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The Weekend-Boxing(C0120)A:Welcome back,boxing fans!My name is Rick Fields,and here with me is the man with an iron jaw,Bob Copeland.B:Thank you,Rick!We are coming to you live from Las Vegas!We’re in the beautiful MGM Grand Hotel and Casino where the world heavyweight championship is about to get under way!A:That’s right Bob!We are about to witness the legendary Italian Stallion himself,Rocky Balboa, square off against his lifetime rival,Apollo Creed!This will be a gruesome match for sure.B:Bothfighters are in the ring,and we are about to begin.C:In the blue corner,weighing in at two hundred and twenty pounds,the former heavyweight cham-pion of the world,”The Master of Disaster”,the one and only,Apollo Creed!In the red corner, weighing two hundred and eighteen pounds and with a record of forty-seven wins and thirty-seven knockouts,the undefeated,undisputed,heavy-weight champion of the world,the”Italian Stal-lion”,Rocky Balboa!A:There is the bell and thisfight is underway!Apollo quickly attacks Rocky with quick strong jabs!Rocky dodges successfully and counterat-tacks with a strong right hook!B:Apollo is cut!Rocky landed a strong blow to his right eyebrow and cut him!A:This is his chance!Rocky quickly throws a left, right,another left!Apollo is getting pounded!B:Apollo recovers with a powerful haymaker and catches Rocky off guard!He’s down!the ref starts the count!C:1,2,3,4,5,.....Key Vocabularygruesome Adjective causes horror or disgust square off principleverb,presentsimpleto prepare tofightland principleverb,presentsimplelanddodges principleverb,presentsimple avoid being hit by somethingpounded principleverb,pastsimplehit hard multiple times Supplementary Vocabularymouth guard commonnoun,sin-gular a plastic protective piece placed inside the mouth to protect the teethtrunks commonnoun,plu-ral shorts worn for swim-ming or athleticsjock strap commonnoun,sin-gular an elasticated belt with a pouch to support the genitals,worn by male athleteshead butt commonnoun,sin-gular a quick strong blow with the headlow blow commonnoun,sin-gular an ilegal blow below the waist。

The Office - Out Of Control Spending (C0013)A: OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let’s go over the profit and loss statement.B: Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, is that our expenses are through the roof.A: Let’s see... These numbers are off the charts!What’s going on here!B: Well, um, sir, the company expenditures on en- tertainment and travel are out of control. Look at these bills for example. Just this month we’ve paid over twenty thousand dollars for hotel charges!A: OK, thank you. I’ll look into it.B: The list goes on and on. Here, this is a bill for five thousand dollars for spa treatments!A: Thank you; that will be all. I’ll take care of it.B: Look at this one sir, eight thousand dollars were spent in one night at a place called ”WildThings”?!A: OK, I get it!! Thank you for your very thorough analysis!Key Vocabularygo over phrase revise, checkthrough theroofphrase suddenly very highoff the charts phrase very highexpenditures commonnoun, plu-ral amount of money spent on somethingout of control phrase not in controllook into principleverb, WillFuture investigate, try to get information about somethinggo on and on phrase continuestake care of principleverb, WillFuturedo something about Supplementary Vocabularyrevenue commonnoun, non-variable cash flow commonnoun, non-variable amount of money paid to a businessthe movement of money into and out of a busi- nessthe bottom line phrase the net profit; theamount of money abusiness m akes a fter e x-pensesfinances commonnoun, non-variable the amount of money you have and how well it is organizedincome commonnoun, non-variable assets commonnoun, plu-ral the amount of money a person or a company makesthings of value that are owned by a companyA：好的，所以现在是我们最后一项议程。

The Office-Bad news,boss.(C0108)A:...Now that we have been over the gory details of our disastrousfirst quarter,Ed!Give us some good news.How are things looking for us in terms of sales this month?B:Uh well...would you like the bad newsfirst or the really bad news?A:What?Ed,don’t tell me you only have bad news! B:Well sir,our sales have dropped,no plunged,fifty percent in the past month alone.We are currently overstocked and overstaffed and our profits are falling fast.The market is in recession and we have no way of moving our inventory,or getting rid of our staff.If we consider redundancies,it would cost us a fortune because of the new reg-ulations governing compensation packages.It’s a real mess.A:For crying out loud...How fast are we losing money?B:Um...how can I put this?Let’s just say that at this pace,we will befiling for Chapter eleven in less than three months.A:What!Geez!How could this have happened?So what’s the bad news?B:Oh,that’s the really bad news.Our supplier suf-fered QC problems and,well,half of our produc-tion is faulty.We’re going to have to recall all items sold in the last quarter.And the worst part?We’re going to have to shoulder this cost.A:Are you joking?Get the supplier on the line now!They have to assume the costs of this mess!B:We tried that,sir.The factory has gone under and the owner apparently hasfled the country.A:We’re doomed!B:There is some really good news though!A:Really?What!B:I got offered a new job!Key Vocabularygory details phrase all the small details lay it on me phrase tell me the bad news plunge verb drop down suddenlyand quickly disastrous Adjective very bad;having badresultsin terms of phrase regarding,about(be)over-stocked verb having too many thingsto sell(be)over-staffed verb have too many employ-eesinventory commonnoun,non-variable the amount of products you have to sellget rid of remove or take awaysomething that is an-noyingredundancies commonnoun,plu-ral layoffs;ending employ-ment of stafffor money reasonsshoulder the cost verb be responsible for thecostgovern verb rulefor crying out loud phrase used to express anger orannoyancechapter elven phrase bankruptcy;owingmore money than youcan payquality control the process of control-ling the quality of pro-duction(quality con-trol)Supplementary Vocabularybroke Adjective having no money(infor-mal)hit rock bot-tom phrase The lowest possiblelevel or absolute bot-tommargin commonnoun,sin-gular the minimum return below which an enter-prise becomes unprof-itablerevenue commonnoun,sin-gular the entire amount of in-come before any deduc-tions are madeskyrocket verb cause to rise rapidlyand suddenly。

The Weekend - Road Trip (C0006)A: So, are we all ready to go?B: Yup, I think so. The car’s packed; we have munchies and music, and the map’s in the car. A: Did you get the camera?B: Got it! Did you fill up the tank?A: Yup, it’s all set.B: You’re sure we’re not forgetting anything?A: I’m sure... we’ve got all our bases covered.B: Well… let’s get going then! I love road trips!B: Um... do you think we can make a pit stop?A: But we’ve only been on the road for ten minutes. B: I know, but I forgot to go to the bathroom before we left.Key Vocabularyall ready to go phrase prepared, ready to leave packed Adjective full, everything is inside munchies commonsnacks, foodnoun, non-variablefill up the tank phrase put gas in the carall set phrase readygot all thephrase have everything ready bases cov-eredget going phrase start, leave, depart road trip phrase long car trippit stop phrase quick stop for food orgasSupplementary Vocabularytrunk commonnoun, sin-the luggage area of a cargularpassenger commonnoun, sin-person in a car, not the drivergularfreeway commonnoun, sin-highwaygularrental car phrase a car you rent, a car youpay to borrow highway toll phrase fee paid for using thehighwayA：那么，我们都准备好出发了吗?都准备好出发：all ready to goB：是的，我想是的。