第二讲：

　　Part I：极速词法

　　1、a training school一所培训学校； 2、improve vt. 提高，改善；

　　3、advertisement n. 广告； 4、sunburn n. 晒斑；

　　5、river bank河岸；6、fall asleep睡过去了；7、stain n. 脏点，污点；

　　8、drip vi. 滴落，滴下； 9、single room单人间；

　　10、reservation n. 预定； 11、check vt. 查看；

　　12、check out退房； 13、check in登记入住；

　　14、included adj. 包括的，包含的；15、one more thing还有一件事；

　　16、any form of任何类型的；

　　17、public transportation 公共交通；

　　18、subway line 地铁线； 19、bus route 公交线路；

　　20、look around the city逛市区； 21、get across the street穿过街道；

　　22、get used to习惯于； 23、go sightseeing 去观光；

　　24、worth seeing 值得一看

　　Part II：极速句法

　　对话1

　　Jenny:How did you know Mr. Gao, Jack.?

　　Jack:I was learning English at a training school and he was teaching us.

　　Jenny:That’s interesting! How did you meet your girlfriend?

　　Jack:Well, I was attending Mr. Gao’s class and she was in the same class.

　　Jenny:How did you know Mr. Gao’s school?

　　Jack:I was looking for a school to improve my English and I saw their advertisement in the newspaper.

　　Jenny:Oh, I see. But how did you get the sunburn?

　　Jack:I was lying on the river bank, and I fell asleep.

　　Jenny:And how did you get that stain on your shirt?

　　Jack:Oh, I was eating an ice cream and it dripped all over.

　　对话2

　　Waitress:Hi, good afternoon. Can I help you?

　　Carol:I’d like to have a single room for one night, please.

　　Waitress:Do you have a reservation?

　　Carol:Well, I’m afraid I don’t.

　　Waitress:No problem. Let me check if we still have any room left. Oh, yes. The guest in room 301 is checking out at 4 o’clock, just in 10 minutes.

　　Carol:That’s great! I can wait for a while and then check in. By the way, is breakfast included?

　　Waitress:Yes, it is.

　　Carol:One more thing, is the hotel close by any form of public transportation?

　　Waitress:Yes, it is. There are two subway lines and 10 bus routes nearby.

　　Carol:Great. Then I can look around the city easily.

　　精美语句

　　1.Can you tell me how to improve my spoken English?—That’s easy:speak it a lot!

　　2.I need to exercise a lot in order to improve my health.

　　3.Your English has improved a lot. How did you do it?

　　4.We have put up a lot of advertisements lately.

　　5.I saw your advertisement and feel very interested in the courses you offer.

　　6.When I went to the beach, I forgot to bring my umbrella and got this sunburn.

　　7.Look at your ice cream! It’s dripping on the carpet! Oh, Good Heavens! There are so many stains already.

　　8.If you wish to have a place to stay for the night, you’d better make a reservation first.

　　9.You can take the subway to go downtown.

　　10.There aren’t enough bus routes in our city.

　　11.I plan to look around the city this afternoon.

　　12.Look at those bicycles. I’m going to have trouble getting across the street.

　　13.You’ll get used to the traffic here soon.

　　14.Would you like to go sightseeing this afternoon, or would you rather wait until tomorrow?

　　15.I hear the Tiger Hill and Zhuozheng Garden are really worth seeing.