英孚英语10-8_网络练习单元.pdf

Level 10 unit 8 Meet the parents EMMA: When you bring your boyfriend home to meet your parents for the first time, there are some things you just dont talk about. Politics, religion, salary, sex. Personal details about your relationship. Everybody knows this! My parents, they know this! NANCY: I am a little ashamed of [əʃeimd]难为情，害臊；对…感到羞耻；对…感到 惭愧myself. Im usually so rational [ræʃənəl] 有理性的, 合理的；理性的. But Emma brought this new boy home to meet Bob and I, and then Bob was talking about them getting married. I know what I did was unacceptable. I just care about my daughter. NANCY: I dont want her to make the wrong decisions 做出错误的决定. BOB: Yeah, well I really put my foot in my mouth 我真的说错话了, didnt I? What an idiot. Me, that is. Then Nancy got upset. But Emmas been talking about moving away lately, you know, to a far off country 去一个遥远的国家. BOB: Shes been talking about joining the Peace Corps for heavens sake! 天哪，她一直在谈论加入维和部队的事。 Why does she want to do that? Now shes met this boy that she seems really happy with. I just wanted to reassure [,ri:əʃuə] 使…安心，使消除疑虑her that I support this relationship, and Im very happy shes met somebody that she can really get on with, and that she cares about. So I suppose she might consider staying? BOB: I mean shes got a home here, a family. She doesnt have to go abroad to some completely different place. Shes got this boy that really seems to like her a lot. Why on earth would she leave? EMMA: It was just too personal. Leo has never met them before! I mean, it was offensive [əfensiv]攻击的；冒犯的；无礼的；讨厌的. I cant believe they did that. Im so embarrassed. Rule out 排除；取消；划去, 不考虑 Vocabulary: Taboo topics 1. Match the words to the correct definitions. Drag the word strips to the correct positions.