創(chuàng)新英語教程第一冊UNIT10

[00:04.41]1 Questions we ask about families [00:45.37]2 Talking about your family [00:55.69]Listen to the first part of a conversation [01:00.45]What are you doing after the class? Have you got time for a coffee? [01:06.51]No,I've got to go.I'm going round to my sister's for dinner. [01:12.99]She gets a bit annoyed if I'm late. [01:16.83]Oh right.Where does she live?Pinedo. [01:21.97]Right,that's nice part of town.What does she do? [01:27.54]She's a doctor.She works in the Central hospital. [01:32.58]Oh,OK.So how old is she?She must be a lot older than you. [01:39.42]Yes,she's 35 years old,so she's almost 15 years older than me. [01:47.08]Wow.That's quite a big age gap. [01:51.44]So what's she like? Do you get on? [01:55.51]Yes,she's really nice.We're actually quite similar. [02:01.47]She's probably a bit more organised than I am, [02:06.22]but she's quite funny and very easy to talk to. [02:11.55]You know,she's never treated me like a baby or her little sister. [02:17.80]That's good.So is she married? [02:22.05]Yes,she got married when she was really young. [02:27.20]I think they've been married for around twelve years. [02:32.76]It wasn't long after they graduated. [02:37.13]OK,so have they got any kids? [02:41.49]She's actually pregnant at the moment. [02:45.85]It's her first baby. [02:49.33]Really?That's great.When's it due?November. [02:54.79]Oh right.It's quite soon then. [02:58.83]Yes,it's quite exciting.It'll be my first time as an aunt. [03:04.89]Anyway,what about you? Have you got any brothers or sisters? [03:11.66]Yes,I've got two older brothers and a twin sister. [03:23.13]You're twin.Wow.Do you look very similar? [03:29.48]I don't think so.We're not identical twins,if that's what you mean. [03:35.35]Alison's a bit taler than me and her hair is darker. [03:41.00]But yes,people are always confusing us. [03:45.96]People she's met sometimes come up to me and say hello [03:51.24]and start talking to me and I've got no idea who they are. [03:56.38]Right.That must be quite annoying. [04:01.63]It's OK.I'm used to it.It can actually be quite amusing! [04:08.61]So what's she like?I mean,have you got similar personalities as well? [04:16.05]Not really.She's a lot quieter than me. [04:20.73]It's usually me who does the talking when we go out [04:25.69]and she's a more serious person than I am. [04:30.13]For example,she's very hard-working. [04:34.70]Her job's really important to her.She doesn't go out very much. [04:40.66]I guess I'M more relaxed,but she's my twin, [04:45.62]so we're always going to be quite close. [04:49.57]Jerry Taylor has the same surname as the famous Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor, [05:04.01]but that's not the only thing they have in common. [05:08.58]They're both in their seventies. [05:12.66]They were both born in England and they both then moved to America. [05:18.41]They've also both been married eight times. [05:23.37]They may be extreme examples,but in the West, [05:29.14]more and more people are getting married and divorced not just once, [05:35.10]but two or three times. [05:38.76]many political and religious leaders are worried about this growing trend. [05:45.00]I just wanted to discover why this happens and what goes wrong. [05:50.88]I went to interivew Jerry to find out. [05:55.53]So what's the longest you've been married? [06:00.99]That was my third marriage-to Lisa-Marie-and it lasted six years. [06:10.36]Sadly,she died suddenly of a heart attack. [06:15.64]She was only 40.Nobody knows why it happened. [06:21.81]She didn't smoke or drink. [06:26.17]She went out shopping one day and never came back. [06:31.21]It was terrible.She was the love of my life. [06:37.17]In some ways,we didn't have that much in common. [06:42.52]She was ten years older than me. [06:48.08]She was a teacher,but she was quiet and kind. [06:54.64]She didn't get angry about any of my bad habits. [07:00.70]My shortest marriage was my fifth one-that only lasted six days. [07:09.17]Six days!Why was it so short? [07:14.52]Martha,my fourth wife, [07:19.28]had just left me for another man and I was feeling really bad, [07:26.12]so I went on holiday. [07:29.88]One day,I was having a meal on my own in the hotel restaurant. [07:36.36]A single woman was sitting at the next table. [07:41.32]We started chatting and she joined me at my table. [07:47.10]Her name was Rita.She was really good-looking [07:53.26]and I couldn't believe she was interested in an old guy like me. [08:00.91]It turned out that her husband had just died. [08:06.16]We fell in love and got married two days later! [08:12.54]The manager of the hotel came to our wedding. [08:17.50]We had a big party with all the other guests. [08:23.75]I bought her the most expensive diamond ring I could find. [08:30.51]It cost me $ 50,000! of course,we were booked on different flights home. [08:40.75]Mine was leaving at nine in the morning,hers left at eleven. [08:47.28]When I met her flight in Los Angeles,there was no sign of her! [08:55.04]She just disappeared. [08:59.90]I never heard from her again-and she didn't send the ring back! [09:07.47]So what went wrong with all your other marrigaes? [09:13.12]Well,the frist time,I was just too young. [09:20.27]I was only 20.My girlfriend,Mary,got pregnant. [09:27.04]She was 19 and in those days,first you got married and then you had the baby. [09:36.50]The marriage lasted about a year. [09:41.64]After the baby was born,she didn't really want me around the house. [09:48.02]All my other wives told me I'm a difficult person to live with. [09:54.78]You see,I like to keep things clean and tidy. [10:01.03]Some of them didn't have the same high standards as me. [10:06.90]Little things make me really annoyed. [10:12.68]For example,some of my wives didn't fold the towels the way I like, [10:19.81]or they moved my things around. [10:24.17]Both Donna,my sixth wife, [10:28.61]and Sheryl-she was the seventh-left me because they said I was crazy. [10:37.07]The other thing is,I'm a really big fan of Elvis. [10:44.52]I love him!I have a big collection of records and Elvis bits and pieces, [10:52.59]and some of them hated that. [10:56.95]When Laura,my second wife, [11:01.71]left me,because she found out I was having an affair with Lisa-Marie, [11:08.76]she said she was happy she was going [11:12.91]because she would never have to listen to another Elvis song in her life! [11:20.18]I just couldn't believe it! [11:24.25]So,why do you keep getting married again? [11:29.89]I guess I just don't like living on my own. [11:35.77]And I still believe in finding mrs Right. [11:41.34]And maybe this time I have. [11:45.78]I met Kimberly in Graceland,the home of Elvis. [11:52.12]She loves Elvis too.And she's beautiful. [11:57.69]How long have you been married now? [12:02.36]Nine weeks and it's beautiful.

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