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专四口试真题
Taskl: Retelling a story
① I once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. Joh n Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talki ng about in the middle of a sen ten ce. His wife had to con sta ntly remind him about his meetings, his classes - even
his meals! ② Once he forgot he had eate n breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remi nd her neighbors, “If John didn ' t have his head tied on.
He would forget that too! ” ③ Since Smith was a
professor at a well-k nown uni versity, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn ' t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very abse nt- min ded.
④ One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to
take his childre n to a seaside tow n about a three-hour tra in ride away. To make the trip more in teresti ng for his young childre n, he kept the n ame
of the tow n a secret. ⑤ However, by the time they
arrived at the statio n, Smith forgot the n ame of the tow n he was pla nning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happe ned to be in the stati on. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.
⑥ The professor ' s wife was surprised to see him aga in so soon.
“ Oh, my dear, I forgot the n ame the tow n. ”
“ What? You forgot the n ame? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I ' ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please don ' t forget where you put it. ”
⑦ Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husba nd off aga in. Ten minu tes later she was ast oni shed to see him outside the house for the third time.
“ What is the matter now? ”
“As you told me, I didn ' t forget where I put the
n ame of that tow n, but I forgot where I left our children! ”
Task2: Talki ng on a give n topic
Directi ons: Describe a teacher of yours