大学体验英语听说教程 第二册03

　　Unit 3 Don’t you wish we could live here?
Vocabulary Task
Answers/script
1. – I don’t like the place I live now. It’s too isolated¹. (negative)
2. + I have a big balcony with a great view. I love it! (positive)
3. – I don’t like my parents’ house. It’s so old-fashioned. (negative)
4. + Her new place is really wonderful — it’s so roomy. (positive)
5. + He thinks it’s important to feel comfort-able in a home. (positive)
6. + I think it’s great to live in a modern building, don’t you? (positive)
7. – This apartment is too cramped²; it’s too small for our family. (negative)
8. + Amy has a beautiful spacious³ loft⁴ for her art studio. She’s really happy there. (positive)
9. + Bill and Sherry have a nice, cozy⁵ little apartment in the city. They call it their love nest. (positive)
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. a small house
2. a cozy apartment
3. a modern house
4. something old
2 Second Listening
Answers
1. warm and cozy in the winter
2. a great view
3. modern house, easy to keep clean
4. roomy, lots of space
Script
1. I want a small house, something that’ll be warm and cozy in the winter. My big old house is spacious, but it’s too hard to keep warm.
2. I’m looking for a small, cozy apartment, but with a great view. I want to look at the mountains, not another apartment building.
3. After living in an ld house all my life, I’m ready for a modern house, one that’s easy to keep clean. It should have all wood floors, no carpets.
4. We’re looking for something old but roomy. Since we have three kids, they need lots of space to move around.
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answer
It’s spacious, it has modern furniture, it has a view
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
1. It’s spacious and modern.
2. It has a view of the ocean.
3. It makes her feel elegant and relaxed.
4. It’s phony, uncomfortable, and he feels like he’s in a museum.
Script
Diane: Isn’t this place fantastic?
John: Well, I don’t know…I mean, it’s okay.
Diane: It’s so big. So spacious. So much room. I feel so…free here.
John: It must be cold in the winter. Our place is so cozy and warm.
Diane: Oh, John! And the view! Look at the view of the ocean from this window! I feel so relaxed.
John: Oh, god. It makes me seasick⁶. Our place is so much more down to earth.
Diane: Look at this furniture. It’s so modern. I feel so elegant here.
John: You do? I feel like I’m in a museum. It’s so phony, so uncomfortable. Are you supposed to sit in these chairs?
Diane: Oh, John, don’t you wish we could live in a place like this?
John: What’s wrong with our place?

1 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

2 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

3 spacious   

adj.广阔的，宽敞的

参考例句：

• Our yard is spacious enough for a swimming pool.我们的院子很宽敞，足够建一座游泳池。
• The room is bright and spacious.这房间很豁亮。

4 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

5 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

6 seasick   

adj.晕船的

参考例句：

• When I get seasick,I throw up my food.我一晕船就呕吐。
• He got seasick during the voyage.在航行中他晕船。