新思路单项技能教材 口语 （PETS）四级 33-35_new

A Parking Lot Emergency
[00:30.20]Mindy went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries.
[00:36.55]Several people noticed her sitting in her car
[00:41.61]with the windows rolled up and her eyes closed,
[00:46.86]with both hands behind the back of her head.
[00:51.44]One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned
[00:58.20]and walked over to the car,which was parked in the scorching¹ sun.
[01:04.76]He noticed that Mindy's eyes were now open,
[01:09.90]beads of sweat rolling down her cheeks,and she looked very strange.
[01:16.77]He asked her if she was O.K.
[01:21.03]Mindy replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head
[01:26.49]and had been holding her brains in for over an hour.
[01:31.85]The man called the paramedics,
[01:35.90]who broke into the car because the doors were locked
[01:40.65]and Mindy refused to remove her hands from her head.
[01:45.40]When they finally got in,
[01:49.06]they found that Mindy had a was of bread dough² on the back of her head.
[01:55.12]A biscuit canister had exploded from the heat,
[02:00.48]making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot,
[02:05.34]and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head.
[02:10.48]When she reached back to find out what it ws,
[02:14.92]she flet the dough and thought it was her brains.
[02:19.89]She initially³ passed out,
[02:23.65]but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour
[02:30.41]until someone noticed and came to her aid.
[02:35.38]A Little Kiss
[03:02.33]Four strangers traveled together in the same compartment⁴ on a train to Chicago.
[03:09.18]Two men and two women faced each other.
[03:13.62]One woman was a very wealthy and sophisticated 70-year old lady
[03:20.88]who was decked out in the finest of furs and jewelry⁵.
[03:26.24]Next to her sat a beautiful young woman,
[03:30.91]nineteen years old--
[03:34.39]who looked like something right off the cover of a fashion magazine.
[03:39.85]Across from the older lady was a police officer,
[03:45.10]a very mature looking man in his mid-forties.
[03:50.66]And next to him sat a young man.
[03:54.79]They were chatting and laughing.
[03:58.55]As the train entered an unlighted tunnel,
[04:03.20]the four strangers sat in complete darkness and dtotal silence,
[04:09.08]until the sound of a kiss broke the silence;
[04:14.22]following the kiss a loud shap could be heard throughout the compartment.
[04:20.70]The four strangers sat quietly with their own thoughts.
[04:26.16]The old lady was thinking,"Isn't it wonderful that there are still young women
[04:33.32]who have a little self-respect and dignity?"
[04:37.76]The young woman,shaking her head and greatly puzzled,asked herself,
[04:44.42]"Why would any man in his right mind
[04:48.68]want to kiss an old lady like that while I'm sitting right next to her?"
[04:55.16]The police officer,rubbing his sore face,
[05:00.62]was cutraged that any woman could ever think that a man like him
[05:06.99]would try to sneak⁶ a kiss in the dark.
[05:11.43]And the young man,grinning from ear to ear,was thinking,
[05:16.79]"What a crazy and mixed up would this is!
[05:21.75]A man can kiss the back of his own hand
[05:26.50]and then smack⁷ a cop in the face and get away with it."
[05:31.86]The New President
[06:02.11]Mr.Richards had just been hired by the board of directors
[06:08.17]as the new president of a large high-tech⁸ corporation.
[06:13.73]The president who was stepping down met with him privately⁹
[06:19.48]and presented him with three numbered envelopes.
[06:24.34]"Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve,"
[06:30.50]he said.Well,things went along pretty smoothly,but six months later,
[06:38.68]sales took a downturn,
[06:42.23]and Mr.Richards was really catching¹⁰ a lot of heat.
[06:47.20]At his wits'end,he remembered the envelopes.
[06:52.06]He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope.
[06:56.91]The message read,"Blame your predecessor¹¹."
[07:01.46]So he called a press conference
[07:06.03]and tactfully lard the dblame at the feet of the previous president.
[07:11.39]Satisfied with his comments,the press responded positively¹²,
[07:17.45]sales began to pick up,and the problen was soon behind him.
[07:22.80]About a year later,the company was again experiencing a slight dip in sales,
[07:30.85]combined with serious product problems.
[07:34.92]Having learned from his previous experience,
[07:39.96]Mr.Richards quickly opened the second envelope.
[07:44.82]The message read,"Reorganize."This he did.
[07:50.70]He streamlined the production process and laid off some employees,
[07:56.76]and as a result,the company quickly rebounded¹³.
[08:01.80]After several consec utive profitable months,
[08:06.48]the company once again fell on difficult times.
[08:11.34]Mr.Richards went to his office,closed the door,and opened the third envelope.
[08:18.10]The message said,"Prepare three envelopes."

1 scorching   

adj. 灼热的

参考例句：

• a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
• a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评

2 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 compartment   

n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间

参考例句：

• We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
• The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。

5 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

6 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

7 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

8 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

9 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

10 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

11 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

12 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

13 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。