[00:00.00]Lesson 29
[00:01.46]第二十九課
[00:02.93]A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
[00:04.22]一位中學教師
[00:05.51]Mrs. Cox teacher English in a high school in San Francisco,a big city on the West Coast of the United States.
[00:10.54]科克斯夫人在舊金山(美國西海岸大城市)的一所中學里教英語。
[00:15.57]She had wanted to become a teacher when she was young.She has taught eight years now and always enjoyed her work.
[00:20.74]她從小就想當一名教師?,F(xiàn)在她已教了八年書,始終熱愛自己的工作。
[00:25.91]A school day at Mrs. Cox’s high school is divided into six periods of one hour each.
[00:29.45]科克斯夫人所在的學校,一天六節(jié)課,每節(jié)課一小時,
[00:32.99]Mrs. Cox teachers five of these six periods.During her "free" period from 2 to 3 p.m.,Mrs. Cox has to meet with parents,
[00:38.62]她一天教五節(jié)課。下午二點到三點是她的“空閑”時間,她在這段時間里會見家長,
[00:44.25]order supplies,make out examinations,check assignments,and take care of many other things.
[00:48.63]定購教學用品,出考試題,批改作業(yè),還要料理許多雜事。
[00:53.00]So Mrs. Cox works steadily from the time she arrives at school in the morning until she leaves for home late in the afternoon,and her "free" period isn’t really free at all.
[01:00.11]實際上,科克斯夫人從早上一到校就不停地工作,一直到下午很晚離開學校為止,她的“空閑”時間實在一點也不空閑。
[01:07.21]An English teacher usually divides her time among three subjects:language(grammar,punctuation,spelling,etc.),composition,and literature.
[01:13.86]英語教師一般都分三種課程來安排時間,即語言(語法、標點符號、拼寫等),作文和文學。
[01:20.51]Mrs. Cox’s favourite subject is literature,and her most exciting classes are those on the literature of Black Americans.
[01:24.87]科克斯夫人特別喜愛文學課,她講的最富有激情的課就是美國黑人文學,
[01:29.23]For Mrs. Cox,like most of the students in her school,is Black.
[01:32.02]這是因為科克斯夫人和學校大多數(shù)學生一樣是黑人。
[01:34.80]In her sixth period today,Mrs. Cox taught a poem by a well-known Black writer in the United States.
[01:39.06]今天第六節(jié)課,科克斯夫人講一位著名黑人作家寫的一首詩刊。
[01:43.31]She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud.
[01:46.04]她把這首詩寫在黑板上,大聲朗誦。
[01:48.77]No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students’ questions began pouring in.
[01:52.24]她剛朗誦完,學生們就接連不斷地提問題。
[01:55.70]One boy said the poem was heartbreakingly sad.
[01:57.75]一個男生說,這首詩真令人傷心。
[01:59.80]Another student,a girl,said she had read a book by the same writer,but she wasn’t able to enjoy it as much as her mother did,and she didn’t know why.
[02:05.79]一個女生說,她讀過這位作家寫的一本書,但不像她母親那樣喜歡它,不知道為什么。
[02:11.79]A third,a keen viewer of TV theatre,recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play.
[02:16.57]第三個學生是電視劇的熱心觀眾,他記起了最近有一出劇就是用這首詩中的一句話作為劇名。
[02:21.35]As she answered the questions,Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem.
[02:25.18]科克斯夫人回答了學生的問題,力求使他們把每一行詩都弄懂。
[02:29.00]She asked them to discuss if the poem contained any message.
[02:31.41]她要學生討論這首詩是否有什么信息傳達給讀者,
[02:33.81]The discussion became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang.
[02:37.02]討論十分活躍,下課鈴響了,大家還不愿停下來。
[02:40.24]Some said there was no message,some said there was,some said it didn’t really matter,and the class ended at that.
[02:46.02]有的學生說這首詩沒有信息,有的說有,又有的學生說有沒有無關緊要。這節(jié)課就這樣結束了。
[02:51.81]As she drove home,Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left.
[02:54.39]科克斯夫人在驅(qū)車回家的路上想著她剛上完的這節(jié)課。
[02:56.98]Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished as a teacher.
[02:59.66]今天她完成了一個教師該完成的任務,她可以感到滿意了,
[03:02.33]Not one of her students looked bored.Every one of them seemed interested in the poem.
[03:05.43]沒有一個學生顯得厭煩,每個學生都對這首詩感興趣。
[03:08.53]Once they started to talk,they forgot about the time.
[03:10.62]他們談論起來,就忘記了時間。
[03:12.71]She did not have to make them learn;she only had to answer their questions and to guide the discussion.
