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智课网TOEFL备考资料 托福口语场景之处理变化 Michael: Billy, why are you sitting at this desk today?  Billy: My boss has moved me to a new desk and a new job.  Michael: Is it a promotion?  Billy: No, not really. Just a new job.  Michael: How do you feel about that?  Billy: Ok. I suppose but I like my old job better.  Michael: I hate change. I just get settled in and then things change again.  Billy: They say that a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.  Michael: So change is positive?  Billy: It must be! I dont want to be in a grave yet!  迈克尔：比利，你今天怎么坐在这张桌子上？  比利：我上司让我挪到一张新桌子，并给了我一份新工作。  迈克尔：是提升吗？  比利：不，不算得。只是一份新工作而已。  迈克尔：你对此感觉如何？  比利：我觉得还行吧，不过我更喜欢我的老工作。  迈克尔：我讨厌变动。我刚刚固定下来，又要变。  比利：他们说一成不变的生活是无底的坟墓。  迈克尔：这么说变动是好事？  比利：肯定是！我还不想呆在坟墓里！  NEW WORDS 新单词  1) Promotion: an increase in pay and responsibility at work  提拔，晋升：工作中薪水和职责的增加  The general manager said that my new job was a promotion but he would not offer me more money!  总经理说我的新工作是一次升职，可他不给我加薪！  2) Rut: a track worn by a wheel, a groove in which something runs  车撤，沟，槽：车轮压出的痕迹，某物在里面运转的沟槽  At the front of my house is a rut worn by my bicycle wheel.  我的屋前是一条我的自行车轮胎轧出的车辙。  3) Grave: large hole in the ground for a coffin  坟墓：地底下存放棺材很大的洞  My parents went shopping for their grave last weekend - I hope they dont need it soon.  上周我的父母去购买他们的墓穴－但愿他们近期内不需要它。  4) Positive: good, the opposite of negative  正面的，肯定的：好的，负面的反面  Everyone said positive things about my new necktie - so it must be very good.  每个人都对我的新领带表示肯定－那么它一定很不错。  LESSON 课文  Life is full of change. Change can come in many forms: from a new job, to a new girlfriend or even choosing a new toothpaste. How you manage and cope with change is a sign of your professionalism and maturity.