[00:02.25]Dialogue

[00:05.15]Language Function:

[00:07.63]Expressing Regrets for Being Unable to Attend a Meeting.

[00:13.24]A:There'll be a meeting after class tomorrow.Are you coming?

[00:20.24]B:After class tomorrow I'm afraid I can't.

[00:25.55]A:But it's quite important.It's about our helpint out Becky.

[00:31.43]B:Oh,but I have to take my grandma to the doctor's.

[00:36.02]A:Then we'll have the meeting without you,

[00:39.71]and I'll tell you about the meeting the day after tomorrow.

[00:44.90]B:Thank you.I'm really sorry to have to miss the meeting.

[00:49.82]regret/ri'gret/

[00:52.26]遗憾

[00:54.70]help out

[00:55.94]帮助克服困难

[00:57.18]terribly

[00:58.53]极;非常

[00:59.87]oblige

[01:01.17]迫使

[01:02.46]Listening comprehension

[01:05.85]A.Listen and choose an appropriate sentence for what you've heard.

[02:11.47]B.Listen and Circle A,B or C for each question to describe what you're heard.

[05:02.37]Text:A Stone's Throw

[05:06.68]A man who was bored with living in London

[05:13.89]and desired to move to the country

[05:17.99]was looking for a house

[05:21.46]from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day.

[05:29.74]One day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire

[05:37.76]which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of a railway station

[05:45.94]from which there were frequent trains to London.

[05:50.72]He telephoned the house agency

[05:57.22]and arranged to go down by train the next day

[06:03.13]and have a look at the house.

[06:07.12]The house agent met him at the station and they drove to the house,

[06:16.42]which was at least a kilometre from the station.

[06:22.12]The man who had come to see the house

[06:28.21]turned to the house agent when they reached it

[06:33.30]and objected,"I should be very interested to meet the man

[06:41.79]who threw that stone you mentioned in your advertisement! "

[06:47.98]New Words and Expressions

[06:52.97]stone

[06:54.82]石头

[06:56.68]throw

[06:58.13]掷

[06:59.58]bore

[07:01.22]令人厌烦的

[07:02.87]desire

[07:04.27]渴望

[07:05.67]advertisement

[07:07.56]广告

[07:09.45]suitable

[07:10.71]适合的

[07:11.96]Hampshire

[07:13.55]汉普郡

[07:15.15]claim/kleim/

[07:16.65]宣称

[07:18.15]frequent

[07:19.55]时常的

[07:20.95]agency/

[07:22.20]代理处;代理

[07:23.45]arrange

[07:25.26]安排

[07:27.06]agent

[07:28.35]代理人

[07:29.65]object

[07:31.38]不赞成;反对