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 scorching 1 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 dough 2 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 initially 3 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 compartment 4 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 jewelry 5.

[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 sneak 6 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 smack 7 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-tech 8 corporation.

[06:13.73]The president who was stepping down met with him privately 9

[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 catching 10 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 predecessor 11."

[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 positively 12,

[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 rebounded 13.

[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."