全文 9 句（男女对话）· 6 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. People will do anything to see a free show — even if it is a bad one.
作者2. When the news got round that a comedy /'kɒmədi/ n. 喜剧 show would be presented /prɪ'zentɪd/ v. 演出 at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.
作者3. We had to queue /kjuː/ v. 排队 for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
作者4. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest /dʌlɪst/ adj. 枯燥，无味 we have ever seen.
作者5. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes /ɑː'tiːsts/ n. 艺人 who should have appeared did not come.
作者6. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser /'ædvətaɪzə/ n. 报幕员 at the beginning of the programme.
作者7. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
作者8. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.
作者9. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: "This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"
作者1. 人们为了看免费演出什么都愿意做——即使那是一场糟糕的演出。
作者2. 当消息传开，说皮尤鸟食公司将在我们当地的电影院演出一场喜剧时，我们都赶快跑去观看。
作者3. 我们不得不排好几个小时的队才进去，演出开始前到场的人肯定有好几百。
作者4. 不幸的是，这场演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出之一。
作者5. 那些没能进去的人本来不必感到失望，因为许多本应出场的艺人并没有来。
作者6. 那天晚上我们听到的唯一有趣的事情，来自节目开始时那位报幕员的开场白。
作者7. 他显然非常紧张，在麦克风前局促不安地站了好几分钟。
作者8. 他刚一张口说话，大家就哄堂大笑起来。
作者9. 我们都知道这个可怜的人本应该说什么，但他实际上说的是：“这里是普和伊鸟食公司。好女士们，晚上和先生们！”