英语演讲：Coincidence.ppt

1、COINCIDENCE,-Everything under the sun is possible. 大千世界，无奇不有。 -By 王美娟,The worlds incredible coincidence,We have all come across coincidences in our lives. To some they are amazing and worthy of note, to the skeptics(无神论者), it is just the law of probability. Check out these 10 examples of coincidence

2、 and let me know what you think.,Whats in a Name?名字知多少?,A computer error gave two women in America called Patricia the same social security number. When the two women were brought together in an office to rectify the blunder they discovered that: 美国有两名都叫帕特丽夏的妇女，由于计算机错误而有了同一个社会保险号。当她们被叫去纠正错号时，人们发现：,*

3、 They had both been born with the names Patricia Ann Campbell;她们出生后都取名为帕特丽夏安坎贝尔; * Both of their fathers were called Robert Campbell;她们的父亲都叫帕特丽夏坎贝尔; * Their birthdays were on 13th March 1941;她们的生日都是1941年3月13日; * They had both married military men in the year 1959 (within eleven days of each other);她

4、们都于1959年嫁给了军人,日期仅相差11天; * They each had two children aged 19 and 21;她们都分别在19和21岁时生了孩子; * They both had an interest in oil painting.她们都爱好油画。,世界上最巧合的图片,呵呵 霸气,上帝玩拼图时丢了一块.,你还真会挑位置,原来是他干的。,Lucky Hughs?幸运的休,On December 5th 1660, a ship sank in the straights of Dover-the only survivor was noted to be Hugh

5、Williams.1660年12月5日，一艘轮船在多佛的航道上沉没，船上唯一的幸存者名叫休威廉姆斯。 On 5th December 1767, another ship sank in the same waters-127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.1767年12月5日，另一艘轮船在相同水域沉没，127人丧生，唯一的幸存者名叫休威廉姆斯。,On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames-there was one sur

6、vivor-Hugh Williams.1820年8月8日，一艘野餐船在泰晤士河翻船，唯一的幸存者名叫休威廉姆斯。 On 10th July 1940, a British trawler was destroyed by a German mine-only two men survived, one man and his nephew-they were both called Hugh Williams.19407月10日，一艘英国拖网渔船被德国水雷炸毁，只有叔侄两人生还，他们都叫休威廉姆斯。,Tiil Death Did Them Part至死分离,In 1996, Paris po

7、lice set out to investigate a late night, high speed car crash, both drivers had been killed instantly. 1996年巴黎警方着手调查一起深夜飞车相撞事故。事故中两车的司机均是当场死亡。 Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.调查表明，死者竟是夫妻二人。,Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it bec

8、ame apparent that the pair had been separated for several months-neither could have known that the other would have been out driving that night-it was just a terrible coincidence.起初警方怀疑这是某种谋杀或自杀约定，但事实表明这对夫妇早已分开数月任何一方都不可能知道对方也在那夜开车这只是一个可怕的巧合。,Practice What You Preach 言传身教,Businessman Danie de Toit ma

9、de a speech to an audience in South Africa-the topic of his speech was-watch out because death can strike you down at any time.商人丹尼德托伊特在南非当众演讲，题目是：要当心，因为死神可以随时把你带走。 At the end of his speech, he put a peppermint in his mouth, and choked to death on it!演讲末了，他把一颗薄荷糖塞到嘴里，而后就噎死了!,Licensed To Thrill惊悚执照,A

10、 fifteen year old pupil at Argoed High School in North Wales was to sit his GCSE examinations in 1990. His name was James Bond - his examination paper reference was 007. 1990年北威尔士阿尔戈高中有一名学生要参加中级普通教育证书考试。 他名叫詹姆士他的试卷编号是007。,要是真戳在眼睛上可不好玩,兄弟！轻点！鼻子都快刷掉了！,你想噎死他还是想烫死他？,据说半夜会有女鬼这样看着你,Lightning Never Strikes

11、 Twice? 闪电绝不会击中两次？,British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.在第一次世界大战的最后一年，英国骑兵军官萨摩福特少校在佛兰德斯的战场作战时，一个闪电把他劈落马下，致使其腰部以下瘫痪。 He moved to Vancouver, Canada,

12、six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.六年后他移居加拿大的温哥华，一次外出钓鱼，萨摩福特少校再次被闪电击中，其右侧身体也陷入瘫痪。,After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summe

13、rfield was struck by lightning again-permanently paralysing him.在康复两年后的一个夏日，他来到当地的一个公园，突然天降暴雨，闪电又一次击中他，致使其终身瘫痪。 He died two years after this incident.两年以后，他去世了。 However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed-it was struck by lightning!可是，在死后第四年，他的石墓被毁是被闪电击中的！,What Goes Around.什么是山

14、不转水转.,In 1965, at the age of four, Roger Lausier was swimming off a beach in Salem - he got into difficulties and was saved from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise. 1965年四岁的罗格劳斯尔在塞勒姆海滩游泳他遭遇险情差点淹死一位名叫爱丽丝布雷斯的女子救了他。 In 1974, on the same beach, Roger was out on a raft when he pulled a drowning man

15、from the water - amazingly, the man he saved was Alice Blaises husband. 1974年还是在那个海滩罗格坐着小筏出海他把一个男人从水中救了上来令人惊讶的是这位获救的男子是爱丽丝布雷斯的丈夫,With a Quack Quack Here这里也有嘎嘎叫,Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ordinary in that - until you learn that his postcode contained the letter sequence EIEIO. 麦克唐纳先生是加拿大的一名农夫没什么特别之处 可你要知道他的邮编是由字母序列EIEIO组成的。 （注：巧合的是在西方有一首很著名的儿歌名叫老麦克唐纳先生友一个农场歌词中反复唱到“E-I-E-I-O”，用以模仿动物的叫声。）,英语中的巧合,clever 聪明的 honest 诚实的 intell