新世纪大学英语视听说第二册 unit 5文本
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Unit 5 Unsolved Mysteries
Listening and Speaking
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In the picture on the left, a criminal is breaking a law; he
is committing a crime.
In the picture on the right, the detective is catching and
arresting the criminal.
In the picture in the center, the detective is questioning
the criminal but he is not making a confession.
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The greatest detective
Sherlock Holmes is probably the greatest detective ever known
— well, at least he’s one of the most famous. But he never actually
existed … he’s an imaginary detective who appears in sixty stories
created by the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Doyle was not always a writer. He started his career as a
doctor. Fortunately for us, he
did not have many patients. He needed money and so he started to
write stories.
The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and
was called A Study in Scarlet. Later, a magazine published The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and readers loved it!
What makes Sherlock Holmes so special? Well, he was very
intelligent and successful. He always arrested the criminal — every
single time — with the help of his partner, Dr.
Watson.
In the stories, Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London,
England. Thousands of people visit that address every year. There’s
also a Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.
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Mike: … So, we can look forward to warmer temperatures. It’ll
be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.
Alexa: Thank you for that weather report, Mike. And finally,
this story just in. … We have a report that a local man, Nick
Brown, saw some strange lights. He was driving home at about 10
p.m. He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky.
He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about
the lights. The police officer had seen the lights,
too.
Mike: Hmm … that’s a strange story. What happened
next?
Alexa: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictures, but there was no
film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone.
But by that time, the lights were gone.
Mike: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about
mysterious lights … a lot of local people have seen the lights.
It’s starting to seem like those lights really exist. What do you
think, Alexa?
Alexa: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of
hoax!
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It was raining heavily. I couldn’t see clearly. I drove
slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and
standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I
stopped the car quickly.
“What are you doing?” I asked. She looked at me
strangely but didn’t answer. “Are you OK?” I asked. “I’m fine,” she
answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly.
Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk
about the little girl. “Do you know her?” I asked. “Oh yes,” he
said calmly.
“That’s Mary Anne. She died five years ago on
that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.”
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The Tunguska Mystery
It was early morning. June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia.
Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska.
People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square
kilometers were knocked down. People heard the explosion 800
kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.
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What caused this terrible explosion? A century later,
scientists are still trying to find the answer. Here are some
possible explanations.
1. An asteroid: Asteroids are very large pieces of rock that
go around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause
lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,000 tons. If an
asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge
explosion.
2. A comet: Comets are giant balls of gas, ice, and rock with
long tails. They travel through space in a regular pattern. Encke’s
Comet was near Earth in 1908, and it’s possible that a part of it
broke off and hit the earth.
3. A UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship
crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine
exploded.
4. An extraterrestrial attack: Another idea is that
extraterrestrials, that is, people from other planets, attacked the
earth. Extraterrestrials might have wanted to destroy the earth, so
they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the
forest.
5. A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists
made a mistake during an experiment with electricity. A man named
Nikola Tesla tried to build a “supergun” that used electricity.
Maybe it was a test of his gun and it didn’t work
correctly.
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Q: Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous
for?
A: Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States.
It’s famous for the “Marfa mystery lights.”
Q: What are the mystery lights exactly?
A: No one knows for sure. There are many different ideas
about that.
Q: Can you describe them?
A: That’s a difficult question. Different people see
different lights. They are not always the same. I can say that they
appear after sunset in the sky. They dance mysteriously in air and
vanish. Then they suddenly reappear.
Q: Some people say they are car headlights. Do you think
so?
A: No, I don’t. A man first saw the mystery lights over 100
years ago. The man was Robert Ellison and the year was 1883. Of
course we didn’t have cars in 1883.
Q: What do you think causes the lights?
A: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the
lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas
causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does
it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often
appears just after a rainstorm.
Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the
lights?
A: Well, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think
ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I
don’t think so.
Q: What do the experts say?
A: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from
Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the
mystery.
Q: Are the local people scared?
A: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every
year in early September there’s a big town festival to celebrate
the mystery lights.
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Q: What do you think causes the lights?
A: There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the
lights were stars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas
causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does
it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often
appears just after a rainstorm.
Q: What are some of the weirdest ideas about the
lights?
A: Well, some people call them “ghost lights.” They think
ghosts do it. That’s the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I
don’t think so.
Q: What do the experts say?
A: They can’t figure it out. Some engineers even came from
Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldn’t solve the
mystery.
Q: Are the local people scared?
A: No, actually, they aren’t. They like the lights. And every
year in early September there’s a big town festival to celebrate
the mystery lights.
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1. That man seems angry.
2. She speaks French.
3. Your sister looks tired.
4. He practices the piano every day.
5. My aunt always watches the news.
6. My friend knows the answer.
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Stye: Do you know the Dodd Diamond?
Frye: Of course! The museum owns it.
Stye: Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!
Frye: Really? How did it happen?
Stye: Well, it’s unlikely the criminal walked into the room.
There’s an alarm on the floor.
Frye: But there’s no alarm for the skylight.
Stye: You’re right! I bet the criminal climbed down a rope.
Then he took the diamond without touching the floor!
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A: I love chocolate.
B: There's a good chance that's true. I know you like sweets.
You probably like chocolate, too.
A: My family has moved house six times.
B: It doesn't seem possible.
A: Why do you say that?
