1. Lesson One

2. Step One: Listen to This I☺ (I) Vocabulary cab: a taxi 出租车 →to take a cab e.g. Shall we walk or take a taxi? accountant: a person whose job is to control and examine the money accounts of businesses or people 会计师

3. Prime Minister: the chief minister and the leader of the government in certain countries 首相 lemonade: a drink made from fresh lemons with sugar and water added 柠檬 汁 Indonesia[.indəu'ni:zjə ] : an Asian country 印度尼西亚

4. Jakarta: the capital of Indonesia 雅加达 → 东南亚第一大城市，世界著名的海港。 rubbish: things or material of no use or value that will be oe have been thrown away 垃圾 e.g. Don't talk rubbish! 别胡说八道！

5. Carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举 → 纽卡斯尔意为 “ 新城堡 ” ，是英格兰北部 的一座港市，这里盛产煤矿， 16 世纪以后 为英国主要煤港，故 “ 把煤运到煤港纽卡 斯尔 ” 为 “ 多此一举 ” 。 machinery: machinery-vs-machine machinery→ machines in general 机器 （总称）

6. atomic: of or concerning atoms, nuclear weapons or nuclear energy （关于）原 子的；核武器的；核能的 →nuclear power part-time: working or giving work during only a part of the regular working time 兼 职的 -vs-full-time 全职

7. well off: rich 富裕的 /wealthy allowance: pocket money 零用钱、奖学 金中的津贴 temporary: lasting only for a limited time 暂时的

8. (II) Background Notes → An interview is an occasion when a person is asked questions by one or more other people, either (a) to decide whether he or she is a suitable person to be given a job, a place at a college, ect.or (b) to find out about his or her opinions, ideas, ect., so that they can be printed in a newspaper, magazine, ect., or broadcast

9. →About part-time job: In the west, take the American family for instance, if the children want the weekly allowance, they can do some part-time job or some housework, such as delivering newspaper, babysitting and so on. Thus, the children can not only buy something they like, but also get the ability of managing money matter and sociality.

10. Step Two: Speaking Practice☺ Two topics for discussion: (1) Do you have the experiences of interviews? If you do, what are they? (2) Would you like to do part-time job?and do you think it is good for you?

11. Step Three: Short play☺ (I) Vocabulary →Short play A: graze one’s ribs: to touch one’s ribs slightly while passing （经过时）擦过肋骨， 这句台词是在惊险剧里常用的。 in the meantime: in the meanwhile; in the time between two events 在 … 期间；同时

12. Precisely 精确地 e.g. My own view precisely. 我正是这样看。 dispose of: to get rid of or destroy 清除， 去掉，处理，销毁 dispose of sb: to kill sb 解决某人，除掉 某人

13. →Short play B: come on stage: to come to the stage to perform the usage of ‘very’: a. used as an adv. 很， 非常 ; b. used as an adj., means ‘actual’ 真 正的，绝对的，十足的，特别的 to be precise: exactly speaking 确切地说， 精确地说

14. (II) Process Watch the video three times to fill in the missing sentences; Watch the short play again and do some note-taking Watch the performance between the two detectives and Tintin carefully twice and role-play.