大众英语大众英语上4b

[00:00.00]大众英语上 Gateway to English ; [00:06.76]Lesson Twenty-six Words and Expressions own /un/vt.拥有,占有 ; [00:11.58]painting/'peinti/ n. 绘画 ; [00:16.70]photographer /f'tgrf/ n.摄影师 ; [00:22.14]photograph /'futgra:f/ n.照片,相片 ; [00:26.85]physics /'fiziks/ n.物理学 player /plei/n.选手 pond /pnd/n.水池 ; [00:39.46]professional /pr'fenl/ adj.职业的,专业的 profit/'prfit/n.利润 ; [00:47.05]profitable /'prfitbl/ adj.赢利的 raise/reiz/ vt.饲养 ; [00:52.89]record/'rek:d/n.唱片 restful /'restful/ adj. 安静的,平稳的 sewing /sui/n.缝纫 ; [01:03.45]sit /sit/vi.坐 sat(过去式、过去分词) ; [01:11.04]situation /,sitju'ein/ n.情况,形势 ; [01:15.24]spend /spend/ vt.用(钱),花费 spent (过去式、过去分词) ; [01:23.34]start /sta:t/vt.开始 sum /sm/n. 款项,金额 teach /ti:/ vt.教 ; [01:37.08]taught (过去式、过去分词) term /t:m/ n.学期 ; [01:45.48]willing/'wili/ adj. 愿意 wood /wud/ n.木头 ; [01:54.19]worry /'wri/ vi. 担心,烦恼 writer/'rait/n. 作家 ; [02:01.27]yesterday /'jestdei/ adv.昨天 Africa/'frik/ 非洲 ; [02:08.55]Pattern Drills Drill 1 ; [02:12.44]-Were you in Beijing last winter? -No,I wasn't. ; [02:16.23]-Where were you? -I was in Guangzhou. ; [02:21.05]Drill 2 -Did you see a film last week? -Yes,I did. ; [02:26.59]-What film did you see? -I saw the American film"The Golden Pond". ; [02:33.56]Text Hobbies for Fun and Profit ; [02:38.68]Many people have discovered that hobbies can be profi- table as well as fun. ; [02:44.02]Some people have such fine collections of bottles, flags, buttons ; [02:48.73]or shells that others are willing tc pay to see them ; [02:52.22]or they offer to buy their collections for large sums of money. ; [02:57.96]Some of the best collections are owned by people ; [03:00.21]who started their hobbies as young boys or girls. ; [03:04.37]Some of the things that American children like to collect are stamps and dolls. ; [03:10.10]Older people also save stamps, ; [03:12.82]but they collect coins and things made of glass more often than dolls. ; [03:19.51]Painting, writing and taking photographs are the best examples of hobbies ; [03:24.69]that may become occu- pations. Every writer, artist ; [03:29.60]and photographer probably started as a hobbyist before becom- ing a professional. ; [03:36.14]Other hobbies that could be profitable include cooking, ; [03:39.68]sewing and making things out of wood. ; [03:44.18]Many doctors believe that hobbies help to make our lives more enjoyable. ; [03:49.64]They believe that people who raise fish or collect records are ; [03:54.14]too busy to spend their time worrying. Doctors also think that an active person, ; [04:00.68]such as a baseball player, should have a restful hobby such as reading, ; [04:05.73]while a person who sits at a desk all day should have a lively hobby such as tennis, ; [04:11.32]golf or swimming. Most people in the United States agree with the doctors. ; [04:18.41]It is difficult to find an American who does not have a favorite hobby. ; [04:39.13]Lesson Twenty-seven Words and Expressions ; [04:44.99]according to /'k:di/ prep.根据.... ; [04:48.40]ancient / 'einnt/ adj.古老的,古代的 article/'a:tikl/n.文章 ; [04:53.99]badminton/'bdmintn/ n.羽毛球 bit/bit/ n.少许,一点 blow /blu/vt.