Lesson 137
A pleasant dream
美好的夢
Listen to the tape then answer this question. What would Julie like to do, if she had the money?
聽錄音,然后回答問題。如果朱莉有那筆錢,她想做什么呢?
JULIE: Are you doing the football
pools, Brain?
BRIAN: Yes, I've nearly finished, Julie.
Julie. I'm sure we'll win
something this week.
JULIE: You always say that,
but we never win anything!
What will you do
if you win a lot of money?
BRIAN: If I win a lot of money
I'll buy you a mink coat.
JULIE: I don't want a mink coat!
I want to see the world.
BRIAN: All right.
If we win a lot of money
We'll travel round the world
and we'll stay at the best
hotels. Then we'll return home
and buy a big house in the
country. We'll have a beautiful
garden and …
JULIE: But if we spend all that money
we'll be poor again.
What'll we do then?
BRIAN: If we spend all the money
we'll try and win the football
pools again.
JULIE: It's a pleasant dream
but everything depends on 'if'!
New Word and expressions 生詞和短語
football
n. 足球
pool
n. 賭注
win (won, won)
v. 贏
world
n. 世界
poor
adj. 貧窮的
depend
v. 依靠(on)
朱 莉:布賴恩,你正在下足球賽的賭注嗎?
布賴恩:是的。我這就做完了。朱莉。 我敢肯定這星期我們會贏一點的。
朱 莉:你老是那樣說,但是我們從來沒 贏過!要是你贏了許多錢,你打算 做什么呢?
布賴恩:要是我贏了許多錢,我給你買件 貂皮大衣。
朱 莉:我不要貂皮大衣。我要去見風世面。
布賴恩:好吧。要是我們贏了很多錢,我們 就去周游世界,并且往最好的旅館。 然后我們返回家園,在鄉(xiāng)下買幢大 房子。我們將有一個漂亮的花園和 ……
朱 莉:但是如果我們把所有錢都花光了, 我們又會變窮的。那時我們怎么 辦呢?
布賴恩:如果我們花光了所有錢,我們設法 在足球賽賭注上再贏一次。
朱 莉:這是個美好的夢,但一切都取決于 “如果”!