新标准大学英语视听说2听力材料文本及答案(12)

called the police who came in five minutes. Presenter

So the mugger was arrested? Anna

Yes, he was. Presenter

Do you think, if that hadn’t happened, you could have injured him? Anna

Oh, I’d like to think so. I’m a black belt, that’s what I’m trained to do. Presenter

Well, it’s great to hear of women coping well in situations like this. Perhaps we should all learn karate. Anna

I think it’s a good idea to have some kind of defence training. Yes, especially if you live in an area that isn’t very safe.

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This is just so crazy! Janet What? Mark

This story I’m reading. Kate

So tell us. Mark

A man within a wheelchair crossing the road in front of a lorry at some traffic lights. Somehow, the back of the wheelchair got stuck on the front of the lorry. When the lorry started moving, it took the wheelchair and the man with it! Kate

You’re joking! Mark

The driver drove for several miles at 80 kilometres an hour before he stopped at a garage. The man was unhurt because his seat belt had stopped him falling out. Janet

What a terrible story! Thank goodness the man was all right!

Mark

The police asked the driver if he’d realized he had a passenger. The driver said he had no idea at all. Mark

Do you want to hear another one? A funny one this time. Kate Go on.

Mark

A woman reported that her car had been stolen and that she’d left her mobile phone in the car. The policeman suggested calling the mobile. When he did, the thief answered it. The

policeman told the thief that he was answering an ad in the paper and that he wanted to buy the car. And the thief agreed to sell it! Janet He didn’t! Mark

So they arranged to meet and the thief was arrested and the woman got her car back. Janet

A happy ending! Mark

You get these great stories in the papers – I always read them.

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The news at one o’clock. Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England. There is still no news of missing company director, Alan Marsden. Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating. There are reports coming in of more fighting in … Mark