整合大学英语4视听说原文(浙大版)
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Unit 1
In one town, there were three longtime friends, Pat, Mike and Bob. Pat and Bob were quite bright, but Mike was rather dull.
One day as Pat and Mike were walking down the sidewalk together, Pat put his hand on a solid brick wall and said, "Mike, hit my hand as hard as you can." Mike struck a hard blow, but Pat pulled his hand away from the wall just before Mike's fist hit it. Of course, it hurt Mike's hand very much when he hit the wall, but Pat said, "That was a good joke on you, wasn't it?" Mike agreed, but was not too happy.
The following day Mike and Bob were walking in the town square. Mike decided to play the joke on Bob. He looked around, and seeing no solid object, he placed his hand over his face and said, "Bob, hit my hand as hard as you can." Bob agreed, and as he struck a hard blow with his fist, Mike quickly pulled his hand away and was knocked to the ground, unconscious. After a few minutes Mike recovered, and saw Bob worriedly looking down at him. Mike said, "That was a good joke on you, wasn't it?"
Questions:
1. Who was NOT clever?
2. What did Pat ask Mike to do?
3. Who was hurt finally?
4. On whom was Mike going to try this joke?
5. Where did Mike put his hand when he asked Bob to hit him?
6. What happened to Mike after Bob struck a hard blow with his fist?
If you like, you can do tricks at a party and be announced as, "The Magician". When everybody wants a bit of fun but nothing really happens, it could be the time to play one of these tricks. You won't need any special materials, nor will you need to practice them very much.
A trick with a coin, a handkerchief and a friend:
Put the coin on your palm. Cover the coin with the handkerchief. Ask several people to put their hands beneath the handkerchief and feel the coin, to make sure that it is still there. Then take the corner of the handkerchief and pull it rapidly off your hand. The coin has gone! How? You must make sure the last friend knows the trick! Your last friend removes the coin when he or she seems to be just feeling it. And nobody knows where it has gone!
A trick with a piece of paper and a pencil:
Say that you can communicate your thoughts to people. Write on the piece of paper the word No. Don't let your friends see what you have written. Say, "Now I will communicate this word into your minds." Pretend to concentrate. Ask someone
if he or she knows what is written on the paper. They will say, "No!" And you say, "Quite correct! I wrote on the paper No!"
A trick with an egg and some salt:
Ask your friends to stand the egg upright on the table. They won't manage to do it. Say that you can speak to the chicken inside. Say, "Chicken! Can you hear me? Get ready to balance your egg!"
When you first get the egg back from your friends, pretend to kiss the egg at the base. Make the base wet. Then put the base into salt which is in your other hand. The salt will stick to the egg. Then put the egg on the table. Twist the egg around a few times as this will arrange the grains of salt. Then it will stand up. Don't forget to thank the chicken.
Questions:
1. What does the magician ask people to do in the first trick?
2. What happens to the coin?
3. How does the magician prove that he can communicate thoughts to the
audience in the second trick?
4. What is the first step to make the egg stand?
5. What else is needed to make the egg stand?
John
Do you feel like going to the cinema, Liz?
:
Liz: Oh...yes...yes, let's do that, John.
John
:
Well, what shall we go and see?
Liz:
What kind of film do you like? John : Well, I like all sorts of films really... My favorite films are like Star Wars , you
know, the...the fantasy, special effect ones that you can escape into another world with. Um...I also like mystery films. Do you like mystery films?
Liz: I really like mystery films, yes, but I don't like horror films because they give
me nightmares.
John :
Yes, I know. I don't like horror films either. I tell you, I just think they're sort
of stupid and unbelievable. I do like...um...crime films, you know, ones where you follow the detective and try to guess who the murderer is.
Like...like Agatha Christie stories, you know. And also where you take the side of the criminals. Do you know the ones I mean? You know, where you wonder if you're going to get...if they're going to get caught. You know, like a bank robbery or something like that.
Liz: Haha. Do you think there's a film with Robert Redford or Paul Newman in it? John
:
Oh, I hope not.
Liz: 'Cause I really... Oh, don't you like them?
John Well, I tend to prefer people like Clint Eastwood and...
Liz: Oh, no! I'm not keen on him at all!
John
:
Really?
Liz: No... What about a good comedy or a good musical, something like that? John
:
No, no, I don't like films like that really.
Liz: The trouble is there are not many very good ones around these days... John
:
Then what shall we go and see?
Liz: Why don't we ring up the ABC Cinema and find out what's on? Then we can
decide.
John : That's a good idea...but I haven't got an evening paper. That's definitely the
thing to do.
Gerry :
I've just been to see Gone with the Wind . It was fantastic. Well worth
seeing. Have you ever seen it? Judy :
No, but I've read the book. I don't think I would like to see the film really. It would spoil the story for me.
Gerry Really? Oh, give me a film any day. Honestly, if I had to choose between
Judy :
Would you? Gerry :
Yes. It's much more real. You can get the atmosphere better. You know, the
photography and location shots, period costumes, the right accents. All that. Don't you think so?
Judy : Not really, no. I much prefer to use my own imagination. I can imagine how
I want it, rather than how someone makes me see it. Anyway, I think you get much more insight into the characters when you read a book. Part of a person's character is lost on film because you never know what he or she is thinking.
Gerry :
True, but...well... I don't know. It's much easier going to the cinema. It takes
less time. I can get the whole story in two hours but it might take me a week to read the book.
Judy :
I know, but it's so expensive to go to the cinema nowadays. Gerry : I know, but it's a social event. It's fun. You can go with your friends. When
you read a book you have to do it on your own.
Judy : All right. Let's agree to differ. I'll get some coffee...
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