新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 10

[11:33.40]I decided to wait there. As I waited, either the driver would come back to the taxi,
[11:39.77]or another one would comealong. So I leaned against the cab, read my newspaper, and waited.
[11:46.21]Suddenly, two men jumped into the cab and said, "To 101st Avenue and Main street, and hurry!"
[11:52.73]"No," I said. "I can't. Sorry."
[11:55.64]"What do you mean ? You can't? Get in and drive! "
[11:58.74]"No, I'm sorry, I can't," I said again.
[12:01.62]"If you don't take us there, we'll call the police," they insisted.
[12:05.40]So they called over a policeman, who was standing on the corner.
[12:09.29]"What seems to be the problem here?" asked the policeman.
[12:12.42]"He won't take us where we want to go," complained the man.
[12:16.24]"Let me see your registration," ordered the policeman.
[12:19.33]"I don't have any," I said innocently.
[12:22.10]"Well, then, if you don't have a registration, I'll have to arrest you."
[12:26.10]Just as the officer began to lead me away, the real taxi driver came out of the coffee shop.
[12:31.68]He saw all of us in front of his cab and wanted to know that the matter was.
[12:36.36]After listening to the whole story, the driver asked:
[12:40.00]"Did it ever occur to you that he wasn't the driver? I'm the driver. Let this guy go, get in the cab, and I'll take you all to your destinations."
[12:50.65]The two men and the officer apologized to me and insisted on paying for my ride.  (283 words)
[12:55.87]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[13:05.77]1)Why did the speaker lean against the cab?
[13:11.46]2)Why did the two men call over a policeman?
[13:16.86]3)Why did the policeman want to arrest the speaker?
[13:22.84]4)What was the misunderstanding?
[13:26.87]5)Why didn't the speaker explain his identity?
[13:32.30]Happy Minute
[13:33.96]Listen to the following short story and enjoy yourself. And think about the question:What do you think of the boy in the story?
[13:43.03]Jenny was out for a walk one day when she came to a gate in a fence.
[13:48.83]"I wonder," she said to herself, "where this leads to?" She went through it and immediately came face to face with a very fiercelooking dog.
[14:01.57]It made her nervous.
[14:05.75]"Does your dog bite?" she asked the boy who was standing beside the dog.
[14:12.34]"No, it doesn't," he replied. Jenny leaned forward to pat the dog on the head.
[14:18.60]"Nice doggie," she said. But the dog immediately jumped at her and, as she ran for safety towards a tree,
[14:29.11]it ran after her, growling, and tore a piece of cloth from her coat.
[14:36.20]"I thought you said your dog didn't bite," she said to the boy as she hung from a branch of the tree.
[14:43.58]"That's right," he replied. "It doesn't . But this isn't my dog."
[14:49.16]Lesson Two Fascinating Mysteries
[14:53.59]Practice One   Stonehenge  Words You Need to Know
[14:59.57]fascinating     archaeological       ditch     intrigue
[15:17.21]astronomical observatory      concentric
[15:29.77]Merlin   King Arthur       Ireland       Dane
[15:47.48]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following two questions briefly.
[15:57.20]Stonehenge is a fascinating archaeological site located in southwestern England.
[16:07.57]It is a small but impressive site of structures consisting of concentric circles made of earth and stonework.
[16:17.54]Its rings of stones, ditches, pits, and banks have intrigued people for hundreds of years.
[16:26.11]Who built Stonehenge? Why?
[16:29.89]There have been many ideas about the origin of Stonehenge.
[16:34.32]One story told in the Middle Ages said that Merlin, King Arthur's magician, brought Stonehenge to England from Ireland.
[16:44.98]In the seventeenth century, John Webb credited Stonehenge to the Romans, believing they had constructed it as a temple.