IIListeningSkills
crashingintoabuilding
ItalianinvestigatorsaretryingtodiscoverwhatcausedasmallprivateplanetocrashintoMilan’StallestbuildingonThursday，killingatleastthree，injuringdozensmoreandmakingabigholeinthe32-storybuilding．
Theaircraftwaspilotedbya68-year-oldSwissman．Ithitthe26thfloorofthetowerinanapparentaccidentat5：48P．m．，I8minutesaftertakingoff,Italianofficialssaid．
AnItalianpoliceofficersaidtheyhadnoevidenceoffllinktoterrorism．AnintelligenceofficialinWashingtontoldthemediathat，inspiteofpastwarnings，therewasnoinformationaboutapossibleterroristattackaimingatItaly．
Milanfirebrigadeofficialssaidtheaircrafthadonlythepilotandnopassengers，accordingtotheflightplan．Itwasonfireasitflewintothetower．Therewasanexplosioninthebuildingwhenthetour-seatplanehit，buttherewasnodangerthatthebuildingwouldcollapse，thepolicesaid．
Agent,event,timeandcause/reason Detaileddescription Theplane Private；four-seat；havingonlythepilot Thebuilding 32-story Thepilot A68-year-oldSwissman． Theaccident Aplanecrashingintothebuilding． Theresults Killingatleastthreepeople,injuringdozensmoreand
makingabigholeinthebuilding；butnodangerofthe
building’scollapse. Time 5:48p.m,18minutesaftertaking0ff． Reason Notknown．Noevidenceofalinktoterrorism
III．ListeningIn
Task1：TheSeatbelt
Lisa：Doyouweartheseatbelteverytimeyoudriveorrideacar?
Mike：No，seatbeltsareforchickens．Besides，I’magreatdriver
Lisa：Thechancesofbeinginjuredinacaraccidentthisyearare1in75.Ithinkthat，sworththinkingaboutseriously．
Mike：Haveyoueverbeeninvolvedinanautomobileaccident?
Lisa：Onlyonce·Mycarslidonarainynightandwentofftheroad．Fortunately1waswearingmyseatbelt．
Mike：I’veneverhadaseriousaccident．
Lisa：Mybrotherwasmoreunluckythan1was．LastDecemberhewasalmostkilledinanaccident．Hewasinthebackseatofhisfriend’scarwhenitrolled．Hewasn’twearingaseatbeIt．
Mike：Wow,that’sterrible．
Lisa：Fasteningyourseatbeltshouldbeanautomaticthingassoonasyougetintoyourcar．Butt00manypeoplestillrefusetowearseatbeltsj
Mike：It’sjusthardformetogetinthehabitofwearingone．
Lisa：Allittakesisoneclose-callandyou’llwearyourseatbeIts．
Mike：0.K．，I’vegotthemessage．FromnowonI’11hookupmyseatbeIt．
1.T2.F3.T4.F5.F
Task2:Howmanyparachutesareleft?
Script
Therewerethreepassengersinaplanethathadasuddenenginetrouble.Onewasthesmartestmanintheworld,anotherwasalawyer,andtheotherwasalittlegirl.Thepilottoldthemtheymustjumpouttolightentheweightonboard;otherwise,theplanewouldcrash.However,therewereonlytwoparachutes.Thesmartestmanintheworldjumpedtohisfeelandshouted,"Thepeoplewhowouldbenefittheworldthemostshouldgettheparachutes.I''mthesmartestman,so!''moneofthose."Withthat,heseizedaparachuteandthrewhimselfoutoftheplane.
Thelawyerlookedatthelittlegirlandsaid,"I''veledagoodlonglife,andyou''rejuststartingyours.Youtaketheotherparachute.."Withtearsinhereyes,thelittlegirlsaid,"Thatsmartmanwasveryunreasonable.Justnowhegrabbedmyschoolbagandjumpedout.Mornwillscoldmeforlosingthebag.Butatleast1haveaparachute."
1.Four.Theywerethesmartestmanintheworld,alawyer,agirlandthepilot.
2.Theplanewasgoingtocrash,buttherewereonlytwoparachutes.
3.Thosewhowouldbenefittheworldmostshouldgettheparachutes.Beingsmart,hewasoneofthosepeople.
