英語口語大贏家Topic157:賣報Selling Newspaper

阿美陪着古奇到報亭買IC卡，結果卻得到了一份兼職，好像很不錯哦，一起來看看吧！

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Gucci: What did the boss say?

May: He asked me if I'd like to be a newspaper salesperson?

Gucci: You are still student so I don't think you should have time for that.

May: Don't worry about that. He said I can do that at spare time. Anyway, it's just a part-time job.

Gucci: Okay, then. What kind of newspaper he wants you to sell?

May: It's a weekly newspaper named “Olympic English”. So I need to be here only on Sunday.

Gucci: Sounds interesting. Especially that we are Olympic Volunteers.

May: That's exactly what I am thinking about, And also it's a good way to get social experiences.

Gucci: And a good way to get some pocket money.

May: Let's do it together.

Gucci: I'll say yes. Wait a minute. I need an IC card.

May: For what? You have a telephone at home, don't you?

Gucci: Yes, but I don't want my Mom to tap my phone when I call Clive.

聽看學

古奇：老闆說什麼？

阿美：他問我願不願意做報紙促銷員？

古奇：你還是學生怎麼會有時間做這個。

阿美：這個倒不用擔心。他說我可以用空餘時間做。不管怎樣，只是個兼職啊。

古奇：那挺好的。他想讓你賣什麼樣的報紙呢？

阿美：是一份叫《奧運英語》的週刊。所以我只需要每個週日來這裏就可以了。

古奇：聽起來很有趣。尤其是我們還是奧運志願者。

阿美：我也是這麼想的。這也是增長社會經驗的好方法。

古奇：同時也是掙點零花錢的好方法。

阿美：那讓我們一起做吧。

古奇：我同意啊。等一下，我要買一張IC卡。

阿美：爲什麼？你們家有電話機，不是嗎？

古奇：是的，但是我給克萊夫打電話的時候我不想讓我媽媽偷聽啊。

經典背誦 Recitation

Gucci: My mom taps my phone when I call my boyfriend which makes me upset. So I've decided to use the IC card. It's convenient, cheap and also safe. You can buy them everywhere, even at the newsstands. It's funny that I got a part-time job last time when I was buying an IC card.

生詞小結

spare adj. 多餘的

part-time job 兼職

weekly n. 週刊

social experience 社會經驗

pocket money 零用錢

tap vt. 竊聽

語音小結

祈使句的語調 Pronunciation

1．表示命令，語氣強硬的祈使句，句末用降調

Don't open the door.↘ 不準開門。

Don't be stupid.↘ 不準犯傻。

2．表示鼓勵，態度親切或客氣的請求的祈使句，句末用升調。

Don't worry about that. ↗ 別擔心。

Let's do it together. ↗ 讓我們一起做吧。

3．表示懇切地請求，或責備或表示關心的急切警告時用降升調，第一個重讀音節用降調，句末用升調。

Don't ↘ open the door. ↗別開門。（天氣冷的）

Don't ↘ eat so much cheese. ↗ 別吃這麼多奶酪。（太多奶酪對身體不好）

朗讀訓練：

Don't waste time.

Have a good time.

Do come tomorrow.

Let me have a close look at you.

Don't forget the changes after buying some newspaper.