宋曉靜

Alex： Hey， Emily！ What are you doing these days？

亞歷克斯： 嘿，艾米莉！這些天你在忙什么呀？

Emily： Hi， Alex！ Im pretty busy with school stuff. Right now， Imworking on a science project.

艾米莉： 嗨，亞歷克斯！我在忙學(xué)校的事情。目前我正在做一個(gè)科學(xué)項(xiàng)目。

Alex： Oh， that sounds interesting！ Whatexactly are you doing for your project？

亞歷克斯： 哦，聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有趣！你的項(xiàng)目具體是做什么的？

Emily： Well， Im researching the effects ofdifferent temperatures on plant growth. Imsetting up experiments and collecting data.

艾米莉： 嗯，我正在研究不同溫度對(duì)植物生長(zhǎng)的影響。我正在做實(shí)驗(yàn)并收集數(shù)據(jù)。

Alex： Wow， that sounds like a lot of work. Im just playingsoccer with friends after classes. What about you？Are you playing any sports？

亞歷克斯： 哇，聽(tīng)起來(lái)可不輕松。我放學(xué)后只是和朋友們踢足球。你呢？你有參加什么體育活動(dòng)嗎？

Emily： Not really. Im focusing on my project and alsotaking part in the school drama club. Werepreparing for the annual school play.

艾米莉： 沒(méi)有呢。我專(zhuān)注于我的項(xiàng)目，還加入了學(xué)校的話(huà)劇社。我們正在準(zhǔn)備年度校園劇。

Alex： Thats cool！ I didnt know you were into acting. Whats the play about？

亞歷克斯： 酷！我之前都不知道你喜歡演戲。這出戲講的是什么？

Emily： Its a comedy this year. Were rehearsing scenes andpracticing our lines. Right now， Im playing the lead role，and its a bit challenging， but Im enjoying it.

艾米莉： 今年是一部喜劇。我們正在排練場(chǎng)景并練習(xí)臺(tái)詞。我現(xiàn)在扮演的是主角，這對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)有點(diǎn)挑戰(zhàn)，但我很喜歡。

Alex： Impressive！ Im also helping out with the school newspaper.Were interviewing teachers and students for upcomingarticles.

亞歷克斯： 厲害！我目前也在校報(bào)幫忙。我們正在為即將發(fā)表的文章采訪(fǎng)老師和學(xué)生。

Emily： Thats great！ What kind of articles are you working on？

艾米莉： 太棒了！你正在寫(xiě)什么樣的文章？

Alex： Were covering various topics — from school events tostudent achievements. Im currently interviewing the mathteacher about an upcoming math competition.

亞歷克斯： 我們的文章涵蓋各種主題——從學(xué)?；顒?dòng)到學(xué)生成就。我目前就一場(chǎng)即將舉行的數(shù)學(xué)競(jìng)賽正在采訪(fǎng)數(shù)學(xué)老師。

Emily： Sounds like a lot of action at school！ I wish I had time forthe school newspaper too. By the way， are you enjoyingthe interviews？

艾米莉： 學(xué)校里好像有很多活動(dòng)呀！我希望我也有時(shí)間參與校報(bào)的工作。順便問(wèn)一下，你喜歡采訪(fǎng)嗎？

Alex： Definitely！ Its a fantastic way to get to know more aboutour teachers and classmates. Plus， it helps improve mywriting skills.

亞歷克斯： 當(dāng)然喜歡！這是一個(gè)能更加了解老師和同學(xué)的好途徑。而且，它有助于提高我的寫(xiě)作技巧。

Emily： Well， it seems like we both have pretty busy schedules atschool， but its all worth it in the end.

艾米莉： 嗯，看起來(lái)我們?cè)趯W(xué)校都有相當(dāng)忙碌的日程，但最終一切都是值得的。

Alex： Absolutely！ The present continuous tense really captures thedynamic nature of our school lives， doesnt it？

亞歷克斯： 絕對(duì)是！現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)真的能夠捕捉到我們學(xué)校生活的動(dòng)態(tài)特性，不是嗎？

Emily： Totally！ Were constantly involved in different activities，and it makes our school experience more exciting.

艾米莉： 完全正確！我們一直參與著不同的活動(dòng)，這使得我們的學(xué)校生活更加令人興奮。

Notes：

stuff n. 事情

effect n. 影響

data n. 數(shù)據(jù)

focus on 集中（注意力）

annual adj. 年度的

comedy n. 喜劇

rehearse v. 排練

scene n. 情景；場(chǎng)景

challenging adj. 挑戰(zhàn)性的

interview v. 訪(fǎng)談；采訪(fǎng)

upcoming adj. 即將到來(lái)的

currently adv. 目前

competition n. 比賽

schedule n. 日程

worth adj. 值得

capture v. 捕捉

dynamic adj. 動(dòng)態(tài)的

constantly adv. 不斷地

involve v. （ 使）參加

I. Translate the useful daily expressions into Chinese andremember them.

1. That sounds interesting！

2. That sounds like a lot of work.

3. Thats cool！

4. Impressive！

5. Absolutely！

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given.

1. A： Whats Richard doing now？

B： He __________ __________ （sit） in his study reading an interesting storybook.

2. What __________ （exact） are you doing in that factory？

3. That Canadian professor is researching the __________ （grow） of sunflowers.

4. Jack plays the __________ （lead） role in the play.

5. Everyone was frightened by these strange __________ （event）.

6. Most of the people like watching __________ （comedy）， I believe.

7. At that time， they lived a happy countryside __________ （life）.

8. A： Is London Tower Bridge in London？

B： __________ （absolute）.

9. Id like to help __________ （organize） the party.

10. Its a good way __________ __________ （ask） our Science teacher for help.

III. Put the following into Chinese.

1. these days _______________

2. school life _______________

3. pretty busy _______________

4. various topics ____________

5. in the end ________________

6. right now ________________

7. sound like _______________

8. help improve _____________

9. focus on _________________

10. a science project _________