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hello hello hi today we look at how to

talk about problems about things going

wrong for example losing something this

is where I keep the things that I don't

want to lose this is my briefcase

briefcase

in here I keep important papers my

wallet

with driving license checkbook all very

important things that I don't want to

lose at ma p advertising Tom Hall has a

meeting with James Brady and Julia Marsh

but James and Julia are late

Rita our James and Julia there we have a

meeting at 2:30 in it

sorry I'm late oh it's alright Rina

where have you been at the police

station

we're at the police station

I've lost my briefcase or perhaps

somebody's taken it I don't know oh no

what happened

sit down was there anything important in

it important my checkbook all the papers

I need for work my appointment book

oh that's terrible

but how did you lose your briefcase well

as you know I was with a client all

morning and we had lunch together after

I had lunch I went shopping and when I

wanted to buy something I couldn't find

my checkbook then I remembered that it

was in my briefcase and my briefcase was

in my car so you went back to your car I

went back to my car no briefcase and

then you went to the police

oh not immediately before I went to the

police station I called the clients

office and no luck

they said the briefcase wasn't there

James where are you

julia has lost her briefcase with a lot

of important things in it but how and

when after I had lunch I went shopping

when I wanted to buy something I

couldn't find my checkbook before I went

to the police station I called the

clients office but Julia had no luck she

has lost her briefcase have you ever

lost anything important

I've lost my car keys before now that

caused me great problems no I've never

lost anything important

I have lost an important thing I lost my

wedding ring at one time but fortunately

I was able to find it again

a boat I had in the early 1970s an old

wooden boat on which I lived and I went

away for a few days and came back to

on the bottom of the canal no I've

always found it again if I thought I'd

lost hits fortunately though no yes I've

lost a lot of things

back to em AP advertising Julia Marsh

came late to a meeting with Tom Hall

because she lost her briefcase but why

is James late James where are you I'm at

a garage I've had an accident an

accident are you all right

don't worry it's not serious I'm not

hurt but I can't drive the car the rear

lights are broken what happened I was at

the traffic lights when somebody hit me

from behind his brakes didn't work no

James can you come to the office now we

have a meeting remember oh good I'll see

you in half an hour

goodbye he's okay he's getting a taxi

yes yes there is Julia Marsh really I'll

tell her it was very kind of you to call

goodbye that was the manager of the

Europa restaurant just after lunch today

he found a black leather briefcase under

a table when he opened the case he found

a lot of papers he said that they had to

name em AP on them and he found a

checkbook with the name Marsh on it J

Marsh J for Julia oh dear poor Julia and

James is not at the meeting because he's

had an accident

I was at the traffic lights

when somebody hit me from behind

and what happened when the restaurant

manager opened julia's briefcase when he

opened the case he found a lot of papers

and these papers had the ma p name on

them of course the briefcase is Julia's

so her problem is over but now here's

another kind of problem

what's the matter before I went to bed I

had 20 legs yes

I slipped for a month then what happened

well when I woke up my legs were gone no

I have these do this

Christene bar is a firefighter in

California she describes the day when

the town of Oakland near San Francisco

caught fire I got to work at 8:00 a.m.

