英语听力精选进阶版 7260

美国一位男子与他被盗的跑车重新团聚。Bob Russell 最后一次见到他的车是近42年前，盗贼趁他外出时从他位于费城的家里偷走了这辆跑车。他是怎样找回心爱的车？

Bob Russell says he never gave up the search for his beloved 1967 Austin-Healey. One day in 1970, when he was a student in Philadelphia, he came home after a night out with the woman who's now his wife, and realised his car had vanished. Nearly 42 years later Mr Russell was browsing¹ the online marketplace eBay when he spotted² something familiar.

All these years he'd kept the car's papers and keys. He searched them out, and saw the vehicle registration³ number on the website matched the one on the title certificate of his long-lost sports car. He told the police, who tracked the car down to a dealership⁴ in Los Angeles, and confirmed it was indeed Bob Russell's Austin-Healey.

Mr Russell said he paid $3,000 for it in 1967 - and it's now worth eight times that much. He says though it wasn't the money that made him to search for it for over four decades - what mattered was the sentimental⁵ value it held for him and his wife.

Quiz 听力测试

What is the word mentioned in the report that means disappeared?

Vanished.

Where did Bob Russell see his car being advertised?

He saw it on Ebay which is an online auction⁶ website.

How did he identify that the advertised car was the one that he’d lost?

He kept all the paperwork and the car registration number matched the one being sold on the website.

Most cars depreciate⁷ in value, does this apply to Bob Russell’s sports car?

No, Bob Russell's Austin-Healey increased in value as it's now a desirable vintage car.

Glossary 词汇表

gave up the search 放弃搜寻

beloved 心爱的

vanished 消失了

browsing 浏览

online marketplace 网上购物市场

registration number 车牌号

long-lost 遗失多年的

dealership 经销商

sentimental 有感情的

1 browsing   

v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息

参考例句：

• He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

4 dealership   

n.商品特许经销处

参考例句：

• The car dealership has a large inventory of used cars. 这家汽车经销商拥有数量庞大的二手车。
• A key to this effort is the experience in the dealership. 达到这个成果的关键是销售的体验。

5 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

6 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

7 depreciate   

v.降价，贬值，折旧

参考例句：

• The computer value will depreciate by $ 500 in the first year.在头一年里这台电脑会贬值500美元。
• If you neglect this property,it will depreciate.如果你忽视这份资产，它无形中就贬值了。