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生活英语对话 Episode 8: The newcomer

本单元是关于新来的客人的对话

Alice: Hi Michal! Look what I found in a box, near the rubbish bins outside the hospital. Can you believe someone wanted to throw her away! Isn\'t she adorable?

Michal: What are you going to call her? How about Bronka? That\'s a good Polish name.

Alice: Mm, I think she looks more like a Co-Co...Oh, hi Helen, meet our new flatmate. We just need to find a name for her.

Helen: Em, I don\'t think so. You know we\'re not allowed pets in the flat. It\'s against the rules.

Vocabulary:(词汇)

A landlord (n, male)/a landlady (n, female): someone who owns a flat or house which s/he rents to other people

permission (n, uncountable): to ask someone\'s permission means to ask someone to allow you to do something

adorable (adj, usually to refer to children or animals): very cute, loveable

Meat, potato and two veg (informal and short for): Meat, potato and two vegetables (a very traditional British meal)

本单元的语言点是同音字不同形的词,下面是英语中同音但不同形的词汇。

A homophone is a word which is pronounced the same as another word but spelt differently. For example, two (She has two sisters), too (Can I have a coffee too please?) and to (I\'m going to lunch).

Homophones from episode 8:(第8节对话里的同音字)

Hi and High

Hi, how are you?

At 12 o\'clock the sun is high in the sky.

In and Inn

Come in and have a cup of tea.

\'Inn\' is an old-fashioned word for \'pub\'.

Meet and Meat

Do you want to meet later for a drink?

She\'s a vegetarian so she doesn\'t eat fish or meat.

Our and Hour

This is our house.

He was waiting for you for over an hour.

New and knew

I love your new dress!

I knew the answer as soon as she asked the question.

We and Wee

We (my husband and I) would love you to come and stay.

Scottish people say \'wee\' for \'small\' or \'little\'.

Need and Knead

We\'re hungry so we need some food.

To make bread you have to knead the dough (a mixture of flour and water).

So and Sew

It\'s raining so you need to use your umbrella.

Will you sew a button on this shirt for me please?

You and Ewe

You need to do more studying.

You can get wool from a ram (a male sheep) or a ewe (a female sheep).

Know and No

Do you know where the nearest Post Office is please?

No, I don\'t know where it is, sorry.

Not and Knot

2 + 2 is not 5.

If you tie string in a knot, it\'s very difficult to untie it.

Allowed and Aloud

You\'re not allowed to smoke in this office.

When I was very young, my mum used to read aloud to me every night.

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