Lesson 1

    Text A How Old Is She ？

    A woman was having some trouble with her heart， so she went to see
the doctor. He was a new doctor ， and did not know her. So he first asked
some questions， and one of them was："How old are you？" 一位婦女的心
臟有問題，所以她去看醫生。這是一位新醫生，他對她不了解。所以他先問了一
些問題，其中一個是：“你幾歲了？”

    "Well ，" she answered："I don't remember ， doctor ， but I will
try to think. "She thought for a minute and then said ，"Yes. I remember
now ， doctor ！ When I married ， I was eighteen years old ， and my
husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty ， I know. And that is twice
thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That is thirty-six， isn't it ？ "“唔，”

    她回答：“我不記得了，醫生，但我會試著去想。”她想了一會兒說，“是
的，我記起來了，醫生！我結婚的時候，我是18歲，我的丈夫是30歲�，F在我知
道丈夫60歲了。那正好是30的兩倍。所以我也是18的兩倍。那就是36歲，不是嗎？”

    哈哈，這位女士還真是“幽默”呀，聰明的你覺得她已經幾歲了呢？記得把
你的答案留下來分享哦！

    Text B Could I Speak to Jim ， Please ？

    A ： Hello， 332440. A：你好，332440.

    B ： Oh hello ， Sally. This is Dave Thomson here. Could I speak to
Jim please？

    B ：哦，你好，Sally.我是Dave Thomson. 請讓Jim 接電話好嗎？

    A ： I'm afraid he's not in at the moment Dave. He went out about
an hour ago and he's not back yet. A：恐怕現在他不在，Dave. 他1 個小時
前出去了到現在還沒回來。

    B ： Any idea when he might be back ？

    B ：知道他大概什么時候回來嗎？

    A ： Well ， he shouldn't be long. He said he was just going to get
some paint. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's stopped off at the pub
on the way back. A：嗯，他應該快回來了，他說他只是出去買些顏料。不過如
果他在回來路上去酒吧逗留，我也不會驚訝。

    B ： OK ， well ， tell him I've called ， will you ？ And I'll try
again later. B：好吧，嗯，告訴他我來過電話好嗎？我晚些會再打過來。

    A ： All right. Goodbye ， Dave. A：好的，再見，Dave.

    B ： Thanks ， then Sally ， goodbye. B ：謝謝Sally ，再見。

    ？ Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while
reading and retell the story to your partner. 一定要試著復述下哈，對口
語提高有幫助滴！

    Accident

    The river ， you see， was never really safe at that time of the year-
early autumn， I mean ， when there is heavy rainfall. So when I heard
the children had gone swimming， as they used to all spring and summer，
I knew there might be an awful accident. And when they came home late
without little Katie， I guessed what had happened.

    一笑之余別忘了學習喲：

    1.have trouble with ：與……有糾紛，有……的病痛

    例句：I'm still having trouble with this math problem.我依然為這道
數學題目而苦惱。

    2.stop off：中途停留

    例句：We stopped off at a hotel for the night.我們中途停下來在一家
旅館住了一宿。

    常用口語：How old are you ？ Could I speak to someone ？