【大学英语视听说上】绕口令 & 道歉对话 练习

1：

Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not.

Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot.

We'll weather the weather whether we like it or not.

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2：

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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3：

I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

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4：

How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies?

A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

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5：

She sells sea shells by the seashore.

The shells she sells are surely seashells.

So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.

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6：

A: You take a bus to meet your boyfriend girlfriend for lunch in a shopping center. However, it's Saturday and the traffic is terrible. To make matters worse, the road is blocked because of a car accident, so you have to walk three blocks to get to the shopping center. You are late. Apologize to your boyfriend / girlfriend.

B: You are meeting your girlfriend / boyfriend for lunch in a shopping center. She /He is apologizing for being late. Tell her / him you think she / he should have come by subway because it is Saturday. Accept the apology and tell her / him not to take the bus to the shopping center on Saturdays. Imagine the situation of being late for a date described as above and write a conversation based on that.

A: Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late. The traffic was a nightmare, and there was a car accident on the way, so I had to walk three blocks to get here.

B: It's alright, don't worry about it. I understand that traffic can be unpredictable. But you know, maybe on Saturdays, you should consider taking the subway instead of the bus. It might be more reliable.

A: You're absolutely right. I should have thought about that. I'll make sure to do that next time. Again, I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting.

B: No problem at all. Let's not dwell on it. The important thing is that we're together now. So, what do you feel like having for lunch?