3L英語1-4冊（LRC）3l英語第四冊lesson65-93
Look,Listen and Learn! ;
Book 4 Lesson 65-Lesson 93 ;
Lesson 65 Television Day: Sir Isaac Newton ; 第65課 電視日: 艾薩克.牛頓爵士
Sir Isaac Newton,who was born in 1642 and who died in 1727 ;艾薩克.牛頓爵士生干 1642年,死于1727年.
was one of the greatest scientists who has ever lived. ;他是歷代最偉大的科學(xué)家 之一.
We aren't going to tell you about his discoveries in today's programme. ;在今天的節(jié)目中我們不準(zhǔn) 備對你們講述他的發(fā)明,
Instead,we're going to tell you a true story about the man himself. ;而是給你們講一個有關(guān) 他本人的真實(shí)的故事.
Newton thought about so many problems he was often absent-minded. ;牛頓要思考許多復(fù)雜的問 題,以致他常常心不在焉.
He frequently forgot to have his meals. ;他常忘了吃飯.
One evening his friend Dr Stukeley,called and asked if he could see the great scientist. ;一天晚上他的朋友 斯圖克雷博士來訪 求見這位偉大的科學(xué)家.
The maid told Dr Stukeley that Newton was busy ;女仆告訴斯圖克雷博士 牛頓很忙,
and asked him if he would wait in the dining-room. ;請他在飯廳等他.
Dr Stukeley sat at the dining-table and waited. ;斯圖克雷博士坐在飯桌邊 等候.
On the table there was a covered dish which contained a chicken for Newton's dinner. ;桌上有個蓋著蓋的盤子, 里面盛著牛頓晚飯吃的 雞.
Dr Stukeley waited such a long time he got very hungry. ;斯圖克雷博士等了許久, 感到非常餓,
In the end he ate the chicken and put the cover back on the dish ;結(jié)果他把雞給吃了,把蓋 又放回盤子上.
Immediately after this,Newton appeared. ;沒過多會,牛頓來了.
He greeted his friend warmly and then asked the maid if he could have his dinner. ;他向朋友熱情問候,然后 問女仆他是否可以吃飯.
She told him it was on the table. ;她告訴他晚餐就在桌上,
Newton uncovered the dish and saw the chicken bones. ;牛頓打開盤子看見雞骨頭
"I thought I hadn't eaten,"he said,"but I see that I have." ;"我方才還以為沒吃飯呢" 他說,"但我想我該是吃 過了."
Lesson 67 It's a mystery! ; 第67課 這是個謎
Sue:What's that thing,Sandy? ;蘇:桑迪,那是什么?
Sandy:Which thing? ;桑迪:哪個?
Sue:That thing in the garden. ;蘇:花園里的那個東西.
Sandy:I haven't the faintest idea. Let's ask mother. ;桑迪:我一點(diǎn)兒也不知道. 咱們問問母親
Sue:What's that thing, mum? ;蘇:母親,那是什么.?
Mother:I don't know. Your father brought it home yesterday and put it in the garden. ;母親:我不知道,你父親 昨天把它帶回家放在 花園的.
Sandy:Let's go and have a look at it. ;桑迪:我們?nèi)タ纯?
Mother:I wonder whether it's a garden seat. ;母親:我不知道它是不是 一個花園里的椅子.
Sue:It can't be. It doesn't look like one. ;蘇:那不可能. 它看上去不像.
Sandy:I'd like to know if we can use it. Perhaps it's some kind of garden tool. ;桑迪:我想知道我們能不 能用.也許這是一種園林 工具.
Mother:I don't think it is.It doesn't resemble one. ;母親:我看不是. 它不像園林工具.
Sue:Perhaps it's some kind of clothes-line. I wonder whether it is. ;蘇:也許是晾衣服繩. 我吃不準(zhǔn).
Sandy:I doubt it. ;桑迪:我看不是.
Mother:It's a mystery, if you ask me! ;母親:如果你們問我, 這是個謎.
Father:It isn't a mystery at all. ;父親:這根本不是謎.
It's not supposed to serve a purpose. It's a work of art! Don't you like it? ;它不能派用處. 它是件藝術(shù)品. 你們不喜歡嗎?
Lesson 69 Television programmes in Britain ;第69課 英國的電視節(jié)目
One of the first things Gretel discovered while living with the Clarks ;當(dāng)格菜托和克拉克一家住 在一起時首先發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情 之一
was that there are three television channels in Britain. ;就是英國有3個電視頻道.
The BBC broadcasts on two channels:BBC 1 and BBC 2. ;英國廣播公司播出2個頻 道:BBC1頻道和BBC2頻道.
There's a mixture of serious and light programmes on BBC 1; ;BBC 1 頻道輪換播出嚴(yán)肅 的和輕松的節(jié)目.
there are mainly serious programmes on BBC 2. ;BBC 2 頻道以播放嚴(yán)肅 節(jié)目為主.
ITV is an independent network which carries advertisements. ;ITV是播放電視廣告的 獨(dú)立電視網(wǎng).
(There are no advertisements on the BBC. ;(英國廣播公司沒廣告節(jié) 目.
Everyone who possesses a TV set must pay a licence fee to the BBC each year.) ;有電視機(jī)的人每年須向英 國廣播公司交接收費(fèi))
There are both serious and light programmes on ITV. ;ITV既有嚴(yán)肅的也有輕松 的節(jié)目.
As there are three different channels, ;由于有3個不同的電視 頻道,
it's not surprising that you often hear arguments in the Clark household. ;在克拉克家經(jīng)常聽到爭論 就不足為奇了.
This is the sort of thing you hear: ;這是你能聽到的那類 爭論:
"There's a sports programme on ITV." ;"ITV播放體育節(jié)目."
"What's that, children?" ;"孩子們,你們說什么?"
"We were wondering if we could watch the sports programme on ITV." ;我們想看ITV的體育節(jié)目"
"But I was wondering whether to watch the serial on BBC 1..." And so on. ;"可是我想看BBC 1頻道的 電視連續(xù)劇..."就這么爭 ？
The children like ITV; mother prefers BBC 1; father prefers BBC 2; ;孩子們喜歡看ITV, 母親喜歡看BBC 1頻道, 父親喜歡看BBC 2頻道.
Gretel hasn't made up her mind yet. ;格萊托還沒拿定主意.
Lesson 71 Television Day: Moonflight ;第71課 電視日:去月球旅行
Last week we recorded this interview with one of the astronauts ;上星期我們錄下了采訪 一位宇航員
who had returned from a recent moonflight. ;剛從月球返回的的情況.
We asked him to tell us what he had done and what he had seen. ;我們請了他給我們談?wù)?他的經(jīng)歷和他的所見.
We asked him what it was like on the moon. ;我們問了他月球上 是怎么個樣子的.
This is what he told us: ;他是這樣對我們說:
"We went to the moon to get samples of moon-rock ;"我們?nèi)ピ虑蛉≡虑驇r石 標(biāo)本"
and to recover instruments from an earlier landing. ;以及找回上次登月的儀器
We made a perfect landing beside a small crater in the Sea of Tranquillity. ;我們在靜海的一個小隕石 坑旁安全著陸.
First we collected some samples of rock and then fixed up the television cameras. ;首先,我們收集了一些 巖石標(biāo)本,然后安裝好 電視攝像機(jī),
After this we walked on the moon's surface to look for the instruments. ;之后在月球上行走 尋找儀器.
We found them very quickly and saw the footprints astronauts had made years before! ;我們很快就找到了儀器, 發(fā)現(xiàn)了前幾年宇航員留下 的腳印.
It's strange to think that nothing wears away on the moon's surface. ;想到月球表面上的東西 一點(diǎn)都沒有磨損,使人 非常奇怪.
What impressed me most?Several things. ;什么事情給找印象最深呢 有好幾件事情.
Our earth shining brightly in a black sky. ;我們的地球在黑暗的空中 明亮地閃爍著.
