英语口语培训教程12级

EF Level 12

Unit 1

GEORGE: Hi Ally. We just got the new design in for the magazine ad we are placing next month. Have you seen it? ALLY: No, not yet. Do you have a copy?

GEORGE: Yes, here's the first draft. Check it out. What do you think?

draft:版本

ALLY: Hmmm. Well I don't know. We are trying to target an older audience. Maybe we should have a picture of older people?

traget: 到达，找到

GEORGE: Yes, I agree. I have stock photos of some older people on hand. I'll try putting those in. How do you feel about the text?

on hand: 附近，能接触到

ALLY: It's ok, but we should make the company logo bigger and put it in the center.

logo:主题，标志

GEORGE: OK. What about the colors? Do you think it's too dark?

ALLY: No, I think the colors capture the mood. We want the ad to make people feel like this is a sophisticated drink for sophisticated people, and I think this does that. When will the ad be published?

GEORGE: Next month. Right before the holidays.

ALLY: Good, that should stimulate our holiday sales. Are we running any other promotions?

promotions: 增加

GEORGE: Yes, we are sponsoring a play next month and will have a sampling booth in the theater. And we are also shooting a TV ad next month.

booth: 免费试吃摊位

ALLY: Great. I really hope these ads pay off . Sales have been down for the last few months.

pay off:值得做这次研究

GEORGE: Me, too. Well, I'll have the changes on this magazine ad ready for you by Friday and then we can send in the final proof . Is that OK?

final proof:最后一个要编辑的版本

ALLY: Sounds good George. Thanks for your help.

Unti 2

MICHELLE:Where are you taking your students on their field trip?

field trip:learning trip usually done for research or school

JUANA: If it's possible, we are going to the national forest.

MICHELLE: Why do you say if possible?

JUANA: Look at the sky! It's been nothing but rainy and bitter cold. I hope it doesn’t rain.

MICHELLE: And if it does?

JUANA: If it rains, we'll either get soaking wet or reschedule.

repeats 'if it rains' to emphasize her point

'soaking wet' is very wet

MICHELLE: But . . . thinking about it, are you sure you want to take them there?

used this way, it is an expression of reconsideration

JUANA: Why wouldn't I want to take an ecology class to a national forest?

national forest: special forest lands protected by many nations.

MICHELLE: When I hiked there last year, I saw lots of logging. There were still trees along the river. But up the hillside and clear onto the plateau, the trees were gone.

JUANA: That's exactly what I wanted my students to see.

MICHELLE:You plan to show your class mass deforestation?