全新版大学英语综合教程第一册7.pptVIP

全新版大学英语第一册UNIT7 Unit 7 Emergency * * Part I Pre-reading Task Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions: 1. How did the father understand courage at first? 2. What did courage mean to the father after the fire was put out? 3. The poet says that firemen fight a war they can never win. What does he mean? 4. How does courage as described in the poem relate to the theme of the unit — emergency? The following words in the recording may be new to you: clad （clothe的过去式和过去分词）穿上 armor n. 盔甲（文中指防火衣） at stake 在危险中 lair n. 兽穴 talon n. 魔爪 Part II Text A At first it seemed as if it might just be an old box or rags ahead of the train. But then they realized just what it was. KIDS ON THE TRACK! Jack Murphy Monday, May 1, 1989 was a pleasant morning in Ramsey, N.J. Kate Pritchard bent over her car trunk and struggled with the bags of groceries shed just brought home. She heard the distant cry of a locomotive horn. The trains of Conrail passed less than 300 feet from the Pritchards house. No fence separated their backyard from the track — only a thick row of trees. But, her sons, 3(1/2)-year-old Todd and 18-month-old Scott, were nearby, playing on the driveway. Stay right there, Kate said, while Mommy puts the groceries away. Then well go inside and have lunch, okay? Okay! said Todd, giving a thumbs-up gesture hed seen his father make. Okay! echoed Scott, trying to copy his older brother. They watched their mother enter the house with several bags. Kate shut the refrigerator and hurried outside. Good. The boys were playing right where shed left them. As she lifted more bags from the trunk, Kate heard a train race past — a passenger express, she judged from its speed. She carried more bags into the house. The sounds of the train apparently drew the boys attention to the track. After making their way through the trees, they climbed to the top of the steep roadbed, knelt down along the railroad and beg