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01.StagesofLife人生阶段WordsStormadolescence青春期puberty发育期bringup教育、抚养strictupbringing严厉的教育career/occupation职业self-employed自己经营reachmiddleage人到中年uptight紧张的,心情焦躁的challenge挑战literature文学freelance(writer)自由作家fictionbook小说magazinearticle期刊文章strangeexperience奇特的经历independent独立自主的definitely明确的turning-point转折点divorce离婚quiteelderly上了年纪oldandgrey头发花白Emma：Youknow,Aiden,Idon’tknowmuchaboutyou.Wherewereyouborn?Aiden：IwasborninLondon,butIspentmostofmychildhoodinHongKong.E:Whatwasyourchildhoodlike?A:Ihadaprettystrictupbringing,andmyparentsandIwerealwaysfightingaboutit.E:Doyougetalongwithyourparentsnow?A:Ohsure.Oncetheyreachedmiddleage,theybecamealotlessuptight.E:Wheredidyougotouniversity?A:MyparentswantmetostayinHongKong,butIdecidedtogobacktoEngland.IgraduatedfromOxfordUniversitywithadegreeinEnglishLiterature.E:Whatisyourcurrentoccupation?A:I‘mafreelancewriter.Iwritemagazinearticlesandfictionbooks.E:Didyoualwaysknowthatyouwantedtobeawriter?A:No,Ididn’t.IwasanEnglishteacherforaboutfiveyears,butbythetimeIwas30,IdecidedIwantedafreshchallenge.E:Howdidyoustartwriting?A:Istartedwritingmagazinearticlesforfunandeventuallywasaskedtowriteabook,soIwasprettylucky.E:Areyouwritingabooknow?A:Yes,it’saboutagroupoffriendslivinginaforeigncountryandallthestrangeexperiencestheyhave.E:Soundsinteresting.A:Whatwasthebiggestturningpointinyourlife?E:IguessIwouldsaythatwouldbemovingoutofmyparents’houseforthefirsttime.A:Really?Whyisthat?E:AfterImovedoutofmyparents’home,Ibecamealotmoreindependent.A:Whatwouldyousaywasthelowestpointinyourlife?E:Thatwoulddefinitelybegettingadivorce.A:Whatwentwrong?E:Wejustweren’trightforeachother.A:Howlongwereyoumarried?E:Thatmarriageonlylastedaboutayear.A:Haveyouremarriedsincethen?E:Yes,IgotmarriedtoamanthatImetshortlyafterIdivorcedmyfirsthusband.A:Doyouthinkyou’llevergetadivorceagain?E:Ihopenot.Myfirstmarriagewasamistake,butthisoneisn’t.A:Howlonghaveyoubeenmarried?E:About15yearsnow.A:Doyouthinkyou’llstilllovehimwhenhe’soldandgrey?E:Ithinkso.Hopefullywe’llhavealongandhappylifetogether.A:I’msureyouwill.02.FirstImpressions第一印象WordsStormheightandbuild身材体型tallandslim身材高挑mediumheightandbuild身材中等stout结实的、矮胖的skinny骨瘦嶙峋的plump\chubby丰满的、圆胖的elegant文雅端庄的gorgeous美艳的ugly丑陋的plain普通的straight直发wavy大波浪curly小卷发dyedhair染发fairhair金发blond(e)金发碧眼bald\balding秃头partedinthemiddle中分头ponytail马尾long\shortplaits长\短辫noticeablefeature明显特征freckles雀斑piercedear耳洞tattoo刺青纹身angular棱角分明的scar疤痕beard络腮胡子moustache上唇小胡子contactlenses隐形眼镜birthmark胎记badskin粗糙的皮肤deepvoice低沉的声音lovelycomplexion较好的面容blinddate相亲athletic运动型的、健美的frightening令人恐惧的lip嘴唇gum齿根、牙床chin下巴transplant移植Halloween万圣节、鬼节mask面具Madison:Jacob,areyouinterestedinhelpingmeoutandgoingonablinddatewithafriendofmine?J:Thatdepends.Whatdoesshelooklike?M:Well,she’sgotabeautifulfaceandlongcurlyredhair.J:Howtallisshe?M:She’sfairlytall,maybe2inchestallerthanme.J:Isshechubby?M:Notatall.She’sactuallyveryathletic.J:Soundslikeshe’sprettygoodlooking.Doesshewearglasses?M:No,butshedoeswearcontactlenses.J:How’sherskin?M:She’sgotagorgeouscomplexionwithafewfrecklesonhernose.J:Doesshehaveanypiercingsortattoos?M:Ithinkshehasanear’spiercedandshedefinitelyhasafewtattoos:oneonherlowerback,oneonherneck,andoneonherleftfoot.J:What’sthetattooonherfootlike?M:It’sabutterfly-everyoneinherfamilyhasone.J:Evenhermom?M:Yes,evenhermom.J:What’sherpersonalitylike.M:She’salotlikeme.J:Sothereissomethingwrongwithher!Itwasbeginningtosoundlikeshewastoogoodtobetrue!J:Didyouseetheguyonthefrontpageofthenewspaperthismorning?M:No,Ihaven’thadthechancetoreadthepaperyet.J:You’vegottoseeit.It’sanunbelievablepicture!M:What’ssointerestingaboutit?J:Well,thisguyfellasleeponthesofaandwhenhewokeup,halfhisfacehadbeenbittenoff!M:What?Howdidthathappen?J:Theythinkhisdogwastryingtowakehimupandcouldn’t,soendedupbitinghiminhisface!M:Wow.Whatdidhisfacelooklikenow?J:Itlooksprettyfrightening.Hedoesn’thaveanylips,soallyoucanseearehisgumsandteeth.Mostofhisnoseandchinaremissingtoo.M:Whatdidhelooklikebeforehisdogbithisfaceoff?J:Hewasactuallyquitehandsome.Whatashame!M:What’shegoingtodonow?J:Itsaidthathe’shopingtogetafacetransplant,butuntilthen,he’slookingforwardtoHalloweensoheisn’ttheonlyonewearingamask.03.GettingPersonal个性特征WordsStormamusing令人愉快的、有趣的cheerful开朗的conservative保守的narrow-minded小心眼的sensitive敏感的sensible明智的stubborn倔强的fussy小题大做的generous慷慨大方的relaxedandeasy-going随和的aggressive好斗的arrogant傲慢的coward胆小鬼liar说谎的人moody情绪化的nosey八卦的、爱打听的selfish自私的vain虚荣心强的optimistic乐观开朗的pessimistic悲观厌世的coldandunfriendly冷淡的、不友善的horrible可怕、讨厌的mean自私小气的nasty可恶的abitdull迟钝呆滞的gossip长舌妇abitworkaholic工作狂sleetthroughone’salarm睡过头alarm警告search搜寻liveintheflatabove住在楼上的incredibly不能相信地weehours凌晨earplugs耳塞hell地狱,苦境,阴间bescaredof害怕bribe贿赂Ava:Areyoualright,Ethan?Youdon’tseemtobeascheerfulasyounormallyare.Ethan:Tobehonest,Ava,I’vejusthadareallybadday.A:Whathappened?E:First,Isleptthroughmyalarmandendeduptwohourslatetowork.A:Whatdidyourbosssay?E:HetoldmeifIshoweduplateonemoretime,he’dfireme.He’ssomean!A:That’shorrible.Wasthatthefirsttimeyou’dshownuplatetowork?E:Thatwasmysecondtime.Thefirsttime,Iwasinacaraccident.A:Isyour