最新版：大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)背單詞練聽(tīng)力(Unit Five)

　　聽(tīng)力擴(kuò)展：

　　One rainy Sunday afternoon, a young couple was on their way to their Church to get married. On the way there, their car slammed into a telephone pole—killing them both instantly.

　　The couple soon found themselves standing in front of St. Peter, welcoming them to Heaven. The young woman asked Peter if they could get married in Heaven. A month later, St. Peter found them and announced that they could—in fact—get married in Heaven.

　　To his surprise, the woman asked, “Just wondering, if things don’t work out will we be able to get a divorce?” With a stern look in his eye, Peter blurted out, “Look, lady. It took me a month to find a preacher up here. You really think I�餸 gonna find a lawyer?”

　　星期天下午，雨正下個(gè)不停。一對(duì)年輕情侶正在去往教堂結(jié)婚的路上。轎車(chē)在途中猛然撞到電話亭上，兩人當(dāng)場(chǎng)斃命。

　　他們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)自己站在圣•彼得面前，歡迎他們來(lái)到天堂。年輕女子問(wèn)彼得他們是否可以在天堂結(jié)婚。一個(gè)月后，彼得找到他們并向他們宣布說(shuō)，他們可以在天堂結(jié)婚。

　　令彼得驚訝的是，這名女子問(wèn)道：“我想問(wèn)問(wèn)，如果我們合不來(lái)可以離婚么?”彼得神情嚴(yán)肅地脫口而出：“女士，我花了一個(gè)月的時(shí)間才找到一個(gè)牧師。你覺(jué)得我會(huì)再找來(lái)一個(gè)律師嗎?”

　　【注】slam v. 猛烈撞擊;stern a. 嚴(yán)厲的，嚴(yán)肅的;blurt v. 沖口說(shuō)出

　　annoy v. 使……苦惱，騷擾

　　例：A fly kept annoying me. 一只蒼蠅老在打攪我。annoy sb. by doing sth. 因做某事使某人生氣/困擾拓展：annoyance n. 煩惱，可厭之事;annoyed a. 煩悶的;annoying a. 惱人的，討厭的

　　聽(tīng)力擴(kuò)展： “How annoying!” an aged female servant complained to another young female servant, “You know, I have to repeat such a word for a whole day—‘Yes, Madam!’ ‘Yes, Madam!’ ‘Yes, Madam!’” “I am also annoyed!” said the girl servant, “I also have to repeat such a word for a whole day—‘No, sir!’ ‘No, sir!’ ‘No, sir!’” “真煩人!”上了年紀(jì)的女服務(wù)員向年輕的服務(wù)員抱怨，“你說(shuō)，我一整天都要重復(fù)同樣的話，‘好的，夫人!’‘好的，夫人!’‘好的，夫人!’” “我也覺(jué)得很煩!”年輕的姑娘說(shuō)，“我每天也要重復(fù)同樣的話‘不，先生!’‘不，先生!’‘不，先生!’”

　　annual a. ①每年的 ②年度的;n. ①年刊 ②年鑒

　　例：The firm has an annual turnover of 75 million. 這家公司的年?duì)I業(yè)額為7500萬(wàn)英鎊。拓展：annually ad. 每年;annualized a. 按年計(jì)算的

　　聽(tīng)力擴(kuò)展：

　　Client: I’d like to open a savings account.

　　Staff: I’ll help you with it.

　　Client: What kind of savings accounts do you have?

　　Staff: We have three-month, six-month and twelve-month maturities.

　　Client:I want a six�瞞onth maturity.

　　Staff: All right.

　　Client: I want to open a time deposit account.

　　Staff: How long do you want to keep your money in the bank?

　　Client: One year. What�餾 the annual interest rate?

　　Staff: At present, it is 0.215 percent. It varies from time to time.

　　Client: Can I take out the money before the maturity date?

　　Staff: You can, but you will not get the high interest rate.

　　客戶：我想開(kāi)個(gè)存款賬戶。

　　職員：我來(lái)幫您辦理。

　　客戶：你們有什么種類的存款賬戶?

　　職員：我們有三個(gè)月、六個(gè)月和十二個(gè)月的。

　　客戶：我想辦一個(gè)六個(gè)月的。

　　職員：好的。

　　客戶：我想開(kāi)個(gè)定期存款賬戶。

　　職員：您想要存多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?

　　客戶：一年，年利率是多少?

　　職員：目前是0.215%。利率時(shí)常變化。

　　客戶：我可以在存款到期前取款嗎?

　　職員：可以，但你就得不到高利率了。

　　【注】savings account n. 存款賬戶;time deposit n. 定期存款;maturity date n. 到期日