It looked blue and white in the distance. ;從遠(yuǎn)處看它是藍(lán)白色的.
And then,the silence on the moon, ;還有月球上的那種寂靜,
and its landscape which is both mysterious and beautiful. ;月球那種既神秘又美麗的 景色.
Mysterious because the horizon is never far away, ;說它神秘,因?yàn)榈仄骄€從 不遙遠(yuǎn);
and beautiful because of the sharp contrast between light and shadow." ;說它美麗,因?yàn)楣饬梁?陰暗形成了那么鮮明的 對照."
Lesson 73 Eh?What? ; 第73課 啊?什么?
Sue:Where have you been,Sandy? ;蘇:桑迪,你上哪兒了?
Sandy:Eh? ;桑迪:啊?
Sue:I asked where you've been. And don't say "Eh". ;蘇:我問你去哪兒了. 別說"啊".
Sandy:Out. ;桑迪:出去了.
Sue:What were you doing? ;蘇:你干什么了?
Sandy:What? ;桑迪:什么?
Sue:I asked you what you were doing. And don't say "What". ;蘇:我問你干什么了. 別說"什么".
Sandy:Playing football ;桑迪:踢足球.
Sue:Who with? ;蘇:和誰?
Sandy:Mm? ;桑迪:嗯?
Sue:I said "Who with." And don't say"Mm". ;蘇:我說"和誰". 別說"嗯".
Sandy:My team. ;桑迪:我的球隊(duì).
Sue:Where did you play ;蘇:你們在哪兒踢的?
Sandy:What's that? ;桑迪:你說什么?
Sue:I asked you where you played. And don't say, "What's that". ;蘇:我問你們在哪兒踢的. 別說"你說什么".
Sandy:At school. ;桑迪:在學(xué)校里.
Sue:Why did you play at school? ;蘇:為什么在學(xué)校踢呢?
Sandy:Huh? ;桑迪:嗯?
Sue:I asked you why you played at school. And don't say "Huh". ;蘇:我問你們?yōu)槭裁丛? 學(xué)校踢.別說"嗯".
Sandy:Because we had games this afternoon. ;桑迪:因?yàn)槲覀兿挛缬? 比賽.
Sue:Who won? ;蘇:誰贏了?
Sandy:I beg your pardon? ;桑迪:你說什么?
Sue:Are you deaf or something? ;蘇:你是聾了還是怎么的?
Sandy:No,I'm not.I just wish you wouldn't ask so many questions. ;桑迪:我沒聾.我只是希望 你別問這么多.
Lesson 75 The big stores in London ;第75課 倫敦的大商店
Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday. ;昨天格萊托和克拉克太太 在倫敦市中心購物.
"I'd like to know which store you like best in London,Mrs Clark,"Gretel said. ;"克拉克太太,我想知道在 倫敦你最喜歡哪家商店?" 格萊托說.
"Now that's a difficult question," Mrs Clark replied. ;"這是個難題," 克拉克太太回答道,
"I just haven't any idea which store I like best. ;"我不知道我最喜歡哪家 商店.
There are so many huge stores in London. ;在倫敦有那么多大商店.
I suppose Selfridges must be the biggest. ;我想賽爾夫利杰士一定是 最大的商店.
There's so much variety there.I can usually find what I'm looking for. ;那兒商品種類繁多.一般 我能買到我要的東西.
Then there's Liberty's It's such a lovely building. ;還有利比蒂斯. 那是幢漂亮的大樓.
Harrods is very famous too.It's such a smart store. ;哈里茲也相當(dāng)有名, 是個漂亮的商店.
I love all the big stores in London ;我喜歡倫敦所有的大商店
because you can walk round and nobody bothers you. ;因?yàn)槟憧梢缘教幑?沒人 來打擾.
Nobody tries to sell you anything--unless you want to buy something. ;沒有人硬要賣東西給你, 除非你想買東西,
Sometimes I go window-shopping, ;有時我就是看看櫥窗,
or just wander round a store and look at the things on display. ;或者在商店里走走,看看 陳列的商品.
The big stores are one of the sights of London. ;大商店是倫敦一景啊!
I went to the sales in January.That was one of the sights of London,too! ;一月份,我去買大減價 的東西.這也能算上倫敦 一景.
My goodness! The crowds! But it was worth it. ;天啊!到處是人, 但是還值得.
I bought some lovely things very cheaply. ;我買到了一些漂亮的 商品,很便宜.
It was good fun,but very exhausting." ;采購商品很有趣, 但夠累人的."
Lesson 77 Television Day:Karate ;第77課 電視日:武術(shù)
Have you ever wondered how some people can break bricks with their bare hands? ;你是否感到奇怪有人能 徒手劈磚?
People who can do this kind of thing are experts in karate.They are called "Karatekas" ;能這么干的人是空手道專 家,人稱"空手道武術(shù)師".
In our programme today we tried to find out how Karatekas could do such things. ;在我們今天的節(jié)目中, 我們要了解空手道武術(shù)師 如何能做到這些.
We wanted to learn if they were especially strong ;我們想知道他們是否特別 強(qiáng)壯.
and we got some surprising answers! ;我們得到出人意料的回答
Believe it or not, ;信不信由你,
Karatekas aren't stronger than ordinary people--they just have more courage! ;空手道武術(shù)師并不比普通 人強(qiáng)壯--他們只是更富有 勇氣.
A Karate expert strikes hard objects like bricks or plates ;空手道武術(shù)師擊碎磚頭, 碟子這類硬東西
with the small bone in his wrist, opposite the thumb. ;用手腕上一塊正對著大拇 指的小骨.
Speed is the essence of this sport. ;速度是這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動的關(guān)鍵.
But the strange thing is that untrained men ;但奇怪的是未經(jīng)訓(xùn)練的人
can break hard objects in the same way just as well as Karatekas. ;用同樣方法也能像空手道 武術(shù)師一樣把硬物擊碎.
Of course,Karatekas practise a lot ;當(dāng)然空手道武術(shù)師大量 訓(xùn)練,
and they have a layer of hard skin round their wrists. ;手腕一圈有一層厚厚的 老繭.
Though they have this advantage over ordinary people, ;雖然在這方面他們比普通 人具有有利條件
it's basically just a question of will-power ;不過基本上還是一個意志 的問題
--at least that's what you can tell your mother ;至少你可以這樣對你母親 說,
after you've experimented on a few dinner plates! ;在幾個碟子上練上幾手以 后.
Lesson 79 Sue bakes a cake ;第79課 蘇制作蛋糕
Sue(reading):"Mix the butter and the sugar. ;蘇(在朗讀):"把黃油和 砂糖攪拌在一起,
Add one cup of flour, two eggs and a little milk and beat well." ;加一茶杯面粉、兩個雞蛋 和牛奶少許,然后調(diào)勻."
Sue:Mum,I'm stuck. ;蘇:媽媽,這兒我不懂.
Mother:What's the matter,Sue? ;媽媽:蘇,怎么了?
Sue:It says in this recipe that I should add a little milk. ;蘇:食譜上說要加點(diǎn)牛奶,
I don't know how much to add. ;我不知道該加多少.
Mother:Just a drop. That should be enough ;媽媽:只要一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)就夠了.
Now put it all in the mixer for a few minutes. ;好,把它們都放進(jìn)攪拌機(jī) 攪拌幾分鐘.
Sue:"Bake until golden brown."That's pretty vague.I've no idea how long to bake it for. ;蘇:"一直烘到呈全褐色." 說得太含糊了.我不知道 該烘多久.
Mother:Put it in the oven for twenty minutes. ;媽媽:把它放進(jìn)烘箱烘 20分鐘.
Mother:Those instructions are vague,Sue.Where did you get that recipe? ;媽媽:那些說明講得不 清楚.蘇,你從哪兒弄來 那張食譜的?
Sue:It's one of yours,mum. ;蘇:媽媽,那是您的食譜.
