Read aloud the conversation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.

　　Connie: Hey, Jessie, wait up1!

　　Jessie: Hi, Connie. What are you doing out on the track?

　　Connie: Your mom told me I'd find you here. I didn't know you liked to jog2?

　　Jessie: I'm preparing.

　　Connie: Preparing?

　　Jessie: Yeah, for adolescence3. I was told that jogging would redistribute my baby fat and open my pores4 to help ward off5 acne6.

　　Connie: Really?

　　Jessie: Yeah, that's what I read in a jogging suit catalog.

　　Connie: Hey, can we stop for a minute?

　　Jessie: Well, I'm sorry, I don't want to break my pace7. Jog along -you can do it.

　　Connie: Uh, okay, maybe for a minute.

　　Jessie: You know, I've been thinking about our homeless committee8.

　　Connie: Yeah?

　　Jessie: I think I have an idea that will raise some money for the poor.

　　Connie: Good. Let's meet at Whit's End, 5 o'clock, to talk about it.

　　Jessie: Does that mean Miss Boss will be there, too?

　　Connie: Well, she's part of the group, Jessie. I talked to her, and she…

　　Jessie: Don't you think she's bossy?

　　Connie: Well…

　　Jessie: Be honest, Connie.

　　Connie: Well, yeah, she likes to be in charge, but…

　　Jessie: See I'm not the only one. She's got a lot of nerve9 calling me unreliable10.

　　Connie: She didn't mean it. I talked to her. She's willing to make up if you are. Jessie: Really?

　　Connie: Yeah!

　　Jessie: She'll take back11 what she said about me being unorganized?

　　Connie: Yeah, will you do it? Come to Whit's End?

　　Jessie: Well, I will if she will.

　　Connie: Uh, thank heaven. I think I'm going to pass out12.

　　Jessie: Well, do it over there on the grass, will you? I don't want to break my pace.

　　Connie: No problem.

　　注释：

　　1.wait up：(跑步或走路时为让某人赶上)停下来等候

　　2.jog:慢跑(锻炼)，jogger喜欢慢跑锻炼的人

　　3.adolescence:青春期(介于puberty发育期和adulthood成年之间)

　　用法：Soon I was hitting my adolescence, like fourteen, but I was not doing any dating.

　　很快我就进入青春期了，大概十四岁的样子吧，可我还没交异性朋友呢。

　　4.pore:毛孔

　　用法：I'm sweating from every pore.

　　我浑身在冒汗。

　　5.ward off:挡住

　　用法：He felt that the manager meant to ward off any discussion about promotion.

　　他感到经理想回避谈论升职的事。

　　6.acne: (身上长的)粉刺

　　7.pace:步调，步伐

　　8.committee:委员会

　　9.nerve:勇气(最常用意义指"神经")

　　用法：I tried to get up my nerve to leave a message on someone else's answering machine.

　　刚才我鼓足了勇气在别人的录音电话上留了言。

　　10.unreliable:不可靠的，不能信任的

　　用法：The boss never assigned any important work to the unreliable employee.

　　那个老板从来不给那个不可靠的员工分配任何重要工作。

　　11.take back:收回

　　用法：The soldiers made up their minds to take back the lost land.

　　士兵们下定决心要收回失地。

　　12.pass out:昏倒，失去知觉

　　用法：When I got the scholarship from Harvard, I thought I was going to pass out.

　　拿到哈佛奖学金的时候，我简直激动得快要晕倒了。

　　Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)

　　Victor:Helen, I'm so glad I was able to talk you into1 jogging with me.

　　Helen:It's a great way to stay in shape2 and keep fit3. Just breathe in that bracing4 fresh air.

　　Victor:Let's go.

　　Helen:Is that rain I feel?

　　Victor:No! Just a little morning dew5.

　　Helen:Well, that dew is getting a little heavier. A lot heavier!

　　Victor:Isn't it fun getting a little wet?

　　Helen:Your idea of fun is a lot different than mine!

　　Victor:See! It stopped! We no longer have to worry about getting wet. We joggers say a little rain brings good luck.

　　Helen:Then we should be the world's luckiest joggers!

　　(A big dog is chasing them.)

　　Helen:Victor! Victor! We're being chased!

　　Victor:Don't worry about that little thing.