吹 ; [05:03.13]blew/blu:(过去式) blown/blun/过去分词) bubble/'bbl/n.泡泡 ; [05:12.40]cause/k:z/ vt.引起,成为.....原因 certainly / 's:tnli/ adv.自然地,肯定地 ; [05:19.49]chew/tu:/vt.咀嚼 circle/'s:kl/ n.圆形,圆 ; [05:25.49]civilization /,sivilai'zein/ n.文明,文化 ; [05:29.58]close /kluz/ vt.& vi.关,闭合 contain/k'tein/ vt.包含,含有 ; [05:35.99]contest/'kntest/ n.比赛 decide /di'said/ vt. 决定 ; [05:42.53]enormous /i'n:ms/ adj.巨大的 enter/'ent/ vt.进入,参加 ; [05:48.80]exaggerate /ig'zdreit/ vt.夸大,夸张 ; [05:52.21]exaggeration /ig'zdrei/ n.夸张 ; [05:55.89]expert/'eksp:t/ n.专家,能手 gum /gm/ n.胶姆糖,口香糖 ; [06:01.35]help/help/ vt.帮助 hide/haid/ vt.隐藏 hid (过去式) ; [06:10.34]hidden/'hidn/ (过去分词) humor /'hju:m/ n.(美拼法)幽默 ; [06:16.48]humour (英拼法) impression /im'pren/ n.印象,感想 ; [06:20.30]inner/'in/ adj. 里边的,内部的 involve /in'vlv/ vt. 包括,涉及 ; [06:25.89]jungle/'dgl/ n.丛林,热带森林 laugh /la:f/vi.大笑 ; [06:31.75]lesson /'lesn/ n.功课,课程 ; [06:34.75]literature /'litrit/ n.文学、文学作品 low /lu/adj.低 ; [06:41.43]poor /pu/ adj.穷苦的,穷困的 ; [06:44.16]popularity /,ppju'lriti/ n.流行,普及 ; [06:47.70]remember/ri'memb/ vt.记住 report /ri'p:t/ vt.报导 ; [06:54.52]row /ru/n.一排,一行 rubber/'rb/n.橡胶 ruin/'ru:in/ n.遗迹,遗址 ; [07:04.47]Spaniard /'spnjd/ n.西班牙人 story/'st:ri/n.故事 ; [07:10.74]tire/tai/ n.(美拼法)轮胎 tyre英语拼法 tube /tju:b/ n.软管 ; [07:17.15]inner tube 内胎 Julio/'dulju/ (男人名) Camba /'kmb/(姓) ; [07:28.74]Mexico/'meksiku/ 墨西哥 ; [07:32.01]Pattern Drills Drill 1 ; [07:36.65]-Jane often writes to you,doesn't she? -Yes,she does. ; [07:41.01]-When did she write to you last? -In February. ; [07:45.78]Drill 2 -Have you found your watch ? -Yes,I have. ; [07:51.37]-Where did you find it ? -I found it in my office. ; [07:55.33]Text Chewing Gum ; [08:01.05]Julio Camba wrote articles for a Spanish newspaper. ; [08:05.83]Because he was inter- ested in people from other countries, ; [08:09.23]he decided to travel around the world and meet many of them. ; [08:14.14]Each time he went to another country he tried to learn somth- ing about the people ; [08:18.92]that made them a little different from all the others. ; [08:22.60]Since he also liked to have fun, he put all his impressions into a book ; [08:27.23]that caused many peop- le to laugh, not just at each other but also at themselves. ; [08:33.37]What Julio Camba rem- embered most about the United States was that ; [08:37.32]too many people chewed gum.The people that sat across from him on the bus looked to him ; [08:43.32]like a row of fish because their mouths kept opening and clos- ing ; [08:47.68]as they chewed their gum. ; [08:49.73]The humor that is found in literature usually involves exaggeration. ; [08:54.50]Julio Camba was an expert at this kind of humor. ; [08:58.32]He said that families who were too poor to buy chewing gum would get an old inner tube ; [09:02.95]from an automobile tire and place it in the center of the floor. ; [09:07.73]The family would then sit in a circle around the inner tube and ; [09:11.00]spend the evening chewing on it. Accord- ing to Camba, ; [09:14.13]one inner tube would last the family an entire year. ; [09:18.63]Chewing gum is made from trees that ; [09:20.54]grow in the jungles of Mexico and Central America. ; [09:24.50]Men