大学英语5听力原文

Unit1
Part1 A Mystery
Michael: Bob, I need some help. I came here because we used to be friends in high school until we went our separate ways（分道扬镳）. You were always telling me not to take risks, but to play things
safe（谨慎行事）. I figure you'll play things safe again, or there'll be trouble.
Bob: Why, why did you come here?
Michael: I figure it's safe here with you and... your wife, huh? I can't let either of you go.
Bob: How long... how long will this last?
Michael: Until the heat dies down （变弱）and I can get out of here.
Jane: (She stands up.) I'm leaving as soon as I get my handbag.
(Bob moves to the telephone, and Michael hits him hard on the neck. Bob falls into the sofa.)
Michael: Sorry, I lost it （突然失去理智）for a minute. You didn't deserve that, but we can't have any stupid moves.
Jane: Bob, wake up. Are you OK, Bob?
(Bob wakes up and rubs his neck.)
Michael: (He goes into the kitchen, gets out some cold chicken and devours[di'vauə]吞食it.) I've got to say your wife isn't much of a cook. This chicken, it tastes terrible. But, I've got to get out of here.
I'll try to make this up to you one day if I can.
(The doorbell rings. Michael is shocked; he points his gun at Bob and Jane.)
Answer it, Bob. Go to the door; stand back so I can see your face. I'll be right behind the door, so
if there's any trouble, you'll be the first to get the bullet（被解雇、击毙）.
(Bob walks slowly to the door. Michael takes up a position（占据适当位置）behind the door
and then Bob opens it.)
Tom: Hello, I'm Lieutenant[lu:'tenənt, ]中尉Tom Gray from the City Police Department. Mind if I come in?
Bob: (He explodes（爆发）.) Don't! (Michael pushed Bob hard with the gun.) That is to say, I'd rather you didn't.
Tom: That's up to you, Mr. Peterson. I just want to warn you to watch out for an old friend of yours named Michael Johnson. He broke out of （摆脱、冲破）the State Prison last night and he's a very
dangerous man. He may decide to look up one of his old pals（伙伴）.
Bob: I'll let you know if he shows up（露面）here.
(Inside the room, Jane sneezes（打喷嚏）violently猛烈的.)
My wife. Probably just tasted something she cooked.
(Bob closes the door and returns to the sofa.)
Jane: (She says angrily.) You missed your chance, Bob! How could you be such a coward['kauəd]懦夫?
Michael: (He cuts in（插嘴；超车；插入）.) Forget that. Both of you.
Jane: (She is still angry.) That man could do anything, anything, and I'm sure you wouldn't raise a finger（lift/raise a finger尽举手之劳） to stop him!
Bob: He can't stay here forever.
Jane: You'll get us killed, I just know it.
Michael: We can't be sure that cop（巡警）is gone for good. He sounded suspicious（多疑的）. I'd better get out.
(Jane looks relieved（释放，减轻0.)
Bob: You're really going, Michael?
Michael: Yeah. I suppose you've got a car, right?
Bob: Yes, but it's two blocks（街区，楼群）from here. I'll give you the keys.
Michael: Not so fast. We're all going down to that car. You'll be in front, and me and your wife will be right behind you. Do what I say, Bob, and you'll maybe keep on living. If you don't... (He
threatens them with the gun.)
Caption: Michael is shot by Lt. Gray on the street and later dies in the police station.
(Tom Gray comes to Bob Peterson's home three days later.)
Tom: Something has come up.
Bob: Is there anything wrong, Lieutenant?
Tom: Well, a routine post-mortem（验尸）was done on Michael's body, as it is with anyone who meets
a violent death, and we found something in his stomach that surprised us.
Bob: What was that?
Tom: Arsenic trioxide（砒霜，三氧化二砷）. Poison, in other words. Any idea how it got there?
(Bob wakes up to reality.)
Bob: The cold chicken. You dosed it! You were going to poison me, weren't you?
(Jane says nothing. Bob gets up angrily.)
Part2 listening1
Jack: I'm going to rent some videos for the holiday. Jim, could you recommend something really exciting to me, say some suspense（悬疑）films that will surprise, and keep me jumping and guessing?
Jim: Have you seen the film Seven, Jack?
Jack: No, but I've heard people say that it is one of the darkest, most intense films they've ever seen.
