【正文】 由，被放出圍欄，四處遛達(dá)。修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。然而到了冬天，修道院里的生活則是另一番景象。 夏天的幾個(gè)月里，修道院十分忙碌，因?yàn)橛谐汕先f的人駕車通過山口，順道來修道院參觀。如今由于山里開挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危險(xiǎn)了。幾百年來，圣伯納德修道院馴養(yǎng)狗拯救了許多翻越這道山口的旅游者的生命。s monastery. ＊ New words and expressions 生詞和短語 monastery n. 寺院，修道院 St. Bernard 圣伯納德 pass 選校網(wǎng) 高考頻道 專業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬張 大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫 選校網(wǎng) 專業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬張大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫 n. 關(guān)隘 watchdog n. 看門狗 rashly adj. 莽撞地，冒失地 enclosure n. 圍場(chǎng)，圈地 monk n. 和尚 privacy n. 清靜，隱居 skier n. 滑雪者 Easter n. 復(fù)活節(jié) ＊參考譯文 圣伯納德大山口連接著瑞士與意大利，海拔 2,473O 米，是歐洲最高的山口。 ” ＃ Lesson 8 A famous monastery 著名的修道院 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. ＊聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。 “ 只要有東西可供識(shí)別，我們會(huì)把錢還給人家的， ” 銀行的一位女發(fā)言人說。他們鑒定了這些殘留物。可以想像他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一只煮得很好看的錢包， 鈔票已化成灰時(shí)的沮喪心情。然后，他和簡一起去騎馬。 最近的一個(gè)案例與簡 .巴特林有關(guān)，她的未婚夫約翰擁有一家生意興隆家具店。對(duì)英國人來說，值得慶幸的是英國銀行有一個(gè)殘鈔鑒別組，負(fù)責(zé)理那些把錢塞進(jìn)機(jī)器或塞給狗的人提出的索賠要求。lady39。Last year, we paid $ on 21,000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen39。s something to identify, we will give people their money back,39。s wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifullycooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remain and John got all his money back. 39。, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horseriding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fianc233。s wallet? Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn39。 ＃ Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies 殘鈔鑒別組 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. ＊聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。這場(chǎng)搶劫只持續(xù)了3 分鐘，因?yàn)楦`賊爭先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。他與店員動(dòng)手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。 寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇 叭，呼嘯著沖進(jìn)了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。鉆石項(xiàng)鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. ＊ New words and expressions 生詞和短語 smashandgrab n. 砸櫥窗搶劫 arcade n. 有拱廊的街道（兩旁常設(shè)商店） Piccadilly n. 皮卡迪利大街 jewllery n. 珠寶（總稱） necklace n. 項(xiàng)鏈 ring n. 戒指 background n. 背景 velvet n. 天鵝絨，絲絨 headlight n. （汽車等）前燈 blare v. 發(fā)嘟嗜聲，吼叫 staff n. 全體工作人 員 raid n. 偷襲 scramble n. 偷襲 scramble v. 爬行 fantastic adj. 非常大的 ashtray n. 煙灰缸 ＊參考譯文 皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業(yè)。 How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves? The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o39。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數(shù)通向 15 英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的 1， 084 級(jí)臺(tái)階時(shí)，被抓了起來。那個(gè)可憐的記者不僅被捕了，而且還被送進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。編輯無奈，勉強(qiáng)按原樣發(fā)稿了。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真，通知那位記者說，若再不迅速答復(fù)，將被解雇。 記者立即出發(fā)去核實(shí)這些重要的事實(shí)，但過了好長時(shí)間不見他把數(shù)字寄來，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因?yàn)殡s志馬上要付印。文章的開頭是這樣的： “ 幾百級(jí)臺(tái)階通向環(huán)繞總統(tǒng)的高墻。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個(gè)新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteenfoot wall which surrounded the president39。Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president39。s insistence on facts and statistics? Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a wellknown magazine to write an article on the president39。 ＃ Lesson 5 The facts 確切數(shù)字 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. ＊聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。他將來掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。兩年多以來，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然后換上工作服，當(dāng) 8 個(gè)小時(shí)清潔工。 艾爾弗結(jié)婚時(shí)，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。. ＊ New words and expressions 生詞和短語 manual adj. 體力的 collar n. 衣領(lǐng) sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻(xiàn)出 privilege n. 好處 dustman n. 清潔工 corporation n. 公司 選校網(wǎng) 高考頻道 專業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬張 大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫 選校網(wǎng) 專業(yè)大全 歷年分?jǐn)?shù)線 上萬張大學(xué)圖片 大學(xué)視頻 院校庫 overalls n. 工作服 shower n. 淋浴 secret n. 秘密 status