新编大学英语视听说教程第六册听力原文Unit3Word文档格式.docx

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Youknow,DannyandIhavebeenmarriedfor27years.Weraisedfour

childrenandarenowwelcomingagrandchild.Ijustcouldn'

taskformore.But

Dannyalwaysfeelslikethere'

ssomethingmissing.Hetoldmethattherewas

somekindofsecrethisparentsknewbutthatheneverfoundoutabout.Ijust

don'

tknowhowtohelphim.

“Somethingmissing?

"

（Shesayshesitantly.）Well,thereisasecret,youknow.

DoyouknowthatbothDannyandLarryareadopted?

What?

Areyoukidding?

Well,LarrywaswithhisparentsthedaytheyadoptedDanny.Hewasswornto

secrecybecausetheirmomdidn'

twantanyonetoknowshecouldn'

thave

children.Andnowthatbothoftheparentshavepassedaway,Larrywantsme

tokeepthesecret.ButIdidn'

tpromisehimI'

dkeepitasecretforever,and

Idon'

tthinkthere'

sanyreasontohidethefactsfromyouandDanny.

Wow,Ijustcan'

tbelieveit!

sincredible.NowwhatshouldIdo?

ShouldI

tellDannythathisparentshadconcealedthetruthfromhimsomanyyears?

Ifoundoutaboutallthisonlyamonthago.WhenLarrywas10yearsold,his

momletitslipthathewasadopted.Thetruthpainedhimsomuchthathe

didn'

twantDannytohavetogothroughthesamething.Butifnotknowingthe

truthonlymakesDannyfeelupset,maybe...

Oh,thanks,Barbara!

I'

msogladyouletmeknowthetruth.Dannyhasendured

thislieallhislife!

Ithinklearningthetruthwouldfinallysethimfreefrom

hisrestlessness.Hedeservestoknowthetruth.ButhowamIgoingtotellhim

he'

sadopted?

llhavetothinkaboutit...

llbeOK!

Scene2:

Inthesittingroom

（LillianandDannyaresittingonthecouch,lookingatthephotostakenattheir

grandson'

sparty.）

suchamiracle,isn'

the?

Oh,Danny!

Youlookedreallypleasedwiththatlittleoneinyourarms.He'

s

Danny:

Yeah.Andyoulookedprettypleasedthatdaytoo.

Oh,everybodydid.Weallloveyou.Anddon'

tyoueverforgetthat,youhear?

（Afterapause,hechangesthesubject.）Honey,isthereanythingwrong?

I

thoughtyouactedjustalittlebitfunnytoday.

Well,actually,Ireceivedaletterthismorning―fromtheBureauofVital

Statistics.Icontactedthemaboutamonthago.

Youdid?

Whatfor?

Sweetheart,theotherdayIfoundoutsomethingfromBarbara.Shetoldme

thatbothyouandLarryareadopted.SoIneededsomeproof.Andherethey

sentmethedocument.

（ShehandsaletterovertoDannyandhebeginstoreadeagerly.）

isunbelievable!

Whydidn'

tanyonetellmebefore?

ButifBarbaratoldyou,

somebodyhadtoknow.

Theychosenottoletyouknowthetruththen.Ithinktheyhadtheirreasons.Danny:

Youknow,growingup,IneverfeltlikeIbelonged.Ididn'

tlooklikeanyofmy

relatives.Iwassixyearsold,Iguess,whenLarryblurtedoutthatIwas

adopted.Bothmyparentsdenieditatthetime,butdeepinsideme,therewas

thisshadowofdoubt.Larry'

swordskindofhauntedme,youknow.

Dear,trynottofeelthatway!

Larryhasalwayslovedyou.I'

vetalkedwith

Larryaboutthisandhementionedthatstorytoo.Yourmommadehimswear

nottotellthetruthafterthatincident.Whenhewas10,Momletitslipthat

hewasadopted,too.Thetruthmadehimfeellikeathrowawaythen,andhe

twantyoutofeelthatway.Hewantedtoprotectyou.

Larry!

Butwhydidmyparentsdothistome?

Buttheyneverliedtomeinmy

memory,andtheytaughtmenottolie.Howcouldtheydothis?

Ijustfeellike

myworldisturnedupsidedowncompletely.Ireallyfeelletdown.Itmightnot

besoimportantwhetherIwasadoptedornot,dear,butit'

sjust―howcould

theyhidethetruthfrommefor50years?

That...reallyhurts.

vegottofixthis.Maybewecanfindthemissingpiecesofthepuzzle.Would

ithelpifwelookedforyourbirthfamily?

WecouldcombtheInternet,

newspaperarchivesandcensusrecordslookingforthem.

mjustathrowawaybymybirthfamily...

Ifyou'

reathrowaway,thenI'

mthecatcher'

smitt!

Larryalsotoldmethat

onceyourparentsmentionedthatyouhadbeenborninGeorgia,soweinquired

aboutyouthroughtheGeorgiaAdoptionReunionRegistry.Wearetryingto

findyourfamilyandthetruth.

