创新国际英语教程 3 Unit 8 Party animals

　　[00:00.00]Unit 8 Party animals 3 While you read
[00:10.50]Rave¹ to the grave
[00:14.65]A rave party nearly ended in tragedy last night,
[00:20.72]when over a hundred people fell through the floor
[00:25.57]of the fourth-floor flat they were dancing in and into the flat below.
[00:32.03]Amazingly,no one was killed,
[00:36.18]although seven people were taken to hospital suffering from shock.
[00:42.06]The party was organised by a group called Tribal² Spiral,
[00:48.51]and was held in a deserted³ flat on ahousing estate in East London.
[00:54.44]It is believed that have the extremely hight volume of the techno music being played
[01:01.81]weakened the structure of the floor.
[01:05.33]Bert Jones,aged 64,who lives in the third-floor flat below,said:
[01:13.59]’I must admit,I hadn’t really noticed the party going on.
[01:19.36]I’m a bit hard of hearing and I didn’t have my hearing aid in,
[01:25.29]but I could feel the vibrations⁴ from somewhere.
[01:29.94]I just thought it must be kids messing around upstairs somewhere.
[01:35.50]Then,the next thing I knew,there was an almighty⁵ crash in the living room,
[01:42.58]so I ran in and the place was full of dust and plaster and people screaming.
[01:49.24]I just couldn’t believe my eyes.I got the shock of my life,I can tell you.
[01:56.09]Now I’m waiting for the council to send someone round to fix things.’
[02:02.15]The incident follows a number of complaints about techno parties all over the capital
[02:10.51]and public outcry about raves⁶.
[02:14.58]A recent tabloid⁷ headline screamed,
[02:19.55]’SPACED OUT!11,000 YOUNGSTERS GO DRUG CRAZY AT BRITAIN’S BEGGEST EVER DANCE PARTY’,
[02:27.49]while the number of drug-related deaths at raves has risen dramatically over the last year.
[02:34.57]All of this will undoubtedly⁸ lead to calls for tighter anti-rave laws.
[02:42.22]The government is ready considering introducing a new law
[02:48.07]which will help police crack down on unoficial gatherings⁹ of this kind.
[02:54.13]They are proposing a bill which will allow police to break up any groups of more than twenty people
[03:02.20]listening to ’music with rrepetitive beats’
[03:07.45]and also intend to make club owners responsible
[03:12.73]for any drugs being sold on their premises¹⁰.
[03:17.28]A spokesman for the Metropolitan¹¹ Police said,’Things are getting out of hand,
[03:25.11]and ovciously what worries us the most is that where you have rave parties
[03:31.88]and where you have drugs,you’re bound to come up against organised crime.
[03:38.33]We’d obviously appreciate any new law which gave us more powers to tackle this problem.’
[03:45.70]David Goodyear,a Stepney ambulanceman,
[03:51.94]claimed that many of the partygoers at the Tribal Spiral event
[03:57.90]had failed to notice the floor had collapsed¹².
[04:02.26]Most of the young people just carried on dancing
[04:07.82]-a fact he put down to the mind-altering affects of Ecstasy¹³
[04:13.70]and other so-called ’dance drugs’.
[04:17.85]However,there are signs that young people themselves
[04:24.10]are already looking for alternatives to the rave scene.
[04:28.64]One of the most successful new clubs to have opened this year is the Domino Club.
[04:35.88]Here,young people sit around drinking cocktails¹⁴ whilst a D plays laid-back jazz.
[04:44.32]There isn’t much dancing-instead,
[04:49.04]the club-goers play board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly.
[04:54.82]Another club which has become very popular is The Big Chill,
[05:01.06]which is held in a church called the Union Chapel¹⁵.
[05:06.23]Ironically,maybe young people today are closer to God
[05:12.19]than the government and the police realise!

1 rave   

vi.胡言乱语；热衷谈论；n.热情赞扬

参考例句：

• The drunkard began to rave again.这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
• Now I understand why readers rave about this book.我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。

2 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

3 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

4 vibrations   

n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 )；震动；感受；（偏离平衡位置的）一次性往复振动

参考例句：

• We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside. 我们可以感到外面卡车经过时的颤动。
• I am drawn to that girl; I get good vibrations from her. 我被那女孩吸引住了，她使我产生良好的感觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

6 raves   

n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说

参考例句：

• She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
• His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句

7 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

8 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。

9 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

10 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

11 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

12 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

13 ecstasy   

n.狂喜，心醉神怡，入迷

参考例句：

• He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
• Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具，高兴得说不出话来。

14 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

15 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。