大学英语专业四级听力短篇练习：20

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　　That Isn\'t Our Fault

　　Mr. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twenty-three, and she was

　　twenty. Twenty-five years later, they had a big party, and a photographer came

　　and took some photographs of them.

　　Then the photographer gave Mrs. Williams a card and said, "They\'ll be ready

　　next Wednesday. You can get them from studio."

　　"No," Mrs. Williams said, "please send them to us.

　　The photographs arrived a week later, but Mrs. Williams was not happy when

　　she saw them. She got into her car and drove to the photographer\'s studio. She

　　went inside and said angrily, "You took some photographs of me and my husband

　　last week, but I\' m not going to pay for them."

　　"Oh, why not?" the photographer asked.

　　"Because my husband looks like a monkey," Mrs. Williams said.

　　"Well," the photographer answered, "that isn\'t our fault. Why didn’t you

　　think of that before you married him?"(148 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　fault n.过错，缺点，毛病

　　—Who broke the cup?

　　—It\'s my fault, I dropped it.

　　--谁把杯子摔了?

　　一这是我的过错，我摔的。

　　That\'s no fault of his. 这不是他的过错。

　　The fault lies with me, not with you. 这是我的责任，不是你的责任。

　　photographer n.摄影师

　　photograph n. 照片

　　take a photograph of 拍摄

　　studio n.照相室，工作室，画室

　　art studio 美术工作室

　　broadcast studio 播出演播室，广播播音室

　　TV studio电视演播室

　　film Studio电影制片厂，电视制片演播室

　　radio studio播音室

　　A Kind Neighbor

　　Mr. and Mrs. Jones\' apartment was full of luggage, packages, furniture and

　　boxes. Both of them were very busy when they heard the doorbell ring. Mrs. Jones

　　went to open it and she saw a middle-aged lady outside. The lady said she lived

　　next door. Mrs. Jones invited her to come in and apologized because there was no

　　place for her to sit. "Oh, that\'s OK," said the lady. "I just come to welcome

　　you to your new home. As you know, in some parts of this city neighbors are not

　　friendly at all. There are some apartment houses where people don\'t know any of

　　their neighbors, not even the ones next door. But in this building everyone is

　　very friendly with everyone else.

　　We are like one big happy family. I\'m sure you\'ll be very happy here." Mr.

　　and Mrs. Jones said, "But madam, we are not new dwellers in this apartment.

　　We’ve lived here for two years. We’re moving out tomorrow."(163 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　luggage n. 行李，皮箱

　　a piece of luggag 一件行李

　　check one\'s luggage寄存行李，打行李票

　　luggage-rack(火车上的)行李架

　　excess luggage超重行李

　　hand luggage手提行李(旅客随身携带)

　　personal luggage 随身(小件)行李

　　registered luggage托运的行李

　　package n.包裹，包

　　dweller n.居住者，居民

　　dwell vi.居留;居住

　　dwell in the country 住在乡下

　　dwell in someone\'s mind留在某人脑海里

　　dwelli joy沉浸于欢乐之中

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