懂你英语 Level 4 - Unit 1 - Part 3
Listening
Harry's Trips 1
Harry is an American businessman.
His job requires him to do a lot of travelling.
He takes 9 or 10 trips a year.
In the past six months he has made 5 trips.
Three were to Asia and two were to Europe.
The purpose of these trips is to attend meetings and make presentations.
Harry loves to travel and he has travelled to many countries.
Most of his trips are for one or two weeks.
His first international trip was 15 years ago when he was 20 years old.
He really wanted to see Asia, so he and his friend flew to Tokyo, Japan.
-How long are most of his trips? –for one or two weeks.
From Tokyo, they travelled around Japan for 2 weeks.
The people they met were very nice, but most of them didn’t speak English.
Harry tried to speak a little Japanese, but it was difficult.
He didn’t do very well.
When he spoke to people, most of them just looked at him.
They didn’t understand what he was trying to say.
From Japan they went to Korea for a week, and then they went to China.
In China, they visited the Great Wall near Beijing.
They stayed in Beijing for a few days and then boarded a train for Shanghai.
It was an overnight train with sleeping cars.
During the journey, they enjoyed looking out the window at the countryside.
The view from the train was wonderful.
Harry will never forget watching the sun go down in the evening.
It was a beautiful sunset.
The journey to Shanghai took many hours, but it was an unforgettable experience.
On the train, they met a Chinese professor who spoke English.
He was a middle-aged man whose hair was turning grey.
He told them about how things were changing in China.
It was wonderful to watch him as he was speaking.
His eyes were full of energy and excitement.
They only stayed in Shanghai for a couple of days.
Then they returned to the US and went back to school.
They had one more year to finish their studies.
Harry's Trips 2
Harry’s next few trips were to different parts of the world.
He went to Europe twice, each time to different countries.
On one trip, he travelled through the UK and France.
On the next trip, he went to Italy and Greece.
After Europe he travelled to Mexico and South America.
In South America, he went to Argentina and Brazil.
He enjoyed watching some great soccer matches.
Then he decided to go back to Asia.
But this time he went to Southeast Asia.
He visited Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore.
Each country had a charm of its own.
After all this travel, Harry decided to make travel part of his career.
He didn’t want to work only in the US.
He didn’t want to work only with Americans.
He wanted to experience other countries and other cultures.
His dream was to work for an international company.
five years ago his dream came true.
Now he's working for a German hi-tech company.
As part of his job, he has to travel a lot.
As a result, he has been to many cities and countries.
And he has met many interesting people.
Vocabulary
dental problem
A dental cavity is a hole in a tooth.
A cavity is caused by bacteria in the mouth.
Brushing your teeth frequently and regularly can help prevent cavities.
A cracked tooth can be caused by biting down on something hard.
Dentists treat a cracked tooth by covering it with a crown.
A dental X-ray is a picture of your teeth and gums.
An X-ray shows what can’t be seen on the surface of the teeth and gums.
Braces are used by dentists to strengthen teeth over a period of years.
Though braces are usually for children, they can also be used for adults with crooked teeth.
To extract a tooth means to remove it from the mouth.
Dentists have to pull hard to extract a tooth.
Braces are used on people with crooked teeth or after an injury.
Biting down on something hard can be very painful.
Dentist often inject something into the gum to block the pain during the extraction process.
internal Organs
The heart pumps blood to all parts of the body through a system of arteries and veins.
It’s located in the chest, between the lungs, and it beats about once per second.
The kidneys remove waste and toxins from the blood.
They are bean-shaped organs and are about 10 cm long and 6 cm wide.
The lungs exchange oxygen from the air with carbon dioxide from the blood.
They expand when inhaling air and contract when exhaling air.
The stomach is blow the heart and is part of the digestive system.
It uses acids to digest food before passing it to the small intestine.
The bladder is a balloon-shaped organ that collects urine from the kidneys.
In an adult, the bladder can hold about half a liter of urine.
Dialogue
Officer：Good evening, sir. You were driving too fast.
Driver：really? Was I?
Officer：Yes, you were going well above the speed limit.
Driver：I’m sorry officer.
Officer：OK, I need to see your driver’s license.
Driver：Here’s my driver’s license.
Officer：Your license has expired. Are you aware of that?
Driver：No sir, that’s a surprise. I didn’t know.
Officer：It has expired more than a year ago.
Officer：Is this your car?
Driver：No sir. It’s a friend’s. I’m borrowing it for a night.
Officer：Get out of the car and put your hands behind your back.
Driver：Why officer? What have I done?
Officer：Just do as I say.
Driver：OK, officer, I’m cooperating. Please don’t push me.
Officer：Get your hands behind your back.
Driver：OK, OK.
Officer：I’m not asking you, I’m ordering you.
Driver：Please officer, I haven’t done anything wrong.
Officer：Stay still, and don’t say anything. This is a stolen car. Are you aware of that?
Driver：Are you going to arrest me?
Officer：What do you think? That’s what we do with car thieves.
Driver：If you let me go, I’ll give you a couple of thousand dollars. I haven’t hurt anybody.
Officer：So now you are trying to bribe me. How stupid can you be?
Driver：I just don’t want to go back to jail. Give me a break.
Officer：Sure, you’re a nice guy. I’d like to give you a break. But there’s nothing I can do.
Driver：Please officer.
Officer：OK, where’s the money? Let me see it, and I’ll think about it.
