全新版大学英语听说教程5听力原文

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was a gentleman. I39。 m very pleased I was able to help him. There he goes, I said. Over there. He39。 s crossing the street. He39。 s in a hurry. We watched the little man. When he reached the other side of the street, he turned left, walking very fast. He doesn39。 t look very tired, does he, mummy? He doesn39。 t look as if he39。 s trying to get a taxi, either. My mother was standing very still. He39。 s up to something. Come with me. We crossed the street together. It was raining very hard now, but we were under the silk umbrella. He said he was too tired to walk and now he39。 s almost running. He39。 s disappeared! I cried. Where39。 s he gone? He went in that door! It was a pub. The room we were looking into was full of people and cigarette smoke, and our little man was in the middle of it all, without his hat and coat, and moving towards the bar. When he reached it, he spoke to the barman. The barman gave him a drink. The little man gave him a pound. The barman didn39。 t give him any change. The little man drank it in one go. That39。 s very expensive drink, I said. He was smiling now. He went to where his hat and coat were. He put on his hat. He put on his coat. Then very quickly, he took from the rack one of the many wet umbrellas, and left. Did you see that! my mother shouted. Sssh! I whispered. He39。 s ing out. He didn39。 t see us. He opened his new umbrella and went down the road. We followed him back to the main street where we met him first, and we watched as he exchanged his new umbrella for another pound. This time it was with a tall, thin man who didn39。 t even have a hat or a coat. When it was over he went off again, this time in the opposite direction. He never goes into the same pub twice, my mother said. I expect he39。 s always hoping for a rainy day. Questions 1. Why was the mother so unpleasant to the old man at first? 2. What made the narrator and her mother believe that the old man was not telling the truth? 3. What can be concluded about the silk umbrella that the old man sold? 4. What can be inferred about the old man? Exercise 2 Listen to the recording again and plete the sentences with what you hear. Come under here and keep dry, darling, my mother said. Aren39。 t we lucky! I39。 ve never had a silk umbrella before. Why were you so unpleasant to him? I asked. I wanted to be sure he was a gentleman. I39。 m very pleased I was able to help him. There he goes, I said. Over there. He39。 s crossing the street. He39。 s in a hurry. We watched the little man. When he reached the other side of the street, he turned left, walking very fast. He doesn39。 t look very tired, does he, mummy? He doesn39。 t look as if he39。 s trying to get a taxi, either. My mother was standing very still. He39。 s up to something. Come with me. We crossed the street together. It was raining very hard now, but we were under the silk umbrella. He said he was too tired to walk and now he39。 s almost running. He39。 s disappeared! I cried. Where39。 s he gone? He went in that door! It was a pub. The room we were looking into was full of people and cigarette smoke, and our little man was in the middle of it all, without his hat and coat, and moving towards the bar. When he reached it, he spoke to the barman. The barman gave him a drink. The little man gave him a pound. The barman didn39。 t give him any change. The little man drank it in one go. That39。 s very expensive drink, I said. He was smiling now. He went to where his hat and coat were. He put on his hat. He put on his coat. Then very quickly, he took from the rack one of the many wet umbrellas, and left. Did you see that! my mother shouted. Sssh! I whispered. He39。 s ing out. He didn39。 t see us. He opened his new umbrella and went down the road. We followed him back to the main street where we met him first, and we watched as he exchanged his new umbrella for another pound. This time it was with a tall, thin man who didn39。 t even have a hat or a coat. When it was over he went off again, this time in the opposite direction. He never goes into the same pub twice, my mother said. I expect he39。 s always hoping for a rainy day. ti:Unit1 PartC Additional Listening You39。 ve Got Mail Exercise Listen to the recording and choose the best answer to each question you hear. Computer: Wele! Woman: ... Last night I went to meet you and you weren39。 t there. I wish I knew why. I felt so foolish. And as I waited, someone else showed up, a man who39。 s made my professional life in misery. And an amazing thing happened. I, I was able, for the first time in my life, to say the exact thing I wanted to say at the exact moment I wanted to say it. And of course, afterwards, I felt terrible. Just as you said I would. I was cruel, and I39。 m never cruel. And even though I can hardly believe what I said mattered to this man, to him I was just a bug to be crushed. But what if it did? No matter what he39。 s done to me, there39。 s no excuse for my behavior. Anyway, I so wanted to talk to you. I hope you have a good reason, have a good reason for not being there last night. You don39。 t seem like the kind of person that would do something like that. The odd thing about this form of munication is that you39。 re more likely to talk about nothing than something, but I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings. So, thanks. Computer: Goodbye! Man: Dear friend. I cannot tell you what happened last night. But I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to five me for not being there, for what happened. I feel terrible that you found yourself in a situation that caused you additional pain. But I39。 m absolutely sure that whatever you said last night was provoked, even deserved. And everyone says things they regret when they39。 re worried o。