morning?

M: No, I usually catch the news on TV before I leave for work.

W: Then you must have heard that another person was hit by a car yesterday.

M: Yeah, it was all over the news.

W: That’s the fourth accident like that in a month! And two of them happened in the same place! I wonder if the city will start to make intersections safer for walkers to cross. I know I’m scared to death to cross some of these streets. The cars just fly by at twice the speed limit!

M: Yeah, it’s getting pretty bad especially when the people who are walking don’t pay attention to the signs and signals. They seem to just step right out into traffic all the time! They just expect drivers to see them.

W: Something needs to be done. I’m going to the next city council meeting. I’ll bring up our concerns there.

M: Do you think our city leaders are going to care? It could be an expensive project.

W: I’m sure most people at the meeting will agree with me.

Text 9

W:Oh, you’re home from work already. How was it? Did you meet your new boss today?

M: Yeah. I met him at the office this morning.

W: What did you think of him?

M: I was actually surprised. He didn’t seem like a boss at all.

W: What do you mean?

M: He wasn’t dressed professionally. He wore jeans and a regular shirt that didn’t fit him.

W: That’s surprising. You’re working for a financial company. I would expect everyone to wear suits.

M: I guess he’s so rich he doesn’t care. He’s also in his sixties, so maybe he figures he’s lived long enough to do whatever he wants.

W: Maybe. Did you talk to him?

M: Yeah, we talked. I tried to ask him about my new job, but he just made a lot of jokes and asked me what singers I like.

W: Did he give you any advice at last?

M: Yeah, he did say I should read the newspaper every day. He said that will help me understand the economy.

W: Well, here. You can take my copy of The Times. I’m done with it.

Text 10

W: I was always the quiet kid in my class. After lunch, when most of the kids played sports, I used to go inside and read in the classroom. In middle school, I started a book club. No one else joined, so I just did it by myself. In high school, most of my classmates were busy going out to see the movies or having parties. I wrote for the school newspaper and worked as a teacher’s assistant in the English department. When I got to college, I met a lot of other people who were just as into books as I was — people who didn’t care about the football team drinking on the weekends. This was the first time in my life that I had started to feel like I fit in. It was also when I got serious about my own writing. I wrote a series of short stories that were based on my own life, and during my senior year, I got them published! Now that I’m a successful writer, I travel around the world and give talks almost every day. But my favorite activity is still sitting in a comfortable chair and reading a good book.