新标准大学英语视听说1listening in unit2356.doc

第三单元 Listening?in?Passage?1? Interviewer?With?us?today?is?Martin?Downes,?a?carpenter,?whos?51.?A?year?ago,?Martin?had?a?stroke.?But?hes?been?lucky?enough?to?make?a?full?recovery?from?it.?Can?you?tell?us?how?it?all?began,?Martin??Martin?Im?very?happy?to?-?not?that?I?remember?much?at?all.?I?was?at?a?customers?house,?building?a?cupboard,?and?the?next?thing?I?knew,?I?woke?up?in?hospital?with?people?in?white?coats?bending?over?me.?Interviewer?It?must?have?been?very?frightening.?Martin?It?was.?But?what?was?really?frightening?was?that?I?couldnt?speak.?I?couldnt?say?a?word.?And?I?couldnt?understand?much?that?people?said?to?me.?Interviewer?How?awful!?Martin?Yeah!?I?dont?know?what?would?have?happened?to?me?if?I?hadnt?had?my?family.?But?they?were?there?for?me,?they?really?were.?I?had?something?called?aphasia,?where?the?part?of?your?brain?gets?damaged?that?affects?your?speech?and?language.?But?they?started?treatment?for?the?condition?almost?immediately.?This?speech?and?language?therapist?came?to?see?me?every?day?for?12?weeks.?They?made?me?do?all?these?exercises.?Interviewer?What?kind?of?exercises??Martin?I?had?to?match?words?and?pictures?and?say?their?names.?You?see,?Id?also?forgotten?the?names?of?a?lot?of?things.?She?had?this?thing?called?a?word?board?and?I?could?point?to?words?and?phrases?on?it?that?I?wanted?to?say.?I?had?to?repeat?words?up?to?20?times?-?boy,?it?was?hard,?so?hard.?Interviewer?Could?you?say?anything?to?begin?with??Martin?I?could?say?three?words.?Hi,?Yes?and?No.?That?was?all.?And?there?were?a?lot?of?words?I?couldnt?understand?-1?had?to?learn?their?meanings?all?over?again.?Interviewer?It?must?have?been?very?frustrating.?Martin?It?was,?but?I?was?determined?to?get?better.?I?was?in?hospital?for?three?and?a?half?months.?When?I?got?home?I?got?a?special?computer?programme?that?I?worked?with?every?day.?And?slowly?my?language?came?back?to?me.?It?was?a?struggle,?a?big?struggle.?I?had?to?learn?to?read?and?write?again?too.?Interviewer?Why?do?you?think?that?you?were?able?to