时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:创新英语教程第三册


英语课
[00:10.00]The cost of a cigarette
[00:13.77]A businesswoman’s desperate need for a cigarette
[00:19.12]on an eight-hour flight from America resulted in her being arrested and handcuffed,
[00:25.68]after she was found lighting 1 up in the toilet of a Boeing 747,not once but twice.
[00:33.62]Joan Norrish,aged 33,yesterday became the first person to be prosecuted 2
[00:41.27]under new laws for smoking on board a plane,
[00:45.82]when she was fined $440 at Uxbrdge magistrates’court.
[00:51.77]Ms Norrish,from Radwinter,Essex,said:
[00:57.05]’I’m such a nervous passenger,and I couldn’t have handled the flight without a cigarette.
[01:04.21]If they’d told me I couldn’t smoke on board,
[01:08.86]I would’ve avoided going by plane altogether.’
[01:13.33]Ms Norrish first attracted the attention of the in-flight staff
[01:19.99]when she had her first puff 3 in the toilet
[01:24.24]after the plane touched down for refuelling at New York’s JFK airport.
[01:30.41]One and a half hours later,she went into the lavatory 4 again,
[01:36.37]causing passengers to complain to the cabin crew.
[01:41.33]However,on inspection,they could find no sign of cigarettes in the toilet,
[01:47.81]and were concerned that Ms Norrish may have hidden the cigarettes,
[01:53.06]thus adding to their fears for the safety of the plane.
[01:57.81]Relations between Ms Norrish and the crew soon got worse,
[02:04.29]as Ms Norrish violent when the plane leanded at Heathrow,
[02:09.85]where the police were alerted.She was subsequently arrested and handcuffed.
[02:16.33]Outside the court,Ms Norrish commented on her fine.
[02:22.29]’It was quite high,much higher than I was expecting.
[02:28.14]It all seems like an awful lot of fuss over just a couple of cigarettes.’
[02:34.62]Ms Norrish is being encouraged to appeal against the find
[02:40.50]by a prosmoking organisation 5 who have offered her legal aid.
[02:45.75]A spokesman for the group said:
[02:50.14]’This is yet another example of the way in which smokers 6
[02:55.46]are being discriminated 7 against and marginalised in society.
[03:01.03]We generate millions of pounds for the government every year through the taxes we pay
[03:08.08]-and yet we are treated like second-class citizens.
[03:13.54]We’re banned from smoking in all kinds of public 
[03:19.00]and people expect us to stand outside in all weathers if we want to smoke.
[03:25.48]It’s got to stop!’
[03:28.82]However,anti-smoking lobbies have welcomed the judeg’s decision
[03:34.75]and have claimed that there is no excuse for endangering the lives of others by lighting up in public.
[03:41.83]’This is a step in the right direction,’a spokeswoman said,
[03:47.60]’and we look forward to the day when all smoking is banned.’
[03:52.93]4 Flying joke
[04:01.58]Alfred had never flown before and was extremely nervous.
[04:07.54]He was flying across the Atlantic to visit his sister,
[04:13.00]who had emigrated to Canada.
[04:16.24]When he got on the plane he found he was sitting in a window seat.
[04:22.19]After a few minutes,the person next to him arrived-an enormously fat American.
[04:30.13]Not long after the plane took off,the American fell asleep and began to snore loudly.
[04:37.58]It was obvious to Alfred there was no way he could get out,
[04:43.32]even to get to the toilet,without waking the man up.
[04:47.87]After the in-flight meal had been served,
[04:52.60]the plane entered an area of severe turbulence 8.
[04:57.46]The American continued to snore.
[05:01.84]Alfred,however,started to feel sick.He was desperate to get to the toilet.
[05:09.39]Finally,he was sick-all over the man’s trousers.
[05:15.56]The American didn’t wake up,but he just continued to snore.
[05:22.04]Alfred didn’t know what to do.
[05:26.11]As the plane touched down,the American finally woke up and saw his trousers.
[05:33.24]Alfred turned to him and said,’Are you feeling better now?"
[05:38.49]Strong adjectives
[05:47.27]1.It must’ve been really hot in Greece.
[05:55.53]Hot?It was boiling!That’s why we made sure the hotel had air-conditioning.