"

DannySchick,onDecember14,1953,youjoinedyouradoptiveparents..."

This

Ihaveabeautifulwife,fourwonderfulchildren,andanadorablegrandchild.I

haveallthefamilyIneed.However,ifIamnotDannySchick,whoamIthen?

Scene3:

Inthesamesittingroom

（LillianjustputsdownthephoneandcomestoDanny.）

Danny,theyfinallylocatedyourfamily!

Youhaveasister!

Sheisstillalive!

（Hesaysgruffly.）Whyshouldwelookforthemwhentheyaren'

tlookingfor

me?

（Sherepliesgently.）Maybeshedidn'

tknowaboutyou.Theimportantthingis

wefoundher!

Andguesswhat?

YourlastnameisO'

Hara.You'

reIrish!

You'

vegothertelephonenumber?

Let'

scontactherimmediately.

Scene4:

InLouise'

shouse

（Whenthedooropens...DannyandLouiseblinkinamazement.）

So,youareLouise.

Louise:

AndyoumustbeDanny,andLillian,（ShehugsLillian.）It'

ssogoodtoseeyou.

Pleasecomein.

Oh,it'

sincredible.It'

slikelookinginthemirror!

Youtwohavethesameeyes,

andthesamesmile...everything!

（LouisethrowsherarmsaroundDanny.）

foundeachother.

I...Ijustdon'

tknowwhattosay.

Well,comein;

wehavealotofcatchinguptodo.

（Thethreesitdowninthesittingroom.）

whenwewerejustbabies.TheywereBritish.IwasadoptedbyanAmerican

coupleandIalwaysknewIwasadopted.YouwereadoptedbyaBritishfamily

andIguesstheymustnothavetoldyouthatyouwereadopted.

No,they,theydidn'

t.Isupposetheirgenerationwasmoresecretiveabout

adoption,andI,butIdon'

tknowwhy.Theylovedme,buttheycouldn'

ttellme

thetruth.Andnowthey'

redead,andIcannevertellthemthatitwouldn'

t

havemadeanydifference.

Yes,itwouldn'

thavemadeanydifferenceforme,either.Adoptiveparents

lovetheirchildrenjustasmuchasbirthparents.

Soifitwasn'

tforyou,Lillian,Iwouldneverhavefoundmywholefamilyagain.

AndIwouldneverhavefoundmyselfagain,either.Lillian,darling,Louise,my

dearsister,Iamsuchaluckyman.（DannyclutchesLouiseandLillian'

shandsLouise:

Danny,myparents―myadoptiveparentstoldmethatourbirthparentsdiedLouise:

IalwaysknewIhadabrother.Ijustneverknewwherehewas.I'

msogladwe

tightly.）

Andwe'

reluckytoo,Danny.Don'

tforgetthatifyou'

vefoundasister,I'

ve

foundasister-in-law.

Andagoodfriend!

（Theylaughhappily.）

Listen1-1

Veryoften,newbornbabiesarenotbeautiful.Theyarewrinkledorbald,ortheyhaveangryexpressionsontheirfacesthatseemtosay,"

Goaway!

Ihateeverybody."

Buttoaparent,thatbald,wrinkled,mean-facedbabyisthemostbeautifulandperfectchildintheworld.Whenthatproudfatherormotherasksyou,"

Well,whatdoyouthink―isn'

tshebeautiful?

whatareyougoingtosay?

Isthisthetimeforthetruth?

Ofcoursenot!

Youlookthatproudfatherintheeyeandsay,"

Yes,sheis!

She'

sarealbeauty.She'

soneinamillion.She'

sgoingtobeamoviestar!

Icantell!

sasprettyasapicture."

ThisiswhatwecallinEnglishawhitelie.Whiteliesdon'

thurtpeople;

theyaren'

tcruelorangrywords.Peopleusethemtomakeadifficultsituationalittleeasier.Whenpeoplerefusedates,forgettheirhomework,ortastesomethingnewthattheydon'

tespeciallylikewhileeatingatafriend'

shouse,theytellawhitelie.Theyaretryingtobekind.Theydon'

twanttohurtsomeone'

sfeelings.Itisimportanttobehonest.Butmanypeoplefeelthatbeingkindandconsiderateissometimesmoreimportant.

Listen1-2

Listen2-1

Whatexactlyisalie?

Isitanythingwesaythatweknowisuntrue?

Orisitsomethingmorethanthat?

Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyouandyousay,"

IwishIcouldhelpyoubutI'

mshortofcashrightnow."

Infact,youarenotshortofcash,butyourfriendisinthehabitofforgettingtopayhisdebtsandyoudon'

twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Doesthisqualifyasalie?

Ascientificstudyoflyingshowswomenarebetterliarsthanmen,particularlywhentellinga"

whitelie"

.Whenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdress,shemightreallythinkitlooksterrible.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Other

researchshowsthatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies.Theytendtomakepromiseswhichtheyhavenointentionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliespoliticiansandbusinessmenareparticularlyskilledat.Theyhopetoprofitfromtheseliesinsomeway.Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople'

sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthat,iftheysitdown,theytendtomoveabou