大学公共英语课件.pptx

Unit 1 Love Works Miracles;Let the Light Shine;1.He was driving home one evening , on a two-lane country road . Work in this small Midwestern community [k?’ mju:n?ti] , was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac, but he never quit looking . Ever since the factory closed ,he’d been unemployed , and with winter raging on , the chill had finally hit home. 2.It was a lonely road . Not many people had a reason to be on it , unless they were leaving . Most of his friends had already left . They had families to feed and dreams to fulfill ,but he stayed on . After all this was where he buried his mother and father . He was born here and knew the country .;3.He could go down this road blind , and tell you what was on either side , and with headlights not working , that came in handy . It was starting to get dark and light snow flurries were coming down . He’d better get a move on . 4.You know , he almost didn’t see the old lady ,stranded [‘str?did] on the side of the road . But even in the dim light of day , he could see she need help . So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out . His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached [?’pr?ut?] her . 5. Even with the smile on his face , she was worried . No one had stoped to help her for the last hour or so . Was he going to hurt her ? He didn’t look safe , he looked poor and hungry .;6.He could see that she was frightened ,standing out there in the cold . He knew how she felt . It was that chill that only fair can put in you . He said ,”I’m here to help you ma’am . Why don’t you wait in the car where is warm ? By the way ,my name is Joe . ” 7.Well , all she had was a flat tire , but for an old lady ,that was bad enough . Joe crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack ,skinning his knuckles a time or two . Soon he was able to change the tire ,but he had to get dirty and his hands hurt . As he was tightening the nuts ,she rolled down her window and began to talk to him . She told