新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 8-13

VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task 1: Describing a Robbery¹
Detective: Okay, Ms. Brown, just calm down. Could you start from the beginning and tell me what happened?
Janet:    Well, let’s see. I was sitting at the table near the window when two men rushed in and told everyone to freeze.
Detective: Can you describe the man？
Janet:    One was tall and with a long coat on. The other was shorter in a red jacket.
Detective: After they burst in what did they do?
Janet:    Well. The tall one pointed² his gun at the clerk and told him to open the cash register³. The short one was watching the rest of us. The clerk hesitated a minute and just then the restaurant manger came out of his office. That surprised the thieves.
Detective: Yeah, let’s see… The manger’s name is Mr. Jackson. I guess he had the key to the safe?
Janet:    Yeah! That’s right! Because the thieves told him to open the safe. The short one went with him. As the manger turned to go back to the office, he told the clerk to cooperate⁴ with him.
Detective: Did the boss open up the safe?
Janet:    Yeah, he went back into the office and opened it. He seemed pretty calm, not like the customers. I think that guy deserves⁵ a medal or something.
Sam:     You all do. Living through a robbery is a tough experience.
1. everyone   freeze
2. tall        long coat      shorter      red jacket
3. his gun     the clerk      open        the rest of the people
4. key        safe
5. calm       customers     a medal
 

1 robbery   

n.抢劫；抢劫案

参考例句：

• A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.一名男子就那起抢劫案接受查问。
• The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.警方出大笔赏金要求提供那起抢劫案的破案线索。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 register   

n.登记簿，花名册，注册员；v.登记，注册

参考例句：

• Please list your name in the attendance register.请在点名册上登记你的名字。
• He was looking over a hotel register.他正在仔细检查旅馆住宿登记表。

4 cooperate   

vi.合作，协作，相配合

参考例句：

• We hope we can cooperate even more closely in the future.希望我们今后能更加密切地合作。
• I hope you can cooperate on this matter.我希望你在这件事上能给予合作。

5 deserves   

v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的第三人称单数 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》