【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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? 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 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. 8. It was by coincidence that John Garcia and his son were reunited after many years of separation. Part DUnexplained 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 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: 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. 重點單詞及詞組Part Bcoincidence 一致，巧合 tuition 學(xué)費real estate 房地產(chǎn) persuade 勸說appointment 約會 acquire 獲得，學(xué)會be supposed to 應(yīng)該，被指望 decorate 裝飾intrigue 激起…的興趣 signature 簽名receipt slip 收款便條 mystified 迷惑tuition 學(xué)費 Part Cimmigrate 移來，移居whereabouts 下落，行蹤lost touch with 和某人失去聯(lián)系 Part Dunexplained 不清楚的 parallels 導(dǎo)軌in the presence of 在面前 justice 正義，合理convertible 可改變的 victim 受害人，犧牲者identify 識別，鑒別 investigation 調(diào)查，研究psychologist 心理學(xué)者 bracelet 手鐲string 一串，一行 mannerism 特殊習(xí)慣，怪僻 Unit 3Part BText 1A Marriage Agreement (Part One)(Tom and Linda have signed a marriage agreement. Both agree not to break the rules outlined in the agreement. John, a reporter, is talking to them about the agreement.)John: Tom, Linda, first I39。d like to ask you why you decided to write this unusual agreement. Tom: We found that many problems are caused when a person has different expectations from his or her spouse. We wanted to talk about everything openly and honestly before we started living together. Linda: Also we both know how important it is to respect each other39。s pet peeves. Like, I can get very annoyed if others leave stuff clothing, papers, everything! lying around on the floor. It really bugged me, so we put that in the agreement. John: This is mentioned in Article 1: