雅思80天倒计时基本功训练：听力与口语训练

　　Part V：听力与口语训练

　　An English Song

　　Why is my heart so light? Why are the stars so bright？Why is the sky so blue? Since the hour I met you. Flowers are smiling bright, smiling for our delight, smiling so tenderly, for the world you and me. I know why the world is smiling, smiling so tenderly. It hears the same old story through all eternity. So, love, this is my song. Here is a song, a serenade to you. The world can not be wrong, if in this world, there’s you. I care not what the world may say. Without your love, there is no day. So love, this is my song. Here is a song, a serenade to you.

　　咬尾式句型训练1

　　If you keep a dog at home, you’ll have to take it out for walks every day. If you take it out for walks every day, you might have an accident. If you have an accident, you’ll have to go to the hospital. If you go to the hospital, you won’t be able to take care of your dog. If you aren’t able to take care of your dog, you’ll probably have to sell it. If you have to sell it, you’ll be feeling very sad. If you feel sad, you won’t be able to sleep well. If you aren’t able to sleep well, you won’t get much sleep. If you can’t get much sleep, you’ll be feeling tired every day. If you feel tired every day, you’ll fall ill. If you fall ill, you’ll have to go to the hospital again. If you go to the hospital again, you’ll have to spend more money. If you spend more money, you’ll be heartbroken. If you are heartbroken, you’ll go mad. If you go mad, you won’t be yourself again. If you are not yourself again, you won’t be able to know what you’ll be doing. If you don’t know what you’ll be doing, you might kill yourself. If you kill yourself, you won’t be able to live. If you aren’t able to live, you’ll be dead.

　　咬尾式句型训练2

　　If I stop eating too much, I will feel hungry. If I feel hungry, I’ll have to eat a lot. If I eat a lot, I’ll gain weight. If I gain weight, I’ll look very bad. If I look very bad, no one would love to marry me. If no one wants to marry me, I’ll be feeling very sad. If I feel very sad, I’ll eat a lot more food. If I eat a lot more food, I’ll put on more weight. If I put on more weight, I’ll look even worse. If I look even worse, I’ll be worried too much. If I’m worried too much, I won’t be able to work well. If I am unable to work well, my boss will fire me. If my boss fires me, I’ll have no job. If I have no job, I’ll have nothing to eat. If I have nothing to eat, I’ll have to go hungry. If I go hungry, I’ll become ill. If I become ill, I’ll have to go to the hospital. If I go to the hospital, I’ll die there. If I die there, I won’t be able to live any longer. If I’m unable to live any longer, I won’t be able to marry someone I love. If I’m unable to marry someone I love, he’ll be sad, too. If he is sad, too, he’ll be ill, too. If he is ill, too, he’ll have to go to the hospital, too. If he goes to hospital, too, he’ll die there, too. If he dies there, too, there will be no one in the world whom I love. If there’s no one in the world whom I love, I’ll die completely!

　　单词与短语：

　　light adj.轻松的，轻快的；bright adj.明亮的，灿烂的；delight n. 高兴；tenderly adv.温柔地；through prep.穿过，穿越；eternity n.永恒；serenade n.小夜曲；care not不在意；monologue n.独白；keep a dog养只狗；take…out for walks把﹍带出去散步；have an accident 发生事故；go to the hospital去医院；won’t be able to将不能够；take care of照顾，照料；feel very sad感到很伤心；sleep well睡得好；can not get much sleep睡不好觉；feel tired感到累；fall ill病倒；spend money花钱；be heartbroken 伤心的，伤透心的；go mad发疯的；not be yourself不对劲，不是自己；know what one is doing 知道自己在干什么；kill yourself自杀；be dead死掉的；feel hungry感到饥饿；gain weight体重增加，发胖；look very bad看上去很邋遢；eat a lot more food吃更多饭；put on more weight更发胖；look even worse看上去更邋遢；be worried担忧的；fire vt.解雇；have nothing to eat没什么吃的；not…any longer不会再﹍；die completely彻底死了

　　Part VI：快速阅读

　　A Bribee’s(行贿者) Justification(辩解，申辩)

　　The government wanted to put up a big office building in the capital and had to choose an engineering company(工程公司) for the project. Several big companies wanted the job because it would bring them a lot of money if they could get it. But, of course, they could not all have it, so the government had to decide which of them should be the lucky one. They, therefore, appointed(任命) a government official(官员) to examine(审查) the various(各种的) companies' offers(提供), decide which was the most suitable(合适的), and then advise the Minister of Works which of them to choose.

　　After some months, the choice was made and work was about to begin when one of companies which had not been successful com¬plained(投诉) to the Minister. They said that the official who had been responsible for advising him on the choice of a company to do the work had accepted(接受) bribes(贿赂).

　　The Minister at once ordered an inquiry(调查) into the whole matter, and after a month had proof(证据) that the official had indeed taken bribes. He, therefore, sent for him and asked for an explanation(解释).

　　The official admitted(承认) that he had taken big bribes. "But, "he said, "I did not just take one from the company to which I recommended(推荐) that you should give the work. I took a bribe from each company to favour(偏袒) it in my choice of the one to recommend."

　　"Well, then, "said the Minister, "how did you finally make your choice? Did you choose the one that gave you the biggest bribe?"

　　"Certainly not, sir!" Answered the official, deeply hurt(受到伤害) that the Minister should accuse him of(指责) such dishonesty(不诚实). "I was very careful to take exactly the same bribe from each of the companies that were trying to get the job."

　　"Then how did you choose?" The Minister asked.

　　"As an honest government official," answered the man, "on the basis of taking the same bribe, I chose the company that I thought would do the work best and most cheaply(便宜地), of course."