【導(dǎo)讀】＊聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。美洲獅是一種體形似貓的大動(dòng)物，產(chǎn)于美洲。當(dāng)倫敦動(dòng)物園接到報(bào)告說(shuō)，在倫敦以南45英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)一。只美洲獅時(shí)，這些報(bào)告并沒(méi)有受到重視?？墒牵S著證據(jù)越來(lái)越多，動(dòng)物園的專(zhuān)家們感到有必要進(jìn)行一。番調(diào)查，因?yàn)榉彩锹暦Q(chēng)見(jiàn)到過(guò)美洲獅的人們所描述的情況竟是出奇地相似。搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開(kāi)始的。專(zhuān)家證實(shí)，美洲獅非被逼得走投無(wú)路，是決不會(huì)傷人的。上搜尋工作很困難，因?yàn)槌３Ｊ窃绯吭诩椎匕l(fā)現(xiàn)那只美洲獅，晚上卻在20英里外的乙地發(fā)現(xiàn)它的蹤跡。了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。有人抱怨說(shuō)夜里聽(tīng)見(jiàn)“像貓一樣的叫聲”；一位商人去釣魚(yú)，看見(jiàn)那只美洲獅。專(zhuān)家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動(dòng)物就是美洲獅，但它是從哪兒來(lái)的呢？由于全國(guó)動(dòng)物園沒(méi)有一。家報(bào)告丟了美洲獅，因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的，不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來(lái)了。行了好幾個(gè)星期，但始終未能逮住那只美洲獅。想到在寧?kù)o的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險(xiǎn)的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，

　　

【正文】 been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight partments had already been flooded! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost. ＊ New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) Southampton n. 南安普敦（英國(guó)港市） colossal adj. 龐大的 watertight adj. 不漏水的 partment n. （輪船的）密封艙 flood v. 充滿水 float v. 漂浮，飄浮 tragic adj. 悲慘的 liner n. 班船 voyage n. 航行 iceberg n. 冰山 lookout n. 了望員 collision n. 碰撞 選校網(wǎng) 高考頻道 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張 大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) 選校網(wǎng) 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) narrowly adv. 剛剛，勉強(qiáng)地 miss v. 避開(kāi) slight adj. 輕微的 tremble v. 震顫 faint adj. 微弱的 horror n. 恐懼 abandon v. 拋棄 plunge v. 投入，跳入 lifeboat n. 救生船 ＊參考譯文 巨輪 “ 泰坦尼克 ” 號(hào) 1912 年 4 月 10 日從南安普敦起錨駛向紐約。船上載有 1,316 名乘客與 891 名船員。卻使用現(xiàn)代標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)衡量， 45,000 噸的 “ 泰坦尼克 ” 號(hào)與算得上一艘巨輪了。當(dāng)時(shí)，這艘輪船不僅是造船史上建造的最 大的一艘船，而且也被認(rèn)為是不會(huì)沉沒(méi)的。因?yàn)榇?16 個(gè)密封艙組成，即使有兩個(gè)艙進(jìn)水，仍可漂浮的水面上。然而，這艘巨輪首航就下沉，造成大批人員死亡。人們將永遠(yuǎn)記著這艘巨輪的沉沒(méi)慘劇。 “ 泰坦尼克 ” 起航后的第 4 天，它正行駛在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。突然，了望員發(fā)現(xiàn)一座冰山。警報(bào)響過(guò)不久，巨輪急轉(zhuǎn)彎，以避免與冰山正面相撞。 “ 泰坦尼克 ” 這個(gè)彎拐得及時(shí)，緊貼著高出海面 100英尺的巨大的冰墻擦過(guò)去。突然，從船艙下部傳來(lái)一聲微顫音，船長(zhǎng)走下船艙去查看究竟。由于這個(gè)聲音非常輕，沒(méi)人會(huì)想到船身已遭損壞。在下面，船長(zhǎng)驚恐的地發(fā)現(xiàn) “ 泰坦尼克 ” 號(hào)正在急速下沉， 16 個(gè)密封艙已有 5 個(gè)進(jìn)水。于是，他發(fā)出棄船的命令，幾百人跳進(jìn)了冰冷刺骨的海水里。由于沒(méi)有足夠的救生艇運(yùn)載所有乘客，結(jié)果， 1,500 人喪生。 ＃ Lesson 11 Not guilty 無(wú)罪 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. ＊聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 What was the Customs Officer looking for? Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler. 39。