Mother:Oh,yes!It's one I made up myself. ;媽媽:噢,對了. 那是我自編的食譜.
(Twenty minutes later) ;(20分鐘以后)
Mother:The recipe may be vague,but the results look pretty good,don't they? ;媽媽:食譜可能講得不清 楚,不過看上去結(jié)果還 不錯,是吧?
Sue:At least the men seem to think so! ;蘇:至少男人會這么認(rèn)為 的.
Father and Sandy (sniffing):Mm! ;父親和桑迪: (用鼻子聞了聞)嗯!
Lesson 81 A few tips about tips ;第81課 關(guān)于付小費(fèi)的一些告誡
The Clarks usually have dinner at 7 o'clock. ;克拉克一家通常在7:00 吃晚飯.
One day it was 7:15, but they hadn't begun their dinner. ;有一天都已經(jīng)7:15了, 他們還沒開飯.
They were expecting Gretel to arrive, but she hadn't appeared yet. ;他們在等格萊托, 可是她還沒回來.
"I can't understand it,"Mrs Clark said. "Gretel is usually very punctual." ;"我不理解,"克拉克太太 說,"格萊托通常是很準(zhǔn) 時的."
Just as she said that the door opened and Gretel appeared. She looked very upset. ;正說著門開了,格萊托來 了.她看上去很不高興.
"I'm sorry I'm late," she said. ;"對不起,我遲到了," 她說,
"I had to take a taxi to get here but we got stuck in a traffic-jam." ;"我只好叫了輛出租車 回來,可是交通阻塞把 我們給卡住了."
"What's the matter, Gretel?"Mr Clark asked ;"格萊托,怎么了?" 克拉克先生問,
"You look upset." "I am,"Gretel replied. ;"你看上去不高興." "是的,"格萊托答道,
"I gave the taxi-driver a tip,but he didn't look at all pleased. ;"我給司機(jī)小費(fèi),但他看上 去一點(diǎn)兒也不高興.
I think he expected me to give him more." ;我想他是希望我多給他 些."
"How much did you give him?"Mr Clark asked. ;"你給他多少?" 克拉克先生問.
"5 pence,"Gretel said. "The fare was 50 pence." ;"5便士,"格菜托說, "車費(fèi)是50便士."
"No wonder he was rude!"Mr Clark said. ; "難怪他這么無禮了," 克拉克先生說,
"Taxi-drivers expect you to give them at least 15 per cent. ;出租車司機(jī)希望你給他 至少15%的小費(fèi).
Remember that in England we always tip taxi-drivers barbers and hair-dressers. ;記住在英國我們付小費(fèi)給 出租車司機(jī)、理發(fā)師,
We don't tip the usherette in a cinema. ;不付小費(fèi)給影院的領(lǐng)座員
And we don't usually tip in restaurants and hotels ;在飯店和旅館我們一般就 不付小費(fèi)了,
when a service charge is included in the bill. ;如果服務(wù)費(fèi)已包括在帳單 里.
Next time you take a taxi..." ;下次你再乘出租車時..."
"Thanks for the tip, Mr Clark,"Gretel laughed, ;"克拉克先生,謝謝您的 告誡,"格萊托笑著說,
"but I hope there won't be a next time. It's an expensive business!" ;"不過我希望沒有下一次. 乘出租車可不便宜."
Lesson 83 Television Day: A great archaeological discovery. ; 第83課 電視日:偉大的考古發(fā)現(xiàn)
In 1992 a British archaeologist, Howard Carter, ;1922年英國考古學(xué)家 霍華德.卡特
was working in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. ;在埃及的國王谷工作.
One day he asked his labourers to pull down a small hut which was in his way. ;有一天,他叫工人把 一間擋道的小屋推倒.
Carter noticed some steps beneath the hut and asked his men to clear them. ;卡特看見小屋下有幾個 臺階,就叫工人清掃干凈.
The steps led to a stone wall and Carter told his men to cut through it, ;臺階通往一堵石頭墻. 卡特叫工人把墻打穿,
but to take care not to disturb anything that might be behind it. ;但要小心別把墻后可能有 的東西給弄亂了.
There was a passage behind the wall which led to yet another wall. ;墻后有條通道, 它通向另一堵墻.
They cut through this one very carefully ;他們小心翼翼地打穿了 這堵墻,
and suddenly came into a room full of household furniture and treasure. ;眼前突然出現(xiàn)一間堆滿 家具和財寶的房間.
Carter spent several months making a list of every article in the room. ;卡特花了幾個月的時間 把房間里每一件物品全 登記入冊.
When he had finished, he decided to cut through the opposite wall. ;完成以后又決定打開對面 的墻.
Then he found another room full of priceless objects. ;這時他發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一個房間 堆滿無價之寶,
He noticed two black wooden statues which looked like guards ;還發(fā)現(xiàn)了2個黑色木雕 看上去像衛(wèi)士
and he made a hole in the wall between them. ;他在這2個雕像中間的 那扇墻上打了個洞.
Here he found three wooden chests which fitted inside each other ;在那兒他發(fā)現(xiàn)3個套在 一起的木箱,
and finally a fourth chest which was,in fact,a coffin ;最后又發(fā)現(xiàn)了第4個木箱. 那實(shí)際上是口棺材.
Carter had discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, ;卡特發(fā)現(xiàn)了圖頓卡曼的陵 墓
an Egyptian King who lived more than 3000 years ago. ;他是生活在3000多年前的 埃及國王.
On the tomb there was a wreath of wild flowers. ;陵墓上有只用野花編成 的花圈.
Lesson 85 A wedding ; 第85課 婚 禮
One of Sue's cousins got married last week and the Clarks all went to the wedding. ;蘇的一個堂姐上周結(jié)婚, 克拉克全家都去參加了 婚禮.
The ceremony was held at the local church. ;結(jié)婚儀式在當(dāng)?shù)亟烫门e行
The bridegroom arrived at the church before the bride. ;新郎比新娘先到教堂.
He looked rather nervous.He kept looking at his watch. ;他看上去非常緊張. 他不時地看表.
The bride arrived in a large black car which had white ribbons on the bonnet. ;新娘坐著一輛黑色大轎車 來了.車的前蓋上系著白 綢帶.
The poor bridegroom had got worried because the bride was two minutes late! ;可憐的新郎剛才還擔(dān)心呢 因?yàn)樾履镞t到了2分鐘.
The bride was dressed in a beautiful long white wedding-gown. ;新娘穿著漂亮的長長的 白色禮服,
She was given away by her father. ;由父親陪伴著.
Sue was one of the bridesmaids. ;蘇是女儐相.
She was wearing a lovely pink dress and was carrying a small bouquet. ;她身著漂亮的粉紅色連衣 裙,手里捧著一小束鮮花.
The wedding-ceremony was very beautiful. ;婚禮儀式非常壯麗.
Mother cried a little bit.She always does on such occasions! ;母親還流了一點(diǎn)眼淚呢. 在這種場合她老是這樣.
Lesson 87 English weather ;第87課 英國的天氣
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising. ;在英國人人談?wù)撎鞖? 這并不奇怪.
It changes from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. ;氣候說變就變, 所以總是有趣的話題.
Someone once wisely remarked ;有人曾巧妙地說
that other countries have a climate,but England just has weather! ;其他國家有氣候, 可英國只有天氣.
Gretel was amused by all this talk at first but she has got used to it now. ;起先格萊托對這種講法 感到好笑,而現(xiàn)在己習(xí) 以為常了.
Last week Gretel really understood why everyone is so concer- ned about the weather: ;直到上星期格萊托才真正 理解為何大家這么關(guān)心 天氣:
you can never be certain what's going to happen. ;沒人能肯定天氣會發(fā)生 什么變化.
Though it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. ;雖已是春天, 卻又下了場大雪.
As usual, no one expected it. ;和往常一樣, 沒人預(yù)料到這點(diǎn).
