时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:全新版大学英语听说教程第三册


英语课

Unit 7


Part B


Text 1


Krimali (Part One)


On the morning of the devastating 1 earthquake that struck India in 2001, Krimali, a girl of 17, had just left home to go to an interview for a position of a sales clerk. She was pleased with her green and yellow flowered dress, but felt something wasn't quite right about her hair. She returned home, removing her shoes and leaving them at the door.


Moments later, the earthquake struck. Ceilings and walls in the building shook in the deafening 2 noise. Then everything began crashing down.


Krimali and her immediate 3 family escaped serious injury but were unable to make their way out. The ceiling of an entire room towered above the only possible escape route. Completely detached on three sides, the huge slab 4 clung to an outside wall on its fourth side. To an observer, it could drop at any moment.


People were screaming and didn't know what to do. Krimali decided 5 to act. Carefully she climbed barefoot up and down the debris 6 until she reached a point just beneath the swaying ceiling. About four meters below were uneven 7 pieces of concrete, broken glass and smashed furniture, all mixed with sharp spikes 8 of iron. She knew if she could manage to get down to the ground level, she could make her way to safety. She paused to figure out the best way down. As there wasn't any good place to jump, she just jumped. Luckily, she landed in a crouch 9, her feet missing any sharp edges. Emboldened 10 by her good fortune, Krimali knew it was up to her to persuade others to follow.


Questions:


1. What does the passage mainly tell us?


2. What do you think Krimali was doing when a severe earthquake struck?


3. How old was Krimali then?


4. What can be said about Krimali?


Text 2


Krimali ( Part Two)


Krimali planned to rescue her family first, but just then she heard a woman from two storeys above screaming for someone to save her two-month-old baby.


"Throw the baby to me," Krimali shouted. "I can catch her!"


The woman refused. Krimali told the woman to wrap the baby in bed sheets and then toss her down. Crying uncontrollably, the mother wrapped the little girl but still would not part with her baby. As the mother tried to decide what to do, Krimali intently watched the concrete ceiling hanging above her. Finally the mother tossed the baby. Krimali made a clean catch. A bright smile lit up the woman's face. "I'll be back!" Krimali called out, hugging the child to her as she hurriedly picked her way out to where survivors 11 had gathered.


She gave up the baby, then asked if any of the men there would come back with her to help others trapped in the building. No one came forward, for they were all afraid of that swaying ceiling. But for Krimali, a small girl of 154 centimeters in height and weighing about 50 kilos, her fears had been lifted by what she had accomplished 12.


On her way back into the ruins, she saw part of a large door. It was extremely heavy but she managed to drag it to the spot just below the hanging ceiling. By placing it on the ruins, she created something like a sliding board. With Krimali coaching her, the baby's mother partly jumped and partly rolled down the board to the ground level. Krimali led her through the debris to her baby.


In the hours that followed Krimali made countless 13 rescue missions into the building, each time in the shadow of the huge ceiling. Thanks to her courage, about two dozen men, women and children were saved.


Questions :


1. Which of the following can be a proper title for the passage?


2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?


3. How would you describe the speaker's attitude toward Krimali?


Part C


Escaping from the 88th Floor -- on an Artificial Leg


When the first plane slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower, I was already at my desk on the 88th floor. Then I felt the whole building bouncing, shaking. My instinct told me that there was an explosion above us and that we should try to get out, but the corridors were full of flames.


Knowing that the furniture and the carpets were fire-resistant, I figured that everything wasn't going to burn. Then I heard someone yell that the stairwells were gone. So about 40 of us escaped into a corner office. We put papers and rags under the door to keep out the smoke as best we could. We stayed calmly in the office for about 10 minutes, thinking we were safe and secure. Then someone came in to tell us that he had found a stairwell open but we had to move fast. We all filed out orderly and headed for the stairwell. However, I later found out that the man who found the stairwell for us didn't make it out of the building safely.


Going down the stairs was not easy for me for I had lost a leg to cancer when I was 16 and wore an artificial limb. More or less, I used my arms to get down.


At the 78th floor, I noticed one of my friends, Tony, stuck in the elevator. We ran over to the elevator to try to pull open the door. I never tried harder to do anything in my life, but, without tools, we couldn't get it open. Tony insisted that we should get out. Reluctantly we left him there. Tony was among the missing.


When we reached the 40th floor, we came to a complete stop. There was a jam of people. The firemen were coming up the stairs, carrying their equipment. Some 100 firefighters must have walked past us. Some of them looked so young that they seemed hardly out of high school. But they were great, assuring us that they would take care of everything. Eventually we kept moving and got out.


