王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 04A

　　Lesson Four
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Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
Jealousy¹ __ often ________ the ______to _______ something we do not have, _______ it's good ______, lots of _____ or ______________ being with ______. ________________________, jealousy often _________the____ of ______ something we already have-the _________of someone we __________. ______________________ is________. When people _____ to_____ overly ________ about their________ or if they begin to _____________ their__________________, the jealousy can _______________.
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly² and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases³ that you hear on the tape.
A
Father : I understand you have an________________ with Bakerton, Craig ____ Coleman.
Daughter: How do you know about that?
Father: I was in ___________ with Bakerton ____ Coleman.
Daughter: Daddy, this ___________ on my own merits⁴. If he's ___________ city _____...
Father: _____________________, ___________. Stop _____ yourself _____. Last time I looked, you were the ____ of the ______ defender's ______.
Daughter: Just ________ if I want to work there. Maybe I'm________.
Father:___________. If they checked, legal⁵ office, you _________ the opportunity. Look at your __________.
Daughter: Well, it's not just about ________.
Father: It's not? Well, of course not. That only ________ in _______. Seriously Mel, this Bingham _____...
Daughter: Well, it's a _________. I'm going to have to win it in the closing.
Father: Then it's a good _________.
Daughter: I think this is why I don't ____ you as often as I'd like to.
Father: Well sometimes you need to hear what I say. I'll ____________________ you. Win the Bingham case, take the end of it. Mom?
Grandmother: You've worked hard enough for it, Eva.
Daughter: ____.
Father: ____. That's a ____.
_________ the Manhattan Bridge, or what's _____ of it. I cannot believe what's happened down there. Oh my God, look at the Brooklyn Bridge. Cables⁶ are ____ loose. Everything is _______ the runway. Cars are ______________ right now.
Man: Gillian, I need you. You're my _____________. Now _____ tell me what you see.
Woman: I don't even know where to begin.
Man: Gillian just _____________. The better you can ______ what you see down there, the better we can _______.
Woman: All right. Right now we are swinging ________ downtown. I see the_______, they look _____, they're both still standing⁷. Empire State Building looks good, Chrysler Building looks like it's okay, ____ some of these buildings _____ just ____ their ____, I mean, they've just _________. Over. Are you still with me?
Man: Uh, yes, I'm here. Have you been over ___________ side?
Woman: We _____ a ____________.

1 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

2 repeatedly   

adv.重复地，再三地

参考例句：

• The loudspeakers blared the speech repeatedly.扬声器里反复大声地播送那篇演讲。
• He repeatedly beat his foot upon the floor.他反复用脚敲着地板。

3 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 merits   

[宗教]（行善得到的）功德( merit的名词复数 )； 功勋； 长处； 荣誉

参考例句：

• the merits and demerits of the scheme 这个方案的优缺点
• the relative merits of the two plans 相比较之下两个计划各自的优点

5 legal   

adj.法律的，依照法律的，合法的，法定的，正当的

参考例句：

• He is my legal adviser.他是我的法律顾问。
• This is partly a political and partly a legal question.这个问题部分是政治问题，部分是法律问题。

6 cables   

n.电报( cable的名词复数 )；电缆；（系船用的）缆绳；（船只、桥梁等上的）巨缆

参考例句：

• Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery. 用鳄鱼嘴夹把电缆接到蓄电池上。
• Please don't touch these metal cables inside a plastic sleeve. 请不要碰那些套着塑料管的金属电缆。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。