高中英语第一册课本(上)U04listening

Unit4 Unforgettable¹ experiences
Listening, Hunks Dram lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. On Oct.17th 1989, a strong earthquake² took place and killed over 100 people. Hunk was cut in the earthquake.
1. Listen to part one, then answer these questions in pairs.
Part1.
I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was a quarter past five in the afternoon. And I was driving along the road to fetch³ my daughter from her school. Our plan had been to go swimming together. I had finished work at about 4 o’clock and then gone to the post office. I was driving along a highroad on my way to the school. Over my road was another road for cars going the other way. Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. I slowed down. Then my car started to shake. I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove⁴ even slower. Then the road above started to fall down. I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
2. Listen to part2 fill in blanks⁵ and write the words in spaces.
Part 2
I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom⁶ part of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was quiet. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I remembered what had happened. It was clear to me now that I had been in an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken⁷ road. I called out: “I’m here!” I heard the shout. Soon a stranger⁸ climbed beside the bridge near my car. It took them more than twelve hours to get me out of my car and bring me to a hospital.

1 unforgettable   

adj.难忘的

参考例句：

• The trip had been unforgettable experience for both of us.那趟旅行是我们两人难以忘怀的经历。
• He created many unforgettable characters in his novels.他在他的小说中创造了很多令人难忘的人物。

2 earthquake   

n.地震

参考例句：

• The earthquake is a disaster!地震是一种灾难！
• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。

3 fetch   

n.取得；vt.取来，带来，航行到达；vi.取回，兜圈子

参考例句：

• Fetch me the tape from my drawer,please.请把我抽屉里的磁带取来。
• Shall I fetch your coat for you?我去把上衣给你取来好吗？

4 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

5 blanks   

n.（纸等的）空白（尤指表格的空白）( blank的名词复数 )；空地；（书正文前后的）空白页；空白表格（或证件）

参考例句：

• Fill in the blanks with verbals. 用动词的非谓语形式填空。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Complete the following sentences by filling the blanks with proper prepositions and adverbs. 用适当的冠词和副词填空，完成下列句子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bottom   

n.底部;屁股，臀部；adj.底部的

参考例句：

• The bottom of the cup is broken.这杯子的底破了。
• The channel must have a flat bottom.沟道的底要平。

7 broken   

adj.坏掉的，患病的，被制服的，断掉的；vbl.break的过去分词

参考例句：

• He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
• Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。

8 stranger   

n.陌生人；外地人，异乡人

参考例句：

• A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.一个陌生人走到我跟前，问我时间。
• It's hard for a stranger to make friends in this town.外地人在这个城里很难交朋友。