全新版大学英语听说教程第四册听力原文全新版大学英语听说教程第四册听力原文Unit1(BOOK4)Unit1(BOOK4)PartPart B B TheThe HospitalHospital WindowWindowJackJack andand Ben,Ben, bothboth seriouslyseriously ill,ill, occupiedoccupied thethe samesame hospitalhospital room.room. Jack,Jack, whosewhose bedbed waswas nextnext toto thethe roomsrooms onlyonly window,window, waswas allowedallowed toto sitsit upup inin hishis bedbed forfor anan hourhour eacheach afternoonafternoon toto helphelp draindrain thethe fluidfluid fromfrom hishis lungs.lungs. ButBut BenBen hadhad toto spendspend allall dayday andand nightnight flatflat onon hishis bed.bed. ToTo killkill timetime thethe twotwo menmen beganbegan toto talk.talk. TheyThey talkedtalked forfor hourshours aboutabout theirtheir wives,wives, families,families, theirtheir homes,homes, theirtheir jobs,jobs, theirtheir involvementinvolvement inin thethe militarymilitary service,service, andand wherewhere theythey hadhad beenbeen onon vacation.vacation. AsAs daysdays wentwent by,by, a a deepdeep friendshipfriendship beganbegan toto developdevelop betweenbetween them.them. EveryEvery afternoonafternoon whenwhen JackJack couldcould sitsit up,up, hehe wouldwould passpass thethe timetime byby describingdescribing toto BenBen allall thethe thingsthings hehe couldcould seesee outsideoutside thethe window.window. AndAnd BenBen beganbegan toto livelive forfor thosethose one-hourone-hour periodsperiods wherewhere hishis worldworld wouldwould bebe broadenedbroadened andand enlivenedenlivened byby allall thethe activityactivity andand colorcolor ofof thethe worldworld outside.outside. TheThe windowwindow overlookedoverlooked a a parkpark withwith a a lovelylovely lake.lake. DucksDucks andand swansswans playedplayed onon thethe waterwater whilewhile childrenchildren sailedsailed theirtheir modelmodel boats.boats. YoungYoung loverslovers walkedwalked armarm inin armarm amidamid flowersflowers ofof everyevery colorcolor ofof thethe rainbow.rainbow. GrandGrand oldold treestrees beautifiedbeautified thethe landscape,landscape, andand a a finefine viewview ofof thethe citycity skylineskyline couldcould bebe seenseen inin thethe distance.distance. AsAs JackJack describeddescribed allall thisthis inin exquisiteexquisite detail,detail, BenBen wouldwould closeclose hishis eyeseyes andand imagineimagine thethe picturesquepicturesque scenes.scenes.OneOne warmwarm afternoonafternoon JackJack describeddescribed a a paradeparade passingpassing by.by. AlthoughAlthough BenBen couldntcouldnt hearhear thethe bandband - hehe couldcould seesee itit inin hishis mindsminds eyeeye asas JackJack portrayedportrayed itit withwith descriptivedescriptive words.words. DaysDays andand weeksweeks passed.passed. OneOne morningmorning thethe dayday nursenurse arrivedarrived toto bringbring waterwater forfor theirtheir bathsbaths onlyonly toto findfind thethe lifelesslifeless bodybody ofof Jack,Jack, whowho hadhad dieddied peacefullypeacefully inin hishis sleep.sleep. SheShe waswas saddenedsaddened andand calledcalled thethe hospitalhospital attendantsattendants toto taketake thethe bodybody away.away.BenBen waswas heartheart broken.broken. LifeLife withoutwithout JackJack waswas eveneven moremore unbearable.unbearable. HowHow hehe longedlonged toto hearhear JacksJacks voicevoice andand hishis melodiousmelodious descriptionsdescriptions ofof thethe outsideoutside world!world! AsAs hehe lookedlooked atat thethe window,window, anan ideaidea suddenlysuddenly occurredoccurred toto him.him. PerhapsPerhaps hehe couldcould seesee forfor himselfhimself whatwhat itit waswas likelike outside.outside. AsAs soonsoon asas itit seemedseemed appropriate,appropriate, BenBen askedasked ifif hehe couldcould bebe movedmoved nextnext toto thethe window.window. TheThe nursenurse waswas happyhappy toto makemake thethe switch,switch, andand afterafter makingmaking suresure hehe waswas comfortable,comfortable, sheshe leftleft himhim alone.alone. Slowly,Slowly, painfully,painfully, hehe proppedpropped himselfhimself upup onon oneone elbowelbow toto taketake hishis firstfirst looklook atat thethe worldworld outside.outside. Finally,Finally, hehe wouldwould havehave thethe joyjoy ofof seeingseeing itit forfor himself!himself! HeHe strainedstrained toto slowlyslowly turnturn toto looklook outout thethe windowwindow besidebeside thethe bed.bed. ItIt facedfaced a a blankblank wall!wall! WhatWhat couldcould havehave compelledcompelled mymy roommateroommate toto describedescribe suchsuch wonderfulwonderful thingsthings outsideoutside t