英语听力精选进阶版 7217

Background: 一位神秘的捐赠者在日本一地方政府大楼的公共厕所内留下了超过13万美金的捐款。在信中注明这笔钱是用来帮助那些在今年3月地震和海啸中受难的人们。

The money was found in a plastic shopping bag, in a public toilet of the City Hall in Sakado, part of the commuter¹ sprawl² that surrounds Tokyo.

There was 10 million yen³, wrapped up in neat bundles of notes, the equivalent of more than US$130,000 (RMB 830,570).

A handwritten message had been left with the cash and read: "I am all alone. Please let the people of Tohoku use it."

Tohoku is the northern region of Japan hit by the earthquake and tsunami⁴ in March.

City officials said the anonymous⁵ donor⁶ has slipped in and out unnoticed. If the money is not reclaimed⁷ within three months, they're planning to give it to the Japanese Red Cross.

Japan's great disaster brought out striking generosity⁸ and honesty in its people.

The equivalent of US$50 million (RMB 319,162,500) in cash picked up in the disaster zone has been turned in to the police. Another US$30 million dollars (RMB 191,497,500) was recovered from safes found amid the rubble⁹.

Glossary¹⁰ 词汇表

the commuter sprawl 城市向外伸延的地区 

to be wrapped up 包起来 

a bundle of notes 一捆纸币 

the anonymous donor 匿名捐赠者 

to slip in 溜进去 

to be reclaimed 被认领 

striking 惊人的 

to turn in 上交 

to recover 找到 

a safe 一个保险箱

Questions:

1. What was found with the money? 

A note written by someone without a computer or typewriter that said that the money should benefit the people of Tohoku.

2. What has made it difficult for the police to identify the donor? 

The fact that he or she went in and out of the toilet very quickly and without attracting attention.

3. What will the police do with the money found in the toilet? 

If nobody claims ownership within three months they will give it to the Japanese Red Cross.

4. True or false? According to the report, the equivalent of US$50 million was found in a safe. 

False. The equivalent of this amount was picked up in the disaster zone and has been handed to the police.

1 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

2 sprawl   

vi.躺卧，扩张，蔓延；vt.使蔓延；n.躺卧，蔓延

参考例句：

• In our garden,bushes are allowed to sprawl as they will.在我们园子里，灌木丛爱怎么蔓延就怎么蔓延。
• He is lying in a sprawl on the bed.他伸开四肢躺在床上。

3 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

4 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

5 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

6 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

7 reclaimed   

adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

9 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

10 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。