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　　大耳朵英語里面的聽力材料乍看一下挺平凡的，但卻有著生活的味道。

　　大耳朵英語聽力：family

　　Beginner

　　A: Who is Cindy’s husband?

　　B: Cindy’s husband is Ron.

　　A: How many children do Cindy and Ron have?

　　B: They have two children-one son and one daughter-as well as one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law.

　　A: Do they have any grandchildren?

　　B: Yes, they have three grandchildren-one girl and two boys.

　　A: Does their daughter get along well with her in-laws?

　　B: Yes, she gets along with them quite well.

　　A: Do they have a large family?

　　B: Their family is very similar to Cindy and Ron’s family.

　　Intermediate

　　A: How many people are in your family?

　　B: As you know, china has a single-child policy. Therefore , there’s just my husband, my daughter and I. What about in your family?

　　A: I have one daughter and one son. Then there’s my husband and I . What about your parents? Do they live with your family?

　　B: Not anymore. They live with my brother now. and yours?

　　A: My parents live by themselves now. When they get older, they’ll probably go to a retirement home. Do you just have one brother?

　　B: No, I have two older brothers and one younger sister. What about you?

　　A: I also grew up in a big family. I have one older brother and three younger sisters.

　　B: How long have you been married?

　　A: About seven years now. and you?

　　B: I ‘ve been married for about five years. What do you think about divorce?

　　A: It’s becoming more and more common. However, I don’t ever want to get divorced myself! What about you?

　　B: If my husband cheated on me or treated me badly, I would get a divorce.

　　A: If that happens, maybe you could marry my brother and we could become in-laws!

　　B: (ha ha) I’ll keep that in mind, but don’t tell my husband.

　　A; Of course not!

　　大耳朵英語聽力：friends

　　Beginner

　　A: I had a big argument with david yesterday. I hope he’s not still mad at me.

　　B: what did you argue about?

　　A: he borrowed some money from me and I needed it back. He said he didn’t have the money yet.

　　B: well, he should pay out back. It’s only fair.

　　A: yes, but is got angry with him too quickly. He probably thought that I mistrusted him. I shouldn’t have got angry.

　　B; did you lend him a lot of money?

　　A; not much. I had to pay an unexpected bill, so I needed the money back.

　　B; well, talk to him about it next time you see him. He probably feels as bad about it as you do. Close friends sometimes have disagreements. It’s nothing unusual. Neither of you said anything really nasty, did you?

　　A: no , we didn’t. I guess you’re right. We should patch things up.

　　B: of course you should. You wouldn’t want a silly argument to ruin a long friendship, would you?

　　Intermediate

　　A: what kind of qualities do you look for in your friends?

　　B: I like people who are open and friendly. Those people are usually more active and fun to be with. I like spending time with my friends. We go to bars together or play sports together.

　　A: I don’t like to make friends with people who aren’t honest. Honesty is very important to me.

　　B: I think it’s important to most people. The problem is that you can usually only find out if someone is honest by getting to know them.

　　A; you can find out from their friends.

　　B: if you know any of their friends. You can’t rely on your friends to introduce people to you all the time. You have to go out and make the first move sometimes. I also like funny people.

　　A: oh, I don’t. they don’t seem to take anything seriously. You never know when they are joking and when they are being serious.

　　B: sometimes it can be hard to tell, but if you know the person fairly well, you can usually see from their expression what they are really thinking.

　　A: it seems that we generally like different kinds of people. How is it that we are such good friends?

　　B; maybe people don’t like to have friends that are all same. Most people like a little variety in their lives-including a variety of characteristics in their friends.

　　Words

　　Old friends close friends boy/girl friends best friend mate pal buddy schoolmate classmate acquaintance lifelong friend pen-friend

　　Phrases

　　Make friends with

　　Get together

　　Be friendly with

　　Get to know

　　Introduce(to)

　　Get on well with

　　Drift apart

　　Fall out

　　大耳朵英語聽力：parties

　　Beginner

　　A: Are you going to helen’s birthday party on Friday evening?

　　B: I wouldn’t miss it for the world! It’s sure to be fun. She’s invited a lot of people. Do you think everyone will be able to get into her house?

　　A: If everyone turned up, it would be a squeeze. But a few people said that they couldn’t go. So I think it should be OK?

　　B: Are you taking anything?

　　A: I’ve got her a birthday present and I’ll take a bottle fo wine too.

　　B: That’s a good idea. She told me that she had bought plenty of food and snacks. I think it’s going to be a noisy party. I hope her neihbors don’t mind too much.

　　A: Helen gets on very well with her neighors. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went to the party too.

　　B: I’m really looking forward to it. This party is going to be a blast!

　　A: Well, don’t be late. I’ll see you on Friday at helen’s.

　　Intermediate

　　A: that was a great party. Thanks for saying behind to help me clear up.

　　B; it certainly was a great party. It’s a pity that a glass and a plate got broken and someone spilled a drink over there.

　　A: I expected that something might get broken. That doesn’t bother me. That spilled drink won’t leave a stain ,will it?

　　B: I doubt it, I ‘ll deal with it right away. Luckily it wasn’t a glass of red wine, I’ll just get a bowl of water and a cloth.

　　A: I’m going to put all the rubbish into this big plastic bag.

　　B: afterwards, we can do the washing up together. Everything will be finished within an hour. Your friend keith is really funny. I liked his magic tricks.

　　A; yes, he’s very good.. isn’t he? He told some funny stories too.

　　B: amanda told some very funny jokes. At the beginning of the party, she was being ver serious.

　　A; I think that she had a litter too much of the punch.

　　B: what did you put in that punch? It tasted great, but was quite strong.

　　A: that’s my little secret. Did you lke the snacks and I prepared?

　　B: very much. The birthday cake was delicious, wasn’t it? Emily told me that she and karen made it themselves.

　　A: that cake tasted so good! It disappeared within minutes, so I think everyone liked it a lot. How’s that stain?

　　B: all cleaned up. Are you ready to start on the washing up:

　　Words

　　Birthday chrismas music dancing fun snacks punch games chat gossip celebrate drink

　　Phrease

　　Meet new people play party games have a blast have some fun break a glass spill a drink see old friends sing karaoke