全新版大学英语听说教程3听力原文

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and worked as a gas station clerk in Pueblo, Colorado. His dream was to find his father John Garcia. Year after year, he tried in vain to search for information about the whereabouts of his father. It was a fine day in Pueblo. There was not a cloud in the blue sky. But for him, it was just another day on the job. Suddenly he noticed the name of one customer who paid with a check. The man, who was in his fifties, had the same surname as his own. Nueng raised his head from the check and looked at the man. Could this be his father? Are you John Garcia? he asked. Yes, came the answer. Were you ever in the Air Force? coefficent。 Hy:luvmbwps,45d39。 xI20%YGAkF67Cqz/ Yes. Were you ever in Thailand? What39。 s that to do with you? answered the man, who became suspicious by then. Were you or were you not? Nueng persisted. Yes. Did you ever have a son? At this truth dawned on the man. They stared at each other and realized at the same moment that they were father and son who were separated 27 years ago and half a world away. John Garcia hadn39。 t seen his son since 1969. He lost touch with Nueng39。 s mother when she started seeing another man. He moved to Pueblo nine years ago. He said he never went to that gas station, wasn39。 t even low on gas that day and hardly ever paid with a check. Statements: 1. Nueng39。 s parents divorced when he was only 3 months old. 2. After moving to the ., Nueng worked at a gas station in Colorado. 3. Nueng never gave up his efforts to find his father, but John Garcia had never looked for his son. 4. One day while at work Nueng39。 s eyes fell on the photo of a coefficent。 Hy:luvmbwps,45d39。 xI20%YGAkF67Cqz/customer39。 s driver39。 s license, and the man in the photo looked like his father. 5. John Garcia was once in the . Air Force stationed in Thailand. 6. John Garcia and his son didn39。 t meet each other again until 1996. 7. Nueng39。 s father said he often went to that gas station but never paid with a check. was by coincidence that John Garcia and his son were reunited after many years of separation. Part D Unexplained Parallels One of the bestknown collections of parallels is between the careers of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Both were shot on a Friday, in the presence of their wives。 both were succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson。 both their killers were themselves killed before they could be brought to justice. Lincoln had a secretary called Kennedy。 Kennedy a secretary called Lincoln. Lincoln was killed in the Ford Theater。 Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company and so on. Similar coincidences often occur between twins. A news coefficent。 Hy:luvmbwps,45d39。 xI20%YGAkF67Cqz/story from Finland reported of two 70yearold twin brothers dying two hours apart in separate accidents, with both being hit by trucks while crossing the same road on bicycles. According to the police, the second victim could not have known about his brother39。 s death, as officers had only managed to identify the first victim minutes before the second accident. Connections are also found between identical twins who have been separated at birth. Dorothy Lowe and Bridget Harrison were separated in 1945, and did not meet until 1979, when they were flown over from Britain for an investigation by a psychologist at the University of Minnesota. They found that when they met they were both wearing seven rings on their hands, two bracelets on one wrist, a watch and a bracelet on the other. They married on the same day, had worn identical wedding dresses and carried the same flowers. Dorothy had named her son Richard Andrew and her daughter Catherine Louise。 Bridget had named her son Andrew Richard and her daughter Karen Louise. In fact, she had wanted to call her Catherine. Both had a cat called Tiger. They also had a string of similar mannerisms when they were nervous. How can we explain the above similarities? Statements: coefficent。 Hy:luvmbwps,45d39。 xI20%YGAkF67Cqz/1. Both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were killed by a Southerner. 2. John F. Kennedy39。 s secretary was named after Abraham Lincoln. 3. The news story told about the traffic accidents that killed two twin brothers. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that more parallel phenomena are studied in the United States than in any other country. 5. Coincidences occurring in three nations are described in the passage. 6. Some psychologists39。 interest is the research on coincidences between twins. 7. According to the speaker, coincidences occur much more often between twins than between people who are not related. 8. The speaker does not mention his/her own opinion on whether these parallels can be explained. 重点单词及词组 Part B coincidence 一致，巧合 tuition 学费 real estate 房地产 persuade 劝说 coefficent。 Hy:luvmbwps,45d39。 xI20%YGAkF67Cqz/appointment 约会 acquire 获得，学会 be supposed to 应该，被指望 decorate 装饰 intrigue 激起…的兴趣 signature 签名 receipt slip 收款便条 mystified 迷惑 tuition 学费 Part C immigrate 移来，移居 whereabouts 下落，行踪 lost touch with 和某人失去联系 Part D unexplained 不清楚的 parallels 导轨 in the presence of 在面前 justice 正义，合理 convertible 可改变的 victim 受害人，牺牲者 identify 识别，鉴别 investigation 调查，研究 psychologist 心理学者 bracelet 手镯 string 一串，一行 mannerism 特殊习惯，怪僻 Unit 3 Part B Text 1 Krimali (Part One) On the morning of the devastating earthquake that struck India in 2020, 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,。