王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 021

　　Lesson Twenty-one
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Dictation: Please prepare your paper and pen.
________ and _______________ contain _______ that ____________. Many of these ________ are ____ in the _________ of tobacco _______ and __________________. Nicotine¹ _____ naturally __ tobacco and can be very _________. Each ____ of a __________________ a ___________ dose of nicotine ___________ the ____---and ___________________ for the _________. Even after _______________ nicotine, you may still ________________ smoke. If you don't want to ___ prematurely² ____ a _______________ illness,______ to ____. Right away, you'll look better, feel better and ________________.
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
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A: I would like to ____ by ________ much has been _________ the reports in the ____ of an ___________ in the ________,______, I say again, _____________ on the part of the _______. This _________ will __________ a report ____ the FBI before _______________. However, I'll once again ______ here the nominee³ _________________.
B: I, too, will wait for the FBI report before _________.
A: Madam Senator, tell us a little about your family. You have a ___.
B: Yes, I have __________________, Timothy.
A: That's a very _________. Now, I see, here, when you had Timothy, you were __________ your ____ for a few months' _____________.
B: Yes. I believe it's the ______ of responsibility every mother to be able to _____________.
A: ______________.
B: Yes, I don't believe we should penalize⁴ our ______ for having children.
A: I think I am _______________ saying that valuing ___________is ____ nonpartisan. Um, _____ you to ___________ again, do you give plan to take maternity⁵ leave?
B: I've ______________ that _____________.
A: Are you still able to _____________?
B: Yes, I believe, yes, I am.
A: But you haven't given that any consideration . Perhaps that means...Madam Senator, let us _______ you ______ to the presidency⁶ and you were to have a child during the ____, would you cede⁷ your _____ to your vice⁸ president and for how long?
C: Mr. Chairman, would the chair expect to have the designate _______ this committee that she ___________ her tubes tied before she _____________? Mr. Chairman, I _____ request _________________.
A: You will be _____ one when I am finished.
B: Excuse me, the ______ is that ______ we have not put a ____ on the ______ of having another child, my husband and I _______________.
A: Okay, I would now like to ______ the _____ of _______._______ is a revered⁹ ______ among vice presidents. Would you ______?
B: Yes, very much so.
A: Yet you _____ to ________ move from the Republican to the Democratic Party when you left the _______ to _______ the Senate.
B: I ____switching parties __ a ________ to ___________ my country. I ____ that the Republican party ________from the _____ that I ________ through my _____.
A: As a republican, did you ever ____ along partylines11 but ______ your own _____?
B: No, never.
A: You still __________ every vote you made?
B: Yes.
A: Including your vote to ________ President Clinton?
B: Yes, I do. That's ________ of fairness. The president, as commander in chief, stood by, while _____________________, including _______________ the Chairman of the Joint¹⁰ Chiefs were _________ for adultery or were not ________ to ________ their _______. Now, _______________ making adultery, or even _____ about it, a ______in our ___________. But while it's a ____, it should be ______ without consideration of ____ even if that rank is commander in chief.
A: Perhaps the Senator is _______ that commander in chief is not ____ a ____________.
B: No. I ____________ that. But I think we can say (of ) President Clinton is that he ___________ but __________.

1 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

2 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 penalize   

vt.对…处以刑罚，宣告…有罪；处罚

参考例句：

• It would be unfair to penalize those without a job.失业人员待遇低下是不公平的。
• The association decided not to penalize you for the race.赛马协会决定对你不予处罚。

5 maternity   

n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的

参考例句：

• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
• Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 cede   

v.割让，放弃

参考例句：

• The debater refused to cede the point to her opponent.辩论者拒绝向她的对手放弃其主张。
• Not because I'm proud.In fact,in front of you I cede all my pride.这不是因为骄傲，事实上我在你面前毫无骄傲可言。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

10 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。