　　Helen:It's not the little thing I'm worried about. It's the great big thing!

　　B:

　　Helen:(Falling on the road and the big dog runs away.)

　　I must look like a fright6. I even scared off7 the dogs.

　　C:

　　(A car pulls up beside her.)

　　Dodge: Helen, you look like you could use a lift.

　　Helen:I sure could, dad. See you later, Victor!

　　Victor:Bye! (Saying to himself) Poor girl! She really had it rough8 today.

　　(Sitting in the car)

　　Dodge: I have to make a short detour9. The agency handling the

　　running-shoe ad campaign is//having//a photo shoot10 nearby.

　　D:

　　Dodge:How's it going, John?

　　John:Not too good, Mr. Dodge.

　　Helen:(Seeing two guys standing there) Wow! Those gorgeous11 hunk12 models are to die for!

　　John:Our female model took sick13 and cancelled on us.

　　(Looking at Helen) Say! I think this young lady might fit the bill. She's even wearing the right running clothes!

　　Helen: (Looking worried) B-But…I look a mess!

　　John:No problem. Our stylist and makeup crew14 can take care of that. Besides, a touch of sweat and grime15 adds to the realism16 we want!

　　Dodge: Good luck, Helen. See you later.

　　Helen:Bye, dad!

　　John:(He starts to take pictures while Helen is jogging.) Beautiful! Beautiful! Keep jogging! (When he finishes) Helen, you did so well today I'd like you to join us next week for our swimsuit17 shoot.

　　注解

　　1. talk...into: persuade somebody to do something说服某人做某事

　　用法：Lisa is surely stubborn for I found it hard to talk her//into//giving up daydream to win from lottery.

　　Lisa很固执，我很难说服她停止妄想中彩票。

　　2. in shape: healthy and in good condition身体处于良好状态

　　用法：He is in good shape these days because of his jogging every morning.

　　由于每天早上坚持慢跑，他身体一直很好。

　　3. keep fit: remain healthy保持健康

　　用法：We always give best regards to students by saying："keep fit and study hard."

　　我们总是祝福学生们"学习好，身体好。"

　　4. bracing: healthy and fresh清新的、有助于健康的

　　用法：the bracing mountain air

　　山顶的清新空气

　　5. dew:露(水)drops of dew露(水)珠

　　6. fright: scary person可怕的人

　　用法：He is a fright in the company for his bad temper.

　　他脾气很坏，在公司里人见人怕。

　　7. scare...off/ scare…away：把……吓跑

　　用法：The wolf growled to the visitors in the zoo to scare them off.

　　在动物园里，狼的嚎叫声将游客们吓跑了。

　　8. rough: difficult or unpleasant艰难的、不愉快的

　　用法：to have a rough time of it

　　过得不顺

　　9. detour: a roundabout way one used temporarily when the main route is closed(因主路关闭而临时使用的)绕行路

　　用法：We made a little detour to drop Jim off on the way home.

　　在回家的路上，为了照顾到Jim下车我们稍稍绕了点儿路。

　　10. shoot: a series of photographs of the same person or people in the same place

　　(为一个人或几个人在同一地方)连续拍照

　　用法：They did a shoot on the beach in which the girls were modeling swimwear.

　　他们在海边为姑娘们身着泳装充当模特拍了一系列照片。

　　11. gorgeous: extremely pleasant令人心动的，极棒的

　　12. hunk: a handsome man with a well-developed physique有魅力的健美男子

　　13. take sick: become ill (口语用法)

　　用法：He took sick after the whole week's work without sleep.

　　他一周只是工作，没有休息，结果病倒了。

　　14. crew: the staff of a certain department or group全体工作人员

　　用法：The crew in the boat was all frightened to death upon seeing the huge iceberg coming towards them.

　　看见冰山向他们迫近，船员都吓的得要死。

　　15. grime: dust and dirt尘垢,污点

　　用法：The grime on her skirt made her quite uneasy.

　　裙子上的污垢让她感觉不自在。

　　16. realism: the tendency to represent things as they really are具有能表现出事物本来面目的特性。

　　17. swimsuit:游泳衣，又称bathing suit

　　Exercise: Turn the four mini-dialogue//into//ONE descriptive narrative. Use only indirect speech.