综合英语教程4 第7单元Time to Stop Excuses for Lateness 课文答案、翻译等 很全面.doc

Unit7 Time to Stop Excuses for Lateness P1 Listening and Speaking Activities 1 Brainstorming Expressions of disciplinary matters at the workplace: Expressions of types of employment: Expressions of recruiting/firing: Expressions of positions/job titles: 2 Listening Listening script Im a policeman in New York City and my name is John Davy. Ever since I was a young boy I’ve always wanted to be a cop .I thought it would be the best job in the world. If I wasnt a cop, I dont think I could be anything else. Of course they tell me Im a good cop. My superiors say Im conscientious, that I have strong sense of justice and fairness and a great respect for the law. To be honest with you, my conscience would bother me if I didnt give 100% and if I didnt try to live up to my ideals. My friends tell me Im too idealistic, too nice and, as the saying goes, nice guys finish last , but my job is to serve the people and I try to do my best. I work with the police departments emergency service patrol in a largely black neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Its a rough and dangerous neighborhood, very rough. I admit it hasnt been easy. Since being assigned to the neighborhood, Ive been shot, spit at, and hit with bottles, rocks, sticks, and Molotov Cocktails . Yes, its not easy being a cop in New York City , but Ive been awarded citations for my courage and for my quick thinking and performance in emergency situations. Oh, I could tell you many exciting stories. Once, we set up a net for a potential jumper. A young man was on a ledge 23 stories up from the street. His girlfriend had left him and now he was threatening to jump. We got his girlfriend, his close friend, a priest, his mother to try and talk him out of jumping, but nothing worked. He was going to jump. Then I started to talk to him. I talked as long as I could — until I got too close to him. Then he shouted out, Stop right where you are or Ill jump. I backed away. An hour later, with a belt tied around me, with a line my p