【听英文对话做选择】搬家公司

原文：

Stacy: Hi.

Mark: Oh, Hi.

 

Stacy: Are you new in the neighborhood? [ Oh, yeah. ] Welcome, welcome to the neighborhood. [ Oh. ] Hey, I'm Stacy. I live across the street.

 

Mark: Oh, Hi, Stacy. I'm Mark. Mark Jones.

 

Stacy: Um. Looks like your moving. Do you need any help unloading¹ your moving truck? I can have my husband come or my kids.

 

Mark: Um, well, fortunately, the movers are going to do that, but you're welcome to, uh, help carry in a few things out from our car.

 

Stacy: Yeah, sure, I can get them. So, where are you from?

 

Mark: Well, we're from originally² from Chicago, but we just moved from a place called Springville.

 

Stacy: Oh, Springville, that's, uh. Isn't that the . . . the north end of the state

 

Mark: Yeah, just, yeah, not too far from here.

 

Stacy: How was your trip?

 

Mark: Well, it went pretty well. We hired a moving company, something my company paid for, and it was simply more convenient³ than packing all our stuff⁴, renting a truck, and then moving everything ourselves.

 

Stacy: That's nice. How does this moving company work then? Was it pretty good?

 

Mark: Yeah. Well, in many cases, you can pack your own things and just have the company load the boxes and your other items⁵ on the truck, or they'll pack everything for you, and they can tow⁶ your vehicle⁷ behind the truck if you like, and they can even, you know, move heavy items like pianos.

 

Stacy: Wow, that's nice. So, did everything go as planned?

 

Mark: Well, pretty much, except our cat disappeared [ Really? ] yeah, about three hours before the movers left . . .

 

Stacy: Did you ever find it?

 

Mark: No, and uh, we're not sure if she ran away, got hit by a car, or what.

 

Stacy: Oh, that must be really hard on your family. Sorry to hear about that. [ Yeah. ] Yeah, that must be rough⁸. [ Yeah. ] No sign of the cat?

 

Mark: Not yet.

 

Stacy: Uh, I'm sorry. So, um, what do you do for a living?

 

Mark: Well, I'm software developer.

 

Stacy: Oh, what do you do exactly in your job?

 

Mark: Well, um, most of the time, I develop educational software for schools [ Really? ] . . . Yeah, and at the moment, I'm working on several educational apps for, you know, smart phones.

 

Stacy: Oh, that's . . . that's great.

 

Mark: Yeah, it's a really good job. And, so, how about yourself?

 

Stacy: Well, actually, I'm a high school history teacher.

 

Mark: Oh, wow, you know, actually, I've created two apps on world history that you might be interested in.

 

Stacy: Serious?

 

Mark: Yeah.

 

Stacy: Oh, that sounds great. I'd love to see them. [ Yeah. ] By the way, um, you know, we're having a barbecue at our place on Friday. [ Oh? ] Why don't you come over . . . bring your family and get to know some of the neighbors?

 

Mark: Well, let me talk to my wife, but just so you know, we have nine kids. [ Serious? Nine kids? Wow ], yes, so they might eat all your food.

 

Stacy: Well, that's no problem. That's a lot of kids, but it'll be fun. Hey . . . [ What? ] No, just listen. [ Hey. ] Did you hear that? Listen, listen. It's coming from over there. It's in one of the . . . there something in one of your boxes.

 

Mark: No way. Yeah.

 

Stacy: That sounds . . . That sounds like a cat. Is the cat in one of your . . . Did you find . . . Did the cat get in one of your boxes?

 

Mark: I don't know. Let me look. Hey, let me move this box. Yeah.

 

Stacy: Wow!

 

Mark: Oh, no. I can't believe it! I'm sure the family is going to be happy about this.

 

Sarah: I bet⁹. Congratulations¹⁰!

1. What is the man's name?

A. Mark Jones

B. Mark James

C. Mark Johnson

2. Where is the name from originally?

A. He's orginally from Springville.

B. He's from Chicago.

C. The family is from Spring City.

 

3. What does the man do for a living?

A. He builds computers.

B. He is a computer science teacher.

C. He writes software programs.

 

4. How many people are in his family? 

A. nine

B. eleven

C. thirteen

 

5. Where did the find the family cat?

A. They found the cat under the truck.

B. The cat was behind the car.

C. The cat was inside a box. 

 

正确答案：

1. Mark Jones

2. He`s from Chicago.

3. He writes software programs.

4. eleven

5. The cat was inside a box.

 

1 unloading   

卸载

参考例句：

• Did you reckon in the time needed for unloading the cargo? 你把卸货所需的时间估计进去了吗？
• Dockers started unloading the ship. 码头工人开始卸船。

2 originally   

adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。

3 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 items   

n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）

参考例句：

• Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
• Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。

6 tow   

n.拖，拉，牵引

参考例句：

• The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.那辆坏了的车由一辆货车拖着。
• Mrs Hayes went to the supermarket with her four little children in tow.海斯太太带着她的4个小孩到超市去了。

7 vehicle   

n.车辆，交通工具，运载工具；媒介，表现手段

参考例句：

• Air is the vehicle of sound.空气是声音传播的媒介。
• The power plant burns used vehicle tyres as fuel.这家电厂用废弃轮胎作燃料。

8 rough   

adj.粗糙的；粗略的，大致的；粗野的，粗暴的

参考例句：

• It's just a very rough translation.这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿。
• His reply was a bit rough.他的答复过于粗鲁了一点。

9 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

10 congratulations   

n.祝贺；贺词；祝词

参考例句：

• I send you my warmest congratulations on your success. 我对你的成功致以最热烈的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Please give her my congratulations when you see her. 见到她时请转达我的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》