The pipes in many houses were frozen; trains failed to run; cars got stuck; ;許多房子的水管凍了, 火車開不了, 汽車被堵在路上,
there were many accidents on the roads; ;發(fā)生了多起交通事故.
lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. ;許多人在結(jié)了冰的 人行道上滑倒受了傷.
The weather forecast was very bad. ;天氣預(yù)報很不準(zhǔn).
Everyone complained gloomily, ;大家都沮喪地抱怨道,
"What awful weather we're having! Haven't seen anything like it!"and so on. ;多糟糕的天氣! 從來沒遇到過這種事."
And then,suddenly, the sun came out, the snow melted and it was spring again. ;"可一會兒, 太陽又突然露面了, 雪化了,又是春天了.
"Typical!Just typical!"Gretel remarked. ;"典型的天氣!真是典型!" 格萊托評論道.
"The way you talk about the weather, Gretel,"Mr Clark said, ;"格萊托,看你談?wù)撎鞖?的樣子,克拉克先生說.
"anyone would think you were English!" ;別人還當(dāng)你是英國人呢."
Lesson 89 Television Day: Swindle's Ghost ; 第89課 電視日:斯威特爾鬼魂
Some people believe that there are houses which are haunted by ghosts. ;有人相信有鬧鬼的房子.
Perhaps there are, perhaps there aren't --it's hard to say. ;或許有,或許沒有 --很難說.
Today we are going to describe a scientific experiment during whi- ch a "ghost"was seen. ;今天我們要描述一個科學(xué) 實(shí)驗(yàn),實(shí)驗(yàn)過程中見到了 "鬼".
The "ghost" is really an after-image. ;此"鬼"實(shí)際上是個余像.
It is called "Swindle's Ghost" ;它之所以被稱為 "斯威特爾鬼魂",
because the experiment was first ;那是因?yàn)槭状螌?shí)驗(yàn)
performed by an American psychologist called Swindle. ;是由一位名叫斯威特爾的 美國心理學(xué)家做的.
This is how our own experiment was performed. ;下面是我們自己的 實(shí)驗(yàn)過程:
A dark,moonless night was chosen and the curtains were drawn ;選擇一個黑暗無月光的 夜晚,拉上窗簾,
so that no light could enter from outside. ;使外邊光照不進(jìn)來.
Half a dozen people were asked to sit round a table in the middle of the room. ;請6個人坐在房間中間的 桌旁.
A table-lamp was placed in the centre of the table. ;桌子的中央放一盞臺燈.
When everyone was seated,the lamp was turned off for ten minutes. ;待每人就座后, 熄燈10分鐘.
Everyone sat in complete darkness and looked towards the lamp ;大家坐在一片漆黑中朝著 燈看,
till they got quite used to the darkness. ;直到完全習(xí)慣于黑暗.
They sat perfectly still and kept looking in exactly the same direction. ;大家一動不動地坐著, 一直朝同一方向看.
Then the lamp was turned on for exactly one second and then off again. ;然后開燈1秒鐘, 再關(guān)燈.
Shortly afterwards, the whole scene became visible in the darkness. ;不一會整個景象即可在 黑暗中見到.
It was a very clear "ghost" image which lasted for a few seconds. ;這是一個非常清晰的"鬼" 影,能持續(xù)數(shù)秒鐘.
Lesson 91 The latest craze ; 第91課 最新款式
Margot:Have you read this new novel,Betty? ;瑪戈:貝蒂,你讀過這本 新出的小說嗎?
Mother:No,I haven't, Margot.Who's it by? ;媽媽:瑪戈,我還沒讀呢. 誰寫的?
Margot:A young teenager. ;瑪戈:一個十幾歲的 青少年.
Margot:Have you heard this new record? ;瑪戈:你聽過這張 新唱片嗎?
Mother:No,who's it played by? ;媽媽:沒有,誰演奏的?
Margot:The Gorgons. It's their latest. ;瑪戈:蛇發(fā)女怪樂隊(duì).這是 他們最新灌制的唱片.
Margot:You didn't notice my new belt, did you? ;瑪戈:你有沒有注意我的 新皮帶?
Mother:That looks nice Who are they sold by? ;媽媽:看上去很好. 在哪兒有賣的?
Margot:A shop in Carnaby Street. They're in fashion- all the rage! ;瑪戈:在卡那比街的 一家商店. 他們很流行--風(fēng)糜一時.
Margot:You must see this new picture I bought. ;瑪戈:你應(yīng)該看看我剛買 的這幅畫.
It's been painted by a teenager.He's already a famous artist. ;是個十幾歲的青少年畫的 他已是一位著名的畫家了
Mother:Mm. ;媽媽:嗯.
Margot:Oh,and you must see our new car! Only two wheels. ;瑪戈:噢,你應(yīng)該看看我們 的新車,只有兩個輪子,
They're made by an American company. They're the latest craze. ;是一家美國公司制造的, 是最新款式.
Mother:How do you manage it Margot? You certainly keep up to date! ;媽媽:瑪戈,你是怎么 做到這一點(diǎn)的? 你確實(shí)很合潮流.
Margot:My dear, I have to. ;瑪戈:親愛的, 我不得不這么做.
If I don't,my children think I'm square. They think I'm not "with it"! ;如果不這樣,我那些孩子 會認(rèn)為我守舊,認(rèn)為我 "跟不上潮流".
Lesson 93 Getting ready for the Old Crocks'Race ; 第93課 準(zhǔn)備好參加老式汽車賽
Gretel is always surprised when she sees an old car in England-- ;格萊托在倫敦看到老式 汽車總感到很驚奇--
which is quite often. ;她常能見到.
She is impressed by the way the English s- eem to love old things and take care of them. ;給她印象很深的是英國人 看來喜歡并愛護(hù)老式的 東西.
Last week the Clarks were invited to a friend's house and Gretel went with them. ;上星期克拉克一家應(yīng)邀 到朋友家去做客,格萊托 一同前往.
Mr Clark's friend, Jack Hume,has a very old and very valuable veteran car. ;克拉克先生的朋友 杰克.休姆有輛很舊 但很值錢的老式車.
It's a 6 h.p.1903 De Dion-Bouton. ;這是一輛1903造、6馬力 的De Dion-Bouton牌車.
Jack spends a lot of time looking after it. ;杰克花很多時間照料 這輛車.
"He's more interested in that old car than he is in me,"his wife complains. ;他妻子抱怨說:"他對這輛 舊車比對我都有興趣."
Jack is very proud of his veteran car and always shows it to visitors." ;杰克對他的老式車甚為自 豪,經(jīng)常把它給客人們看.
It has to be kept in its own garage,"Jack explained. ;"它必須放在專用的車庫 里,"杰克解釋道,
"I take it out quite often but it has to be driven very carefully. ;"我常把它開出去, 但必須謹(jǐn)慎駕駛.
If it gets wet,it has to be cleaned and polished immediately. That takes a few hours ;如果弄濕了 得立即刷洗擦亮. 這要花上幾小時.
I'm getting the car ready for the London to Brighton race now." ;現(xiàn)在我正為參加從倫敦開 到布萊頓的比賽作準(zhǔn)備."
Jack saw that Gretel hadn't understood, so he explained. ;杰克發(fā)覺格萊托還沒聽懂, 便解釋說:
"This race is held once a year.It's often referred to as the 'Old Crocks'Race". ;"這種比賽每年舉行一次 被稱為'老式汽車大賽'.
It's for old cars like mine. ;這是為像我那樣的 老式汽車舉辦的.
My wife and I always find it an exciting race." ;我和我太太一向感到這類 比賽令人激動."
"Speak for yourself, "Mrs Hume said. ;"你才那么想呢!" 休姆太太說,
"It's very uncomforta- ble and we usually get soaking wet.Give me my Mini any day!" ;"此賽讓人感到不舒服.我 們常常弄得汗流浹背.還 是讓我開那輛微型車吧."
