人人说英语(高级口语) 2_un1-4

[00:00.00]Part 2
[00:14.89]Unit 1  Education
[00:19.57]Basketball Player(M)
[00:22.62]Frank was the university's star basketball player,
[00:27.98]and he had to get his grades up
[00:31.63]in order to play in the big game at the end of the season
[00:36.28]His coach knew this was impossible without some rule-bending.
[00:42.34]So he arranged for the professors who were unhappy with Frank's work
[00:47.91]to create a special test for him
[00:51.85]They finally decided on a good,short quiz
[00:56.53]They brought Frank into an empty room that was filled with books,
[01:02.17]magazines,and a calculator
[01:05.93]They told him that he would have three hours,complete the one-question quiz
[01:12.31]He agreed,and they left the room.
[01:16.75]At the end of the three hours,they ask him for his answer
[01:22.10]He said,"Just a minute!I've almost got it!"
[01:27.46]After ten minutes of this,the professors finally yelled at him,
[01:32.71]"We need an answer now!How many seconds are there in a year?"they asked.
[01:39.87]And finally he replied,"12."
[01:44.72]"12?!"asked the professors.
[01:48.59]"Yeah,the second of January,the second of February,the second of March..."
[01:55.36]Final Exam(M)
[01:58.80]It was the final exam for a history course at the local university.
[02:06.75]The exam was two hours long,and exam booklets were provided
[02:15.50]The professor was very strict and told the class
[02:22.86]he would not accept any exam that was not on his desk in exactly two hours
[02:33.52]and the student would fail.
[02:37.78]A half hour into the exam,a student came rushing in
[02:45.43]and asked the professor for an exam booklet
[02:50.68]"You're got not going to have time to finish this,"
[02:55.75]the professor stated as he handed the student a booklet
[03:02.00]"Yes,I will,"replied the student.He then took a seat and began writing
[03:11.45]After two hours,the professor called for the exams,
[03:18.30]and the students handed them in,
[03:22.66]all except the late student,who was still writhing.A half hour later,
[03:31.12]the last student came up to the professor
[03:36.08]who was sitting at his desk preparing for his next class.
[03:42.85]He attempted to put his exam on the stack of exam booklets already there
[03:51.18]"No,you don't.I'm not going to accept that.It's late,"the professor said.
[03:59.93]The student looked angry adn asked,"Do you know who I am?!"
[04:06.18]"No,as a matter of fact,I don't,"replied the professor.
[04:12.94]"Do you know who I am?!"the student asked again.
[04:18.87]"No,and I don't care,"replied teh professor with an air of superiority.
[04:27.83]"Good,"replied the student,who quickly lifted the stack of completed exams
[04:35.77]stuffed his in the middle,and walked out of the room.
[04:42.04]Unit 2  Food and Drink
[04:55.99]The Most Grief(M)
[04:59.65]A doctor was once talking to a large audience in New York.
[05:05.01]The material we put into our stomachs
[05:09.45]to enough to have killed most of us sitting here,years ago.Red meat is awful.
[05:17.02]Soft drink erode your stomach lining.
[05:20.97]Chinese food is loaded with soy sauce
[05:25.22]Vegetables have been polluted,
[05:28.70]and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water
[05:35.36]But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all
[05:39.91]and we all have eaten it or may eat it in the future
[05:44.76]Can anyoune here tell me what it is causes the most grief
[05:50.33]and suffering for years after eating it?"
[05:54.77]A 60-year-old woman in the front row stood up and said,"Wedding cake."
[06:01.33]Unit 3 Free-time Activities
[06:15.56]Going Swimming(E)
[06:18.93]David and Larry were teachers in the local high school
[06:24.08]One day,the weather was very hot,so they wanted to swim in the nearby lake
[06:31.34]They didn't bring their swimming-trunks
[06:36.07]but since they were all alone,they didn't care.
[06:41.14]They undressed and got into the water for a long,refredhing swim
[06:48.40]Refreshed,they were halfway back up the beach