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1、Unit 5, Book 2Optional Listening 1Mike: So, we can look forward to warmer temperature. Itll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa.Alexa: Thank you for that weather report, Mike. And finally, this story just in. We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights. He
2、was driving home at about 10 p.m. He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky. He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights. The police officer had seen the lights, too.M: Hmmm, thats strange story. What happened next?A: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictu
3、res, but there was no film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone. But by that time, the lights were gone.M: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights a lot of local people have seen the lights. Its starting to seem like those lights really exist.
4、What do you think, Alexa?A: I dont believe it. I think its some kind of hoax!Optional Listening 2It was raining heavily. I couldnt see clearly. I drove slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car qui
5、ckly. “What are you doing? I asked. She looked at me strangely but didnt answer. “Are you OK? I asked. “Im fine, she answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly. Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk about the little girl. “Do you know her? I asked. “Oh yes, h
6、e said calmly. “Thats Mary Anne. She died five years ago on that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.Optional Listening 3A. The Tunguska mysteryIt was early morning, June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia. Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska. People fell to the ground,
7、and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks.B. What caused this terrible explosion? A century later, scientists are still trying to find the answer. Here are some possible explanations.1. An asteroid: Aste
8、roids are very large pieces of rock that goes around in space and sometimes hit the planet. They can cause lots of damage. Some of them weigh as much as 100,00 tons. If an asteroid hit the earth, it would cause a huge explosion.2. A comet: Comets are giant balls of gas, ice., and rock with long tail
9、s. They travel through space in a regular pattern. Enckes Comet was near Earth in1908, and its possible that a part of it broke off and hit the earth.3. An UFO accident: Some people believe that a spaceship crashed into the ground in Siberia and its engine exploded.4. An extraterrestrials might have
10、 wanted to destroy the earth, so they aimed their weapons at Earth and set fire to the forest.5. A scientific experiment: Another idea is that scientists made a mistake during an experiment with electricity. A man named Nikola Tesla tried to build a “supergun that used electricity. Maybe it was a te
11、st of his gun and it didnt work correctly.Optional Listening 4Q. Where is Marfa and what exactly is it famous for?A. Marfa is a small town in west Texas in the United States. Its famous for the “Marfa mystery lightsQ. What are the mystery lights exactly?A. No one knows for sure. There are many diffe
12、rent ideas about that.Q. Can you describe them?A. Thats a difficult question. Different people see different lights. They are not always the same. I can say that they appear after sunset in the sky. They dance mysteriously in air and vanish. Then they suddenly reappear.Q. Some people say they are ca
13、r headlights. Do you think so?A. No. I dont. A man first saw the mystery lights over 100 years ago. The man was Robert Ellison and the year was 1883. Of course we didnt have cars in 1883.Q. What do you think causes the lights?A. There are many theories. The Native Americans thought the lights were s
14、tars falling to Earth. Some people think uranium gas causes the lights. Other people suggest that ball lightning does it. Ball lightning is lightning in the shape of circle. It often appears just after a rainstorm.Q What are some of the weirdest ideas about the lights?A. Well, some people call them
15、“ghost lights. They think ghosts do it. Thats the strangest idea. Some say they are UFOs. I dont think so.Q. What do the experts say?A. They cant figure it out. Some engineers even came from Japan one time. They studied the lights, but couldnt solve the mystery.Q. Are the local people scared?A. No,
16、actually, they arent. They like the lights. And every year in early September there is a big town festival to celebrate the mystery lights.Keys OL1:A.从左至右：4-5-1-2-3 B. Nick Brown, police officer, local peopleOL 2:A. 1. A young girl standing in the middle of the road; 2. Because it was raining heavil
17、y3. He stopped the car quickly; 4. She said “Im fine. and walked away quietly.5. He said the girl was Mary Anne and was killed in a car accident five years ago.B. heavily; clearly; slowly; neatly; quickly; strangely; happily; quietly; Nervously; calmly;OL3A. 1. A terrible explosion; 2. In eastern Ru
18、ssian; 3. June 30, 1968.B. (first row) 4, 1, 3 (second row) 5, 2C. 1. a part of it broke off 2. lots of damage 3. its engine exploded 4. used electricity 5. set fire to the forestOL 4 A. 2. a 3. h 4. d 5. g 6. e 7. b 8. cB. 1. different people see different lights 2. Robert Ellison saw the lights in
19、 1883.3. The Native Americans thought the light were stars failing to the Earth4. A team from Japan studied the lights, but couldnt solve the mystery.OL 51. solve; 2. its very likely; 3. stole; 4. apartment; 5. showing; 6. has an alibi; 7. it isnt true; 8. walks in; 9. take out; 10. thief.贵州大学法学院法学102班梁江维上传 QQ:342113906