Book 4 Lesson 65-Lesson 93 ;
Lesson 65 Television Day: Sir Isaac Newton ; 第65課 電視日: 艾薩克.牛頓爵士
Sir Isaac Newton,who was born in 1642 and who died in 1727 ;艾薩克.牛頓爵士生干 1642年,死于1727年.
was one of the greatest scientists who has ever lived. ;他是歷代最偉大的科學(xué)家 之一.
We aren't going to tell you about his discoveries in today's programme. ;在今天的節(jié)目中我們不準(zhǔn) 備對你們講述他的發(fā)明,
Instead,we're going to tell you a true story about the man himself. ;而是給你們講一個有關(guān) 他本人的真實(shí)的故事.
Newton thought about so many problems he was often absent-minded. ;牛頓要思考許多復(fù)雜的問 題,以致他常常心不在焉.
He frequently forgot to have his meals. ;他常忘了吃飯.
One evening his friend Dr Stukeley,called and asked if he could see the great scientist. ;一天晚上他的朋友 斯圖克雷博士來訪 求見這位偉大的科學(xué)家.
The maid told Dr Stukeley that Newton was busy ;女仆告訴斯圖克雷博士 牛頓很忙,
and asked him if he would wait in the dining-room. ;請他在飯廳等他.
Dr Stukeley sat at the dining-table and waited. ;斯圖克雷博士坐在飯桌邊 等候.
On the table there was a covered dish which contained a chicken for Newton's dinner. ;桌上有個蓋著蓋的盤子, 里面盛著牛頓晚飯吃的 雞.
Dr Stukeley waited such a long time he got very hungry. ;斯圖克雷博士等了許久, 感到非常餓,
In the end he ate the chicken and put the cover back on the dish ;結(jié)果他把雞給吃了,把蓋 又放回盤子上.
Immediately after this,Newton appeared. ;沒過多會,牛頓來了.
He greeted his friend warmly and then asked the maid if he could have his dinner. ;他向朋友熱情問候,然后 問女仆他是否可以吃飯.
She told him it was on the table. ;她告訴他晚餐就在桌上,
Newton uncovered the dish and saw the chicken bones. ;牛頓打開盤子看見雞骨頭
"I thought I hadn't eaten,"he said,"but I see that I have." ;"我方才還以為沒吃飯呢" 他說,"但我想我該是吃 過了."
Lesson 67 It's a mystery! ; 第67課 這是個謎
Sue:What's that thing,Sandy? ;蘇:桑迪,那是什么?
Sandy:Which thing? ;桑迪:哪個?
Sue:That thing in the garden. ;蘇:花園里的那個東西.
Sandy:I haven't the faintest idea. Let's ask mother. ;桑迪:我一點(diǎn)兒也不知道. 咱們問問母親
Sue:What's that thing, mum? ;蘇:母親,那是什么.?
Mother:I don't know. Your father brought it home yesterday and put it in the garden. ;母親:我不知道,你父親 昨天把它帶回家放在 花園的.
Sandy:Let's go and have a look at it. ;桑迪:我們?nèi)タ纯?
Mother:I wonder whether it's a garden seat. ;母親:我不知道它是不是 一個花園里的椅子.
Sue:It can't be. It doesn't look like one. ;蘇:那不可能. 它看上去不像.
Sandy:I'd like to know if we can use it. Perhaps it's some kind of garden tool. ;桑迪:我想知道我們能不 能用.也許這是一種園林 工具.
Mother:I don't think it is.It doesn't resemble one. ;母親:我看不是. 它不像園林工具.
Sue:Perhaps it's some kind of clothes-line. I wonder whether it is. ;蘇:也許是晾衣服繩. 我吃不準(zhǔn).
Sandy:I doubt it. ;桑迪:我看不是.
Mother:It's a mystery, if you ask me! ;母親:如果你們問我, 這是個謎.
Father:It isn't a mystery at all. ;父親:這根本不是謎.
It's not supposed to serve a purpose. It's a work of art! Don't you like it? ;它不能派用處. 它是件藝術(shù)品. 你們不喜歡嗎?
Lesson 69 Television programmes in Britain ;第69課 英國的電視節(jié)目
One of the first things Gretel discovered while living with the Clarks ;當(dāng)格菜托和克拉克一家住 在一起時首先發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情 之一
was that there are three television channels in Britain. ;就是英國有3個電視頻道.
The BBC broadcasts on two channels:BBC 1 and BBC 2. ;英國廣播公司播出2個頻 道:BBC1頻道和BBC2頻道.
There's a mixture of serious and light programmes on BBC 1; ;BBC 1 頻道輪換播出嚴(yán)肅 的和輕松的節(jié)目.
there are mainly serious programmes on BBC 2. ;BBC 2 頻道以播放嚴(yán)肅 節(jié)目為主.
ITV is an independent network which carries advertisements. ;ITV是播放電視廣告的 獨(dú)立電視網(wǎng).
(There are no advertisements on the BBC. ;(英國廣播公司沒廣告節(jié) 目.
Everyone who possesses a TV set must pay a licence fee to the BBC each year.) ;有電視機(jī)的人每年須向英 國廣播公司交接收費(fèi))
There are both serious and light programmes on ITV. ;ITV既有嚴(yán)肅的也有輕松 的節(jié)目.
As there are three different channels, ;由于有3個不同的電視 頻道,
it's not surprising that you often hear arguments in the Clark household. ;在克拉克家經(jīng)常聽到爭論 就不足為奇了.
This is the sort of thing you hear: ;這是你能聽到的那類 爭論:
"There's a sports programme on ITV." ;"ITV播放體育節(jié)目."
"What's that, children?" ;"孩子們,你們說什么?"
"We were wondering if we could watch the sports programme on ITV." ;我們想看ITV的體育節(jié)目"
"But I was wondering whether to watch the serial on BBC 1..." And so on. ;"可是我想看BBC 1頻道的 電視連續(xù)劇..."就這么爭 ？
The children like ITV; mother prefers BBC 1; father prefers BBC 2; ;孩子們喜歡看ITV, 母親喜歡看BBC 1頻道, 父親喜歡看BBC 2頻道.
Gretel hasn't made up her mind yet. ;格萊托還沒拿定主意.
Lesson 71 Television Day: Moonflight ;第71課 電視日:去月球旅行
Last week we recorded this interview with one of the astronauts ;上星期我們錄下了采訪 一位宇航員
who had returned from a recent moonflight. ;剛從月球返回的的情況.
We asked him to tell us what he had done and what he had seen. ;我們請了他給我們談?wù)?他的經(jīng)歷和他的所見.
We asked him what it was like on the moon. ;我們問了他月球上 是怎么個樣子的.
This is what he told us: ;他是這樣對我們說:
"We went to the moon to get samples of moon-rock ;"我們?nèi)ピ虑蛉≡虑驇r石 標(biāo)本"
and to recover instruments from an earlier landing. ;以及找回上次登月的儀器
We made a perfect landing beside a small crater in the Sea of Tranquillity. ;我們在靜海的一個小隕石 坑旁安全著陸.
First we collected some samples of rock and then fixed up the television cameras. ;首先,我們收集了一些 巖石標(biāo)本,然后安裝好 電視攝像機(jī),
After this we walked on the moon's surface to look for the instruments. ;之后在月球上行走 尋找儀器.
We found them very quickly and saw the footprints astronauts had made years before! ;我們很快就找到了儀器, 發(fā)現(xiàn)了前幾年宇航員留下 的腳印.
It's strange to think that nothing wears away on the moon's surface. ;想到月球表面上的東西 一點(diǎn)都沒有磨損,使人 非常奇怪.
What impressed me most?Several things. ;什么事情給找印象最深呢 有好幾件事情.
Our earth shining brightly in a black sky. ;我們的地球在黑暗的空中 明亮地閃爍著.
