【新牛津版】教材帮 高中版 必修第二册  UNIT 3

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W: Hello, Mr. Thompson. I am sorry that I can’t go to work today because my daughter has a high fever. I must be with her at home.

M: Don’t worry, Ellen. You can have a day off.

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W: Hey, Richard! What are you doing here?

M: I am waiting for our English teacher. She promised to give me some books about architecture.

Text 3

M: It has been raining for the past two weeks, but today is a fine day. Shall we go out to refresh ourselves?

W: I’d love to, but I have a report to finish. You know tomorrow is the deadline.

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M: Mom, I broke the vase in your bedroom by accident.

W: It is so careless of you, but I won’t blame you because you are honest.

M: I am sorry. Anyway, it’s my fault.

Text 5

M:Do you know when the bus leaves for London?

W: It leaves at 9:15.

M: Oh, I think I will be late. I must arrive there before 10:20 to pick up my parents.

W: Take it easy. You will have enough time. It will at most take you 55 minutes to get there.

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W: Excuse me, Jack. I am sorry to interrupt you, but I want you to do me a favor.

M: What’s wrong?

W: Jane has called me and said that there was something wrong with her computer. I know you are good at repairing computers. Could you spare her some time?

M: Is it so urgent?

W: Yes, she was writing her paper when the computer broke down. And she must hand in her paper today.

M: Well, wait for a few minutes. I have to tell my friends to attend a meeting first.

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W: Hi, Beck. I’ve just collected your new basketball shirts from the school.

M: Oh, what do they look like?

W: I don’t know if you like them as much as last season’s — you had white ones then, remember?

M: Yeah. And the yellow picture on them made it easy to see us on the basketball field.

W: But this year they are just plain, no picture. The same color, anyway.

M: Can you bring them to my house?

W: OK. But it’s not late to change them now, I guess.

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M: Jessie, is your brother named Kevin?

W: Yes, that’s right. He is two years older than me, and he is 22.

M: Do you get along well with him?

W: Now, very well, but not in the past.

M: Why?

W: Because he used to play tricks on me. One day, he told me that he had put my homework in my schoolbag. But it turned out that he lied to me. My homework still lay on my bed.

M: When does your relationship become better?

W: He began to treat me well at the age of 15 when he studied in a senior high school, a boarding school.

M: Oh, anyway, it feels good to have a brother.

Text 9

W: What kind of house shall we rent?

M: It should be close to our office building. You know we couldn’t adapt to getting up early and the closer it is, the later we can get up.

W: Absolutely. That is the most important thing to consider.

M: How about the size?

W: I am not too worried about the size as long as there is enough sunlight in the bedroom. Do you mind if it is in a noisy area?

M: I don’t mind. I am not a light sleeper, but a quiet area is better, for we can do our research at home.

W: OK, let’s pay more attention to the newspapers.

M: If we are lucky, we will find a flat in the next few days. By the way, how much do you think the rent will be?

W: I have consulted the house agent about the price. He said it would be about two hundred pounds a month.

M: Oh, I think the price is reasonable and acceptable.

W: I think so. How I wish we could find an ideal flat quickly, because our present house is due.

Text 10

Hi, it is time for the night news. The police say a 78-year-old woman ran after two robbers who stole her purse in her car and hit their car with her own, leaving damage on their car, which helped the police catch them.

The old lady was sitting in her car on Tuesday afternoon when a man and a woman got close to her. As she talked to them through an open window, the man grabbed her purse and they got into their car quickly and fled. The police say the old woman started her car at once, sped up and hit the thieves’ car, but the two people drove off in their damaged car. Then the old lady reported this crime. A few hours later the police found the damaged car in a grocery store’s parking lot and the two were caught and sentenced on Wednesday. The police say the two people followed the woman after seeing her draw money from a bank.