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TheVisitorsBeforeyoustart(1)Doyouthinkthatthereislifeonotherplanets?DoyouthinkthatcreaturesfromspaceevervisitEarth?Reading(1)TheMartianshavelanded!Sundayevening,October30,1938,waspeacefulinNewYorkCity.Somepeoplewerereturninghomefromatriptothecountryside,andothersweresittingdowntodinner.Inthosedays,televisionswerenotverycommon.Mostpeoplelistenedtotheradiofornewsandentertainment.Ateighto’clockthatevening,therewasaconcertofdancemusic,butsuddenly,theprogrammewasinterruptedwithanewsbulletin:alargespaceshiphadlandedinafieldandanarmyofMartianswasmovingtowardsNewYorkCity…andthentheradiowentsilent.Peoplepanicked.Somedroveoutofthecityasquicklyaspossible,butsoontheroadswerejammedwithcars.Somepeoplewrappedwettowelsaroundtheirfacesbecausetheythoughttherewasagasattack.InNewJersey,somefarmerswentoutwithguns.Althoughitwasdark,theyfoundalargecylinderstandinginafield,and,thinkingitwastheMartianspaceship,theyshotatitmanytimes.Manypeopleweresofrightenedthattheydidnothearthenextannouncementontheradio:”Ladiesandgentlemen,youarelisteningtoaradioplay,calledTheWaroftheWorlds.’’AmessagewassenttopolicestationsthattherewasnorealMartianattack,andthepoliceofficerssoonrestoredcalmtoNewYorkCity.Manypeoplewereveryangrythattheyhadbeenfooledbytheplay,andcomplainedtotheradiostation.ButWhataboutthespaceshipthatthefarmersfoundinthefield?Thenextmorning,theyfoundthattheyhaddamagedalargewatertank!(270words/_______minutes)VocabularyPlanet/n行星creature/n生物,動物Martian/n(假想的)火星人peaceful/adj平靜的,安寧的(cf:peacen和平)entertainment/n娛樂,文娛節(jié)目programme/n(電視、電臺的)節(jié)目interrupt/v中止,打斷,中斷(news)bulletin/n(電臺,電視、報紙的)最新消息,簡明新聞army/n大群,大批silent/adj無聲的;不作聲的panic//[panicked]v感到驚慌jam/[jammed]v使擠滿,使塞滿wrap/[wrapped]v用……包,用……裹towel/n毛巾;浴巾gas/n氣;煤氣;天然氣attack/n進攻,攻擊cylinder/n圓柱體;圓筒容器announcement/n宣布;通知restore/v恢復calm/n平靜,鎮(zhèn)靜fool/v愚弄,欺騙(cf:fooln蠢人)damage/v損環(huán),毀環(huán)tank/n箱,槽Notes1.NewJersey(新澤西州)isastateintheUSA.ItisnexttoNewYorkState.2.Manhattan(曼哈頓)isanislandincentralNewYorkCity.Itisthemainbusinesscentre.3.TheWaroftheWorldswaswrittenasabookbyH.G.Wells,aBritishwriter(1866—1946)whowasfamousforhissciencefictionstories.ItwasturnedintoaradioplayforthisprogrammeonNewYorkradio.Exercise1Choosethebestanswer.1.Accordingtothenewsbulletin….Atherewouldbeamusicconcertthatevening.BtherewasagasattackinNewYork.CaMartianspaceshiphadlanded.2.Theroadswerejammedwithcarsbecause…AmanypeoplewantedtoseetheMartians.BtheMartianarmywasblockingtheroad.CmanypeopleweretryingtoleaveNewYorkCity.3.Theradiostation…Atoldeveryonethatthestorywastrue.Bwasfooledbyanewsreporter.Ctoldlistenersthatitwasonlyaplay.4.Somefarmers...Athoughtawatertankwasaspaceship.Bthoughtaspaceshipwasawatertank.CdamagedtheMartianspaceship.Exercise21.Howdoyout11inkyouwouldfeelifyouhadbeenfooled?2.Doyouthinkitwasacleverideatoputonthisradioplay?Beforeyoustart(2)Canyouguesshowthestoryended?Doyouthinkanyonewaspunishedforcreatingsomuchconfusion?Whatdoyouthinkofthepersonwhowasresponsiblefortheplay?Findoutmoreinthefollowingpassage.Reading(2)Thenextday...Peoplewereangryabouttheplay,andtheincidentwasdiscussedinthenewspapersandbypoliticians.Somepeoplewantedtopunishtheradiostationforcreatingadangeroussituation,although,fortunately,onlyonepersonhadbeeninjured:aladybrokeherarmwhenshefelloverasshewasrunningoutofherhouse.Theradiostationsaiditshouldnotbepunished,becausetherehadbeenannouncementsduringtheplaythatitwasnotarealMartianattack.Thepolicesuggestedthattheyshouldbemorecarefulinfuture.Onepersonwasdelightedaboutthe“success”oftheplay.HisnamewasOrsonWellesandhewastheproducerandmainactorintheplay.Helikedplayingjokesonothers.HebecameveryfamousbecauseofTheWaroftheWorldsandwentontohavealongcareerasamoviestarandproducer.(150words/______minutes)Vocabularyconfusion/n混亂,騷亂politician/n政治家;(貶)政客punish/v懲罰injure/v傷害careful/adj小心的,謹慎的producer/n制片人,監(jiān)制人NotesOrsonWelles(1915-1985)wasallAmericanfilmactor.Healsodirected,producedandwrotealargenumberoffilms.Twoofhisf
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