王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 08B

　　Lesson Eight
听力部分
Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
__________, you can ______ pick up a ________ without seeing a ________ that a _____ will soon be doing _______ your work. Do you know that the name of the _________________ or ______ comes from the _____? Karl ?apek, a Czech __________, _________________ R.U.R. The play was about ___________mechanized _______ who ________against their _____. ?apek ______ one of his ________ machinemen a "_____", which is __________________ of the Czech ____ robota _______ "work".
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly¹ and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases² that you hear on the tape.
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A: Can I help you?
B: Yeah, we'd like____________.
A: Okay, they're ____ apiece.
B: No problem, I've got this.
A: This would be what?
B: This would be _______________ flier __________.
A: So?
B: So you've got a room ________.
A: No, we don't.
B: Oh, yes you do, because I've ____ about it in __________ in-flight ___________.
A: Did you ____ about it yesterday?
B: No, I didn't ___ yesterday. I ____ with my friend here.
A: Well, that's too bad. You might have _____ that yesterday the offer _____.
B: This offer never really _______________, right?
A: Listen, if you have _____...
B: Yes, I have _____, but I have been buying this mileage³ _____with my poor addled⁴ ___ for _____ now, and it ________ to be totally ___________, ________? This whole offer is just like every other ____ dream in the U.S.A., right?

1 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。

2 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》

3 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

4 addled   

adj.（头脑）糊涂的，愚蠢的；（指蛋类）变坏v.使糊涂( addle的过去式和过去分词 )；使混乱；使腐臭；使变质

参考例句：

• Being in love must have addled your brain. 坠入爱河必已使你神魂颠倒。
• He has addled his head with reading and writing all day long. 他整天读书写字，头都昏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》