Jim: Yes, it's certainly not for those with a delicate stomach（虚弱的胃）, but it's one of the most suspenseful（令人紧张的）I've seen. The twists and turns（波折）in this movie are surprising, and it's a movie that keeps you guessing.
Jack: I think I'll like it. I hate those that are too easy to figure out!
Jim: What's more, it has an all-star cast（明星云集的演员阵容）that includes Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. They star as two detectives investigating（调查）a series of（一系列）killings in which the murderer kills people committing the seven deadly sins（七宗罪）. The two must try to stop the killer before he completes his masterpiece（杰作）of seven killings. The climax ['klaimæks]高潮点of this film comes unexpectedly and is extremely dark. This is a movie that you can enjoy several times and see something new each time.
Jack: Great! I think a truly great suspense film has to intrigue[in'tri:ɡ]阴谋，诡计a person not only
the first time, but every time it's seen. What else would you recommend?
Jim: No suspense list would be complete without adding an Alfred Hitchcock film to the mix. My favorite is Rear Window（后挡风玻璃）. If you've never seen this movie, the word "why" comes
to mind! Hitchcock is at his best with this suspenseful tale（故事，传说）of a
wheelchair-bound photographer who is consumed by the actions of his neighbors across the
courtyard（院子）. When those actions appear to become murderous（凶残的）...
Jack: Stop! Don't tell me everything. Let me find out for myself. Actually I'm also a great fan of Hitchcock's films. In my opinion, Psycho（心理分析）is the ultimate['ʌltimət]（极限的）thriller
（惊险小说）. It details the story of Norman Bates who assumes（装腔作势）the identity of
his dead mother and proceeds to（继续）kill anyone whom he finds sexually attractive or
threatening. It's a true masterpiece（杰作）from start to finish.
Jim: I've seen that one, too. I really like thrillers. I guess I like to be scared.
Part2 listening2
Miss Jones, I know you are a psychiatrist[sai'kaiətrist]（精神病医生）, and it's very important that you declare me sane（神志正常的）. It would not be good for my children to believe their mother is insane. I must stand trial（受审）as a sane person and be acquitted（宣告无罪）because then the children can deal with it.
I had a troubled childhood but finally met Peter. We fulfilled（满足）each other's requirements. He looked for a perfect mother, as I looked for a perfect father. After we married and had children, our troubles started. I wanted the children to be self-expressive（自我表现的）; he wanted them to be quiet. Because of our disagreements about child rearing（抚养）, I was easily annoyed（恼怒的）and distressed （忧虑的）, and spent a lot of time in tears that I couldn't control. I would cry and Peter would shout, so it began to look as if（看起来似乎）we would have to part. Peter was already seeing another woman（与某人谈恋爱）, a junk food addict whose idea of an afternoon（往往在下午）out was to go to McDonald's.
I had no grudge（积怨）against Peter having a girlfriend. Mine was not a crime of passion（冲动犯罪）but an act committed for the sake of（为了…….的利益）the children.
Divorce hurts children. They suffer terribly when the family breaks up. What else could I do? I insured（给……保险）Peter's life. Then he, I, his girlfriend and the children went for a country walk. We picked mushrooms, including a death cap（死亡帽子）. I made a beef casserole that evening and he and she ate it. The children and I are vegetarians, but Peter would never renounce beef, and it proved fatal（致命的）. I got them to the hospital immediately so the children saw nothing unpleasant. I hadn't realized how suspicious the police could be. But this is not insanity[in'sænəti]（疯狂的）, is it? I was doing my best for my children, and I must get back to them as soon as possible, for their sake. I presume[pri'zju:m]（推测）the court won't be so stupid as not to understand that. What do you think, Miss Jones?
Par3 listening1
(Mary Jones deserves her title（冠军，头衔，权利）as the Queen of Suspense. Her
addictive thrillers（令人入迷的恐怖小说）have made her today's most widely-read female
mystery writer. She recently signed a four-book deal for a $58 million advance（预付款）,
and she is currently writing her 28th novel. Here is our interview with Jones at her
residence（住宅）in New Jersey.)
Interviewer: Why do you often write about psychopaths?
Jones: It's much more compelling（引人注目的）when someone has a psychological problem. I'm writing one now that involves a high school reunion[,ri:'ju:njən]（重聚）—Midnight. The
serial killer（杀人恶魔）had been totally rejected in high school. It all comes down to
（归根结底）motivation. Why does a person cross the line（做得太过分了）and take a
human life?