It looked blue and white in the distance. ;從遠(yuǎn)處看它是藍(lán)白色的.
And then,the silence on the moon, ;還有月球上的那種寂靜,
and its landscape which is both mysterious and beautiful. ;月球那種既神秘又美麗的 景色.
Mysterious because the horizon is never far away, ;說它神秘,因?yàn)榈仄骄€從 不遙遠(yuǎn);
and beautiful because of the sharp contrast between light and shadow." ;說它美麗,因?yàn)楣饬梁?陰暗形成了那么鮮明的 對照."
Lesson 73 Eh?What? ; 第73課 啊?什么?
Sue:Where have you been,Sandy? ;蘇:桑迪,你上哪兒了?
Sandy:Eh? ;桑迪:啊?
Sue:I asked where you've been. And don't say "Eh". ;蘇:我問你去哪兒了. 別說"啊".
Sandy:Out. ;桑迪:出去了.
Sue:What were you doing? ;蘇:你干什么了?
Sandy:What? ;桑迪:什么?
Sue:I asked you what you were doing. And don't say "What". ;蘇:我問你干什么了. 別說"什么".
Sandy:Playing football ;桑迪:踢足球.
Sue:Who with? ;蘇:和誰?
Sandy:Mm? ;桑迪:嗯?
Sue:I said "Who with." And don't say"Mm". ;蘇:我說"和誰". 別說"嗯".
Sandy:My team. ;桑迪:我的球隊(duì).
Sue:Where did you play ;蘇:你們在哪兒踢的?
Sandy:What's that? ;桑迪:你說什么?
Sue:I asked you where you played. And don't say, "What's that". ;蘇:我問你們在哪兒踢的. 別說"你說什么".
Sandy:At school. ;桑迪:在學(xué)校里.
Sue:Why did you play at school? ;蘇:為什么在學(xué)校踢呢?
Sandy:Huh? ;桑迪:嗯?
Sue:I asked you why you played at school. And don't say "Huh". ;蘇:我問你們?yōu)槭裁丛? 學(xué)校踢.別說"嗯".
Sandy:Because we had games this afternoon. ;桑迪:因?yàn)槲覀兿挛缬? 比賽.
Sue:Who won? ;蘇:誰贏了?
Sandy:I beg your pardon? ;桑迪:你說什么?
Sue:Are you deaf or something? ;蘇:你是聾了還是怎么的?
Sandy:No,I'm not.I just wish you wouldn't ask so many questions. ;桑迪:我沒聾.我只是希望 你別問這么多.
Lesson 75 The big stores in London ;第75課 倫敦的大商店
Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday. ;昨天格萊托和克拉克太太 在倫敦市中心購物.
"I'd like to know which store you like best in London,Mrs Clark,"Gretel said. ;"克拉克太太,我想知道在 倫敦你最喜歡哪家商店?" 格萊托說.
"Now that's a difficult question," Mrs Clark replied. ;"這是個難題," 克拉克太太回答道,
"I just haven't any idea which store I like best. ;"我不知道我最喜歡哪家 商店.
There are so many huge stores in London. ;在倫敦有那么多大商店.
I suppose Selfridges must be the biggest. ;我想賽爾夫利杰士一定是 最大的商店.
There's so much variety there.I can usually find what I'm looking for. ;那兒商品種類繁多.一般 我能買到我要的東西.
Then there's Liberty's It's such a lovely building. ;還有利比蒂斯. 那是幢漂亮的大樓.
Harrods is very famous too.It's such a smart store. ;哈里茲也相當(dāng)有名, 是個漂亮的商店.
I love all the big stores in London ;我喜歡倫敦所有的大商店
because you can walk round and nobody bothers you. ;因?yàn)槟憧梢缘教幑?沒人 來打擾.
Nobody tries to sell you anything--unless you want to buy something. ;沒有人硬要賣東西給你, 除非你想買東西,
Sometimes I go window-shopping, ;有時我就是看看櫥窗,
or just wander round a store and look at the things on display. ;或者在商店里走走,看看 陳列的商品.
The big stores are one of the sights of London. ;大商店是倫敦一景啊!
I went to the sales in January.That was one of the sights of London,too! ;一月份,我去買大減價 的東西.這也能算上倫敦 一景.
My goodness! The crowds! But it was worth it. ;天啊!到處是人, 但是還值得.
I bought some lovely things very cheaply. ;我買到了一些漂亮的 商品,很便宜.
It was good fun,but very exhausting." ;采購商品很有趣, 但夠累人的."
Lesson 77 Television Day:Karate ;第77課 電視日:武術(shù)
Have you ever wondered how some people can break bricks with their bare hands? ;你是否感到奇怪有人能 徒手劈磚?
People who can do this kind of thing are experts in karate.They are called "Karatekas" ;能這么干的人是空手道專 家,人稱"空手道武術(shù)師".
In our programme today we tried to find out how Karatekas could do such things. ;在我們今天的節(jié)目中, 我們要了解空手道武術(shù)師 如何能做到這些.
We wanted to learn if they were especially strong ;我們想知道他們是否特別 強(qiáng)壯.
and we got some surprising answers! ;我們得到出人意料的回答
Believe it or not, ;信不信由你,
Karatekas aren't stronger than ordinary people--they just have more courage! ;空手道武術(shù)師并不比普通 人強(qiáng)壯--他們只是更富有 勇氣.
A Karate expert strikes hard objects like bricks or plates ;空手道武術(shù)師擊碎磚頭, 碟子這類硬東西
with the small bone in his wrist, opposite the thumb. ;用手腕上一塊正對著大拇 指的小骨.
Speed is the essence of this sport. ;速度是這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動的關(guān)鍵.
But the strange thing is that untrained men ;但奇怪的是未經(jīng)訓(xùn)練的人
can break hard objects in the same way just as well as Karatekas. ;用同樣方法也能像空手道 武術(shù)師一樣把硬物擊碎.
Of course,Karatekas practise a lot ;當(dāng)然空手道武術(shù)師大量 訓(xùn)練,
and they have a layer of hard skin round their wrists. ;手腕一圈有一層厚厚的 老繭.
Though they have this advantage over ordinary people, ;雖然在這方面他們比普通 人具有有利條件
it's basically just a question of will-power ;不過基本上還是一個意志 的問題
--at least that's what you can tell your mother ;至少你可以這樣對你母親 說,
after you've experimented on a few dinner plates! ;在幾個碟子上練上幾手以 后.
Lesson 79 Sue bakes a cake ;第79課 蘇制作蛋糕
Sue(reading):"Mix the butter and the sugar. ;蘇(在朗讀):"把黃油和 砂糖攪拌在一起,
Add one cup of flour, two eggs and a little milk and beat well." ;加一茶杯面粉、兩個雞蛋 和牛奶少許,然后調(diào)勻."
Sue:Mum,I'm stuck. ;蘇:媽媽,這兒我不懂.
Mother:What's the matter,Sue? ;媽媽:蘇,怎么了?
Sue:It says in this recipe that I should add a little milk. ;蘇:食譜上說要加點(diǎn)牛奶,
I don't know how much to add. ;我不知道該加多少.
Mother:Just a drop. That should be enough ;媽媽:只要一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)就夠了.
Now put it all in the mixer for a few minutes. ;好,把它們都放進(jìn)攪拌機(jī) 攪拌幾分鐘.
Sue:"Bake until golden brown."That's pretty vague.I've no idea how long to bake it for. ;蘇:"一直烘到呈全褐色." 說得太含糊了.我不知道 該烘多久.
Mother:Put it in the oven for twenty minutes. ;媽媽:把它放進(jìn)烘箱烘 20分鐘.
Mother:Those instructions are vague,Sue.Where did you get that recipe? ;媽媽:那些說明講得不 清楚.蘇,你從哪兒弄來 那張食譜的?
Sue:It's one of yours,mum. ;蘇:媽媽,那是您的食譜.
