大学体验英语(二)

Talk about it > Exercise 9

9. Work in pairs to discuss the following given topics.

You can record or write down what you want to say.

Task 1: Retell the story you've just learned with the help of the following information.Don't refer back to the passage until you have finished.

　　1.What happened to Paul one day when he was a child?
　　Tips:
　　　　hit one's finger with
　　　　hurt
　　　　nobody around
　　　　pick up the phone and call...

　　2. What did the operator Sally do for Paul?
　　Tips:
　　　　not bleeding
　　　　chip off
　　　　help
　　　　comfort

　　3.How did Paul get in touch with Sally a few years later?
　　Tips:
　　　　on one's way to
　　　　change planes
　　　　recognize one's voice
　　　　make a joke

　　4.What did Sally's colleague tell Paul three months later?
　　Tips:
　　　　die
　　　　leave a message for
　　　　sing in other worlds
　　　　understand

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Task 1
1.Once there was a little boy from Seattle named Paul. He hit his finger with a hammer and it hurt a lot. There was nobody around at home to help him, so he picked up the phone to call "Information, please." This is how Paul got to know a very kind operator named Sally, who became his friend later.

2. After Sally got to know that his mother was not at home, she told him what he could do to make his finger stop hurting and help it heal. Fortunately he wasn't bleeding. Following her advice, he chipped off a piece of ice from the icebox and held it to his finger. From then on, Paul got a lot of help and concern from Sally. For example, she helped him with some of his lessons. And when his pet bird died she tried to comfort him, by convincing him that the bird was going to sing in other worlds. When he was in his teens, he left town and grew up, but he kept thinking about her.

3. A few years later, on his way to college, he passed through Seattle while changing planes for another town. He had thirty minutes, so he dialed "Information." When he heard Sally's voice he asked his usual question. To his surprise, she still recognized his voice and even made a joke about his hurt finger. Sally encouraged him to call her again.

4.Three months later he returned to Seattle and called for Sally, but another operator answered, The operator told him that Sally died five weeks before. After making sure he was Paul, the operator said Sally had left a message for him that (like the dead bird) she had other worlds to sing in. Paul understood what she meant.