Interviewer: How did you learn to tell a story?
Jones: It was the single talent that I've always had.
Interviewer: You told stories when you were a kid?
Jones: Yes. And oddly['ɔdli]（奇怪地）enough（说来也怪）, they were scary stories. Interviewer: What's your creative process（创意过程）?
Jones: Don't think it's easier for me than for anyone else. It's writing and rewriting and rewriting. In the first pages of writing a book I think, "Who are these people? Do I
believe this? Do I understand them?" I drag them through the first 50 or 70 pages. But
then, because they're grounded, a character will suddenly put his hat on and leave the
scene. I say, "Wait a minute, you have to stay here." And they say, "No, no, give the line
to her." That's when they're dancing for me. I'm just along for the ride（陪伴，逢场作
戏，沽名钓誉）.
Interviewer: Can anyone learn to write?
Jones: No. You have to have the ability to tell a story; you have to have the talent and the desire and the compulsion（冲动）to write—you write on the bus, when the kids are
asleep, in the morning, at night. Writers are not very comfortable if they're not working.
People say to me, "I'm going to write a book as soon as I quit my job... as soon as the kids
grow up... as soon as the dog dies." These are perfectly valid （有效的，正当的）excuses,
but there will always be a new set of excuses...
Par3 listening2
When writing any murder scene, whether a murder mystery（谋杀之谜）, suspense-thriller（悬疑片）, horror movie（恐怖片）, or romance（冒险片）, the writer must give a lot of thought to the murder weapon.
One cannot simply decide that the murderer enticed （诱使）his victim to the library and used a lead pipe（铅管）. The lead pipe is a valid blunt（迟钝的，不锋利的）instrument（工具）, but does it fit the circumstances? That is to say, would the murderer have the opportunity to obtain a lead pipe and hide it in the library? Would he need to leave the pipe behind or would he need to take it with him?
The answers to these questions are determined by motive and opportunity, but the psychology of the murderer also plays a part （起部分作用）. Most mystery writers, especially series authors, do not use the same weapon again and again without significant variation（重大的变化）. To learn how psychology, motive, and opportunity affect the selection of the murder tool, try examining the work of one author with at least 10 novels in a series. Read everything that author has written, including short stories and off-series novels, to see how that author handles the choice of murder weapon.
A good place to start is Rex Stout's series featuring the detective duo of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. The series spans[spænz]（穿越，跨度）more than 40 years and comprises （包含）more than 80 novels and short stories. In a body of（全部的）work of that size, there is bound to（一定要）be repetition（重复）in the choice of murder weapons: primarily guns, poisons, and the ever-popular blunt instrument. However, Stout manages some surprising murder weapons, too, including a champion bull, an exploding cigar, and dry ice. None of these weapons can be considered run-of-the-mill（普通的）choices, but each one fits the situation perfectly in terms of（依据、按照，在方面）motive and opportunity. This
body of work is also an excellent way to see why a particular method was used and how it fits the psychology of the murderer.
Par3 listening3
If you want to scare someone for fun, there are probably infinite['infinət] （无数的）ways, some simple and some complex. But I'm going to focus on my favorites.
The first method is the sneaky（鬼鬼祟祟的，暗中的，卑鄙的）approach and abrupt（唐突的、生硬的）announcement of presence. This is my very favorite, simply because it's easy, and it's quick. In essence（本质上）, the goal is to sneak up（慢慢靠近）behind someone and either shout, scream or utter （发出，表达）some other ghastly （恐怖的）noise, or grab （夺取，霸占）them. In order to successfully sneak up on=（creep up on慢慢靠近）someone, you may need to remove your shoes, take your keys out of your pocket, and breathe slow, controlled breaths. A great way to do this is to do it in an obviously public place. Here is an example: My mother works nearby and was giving me a ride（载某人去~~）home one day. She was waiting for me in the parking lot（停车场）. I took a slightly complex path right up to her driver's side door, which was unlocked. I promptly（迅速地）opened the door and sternly（严厉地，坚决地）asked her to "get out of the car", which effectively scared her. She thought perhaps that she was being carjacked in a parking lot.
