[ti:新概念英语第二册] [by:http://www.TingClass.com] [00:00.50]Lesson 30 [00:01.49] Football or polo? [00:04.07]First listen and then answer the question: [00:09.50]What happened to the man in the boat? [00:12.64]The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. [00:19.17]I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons [00:24.66]It was warm last Sunday,so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. [00:31.67]Some children were playing games on the bank [00:34.86]and there were some people rowing on the river [00:40.18]Suddenly,one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat [00:48.32]Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, [00:52.33]but he did not hear them. [00:54.65]The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. [01:00.89]I turned to look at the children,but there weren't any in sight: [01:07.22]they had all run away! [01:09.43]The man laughed when he realized what had happened. [01:14.07]He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.