and did my usual duties checking the

engine I was the driver that day so I

made sure my engine was in shape and all

the gear was ready

my captain informed me that we would

spend a couple of hours testing hydrants

then we would shop for lunch and dinner

then we came back to the station around

noon and it was at that time that we

turned on the TV and we began to hear

the report of the fire

by eleven o'clock this morning the fire

was nothing more than a small grass fire

it was almost out then 25 mile an hour

winds bested and it was as if gasoline

was being poured from the sky flames

rose 20 feet high and smoke blanketed

Buckingham Boulevard

we got on highway 101 and with our

lights and sirens going once we cross

the Bay Bridge and we're heading toward

Berkeley I be I looked up and I could

see the flames on the bridges and I was

I was shocked when we turned a corner we

saw a 30-foot jet of gas shoot out at us

a broken gas line when we turned another

corner there was a sputtering

transformer raining Sparks and

everywhere there were downed power lines

and burning vegetation exploding trees

while we were on Broadway Terrace we

were asked to fight an attic fire in one

of the homes after we made entry into

the house we climbed up a narrow

staircase into a small child's room and

I only had a second to look around me

before the room filled with smoke and it

was too hot to stand up so we backed out

down the staircase

as we were coming down the stairs I saw

photographs hanging on the wall and I

felt at that point that these people

were going to lose their home and I

thought that if I could take the

pictures they would at least have

something so I snatched him off the wall

and I I grabbed a towel and I wrapped

him in a towel and I hunched over him so

that they wouldn't get wet and I put him

down in the neighbor's yard

it was unbelievable to see so much

burning at once and it was like someone

had dropped a bomb on Oakland

what are those photos of my weekend in

the country oh yes did you enjoy it

yes it was lovely nothing went wrong no

everything was great well the weather

wasn't very good oh and I lost a

suitcase oh my car goodbye


知识点

重点词汇
san [sɑ:n] abbr. 存储区域网（Storage Area Networking） n. (San)人名；(泰)讪；(俄、罗、刚)萨恩；(土、柬)桑；(缅)山 { :3068}

exploding [iksˈpləudɪŋ] n. 爆炸，爆发；水热炸裂 v. 爆炸（explode的ing形式） { :3106}

garage [ˈgærɑ:ʒ] n. 车库；汽车修理厂；飞机库 vt. 把……送入车库；把（汽车）开进车库 n. （阿拉伯）贾拉杰（人名） {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :3113}

terrace [ˈterəs] n. 平台；梯田；阳台 adj. （女服）叠层式的 vt. 使成梯田，使成阶地；使有平台屋顶 vi. 成阶地；成梯田；筑成坛 n. (Terrace)人名；(英)特勒斯 {cet6 toefl ielts gre :3137}

jet [dʒet] n. 喷射，喷嘴；喷气式飞机；黑玉 adj. 墨黑的 vt. 射出 vi. 射出；[航] 乘喷气式飞机 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :3144}

flames [fleɪmz] n. [化工] 火焰；火苗（flame的复数形式） { :3195}

blanketed [b'læŋkɪtɪd] adj. 封了的 v. 覆盖；遮掩（blanket的过去分词） { :3306}

California [.kæli'fɒ:njә] n. 加利福尼亚（美国一个州） { :3311}

taxi [ˈtæksi] n. 出租汽车 vt. 使滑行；用出租车送 vi. 乘出租车；滑行 {zk gk ielts :3317}

towel [ˈtaʊəl] n. 毛巾，手巾；[纸] 纸巾 vi. 用毛巾擦干身体 vt. 用毛巾擦 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :3682}

noon [nu:n] n. 中午；正午；全盛期 n. (Noon)人名；(朝)嫩；(英、巴基)努恩 {zk gk :3820}

rear [rɪə(r)] n. 后面；屁股；后方部队 adj. 后方的；后面的；背面的 vt. 培养；树立；栽种 adv. 向后；在后面 vi. 暴跳；高耸 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4033}

fortunately [ˈfɔ:tʃənətli] adv. 幸运地 {cet4 cet6 :4081}

gasoline [ˈgæsəli:n] n. 汽油 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4082}

julia [ˈdʒu:ljə] n. 朱莉娅（女子名） { :4430}

brakes [brek] n. [机][车辆] 刹车（brake的复数）；[机] 制动；刹车系统 v. [机][车辆] 刹车（brake的第三人称单数）；打碎 { :4693}

sparks [spɑ:ks] n. （船或飞机上的）无线电通信师 { :4805}

snatched [snætʃt] v. 抢夺；突然抓取；很快接受（snatch的过去分词） { :5049}

staircase [ˈsteəkeɪs] n. 楼梯 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5445}

firefighter [ˈfaɪəfaɪtə(r)] n. 消防队员 {gk :5511}

goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}

wallet [ˈwɒlɪt] n. 钱包，皮夹 n. (Wallet)人名；(英)沃利特；(法)瓦莱 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :5587}

suitcase [ˈsu:tkeɪs] n. [轻] 手提箱；衣箱 {gk cet6 toefl ielts gre :5600}

vegetation [ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn] n. 植被；植物，草木；呆板单调的生活 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :5829}

broadway ['brɒ:dwei] n. 百老汇（美国纽约市戏院集中的一条大街） { :5971}

unbelievable [ˌʌnbɪˈli:vəbl] adj. 难以置信的；不可信的 {gk :6070}

marsh [mɑ:ʃ] n. 沼泽；湿地 adj. 沼泽的；生长在沼泽地的 n. (Marsh)人名；(俄)马尔什；(英、瑞典)马什 {cet6 toefl ielts gre :6540}