4.Becausehehadledagoodlonglifeandthegirlwasjuststartingherlife,andhebelievedtherewasonlyoneparachuteleft.
1.Whydidthelittlegirlcry?
B)Thesmartmantookherschoolbag.
2.Howmanyparachuteswereleftforthelawyerandthegirl?
C)Two.
Task3:Whydidyoustopatagreenlight?
Oneday．twofriendsweredrivingdowntownwhentheycametoanintersectionwithatrafficlight．Thelightwasredbutthedriverspedrightthroughtheredlight．Thepassengerlookedinterroratthedriverandshouted，“Whatthehellareyoudoing?You‘regoingtogetuskilled!!¨
Thedriverreplied．“Don’tworry,mymomalwaysdriverslikethis，andsheisallright．”Later．theycametoanothertrafficlight，andthattoowasred．Againthedrivershotrightthroughthelight．Againthepassengerlookedatthedriverandshouted．“IthoughtIhavetoldyou，youwouldgetUSkilled!Wouldyoupleasestopthisnonsense”
Thedriverlookedatthepassengerandanswered．”Allright!Igetit，butItoldyoumymomdrovelikethisallthetime!Andshe’squiteOK．”
Theycametoanothertrafficlight．Itwasgreen．Thedriverslammed011thebrakes，suddenlystoppingthecar．，Thepassengerwasthrownforward．“Whatonearthareyoudoing?”hescreamed．“ThisisthethirdtimeyoualmostgotUSkilled．Whydidyoustopatagreenlight?”
“Well，”saidthedriver，“mymommightbecomingtheotherway．”
1,D2,A3,B4.C5.C
IVSpeakingOut
MODEL1Ihadabadfalloffmybike！
Bob：Laura，whathappenedtoyou?Youlookamess
Laura：AndIfeelevenworsethanIlook．Ihadabadfalloffmybike.
Bob：howdidithappen?
Laura：iwasridingalongtheroadwhenadogbeganbarkingatme.Iturnedtohavea
look，andIbumpedintoanotherbike．
Bob：Thenwhathappened?Didthedogattackyou?
Laura：Letmefinish…I’llgiveyouallthedetails.Iwentoffthefrontofmybikeand
landedontheroad．IhurtmyheadwhenIlanded．
Bob：Youcouldhavebeenhitbyacar!
Laura：Fortunatelytherewerenocarsontheroadatthetime．1waslucky．
Bob：Thedogwastoblame.
Laura：ButIcan’tblamethedog．Alldogsbark．
Bob：Youshouldbemorecarefulinthefuture.
Laura：Sure．youareright．Imaybehard-headedbutI’mnotthick-headed.
NowYourTurn
SAMPLEDIALOG
A:What’sthematterwithyou?Youlookterrible．
B:Toobad.Ifelloffmybike．
A:Howcomeyoufelloff?
B:1wasridingalongtheroad，thinkingabouttheexam，whenthedriverbehindmesuddenlyhonkedhishorn．1wasSOstartledthatIcrashedintoanotherbike
A:Thenwhathappened?Wereyouhurt?
B:Letmefinish…I’11giveyouallthedetails．1wentoffthefrontofmybikeandlandedontheroad.Ihurtmy，armsandelbowswhenIlanded
A:That’sterrible．Thedriverwastoblame．
B:Hehadtherighttoblowthehorninthatsectionoftheroad．1wasdaydreaming．
A:You’dbetterbemorecarefulfromnowon．
B:1will．1won’tbedaydreamingwhileridingabikeanymore.
MODEL2Yourbreathsmellsofalcohol
John：Lovelyparty．Thankyou．Ienjoyedeveryminuteofit.
Laura：you’reslurringyourwords,andyou’reunsteadyonyourfeet.Areyouallrighttodrivehome?
John：Perfect．Idrivebetterafterafewdrinks．
Laura：Well，you’vehadalotmorethanafewdrinks．Yourbreathsmellsofalcohol．What’sthatonyourkeychain?MayIseeit?
John：That?That’sjustanoldbeerbottleopener．Hey,what’sgoingon?Thosearemycarkeys
Laura：Iknow．I''mkeepingthemuntiltomorrow．I’11callataxiforyou．／
John：No，no．1wantthosecarkeysback．
Laura：They’reminenow．
John：Well?Okay．Youwin．I’llgobycab.