Have you anything to declare?39。 he asked, looking me in the eye. 39。No39。, I answered confidently. 39。Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?39。 選校網(wǎng) 高考頻道 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張 大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) 選校網(wǎng) 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) 39。Not at all,39。 I answered. The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer39。s face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight. 39。Perfume, eh?39。 he asked sarcastically. 39。You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.39。 39。But it isn39。t perfume,39。 I said. 39。It39。s hair gel.39。 Then I added with a smile, 39。It39。s a strange mixture I make myself.39。 As I expected, he did not believe me. 39。Try it!39。 I said encouragingly. The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage. ＊ New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) guilty adj. 犯罪的，違法的 tolerant adj. 寬容的 declare v. 申報(bào) hardened adj. 有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的 professional adj. 職業(yè)的，專(zhuān)業(yè)的 smuggler n. 走私者 officious adj. 愛(ài)管閑事的 confidently adv. 自信地 dreadful adj. 可怕的，一團(tuán)糟的 pounce v. 猛抓，撲住 perfume n. 香水 sarcastically adv. 諷刺地 exempt adj. 被免除的 duty n. 稅 gel n. 凝膠 mixture 選校網(wǎng) 高考頻道 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張 大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) 選校網(wǎng) 專(zhuān)業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬(wàn)張大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫(kù) n. 混合物 unscrew v. 擰開(kāi) nostril n. 鼻孔 chalk n. 粉筆 baggage n. 行李 ＊參考譯文 現(xiàn)在的海關(guān)官員往往相當(dāng)寬容。但是，當(dāng)你通過(guò)綠色通道，沒(méi)有任何東西需要申報(bào)時(shí)，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。甚至是最誠(chéng)實(shí)的人也常弄得覺(jué)得有罪似的，而老練的職業(yè)走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著 500 只金表，卻也處之泰然。最近一次，我也出國(guó)歸來(lái)，碰上一位特 別好管閑事的年輕海關(guān)官員，他顯然把我當(dāng)成走私犯。 “ 您有什么需要申報(bào)的嗎？ ” 他直盯著我的眼睛問(wèn)。 “ 沒(méi)有。 ” 我自信地回答說(shuō)。 “ 請(qǐng)打開(kāi)這只手提箱好嗎？ ” “ 好的。 ” 我回答說(shuō)。 那位官員十分仔細(xì)地把箱子檢查了一遍。所有細(xì)心包裝好的東西一會(huì)兒工夫就亂成一團(tuán)。我相信那箱子再也關(guān)不上了。突然，我看到官員臉上露出了得意的神色。他在我的箱底發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只小瓶，高興地一把抓了起來(lái)。 “ 香水，嗯？ ” 他譏諷地說(shuō)道， “ 你剛才應(yīng)該申報(bào)，香水要上進(jìn)口稅的。 ” “ 不，這不是香水， ” 我說(shuō)， “ 是發(fā)膠。 ” 接著我臉帶微笑補(bǔ)充說(shuō)： “ 這是一種我自己 配制的奇特的混合物。 ” “ 你就聞一聞吧！ ” 我催促說(shuō)。 海關(guān)官員擰開(kāi)瓶蓋，把瓶子放到鼻子底下。一股怪味襲來(lái)，使他相信了我說(shuō)的真話。幾分鐘后，我終于被放行，手提劃著寶貴的粉筆記號(hào)的行李，匆匆離去。 ＃ Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒島生活 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. ＊聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 What was exceptional about the two men39。s stay on the desert island? Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never es. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no wa