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1、文档 Unit 4-Conversation 1 Kate:So,what did you think of the movie?Mark:It was good but I thought it was too long.Kate:Yes,me too.Kate:Hey,wheres my bike?I dont believe it!Its gone!Mark:It was next to mine,you chained it up!Kate:Someones stolen it!Oh,how could they!Mark:Oh,Kate!Kate:How could someone
2、have done this!The creep!Mark:Its a really mean thing to do,steal a bike.Kate:It was a mountain bike and it cost a fortune I dont have the money to buy another one.Mark:Listen,Ill go down the street and see if I can see anyone with it.Why dont you go into that shop and see if theyve seen anything su
3、spicious?Ill be back in a minute.Kate:OK.Kate:Well?Mark:No luck.What did they say in the shop?Kate:I asked the shopkeeper if shed seen anything Mark:And?Kate:She said she hadnt.I guess it was a long shot.She advised me to report it to the police.But according to her,bikes get stolen all the time aro
4、und here.Mark:Listen,lets get back so you can report it.Kate:Ive got no bike.Im just so upset!Mark:Its not far to college.Come on!Unit 4-Conversation 2 Mark:So did you ring the police?Kate:Yes.I went to the police station to report it.Mark:What did they say?Kate:No ones found it.This woman said that
5、 Oxford has the fifth highest rate of bike theft in the country!Mark:Youre joking!Kate:Thats what she said.Mark:What else did she say?Kate:She told me that sometimes you do get bikes back the thieves use them and then abandon them,apparently,and then people find them and report them.Mark:So you migh
6、t get it back.Kate:I hope so,Mark,I really do.Its just too much,you know?But.um.what else?She told me to go to this sale they have of abandoned bikes.She thinks I might find it there.But its only every two months,I cant wait till then!Honestly,Mark,Im really furious!Mark:You can always buy a cheap b
7、ike on eBay.Kate:Hello.Speaking.You found it!Where was it?Is it.?Oh,thats fantastic news!There was a lamp and a basket on it.Right.OK,thank you,Ill be in tomorrow morning to pick it up.Unbelievable!This guy found it!Mark:Brilliant!Was that the police?Kate:Yes.What they said was,someone dumped it out
8、side this guys backyard.Mark:Thats so strange!Kate:The lamps been stolen and the basket.Mark:Forget about it!Youre lucky to get it back!Unit 4-Outside view Reporter：The trade in endangered animals is booming,as this collection of items seized by border agents shows.Ivory and rhino horn,trophy animal
9、s and Chinese medicines,its a multimillion pound black-market industry.This year,Sky News has filmed with rhinos in South Africa,clearly seeing the damage done by poachers,and its thought the number of rhinos killed there might reach a record high this year.Interviewee 1：Poaching levels are at.you k
10、now,unprecedented levels now,you know,theyve gone through the roof.The rhino.theyre anticipating 1,000 rhinos to be slaughtered in South Africa,er,this year alone.Reporter：In the past year,UK customs officials have seized 2.5 million illegal itoms.Thats ten times more than the year before.Included i
11、n that,almost 4,000 kilos of illegally imported medicines,93 endangered live animals,and over 300 items made from ivory.Interviewee 2：Here weve got a pair of,er,snakeskin shoes of some sort,look like python.Reporter：The items held in this warehouse have also been smuggled illegally,often in the form
12、 of packages sent by courier or parcel post,and intercepted at the UKs ports and airports.Endangered animals brought in alive are rehomed across the country.Interviewee 3：Theres a huge trade in reptiles,tortoises for example are enormous problems,and turtles,often confiscated.And its extremely diffi
13、cult trying to find homes for these,these,these sorts of animals.Reporter：Many of these items will be passed on for education or research.But the rhino horn will be destroyed,and prevented from ever hitting the black market again.Harriet Hadfield,Sky News.Unit 4-Listening in News report Over the pas
14、t few years,the true crime genre has grown in popularity in the US.First,there was the podcast Serial,which revisited the case of Adnan Syed.He was imprisoned for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate and former girlfriend,which he claims he did not commit.Then Netflix came out with the docum
15、entary series Making a Murderer.The series follows the real-life story of Steven Avery，a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years for a crime he didnt commit.But soon after he was released from prison,he was arrested for the murder of a photographer.Again,he claims that he didnt commit the crime.