The second method is temporary deception（短暂欺骗）. This method could also be described as "be an annoying（恼人的，讨厌的）, lying jerk（抽经）". But it can be funny. Let's say your good friends asked you to mail some very important letter, bill, etc. that absolutely had to be there the next day. At the end of your workday, as you recline（靠）on the sofa, they remember to ask you "Did you mail such and such?" This is where your acting skills come in; your goal is to feign（假装）"Oops". I don't enjoy this method as much because it's not quite so much "scaring someone to death" as it is misleading someone to think they are in a bad situation.
In closing, I'd like to say that you must exercise caution（小心，谨慎）in choosing your targets. Some people simply don't like being scared. Others, such as the elderly, might have physiological reasons to avoid being scared. Or, that good-spirited friend of yours might just have had a very bad day, and the last thing they need is another stressful moment to add to the pile.
Par3 listening4
Thrillers and suspense films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation（希望、预感）, heightened（提高）expectation（期待，指望）, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking（十分紧张的）tension. Thrillers and suspense films are virtually（事实上）the same, with similar characteristics and features.
If defined strictly, a genuine（真正的）thriller is a film that relentlessly[ri'lentlisli]（残酷地、无情地）pursues（从事，追赶） a single-minded goal—to provide thrills and keep the audience cliffhanging （紧张的，扣人心弦的）"at the edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax（高潮，顶点）. The tension usually rises when the main character is placed in a dangerous situation from which escape seems impossible. Life itself is threatened, usually because the main character is unsuspecting（为猜想到的）or unknowingly（不知不觉地）involved in（牵涉进） a dangerous or potentially[pə'tenʃəli] （可能地，潜在地）deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters who come into conflict with each other or with outside forces. The danger is sometimes abstract or shadowy（朦胧的；有阴影的；虚无的；暗黑的）.
Thrillers are often hybrids（混合物）—there are, for example, suspense-thrillers, action- or adventure-thrillers, sci-fi（科幻小说（等于science fiction））thrillers, western-thrillers, even romantic
comedy-thrillers. And suspense-thrillers come in many shapes and forms such as murder mysteries, women-in-danger films, courtroom and legal（合法的）thrillers.
Thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, crime, or the detective in the crime-related plot, focusing more on the suspense and danger that is generated.（发生的，产生的）The themes of thrillers frequently include terrorism（恐怖主义）, political conspiracy（政府阴谋）, pursuit（追赶，追求，工作，职业）, or romantic（空想的）triangles leading to murder.
A closely-related film type of the thriller is the horror film, which is also designed to （目的在于）elicit（指，引出）tension and suspense, taking the viewer through agony（苦恼）and fear.
Unit2
Part1 Who’s got bad manners
Tom: Hey, George. Still studying the textbooks, huh? When are you going to relax?
George: I am relaxing! I happen to find textbooks interesting, especially the psychology course. This one is talking about some amazing experiments with chimpanzees
[,tʃimpən'zi:]（黑猩猩）. Do you know, psychologists have taught some chimpanzees to
communicate?
Jess: What... you mean talk?
George: No, they can't talk. They don't have the vocal（发声的）equipment that we have. But they can be taught sign language（手语）, for example.
Jess: Yes, they're certainly very intelligent.
George: They're actually our nearest animal relatives. Do you know we share 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees?
Tom: Wow, that's a lot. We really are cousins['kʌzən]（堂（表）兄弟姐妹）, aren't we?
George: So, what have you pair been doing?
Jess: Well, while you were reading about our nearest animal relatives, we've been actually visiting them!
George: What do you mean?
Tom: We've been to the City Zoo, and the most interesting animal there was probably Phyllis, the chimpanzee.
George: Oh, yes, I've read about her. She enjoys interacting with （与什么相互作用，互动）the crowds.
Tom: She certainly does. She was really taken with （被吸引，被迷住）Jess, for example, and I think she must have been trained by one of your psychologists, because she
could do sign language.
George: Really?
Tom: Look, I'll demonstrate（证明，展示）. Jess, I'm Phyllis, OK? Let's show George. (Tom waves his arms above head and hoots.)
Jess: (She laughs.) Well, first I waved to her and then she waved back. (Tom waves his arms again.) Yeah, and then I waved both arms above my head, and Phyllis did the
same! (Tom waves his arms a third time.) But the funniest part was when I put on my
sunglasses, Phyllis pretended to do the same! (Tom imitates（模仿）a chimp putting on
sunglasses.)
