Shirley: May's birthday is coming. Shall we buy her a birthday present or let her choose one for herself?

Benjamin: I think a surprise party may be better. But I forget when her birthday is.

Shirley: You are such a good father. It's next Sunday.

Benjamin: Sorry. What shall we get for her?

Shirley: What about a cell phone? She is old enough to have one.

Benjamin: Good idea. Shall we search on line to find an appropriate one or go to a phone store?

Shirley: Maybe we can try shopping on line.

Benjamin: Sure. Okay, here is the website.

Shirley: I'm sure that May would love the pink one.

Benjamin: Probably. People's consumptive habit is changing rapidly because of the internet.

Shirley: Totally. Computers bring with them convenience.

Shirley: Oh, what's wrong?

Benjamin: The computer went frozen.

Shirley: Oh, it's such a pain. We'd better go to a store later.

雪莉：阿美的生日就快到了。我們該給她買個禮物還是讓她自己挑一個呢？

本杰明：我覺得驚喜聚會可能更好。但我忘記她的生日是什么時候了。

雪莉：你可真是好爸爸啊，就是下周日啊。

本杰明：抱歉，我們該給她買點什么呢？

雪莉：給她買個手機怎么樣？她可以有一個了。

本杰明：好主意，我們是去上網找一款合適的手機，還是去手機店??？

雪莉：也許我們可以直接在網上購物。

本杰明：當然可以。好的，這有個網站。

雪莉：我確定阿美一定會喜歡這款粉紅色的。

本杰明：很可能。因為因特網人們的消費習慣正迅速地改變著。

雪莉：的確如此。電腦帶來了方便。

雪莉：哦，怎么了？

本杰明：電腦死機了。

雪莉：它（電腦）也是個大麻煩。我們最好還是去手機店吧。

Benjamin: Computers are changing people's lives so quickly. People's habits for consumption are so different from before. Through the internet we can shop on line. No doubt that computers bring with them convenience. But it's not always good, for sometimes it would go frozen at some key moments. That's a real pain.

present n. 禮物

surprise party 驚喜聚會

cell phone 手機

appropriate adj. 適當的

on line 聯機的

website n. 網站

consumptive adj. 消費的

rapidly adv. 迅速地

internet n. 因特網

convenience n. 方便

選擇疑問句的語調

1.在說話人所說的幾種選擇中，前面的項用升調，最后一項用降調，中間的連接詞用平調。

Shall we take a bus↗ or a taxi↘?

Shall we arrange our plan on Saturday↗, Sunday or Monday↘?

2.如果其他選擇說話人沒有說出來，說話人說的幾項幾乎都用升調。

Shall we take the bus↗ or take a taxi↗?

Would you like some coffee↗ or tea↗?

朗讀練習：

Is your phone red↗, green↗, or black↘?

Which kind of phone do you want to buy, Nokia↗, Motorola↗, or Lenovo↘?

Should we turn in the money after a week↗ or a mouth↗?

Who wants to take class in Joy Chain, Daniel ↗or May↘?