王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 019A

　　Lesson Nineteen
听力部分
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly¹ and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
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Older man: What can I do for you?
Richard Collier: I _________________ sir.
Older man: _________!
Collier: Is _________ possible?
Older man: That is a question. Let me tell you something - Richard, ____?
Collier: Yes, sir.
Older man: I was in Venice in ______. I was _______ in a ______________. And I mean very old - ______________,_______, everything. The ________ was ____ - do you ________ me? In my room, I felt __________ it _____ a century or more earlier than _____, understand?
Collier: Yes, sir. __________ then, the _______ is very important.
Older man: That's all-important for the century. The rest is here. One afternoon I was ___________ in that room. All the ______ around me were ________ the ____. Even the ________ I heard. And I _________ a _____. What, I asked myself, if I ______ to hypnotize __________, ____________ that it isn't ____ but ____. I closed my ___ and ____ a __________ into my _____: it's ___________, I am in the Hotel de Beckio and I __________ the ____ for myself and did it __________________________.
Collier: And?
Older man: Well, _____ never really know, Richard. ____ never ____it since, and I'm not sure I, I'd want to do it again. I felt _______ afterwards, completely ___________. And if it really ___ happen, I was only there __________ an ______remember. A flicker².
Collier: Yes sir. I understand that, but you were there.
Older man: I thought so. Oh it was _______,_________. How would it be ________? There were _______ around me that were _______ from the _______. And I knew they were there. Oh, if I were going to try it again - _____ you, I have any such ________ - but if I did, I would _________ myself __________ the _____, ____ everything __________ that would ______ remind me ___ it, and then who knows?
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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 flicker   

vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现

参考例句：

• There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
• At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。