who go into the jungles to find these trees have discovered the ruins of ancient ; [09:29.27]civilizations that have been hidden for hundreds of years. ; [09:32.95]Some people like to chew gum that contains a bit of rubber. ; [09:36.77]This special kind of gum is called "bubble gum",and with a little practice some people ; [09:42.36]learn to blow such enormous bubbles with it that they enter contests to see ; [09:46.45]who can blow the bigg- est bubbles. ; [09:49.31]Julio Camba was cer- tainly right about the popularity of chewing gum in ; [09:53.26]the United States. He was exaggerating when he wrote that ; [09:57.08]the poor people chew inner tubes, but he probably was not exaggerating ; [10:01.99]when he reported that some Americans Spend more money on chewing gum ; [10:06.08]than some Spaniards spend on food. ; [10:24.90]Lesson Twenty-eight Words and Expressions attend /'tend/ vt.出席 ; [10:24.90]break/breik/ vt.& vt.打破,折断 broke /bruk/(过去式) ; [10:41.26]broken /brukn/ (过去分词) catch /kt/ vt.赶上,(汽车、大车) ; [10:49.03]caught /k:t/ (过去式、过去分词) clean /kli:n/ adj.干净,清洁 ; [10:57.62]club/klb/n. 俱乐部 discussion /dis'kn/ n.讨论会,讨论 ; [11:06.62]distance/'distns/ n. 距离 easy/'i:zi/adj.容易的 ; [11:14.25]envy /'envi/ vt.钦佩,羡慕 foot /fut/n.英尺 feet (复数) ; [11:26.80]flute /flu:t/ n. 笛子、长笛 form/f:m/ vt. 组织、建立 ; [11:34.70]immediately /i'mi:djtli/ adv.立刻，马上 ; [11:39.20]include/in'klu:d/ vt.包括，包含 interest/'intrist/ n.兴趣 ; [11:47.93]kiss /kis/ vt. 吻 knock /nk/ vi.敲门 lady/'leidi/ n.妇人,女士 ; [12:01.70]last /la:st/ vi.延续，持续 lecturer/ 'lektr/ n. 报告人 ; [12:11.11]lovely /'lvli/ adj. 明媚的,美好的, 令人愉快的 ; [12:15.33]meter / 'mi:t/ n.(美拼法),米 metre(英拼法) ; [12:19.42]miss/mis/ vt.未赶上,错过 musician /mju(:)'zin/n.音乐 ; [12:29.92]number /'nmb/ n. 数,数字 order /':d/ n. in order to为了 ; [12:43.69]period /'pirid/ n.期间,时期 question/'kwestn/ n. 问题 ; [12:52.83]record /'rek:d/ n. 纪录 share/e/ vt.分享,分担,共同具有 ; [13:03.60]shower /au/ n. 淋浴 similar /'simil/ adj. 相似的,相同的 ; [13:13.55]sometime/'smtaim/ adv.有一天,有朝一日 stranger/'streind/ n. 陌生人 ; [13:25.41]type/taip/ vt.& vi.打字 ; [13:29.50]understand /'nd'stnd/ vt.懂,理解,明白 ; [13:34.14]understood /,nd'stu:d/ (过去式、过去分词) ; [13:38.37]unusual/n'ju:ul/ adj.异常的,与众不同的 ; [13:42.87]California /'kli'f:ni/ 加里福尼亚 ; [13:48.05]Connecticut /k'netikt/ 康涅狄格(州) ; [13:53.64]Guinness /'ginis/ 吉尼斯 Guy /gai/(男人名) ; [14:02.77]Iowa /'aiw/ 衣阿华(州) ; [14:06.59]Massachusetts /,ms'tu:sets/ 马萨诸塞(州) ; [14:11.91]Oregon/'rign/ 俄勒冈(州) ; [14:13.54]Pennsylvania /'pensil'veinj/ 宾夕法尼亚(州) ; [14:17.09]Roger/'rd/ (男人名) ; [14:20.63]Pattern Drills Drill 1 ; [14:25.13]There was a meeting yesterday afternoon. Can you ask questions about it? ; [14:33.31]-There was a meeting yesterday afternoon, wasn't there? ; [14:36.59]-Did you have it in the office or in the meeting room? ; [14:39.99]-What time did it begin? ; [14:41.63]-Were all the people in your office at the meeting? ; [14:44.63]-Did you all speak? -Who was the first to speak? ; [14:48.31]-What did he talk about? -You also spoke,didn't you? ; [14:51.99]-What did you talk about? -When did the meeting end? ; [14:55.95]-How long did it last? Drill 2 -I went swimming yesterday. ; [15:03.85]It