创新国际英语教程 3 Unit 11 Telling stories

[00:00.00]Unit 11 Telling stories 2 While you listen
[00:09.90]Hair today,gone tomorrow!
[00:15.15]So,we’ve got to take this one and then change at Cannon¹ Street,right?
[00:24.40]Yes,that’s.Hey,did I tell you about what happened
[00:30.04]with me and my dad on the underground last year?
[00:34.51]No,go on,what?
[00:38.03]Well,about a year and a half ago,
[00:43.08]I decided² to get all my hair long hair cut off,right?
[00:47.93]I always used to have really,really long hair
[00:53.08]-ever since I was about fourteen or fifteen,
[00:57.21]you know-way down past my shoulders-parted in the middle like curtains,
[01:04.08]So,anyway,about a week after I had it all cut off,you know-really short-
[01:10.24]and I looked quite different.
[01:13.80]Yesh,I bet³.So,anyway,I was going home on the tube⁴,
[01:19.65]and I was half asleep because it was five or six o’clock
[01:25.68]and I was just standing⁵ there,
[01:29.13]-and a little did I know that my dad
[01:33.20]was actually coming back from a business trip abroad,
[01:38.25]passing through London on the undergroud to get his train back to Durham.
[01:44.20]And guess what?He got into the same carriage as me!
[01:50.16]The doors closed behind him.So there I am,
[01:55.72]standing there face-to-face with my own father!
[02:00.76]I don’t recognise him at first,
[02:04.89]but then I think,’Ah,that’s my dad.’and,of course,
[02:10.17]he’s obviously⁶ only seen me with really long hair for the last then years,
[02:16.54]and so I’m standing there,staring at him
[02:21.19]and he keeps on glancing at me nervously,thinking,
[02:26.05]’Who’s this lunatic staring at me?’and I’m thinking-you know,
[02:31.72]it’s the strangest feeling not being recognised by your own dad
[02:37.28]-so I just stood there thinking,
[02:41.44]’Well,shall I just get off at the next stop without telling him,
[02:46.69]or shall I risk giving him a nervous breakdown⁷ and a heart attack by saying,
[02:52.33]’Hello dad?’But,anyway,eventually I went,’Hello dad?’and he went,
[02:59.77]’Diane!’and then said how he was getting really worried
[03:05.13]because he though I was a pick-pocket or a drug addict⁸
[03:09.70]or something who’d been getting ready to pinch⁹ his wallet
[03:14.35]or something-and,um,yeah,that was a pretty strange and funny thing.
[03:22.21]Yeah,really strange.
[03:28.09]6 Story-telling expressions
[03:43.56]Listen and check your answers.
[03:48.41]Did I tell you about what happened to me in France last year?
[03:53.69]No,I don’t think you did.Go on.
[03:57.95]Well,I was on holiday with my parents in this little village near the sea,
[04:03.70]and we ran out of money.
[04:07.17]Really?That’s awful.
[04:10.93]Yes,so we went into town to find a cash machine-which we did,no trouble.
[04:17.70]Anyway,when we put the card in the machine,
[04:22.45]it just started spitting¹⁰ out loads and loads of money.
[04:28.09]You’re joking!So did you keep it?
[04:32.74]Of course we did!Wouldn’t you?
[04:36.82]3 Pronunciation
[04:48.89]Listen and notice where the speaker pauses¹¹:
[04:54.95]There was this great big dog,sitting there,barking at me.
[05:00.70]Listen to these short sections of speech and mark the pauses.
[05:10.44]1.It was five or six o’clock and I was standing there,minding my own business.
[05:19.40]2.My dad was actually coming back from a business triip abroad,passing through London.
[05:28.96]3.He keeps on glancing at me,thinking,’Who’s this lunatic staring at me?’
[05:38.91]4.I was dancing about in the street,acting like a fool.
[05:48.37]5.I was lying there on the ground,screaming in pain.
[05:58.22]Now listen again and underline¹² the strongest stress :
[06:06.99]1.It was five or six o’clock and I was standing there,minding my own business.
[06:15.54]2.My dad was actually coming back from a business triip abroad,passing through London.
[06:24.99]3.He keeps on glancing at me,thinking,’Who’s this lunatic staring at me?’
[06:34.84]4.I was dancing about in the street,acting like a fool.
[06:44.22]5.I was lying there on the ground,screaming in pain.
[06:53.88]2 While you read Spider woman
[07:08.25]Have you heard the story of the woman who dried her cat in the microwave after it had got wet
[07:18.28]-or the one about the woman who opened a bag of prepared saled
[07:23.72]and out popped a fully-grown frog?
[07:28.37]Whether they are true or not,we love telling each other scary¹³ stories.
[07:34.92]Unfortunately,the story that follows is definitely¹⁴ true.
[07:41.09]Recently,a woman living in Kent in suthem England went to her doctor.
[07:48.35]For days she hadn’t been ablt to sleep because of noises in her ear.
[07:54.51]The doctor told her that this was not unusual.
[07:59.56]Lots of people have noises in their ears.
[08:04.00]However,when he looked into her ear,he got the shock of his life.
[08:10.16]He could see legs and something moving.
[08:14.89]It was a large spider!The woman was absolutely terrified¹⁵ of spiders!
[08:22.65]The doctor was able to re,pve ot qiickly and set it free.
[08:28.21]When speaking to a colleague¹⁶ a few days later,
[08:33.49]the doctor mentioned that that was the first time
[08:37.93]he had ever found a spider living in someone’s ear.
[08:42.66]His colleague suggested that the spider was probably looking for somewhere warm
[08:48.93]in order to lay its eggs.

1 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

4 tube   

n.（英）地铁；管，软管，隧道；vt.把…装管，使通过管子

参考例句：

• You may get to the railway station by tube.你可以乘地铁到火车站。
• Take care not to break the test tube!当心别把试管打碎了！

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

7 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

8 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

9 pinch   

n.捏，撮，困苦，偷窃；vt.掐，使...困苦，偷窃

参考例句：

• She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。
• He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。

10 spitting   

n.分散v.吐痰( spit的现在分词 )；发出呼噜呼噜声；咝咝地冒油；下小雨

参考例句：

• These boys insulted a girl by spitting at her. 这几个男孩向一个女孩吐口水侮辱她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was spitting out the husks of sunflower seeds on the floor. 他把瓜子皮吐在地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 pauses   

n.停顿( pause的名词复数 )；暂停；延长记号；暂停键v.停顿( pause的第三人称单数 )；暂停；（按暂停键）暂停放音；暂停放像

参考例句：

• Speakers can use intonation, stress, and pauses to help make their meaning clear. 讲话的人可以用语调、重音和停顿等方法来帮助他们表达的更明确。 来自辞典例句
• He pauses a moment at the foot of a tree to take his bearings. 他在一棵树下面停了下来，以便判明自己的方位。 来自辞典例句

12 underline   

n.下划线；加下划线；vt.在…下面划线；强调

参考例句：

• Underline all the sentences you do not know.在你不懂的所有句子下面划一条线。
• Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.请用线画出短文中的名词性从句。

13 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

14 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

15 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

16 colleague   

n.同僚，同事

参考例句：

• He is a colleague of mine.他是我的同事。
• The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.教授回访了他的美国同事。