新概念英语第三册全册（美音跟读版）| 新概念英语3 | 每天10分钟不一样的人生 – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.lesson one a puma at Large listen to the tape then answer the question below where must the Puma have come from Pumas are large cat-like animals which are found in America when reports came into London Zoo that a wild Puma had been spotted 45 miles south of London they were not taken seriously however as the evidence began to accumulate experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate for the descriptions given by people who claim to have seen the Puma were extraordinarily similar the hunt for the Puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her it immediately ran away when she saw it and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered the search proved difficult for the Puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place 20 miles away in the evening wherever it went it left behind a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits paw prints were seen in a number of places and pumifer was found clinging to bushes several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the Puma up a tree the experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma but where had it come from as no Pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape The Hunt went on for several weeks but the Puma was not caught it is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet Countryside listen to 13 equals one listen to the tape then answer the question below was the vicar pleased that the Clock Was striking why our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired the Big Clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since one night however our vicar woke up with a start the Clock Was striking the hours looking at his watch he saw that it was one o'clock but the Bell struck 13 times before it stopped armed with a torch the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on in the Torchlight he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins our local grocer whatever are you doing up here Bill ask the vicar in Surprise I'm trying to repair the Bell answered bill I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now you see I was hoping to give you a surprise he certainly did give me a surprise said the vicar you've probably woken up everyone in the village as well still I'm glad the Bell is working again that's the trouble vicar answered bill it's working all right but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike 13 times and there's nothing I can do about it we'll get used to that Bill said the vicar 13 is not as good as one but it's better than nothing now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea lesson three and unknown goddess listen to the tape then answer the question below how did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess some time ago an interesting Discovery was made by archaeologists on the Asian island of Kia an American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the Promontory of Aya Irene the city at one time must have been prosperous for it enjoyed a high level of civilization houses often three stories high were built of stone they had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls the city was even equipped with a drainage system for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets the temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the 15th century BC until Roman times in the most sacred room of the Temple clay fragments of 15 statues were found each of these represented a goddess and had at one time been painted the body of one Statue was found among remains dating from the 15th century BC its missing head happened to be among remains of the 5th Century BC this head must have been found in classical times and carefully preserved it was very old and precious even then when the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern looking woman she stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips she was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground despite her great age she was very graceful indeed but so far the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity Lesson Four the double life of Alfred blogs listen to the tape then answer the question below why did ALF want a white collar job these days people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices people who work in offices are frequently referred to as white collar workers for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work such is human nature that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers this can give rise to curious situations as it did in the case of Alfred blogs who worked as a dust man for the ellsmere corporation when he got married Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job he simply told her that he worked for the corporation every morning he left home dressed in a smart black suit he then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a desk man before returning home at night he took a shower and changed back into his suit Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dust men kept his secret alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dust man and she never will for Alf has just found another job he will soon be working in an office he will be earning only half as much as he used to but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money from now on he will wear a suit all day and others will call him Mr blogs not Alf lesson five the facts listen to the tape then answer the question below what was the consequence of the editor's insistence on facts and statistics Sitters of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's Palace in a new African Republic when the article arrived the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it the article began hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's Palace the editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall the journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts but he took a long time to send them meanwhile the editor was getting impatient for the magazine would soon go to press he sent the journalists two more faxes but received no reply he sent yet another facts 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 he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's Palace lesson six Smash and grab listen to the tape the then answer the question below how did Mr Taylor try to stop the thieves the expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening at this time of the morning the arcade was almost empty Mr Taylor the owner of a jewelry shop was admiring a new window display two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished diamond necklaces and Rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of Black Velvet after gazing at the display for several minutes Mr Taylor went back into his shop the silence was suddenly broken when a large car with its headlights on at its horn blaring roared down the arcade it came to a stop outside the Jewelers one man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings 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 lesson seven mutilated ladies listen to the tape then answer the question below why did Jane cook John'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 banknote in your back pocket when you rescued your trousers did you find the note was whiter than white people who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this and a lot of people do fortunately for them the bank of England has a team called mutilated ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog 's it seems love to chew up money a recent case concerns Jane butlin whose fiancee John runs a successful Furniture business John had a very good day and put his wallet containing three thousand Pounds into the microwave oven for safekeeping then he and Jane went horse riding when they got home Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it cooked her fiance's wallet as well imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully cooked 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 mutilated ladies they examined the remains and John got all his money back so long as there's something to identify we will give people their money back said a spokeswoman for the Bank last year we paid 1.5 million pounds on 21 000 claims lesson eight a famous monastery listen to the tape then answer the question below what are the Saint Bernard dogs used for the great Saint Bernard pass connects Switzerland to Italy at 2473 meters it is the highest mountain pass in Europe the famous monastery of Saint Bernard which was founded in the 11th century lies about a mile away for hundreds of years Saint Bernard dogs have saved the lives of Travelers crossing the dangerous paths these friendly dogs which were first brought from Asia were used as Watchdogs even in Roman times now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains the pass is less dangerous but each year the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveler is in difficulty despite the new tunnel there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the pass on foot during the summer months the monastery is very busy for it is visited by thousands of people who cross the pass in cars as there are so many people about the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure in Winter however life at the monastery is quite different the temperature drops to minus 30 degrees and very few people attempt to cross the pass the monks prefer winter to summer for they have more privacy the dogs have greater Freedom too for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure the only regular visitors to the monastery in Winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter these young people who love the Peace of the mountains always receive a warm welcome at Saint Bernard's monastery lesson nine flying cats listen to the tape then answer the question below how do cats try to protect themselves when falling from Great Heights cats never fail to Fascinate human beings they can be friendly and affectionate towards humans but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well they never become submissive like dogs and horses as a result humans have learned to respect feline Independence most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives one of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives apparently there is a good deal of Truth in this idea a cat's ability to survive Falls is based on fact recently the New York Animal Medical Center made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months all these cats had one experience in common they had fallen off high buildings yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries of course New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study because there is no shortage of tall buildings there are plenty of high-rise window sills to fall from one cat Sabrina fell 32 stories yet only suffered from a broken tooth cats behave like well-trained paratroopers a doctor said it seems that the further cats fall the less they are likely to injure themselves in a long drop they reached speeds of 60 miles an hour and more at high speeds falling cats have time to relax they stretch out their legs like flying squirrels this increases their air resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground lesson 10 the loss of the Titanic listen to the tape then answer the question below what would have happened if only two of the 16 watertight compartments had been flooded the great ship Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10 1912