NowYourTurn
SAMPLEDIALOG
A：It’sagreatget-together!Ihadagreattime．
B：Wow．youcan’tspeakclearlyorwalksteadily．Canyoudrivehome?
A：Noproblem．Idrivebetterundertheinfluenceofalcohol．
B：Well．You’vehadtoomuchdrinktonight．Wecansmellalcoholonyourbreathamileaway,letmedriveyouhome
A：hey,don’tbother.Icangomyself
B：ComeOn．Idon’twanttoseeyouinthehospitaltomorrow．
A：Okay．Thankyou．
MODEL3Igotaticketthismorning
Laura:What’sthematterwithyou?Youlookveryupset.
Se-Jin:Igotahundred-dollarticketthismorning.
Laura:Oh,that’stoobad.Butwhy?
Se-Jin:Itwasn’tmyfault.Itwasthatdog.
Laura:Whatareyoutalkingabout?Whathasadoggottodowiththefine?
Se-Jin:Listentome.Adogsuddenlyappearedinmylane.Ifitwasn’tforthestupiddog.
Iwouldn’thavealmosthitthepolicecar.
Laura:Youcouldhavebraked,couldn’tyou?Howfastwereyougoing?
Se-Jin:Well,itwasabout50,orevenless.Iwasdrivingveryslowly.
Laura:Fifty?Don’tyouknowthespeedlimitdowntownis40milesanhour?
NowYourTurn
SAMPLEDIALOG
A:What’shappened?Youlookmiserable.
B:Iwasfinedahundreddollarsthisafternoon.
A:Oh,whatbadluck!Butwhy?
B:I’mnottoblame.Itwastheothercar.
A:Whatareyoutalkingabout?Didyouhaveaaccident?
B:Listentome.IwastryingtodoaU-turninfrontoftheschoolgate,whenanothercarcameupveryfastfrombehind.Ifthecarhadn’tgonesofast,Iwouldn’trunintoit.
A:Youshouldhavebeencareful.ButIremembercorrect,U-turnisnotallowedattheplace.
B:Well,Ididn’tknowthisuntilthepolicemantoldme.
A:What?Don’tyoulookattheroadsignwhenyouaredriving?
VLet’sTalk
SpeedingTicket，
Apolicemanstopsadriverandsaystothedriver,“Sir，youwerespeeding．CanIseeyourlicense，please?”Thedriverreplies．“Idon’thaveone．”
“Youdon’thaveone?”
Thedriveranswers．“Ilostitfordrunkdriving．”
Thepolicemanissurprised．“Isee．Willyoushowmeyourvehicleregistrationpapers．please?”
“Imsorry．Ican’tdothat．”
Thepolicemanasks．“Whynot?”
“Istolethiscar．”
TheOfficersays，“Stoleit?”
Thedriveranswers，“Yes，andIkilledtheowner．”
The0fficerisshocked．“Youdidwhat?”
“She’sinthetrunkifyouwanttosee．”
Theofficerishorrifiedandcallsforbackup．Withinminutes，fivepolicecarsshowup，surroundingthecar．Apolicechiefcautiouslyapproachesthecar，asking，“Sir，couldyouopenthetrunkofyourcar，please?”
Thedriveropensthetrunk，revealingnothingbutallemptytrunk．
Thechiefsays，“Isthisyourcar，sir?”
Thedriversays“Yes．”andhandsovertheregistrationpapers．
The0fficeriSquitesurprised．“0neofmy0fficerssaysyoudon’thaveadrivinglicense．”
Thedriverquicklyproduceshislicense．Thechiefexaminesitandfindsnothingwrong．Helookspuzzled．“Thankyou，sir．OneofmyOfficerstoldmeyoudidn’thavea1icense，stolethiscar，andmurderedtheowner．”
Themanreplies，“Ibetthelyingbastardtoldyou1wasspeeding，too!”