The journey down took about 40 minutes.


Questions:


1. Where was the speaker's office?


2. Why did the speaker and others escaped into a corner office?


3. Which of the following statements about Tony is true?


4. What happened to the speaker and others when they reached the 40th floor?


5. What can be inferred from the passage?


Part D


The Girl Who Sounded the Alarm


Kelly worked at a photo shop in San Jose, California. In her 16 months of developing photos she has seen a few strange images. Sometimes there were naked people and sometimes there were photos of dead people from funerals. But what came to her eyes that morning was the scariest she had ever seen. In the photographs was a young man in black gloves and belt and pants, with a white T-shirt saying Natural Selection. He was seen either vigorously waving pipe bombs in the air or holding a shotgun. In the background of the photographs Kelly could see pipe bombs with nails taped all around them so they would hurt people when the bombs went off.


Photo clerks at her shop are told to report possible suspects of various crimes to authorities. Sometimes, however, there is no clear direction on what should be reported. But the photos of the young man left no doubt in Kelly's mind.


Kelly turned to her boss and said, "I'm going to call the police." But the manager hesitated, for he was afraid that this might bring trouble to him and his business. So she consulted her father, a veteran police officer, who told her to dial 911 at once.


Officers were waiting when the customer came to pick up the photos. Kelly's decisive action may have prevented mass murder, according to the authorities. The 19-year-old student in the photographs had taken the pictures as a final step in a two-year-long plot to blow up and gun down crowds of students at his college. He was charged with weapons possession with intent to injure and was put in prison.


Statements:


1. Kelly worked at a photo shop as a part-time job.


2. The young man in the photographs was a 19-year-old college student.


3. Kelly had no doubt that the young man was dangerous.


4. The boss tried hard to persuade Kelly not to call the police.


5. Kelly's father was once a police officer.


6. The young man actually had no intention to put his plot into practice.


7. After consulting her father, Kelly dialed 119 to report the case.



1 devastating
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
2 deafening
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
3 slab
n.平板,厚的切片;v.切成厚板,以平板盖上
  • This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
  • The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成,它们共同支撑着一块平板。
4 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。
5 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
6 uneven
adj.不平坦的,不规则的,不均匀的
  • The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
  • The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。
7 spikes
n.穗( spike的名词复数 );跑鞋;(防滑)鞋钉;尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划
  • a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
  • There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉,以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 crouch
v.蹲伏,蜷缩,低头弯腰;n.蹲伏
  • I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
  • He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。
9 emboldened
v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
  • His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 survivors
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
11 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
12 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
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agreed valuation
air displacement
albunea okinawaensis
all purpose communication system
Bagerhat District
beginning with
box-handling crane with grab
bulkhead deck
bunodophoron formosanum
channel plan
cocomposer
command mix
commuterdom
complexity editing
coronary artery disease
corrected thrust
cycle theory
demerara sugar
Deri motor
distributed architecture
drupa ricina ricina
Edison bridge
efferent(centrifugal)nerve
enjoy your meal
Erysiphe
exogenous disease
extruder screw
exudation
Farinales
filter bowl gasket
floating head exchanger
flood way district
flow sensing unit
freezing hole
fucosterols
future batch
gear pair with addendum modification
Georgian Orthodox church
glomerular epithelial cell disease
goacher
goodquality
grape-kernel oil
hedrich
image sensor type measurement instruments
interseptal structure
label mapping
lambsdorff
landing wheel
lay a cable
left common iliac artery
local prediction
magnolia delavayi franch.
makin' whoopee
McLennan County
methionine-enkephalin
Millett, Kate
na-na na-na na-na
nonprostatomegaalic
nuttle
outdoor pig keeping system
outest
Panolid
paper-filter
parasympathomimetic
parasyphilcsis
part-time farm household
pCF3
phytocoenosiumtype
pipe-bomb
poikilothermic
quebracho colorado
r. frontalis (n. frontalis)
rate of distance variation
rating of propulsion system
reiksguard
republics of bulgaria
respiratory centre
revolutionarity
rocket sciences
self-starting synchronous motor
short tunnel
sight feed gage
slipway with wedge type launching
solenoid-operated circuit breaker
spark proof
standard colorimetric system
subcurve
subensemble
sympathetic string
Synthetoceras
TCPIP
Thallobionta
Tintina
to proceed to a berth
tramegger
tuntun
unreduced oxide particle
upheave
volitional check
webspinner
wenningtons
winning run