聽力擴展：

　　One rainy Sunday afternoon, a young couple was on their way to their Church to get married. On the way there, their car slammed into a telephone pole—killing them both instantly.

　　The couple soon found themselves standing in front of St. Peter, welcoming them to Heaven. The young woman asked Peter if they could get married in Heaven. A month later, St. Peter found them and announced that they could—in fact—get married in Heaven.

　　To his surprise, the woman asked, “Just wondering, if things don’t work out will we be able to get a divorce?” With a stern look in his eye, Peter blurted out, “Look, lady. It took me a month to find a preacher up here. You really think I�餸 gonna find a lawyer?”

　　星期天下午，雨正下個不停。一對年輕情侶正在去往教堂結婚的路上。轎車在途中猛然撞到電話亭上，兩人當場斃命。

　　他們很快發現自己站在圣•彼得面前，歡迎他們來到天堂。年輕女子問彼得他們是否可以在天堂結婚。一個月后，彼得找到他們并向他們宣布說，他們可以在天堂結婚。

　　令彼得驚訝的是，這名女子問道：“我想問問，如果我們合不來可以離婚么?”彼得神情嚴肅地脫口而出：“女士，我花了一個月的時間才找到一個牧師。你覺得我會再找來一個律師嗎?”

　　【注】slam v. 猛烈撞擊;stern a. 嚴厲的，嚴肅的;blurt v. 沖口說出

　　annoy v. 使……苦惱，騷擾

　　例：A fly kept annoying me. 一只蒼蠅老在打攪我。annoy sb. by doing sth. 因做某事使某人生氣/困擾拓展：annoyance n. 煩惱，可厭之事;annoyed a. 煩悶的;annoying a. 惱人的，討厭的

　　聽力擴展： “How annoying!” an aged female servant complained to another young female servant, “You know, I have to repeat such a word for a whole day—‘Yes, Madam!’ ‘Yes, Madam!’ ‘Yes, Madam!’” “I am also annoyed!” said the girl servant, “I also have to repeat such a word for a whole day—‘No, sir!’ ‘No, sir!’ ‘No, sir!’” “真煩人!”上了年紀的女服務員向年輕的服務員抱怨，“你說，我一整天都要重復同樣的話，‘好的，夫人!’‘好的，夫人!’‘好的，夫人!’” “我也覺得很煩!”年輕的姑娘說，“我每天也要重復同樣的話‘不，先生!’‘不，先生!’‘不，先生!’”

　　annual a. ①每年的 ②年度的;n. ①年刊 ②年鑒

　　例：The firm has an annual turnover of 75 million. 這家公司的年營業額為7500萬英鎊。拓展：annually ad. 每年;annualized a. 按年計算的

　　聽力擴展：

　　Client: I’d like to open a savings account.

　　Staff: I’ll help you with it.

　　Client: What kind of savings accounts do you have?

　　Staff: We have three-month, six-month and twelve-month maturities.

　　Client:I want a six�瞞onth maturity.

　　Staff: All right.

　　Client: I want to open a time deposit account.

　　Staff: How long do you want to keep your money in the bank?

　　Client: One year. What�餾 the annual interest rate?

　　Staff: At present, it is 0.215 percent. It varies from time to time.

　　Client: Can I take out the money before the maturity date?

　　Staff: You can, but you will not get the high interest rate.

　　客戶：我想開個存款賬戶。

　　職員：我來幫您辦理。

　　客戶：你們有什么種類的存款賬戶?

　　職員：我們有三個月、六個月和十二個月的。

　　客戶：我想辦一個六個月的。

　　職員：好的。

　　客戶：我想開個定期存款賬戶。

　　職員：您想要存多長時間?

　　客戶：一年，年利率是多少?

　　職員：目前是0.215%。利率時常變化。

　　客戶：我可以在存款到期前取款嗎?

　　職員：可以，但你就得不到高利率了。

　　【注】savings account n. 存款賬戶;time deposit n. 定期存款;maturity date n. 到期日