B: I've known you since we were kids.
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A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real
kidnapper?
B: I doubt that he was. Nobody's likely to be so silly to
leave all the evidence there for people to find. Besides, he never
made a confession, did he?
A: If it wasn’t him … it could have been Betty Gow. What do
you think?
B: Well, it’s unlikely that she did it. She loved the baby.
She even fainted at the trial.
A: That’s true. Then it could have been Ernie
Brinkert.
B: Why do you think it could be him?
A: Well, he’s Violet Sharpe’s boyfriend. He knew about the
Lindberghs. It’s quite possible that he made a secret plan with his
girlfriend to kidnap the baby for money.
B: That’s nonsense. His girlfriend had an alibi. She wasn’t
in the house on the day the baby was kidnapped.
A: Maybe that was part of the secret plan. Perhaps she was
purposefully out of the house.
B: Well, possibly. But Ernie’s handwriting didn’t match the
kidnapper’s note. How can you explain that?
A: I dare say that was also part of the plan. He could have
deliberately written the note in a handwriting that is different to
normal.
B: It doesn’t seem possible. He couldn’t possibly have fooled
the court.
Video Course
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Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I
witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of
the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that
night it rained.
Dave: There’s a strange tale in Mexico about La Llorona who
is a woman who wanders the streets weeping for her dead sons. When
there is a strong wind they say you can hear La Llorona
.
Catherine: In New Jersey there’s a thing or a monster called
the “Jersey Devil.” They say it’s very big and hairy but also very
sneaky and that it moves from tree to tree.
Lourdes: My favorite mysteries are about UFOs, which means
Unidentified Flying Objects. I’m not sure if the UFOs are real or
if they are a hoax, but I would like to think that they are
real.
Alejandra: One of the mysteries that I find interesting and
has not been solved yet is the one of the Pyramids. How they made
them. How they brought in those very heavy pieces of stone to build
the Pyramids.
Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that
we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights
turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite
scary.
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Agnes: When I was visiting my grandfather in his village I
witnessed a very strange event. It wasn’t raining and the women of
the village went to a special place to make the rain fall. And that
night it rained.
Calum: My advisor and my teacher told us that the dorm that
we lived in was haunted, and one time late at night all the lights
turned off suddenly and it was very strange and quite
scary.
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Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here
today?
Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and
arresting a criminal.
Claudia: Arresting a criminal?
Tara: Yes, a criminal.
Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!
Tara: Someone in this room has committed a
crime.
All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?
Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!
Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only
yogurt.
Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies,
your ice cream … who knows where it will end?
Sun-hee: OK ... OK. Go on.
Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have
a key to this apartment.
Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you
live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …
Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief
worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds
up spoon) Clean and dry.
Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town
last week … just got home last night.
Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come
here today because you are a friend of the thief —
Claudia!
Claudia: What?
Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You
didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited
until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen,
you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon
and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s
yogurt!
Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not
true!
Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone!
(to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge)
Thanks. Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s
up?
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Roberto: Does anybody know why Tara asked us to come here
today?
Takeshi: She said something about solving a crime and
arresting a criminal.
Claudia: Arresting a criminal?
Tara: Yes, a criminal.
Takeshi: Hey, Tara. Nice hat!
Tara: Someone in this room has committed a
crime.
All: What? Come on. What are you talking about?
Tara: A theft. Someone ate Sun-hee’s yogurt!
Sun-hee: Well, my yogurt is missing. But it’s OK. It’s only
yogurt.
Tara: It starts with yogurt. Next time it’s your cookies,
your ice cream … who knows where it will end?
Sun-hee: OK … OK. Go on.
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Tara: It’s very likely one of you did it because you all have
a key to this apartment.
Takeshi: I only use my key for emergencies. And besides, you
live here, you have a key … maybe you took it …
Tara: I’m the detective, I didn’t do it. Now. The thief
worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. (holds up
spoon) Clean and dry.
Roberto: I didn’t do it. I have an alibi. I was out of town
last week … just got home last night.
Tara: I know you didn’t do it, Roberto. I asked you to come
here today because you are a friend of the thief —
Claudia!
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Claudia: What?
Tara: Confess! You’re always too busy to go shopping! You
didn’t have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited
until everyone went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen,
you made sure no one was there, then you carefully took this spoon
and — very quietly — opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee’s
yogurt!
Claudia: (jokingly) No! No! It’s not
true!
Mike: (enters apartment using key) Hey, everyone!
(to Tara while taking spoon and walking towards fridge) Thanks.
Nice hat! (to all while eating yogurt) What’s up?
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One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sun-hee’s yogurt
without notice. So, she asked everyone to help her solve this
“crime.” She thought that it was very likely that one of her
friends stole Sun-hee’s yogurt because they all had a key to the
apartment. While Sun-hee the owner was quite calm and generous
about the missing yogurt, Tara got serious about the matter. She
warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually become a real
crime if it were not checked at the start. She seemed to be
determined to solve the crime, though in a humorous way. She
accused Takeshi first, but he denied it. While Tara was showing
everyone the “weapon” — a clean, dry spoon — Roberto said that he
had an alibi and hadn’t done it. Tara said she knew he hadn’t done
it and that Claudia had done it! Just as Claudia was protesting
that it wasn’t true, Mike suddenly walked in. He calmly went to the
refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! Finally everyone
came to know who the “thief” really was.
