Ladies and Gentlemen, some strange, wild and wonderful
stories colored the news in 2010, you may like them.
● A Copenhagen bus company has put "love
seats" on 103 of its buses for people looking for a partner. "Even
love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the
company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and
a "love seat" sign.
● Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Italy,
found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin(棺材)among the
items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives
if they have been buried alive by mistake.
● A man in New York came up with a disarming(手无寸铁的)way to perform his latest bank heist ,
approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a
note saying “give me the money!”
● An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an
electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had
been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
● A set of artificial teeth(假牙) made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston
Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly
18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction(拍卖).
● A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign
after she was caught on camera dumping(抛弃)a cat in a
rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading
guilty.
● The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts
after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
● Two Australian men needed surgery(手术)after shooting each other in the bottoms during a
drinking session to see if it would hurt and they were charged 400 dollars
separately.
● A Kuwaiti MP(议员) suggested
state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in an effort to reduce the
large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
1.What is special about the coffin in the second news?
A.It is golden. B.It has a cell
phone.
C.It is new. D.It has many
items.
2.What is the probable meaning of the underlined word
“heist” in the third news?
A.robbery B.love C.discussion D.repair
3.Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?
A.A British
woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B.One who
bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.
C.An Australian
man who was shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D.An Englishman
crossing the Channel without legs and arms.