Characters Events／statements Reasons Apoliceofficer pollsoveradriverandasksforhisdriver''slicense speeding Thedriver claimstohavelostit drunkdriving Theofficer asksforthevehicleregistrationpapers surprised Thedriver sayshedoesnotownit stoleitandkilledtheowner Theofficer asksthedrivertorepeatwhathesaid shocked Thedriver sayssheisinthetrunk thereasonthepoliceofficerdoesnotyetknow Theofficer callsforbackup horrified Thepolicechief comesandasksthedrivertoopenthetrunk evidenceofthecrime Thedriver opensthetrunk toshowhisinnocence Thechief asksfortheregistrationpapersandthedriver’slicense evidenceofthecrimeorinnocence
I Thedriver quicklyproduces／handsoverboth toshowhisinnocence
Thechief saysanofficerreportedthatthedriverdidnothavealicense,stolehiscar,andkilledtheowner beingpuzzledandwantingtoknowthetruth
Thedriver betstheofficersaidhewasspeeding，too tosuggestthattheaccusationofhisspeedingisfalse,too
PossibleRetellingfortheTeacher’sReference
Apolice0fficerpullsoveradriverandordershimtoproducehisdriver’slicensebecausehewasspeeding．Thedriverclaimsthathehaslosthislicensefordrunkdriving．Theofficerissurprisedandaskshimtoshowhisvehicleregistrationpapers．Thedriverthenanswersthathedoesnothavethosepapers，forhestolethecarandkilledtheowner,thoughnobodyknowswhyhesaysso．Theofficerissoshockedthathecannotbelievehisears，soheasksthedrivertosayitagain．Toconfirmwhathehassaid，thedriversaysthelady’sbodyisinthetrunk．Bynowtheofficer
ishorrified．sohecallsthepolicestationforsupport．Whenthepolicechiefarrives，heordersthedrivertoopenthetrunktofindevidenceofthecrime．Thedriveropensit，butitisempty；andthisshowsthatheisinnocent．Unconvinced，thechiefasksforhisvehicleregistrationpapersandlicensetoseewhetherheisguilty~，,,Thedriverquicklyhandsoverbothtoshowthatheisreallyinnocent．Thechiefisnowpuzzled，sayingthatan9mcerdidreporttohimthatthedriverdidnothavealicense，stolethecar,andkilledtheowner．Tothis，thedriveranswersthathebetstheofficermusthavesaidhewasspeedingaswell．Bysayingso，thedriversuggeststhattheofficer，Saccusationofhisspeedingmustbefalsetoo
Discussion
PossibleAnswerfortheTeacher’sReference
Evenifthedrivercleverlyshowsthatheisnotguiltyofstealingthecarandkillingtheowner,thisdoesnotnecessarilymeanhedidnotspeed．Wemusttakeallpossibilitiesintoconsideration．
Tobeginwith，weshouldtrytofindoutwhetherthereisanyevidencetoshowthedriverwasspeeding．Forexample，wecanchecktherecordsoftheradardeviceorpolicevideo，orfindhumanwitnesses．
Failingthis，wemaycheckwhetherthedriverhadanyrecordoflyingorcheating，orwhetherhehadmanyprevioustrafficviolations0racriminalrecord．Ifso，wecanhardlytrusthiswords．Butthiscannotyetprovideconclusiveevidenceofhisspeeding．
Wemightliketoinvestigatewhetherthepoliceofficerhasarecordoflyingorcheatingsincehisstatementcontradictsthedriver’s．Thisisnormallyimpossible，forahabitualliarwouldhavebeendismissedfromthepoliceforce．Infact，apolicemanisusuallyassumedtobehonestunlessprovedotherwiseinacourtoflaw．
Ifthedriverisfoundguiltyofspeeding，heshouldbepunishedforthataswellasforthelieshetoldaboutthetheftandmurder
VIFurtherListeningandSpeaking
Task1:EmergencyCall
Operator:Hello.Thisistheemergency911operator.
TaxiDriver:Help!Help!Pleasehelpme!
Operator:Yessir.Pleasecalmdownandexplainexactlywhatishappening.
TaxiDriver:Calmdown!Mycarhasbrokendownonthehighway;Ihavealadypassenger,andshe''sgoingintolabor.
Operator:Nowrelax,sir.Explainexactlywhereyouare..
TaxiDriver:I’m...I’minthesouthboundlaneofNo.15Expressway,about15milesfromthetunnel,andthisladyisn''tgoingtowait.
Operator:Okay.What''syourname,sir,andyourpassenger''s?
