【正文】 6 Nora: Congratulations! You’ d failed it three times. Now wonder you’ re beaming. What’ s the other good news? John: The multinational I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary. Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful. John: I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar? Nora: Why not? Now Your Turn Task 1 SAMPLE DIALOG A: You look furious. What happened? B: Nothing. I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’ t ask. A: Come on. You shouldn’t keep your feeling to yourself. You need to let off some stream. So, talk tome. B: All right. This morning I went to a shop to buy a digital camera, I only need an ordinary one. It is enough for my tours in the summer vacation. Buy they persuaded me to buy a professional camera, which cost three times as much. A: But you were willing to buy for it. Anyway, it must work better. B: You see, I know next to nothing about photography. So they simply tricked me into buying an expensive one. A: No wonder you’ re livid with rage. I’ d be mad too if I were robbed like that. What are you going to do? B: I already went back to them and asked to exchange it for a cheaper one. A: What did they say? B: Oh, they were rude. They insisted that they hadn’t encouraged me to buy a professional camera, and that I bought it myself. A: Sounds like you got a raw deal! B: What’ s worse, as I was leaving, I heard they say, “ That guy looks broke. He shouldn’t have bought any camera.” A: Don’ t let it get to you. Better ignore their rude remarks. B: I agree. I did manage to keep my cool. A: Well, the best thing you can do is to file a plaint with the Consumer Protection Agency. If they talk to the shop, maybe they will give you a refund. B: Sounds too good to be true. 7 V. Let’ s Talk Script Hello, everyone. Today I invite you to join me in an exploration off the causes of depression. There ate many factors involved, but I believe some deserve special attention. Heredity certainly plays a role. .The tendency to develop depression may be inherited。 you’ re suffering a “ disjunction” . 14 Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction? Stylist: Your hair does not match you. Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I’ d like to hear how you’ d solve this socalled problem. Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds. Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about the? uh? disjunction, as you call it. Stylist: We’ re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we’ ll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel? .This tuft in the back we’ ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it’ s the new you! Nick: I love it. It’ s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What’ s wrong? Don’ t you see harmony in my new hairstyle? Stylist: Something’ s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement. Nick: For heaven’ s sake, tell me what’ s missing. Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will bee a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but? Nick: Do it. Fet the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction? Stylist: That’ s? $135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted. 6. When the stylist mentions $60, what does the customer say? 7. What does the stylist think about the customer’ s hairstyle? 8. What will the stylist do with the customer’ s hair? 9. What will streaking do to the man’ s hair according to the stylist? is the passage mainly about? Keys: For Reference: 1. It means there is no match between you and your hair. 2. That’ s? $135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted. Task 2: The Voice Lift Script After the facelift, the forehead tightened, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice. 15 For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don’ t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there’ s a procedure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift. There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants (S5) inserted through an incision in the (S6) neck bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger. (S8) The voice lift is being more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger. “ I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,” said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, “ I don’ t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a great improvement.” (S10) Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice. Task3: A View of Happiness Script Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Men’ s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Women’ s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons. Men’ s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women’ s botox use fell 8 percent. And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, women’ s use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 pe