一句一句学习新概念第三册
[i=s] 本帖最后由 sz_will 于 2013-8-7 12:56 编辑 [/i]39.Nothing to worry about
The [b]rough[/b] across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to [u]get Bruce to drive [/u]back to the village we had come from.
Even though the road was [b]littered[/b] with boulders and [b]pitted[/b] with holes, Bruce was not [u]in the least[/u] [b]perturbe[/b]d.
Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a [b]mere[/b] twenty miles away.
It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
He simply had no sense of danger at all.
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over the dusty track, we [b]swerved[/b] to avoid large boulders.
The wheels [b]scooped[/b] up stones which hammered [b]ominousl[/b][size=12px][b]y [/b]under the car. [/size]
[size=12px]We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would [b]rip[/b] a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. [/size]
[size=12px]Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a[b] trail[/b] of oil and petrol behind us.[/size]
What a [b]relief[/b] it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, [color=#ff0000]giving way to[/color][color=#0000ff] [/color]a [b]stretch[/b] of plain where the only [b]obstacles [/b]were [b]clumps[/b] of bushes.
But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge [b]fissure[/b].
In response to renewed [b]pleadings[/b], Bruce stopped.
Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car.
We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty years and was two feet wide and four feet deep.
Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low [b]gear[/b] and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels [b]astride[/b] the [b]crack[/b] as he followed its zigzag course.
Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.
Bruce [b]consulted[/b] the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away.
Our next [b]obstacle[/b] was a [b]shallow[/b] pool of water about half a mile across.
Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a [b]grinding[/b] half. A yellow light on the [b]dashboard[/b] flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine! [i=s] 本帖最后由 sz_will 于 2013-8-7 14:15 编辑 [/i]
40.Who's who
[color=#ff0000]It has never been explained why[/color] university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else.
[u]Students [color=#ff0000]specialize in [/color]a [b]particular[/b] type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire [b]brigade[/b] to put out a [b]nonexistent [/b]fire is a [b]crude[/b] form of [b]deception[/b] which no self-respecting student would ever [b]indulge[/b] in.
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Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
When a student recently saw two workmen using a [b]pneumatic [/b]drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students [color=#ff0000]dressed up as[/color] workmen were [b]tearing[/b] up the road with a pneumatic drill.
As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not take him seriously.
He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of [b]silly[/b] jokes on people.
Both the police and the workmen were [color=#ff0000][b]grateful[/b] to the student for this piece of advance information.[/color]
The student did in an [b]archway[/b] nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force.
The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and [b]remonstrated[/b] with the workmen.
As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to [b]seize[/b] the pneumatic drill.
The workmen [b]struggled[/b] [b]fiercely[/b] and one of them lost his temper.
He threatened to call the police.
At this, the police pointed out [b]ironically[/b] that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
[b]Permission[/b] was [b]granted[/b] and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
[color=#ff0000]Only when[/color] he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax. [i=s] 本帖最后由 sz_will 于 2013-8-7 14:34 编辑 [/i]
1. A puma at large
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been [b]spot[/b]ted forth-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
However, as the [b]evidence[/b] began to [b]accumulate[/b], expert from London Zoo [color=#ff0000]felt [b]obliged[/b] to [b]investigate[/b][/color], for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily [b]similar[/b].
The hunt for the puma began 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 [b]observed[/b] at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
Wherever it went, it left behind it a[b] trail[/b] of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
Paw prints were seen a number of place and puma fur was found [b]clinging[/b] to bushes.
Several people complained of “cat-like noises” at night and a business man on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
The exports were now fully [b]convinced[/b] 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 [color=#ff0000]in the [b]possession[/b] of [/color]a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
It is [b]disturbing[/b] to think that a dangerous wild animal is still [color=#ff0000]at large[/color] in the quiet countryside. thanks f
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