最新版英语听力教程 Model Test1-parta添加文本

[01:08.81]Part A Directions:
[01:12.28]For Questions 1-5,you'll hear a personal life story
[01:17.84]While you listen,
[01:21.01]fill out the table with the information you've heard.
[01:25.45]Some of the information has been given to you in the table..
[01:29.81]Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box.
[01:48.59]M:I sat in front of my television set,as I had done a hundred times before,
[01:55.33]watching the numbered balls spinning around in the drum.
[02:00.29]But this week the stake was unusually large---$10 million--
[02:06.85]and I knew there were a million people like me watching and hoping
[02:12.81]The first ball was drawn¹ out of the drum and rolled to a stop.
[02:17.98]"Number 8,"said the announcer.
[02:22.13]That was one of my numbers.
[02:25.89]I played the same six numbers every week.
[02:30.15]"Number 12," said the announcer.
[02:34.12]I had two numbers now,
[02:37.36]but several times before I'd had the first two numbers and never won.
[02:43.74]The next ball was number 44,my lucky number.
[02:49.20]I had three numbers,
[02:52.36]and my heart began to beat faster.
[02:56.33]I knew I had a good chance of winning one of the smaller prizes,
[03:02.39]but could I win the $10 million?
[03:06.83]"Number 28, "said the announcer.
[03:10.80]I jumped up from the chair.
[03:14.74]Four numbers in a row!
[03:18.11]Could it be happening?
[03:21.06]I prayed for a moment;then I shouted.
[03:25.32]I felt the blood rushing to my head.
[03:29.27]"Number 27."I had five numbers!
[03:34.52]I needed only one more.
[03:37.89]I needed number 6.
[03:41.23]"Number 6, number 6.Come on number 6 , "
[03:46.51]I yelled² at the television set.
[03:50.16]Was it possible?Would I be rich?
[03:54.92]Would I be able to live the life I had dreamed about?
[03:59.99]The sixth ball dropped
[04:03.33]and as it rolled briefly³ to its resting place beside the others
[04:09.10]I tried to make out the number.
[04:12.87]I couldn't be sure.
[04:15.82]It looked like a 6--or was it a 9?
[04:20.57]That moment was an eternity⁴.
[04:24.23]Then the announcer spoke⁵ of the very number.
 

 

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。