was a lovely day and we stayed in the water for hours. ; [15:07.26]-How I envy you! Can I go with you next time you go? -Certainly. ; [15:12.58]-There was a lecture in English this after- noon. -Did you go? ; [15:16.12]-Yes,I did.But I didn't understand much The lecturer spoke too fast. ; [15:21.99]-Who is knocking at the door?Is it Bob? -No,I don't think it's him. ; [15:27.03]He was here just now. And he said he was go- ing to see the manager ; [15:33.85]-Did you catch the last bus last night? -No,I missed it.I was five minutes late. ; [15:39.85]-How did you get back then? -I took a taxi home. ; [15:44.76]Text World Records ; [15:48.85]When someone meets a stranger with the same hobby, ; [15:51.71]that person immediate- ly becomes a friend. People enjoy the com- pany of others ; [15:57.16]who share a similar interest.Often they will form a club ; [16:01.94]and travel great distances to attend meetings ; [16:04.80]where they can talk about their hobbies. Other people have such unusual hobbies that ; [16:10.93]no one else can share them. Sometimes they try to do something better, ; [16:16.12]faster or longer than anyone else in order to have their names ; [16:20.62]included in the Guin- ness Book of World Records. ; [16:25.66]A lady in Massachu- setts may have the world's easiest hobby; she lets her hair grow ; [16:33.16]Diane Witt has not cut her hair for twelve years.It is now eight feet(2.44 meters) long ; [16:41.88]and she will soon set a new world record and ; [16:44.88]her name will be placed in the Guinness book. ; [16:48.70]A thirty-year-old man in Pennsylvania played the piano ; [16:52.38]for forty-five days and eleven hours,while a musician in Connec- ticut played the flute ; [16:58.65]for forty-three hours. A teacher in Califor- nia typed for over 162 hours, ; [17:07.24]and a lady from lowa spent six years typing the numbers from one to one million. ; [17:14.47]Probably the cleanest people in the world are twc young women from England ; [17:18.83]who stayed in the shower for over ninety-eight hours; ; [17:22.92]but a man in Oregon was more than twice as clean after taking a shower that ; [17:27.70]lasted two hundred hours. ; [17:31.10]Someone said that "records are made to be broken". ; [17:35.19]One record that many young men might enjoy breaking ; [17:39.01]is the one made by Roger Guy English of California. ; [17:43.65]During a period of eight hours Roger kissed three thousand young women. ; [18:05.05]Lesson Twenty-nine Words and Expressions able/'eibl/ adj.有能力的 ; [18:12.82]accept /k'sept/ vt.接受,同意 already/:l'redi/ adv. 已经 ; [18:19.10]answer /'a:ns/ n.回答,答案 biscuit/'biskit/n.饼干 bear/be/ vt.生 ; [18:27.41]bore /b:/(过去式) born/b:n/(过去分词) was born出生 ; [18:36.55]bunch/bnt/ n.(一)束(花) capable /'keipbl/ adj.有能力的,有才干的 ; [18:41.59]capital/'kpitl/ n.首都 carefully /'kefuli/ adv. 仔细地,小心地 ; [18:47.05]champion/'tmpjn/ n.冠军 compete/km'pi:t/ vi.比赛,竞赛 ; [18:52.91]Congress /'kngres/ n.美国国会 continue/kn'tinju:/ vt.& vi.继续 ; [18:59.73]correct /k'rekt/ adj.正确的 correctly /k'rektli/ adv.正确地,无误地 ; [19:05.18]delegate/'deligeit/ n.代表 ; [19:07.91]determination /di,t:mi'nein/ n.