2.she was carrying 1 316 passengers and a crew of 891

3.even by modern standards the 46 000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship at that time however she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built but was regarded as Unsinkable for she had 16 watertight compartments even if two of these were flooded she would still be able to float the tragic sinking of this Great Liner will always be remembered for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life four days after setting out while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic a huge Iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout after the alarm had been given the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct Collision the Titanic turned just in time narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her suddenly there was a slight trembling sound from below and the captain went down to see what had happened the noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged below the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly for five of her 16 watertight compartments had already been flooded the order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water as there were not enough lifeboats for everybody 1500 lives were lost lesson 11 not guilty listen to the tape then answer the question below what was the Customs officer looking for Customs officers are quite tolerant these days but they can still stop you when you are going through the green Channel and have nothing to declare even really honest people are often made to feel guilty the hardened professional Smuggler on the other hand is never troubled by such feelings even if he has 500 gold watches hidden in his suitcase when I return from abroad recently a particularly officious young Customs officer clearly regarded me as a Smuggler have you anything to declare he asked looking me in the eye no I answered confidently would you mind unlocking this suitcase please not at all I answered the officer went through the case with great care all the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again suddenly I saw the officer's face light up he had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight perfume he asked sarcastically you should have declared that perfume is not exempt from import Duty but it isn't perfume I said it's hair gel then I added with a smile it's a strange mixture I make myself as I expected he did not believe me try it I said encouragingly the officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils he was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth a few minutes later I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage Lesson 12 life on a desert island listen to the tape then answer the question below what was exceptional about the two men stay on the desert island most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island we sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines life there is simple and good ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work the other side of the picture is quite the opposite life on a desert island is wretched you either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe waiting for a boat which Never Comes perhaps there is an element of Truth in both these pictures but few of us have had the opportunity to find out two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer they were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired during the journey their boat began to sink they quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food matches and cans of beer and rode for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island there were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water but this did not prove to be a problem the men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy as they had brought a spear gun with them they had plenty to eat they caught Lobster and fish every day and as one of them put it eight like kings when a passing tanker rescued them five days later both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave lesson 13

4.it's only me listen to the tape then answer the question below what did the man expect to find under the stairs after her husband had gone to work Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom she was too excited to do any housework that morning for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband she intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before she wasn't patient to try it on though the costume consisted only of a sheet it was very effective after putting it on Mrs Richards went downstairs she wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining room there was a knock on the front door she knew that it must be the baker she had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table not wanting to frighten the poor man Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom Under the Stairs she heard the front door open and heavy Footsteps in the hall suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the electricity board who had come to read the meter she tried to explain the situation saying it's only me but it was too late the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces when Mrs Richards walked towards him he fled slamming the door behind him lesson 14 a noble gangster listen to the tape then answer the question below how did hawkwood make money in times of peace there was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for protection if the money was not paid promptly the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop obtaining protection money is not a modern crime as long ago as the 14th century an Englishman Sir John hawkwood made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters 600 years ago Sir John hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence he soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni acuto whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded in times of Peace when business was bad hawkwood and his men would March into a city-state and after burning down a few Farms would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them hawkwood made large sums of money in this way in spite of this the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero when he died at the age of 80 the florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of the most Valiant Soldier and most notable leader senior Giovanni lesson 15

5.50 pence worth of trouble listen to the tape then answer the question below did George get anything for his 50 pence what children always appreciate small Gifts of money mom or dad of course provides a regular supply of pocket money but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income with some children small sums go a long way if 50 pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets they rattle for months inside money boxes only very Thrifty children manage to fill up a money box for most of them 50 pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate my nephew George has a money box but it is always empty very few of the 50 pence pieces and pound coins I have given them have found their way there I gave him 50 pence yesterday and advised him to save it instead he bought himself 50 pence worth of trouble on his way to the Sweet Shop he dropped his 50 pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain George took off his jacket rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover he could not find his 50 pence piece anywhere and what is more he could not get his arm out a crowd of people gathered around him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter but George was firmly stuck the fire brigade was called and two firefighters freed George using a special type of Grease George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the Sweet Shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates 16