16、Some fans are even investigating the crimes and trials themselves.They have gathered and analyzed evidence and shared theories on other possible suspects.Both Serial and 文档 Making a Murderer have had impacts on the cases involved.Syed was given another chance to present evidence to prove he is innoc
17、ent after his case became a pop cultural phenomenon,and more than 500,000 people asked for Steven Avery to be freed after the release of Making a Murderer.1.What is the news report mainly about?2.What do the cases in the programs have in common?Passage 1 Patrick I read a funny story today in the pap
18、er-true story.Steve Go on,then.Patrick OK.This 72-year-old guy stole a pair of trousers from a department store in Paris.A security man saw him and alerted the police and they were waiting for him when he came out of the shop.The shoplifter started running,but the policeman soon caught up with him.T
19、he man then bit the policeman on his arm several times.Steve He bit the policeman?Patrick Yes-you have to remember,he was 72.Steve Id forgotten that.Patrick Problem was,it didnt hurt the policeman at all,cause the guy had forgotten to put his false teeth in before he left home.Steve Very funny!Patri
20、ck And the moral of the story is-Steve Always remember to wear your false teeth if youre going to bite someone.Patrick Thats good.I read a funny crime story the other day.Lets see.yeah.this guy.this guy robbed a supermarket somewhere in America-1 cant remember where exactly-anyway,he got away with a
21、bout 4,000 dollars.The next week the local newspaper reported the story but said hed stolen 6,000 dollars.The thief rang the newspaper office to complain.He said,Look,I only took 4,000 dollars.Im wondering if the supermarket manager took another 2,000 and said Id taken it.I did not take 6,000,I prom
22、ise you.Steve He was probably telling the truth.Patrick He probably was.Anyway,the newspaper managed to keep the guy talking while they rang the police.And the police traced the call-the guy was ringing from a phone booth-and they arrested him while he was still talking to the newspaper.Steve Thats
23、good.Stupid guy!Ive got another true story.This-this-old guy was in court for some crime-and he fell asleep.His case began and his lawyer stood up and said,My client pleads not guilty.The man suddenly woke up,but wasnt sure what was happening.He jumped up and shouted,I plead guilty!I plead guilty!Pa
24、trick So what happened?Steve The judge allowed him to plead not guilty.Patrick Thats the best,I think.Passage 2 Presenter Youre listening to Kevin Fallen and my topic for today is street crime.Being mugged is something that can happen to anyone-and its a very frightening experience.So its positive w
25、hen you hear of someone who was attacked by a mugger and defeated them-especially when that person is a woman.Anna Black was attacked by a mugger.Shes here to tell us about it.How long ago did this happen,Anna?Anna Just over a week ago.The day it happened,I was coming home from work a bit later than
26、 usual-1 think it was about seven.I was on my mobile phone,talking to my husband.Presenter And it was still daylight?Anna Yes.Anyway,suddenly,someone pulled my hair from behind-and at the same time they grabbed my mobile phone.Now,Im a karate black belt-Presenter Really!Anna Yes,I practise three tim
27、es a week-so Im ready for situations like this.Presenter I bet you are.Anna Yes,I can react very fast.So as soon as this guy grabbed me,I did what youre told to do in these situations.Presenter And whats that?Anna I fell backwards onto him.Presenter You fell backwards onto him!Anna Yeah!Im tall and
28、quite heavy-so we both fell to the ground together.Presenter Goodness!Anna I er,yeah-1 was ready to hit him but then next thing I knew,two men had seized the guy.They were driving past and they,they stopped to help.They were big strong guys.They called the police who came in five minutes.Presenter S
29、o the mugger was arrested?Anna Yes,he was.Presenter Do you think,if that hadnt happened,you could have injured him?Anna Oh,Id like to think so.Im a black belt,thats what Im trained to do.Presenter Well,its great to hear of women coping well in situations like this.Perhaps we should all learn karate.Anna I think its a good idea to have some kind of defence training.Yes,especially if you live in an area that isnt very safe.