新目标九年级英语unit8课件 英语晨读必听新目标9年级Unit8

Unit8 It must belong to Carla.

P59 3a

We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet and nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”

Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”

Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

Section A 3a

发生在我镇的奇事

我们住在一个小镇上，并且几乎每个人都彼此认识。它过去一直很安静，这附近未曾发生过什么事。然而，这些天来某件不寻常的事正在我们镇发生。维克托，我的学校的一名教师，非常紧张。城镇报社采访他时，他说：“每天晚上我们都听到窗外有奇怪的噪音。我妻子认为它可能是一种动物，但我和我的朋友们认为那一定是1青少年在玩耍。我的父母报了警，但他们没发现任何异常。他们认为那可能是风造成的，我并不这样认为！“

维克托的隔壁邻居海伦也很担心。“起初，我认为它可能是一只狗，但我没看到狗，也没看见其他任何东西。所以我猜测它不可能是一只狗。但它可能是什么呢？”当地的一个妇女看见有个东西逃跑了，但是天黑了，所以她不确定。“我认为它太大而不可能是一只狗，”她说，“也许它是一只熊或一只狼。”

我们镇的每个人都在感到不安，并且每个人都有他 她自己的观点。一定有什么东西闯入了我们社区的住户家中，但它是什么呢？我们不知道。大多数人希望这个动物或人会径直走开，但我认为它没那么简单。噪音制造者非常乐于在社区里制造恐惧。