[06:02.37]2.Oh,you’re from Sao Paulo originally,are you?
[06:09.32]It’s a pretty big city,right?
[06:13.39]Big?It’s enormous!That’s why I moved to a small town out in the country.
[06:20.24]3.How’s your flat?It must be a bit cold with all this snow we’re having.
[06:28.21]Cold?It’s freezing!That’s why I’ve decided 9 to have central heating put in.
[06:35.05]4.It’s pretty quiet down in Devon,isn’t it?
[06:41.21]Quiet?It’s dead!That’s why I decided to move to the city!
[06:46.99]5.You must’ve been pretty surprised when you read the report in the papers.
[06:54.35]Surprised?I was shocked!That’s why I contacted my solicitor 10 straightaway.
[07:01.20]6.It’s a bit small in here,isn’t?
[07:07.68]Small?It’s tiny!You can hardly swing a cat in here!
[07:13.42]7.So,is he good-looking,then,your new boyfriend?
[07:20.66]Good-looking?He’s gorgeous!You’ll die when you see him!
[07:27.29]8.It must’ve been a bit scary,going so high up like that.
[07:33.93]Scarry?It was terrifying!There’s no way you’ll catch me doing that again!
[07:40.77]3 Playing for time
[07:49.13]Listen and practise saying these ’delayers’.
[07:54.98]So how come you decided to start smoking?
[08:00.13]Why did I start smoking?
[08:04.39]That’s a good question.
[08:08.65]That’s a difficult question.
[08:13.09]Well,I’d have to think about that.
[08:17.76]I’m not really sure.
[08:22.02]Um,I don’t really know.
[08:27.38]Why?I haven’t really thought about that.

1 lighting
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
2 prosecuted
a.被起诉的
  • The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
  • The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
3 puff
n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气
  • He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
  • They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。
4 lavatory
n.盥洗室,厕所
  • Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗?
  • The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间,盥洗室暂停使用。
5 organisation
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
6 smokers
吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )
  • Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
  • Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
7 discriminated
分别,辨别,区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 ); 歧视,有差别地对待
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视?
8 turbulence
n.喧嚣,狂暴,骚乱,湍流
  • The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
  • The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。
9 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
10 solicitor
n.初级律师,事务律师
  • The solicitor's advice gave me food for thought.律师的指点值得我深思。
  • The solicitor moved for an adjournment of the case.律师请求将这个案件的诉讼延期。
学英语单词
-just
17-hydroxycorticosteroid
40
absorbent papers
Actinidia polygama
alphanumeric characters
another story
aquileges
Armenophobes
bassen'd
basting brush
berberidaceaes
biennia
Brinell microscope
bung down
chewing insect
co2 incubation
computer simulation for dyeing process
Coogoon R.
Cuttack
definite proportion
dicranella rufescence (dicks.) schimp.
esse
evomitation
EWNP
exhalants
extruded aluminum
final-salary
friction gearing
general bill of lading
germon
grouping of population
hairspring type
helianthus laetifloruss
heterodimerises
high level efficiency
Home Bias
in a ratio of
jumping wheel jumper
keep one's eye upon
kind of work
kiss of life
labeled common block name
liquid penetration inspection
Lučani
m.c.
Machiavel
Malyy Yenisey
mammy wagon
matrix in block form
metaremarks
misrouteing
Mitomi
modal notation
modulo reduction
monniker
multicuspid teeth
national enquiry
olibene
optimal control equation
orbital branch
outsiderhood
overhead counter shaft
overmodulated
pantograph frame
penirolol
plant lectin
plate and tube condenser
plea to indictment
Porm
potassium octaborate
preachership
purpura of the newborn
resmelting
rockallia jongkuei
rustle ... up
sacred kingfisher
sand preparation plant
Sao Jorge do Limpopo
screamadelicas
secting
seppanen
series-parallel starter
shift register generator
shoal detector
social indicators movement
Spurway syndrome
stair turret
steady-state approximation
surface shape
tall gallberry hollies
temporal and spatial variation
tetraphenylborates
throat-paint
to snake
triethylammonium
Tussabid
usles
veggiedog
vestibular branches
yellow trefoil