决心 ; [19:11.18]determined /di,t:mind/ adj.有决心 ; [19:14.86]document/'dkjumnt/ n. 文件 driver/'draiv/n.司机 earn/:n/vt.赢得,取得 ; [19:23.86]easy/'i:zi/adj.容易的 education /,edju(:)'kein/ n.教育 ; [19:30.00]elect /i'lekt/ vt.选举 employer/im'pli/ n.雇主 ; [19:35.31]example /ig'za:mpl/ n.例子 farther/'fa:/ adv.更远 ; [19:41.72]feeling/'fi:li/ n. 感情 governor/'gvn/ n.州长,地方长官 ; [19:48.40]grandmother /'grndm/ n.祖母,外婆,奶奶 Greek /gri:k/ n.希腊文 ; [19:54.95]hold/huld/vt.举行 held/held/ (过去式、过去分词) ; [20:01.08]indeed/in'di:d/ adv.真正地,实际上 interview/'intvju:/ n.会见,采访 ; [20:07.76]least /li:st/ adj.& adv.最少 at least 至少 list/list/n. 表,名单 ; [20:16.35]moment /'mumnt/ n.片刻,瞬间 nation/'nein/ n.国家 ; [20:22.49]national /'nnl/ adj.民族的,国家的 ; [20:25.76]nervously /'n:vsli/ adv.紧张地 ; [20:29.03]practise/'prktis/ vt.& vi练习,训练 problem/'prblm/ n.问题,令人困惑的事 ; [20:34.89]real/ril/ adj.真的,真正的 reporter /ri'p:t/ n.记者 ; [20:40.89]return /ri't:n/ vi. 返回,回来 rose /ruz/n.玫瑰 ; [20:47.57]sarcophagus /sa:'kfgs/n.石棺 send-off/'send'f/ n. 欢送会 ; [20:54.80]spell /spel/ vt.拼写 speller/'spel/ n. 拼写者 ; [21:01.21]spelling/'speli/ n.拼法 story/'st:ri/n.故事 ; [21:07.21]term/t:m/ n. 任期,期限,学期 title/'taitl/ n. 称号,头衔 ; [21:13.89]training/'treini/ n. 训练 travel/'trvl/ vi.旅行,旅游 ; [21:19.89]truly/'tru:li/ adv.真正地 word/w:d/n.单词 ; [21:26.43]wrong/wr/ adj.错误的,不正确的 Jefferson/'defsn/ 杰弗逊 ; [21:33.66]Margaret/'ma:grit/ (女人名) Paige/peid/(女人名) Peter/'pi:t/(男人名) ; [21:42.79]Philadelphia /,fil'delfi/费城 Pipkin/'pipkin/(姓) ; [21:49.61]Texas/'tekss/ 得克萨斯(州) Thomas/'tms/ 男人名) ; [21:56.02]Virginia /v(:)'dinj/ 弗吉尼亚(州) ; [21:57.79]Pattern drills Drill 1 -Have you ever heard of Thomas Jefferson? ; [22:04.34]-Yes,he was the third president of the United States. ; [22:07.74]-Was he born in Virginia? ; [22:09.11]-Yes,he was. He was born in Virginia in 1743. ; [22:13.20]-Was he given a good education when he was young? ; [22:16.20]-Yes,he was taught to read Greek and Latin. ; [22:19.20]-He was sent to Philadelphia as a delegate from Virginia wasn't he? ; [22:23.15]-Yes,he was asked to write an important document. ; [22:27.10]-Was this document accepted by the Congress? -Yes,it was. ; [22:31.47]-When was it accepted by the Congress? -on July 4, 1776. ; [22:37.47]-He was elected governor of Virginia after he returned, wasn't he? ; [22:41.42]-Yes, he was twice governor of Virginia. ; [22:44.28]-When was he made president of the United States? ; [22:47.69]-He was made president of the United States when he was 57. ; [22:51.92]And he was in office for two terms. Drill 2 Example: ; [22:59.83]The employer gave me an interview. I was given an interview. ; [23:07.73]An interview was given to me. ; [23:11.82]Text T-E-N-S-l-O-N ; [23:17.82]It is a good feeling to know that you are the best at something you enjoy doing. ; [23:22.32]One person might like to be the world's greatest driver; ; [23:26.00]another may want to swim farther than anyone else. ; [23:29.69]People who can do these things are called champions. ; [23:33.23]They earn that title through many hours of training, practicing or studying ; [23:38.27]and by having a lot of determination. ; [23:41.55]When Paige Pipkin from Texas was twelve years