Mother:Oh,yes!It's one I made up myself. ;媽媽:噢,對了. 那是我自編的食譜.
(Twenty minutes later) ;(20分鐘以后)
Mother:The recipe may be vague,but the results look pretty good,don't they? ;媽媽:食譜可能講得不清 楚,不過看上去結(jié)果還 不錯,是吧?
Sue:At least the men seem to think so! ;蘇:至少男人會這么認(rèn)為 的.
Father and Sandy (sniffing):Mm! ;父親和桑迪: (用鼻子聞了聞)嗯!
Lesson 81 A few tips about tips ;第81課 關(guān)于付小費(fèi)的一些告誡
The Clarks usually have dinner at 7 o'clock. ;克拉克一家通常在7:00 吃晚飯.
One day it was 7:15, but they hadn't begun their dinner. ;有一天都已經(jīng)7:15了, 他們還沒開飯.
They were expecting Gretel to arrive, but she hadn't appeared yet. ;他們在等格萊托, 可是她還沒回來.
"I can't understand it,"Mrs Clark said. "Gretel is usually very punctual." ;"我不理解,"克拉克太太 說,"格萊托通常是很準(zhǔn) 時的."
Just as she said that the door opened and Gretel appeared. She looked very upset. ;正說著門開了,格萊托來 了.她看上去很不高興.
"I'm sorry I'm late," she said. ;"對不起,我遲到了," 她說,
"I had to take a taxi to get here but we got stuck in a traffic-jam." ;"我只好叫了輛出租車 回來,可是交通阻塞把 我們給卡住了."
"What's the matter, Gretel?"Mr Clark asked ;"格萊托,怎么了?" 克拉克先生問,
"You look upset." "I am,"Gretel replied. ;"你看上去不高興." "是的,"格萊托答道,
"I gave the taxi-driver a tip,but he didn't look at all pleased. ;"我給司機(jī)小費(fèi),但他看上 去一點(diǎn)兒也不高興.
I think he expected me to give him more." ;我想他是希望我多給他 些."
"How much did you give him?"Mr Clark asked. ;"你給他多少?" 克拉克先生問.
"5 pence,"Gretel said. "The fare was 50 pence." ;"5便士,"格菜托說, "車費(fèi)是50便士."
"No wonder he was rude!"Mr Clark said. ; "難怪他這么無禮了," 克拉克先生說,
"Taxi-drivers expect you to give them at least 15 per cent. ;出租車司機(jī)希望你給他 至少15%的小費(fèi).
Remember that in England we always tip taxi-drivers barbers and hair-dressers. ;記住在英國我們付小費(fèi)給 出租車司機(jī)、理發(fā)師,
We don't tip the usherette in a cinema. ;不付小費(fèi)給影院的領(lǐng)座員
And we don't usually tip in restaurants and hotels ;在飯店和旅館我們一般就 不付小費(fèi)了,
when a service charge is included in the bill. ;如果服務(wù)費(fèi)已包括在帳單 里.
Next time you take a taxi..." ;下次你再乘出租車時..."
"Thanks for the tip, Mr Clark,"Gretel laughed, ;"克拉克先生,謝謝您的 告誡,"格萊托笑著說,
"but I hope there won't be a next time. It's an expensive business!" ;"不過我希望沒有下一次. 乘出租車可不便宜."
Lesson 83 Television Day: A great archaeological discovery. ; 第83課 電視日:偉大的考古發(fā)現(xiàn)
In 1992 a British archaeologist, Howard Carter, ;1922年英國考古學(xué)家 霍華德.卡特
was working in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. ;在埃及的國王谷工作.
One day he asked his labourers to pull down a small hut which was in his way. ;有一天,他叫工人把 一間擋道的小屋推倒.
Carter noticed some steps beneath the hut and asked his men to clear them. ;卡特看見小屋下有幾個 臺階,就叫工人清掃干凈.
The steps led to a stone wall and Carter told his men to cut through it, ;臺階通往一堵石頭墻. 卡特叫工人把墻打穿,
but to take care not to disturb anything that might be behind it. ;但要小心別把墻后可能有 的東西給弄亂了.
There was a passage behind the wall which led to yet another wall. ;墻后有條通道, 它通向另一堵墻.
They cut through this one very carefully ;他們小心翼翼地打穿了 這堵墻,
and suddenly came into a room full of household furniture and treasure. ;眼前突然出現(xiàn)一間堆滿 家具和財寶的房間.
Carter spent several months making a list of every article in the room. ;卡特花了幾個月的時間 把房間里每一件物品全 登記入冊.
When he had finished, he decided to cut through the opposite wall. ;完成以后又決定打開對面 的墻.
Then he found another room full of priceless objects. ;這時他發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一個房間 堆滿無價之寶,
He noticed two black wooden statues which looked like guards ;還發(fā)現(xiàn)了2個黑色木雕 看上去像衛(wèi)士
and he made a hole in the wall between them. ;他在這2個雕像中間的 那扇墻上打了個洞.
Here he found three wooden chests which fitted inside each other ;在那兒他發(fā)現(xiàn)3個套在 一起的木箱,
and finally a fourth chest which was,in fact,a coffin ;最后又發(fā)現(xiàn)了第4個木箱. 那實(shí)際上是口棺材.
Carter had discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, ;卡特發(fā)現(xiàn)了圖頓卡曼的陵 墓
an Egyptian King who lived more than 3000 years ago. ;他是生活在3000多年前的 埃及國王.
On the tomb there was a wreath of wild flowers. ;陵墓上有只用野花編成 的花圈.
Lesson 85 A wedding ; 第85課 婚 禮
One of Sue's cousins got married last week and the Clarks all went to the wedding. ;蘇的一個堂姐上周結(jié)婚, 克拉克全家都去參加了 婚禮.
The ceremony was held at the local church. ;結(jié)婚儀式在當(dāng)?shù)亟烫门e行
The bridegroom arrived at the church before the bride. ;新郎比新娘先到教堂.
He looked rather nervous.He kept looking at his watch. ;他看上去非常緊張. 他不時地看表.
The bride arrived in a large black car which had white ribbons on the bonnet. ;新娘坐著一輛黑色大轎車 來了.車的前蓋上系著白 綢帶.
The poor bridegroom had got worried because the bride was two minutes late! ;可憐的新郎剛才還擔(dān)心呢 因?yàn)樾履镞t到了2分鐘.
The bride was dressed in a beautiful long white wedding-gown. ;新娘穿著漂亮的長長的 白色禮服,
She was given away by her father. ;由父親陪伴著.
Sue was one of the bridesmaids. ;蘇是女儐相.
She was wearing a lovely pink dress and was carrying a small bouquet. ;她身著漂亮的粉紅色連衣 裙,手里捧著一小束鮮花.
The wedding-ceremony was very beautiful. ;婚禮儀式非常壯麗.
Mother cried a little bit.She always does on such occasions! ;母親還流了一點(diǎn)眼淚呢. 在這種場合她老是這樣.
Lesson 87 English weather ;第87課 英國的天氣
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising. ;在英國人人談?wù)撎鞖? 這并不奇怪.
It changes from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. ;氣候說變就變, 所以總是有趣的話題.
Someone once wisely remarked ;有人曾巧妙地說
that other countries have a climate,but England just has weather! ;其他國家有氣候, 可英國只有天氣.
Gretel was amused by all this talk at first but she has got used to it now. ;起先格萊托對這種講法 感到好笑,而現(xiàn)在己習(xí) 以為常了.
Last week Gretel really understood why everyone is so concer- ned about the weather: ;直到上星期格萊托才真正 理解為何大家這么關(guān)心 天氣:
you can never be certain what's going to happen. ;沒人能肯定天氣會發(fā)生 什么變化.
Though it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. ;雖已是春天, 卻又下了場大雪.
As usual, no one expected it. ;和往常一樣, 沒人預(yù)料到這點(diǎn).
