人教课标 高二（选修 6）Unit 5 Listening.pptVIP

Mum, Dad, Brian and I put all the Christmas presents under the tree and then helped prepare the Christmas dinner for the next day. We were all so happy and excited that it took me a long time to get to sleep. I’d only been asleep for about an hour when I was woken up by a very loud noise. I felt a little confused. A moment later, Mum and Dad flew into the room. Mum was carrying my little brother in her arms. Dad shouted at me but I couldn’t hear what he was saying because of the noise. He pulled me out of bed and pointed to the door and then pushed me from behind. I followed Mum into the bathroom. She put Brian in the bath and shouted to me to get in too. Then Dad came in carrying the mattress from my bed. Mum pushed us down so we were almost lying in the bath and Dad threw the mattress over the top of us. It suddenly became much quieter. Mum shouted “Everything’s going to be OK. It’s just a bad storm. It’ll soon be over and you’ll be safe in the bath.” She pushed some blankets into the bath and covered us again with the mattress. Part 2 M: How are you feeling now, love? S: Much better, thanks, Mum. I’m just relieved we’re all safe. M: Mmm. And it’s all thanks to you. How did you get onto the roof anyway? S: Well, first I got onto the roof of the car, but I could see the water was getting higher. Luckily, the car was parked outside the garage. So all I had to do was climb onto the garage roof and from there onto the house roof. The hardest part was climbing up to the top of the roof. It was very wet and I was worried I might slide down. M: You must have been terrified. S: I think I was too busy to be frightened. I found a safe place to sit. I took James out of the backpack and held him in my arms. That’s when I realized Rosie wasn’t with us. She was still standing on the garage roof, soaking wet and trembling. I called and called until she ran to where we were sitting and buried her nose under my arm. I was so glad