【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 David!57. Come on now. Lilian will be here any moment. What’s the matter with you, David? Are you alright?58. That’ll be her now. Oh, put that beer away, at least!59. Darling!60. Lilian, this is David.61. So, this is your charming husband. You’re right, darling, he’s terribly goodlooking. Lovely to meet you, David. I’ve heard of such a lot about you and your family.62. What? What have you heard?63. David, why not go and make some tea? OK darling?64. Oh, yeah. Sure.65. This is our apartment, then. What do you think?66. But it’s so small, darling!67. Yes, it’s tiny, only 50 square meters in fact. Still there is enough room here for me and David and our little baby.68. I’m just dying to meet her, of course. Listen darling, between you and me.69. Here’s the tea and some cookies. Milk and sugar Lillian?70. Lots of sugar, but no milk please, David.71. We were just talking about the apartment, darling while you were in the kitchen. My daddy bought it for us. He’d do anything for us and it only cost $150,000. A nice neighborhood two parks only short away.72. Uh, parks are boring!73. Well, we’re very near all the big stores too. Of course, we chose all the furniture ourselves, yes, you, Or…we did…didn’t we David?74. Yes, you we did.75. You see that armchair you’re sitting on, Lillian. Well you’ll never guess what’s it made from.76. Darling, I can’t imagine!77. From the skin of the baffaloes! Isn’t that incredible?78. But, darling, leather furniture’s so terribly terrible last year! Anyway, I don’t think David’s very interested in the conversation, are you? David?79. Eh? Oh, you know, its all the same to me.80. You have a far away foreign look in your eyes. Something must be on your mind, I guess.81. Perhaps. Yes you know.82. Look darling, Lillian’s cup is empty. Why don’t you go and get more tea?83. Sure I’ll just be a moment.84. Tell me, Juanita, darling, is it true what they said about David?85. Is what true? What says? What are you talking about?86. Here’s the tea.87. That was quick.88. That’s because we cook by gas here and not by electricity, you see. Gas is so much quicker. What about you?89. I have an electric stove but who cares?90. Now Lilian, let me show you around the apartment. Come on David.91. Oh, uh, yes.92. This is the bedroom.93. The bed’s enormous! It must be two meters wide!94. But it’s much too soft. Soft beds are terrible for sleeping in.95. Are they? Now you see the curtains and the wallpaper?96. Yes, what about them?97. Well they’ve the same pattern. Didn’t you notice?98. Oh, yes darling. How terribly clever of you.99. Who is this handsome mysterious man?100. That’s , that was my father.101. Your father I’m dying to hear all about him.102. Why don’t you go and see if Siegsmonta needs changing darling.103. OK, fine.104. Now, my dear, you’ve just got to tell me is it true that David’s father was a member of an international criminal gang, and that he was murdered by his boss?Wele to EOL travel. Our destination today is one of American’s favorite cities, San Francisco. It’s a thriving and prosperous business center, of course. But has more reminders of the past than most American cities, such as the famous cable cars.Historic and ultra modern building can be found side by side, even in the downtown area. Shopping and above all, eating, out, are very popular activities in this sociable and extravert city. is built on a series of very steep hills, which have figured in innumerable movies.Nob hill, for instance, has been the scene of many hairraising car chases.The city was found in1776 by Spanish settlers and still today has many very large immigrants munities, notably Chinese, Hispanic and Japanese .So it’s not surprising that should have one of the largest Catholic cathedrals in the whole united States. St. Mary’s a cathedral was built in the 1981’s to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire in1962.But this very diverse and often unconventional city is home t many different groups and munities. The largest of all the immigrants munities here is the Chinese. ’s chinatown is said to be the largest Chinese city in the world outside Asia. It contains much more than the restaurants and food stores there, which one can find in many other cities. Here there are the Chinese –owned businesses of all kinds. And there are fruit and vegetable markets and a rich and varied street life, which is not often found in American cities.Downtown is so much more than a business center. It’s a place to live, to shop, and to meet friends. The city is famous for the creativity of its inhabitants, which often expresses itself in unexpected and unconventional ways. The sea is never very far away in . and the waterfront has bee a major focus for tourism as well as for fishing and transportation. There are over 40 piers containing art galleries, restaurants, theatres and innumerable shops. And the Asian influence is over present, too. including not only tourism, but also modes of transportation such as the cycle rickshaw. ’s waterfront offers many different attractions, most of them related ,in some way to the sea. We can even find fish and chips here, British style. Though it’s pretty certain that the portions will be larger. Most visitors to pay a visit to Alcatrax Island, sight of the famous prison closed in 1963 and, since 1973, open to the public. We shouldn’t leave without mentioning gold. It was the discovery of gold in these hills in the 1840s which first attracted large numbers of settlers to the area. But today’s visitors e for very different reasons. offers a bination of visual attractiveness, cultural richness, and quality of life which is equaled by few cities in the world.4 won’t he’d been such a5 dear repeating heard6 get7you won’t9here10 wrong11Everything’s12Ok 13 Can I have14 about15 It’s important could I16 For 17