新世纪大学英语视听说教程第二版第二册OL听力原文 .docxVIP

Unit 5, Book 2 Optional Listening 1 Mike: …So, we can look forward to warmer temperature. It’ll be a good weekend for the beach. Over to you, Alexa. Alexa: Thank you for that weather report, Mike. And finally, this story just in.… We have a report that a local man, Nick Brown, saw some strange lights. He was driving home at about 10 p.m. He said the lights were bright and they moved across the sky. He stopped at a gas station and talked to a police officer about the lights. The police officer had seen the lights, too. M: Hmmm, … that’s strange story. What happened next? A: Well, Mr. Brown took some pictures, but there was no film in his camera. Finally, he called his wife on his cell phone. But by that time, the lights were gone. M: Well, I know that there is a legend around here about mysterious lights… a lot of local people have seen the lights. It’s starting to seem like those lights really exist.. What do you think, Alexa? A: I don’t believe it. I think it’s some kind of hoax! Optional Listening 2 It was raining heavily. I couldn’t see clearly. I drove slowly. Suddenly, I saw a young girl. She was dressed neatly and standing in the middle of the road. I was surprised! Somehow, I stopped the car quickly. “What are you doing?〞 I asked. She looked at me strangely but didn’t answer. “Are you OK?〞 I asked. “I’m fine,〞 she answered. Then she smiled happily and walked away quietly. Nervously, I drove to my hotel and checked in. I told the clerk about the little girl“.Do you know her?〞 I asked. “Oh yes,〞 he said calmly. “That’s Mary Anne. She died five years ago on that road. It was a car accident during a rainstorm.〞 Optional Listening 3 A. The Tunguska mystery It was early morning, June 30, 1908, in eastern Russia. Suddenly, a terrible explosion rocked the forest in Tunguska. People fell to the ground, and all the trees for 2000 square kilometers were down. People heard the explosion 800 kilometers away, and the fire burned for many weeks. B. What