创新国际英语教程第三册 unit8

[00:10.50]Rave to the grave [00:14.65]A rave party nearly ended in tragedy last night, [00:20.72]when over a hundred people fell through the floor [00:25.57]of the fourth-floor flat they were dancing in and into the flat below. [00:32.03]Amazingly,no one was killed, [00:36.18]although seven people were taken to hospital suffering from shock. [00:42.06]The party was organised by a group called Tribal Spiral, [00:48.51]and was held in a deserted flat on ahousing estate in East London. [00:54.44]It is believed that have the extremely hight volume of the techno music being played [01:01.81]weakened the structure of the floor. [01:05.33]Bert Jones,aged 64,who lives in the third-floor flat below,said: [01:13.59]’I must admit,I hadn’t really noticed the party going on. [01:19.36]I’m a bit hard of hearing and I didn’t have my hearing aid in, [01:25.29]but I could feel the vibrations from somewhere. [01:29.94]I just thought it must be kids messing around upstairs somewhere. [01:35.50]Then,the next thing I knew,there was an almighty crash in the living room, [01:42.58]so I ran in and the place was full of dust and plaster and people screaming. [01:49.24]I just couldn’t believe my eyes.I got the shock of my life,I can tell you. [01:56.09]Now I’m waiting for the council to send someone round to fix things.’ [02:02.15]The incident follows a number of complaints about techno parties all over the capital [02:10.51]and public outcry about raves. [02:14.58]A recent tabloid headline screamed, [02:19.55]’SPACED OUT!11,000 YOUNGSTERS GO DRUG CRAZY AT BRITAIN’S BEGGEST EVER DANCE PARTY’, [02:27.49]while the number of drug-related deaths at raves has risen dramatically over the last year. [02:34.57]All of this will undoubtedly lead to calls for tighter anti-rave laws. [02:42.22]The government is ready considering introducing a new law [02:48.07]which will help police crack down on unoficial gatherings of this kind. [02:54.13]They are proposing a bill which will allow police to break up any groups of more than twenty people [03:02.20]listening to ’music with rrepetitive beats’ [03:07.45]and also intend to make club owners responsible [03:12.73]for any drugs being sold on their premises. [03:17.28]A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said,’Things are getting out of hand, [03:25.11]and ovciously what worries us the most is that where you have rave parties [03:31.88]and where you have drugs,you’re bound to come up against organised crime. [03:38.33]We’d obviously appreciate any new law which gave us more powers to tackle this problem.’ [03:45.70]David Goodyear,a Stepney ambulanceman, [03:51.94]claimed that many of the partygoers at the Tribal Spiral event [03:57.90]had failed to notice the floor had collapsed. [04:02.26]Most of the young people just carried on dancing [04:07.82]-a fact he put down to the mind-altering affects of Ecstasy [04:13.70]and other so-called ’dance drugs’. [04:17.85]However,there are signs that young people themselves [04:24.10]are already looking for alternatives to the rave scene. [04:28.64]One of the most successful new clubs to have opened this year is the Domino Club. [04:35.88]Here,young people sit around drinking cocktails whilst a D plays laid-back jazz. [04:44.32]There isn’t much dancing-instead, [04:49.04]the club-goers play board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly. [04:54.82]Another club which has become very popular is The Big Chill, [05:01.06]which is held in a church called the Union Chapel. [05:06.23]Ironically,maybe young people today are closer to God [05:12.19]than the government and the police realise!

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