【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 troy building and sometimes cause flooding. Some hurricanes have winds of more than 200 miles an hour. Car accident when car collide or drivers lose control of their cars. One of the main causes of car accidents is driving too fast. Unit 32 dialogueWhat’s in that big box carried in?It’s a new desk. I just brought and now I have to put it together. Do you need any help?No, I don’t think so.I just need to get my tools. I need a screwdriver and maybe a hammer. Don’t forget to read the instructions. How were things going?I’ve almost finished. Something doesn’t look right to me. The right side is higher than the left side. Oh, you’re right. It looks like I put a couple of screws into the wrong places. So now you have to take it apart. Great, and I thought I was almost finished. I told you to read the instructions. Did you read them?No, I didn’t read them. I hate to read the instructions. I looked at them but they were confusing. Well, this is what happen when you don’t. You were to inpatient. Anyway, what can I do to help you?Could you get another screwdriver and help me in screw some of these screws?Ok, but next time please read the instructions. Do you ever look up at the sky and think about the lives in the universe?I did when I was a kid. But I don’t do that very much anymore. Why do you ask?Sometimes I think I’m lost in daytoday details. Then I look up at the sky and see a big picture. I appreciate things more even the little things. You sound that a philosopher or a poet. I felt like too when I was a kid. Don’t you feel like that anymore?No, I don’t. in fact, I try not to. When I think about thing too deeply, I get depressed. It’s even a bit frightening. Really, for me it’s just the opposite. Everything seems like a wonderful miracle. Doesn’t that frighten you a bit? The universe is so large and we are so small. What I realize is how little we understand. We just need to appreciate our life and not get lost. Sometimes being lost isn’t so bad. You know the expression, ignorance is bliss. Sure, I’ve heard it many times. To be ignorance is to be happy. Maybe it’s true. Maybe it’s best not to think or know too much. Not, that’s not for me. I want to understand as much as possible. That’s why I became a scientist. Well, I respect your choice but it’s not for me. If understanding is painful, I’d rather not understand. Unit 33 ListeningHarry is on the business trip. Yesterday he was supposed to fly from San Francisco to Shanghai. However, things didn’t turn out the way they are supposed to. In fact, nothing went the way it was supposed to. Everything went wrong and he didn’t get on his flight. As a result, he stayed in San Francisco. The following is summary what happen. Yesterday he got up at usual and had breakfast. Everything seemed to be fine and he was looking forward to the trip. He was just about to check out of his hotel when he felt the pain. It was a pain on his lower back. It was a dorm pain at first, not too bad. So he didn’t worry about it and he checked out the hotel. Then he got on a shuttle bus to the airport. About half way to the airport, the pain in his back started to get worse. It was a growing pain and he was beginning to worry. Soon it was difficult for him to sit in his seat. The pain was getting worse. He wanted to lie down. He started to swear and breathe quickly. He was in real pain then. As a scale of 1 to 10, the pain was an 8. When the bus got to the airport, the bus driver helped him to get off. It was difficult for him to walk but he finally made it to the terminal. Inside the terminal, he went to the men’s bathroom. He went to the toilet but that didn’t help. Instead of improving, his felt dizzy and he threw up. By now, he was wet from all his sweating. He knew he couldn’t get on his flight. He used his phone to call airline. He explained the situation and cancelled his reservation. Then he called 911 for an emergency help. 911 is the emergency number to call for help in the United States. An ambulance arrived about 10 minutes after he called. By then, he was in so much pain that he could barely walk. Once inside the ambulance, they gave him oxygen to help him to breathe. But the pain was still terrible. Then they drove to a hospital near the airport. Luckily, the hospital was on his health plan. That means his health insurance is supposed to pay for everything. Medical costs in the United States are very high. When he arrived to the hospital, he was taken to the emergency room. After some tests, a doctor told him he had a kidney stone. It was a very small stone, but it caused a lot of pain. It was passing through a small tube in his body from his kidney to his bladder. The pain will go away once it got to his bladder. Until then he had to get pain medicine to reduce the pain. Harry didn’t have to stay in hospital for very long. With the pain medicine, the pain went away very quickly. He took a taxi back to his hotel and checked in for another night. Then he called the airline and made a reservation for another flight. The flight will leave tomorrow. Until then, he will just rest in his hotel. There may be a goo