新思路单项技能教材 口语 （PETS）四级 13-16_new

A Dead Hamster

[00:27.09]John owned a German shepherd.

[00:32.05]The people next door owned a hamster they kept in a cage.

[00:37.69]John came home one day,

[00:41.17]and his dog was running around the yard with that hamster in his mouth.

[00:47.52]The hamster had mud on it;it was dead.

[00:53.29]Instead of telling the people what happened,John panicked.

[00:59.25]He took the hamster away from the dog,took it into the house,

[01:05.18]washed it off with soap and water,and dried it with a hair dryer 1.

[01:12.12]He waited until it got dark,

[01:16.67]sneaked the hamster back over next door,

[01:21.71]put it in the cage as if it had a heart attack.

[01:26.75]A few days later he was out in his yard and saw the lady from next door.

[01:33.73]She came over to the fence and said,

[01:37.67]"I guess you heard what happened."

[01:41.33]He said,"No,what?"

[01:45.69]"You have a great dog there."She said.

[01:50.24]"Yeah,"but he did not know exactly what she was saying.

[01:57.08]She continued,"Stubby died.

[02:02.04]And after we buried him,Johnny saw your dog have him in his mouth the other day.

[02:09.18]He must've dug him back up.

[02:13.04]Then what happened was he must've washed him clean in the creek 2,

[02:19.49]licked him dry,and put him back in his cage again."

[02:24.85]Three Guys on the Road

[02:53.61]Mark drives down a highway to visit a nearby lake and relax.

[03:00.27]On the way one guy dressed from head to toe in red

[03:06.75]standing 3 on the side of the highway gestures him to stop.

[03:12.50]Mark rolls down the window."How can I help you?"

[03:17.93]"Hi,there.You got something to eat?"

[03:22.89]With a smile in his face

[03:26.55]Mark hands one of his sandwiches to the red dressed guy and drives away.

[03:33.21]Not even five minutes later he comes across another guy.

[03:39.06]This time the guy is dressed full in yellow,

[03:44.13]standing on the side and waving him to stop.

[03:48.99]A bit irritated,Mark stops and cranks down the window.

[03:54.84]"What can I do for you?"

[03:58.39]"Hello.You've got something to drink?'

[04:02.65]Hardly managing to smile this time,

[04:07.01]Mark hands to the guy a can of coke

[04:11.25]and then stomps 4 on the pedal and takes off again.

[04:16.21]In order to make it to the ladeside before sunset,

[04:21.46]he decides to go faster and not to stop no matter what.

[04:27.94]To his frustration 5 he sees another guy on the roadside,

[04:33.68]dressed all in blue,making a hand signal to stop him.

[04:39.33]Not quite willing,Mark decides to stop a last time,

[04:45.49]rolls down the window,and yells to the guy,

[04:50.46]"God damn it.What the hell do you want?"

[04:55.52]"Driver's license 6 and registration,please."

[04:59.78]A Hard-nosed Boss

[05:27.94]Mr.Smith was known far and wide as a hard-nosed boss

[05:34.71]who watched his employees like a hawk 7.

[05:39.25]He was making one of his regular tours of the factory

[05:44.92]when he spotted 8 a young man leaning against a pile of boxes

[05:50.77]just outside the foreman's office.

[05:55.34]Since Frank,the foreman,wasn't around,

[06:00.20]Smith stood off to the side

[06:04.15]and watched to see just how long the young man would stand around doing nothing.

[06:10.91]The young man yawned,scratched his head,looked at his watch,and sat on the floor.

[06:18.85]He took out a nail file and began cleaning his nails.

[06:24.50]Then he stretched,yawned again,and leaned back on the pile of boxes.

[06:32.25]Smith stepped from his hiding place,red with anger,

[06:38.50]and walked up to the young man.

[06:42.16]"You!"he boomed."How much do you make a week?"

[06:48.03]The young man looked up indifferently.

[06:52.29]"Two hundred and fifty dollars,"he said.

[06:57.33]Smith marched into the cashier's office,

[07:03.11]took $250 from the cash box,and returned.

[07:09.35]"Take it,"he said,"and get out!Don't let me see you around here again!"

[07:17.21]The young man took the cash,put it in his pocket,

[07:23.27]walked to the parking lot,got onto a delivery truch,and drove away.

[07:30.93]He had been there waiting for the sixty dollars the factory owed him

[07:37.27]for the spring water he had delivered.

[07:41.32]The Bet

[08:07.29]The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around

[08:14.73]that they offered a standing $1,000 bet for anyone who could squeeze

[08:22.18]just one more drop of juice from a lemon,

[08:26.93]after the bartender had finished squeezing it into a glass.

[08:32.29]Many people had tried over time(like weight-lifters,longshoremen,etc)

[08:39.84]but to date none was able to win the bet.

[08:44.88]One day a little man came into the bar,

[08:50.44]wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit,

[08:55.48]and said in a tiny squesky voice"

[08:59.95]"I'd like to try the bet!"

[09:03.40]After the laughter had died down,the bartender said,"OK".

[09:09.96]The bartender grabbed a lemon and squeezed it

[09:15.00]until only the wrinkled remains 9 of the lemon were left in his hand,

[09:21.35]and he handed this to the little man.

[09:25.92]As the crowd stood and watched,laughter turning to silence,

[09:32.58]the little man clenched 10 his fist around the lemon,and to everyone's amazement 11,

[09:39.11]three drops fell into the glass.

[09:43.55]As the crowd cheered,the bartender paid the $1,000,

[09:49.79]and asked the little man"what do you do for a living?"

[09:55.67]"Are you a lumberjack,a weight-lifter,or what?"

[10:01.23]The man replied"I work for teh IRS."