old,she wanted to be a champion speller. ; [23:47.96]She could already spell words that many others could not, ; [23:52.05]but she knew that a real champion had to spell every word that he or she was asked. ; [23:58.32]She studied many lists of words and learned all the rules for correct spelling. ; [24:03.50]In some languages spelling is not a problem. ; [24:06.36]Words are so easy to spell that no one ever thinks of having a spelling contest. ; [24:11.68]Words are so difficult to spell in English, however, ; [24:14.95]that most people can not write a letter correctly without having to look up ; [24:19.31]at least one word in a dictionary to see how it is spelled. ; [24:24.50]Paige Pipkin became such a capable speller ; [24:28.04]that she was able to win many contests-so many that she traveled to Washington. D. C. ; [24:34.31]to compete in the national spelling contest that is held there each year. ; [24:39.36]When finally there were only two spellers left,Paige learned how difficult ; [24:43.99]it was to be the very best:she spelled her last word wrong. ; [24:48.77]She was proud to be the second best speller in the United States, ; [24:52.31]but she was sorry not to return to Texas as a champion. ; [24:56.26]This is not the end of the story. Paige,a very determined young lady, ; [25:01.58]continued to compete in spelling contests. A year later, when she was thirteen, ; [25:07.17]she again found her- self competing in the nation's capital. ; [25:10.58]This time her last word was sarcophagus. If she could spell that word, ; [25:15.76]she would truly be the national champion. Slowly, nervously, but carefully, she said: ; [25:22.30]"S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G- U-S." Moments later she was given a large trophy, ; [25:33.62]and she was indeed the champion speller of the United States. ; [25:37.30]When a reporter asked Paige what she felt as she spelled her last word, ; [25:41.53]she spelled her answer for him:"T-E-N-S-l- O-N". ; [26:04.03]Lesson Thirty Words and Expressions amateur / 'mt:/ adj.& n.业余的，业余者 ; [26:14.39]applaud /'pl:d/ vt.& vi.鼓掌，喝彩 ; [26:17.66]arrangement /'reindmnt/ n.安排;布置 ; [26:21.34]assure/'u/ vt.使确信,放心 audience/':djns/ n.观众,听众 ; [26:28.29]bone/bun/ n.骨头 break/breik/ vt.& vi.弄断,折断 chicken/'tikin/n.鸡 ; [26:37.16]comedian/k'mi:djn/ n. 喜剧演员 comedy/'kamidi/n.喜剧 ; [26:44.25]customer /'kstm/ n.顾客,主顾 dish /di/ n.碟子,一个菜 ; [26:51.75]dream /dri:m/ n.& vi.梦想;作梦 entertain/,ent'tein/ vt. 款待,接待 ; [26:58.97]extremely /iks'tri:mli/ adv. 非常的,特别的 ; [27:03.33]fight/fait/ vt.打架,争斗 fought/f:t/(过去式) fought(过去分词) ; [27:11.93]funny /'fni/ adj.令人发笑的,可笑的 general /'denrl/ adj.一般的,总的 ; [27:20.38]general manager总经理 greet/gri:t/ vt.欢迎,向....致意 ; [27:28.15]idea/ai'di/ n. 主意,想法 inquire/in'kwai/ vi.问讯 ; [27:36.60]invite /in'vait/ vt.邀请 joke /duk/n.笑话 ; [27:44.37]opportunity /,p'tju:niti/ n.机会 ; [27:48.06]owner/'un/ n. 所有人,物主 patient/'peint/ n. 病人 ; [27:55.15]perform /p'f:m/ vt. &vi .表演 policeman /p'li:smn/n. 警察 ; [28:03.19]programme/'prugrm/ n.(英拼法)节目,表演 program(美拼法) raise/reiz/ vt.饲养 ; [28:10.55]reply /ri'plai/ vi.回答,答复 rheumatism /'ru:mtizm/n.