时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:创新英语教程第三册


英语课
[00:10.50]Rave 1 to the grave
[00:14.65]A rave party nearly ended in tragedy last night,
[00:20.72]when over a hundred people fell through the floor
[00:25.57]of the fourth-floor flat they were dancing in and into the flat below.
[00:32.03]Amazingly,no one was killed,
[00:36.18]although seven people were taken to hospital suffering from shock.
[00:42.06]The party was organised by a group called Tribal 2 Spiral,
[00:48.51]and was held in a deserted 3 flat on ahousing estate in East London.
[00:54.44]It is believed that have the extremely hight volume of the techno music being played
[01:01.81]weakened the structure of the floor.
[01:05.33]Bert Jones,aged 64,who lives in the third-floor flat below,said:
[01:13.59]’I must admit,I hadn’t really noticed the party going on.
[01:19.36]I’m a bit hard of hearing and I didn’t have my hearing aid in,
[01:25.29]but I could feel the vibrations 4 from somewhere.
[01:29.94]I just thought it must be kids messing around upstairs somewhere.
[01:35.50]Then,the next thing I knew,there was an almighty 5 crash in the living room,
[01:42.58]so I ran in and the place was full of dust and plaster and people screaming.
[01:49.24]I just couldn’t believe my eyes.I got the shock of my life,I can tell you.
[01:56.09]Now I’m waiting for the council to send someone round to fix things.’
[02:02.15]The incident follows a number of complaints about techno parties all over the capital
[02:10.51]and public outcry about raves 6.
[02:14.58]A recent tabloid 7 headline screamed,
[02:19.55]’SPACED OUT!11,000 YOUNGSTERS GO DRUG CRAZY AT BRITAIN’S BEGGEST EVER DANCE PARTY’,
[02:27.49]while the number of drug-related deaths at raves has risen dramatically over the last year.
[02:34.57]All of this will undoubtedly 8 lead to calls for tighter anti-rave laws.
[02:42.22]The government is ready considering introducing a new law
[02:48.07]which will help police crack down on unoficial gatherings 9 of this kind.
[02:54.13]They are proposing a bill which will allow police to break up any groups of more than twenty people
[03:02.20]listening to ’music with rrepetitive beats’
[03:07.45]and also intend to make club owners responsible
[03:12.73]for any drugs being sold on their premises 10.
[03:17.28]A spokesman for the Metropolitan 11 Police said,’Things are getting out of hand,
[03:25.11]and ovciously what worries us the most is that where you have rave parties
[03:31.88]and where you have drugs,you’re bound to come up against organised crime.
[03:38.33]We’d obviously appreciate any new law which gave us more powers to tackle this problem.’
[03:45.70]David Goodyear,a Stepney ambulanceman,
[03:51.94]claimed that many of the partygoers at the Tribal Spiral event
[03:57.90]had failed to notice the floor had collapsed 12.
[04:02.26]Most of the young people just carried on dancing
[04:07.82]-a fact he put down to the mind-altering affects of Ecstasy 13
[04:13.70]and other so-called ’dance drugs’.
[04:17.85]However,there are signs that young people themselves
[04:24.10]are already looking for alternatives to the rave scene.
[04:28.64]One of the most successful new clubs to have opened this year is the Domino Club.
[04:35.88]Here,young people sit around drinking cocktails 14 whilst a D plays laid-back jazz.
[04:44.32]There isn’t much dancing-instead,
[04:49.04]the club-goers play board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly.
[04:54.82]Another club which has become very popular is The Big Chill,
[05:01.06]which is held in a church called the Union Chapel 15.
[05:06.23]Ironically,maybe young people today are closer to God
[05:12.19]than the government and the police realise!

1
vi.胡言乱语;热衷谈论;n.热情赞扬
  • The drunkard began to rave again.这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
  • Now I understand why readers rave about this book.我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。
2 tribal
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
3 deserted
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
4 vibrations
n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 );震动;感受;(偏离平衡位置的)一次性往复振动
  • We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside. 我们可以感到外面卡车经过时的颤动。
  • I am drawn to that girl; I get good vibrations from her. 我被那女孩吸引住了,她使我产生良好的感觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 almighty
adj.全能的,万能的;很大的,很强的
  • Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
  • It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。
6 raves
n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 );愤怒地说;咆哮;痴心地说
  • She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
  • His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句
7 tabloid
adj.轰动性的,庸俗的;n.小报,文摘
  • He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
  • He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
8 undoubtedly
adv.确实地,无疑地
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
9 gatherings
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
10 premises
n.建筑物,房屋
  • According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定,场内不准饮酒。
  • All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行,不用送到外面去做。
11 metropolitan
adj.大城市的,大都会的
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
12 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
13 ecstasy
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
  • He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
14 cocktails
n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 );餐前开胃菜;混合物
  • Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来,我们喝鸡尾酒,吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
  • Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句
15 chapel
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
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4-Hydroxy-6-methylcoumarin
accidental abortion
acephalia
Aghavannagh
air exhaust fan
alonsoes
aphrophora nagasawae
Arteria sublingualis
asbestos card
australian turtledoves
beidas
breaking step
breast stoping
brilliant green agar
broom corn picking machine
bunoselenodont
buttless thread
C region
cable head
capital asserts
clacketed
clout lists
coercive mapping
componentization
contoured bathymetric map
conveniencer
cyanogen bromide reagent
dancefloor
data transfer phase
dead center of lathe
delocalising
demedication
Diospyros ebenum
dog shows
dopfer
double dilution
engel
epirhysis
Erigeron kunshanensis
extension of judgment
feedtrough
fruit vessel
full-sized
fuzzy melon
gambesons
genus garcinias
gonidioum
ground scraper
heat sensitizing agent
hysterotabetism
i-iv
image drop out
impact extruded can
integrated sensors and display circuits
ion detachment
law of thermodynamics
lit-par-lit schistosity
literose
livia
low pressure chemical vapor deposition
mangandisthene
metal cutting tool
micropaleobotany
more-qualified
non-magnetic recording medium
non-showy flowering
nonantigenic
out-flatter
oxyfluorfen
paparuada (rumania)
petroleum gasoline content of
phenglurethane
Pinus parviflora
Pitres's area
plumbocolumbite (plumboniobite)
polyfluoroprene
Ramus marginalis tentorii
reefable
repeat a year
ruhal
semiformal
shorted turn tester
simazines
Simeon
storm wastewater
super-subs
superheater vent
surface penetration treatment
swiftie
Syzygium rehderianum
tartarite
thermoperiodicity
toner carrier
tripod landing gear
tuberosity of distal phalanx
twin worm
under write
unilateral preliminary agreement
vapour tension thermometer
vesica urinaria
water ladle
water-air system