[00:00.00]4.2 Retelling a Story 2.Listen to the following story twice
[00:10.63]and,as you listen,fill in the blanks with missing phrases.
[00:16.14]A man came into a pet shop carrying a parrot in a bird cage.
[00:22.73]"I want to return this bird,"he said.
[00:27.32]The owner sighed at the prospect
[00:31.11]of facing yet another this-bird-won't-talk complaint,
[00:36.81]"Sir,"he said,"we guarantee that all our parrots can talk.
[00:42.81]However,we can't guarantee when they will talk.
[00:48.80]It's all spelled out on your sales receipt."
[00:53.47]"No,no,you don't understand,"the customer said.
[00:59.35]"The bird talks.I just don't like his attitude."
[01:04.97]Puzzled,the store owner said,"You're right.I don't understand.
[01:12.36]Explain it to me."The customer said,"I bought the bird a week ago.
[01:19.96]Every morning,I stood in front of his cage and asked,'Can you talk?'
[01:27.25]I did the same thing every evening.For six days,I got no response.
[01:35.06]Then,this morning,I shouted at the bird,
[01:40.65]"CAN YOU TALK,YOU STUPID CREATURE?CAN YOU TALK?"'
[01:46.16]The customer glared at the parrot.The owner asked,"So,what happened?"
[01:53.76]"That bird looked at me," the customer said,"and said,
[01:59.75]'I can talk all right.Can you fly?'"
[02:04.92]A man came into a pet shop carrying a parrot in a bird cage.
[02:12.60]"I want to return this bird,"he said.
[02:17.20]The owner sighed at the prospect
[02:20.88]of facing yet another this-bird- won't-talk complaint,
[02:26.68]"Sir,"he said,"we guarantee that all our parrots can talk.
[02:32.69]However,we can't guarantee when they will talk.
[02:38.67]It's all spelled out on your sales receipt."
[02:43.45]"No,no,you don't understand,"the customer said.
[02:49.25]"The bird talks.I just don't like his attitude."
[02:54.76]Puzzled,the store owner said,"You're right.
[03:00.01]I don't understand. Explain it to me."
[03:04.50]The customer said,"I bought the bird a week ago.
[03:09.99]Every morning,I stood in front of his cage and asked,'Can you talk?'
[03:17.28]I did the same thing every evening.For six days,I got no response.
[03:25.06]Then,this morning,I shouted at the bird,
[03:30.65]'CAN YOU TALK,YOU STUPID CREATURE? CAN YOU TALK?"'
[03:36.24]The customer glared at the parrot.The owner asked,
[03:41.75]"So,what happened?""That bird looked at me," the customer said,
[03:48.86]"and said,'I can talk all right.Can you fly?'"
[03:55.55]A man came into a pet shop carrying a parrot in a bird cage.
[04:03.25]"I want to return this bird,"he said.
[04:07.85]The owner sighed at the prospect
[04:11.64]of facing yet another this-bird-won't-talk complaint,
[04:17.33]"Sir,"he said,"we guarantee that all our parrots can talk.
[04:23.31]However,we can't guarantee when they will talk.
[04:29.32]It's all spelled out on your sales receipt."
[04:34.13]"No,no,you don't understand,"the customer said.
[04:39.93]"The bird talks.I just don't like his attitude."
[04:45.52]Puzzled,the store owner said,"You're right.
[04:50.93]I don't understand.Explain it to me."
[04:55.73]The customer said,"I bought the bird a week ago.
[05:01.22]Every morning,I stood in front of his cage and asked,
[05:06.91]'Can you talk?'I did the same thing every evening.For six days,
[05:14.72]I got no response.Then,this morning,I shouted at the bird,
[05:22.51]'CAN YOU TALK,YOU STUPID CREATURE?CAN YOU TALK?"'
[05:28.10]The customer glared at the parrot.The owner asked,
[05:33.58]"So, what happened?""That bird looked at me," the customer said,
[05:40.66]"and said,'I can talk all right.Can you fly?'"
[05:47.77]A man came into a pet shop carrying a parrot in a bird cage.
[05:54.27]"I want to return this bird,"he said.
[05:58.97]The owner sighed at the prospect
[06:02.66]of facing yet another this-bird- won't-talk complaint,
[06:08.43]"Sir,"he said,"we guarantee that all our parrots can talk.
[06:14.41]However,we can't guarantee when they will talk.
[06:20.42]It's all spelled out on your sales receipt."
[06:25.12]"No,no,you don't understand,"the customer said.
 1/2    1 2 下一页 尾页