George: Yes, those are all excellent examples of chimps imitating human beings, though whether it can be called sign language or communication is debatable[di'beitəbl]（可
争论的，成问题的）. And Tom, you do a great chimpanzee!
Tom: Well, whatever it was, it was really funny, and the crowd just loved it, especially the little kids.
Jess: Yeah, it was really great, and up to that point it looked as if Phyllis was enjoying herself too. (She looks suddenly sad and uncomfortable.) But then something really
rather gross（粗鲁的）happened.
George: Oh? What was that?
Jess: Well, there was a young man smoking a cigarette. Phyllis went up as close as she could get and started to peer at（凝视）the guy. Then she started to imitate him smoking,
which of course made everyone laugh again.
George: So, what was wrong with that?
Jess: Well, then the young man deliberately（故意的，谨慎的）dropped the cigarette into the enclosure（围墙）. Phyllis picked it up and started smoking it herself!
Tom: Yeah, it was hilarious（[hi'lεəriəs]非常滑稽的）! You know, she coughed a bit at first (He imitates the chimp smoking and coughing.), but... but then she seemed to start
enjoying it. And the crowd loved it!
Jess: Yes, but I didn't. I thought it was terrible. I mean, smoking is not good for humans, it can't possibly be good for apes! I thought the young man was really... very stupid.
George: Yes, there are notices up all over the place（到处）, aren't there? You mustn't feed the animals, and certainly not give them anything harmful.
Jess: But what happened next was even more upsetting（令人苦恼的）. Phyllis finished the cigarette, and wanted another one. But the young man just lit（点亮）one for himself
and taunted（嘲弄。

激怒）her with it, you know? (She demonstrates taunting.) He
wouldn't even give it to her, and she began behaving really badly.
George: Behaving... badly?
Tom: Yes, she started screaming (He imitates the chimp being angry), and she's making threatening gestures, then she began throwing things at the crowd, like... branches
from the tree, or stones. It was as if she was being deliberately rude.
George: Oh, come on, Tom, animals can't be rude. And she wasn't behaving badly; she was just reacting with aggression （侵犯）to a situation that was frustrating （令~~沮丧）her.
It wasn't her fault. She didn't ask to be locked in a cage, and have crowds come and
laugh at her, did she?
Jess: I agree. I think the one who was behaving badly was the idiot（笨蛋，傻瓜）with the cigarette.
George: And you, what about your behavior?
Tom & Jess: Our behavior?
George: Yes, did you tell that young man he shouldn't behave like that to an animal, that it was cruel and possibly dangerous?
Jess: (She looks shamefaced（害羞的）.) No, I'm afraid we didn't... we just walked away. I suppose（猜想，认为）we didn't want to get into a fight.
Tom: Oh, come on, Jess, lighten up（放松，别认真）. It was only a bit of fun!
Jess: I don't agree, Tom. I take George's point. No matter how intelligent chimpanzees are, they are still only wild animals. We shouldn't treat them badly. It reflects badly
upon us. We're supposed to（应该）be the superior（高级的）animal.
George: Excuse me a second, you guys, I just want to catch the news. I want to know the result of the big match. (He turns on his transistor radio and holds it to his ear.)
(It sounds tinny in the background as Jess and Tom continue.)
Tom: OK, I accept that it was bad behavior on the part of the guy with the cigarette, and I suppose we could have been a bit more responsible ourselves and said something. But
after all, nobody got hurt, nobody died for heaven's sake.（看在上帝的份上）..
George: Oh no! My gosh（天啦，糟了）! Listen to this! (He turns up his radio.)
News Reporter: ... Phyllis was taken to the City Animal Clinic（诊所）where veterinarians [,vetəri'nεəriən]（兽医0are trying to save her life. It appears that someone had
dropped or thrown a full pack of（一整包）cigarettes into the animal's enclosure, and
the chimpanzee had eaten most of the pack. She is now suffering from acute（刺激
的，敏锐的）nicotine['nikəti:n]（尼古丁）poisoning. Doctors have administered（管
理，执行） a stomach pump, and say that there is only a fifty-fifty chance of the
animal surviving. At a meeting in Scotland, the Prime Minister（总理，首相）has met
with the American President... (The voice fades out（渐弱）as Jess turns the set off.
