Unit 7 More practice
UFO 不明飞行物
Many people say they have seen UFOs.
很多人说他们看到过不明飞行物。
Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident and it happened in the US in 1947.
这里有个著名的故事,就是于 1947 年发生在美国所谓的“罗斯威尔事件”。
Person A (name not given):
个案 A(姓名未祥):
My wife and I were sitting outside because it was a warm night.
因为这是个温暖的夜晚,我和妻子在外面坐坐。
- Suddenly we saw something very bright flying through the sky.
- 突然,我们看到天上划过一道非常亮的光。
Person B (William Brazel, a farmer):
个案 B(William Brazel,农民):
I found some pieces of strange metal on my farm. I called the army.
我发现我的农场有一些奇怪的金属碎片,我打电话给军队。
- Major Marcel came and collected the pieces. He told me not to talk to anyone about this.
- Marcel 少校来收集碎片,他告诉我不要跟任何人提起这件事。
Person C (Major Marcel):
个案 C(Marcel 少校):
I went and collected the pieces. I gave them to an army expert.
我去收集了碎片,把碎片送给了军队里的专家。
- He said the pieces came from a weather balloon.
- 他说碎片来自气象气球。
- However, since I have not seen this kind of metal before, I think this was a lie.
- 然而,由于我之前没有见过这种金属,我觉得这是一个谎言。
Person D (name not given):
个案 D(姓名未祥):
My parents and I were in the countryside.
我和父母住在农村。
- Suddenly we saw a silver spaceship on the side of the hill.
- 突然,我们看到山脚有一个银色的飞船。
- There were the bodies of three aliens lying on the grass.
- 有三个外星人的尸体躺在草地上。
- Then some soldiers came and told us to leave.
- 然后过来了些士兵,让我们离开。
So what is the truth?
那么,什么才是真相?
Perhaps some or all of the people lied.
或许有些或所有的人都撒了谎。
Perhaps a US rocked crashed and people thought it had come from space.
或许是一个美国的火箭爆炸了,人们以为它来自外太空。
Perhaps an alien spaceship really crashed in Roswell.
或许真的有一个外星飞船坠毁在罗斯维尔了。