【听英文对话做选择】药物上瘾

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Stacy: Hey, Brandon.

Brandon: Yeah.

 

Stacy: Um . . . Um . . .

 

Brandon: What?

 

Stacy: Well, I need to talk to you, and I'm not really sure how to do it. It's kind of difficult, but I kind of, I need to talk to you about something.

 

Brandon: Alright. Go ahead.

 

Stacy: Okay. You know, Stephanie. [Yeah.] You're dating my sister, right? Stephanie. [Yeah, yeah.] Um, I think she's back on drugs.

 

Brandon: What do you mean? I, I know she had a problem in the past, but she told me that that was over.

 

Stacy: Well, that's what she says, but you know, I know my sister pretty well; I think I know her better than just about anyone else, and I know you guys have talked about getting married soon, and [Yeah] . . . I'm pretty sure she's using drugs again, and you really need to, you need to know this . . . you really need to face the facts, and you're going to have to deal with this now.

 

Brandon: So, but, I . . . again, how do you know?

 

Stacy: She's doing some of the same stuff¹, you know, um, like. Well, like. Listen, you know. Um, you've noticed she's been skipping work lately?

 

Brandon: Well, she said she's been having some health problems, so I just figured it was that.

 

Stacy: No, no, no. She's not. [ Are you sure? ] Yeah. It's, it's more than that. Like, a month ago, she asked me to lend her a thousand bucks² to fix her car.

 

Brandon: Wow. Man. Um, I mean, she didn't tell me anything like that. I mean, her car is running fine, I think.

 

Stacy: Yeah, I know, it is. It's running fine. [ Oh, great. ] Exactly. She's lying a lot now, and she's, you know, she's trying to hide it, and she's good at hiding it.

 

Brandon: And, I let her borrow my car a couple days ago, and I had fifty bucks in there, and when the car came back, it was gone. She's . . . I don't know how else it could have disappeared. [ Man. I can't belive this. ] I'm pretty sure she stole it.

 

Stacy: I know. Um, but she's hiding things, and she hides things from us, and okay, for example, like last week. I saw her with the two cell³ phones, and when I checked the texts on the one phone . . . .

 

Brandon: Wait, wait. Two phones? What do you mean?

 

Stacy: . . . .Yeah, umm.

 

Brandon: She only has one.

 

Stacy: No, she's got at least two phones, and when I checked the one phone, I saw some texts, and she was talking about, um, um, some drugs and needing to meet up with someone to buy them.

 

Brandon: Ah, man.

 

Stacy: I'm sorry, Brandon, um, I . . . we need to, we need to confront⁴ her on this. You need to confront her on this.

 

Brandon: I don't know how to do this. I mean . . . yeah, I don't know.

 

Stacy: I know, but you've got to. You, you can't . . . the . . . you know, you've got to do this if you want to try to hope that there's going to be anything to this relationship. It's, it's much better to talk to her openly about this now, cause, I promise you, the problems will just escalate⁵, so . . .

 

Brandon: But, she might blow up.

 

Stacy: She might, but hey, wait, listen. Why don't you guys come over for dinner and we can talk about it together? You know, um . . .

 

Brandon: I just don't know.

 

Stacy: I know, and you're right, she might blow up, but if you don't do anything, I promise the problems are just going to get bigger. She's probably going to end up losing her job, she's probably going to get arrested, and she might even die.

 

Brandon: Man, you're probably right. I have to think about this and how to approach her. Alright. Let, let me thing about it, and I'll call you. [ Okay. ] Alright, thanks.

 

Stacy: Alright. Bye, Brandon.

 

1. How are Stephanie and Brandon related⁶?

A. Stephanie is Brandon's sister.

B. Brandon and Stephanie are engaged⁷.

C. Brandon and Stephanie are colleagues⁸.

2. The first sign of Stephanie's problem is that she has been __________.

A. missing⁹ work

B. buying expensive clothing

C. sleeping in a lot

 

3. Stephanie said she needed money to ___________.

A. pay for school tuition¹⁰

B. repair her vehicle¹¹

C. cover medical expenses

 

4. It appears that Stephanie stole money from ________. 

A. her work

B. her sister's car

C. her boyfriend's apartment

 

5. If Stephanie doesn't make changes in her life, she could ___________.

A. lose her school scholarship¹²

B. have serious financial problems

C. get in trouble with the police

 

正确答案：

1. Brandon and Stephanie are engaged.

2. missing work

3. repair her vehicle

4. her sister`s car

5. get in trouble with the police

 

1 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。

2 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cell   

n.区，细胞，血球；小室，牢房；电池，光电管；基层组织

参考例句：

• Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
• They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。

4 confront   

vt.遭遇，勇敢地面对，正视，使对质

参考例句：

• A soldier has to confront danger.士兵须面对危险。
• We must confront future with optimism.我们必须乐观地面对未来。

5 escalate   

v.(使)逐步增长(或发展)，(使)逐步升级

参考例句：

• It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
• Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

6 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

7 engaged   

a.having agree to get married

参考例句：

• They are engaged in talks with the Irish government. 他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。
• The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children. 这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服。

8 colleagues   

n.同事，同僚( colleague的名词复数 )；同人

参考例句：

• He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。
• She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. 她深受同事的敬重。

9 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

10 tuition   

n.（某一学科的）教学，讲授，指导，学费

参考例句：

• Students can apply for individual tuition.学生可以申请个别指导。
• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？

11 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。

12 scholarship   

n.学问，学术成就，奖学金

参考例句：

• The girl who won the scholarship was quite outstanding.得奖学金的女孩是相当杰出的。
• I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.我决定申请奖学金。