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Lesson 40 Who*s who 真假难辨XZD Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听 录 音 然 后 回 答 以 下 问 题。How did the policeman discover that the whole thing was ajoke?It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoypractical jokes more than anyone else.Students specialize in apanicular type of practical joke:the hoax.Inviting the fire brigadeto put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no5 self-respecting student would ever indulge in.Students often createamusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumaticdrill outside his university,he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two studentsdressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.As soon as he had hung up,he went10 over(o the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away,they were not to take himseriously.He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes onpeople.Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.Sureenough,a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen(o go away.When he received a15 very rude reply from one of the workmen,he threatened to remove them by force.The workmen told him todo as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.Shortly afterwards,four more policemen arrivedand remonstrated with the workmen.As the men refused to stop working,ihe police attempted to seize thepneumatic drill.The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper.He threatened io call thepolice.At this,the police pointed out ironically(hat this would hardly be necessary as the men were already20 under arrest.Pretending to speak seriously,one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone callbefore being taken to the station.Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been thevictims of a hoax.New words and expressions 生词 和短语hoax(1.3)/houks/n.骗局，戏弄 adeception(L4)/dfsepfn/n.欺骗，编局 aself-respecting(1.5)/,self nspektig/a d j.自重的 nindulge(1.5)/mdAlcZ 也使沉迷 iipneumatic(1.7)/nju:*mtik/ad j.气动的 pdrill(l.8)/dnl/w.钻 gsilly(1.1 ad j.无意义的，无聊的advance().12)/od varns/ad j,预先的，密先获得的archway(1.13)farwei/n.拱形门楼remonstrate(1.17)/,rcmanstrcit/v.规劝，告诫ironically(1.19)/ai romkli/adv.讽刺地permission(1.21)/pamifn/n,许可gram(i.21)/gra:nt/v.同意，准予182Unit 2 Lesson 40Notes on the text 课文注解1 It h a s n e v e r b e e n e x p la i n e d w h y 在这个句子中真正的主语是以why引导的主语从句。2 s p e c i a li z e i n,专门从事.3 i n v i t i n g .f i r e,是动名词短语，此处作主语,p u t o u t作“扑灭”，“熄灭”讲.4 d r e s s u p a s,装扮成。5 t h e y w e i r n o t t o t a k e h i m s e r i o u s ly,(他们)不要把他当回事.t a k e此 处 作“对待”、接受”讲，多指对人、对事物的态度和反应.6 g r a t e f u l t o t h e s t u d e n t f o r t h i s p i e c e o f a d v a n c e i n f o r m a t i o n,对这个学生事先通报情况表示感谢 b e g r a t e f u lt o s b.f o r s t h.,对某人因某事表示感谢。7 a s h e p le a s e d,是方式状语从句，后面省略 t o d o,可译作“随他的便”。8 b e u n d e r a r r e s t,被逮捕，拘 禁9 O n ly w h e n .d i d h e r e a li z e t h a t .o在这句话中，o n l y加上状语从句放在句首，因此主句的主谓语要用倒装的句式。参考译文谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作删戏弄人。请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局，有自尊心的大学生决不会去做。大学生们常常做的是制造一种可笑的局面，使大家笑上一场，当然受害者是笑不出来的。最近有个学生看见两个工人在大学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成I：人，正在用风钻破坏路面。挂上电话后，他又马上来到工人那儿，告诉他们若有个警察来让他们走开，不要把他当回事;还对工人说，有个学生常装扮成警察无聊地同别人开玩笑o警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报情况表示感谢0那学生躲在附近一拱形门廊里，在那儿可以看见、听到现场发生的一切.果然，警察来了，有礼貌地请工人离开此地：但其中一个工人粗鲁地回了几句于是警察威胁要强行使他们离开.工人说，悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人一会儿工夫，又来了 4个警察，规劝工人离开.由于工人拒绝停下手中的活，警察想守风钻.两个工人奋力抗争，其由一个发了火，威胁说要去叫警察。警察听后讥讽地说，这大可不必，因为他俩已被逮捕了.其中一个工人装模作样地向道，在被带往警察局之前，是否可以打一个电话.警察同意了，陪他来到一个投币电话前.当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都成了一场骗局的受害者.Comprehension 理解Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible.Use one complete sentence foreach answer.1 W h a t s o r t o f p r a c t i c a l j o k e d o s t u d e n t s s p e c i a l i ze i n?2 W h a t d i d t h e s t u d e n t t e l l t h e p o l i c e?3 W h a t d i d t h e s t u d e n t (e l l t h e w o r k m e n?Vocabulary 词汇Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage:a particular type(11-2-3);put out(1.4);deception(1.4);victims(1.6);hung up(1.9);silly(1.11);grateful(1.12).183Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace 宁静田园生活的遐想510202530the gentle pace of livingListen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What particular anxiety spoils the country dwellers visit tothe theatre?The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.City bornand city bred,I have always regarded the country as something youlook at through a train window,or something you occasionally visitduring the weekend.Most of my friends live in the city,yet theyalways go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.Thoughthey extol the virtues of the peaceful life,o