新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 6-9

MODEL3   I believe ETs have visited the earth before.
Script
Nora: Hey, what’s this picture of yours? It looks like a flying saucer.
Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this is a picture of their spacecraft.
Nora: When I look closer, it resembles a liver Frisbee¹.
Chris: But it could have been aliens. I believe ETs have visited the earth before. What do you think?
Nora: It would be hard to believe otherwise. Projects like the pyramids are difficult to explain away, given the level of technology that was available at the time
Chris: That’s for sure. They are mysterious.
Nora: When you consider all those “impossibilities, it’s tempting² to infer that some highly advanced civilization assisted humans in their construction.
Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted³ by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something …well…
Nora: What do you mean?
Chris: I mean, who would believe you? You’d go nuts telling everyone: “It’s true! I was abducted by aliens!”
Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just making up a story to get attention.
Chris: From what I understand, sometimes these people do go crazy, trying to convince people about their experiences.
Nora: I believe that in some cases they offer pretty good evidence.
Chris: So, take a closer look at this picture. Do you still think it’s a Frisbee?
 

1 frisbee   

n.飞盘(塑料玩具)

参考例句：

• We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee.我们每个周末都会到公园玩飞盘。
• The frisbee is a light plastic disc,shaped like a plate.飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。

2 tempting   

a.诱人的, 吸引人的

参考例句：

• It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
• It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。

3 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。