新视界大学英语视听说教程2unit3.doc

Unit 3 Inside view This is just so crazy! What? This story Im reading. So teU us. A Man was in a wheelchair crossing the road in front of a lorry at some traffic lights. Somehow, the back of the wheelchair got stuck on the front of the lorry. When the lorry started moving, it took the wheelchair and the man with it! Youre joking! The driver drove for several miles at 80 kilometres an hour before he stopped at a garage. The man was unhurt because his seat belt had stopped him falling out. What a terrible story! Thank goodness! The Man was all right! The police asked the driver if hed realized he had a passenger. The driver said he had no idea at all. Do you want to hear another one? A funny one this time. Go on. A woman reported that her car had been stolen and that shed left her mobile phone in the car. The policeman suggested calling the mobile. When he did, the thief answered. The policeman told the thief that he was answering an ad in the paper and that he wanted to buy the car. And the thief agreed to sell it! He didnt! So they arranged to meet and the thief was arrested and the woman got her car back. A happy ending! You get these great stories in the papers - I always read them. Conversation 2 Voice on Radio The news at one oclock. Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England. There is still no news of missing company director, Alan Marsden. Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating. There are reports coming in of more fighting in ... Do you mind if l turn it off? Its fine. I wasnt listening. Do you follow the news? Yeah, I do. But I dont often listen to the radio, I mostly get my news online. Do you? Yes, I read articles from different papers. My dad does that. Well, Ive got used to reading real newspapers. You should try reading the news online. You get lots of different views, its very stimulating. True, it is stimulating. But Ive got into the habit of reading the papers in the JCR – in a comfortable armchair