王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 014B

　　Lesson Fourteen
听力部分
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly¹ and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact² words or phrases³ that you hear on the tape.
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Man: You're not coming with me, are you?
Woman: ________ how many times I _____ it ___________ in my ____, it doesn't ____like _______.
Man: For (who)?
Woman: For anyone. _________ never ____________ live through ________. And Richard will never be able to get his _____________ this. It will _______ him _________. He doesn't _________ that. ______never _____ anyone _________________.
Man: He can _________. People ______.
Woman: His family _________ this farm for _______________. Richard doesn't know how to live anywhere else. And my kids...
Man: They're practically⁴ _______. You said they ________ talk to you.
Woman: Yeah,they don't say much. But Carolyn is _________. She's about to __________ about ____________ for _______. She's going to __________and she's going try to _______________________. If I leave, what does they say to her ?
Man: What about us?
Woman: You have to know, ___________, the minute we _______ here, everything will change.
Man: Yeah, it would...get _____.
Woman: And _________ how much __________ we put ________ ourselves _____ this house. I ______ it ____ me. I'll ______it _____________ we're together. And I will _______________ loving you for how much it _______. And then, even ______ four beautiful days will seem ___________ something sordid⁵ and __________.
Man: Do you think that _______________ with us _______________ anyone? What we _____________________ ? We're hardly, hardly ____________ people now. And some people _______ all their life for this and never find it. Others don't even think it ________. You're going to tell me that you...You're going to tell me this is ___________________? ___________?
Woman: _______ the choices that we ___________. You don't understand? _____ you ____? Nobody understands when a woman _____________ to marry and have children _____________her life ________, but _____________, it _____. You build a life of _______ and you just stop and stay _______________ your children can move. And when they leave, they take __________________ with them. You're __________ to move on again, but you don't _________ what it was ________________, because _________________ in so long. Not even yourself.

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 exact   

adj.确切的，正确的；准确的，精确的；vt.强要，强求；急需，需要

参考例句：

• I need to know the exact size.我需要知道确切的尺寸。
• Do you know the exact date?你知道确切日期吗？

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 practically   

adv.差不多；几乎；实际地，从实际角度

参考例句：

• He solved the problem very practically.他很实事求是地解决了这个问题。
• She's practically always late for school.她上学几乎总是迟到。

5 sordid   

adj.肮脏的，不干净的，卑鄙的，暗淡的

参考例句：

• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
• They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。