[03:16.38]她沒有向?qū)W生灌輸,她只是回答學生的問題,引導討論。
[03:20.05]This,she thought to herself,is what teaching is all about!
[03:22.45]這就是教育的真正目的吧,她想。
[03:24.85]A PHONE CALL
[03:28.09]A:4372811.
[03:31.17]B:Hello,is that Nick?
[03:33.24]A:Yes,speaking.
[03:35.17]B:Oh,hello.This is Kate.It’s about our meeting with Mr Jones.
[03:40.76]A:I think he’s really going to help us a lot.Are you free on Saturday morning to meet him?
[03:47.50]B:No,sorry.I’m going to see my bank manager.
[03:51.31]A:Oh,dear.What about Friday morning?
[03:55.13]B:Yes,Friday is fine.What time?
[03:58.94]A:Half past seven.
[04:00.56]B:Half past seven.Right.See you then.Bye.
[04:04.09]A:Bye.
[04:07.33]a poem by LiBai
[04:09.09]李白詩一首
[04:10.85]Before my bed There is bright moonlight
[04:13.06]床前明月光
[04:15.27]So that it seems Like frost on the ground.
[04:17.48]疑是地上霜。
[04:19.68]Lifting my head I watch the bright moon.
[04:21.89]舉頭望明月,
[04:24.10]Lowering my head I dream that I’m home.
[04:26.81]低頭思故鄉(xiāng)。
[04:29.53]RISE LIKE LIONS
[04:32.48]Rise like Lions after slumber
[04:35.72]In unvanquishable number-
[04:38.07]Shake your chains to earth like dew
[04:41.47]Which in sleep had fallen on you-
[04:45.00]You are many-they are few.
[04:49.12]THE SELFISH GIANT
[04:50.16]自私的巨人
[04:51.19]One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music.
[04:54.41]一天早晨,巨人醒來躺在床上,聽到一陣美妙的音樂。
[04:57.64]It was a little bird singing outside his window.The north wind had stopped.
[05:00.94]原來是一只小鳥在窗外唱歌。北風停止了呼嘯。
[05:04.25]A sweet perfume came to him through the open window.
[05:06.09]透過敞開的窗戶一股芬芳的香味撲面而來。
[05:07.93]"I believe spring has come at last,"said the Giant.He jumped out of bed and looked out of the window.
[05:12.23]"我想春天終于來了,"巨人說,他跳下床,朝窗外望去。
[05:16.53]And what did he see?He saw a most wonderful picture.
[05:19.46]他看見什么了?他看見了一幅最動人的畫面。
[05:22.40]Through a little hole in the wall the children had entered the garden,and they were sitting on the branches of the trees.
[05:26.33]孩子們從圍墻的小洞里鉆進花園,坐在樹枝上。
[05:30.27]In every tree there was a little child.
[05:32.03]每顆樹上都坐著一個小孩。
[05:33.79]The trees were so glad to see the children back again that they covered themselves with blossoms.
[05:36.95]果樹看見孩子們回來高興極了,枝丫間開滿鮮花。
[05:40.11]The birds were flying about and singing happily,and the flowers were looking through the green grass.
[05:43.85]小鳥兒在空中飛翔、快樂地歌唱,小花兒也從綠草叢中探出腦袋。
[05:47.59]It was a lovely picture.Only in one corner of the garden it was still winter.
[05:51.62]好一幅美麗的畫面。只有花園的一個角落里依舊是冬天。
[05:55.66]A little boy was standing there crying.He was so small that he could not reach the branches of the tree.
[05:59.92]一個小男孩正站在那兒哭呢。原來他的個頭兒太小夠不著樹枝。
[06:04.17]The poor tree was still covered with frost and snow,and the north wind was blowing above it.
[06:07.49]這株可憐的樹依舊滿身霜雪,北風在樹梢上咆哮。
[06:10.81]The Giant’s heart was touched as he saw all this.
[06:12.79]看到這一幕,巨人的心被打動了。
[06:14.78]"How selfish I have been!"he said."Now I know why spring did not want to come here.
[06:18.45]"我太自私了,"他想,"現(xiàn)在我才明白為什么春天不肯光顧我的花園。
[06:22.12]I will put that poor little boy on the top of that tree,and then I will knock down the wall,and my garden will be the children’s playground for ever."
[06:26.94]我要把那個小男孩抱到樹上,然后拆除圍墻,讓我的花園永遠成為孩子們的游樂場。."
[06:31.76]He was really sorry for what he bad done.So he opened the door softly and went oun into the garden.
