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Michael Forster was a young film pro- ducer.He wanted aparticular actress,Sari-na Chan,to act in his next
film.However,Sarina always chose her films very carefully andworked only with famous people.
Michael was not at all famous.In fact,he was stillplanning his first film.He knew it would be difficult topersuade the actress to work for him.
He decided to take her out to dinner."I 'll
try
to Impress her,"he thought."Then she'll act in my film."
Sarina agreed to have dinner with him.He chose the mostexpensive restau-rant in the city and paid the waiter togreet them by name and give them the best table.
When Michael and the actress arrived,the head waiterhurried up to them.
"Good evening,Mr.Forster.Good evening,Miss Chan,"he said."Please come this way.Your table is ready for you."
He led them to a table near the win-dow,and then anotherwaiter came up im-mediately and took their order.
During the meal,Michael noticed that Herbert Grange wasin the restau-rant.Grange was a very famous producer indeed.
When Grange left his table to go to the toilet,Michaelasked Sarina to excuse him,and went to the toilet as well.
As Grange was washing his hands,Michael said,"Mr.Grange,please help me.I'm trying to persuade Sarina Chan to act inmy film,but she doesn't think I'm im- portant enough. Wouldyou be kind enough to come over to my table,slap me on theback and say,'Good to see you,Michael.We must have lunch againsoon'?"
Herbert Grange smiled."O.K.,"he said."Anything to help anambitious young man."
Michael returned to his table.A few minutes later HerbertGrange came up to him,slapped him on the back and said,"Goodto see you,Michael.We must have lunch again soon."
Michael looked up at him angrily and said,"Oh,go away,Herbie,can't you see I'm busy!"
New Words and Expressions
EXERCISE Ⅰ
1.Choose the best answer a,b,c or d,to these questionsabout the story.
在a、b、c、d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A.Why did Michael Forster invite Sarina Chan out to dinner?
(a) He wanted to meet Herbert Grange.
(b)He was hungry.
(c)She was famous and he wanted to be seen with her.
(d)He wanted her to work on his first film.
B.Michael Forster
(a)was famous.
(b)was unknown.
(c)had produced many films.
(d)was an actor.
C.Michael
(a)didn't impress the actress.
(b)couldn't get her to work for him.
(c)bribed the waiter.
(d)greeted the waiter by name.
D.What did Michael do halfway through the meal?
(a)followed Mr.Grange
(b)persuaded Miss Chan
(c)attacked the waiter
(d)slapped Mr.Grange on the back
E.How did Michael react to Mr.Grange?
(a)laughed at his joke
(b)shook his hand
(c)thanked him heartily
(d)pretended he was annoyed
2.Match these questions about the story to their correctanswers,and write the correct number of the answer besideeach question.
为下列有关本故事的问题配上正确的答案，并将正确答案的号数写在相应的问题旁。
______(a)What kind of people did Sarina prefer to workwith?
______(b)What did Michael want to do?
______(c)Where did they dine?
______(d)What did Michael ask Mr.Grange to do?
______(e)How did Mr.Grange do that?
(1)at an expensive restaurant
(2)impress Sarina
(3)pretend to be his friend
(4)he spoke to Michael in a friendly way
(5)famous ones
3.Look at the words or phrases under- lined in thesentences below.Find words or phrases in the story that aresimilar in meaning and write them in the spaces pro-vided.
仔细阅读下列句子中划线的词或短语，在故事中找出与它们意思相似的词或短语并将其写在空白处。
(a) Michael was someone who puts up the money and
───────────────────organises the making of films.___________________________
(b)The waiter took them to a particular table.
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(c)Sarina Chan was a movie actress.______________________
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(d)Michael was determined to suc-ceed.__________________
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(e)Michael wanted to make Sarina think he was important.
───___________________________________
4.Give the forms shown in parentheses of the followingwords.
按所示词性写出与下列词相应的词。
(a)smiled(noun)______________________
(b)persuade(adjective)_______________
(c)dinner(verb)______________________
(d)chose(noun)_______________________
(e)greet(noun)_______________________
5.Complete the following paragraph about the story byputting in the missing words in their correct form.
在下列有关本故事的段落中填上所缺的词，并将它们变成正确的形式。
One night Michael Forster( a) ______Sarina Chan out todinner.Michael wanted to persuade Sarina to( b) ______in hisfirst movie.(c) ______the meal he saw Herbert Grange,thefamous(d)________.He asked Herbert to come over to his tableand(e)________him on the back.Herbert(f)________to do so,butwhen he did,Michael told him to go away!
6.Guess the answers to the follow-ing.All the words arefound in the story.
你能猜出下列问题的答案吗？全部答案都可在故事中找到。
(a)a certain type,different from others(10 letters)_______
(b)prepared(5 letters)________
(c)say hello to someone(5 letters)________
(d)remarked(7 letters)________
(e)try to convince someone to do something(8 letters)_____
Usage用法说明
TOOK THEIR ORDER
故事中说服务员走过来“请他们点菜”，英文是took their order。也就是说问他们要吃点什么。order一词在本句中是名词， 表示“所点的菜”，但order也可用作动词，意为“点菜”（to tell the waiterwhat you want）。
Order作为动词：
Waiter,I'd like to order now please.
What would you like to order,miss?
I've already ordered,thank you.
What did you order for lunch?
Order作为名词：
She gave the waiter her order.
The waitress brought us our order.
当order用作名词时，常与动词take连用。
Excuse me,could you take our order,please?
Can I take your order now?
The waiter took our order,then brought us some coffee.
如果你到美国的餐馆里去吃饭，你必须要学会如何使用这些词。
你也可以在不是餐馆的场景下用order一词。比如：
I'd like to order a birthday cake.I will pick it uptomorrow.
We don't have that book in right now,sir,but I can orderit for you.
EXERCISE Ⅱ
Complete the following conversation taking place in arestaurant.Fill in the blanks with the correct form of theverb to order,or take with the noun order.
下列一段话是写餐馆内的情况，在空白处填入to order或take加上名词order的正确形式。
Cindy,Tim and Joe went to a restau-rant.The waitress cameup and (a)______their(b)______.At first they just( c) ______drinks.Cindy(d)______a beer and Tim and Joe both had coffee.Later the waitress came back and asked them what they'd like(e)______for dinner.Joe was going( f) ______steak,but Cindysaid the seafood there was excellent,so they all(g) ______fishand shrimps.After the waitress(h)______all their(i)______,shewent to give their(j)______to the chef.
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