2019年12月大学英语六级听力练习3
Dialogue 11
NEAR ACCIDENT
laurance--How about that?
soony--What?What happened?
laurance--Did you see what that guy did?
soony--No.I was looking the other way.
laurance--He made a U-turn right in the middle of the block and almost hit a kid on a bicycle.
soony--Drivers get crazier every day!
laurance--Right.Nobody wants to drive by the rules anymore.
注解：
How about that：这是对后果难预料的行为、动作所发出的惊叹.
the other way：相反的方向
U-turn：即三百六十度的调头.左转弯叫left-turn,右转弯叫日right-turn.注意搭配的动词是make.
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Dialogue12
A CAREFUL DRIVER
laurance--There's a good chance that Mary will get home today.
soony--Teah.I had a letter from her
friend,Susan,yesterday,and she said that Mary would probably arrive today.
laurance--Well, I hope she drives carefully.You know how the traffic is this time of year.
soony--Oh.Mary's a good driver--and pretty careful,too.I
don't think we need to worry about her being careless.
laurance--true,but,nonetheless,that doesn't mean that all the other drivers are careful.There are a lot of wild drivers out there.
soony--I have confidence in Mary.She's very good about
driving defensively.
注解：
a good chance：有很大的可能性.
about her being careless：her being careless 是复合宾语
nonetheless：(副词)不过,不过.=however,nevertheless
drive defensively：意思是开车时谨慎小心
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Dialogue13
STAN IS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE
1--You're the only person who knows what really happened.
2--That's not quite true. Stan Bailey was there,too.
3--Oh. Was he there? I didn't know that.
2--Well, actually, he wasn't there all the time, but still I think he saw enough to give some valuable insight on the matter.
1--Do you think I should call him? Would he be willing to help?
2--No problem. You know Stan. He's the kind of guy that's always willing to go the extra mile.
3--Hey. That's right. I remember one time when he gave up two days of vacation just to help me out with a problem I had.
1--That's good to know. I guess I'll give him a call today, then.
注解：
1）Stan Bailey：人名。
2）insight：真知灼见；深思熟虑的看法。
3）willing to go the extra mile：意思是乐意做任何事情来协助别人。
4）help me out with a problem I had：协助我解决难题。
I had是修饰problem的定语从句。
5）give hime a call=phone him/call him
译文：
1--你是了解真情的人。
2--不完全是这样。
斯坦.贝利当时也在场。
3--哦，他也在场？这我可不知道。