(美音版)新概念英語第二冊:Lesson 21 Mad or not?

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Lesson 21 Mad or not?
    是不是瘋了?
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
    Why do people think the writer is mad?
    Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
    飛機正在逐漸把我逼瘋。
    I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
    我住在一個機場附近,過往飛機日夜不絕于耳。
    The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.
    機場是許多年前建的,但由于某種原因當時未能啟用。
    Last year, however, it came into use.
    然而去年機場開始使用了。
    Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
    有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已經棄家遠去,
    I am one of the few people left.
    我是少數留下來的人中的一個。
    Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
    有時我覺得這房子就要被一架飛過的飛機撞倒。
    I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
    他們曾向我提供一大筆錢讓我搬走,但我決定留在這兒。
    Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
    大家都說我肯定是瘋了,也許他們說的是對的。