大学英语听力新动力演示课件Unit4.pptVIP

Unit Four Disneyland;Welcome to the Magic;Passage Two The First Disneyland visitor; The First Disneyland visitor Dave MacPherson may have been the first paying guest at Disneyland when the theme park opened its gates 50 years ago, but he didnt even have time for one ride. In a hurry to get back to campus for a college class, 1.he instead visited a restroom after spending hours in line and left without as much as a souvenir. Still, the honor of being the first paid admission came with a special perk: 2.a lifetime pass for four to Disneyland and other Disney parks as they opened. He has taken full advantage of it scores of times, especially when he lived in California. In 1955, MacPherson watched television report of the opening of Disneyland for the media and invited guests 3.on July 17, 1955, a day before the park opened to the public. He said to himself, “Boy, I sure would like to go out there.” 4.He believed he might get a prize for standing first in line. He drove his Simplex motorbike to Anaheim, arriving shortly before 1 a.m. to take his place in line an hour before anyone else showed up. The crowd steadily grew overnight to about 6,000 people, and MacPherson made sure no one got in front of him. When the box office opened, a photographer for the Long Beach Press-Telegram captured him buying the first ticket. Looking at the photo years later, he realized he had his own camera but didnt use it. Why didnt I shoot some pictures? he wondered. I even forgot to ask Walt Disney for his autograph. I must have been balmy or something after staying up all night. ;Short Conversations;Long Conversation;M: Hello, Susan. Did you have time to look at my proposal? W: No, not really. Can we go over it now? M: Sure. 12.I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, 9.we need to modernize our factory. New equipment should have been installed long ago. We should also consider