新视野大学英语视听说教程2 Unit 9-12

V  Let’s Talk
Speeding Ticket，
A policeman stops a driver and says to the driver,“Sir，you were speeding．Can I see your license¹，please?”The driver replies．“I don’t have one．”
“You don’t have one?”
The driver answers．“I lost it for drunk driving．”
The policeman is surprised．“I see．Will you show me your vehicle registration² papers．please?”
“I m sorry．I can’t do that．”
The policeman asks．“Why not?” 
“I stole this car．”
The Officer says，“Stole it?”   
The driver answers，“Yes，and I killed the owner．” 
The 0fficer is shocked．“You did what?”
“She’s in the trunk if you want to see．”
The officer is horrified³ and calls for backup．Within minutes，five police cars show up，surrounding the car．A police chief cautiously approaches the car，asking，“Sir，could you open the trunk of your car，please?”
The driver opens the trunk，revealing nothing but all empty trunk．
The chief says，“Is this your car，sir?”
The driver says“Yes．”and hands over the registration papers．
The 0fficer is quite surprised．“0ne of my 0fficers says you don’t have a driving license．”
The driver quickly produces his license．The chief examines it and finds nothing wrong．He looks puzzled．“Thank you，sir．One of my Officers told me you didn’t have a 1icense，stole this car，and murdered the owner．”
The man replies，“I bet the lying bastard⁴ told you 1 was speeding，too!”

Characters	Events／statements	Reasons
A police officer	polls over a driver and asks for his driver's license	speeding
The driver	claims to have lost it	drunk driving
The officer	asks for the vehicle registration papers	surprised
The driver	says he does not own it	stole it and killed the owner
The officer	asks the driver to repeat what he said	shocked
The driver	says she is in the trunk	the reason the police officer does not yet know
The officer	calls for backup	horrified
The police chief	comes and asks the driver to open the trunk	evidence of the crime
The driver	opens the trunk	to show his innocence
The chief	asks for the registration papers and the driver’s license	evidence of the crime or innocence     I
The driver	quickly produces／hands over both	to show his innocence
The chief	says an officer reported that the driver did not have a license, stole his car, and killed the owner	being puzzled and wanting to know the truth
The driver	bets the officer said he was speeding，too	to suggest that the accusation of his speeding is false, too

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

3 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

4 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。