创新国际英语教程第二册unit11

[00:04.70]2 While you read [00:10.66]1.The white van [00:15.70]The typical white van driver [00:19.67]is usually in his twenties and makes deliveries for a living. [00:25.52]He only ever drivers in second gear because (a) [00:31.56]he's too lazy to change it and (b) because the van makes more noise that way! [00:39.21]He is completely antisocial,whistling at women swearing at everyone else. [00:46.05]and cutting in front of everybody when he drives. [00:51.10]2.The second-hand French car [00:56.74]Typical drivers of anything old and French in the UK tend to be old hippies. [01:04.78]who have Greenpeace and Save The Whales stickers in the windows. [01:10.82]In the back of the car. [01:14.27]there are always piles of old papers and bottles and clothes [01:20.54]that they always mean to take to the recycling centre. [01:25.50]but never quite seem to get round to! [01:29.76]3.The customised saloon car [01:34.51]The typical driver of this kind of car is still in his teens. [01:41.46]tends to have terrible spots and has only just started shaving, [01:47.83]but his parents have bought him a car. [01:52.80]It may only be a pathetic little Ford Escort or something like that, [01:59.56]but he drivers it as if it's a Formula One car, [02:04.92]racing up and down the local high street with his friends. [02:10.77]all of whom spend most of their time and money [02:15.81]buying new lights and bigger wheels for their precious cars- [02:21.37]which they call' motors'or my wheels'. [02:27.25]4.The car with tinted windows [02:32.11]There are some cars that you feel before you see. [02:37.57]as the bass from their car stereos is so unbelievably loud [02:44.52]that your windows start to shake [02:48.78]and things fall from your shelves as they make their way up the road towards you. [02:55.15]When you do finally see them. [02:59.51]they're nearly always the same-BMWs or Mercedes. [03:05.99]which are either open-topped or have tinted windows, [03:11.45]and are driven by macho men wearing sunglasses. [03:17.09]gold chains and designer sportswear. [03:21.95]5.The big Harley Davidson [03:26.63]The typical Harley rider is usually in his mid-forties. [03:32.79]He's going bald and he's getting increasingly fat. [03:38.15]Women have stopped looking at him (if they ever did) [03:43.71]He wakes up one morning and suddenly realises I'm going to diel! [03:49.88]but instead of spending more time with his wife and kids. [03:55.65]he buys a twenty-thousand-pound Harley Davidson-customised,of course- [04:02.60]and then he rides around,desperately trying to pretend he's still young. [04:08.84]Of course,he usually only goes round town at 30 kph. [04:15.37]just in case he gets too excited and has a heart attack! [04:20.83]6.The people carrier [04:25.51]People carriers are usually driven by middle-class mums, [04:31.26]who use them to take their kids on their eight-minute drive to school. [04:37.29]They tend to have a sticker in the back window saying Baby on Board! [04:43.64]no matter how old the children are.The funny thing is, [04:49.70]these kinds of drivers say that the only reason they drive their kids to school [04:56.25]is because there are so many cars on the roads these days [05:01.51]that they're worried their children would get hit by one if they let them walk! [05:07.25]Comparatives and superlatives [05:21.41]When do you want to eat,then? [05:26.14]The sooner.the better,I'm starving. [05:31.28]Where were you thinking of going?Did you have anywhere special in mind? [05:37.53]Well,I was thinking of this place just round the corner,actually. [05:43.69]it's one of the best places to eat in town, [05:48.42]but it depends on how much you want to spend.It is quite expensive. [05:54.98]Well,I'm a bit short of money at the moments.so the cheaper,the better,to be honest. [06:02.14]OK.well, [06:05.37]in that case.there's a nice little cafe on the other side of town we could go to, [06:11.54]but we will have to get a bus.Is that going to take a long time. [06:17.99]No.it shouldn't be too bad.There's a bus that goes straight there now. [06:24.16]almost non-stop.It's much better than it used to be. [06:29.43]You used to have to go a really roundabout way. [06:34.61]OK.so shall we go,then? [06:38.97]Yeah,Let me just get my things together and then we'll be off. [06:44.82]Listening [06:58.46]Journey 1 [07:01.93]Jimmie!Jimmie! [07:05.69]Oh,there you are,Hi,How are you? [07:11.86]Fine,fine,How're you?How was your journey? [07:17.13]Terrible!Really,it was just awful! [07:22.10]Really?Because you're here on time.Yeah,well, [07:27.14]that wasn't the problem,It's actually quite a fast line. [07:33.41]No.the thing was,it was just so crowded that I had to stand up all the way here. [07:41.77]Oh,no,poor you.That's two hours,isn't it? [07:47.51]Two and a half actually [07:51.67]and it felt like much longer because I was stuck next to about seventy football fans [07:59.03]all smoking and drinking and shouting at everyone who walked past.It was horrible. [08:06.61]Oh,no.That must've been the big game that was on in Coventry today. [08:12.77]Yeah,maybe.I didn't really ask them too much about which club they supported! [08:20.22]Journey 2 [08:23.27]Oh,there you are!I was starting to get worried about you! [08:30.72]I thought you might've missed the flight or something. [08:35.87]How are you?Come in.Come in. [08:40.41]No.no.We caught the flight OK, [08:44.64]it was just that it was delayed by about two hours before take-off because of the weather. [08:52.30]Oh,dear!Was it a bit of a bumpy flight,then? [08:57.47]Yeah,It was awful!I really thought we were going to crash at one point. [09:03.82]Oh,no.I must say,I hate flying at the best of times, [09:10.09]let alone when it gets like that.I know! [09:14.95]Anywaywe got here in one piece, [09:19.31]but then they managed to lose one of our bags somehow,so [09:24.77]we had to wait around for an hour or so while they tried to locate it. [09:30.51]And did they find it?Yeah-on board a flight to Peru! [09:36.47]They're not going to be able to return it until Tuesday or Wednesday.they said! [09:43.03]So how did you get from Gatwick to here?Did you get the train? [09:50.11]No.we were so tired and fed up once we got in that we decided to take a cab. [09:57.55]It was fifty pounds.Does that sound about right? [10:03.30]Fifty pounds?!That's twice the price it should've been.I'm afraid. [10:10.35]I hope you got their number.

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