发布时间 : 星期六 文章英语中级听力课程Lesson 3更新完毕开始阅读
Rosemary: Have you tried holding your breath?
Man: I've tried (hic) holding it (hic) but I hiccuped.
Rosemary: Well, you obviously haven't held it long enough.
Man: How can (hic) I hold it long enough when I (hic) hiccup in the middle?
Rosemary: Now what's the other thing I've heard? Now come along, something to do with a glass of water. That's right, you have to drink from the other side of a glass. Have you tried that? Man: Well, how (hic) do you mean (hic) drink (hic) from the other side of a glass?
Rosemary: Well, you know how you drink normally ...
Man: Yes (hic).
Rosemary: Then you drink from the opposite side. Man: You mean (hic) you turn the glass round (hic)?
Rosemary: You bend over with your head towards the floor, then you put your lips to the far side of
the glass and you try to drink it like that.
Man: Ah, (hic) you mean like this?
Rosemary: Oh no, you're getting it all over the carpet. Now what's the other thing? Key down the back of your neck.
Man: No (hic), that's for when your ... your nose's bleeding.
Rosemary: Oh, is it? What about a coin on your forehead?
Man: I've never (hic, hic) heard of that (hic).
Rosemary: Now what's that other thing for hiccups? A shock, a shock. I'll have to frighten you ... Erm ... let me burst a paper bag.
Man: (Hic) But (hic) I know you (hic) are going to frighten me so I (hic) won't be frightened, will I? (Hic)
Rosemary: Now what else is there? Now, look, I know. I'll give you five pounds if you hiccup again, you give me five pounds if you can't.
Man: Yes, all right.
Rosemary: Did you understand what I said?
Man: Of course I did. You give me five pounds if I hiccup again.
Rosemary: Yes, but you stopped hiccuping, so that means you owe me five pounds.
Man: Oh, no! (1) A: But the whole office complains that I smell of garlic for a week after we've been to the French restaurant.
B: Well, how about (pause) the Chinese then? (2) A: Look,if you're determined to eat, why don't you go down to the take away and bring us back a nice packet of fish and chips? B: Fish and chips?
A: Well, it's better than nothing, isn't it? Go on. It's down the road and if you're quick, (pause) they'll still be hot when you get back.
(3) A: Hurry up and you'll be in time for the next programme.
B: Not if (pause) there's a queue.
(4) A: Hi George. Where are you off to?
B: Home, do you want to come and listen to some jazz?
A: Yes, that sounds (pause) a good idea.
(5) A: But I don't think I'm going to take it. B: Why not? Not enough money?
A: No, it's not that; the money's good. About 200 a week. It's just that we'll be working in a hotel playing for the tourists and they just want the same old tunes over and over to dance to and I get so bored. It's not like playing music, it's like being a machine. B: I wouldn't mind (pause) being a machine for that money.
(6) But if all I wanted was money I could do an ordinary job. I play drums because (pause) I want to play drums.
Sleep It's clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don't sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional or psychological rest. We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate between two
kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that's needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.
Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and half hours on the average.