[06:36.59]巨人非常后悔他從前所做的一切。他輕輕地打開門,走進花園。
[06:41.42]But when the children saw him,they were so frightened that they all ran away,and winter again came into the garden.
[06:45.25]可是孩子們一見他全都嚇跑了,冬天又來到花園。
[06:49.08]Only the little boy did not ran away,for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant.
[06:53.34]只有那個小男孩沒有跑開,因為他的眼里噙滿淚珠,看不見巨人的到來。
[06:57.59]The Giant came up to him,took him carefully in his arms,and put him on the top of the tree.
[07:01.26]巨人走上前,小心地把他抱起,放到樹梢上坐著。
[07:04.93]At once the tree burst into blossom;the birds came back and began to sing in it,and the little boy put his arms round the Giant’s neck,and killed him.
[07:10.50]頃刻間那棵樹便綻開了花朵,小鳥兒飛回來了,在樹枝間唱歌。小男孩雙手摟著巨人的脖子給了他一個親吻。
[07:16.06]When the other children saw this,they were not afraid of the Giant any more.
[07:18.86]其他的孩子看到這一切,都不再害怕巨人了。
[07:21.65]They came back,and with them came spring.
[07:23.64]他們回到花園里,春天也隨他們一同返回。
[07:25.62]"It is your garden now,little children,"said the Giant.
[07:27.75]"孩子們,這座花園是屬于你們的,"巨人說著。
[07:29.88]He took a great axe and knocked down the wall.
[07:31.42]他抄起一把大斧,把圍墻搗毀。
[07:32.96]After this the children again came to play in the Giant’s garden every day.
[07:36.05]從此以后,孩子們每天都到巨人的花園里玩耍。
[07:39.13]Sometimes the Giant played with them.Sometimes he sat in an armchair and watched them play.
[07:43.03]巨人有時跟他們一塊兒做游戲,有時坐在扶手椅上看孩子們嬉鬧。
[07:46.94]"I have many beaufiful flowers,"he said,"but the children are the most beaufitul flowers of all."
[07:51.26]"我有很多美麗的鮮花,"他說,"但孩子們才是世間最美的花朵。"
[07:55.59]Cox
[07:56.36]人名
[07:57.13]San Francisco
[07:59.69]圣弗蘭西斯科
[08:02.25]city
[08:04.08]市
[08:05.90]coast
[08:07.58]海岸
[08:09.25]enjoy
[08:11.08]喜愛
[08:12.90]period
[08:14.79]課時
[08:16.67]each
[08:18.44]各
[08:20.22]meet (with)
[08:22.20]會見
[08:24.19]supply
[08:26.38]供應品
[08:28.58]check
[08:30.20]檢查
[08:31.82]assignment
[08:33.80]指定的作業(yè)
[08:35.79]assign
[08:37.51]指定
[08:39.24]steadily
[08:41.38]持續(xù)地
[08:43.52]punctuation
[08:46.08]標點符號
[08:48.64]composition
[08:50.52]作文
[08:52.40]literature
[08:54.13]文學
[08:55.85]favourite
[08:58.31]特別喜愛的
[09:00.76]subject
[09:02.59]學科
[09:04.42]poem
[09:06.87]詩
[09:09.33]pour
[09:11.16]涌來
[09:12.99]heartbreaking
[09:14.66]令人心碎的
[09:16.33]wonder
[09:18.42]對…感到奇怪
[09:20.51]enjoy
[09:23.07]享受…的樂趣
[09:25.63]keen
[09:27.88]熱心的
[09:30.12]viewer
[09:31.64]觀眾
[09:33.15]view
[09:35.35]看
[09:37.54]TV-television
[09:40.26]電視
[09:42.97]theatre
[09:44.54]戲劇
[09:46.11]TV theatre
[09:48.04]電視劇
[09:49.98]recognize
[09:51.70]認出
[09:53.42]title
[09:55.36]標題
[09:57.29]recent
[09:59.12]最近的
[10:00.95]contain
[10:02.98]包含
[10:05.02]lively
[10:06.96]生動活潑的
[10:08.89]message
[10:10.82]啟示
[10:12.75]accomplish
[10:14.69]完成
[10:16.62]bored
[10:18.76]bore的過去分詞
[10:20.90]bore
[10:22.79]使…感到膩味
[10:24.67]once
[10:26.39]一旦…(就)
[10:28.11]guide
[10:30.20]引導
[10:32.29]Nick
[10:33.91]尼克
[10:35.53]Kate
[10:37.26]凱特
[10:38.98]bank
[10:41.02]銀行
[10:43.06]manager
[10:44.47]經(jīng)理