公共英语一 第2课 课文.docVIP

Unit 2 personal identification, people (1) Passage The man who can never make a mistake Some people do not like anythingd to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people’s birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as the bills arrive. Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. His sister lives with her husband and her son, Mark, in another town. Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten any one of Mark’s twenty-one birthdays. Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time. He drove neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he usually parked it when he got home and then he went inside to make his evening meal. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Mr. Dodds asked himself. “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?” “Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman. “My name’s Mark.” Does Mr. Dodds visit his sister? Why did he have a big surprise last week? Who is the policeman? Did he ever make a mistake? Dialogues Sum Wei has just got a new telephone number.