【正文】 afraid of making a mistake. Doctor: I see. Please take off your shirt and lie down. Patient: Yes, doctor. (The doctor examines the patient.) Doctor: Well, there39。s nothing much wrong with you. You39。re working too hard and worrying too much. Patient: Can you give me some medicine to help me to sleep, doctor? Doctor: I can but I39。m not going to. You don39。t need medicine. You need advice. Don39。t work too hard. Don39。t worry about your work. Take regular exercise. Patient: But I may lose my job, doctor. It39。s hard to get a job like mine. Doctor: Then get an easier one, even if you earn less money. Which would you rather have, health or wealth? Patient: You39。re right, doctor. It39。s more important to be healthy than wealthy. I39。ll change my job. Thank you for your advice. Doctor: Come and see me again in a month39。s time. I think you39。ll be a different man! UNIT11 SCRIPT Cindy: I39。ve just moved into a new place and I39。m having a housewarming party next Sunday, May 23rd. Would you like to e, Sally? Sally: I39。d love to. What39。s your new address, Cindy? Cindy: No. 30, 41st Street. Sally: Would you like me to e early? I can help get things ready. Cindy: That would be nice. Could you e around 6? The party begins at 7. Sally: Fine. Who39。ll be there? Cindy: Oh, Tom, Linda, Bob and Laura. You39。ll know them. Would you like to bring someone? Sally: I really would like you to meet my brother. He39。ll be home from Washington on Saturday morning. Do you mind if I bring him? Cindy: No, not at all. The more people, the merrier. SCRIPT Going to a Party Jake: Hi, great to see you, Kate! Come in. Kate: Hi, Jake. Uh ... I39。m not the first, am I? Jake: No, the others are all in the dining room. The food39。s in there. Let me take your coat. Kate: Thanks. Oh, I brought you some flowers. Jake: Thank you. I39。ll put them in some water right away. Kate: Where39。s Amy? Jake: I think she39。s in the dining room with the others. Oh, here she es. Amy: Hi, Kate. I like your dress. Kate: Thanks. Amy: Have you had something to eat, Kate? Kate: No, not yet. Amy: The vegetables and dip are over there, help yourself. Kate: Thank you. Amy: There39。s some salad over here. And there are some potato chips and nuts on the table. Kate: OK, see you later. (Music playing) Jake: Hey, Kate, not dancing? Kate: No, I39。m just hanging out. Jake: This is a great song, isn39。t it? Do you want to dance? Kate: Sure, why not? (Guests leaving) Amy: Well, here39。s your coat. Thanks for ing. Kate: It was nice of you to invite me. I really enjoyed myself. Amy: Good. You39。ve got to e to Jake39。s birthday party next month. Kate: Thank you. I39。d be delighted. SCRIPT Who Was the Small Man? It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, Come in! and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar for a drink. The man sat there happily for an hour and drank. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at his host. Do you know, he said, nobody invited me to this party. I don39。t know you, I don39。t know your wife, and I don39。t know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests had parked his car in front of our house. So I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to e back. UNIT12 SCRIPT W: Good morning, Bill. M: Hello, Helen. How was the party last night? Did you have a good time? W: Oh, yes. We met a lot of people. We talked, and drank. It was a lot of fun. M: What about Carol? Was she there? W: Yes. And so was Jenny. They enjoyed the party very much, too. By the way, I didn39。t see you. Where were you? M: Me? Oh, I stayed at home. W: Why didn39。t you go? M: I wasn39。t invited. That39。s why! SCRIPT What Makes a Good Party? Ron: What do you think makes a good party, Alice? Alice: Um ... I think, Ron, the place is really important. It should be big enough but not too big. Do you agree, Gee? Gee: Yes, it needs to be quite crowded to create an atmosphere ... and dark. Ron: Oh, no, Gee. I don39。t like it when you can39。t see who you39。re talking to. Gee: No ... no, I mean soft lighting. But the most important thing is the food and drink. Alice: Oh, yes. There must be lots of drink and enough food. It39。s terrible when there isn39。t enough food. Ron: What sort of food do you think is good for parties? Alice: Um, the sort of thing you can eat with your fingers. I mean, you don39。t want to have loads of washingup at the end of the party. Ron: Actually, I think the music is the most important thing. Loud, but not too loud, and the sort of music you can dance to. Gee: I think you need to prepare party CDs with all the best dance tracks, then you don39。t have to worry about it. Alice: But what about people? That39。s quite important, isn39。t it? Gee: Um, yes, you do need people for a party! Alice: No, I ... I mean the right people. You need some party animals who get up and start the dancing. Ron: And you need a mix of men and women. I went to a party recently where there were five women for every man. Gee: Sounds all right to me. Alice: Oh, shut up. So what do you think are the three most important things? Ron: Food and drink, music and the right mix of people. Gee: Right. SCRIPT Great Party, Isn39。t It? Tony: Great party, isn39。t it? Lenore: Fantastic. And the food is wonderful. Tony: By the way, I39。m Tony. Lenore: Hi, Tony. I39。m Lenore. Nice to meet you. Tony: You too ... Lenore39。s an interesting name ... are you from the States? Lenore: Actually, I was born in Switzerland. My dad39。s Swiss. But I grew up in New York. How about you?