The pipes in many houses were frozen; trains failed to run; cars got stuck; ;許多房子的水管凍了, 火車開不了, 汽車被堵在路上,
there were many accidents on the roads; ;發(fā)生了多起交通事故.
lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. ;許多人在結(jié)了冰的 人行道上滑倒受了傷.
The weather forecast was very bad. ;天氣預(yù)報很不準(zhǔn).
Everyone complained gloomily, ;大家都沮喪地抱怨道,
"What awful weather we're having! Haven't seen anything like it!"and so on. ;多糟糕的天氣! 從來沒遇到過這種事."
And then,suddenly, the sun came out, the snow melted and it was spring again. ;"可一會兒, 太陽又突然露面了, 雪化了,又是春天了.
"Typical!Just typical!"Gretel remarked. ;"典型的天氣!真是典型!" 格萊托評論道.
"The way you talk about the weather, Gretel,"Mr Clark said, ;"格萊托,看你談?wù)撎鞖?的樣子,克拉克先生說.
"anyone would think you were English!" ;別人還當(dāng)你是英國人呢."
Lesson 89 Television Day: Swindle's Ghost ; 第89課 電視日:斯威特爾鬼魂
Some people believe that there are houses which are haunted by ghosts. ;有人相信有鬧鬼的房子.
Perhaps there are, perhaps there aren't --it's hard to say. ;或許有,或許沒有 --很難說.
Today we are going to describe a scientific experiment during whi- ch a "ghost"was seen. ;今天我們要描述一個科學(xué) 實(shí)驗(yàn),實(shí)驗(yàn)過程中見到了 "鬼".
The "ghost" is really an after-image. ;此"鬼"實(shí)際上是個余像.
It is called "Swindle's Ghost" ;它之所以被稱為 "斯威特爾鬼魂",
because the experiment was first ;那是因?yàn)槭状螌?shí)驗(yàn)
performed by an American psychologist called Swindle. ;是由一位名叫斯威特爾的 美國心理學(xué)家做的.
This is how our own experiment was performed. ;下面是我們自己的 實(shí)驗(yàn)過程:
A dark,moonless night was chosen and the curtains were drawn ;選擇一個黑暗無月光的 夜晚,拉上窗簾,
so that no light could enter from outside. ;使外邊光照不進(jìn)來.
Half a dozen people were asked to sit round a table in the middle of the room. ;請6個人坐在房間中間的 桌旁.
A table-lamp was placed in the centre of the table. ;桌子的中央放一盞臺燈.
When everyone was seated,the lamp was turned off for ten minutes. ;待每人就座后, 熄燈10分鐘.
Everyone sat in complete darkness and looked towards the lamp ;大家坐在一片漆黑中朝著 燈看,
till they got quite used to the darkness. ;直到完全習(xí)慣于黑暗.
They sat perfectly still and kept looking in exactly the same direction. ;大家一動不動地坐著, 一直朝同一方向看.
Then the lamp was turned on for exactly one second and then off again. ;然后開燈1秒鐘, 再關(guān)燈.
Shortly afterwards, the whole scene became visible in the darkness. ;不一會整個景象即可在 黑暗中見到.
It was a very clear "ghost" image which lasted for a few seconds. ;這是一個非常清晰的"鬼" 影,能持續(xù)數(shù)秒鐘.
Lesson 91 The latest craze ; 第91課 最新款式
Margot:Have you read this new novel,Betty? ;瑪戈:貝蒂,你讀過這本 新出的小說嗎?
Mother:No,I haven't, Margot.Who's it by? ;媽媽:瑪戈,我還沒讀呢. 誰寫的?
Margot:A young teenager. ;瑪戈:一個十幾歲的 青少年.
Margot:Have you heard this new record? ;瑪戈:你聽過這張 新唱片嗎?
Mother:No,who's it played by? ;媽媽:沒有,誰演奏的?
Margot:The Gorgons. It's their latest. ;瑪戈:蛇發(fā)女怪樂隊(duì).這是 他們最新灌制的唱片.
Margot:You didn't notice my new belt, did you? ;瑪戈:你有沒有注意我的 新皮帶?
Mother:That looks nice Who are they sold by? ;媽媽:看上去很好. 在哪兒有賣的?
Margot:A shop in Carnaby Street. They're in fashion- all the rage! ;瑪戈:在卡那比街的 一家商店. 他們很流行--風(fēng)糜一時.
Margot:You must see this new picture I bought. ;瑪戈:你應(yīng)該看看我剛買 的這幅畫.
It's been painted by a teenager.He's already a famous artist. ;是個十幾歲的青少年畫的 他已是一位著名的畫家了
Mother:Mm. ;媽媽:嗯.
Margot:Oh,and you must see our new car! Only two wheels. ;瑪戈:噢,你應(yīng)該看看我們 的新車,只有兩個輪子,
They're made by an American company. They're the latest craze. ;是一家美國公司制造的, 是最新款式.
Mother:How do you manage it Margot? You certainly keep up to date! ;媽媽:瑪戈,你是怎么 做到這一點(diǎn)的? 你確實(shí)很合潮流.
Margot:My dear, I have to. ;瑪戈:親愛的, 我不得不這么做.
If I don't,my children think I'm square. They think I'm not "with it"! ;如果不這樣,我那些孩子 會認(rèn)為我守舊,認(rèn)為我 "跟不上潮流".
Lesson 93 Getting ready for the Old Crocks'Race ; 第93課 準(zhǔn)備好參加老式汽車賽
Gretel is always surprised when she sees an old car in England-- ;格萊托在倫敦看到老式 汽車總感到很驚奇--
which is quite often. ;她常能見到.
She is impressed by the way the English s- eem to love old things and take care of them. ;給她印象很深的是英國人 看來喜歡并愛護(hù)老式的 東西.
Last week the Clarks were invited to a friend's house and Gretel went with them. ;上星期克拉克一家應(yīng)邀 到朋友家去做客,格萊托 一同前往.
Mr Clark's friend, Jack Hume,has a very old and very valuable veteran car. ;克拉克先生的朋友 杰克.休姆有輛很舊 但很值錢的老式車.
It's a 6 h.p.1903 De Dion-Bouton. ;這是一輛1903造、6馬力 的De Dion-Bouton牌車.
Jack spends a lot of time looking after it. ;杰克花很多時間照料 這輛車.
"He's more interested in that old car than he is in me,"his wife complains. ;他妻子抱怨說:"他對這輛 舊車比對我都有興趣."
Jack is very proud of his veteran car and always shows it to visitors." ;杰克對他的老式車甚為自 豪,經(jīng)常把它給客人們看.
It has to be kept in its own garage,"Jack explained. ;"它必須放在專用的車庫 里,"杰克解釋道,
"I take it out quite often but it has to be driven very carefully. ;"我常把它開出去, 但必須謹(jǐn)慎駕駛.
If it gets wet,it has to be cleaned and polished immediately. That takes a few hours ;如果弄濕了 得立即刷洗擦亮. 這要花上幾小時.
I'm getting the car ready for the London to Brighton race now." ;現(xiàn)在我正為參加從倫敦開 到布萊頓的比賽作準(zhǔn)備."
Jack saw that Gretel hadn't understood, so he explained. ;杰克發(fā)覺格萊托還沒聽懂, 便解釋說:
"This race is held once a year.It's often referred to as the 'Old Crocks'Race". ;"這種比賽每年舉行一次 被稱為'老式汽車大賽'.
It's for old cars like mine. ;這是為像我那樣的 老式汽車舉辦的.
My wife and I always find it an exciting race." ;我和我太太一向感到這類 比賽令人激動."
"Speak for yourself, "Mrs Hume said. ;"你才那么想呢!" 休姆太太說,
"It's very uncomforta- ble and we usually get soaking wet.Give me my Mini any day!" ;"此賽讓人感到不舒服.我 們常常弄得汗流浹背.還 是讓我開那輛微型車吧."
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