TaxiDriver:It''s...it''sMike,andIhavenoideaaboutthewoman.She''sinnoconditiontotellme.Howsooncansomeonegethere?
Operator:I''vejustsentanambulancetoyourlocation.Theyshouldbethereanysecond.
TaxiDriver:Hey,isthereanythingIcandowhilewewaitfortheambulance?
Operator:Yes,uh,keephercalmandwarm.
TaxiDriver:Okay.Pleasehurry...Oh,they''retoolate.It''saboy!
Ataxidrivercalledtheemergency911operator,reportingthathiscarhadbrokendownontheroad,andawomanpassengerwasgoingintolabor.HefurtherexplainedthathewasinthesouthboundlaneofNo.15Expressway,about15milesfromthetunnel,andhisnamewasMike.Theoperatorsaidanambulancehadbeensentandwouldarriveatanymoment.Whiletheoperatoraskedthedrivertokeeptheladycalmandwarm,shegavebirthtoaboybeforetheambulancearrived.
Task2:Haveadrink!
Inthemiddleofthenight,inthemiddleofnowhere,awomanandamanareinvolvedinacaraccident.Bothoftheircarsaredamaged,butsurprisinglyneitherofthemishurt.
Aftertheyclimboutoftheircars,thewomansays,"Soyou''reaman.That''sinteresting.I''mawoman.Wow,justlookatourcars!There''snothingleft.Butfortunatelywe''renotinjured.ThismustbeasignfromGodthatweshouldmeetandbefriendsandlivetogetherinpeacefortherestofourdays."
Themanreplies,"Iagreewithyoucompletely.ThismustbeasignfromGod!"
Thewomancontinues,"Andlookatthis,here''sanothermiracle.Mycariscompletelydestroyed,butthisbottleofwinedidn''tbreak.SurelyGodwantsustodrinkthiswineandcelebrateourgoodluck."
Thenshehandsthebottletotheman.Themannodshisheadinagreement,opensit,takesafewlargedrinks,andthenhandsitbacktothewoman.Thewomantakesthebottle,immediatelyputsthecorkbackinthebottle,andputsitaway.Themanasks,Aren’tyouhavingany?”Thewomanreplies,''Yes,butnotuntilthepolicegethere."
1.Whichofthefollowingistrueoftheaccident?
A)Bothcarsaredamaged,butneitherofthedriversishurt.
2.Whichofthefollowingistrueofwhatthewomansays?
C)Godhasarrangedforthemanandwomantobecomefriends.
3.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthebottleofwine?
C)Godwantsthemanandwomantodrinkittocelebrate.
4.Whydoesthemandrinkthewine?
B)Hebelieveshe''sfollowingGod''swill.
5.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?
D)Thewomanmakesthemanappeartohavebeendrivingwhiledrunk.
Task3:Pawon’tlikeit.
Max,afarmboy,accidentallyoverturnedhiswagonloadedwithcorn.Thefarmerwholivednearbyheardthenoise.
"Hey,Max!"thefarmershouted."Forgetyourtroubles.Comeinwithus,thenI''llhelpyougetthewagonup."
"That''smightyniceofyou,"Maxanswered,"butIdon''tthinkpawouldlikemeto."
"Comeon,"thefarmerinsisted.
"Well,okay,"theboyfinallyagreed,andadded,"butpawon''tlikeit."
Afteraheartydinner,Maxthankedhishost."Ifeelalotbetternow,butIknowpaisgoingtobereallyupset."
"Don''tbesilly!"theneighborsaidwithasmile."Bytheway,whereisyourpa?"
"Underthewagon."
1.T2.F3.F4.T5.F
Speaking
AMinorCarAccident
Jill:Ihadanaccidentlastweek.
Richard:Whathappened?
Jill:Somebodybumpedintotherearendofmycar.
Richard:Wereyouhurt?
Jill:No,butmycarwasdamaged.
Richard:Youwereveryluckythatyouweren''tseriouslyhurt.Who''stoblamefortheaccident?Theotherdriver?
Jill:Itwasnothisfault.Seeingadogrunningacrosstheroad,Isuddenlybraked.Thenthenextcarcrashedintothebackofmycar.
Richard:Fortunately,you''veinsuredyourcar.
Jill:Yes,Ihave.
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