The three look at each other, shocked. )
Jess: Oh, I feel terrible.
Tom: Eating a whole pack of cigarettes! What a stupid thing to do!
George: That's not the stupid thing, Tom. She is just an animal. The really stupid action was done by whoever threw the pack into the cage.
Jess: Do you think it was the same guy?
Tom: Don't know. Probably. (He sighs.) We should have done something, shouldn't we?
Jess: (She sighs.) Yes. It was us human beings who have acted badly, not the chimp.
George: But it's the poor animal that is suffering.
Jess: Poor Phyllis. I do hope she recovers（恢复）.
Tom: Yeah. And I hope next time I have the courage to speak up（更大声地说；无保留地说出）if I see something like that happening again.
Jess: Mm. Me too.
George: I'm sure you will. And you know what? If she recovers, I don't think Phyllis will touch another cigarette again! (Tom and Jess laugh ruefully（后悔地）.)
Part2 listening1
If you're invited to an American friend's home for dinner, keep in mind these general rules for polite behavior. First of all, arrive approximately[ə'prɔksimitli] （大约，近似的）on time (but not early). Americans expect promptness（及时）. Being a few minutes late might give the host more time to get dressed or finish preparing the dinner, so it's OK to be 10 or 15 minutes late but not 45 minutes late. Dinner might be overcooked（煮的过久的）and ruined （毁灭的）by then. When you're invited to someone's home for a meal, it's polite to bring a small gift. Flowers or candies（糖果）are always
appropriate. If you have an attractive item made in your native country, your host would certainly enjoy receiving that as a gift.
If you are served some food that you don't like or can't eat, don't make a fuss about （小题大做）it. If your host doesn't say anything about what you aren't eating, then you shouldn't, either. Simply eat what you can and hope that no one notices what you left. If you are questioned, you may have to admit that you don't eat meat (or whatever), but you can also say that you've enjoyed the other foods and have had "more than enough" to eat. Don't make the host feel obliged to（不得不）prepare something else for you. Be sure to compliment the host on the food that you enjoyed.
Don't leave immediately after dinner, but don't overstay（逗留过久）your welcome, either. When your friend seems to be getting tired and running out of conversation, take their behavior as a cue（暗示）to leave. The next day, call or write a thank-you note to say how much you enjoyed the evening.
Part2 listening2
Americans are usually tolerant of non-native（非本地的）speakers who have some trouble understanding English. But they become annoyed（恼怒的）when a person pretends to understand but doesn't really. This creates problems when he misunderstands what is said. No one wants soap（肥皂）when he asks for soup（汤）. So if you don't understand what is said to you, admit it and politely ask the person to repeat or explain. All you have to say is, "Excuse me, would you mind repeating what you said? I didn't understand."
Second, it is quite rude to converse with a companion in your native language and leave your American friends standing there feeling uncomfortable because they can't understand the conversation. The Americans may also feel that you are talking about them or saying something you don't want them to hear. If you have to switch（转换）to your native language to explain something to a non-English-speaking companion, then at least translate for your American friends so they don't feel left out（感到受冷落）. Statements:
1. Americans will get impatient if a person can't understand English.
2. Sometimes it is wise to pretend to understand what one actually doesn't in order to avoid embarrassment.
3. Asking for repetition or explanation is not considered good manners when talking with Americans.
4. It is impolite for people to talk in their native language in the presence of Americans.
5. Americans may feel uncomfortable when they can't understand the conversation of non-English speakers.
Part 3listening1
One winter day in San Francisco, a woman in a red car drove up to（开往）a tollbooth（过路收费亭）. The back seat of her car had a pile of（一堆）colorful Christmas gifts on it. She smiled at the tollbooth operator and said, "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me." She handed the operator seven toll tickets and drove on. As the next six cars arrived at the tollbooth, the operator told each driver, "A lady up ahead paid your toll. Have a nice day."
Why did the lady do this? As she told her husband later, "I read a card taped on my friend's refrigerator[ri'fridʒəreitə]（冰箱）. It said, 'Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' I liked that phrase and copied it for myself. Paying the tolls was a little act of random kindness I could do."
Now all over the U.S., it is becoming a popular phrase. One can see it on car bumper stickers（车尾贴）, on walls, and even on business cards. Random acts of kindness are easy to perform if one is looking。