北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit33(2)-2

[00:02.07]4 Listen to part 2 of the story,
[00:06.24]and discuss these questions.
[00:09.16]The man,who had never liked the words "booby"
[00:12.22]and "booby-hatch",
[00:13.91]and liked them even less on a shining morning
[00:16.48]when there was a unicorn¹ in the garden,
[00:18.69]thought for a moment.
[00:20.72]"We'll see about that,"he said.
[00:24.39]He walked over to the door.
[00:26.71]"He has a golden² horn³ in the middle
[00:29.49]of his forehead,"he told her.
[00:32.92]Then he went back to the garden
[00:34.88]to watch the unicorn;
[00:36.89]but the unicorn had gone away.
[00:39.58]The man sat down among the roses
[00:42.07]and went to sleep.As soon as the husband
[00:46.21]had gone out of the house,
[00:48.09]the wife got up and dressed
[00:49.78]as fast as she could.
[00:52.21]She was very excited and there was a gloat
[00:54.54]in her eye.She telephoned the police
[00:57.80]and she telephoned a psychiatrist⁴;
[01:00.35]she told them to hurry to her house
[01:02.12]and bring a strait-jacket.
[01:05.03]When the police and the psychiatrist arrived,
[01:07.99]they sat down in chairs and looked at her,
[01:10.89]with great interest."My husband,"she said,
[01:15.60]"saw a unicorn this morning."
[01:18.99]The police looked at the psychiatrist
[01:21.43]and the psychiatrist looked at the police.
[01:25.05]"He told me it ate a lily,"she said.
[01:29.93]The psychiatrist looked at the police
[01:32.57]and the police looked at the psychiatrist.
[01:35.43]"He told me it had a golden horn
[01:37.66]in the middle of its forehead,"she said.
[01:38.74]

1 unicorn   

n.(传说中的)独角兽

参考例句：

• The unicorn is an imaginary beast.独角兽是幻想出来的动物。
• I believe unicorn was once living in the world.我相信独角兽曾经生活在这个世界。

2 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

3 horn   

n.号角；警报器；角

参考例句：

• This horn is out of tune.这小号音调不正。
• He played the tune on the horn.他用号吹奏了这首曲子。

4 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。