Buckingham ['bʌkiŋәm] n. 白金汉宫（英国皇室） { :6582}

francisco [fræn'sɪskəʊ] n. 弗朗西斯科（男子名，等于Francis） { :6607}

EM [em] n. 西文排版行长单位 adj. 全身长的 abbr. 地球质量（earth mass）；放射（emanation）；电子邮件（email） pron. 他们（等于them） n. (Em)人名；(德、挪、罗、土)埃姆；(柬)恩 { :6683}

sirens [ˈsaiərinz] n. [铁路][船] 汽笛，警报器（siren的复数） v. 引诱；鸣笛行驶（siren的第三人称单数） { :6750}

MA [mɑ:] abbr. 文学硕士（Master of Arts）；磁放大器（magnetic amplifier）；主报警信号（main alarm） { :6756}

attic [ˈætɪk] n. 阁楼；顶楼；鼓室上的隐窝 {gre :7194}

briefcase [ˈbri:fkeɪs] n. 公文包 {ky ielts :7660}

berkeley ['bɑ:kli, 'bә:kli] n. 贝克莱（爱尔兰主教及哲学家）；伯克利（姓氏）；伯克利（美国港市） { :8189}


难点词汇
hunched [hʌntʃt] adj. 缩成一团的 v. 弯腰驼背（hunch的过去分词） { :9261}

rita [ˈri:tə] n. 丽塔（女子名） { :10397}

Brady [ ] abbr. bradycardia 心动过缓 { :10787}

sputtering ['spʌtərɪŋ] n. [电子] 溅射；喷溅涂覆法；阴极真空喷镀 v. 喷溅；发出爆裂声（sputter的ing形式） { :11175}

boulevard [ˈbu:ləvɑ:d] n. [建] 林荫大道；（美）大马路 adj. 娱乐性的 vt. 给…提供林阴大街；把…建成林阴大街 { :11580}

transformer [trænsˈfɔ:mə(r)] n. [电] 变压器；促使变化的人 {cet4 cet6 :13088}

checkbook [ˈtʃekˌbʊk] n. 支票簿 { :13113}

Europa [juә'rәupә] n. 欧罗巴（腓尼基王阿革诺耳之女）；[天] 木卫二 { :16640}

hydrants [ˈhaɪdrənts] n. 给水栓，消防龙头( hydrant的名词复数 ) { :19742}

oakland [ˈəuklənd] n. 奥克兰（美国加州西部城市） { :28477}


生僻词
rina [ ] abbr. reinitiation 再起始


词组
A bomb [ ] n. 原子弹 v. 用原子弹轰炸 [网络] 炸弹；一颗炸弹；详细

Bay Bridge [ ] un. 港湾桥 [网络] 海湾大桥；湾区大桥；姊妹桥海湾大桥

bomb on [ ] None

driving license [ˈdraiviŋ ˈlaisəns] n. 驾驶执照 [网络] 驾照；驾驶证；外国人驾照变更

drop a bomb [ ] [网络] 投弹；引起轰动；引起惊慌

dropped a bomb [ ] 投弹 引起轰动 引起惊慌

eleven o'clock [ ] [网络] 十一点；十一点钟方向

flame on [ ] [网络] 私营航天烈焰持续燃烧；火焰；喷火

get ... wet [ ] [网络] 淋湿；弄湿；变湿

get wet [ ] [网络] 淋湿；弄湿；变湿

getting wet [ ] [网络] 湿身游戏

grass fire [ ] 草地火灾，草原火灾

hunch over [ ] [网络] 弯腰驼背；指拱起背部

My Briefcase [ ] 我的公文包

no luck [nəu lʌk] [网络] 运气不佳；没有；不走运

San Francisco [,sænfrәn'siskәu] n. 旧金山 [网络] 三藩市；圣弗朗西斯科；美国旧金山

the rear [ ] [网络] 后方；后面

wedding ring [ˈwediŋ riŋ] n. 结婚戒指 [网络] 结婚戒子；结婚戒指图片；求婚戒指

wooden boat [ ] un. 木船 [网络] 小木船；可爱小木船



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