新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 8-2

III. Listening In
Task 1: Robbing the Left Shoe
Girl:        Yes, I’d like to report a mugging.
Police Officer: Okay. can you tell me exactly what happened?
Girl:         well, I was walking home from work when this woman knocked me right off my right off my feet, seized my stuff¹, and ran off. I was so scared that I didn’t go after her.
Police Officer: Can you describe the woman for me?
Girl:         Yeah. He is quite tall, about six foot three.
Police Officer: Wait. You said a woman robbed you.
Girl:         Well, I’m not really sure.[Hmm.]You see, the person was wearing a white dress,a light red sweater over it ,and she or he was wearing a pair of basketball shoes.
Police Officer: [Hmm] What else can you remember?
Girl:         Well, the person…had a beard.
Police Officer: Ah. The “Bearded Woman” has struck Again!
Girl:        The “Bearded Woman”?
Police Officer: Well, this “bearded Woman” is a man. He dresses up like a woman and, for some unknown reasons, likes to take the left shoe from his victims. He’s really harmless² and usually returns the shoe to the crime scene a couple of days later.
Girl:         Hey, he can keep my shoe, and I’ll just take off my left shoe every time I walk through the park.
1. F   2. T    3. F   4. T   5 F
 

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 harmless   

adj.无害的，无恶意的

参考例句：

• This experiment was harmless to the animals.这个试验不会对动物造成伤害。
• He was a harmless sort.他是一个不怀恶意的人。