风湿病 ; [28:17.37]smile /smail/vi. 微笑 sort /s:t/ vt. 整理,清理 stage/steid/n.舞台 ; [28:29.78]stand /stnd/vi. 站立 stood /stud/ (过去式、过去分词) star /sta:/n.星星明星 ; [28:42.86]surprised /s'praizd/ adj.惊讶的 trouble/'trbl/ n. 麻烦事，困难 ; [28:52.41]yard /ja:d/n.院子 Chicago /i'ka:gu/ 芝加哥(市) Howard /'haud/(姓) ; [29:04.95]Phil/fil/ (男人名,Phil(l)ip 的昵称) ; [29:06.86]Pattern Drills Drill 1 ; [29:10.95]-What were you doing at 8:00 yesterday evening? ; [29:13.81]-I was playing chess with my brother. Drill 2 ; [29:19.27]-Was Miss Wang typing a letter when you came? -No, she wasn't. ; [29:23.22]-What was she doing? -She was sorting out the files. Drill 3 ; [29:29.77]-The clock has stopped -Has it? It was work- ing just now. ; [29:35.22]-I saw Xiao Li at the hospital the other day -Did you? What was he doing there? ; [29:39.72]-He was visiting a sick friend. -What was going on over there? ; [29:43.95]-Two men were fighting and a policeman was trying to break them up. ; [29:49.13]Text Tomorrow's Comedians ; [29:54.45]"The doctor wanted to know all about his new patient's health. ; [29:58.67]'Do you have a problem with rheumatism?' he inquired.'Yes, I do, ' the patient replied. ; [30:05.63]'How often do you have this problem?' the doctor asked. ; [30:09.99]'Every time I try to spell it ' the lady said. " ; [30:14.62]Phil Howard, who was standing on a small stage, waited for a moment to see ; [30:19.40]if anyone laughed. Several people in the audience did laugh, ; [30:23.76]but most of them just smiled. ; [30:27.85]"Then the doctor asked her if she had ever broken any bones.'Yes, I have,'she said, ; [30:34.12]'but only when I eat chicken. '" ; [30:37.80]A couple of people applauded and some more laughed. ; [30:42.16]Phil Howard told jokes like these for another twenty minutes. ; [30:46.66]He always wanted to be a comedian, and now he had the opportunity to work ; [30:50.89]before a real audience A few years ago,the owner of a club decid- ed to stop using ; [30:58.66]expensive comedy stars to entertain his customers. Now he invites amateurs, ; [31:05.48]who cannot find jobs as comedians. He does not pay them much money, ; [31:10.52]but they are happy for the chance to perform. Some do it just for the fun, ; [31:16.39]but others have dreams that they will someday become as popular as Bob Hope, ; [31:20.89]or other world-farmous comedians. ; [31:24.98]The idea of having clubs with amateur comedians has become very popular. ; [31:30.84]Such clubs may now be found in many large cities in the United States. ; [31:36.43]Many of the young comedians tell jokes that are not extremely funny, ; [31:40.79]but that is exactly why it is fun to watch them. ; [31:45.97]A college student in a Chicago club greeted his audience with a story about a neighbor ; [31:51.97]who raised chickens. "The trouble is, " he said, ; [31:56.47]"these chickens kept coming into my yard, so one night I put some eggs in my yard ; [32:03.29]and went out the morn- ing and collected them My surprised neighbor watched ; [32:08.47]as I picked up the eggs, and those chick- ens never came into my yard again! " ;

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