電視英語口語教材 31
[00:00.00]Lesson 31
[00:01.54]第三十一課
[00:03.08]CHALLENGES
[00:04.48]挑戰(zhàn)
[00:05.88]Human beings enjoy challenges.Many of them like physical challenges.
[00:09.10]人類愿意接受挑戰(zhàn)。很多人喜愛體力上的挑戰(zhàn)。
[00:12.33]They ask themselves questions like this:How fast can I run?How high can I climb?How deep can I dive?
[00:16.95]他們自問諸如此類的問題：我能跑多快?我能登多高?我能潛多深?
[00:21.58]How far can I swim?How long can I hold my breath?How much can I lift?How high can I jump?
[00:27.36]我能游多遠(yuǎn)?我能屏息呆多長時(shí)間?我能舉起多重的東西?我能跳多高?
[00:33.15]Because people enjoy challenges,they like to play sports and watch other people play sports.
[00:36.74]因?yàn)橄矚g挑戰(zhàn)，他們就喜愛體育運(yùn)動(dòng)，喜歡觀看他人比賽。
[00:40.33]They like climbing,running,diving,swimming,lifting,jumping,and so on.
[00:45.61]他們喜歡登山，賽跑，潛水，游泳，舉重及跳高等。
[00:50.89]Every four years,millions of people all over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics.
[00:55.29]每四年世界上千百萬人就欣賞一次被稱為奧林匹克的世界性大賽。
[00:59.69]People also enjoy the excitement of climbing mountains or of riding in a boat on a river that is moving very quickly or of racing in a car around a track.
[01:06.30]從登山中、從在湍急的河流里揚(yáng)帆蕩槳中、從競技的車賽中人們獲得刺激。
[01:12.91]Why do people enjoy these challenges?There are probably many reasons.
[01:15.94]人們?yōu)槭裁磸奶魬?zhàn)中得到樂趣呢?可能有許多原因。
[01:18.97]One is curiosity.Another is the personal feeling of success,of achievement.
[01:22.19]一是好奇，另一個(gè)是出于個(gè)人的成功感，成就感。
[01:25.42]And nowadays,for some people,it is a business.
[01:27.77]而現(xiàn)在對(duì)某些人來說確成了買賣。
[01:30.12]There are challenges that are not physical challenges.There are social and intellectual challenges,too.
[01:33.57]有些挑戰(zhàn)并不是針對(duì)體力的，還有社會(huì)上的和智能方面的。
[01:37.02]Leonardo Da Vinci,who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century,enjoyed every possible challenge.
[01:41.05]里奧納多·達(dá)·芬奇生活在十五世紀(jì)的意大利。他喜歡各種可能的挑戰(zhàn)。
[01:45.09]He was an artist and painted the well-known picture,the Mona Lisa.
[01:48.03]他是一名藝術(shù)家，畫出了著名的油畫“蒙娜麗莎”。
[01:50.97]He was inventor who invented a device to let people breathe under water.He was a scientist,and he learned a great deal about human anatomy.
[01:56.90]他是一個(gè)發(fā)明家，他發(fā)明了讓人在水下呼吸的裝置。他是一位科學(xué)家，他對(duì)人體解剖學(xué)也頗有研究。
[02:02.83]Another kind of challenge faced the Egyptians between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago when they decided to build the first Pyramid.
[02:08.47]四千到五千年之前，埃及人建造第一座金字塔時(shí)面臨著另外一種挑戰(zhàn)。
[02:14.11]People are not sure why they built this pyramid,but it must have been important.
[02:17.12]現(xiàn)在人們不能肯定他們建造這一金字塔的原因，但在當(dāng)時(shí)一定是很重要的。
[02:20.12]They used six million tons of rock.Four hundred thousand men worked for twenty years to build it.
[02:24.30]他們共用了六百萬噸石頭。四十萬人花二十年時(shí)間建成了這座金字塔。
[02:28.48]So,for thousands of years,people have accepted challenges.Today we still have many challenges before us.
[02:33.13]因此千萬年來人們一直在接受著挑戰(zhàn)。今天我們面臨著許多挑戰(zhàn)。
[02:37.78]Medical science faces the challenge of conquering the many diseases which still attack human beings.
[02:41.74]醫(yī)學(xué)界面臨著征服侵害人體多種疾病的挑戰(zhàn)。
[02:45.69]Engineers and planners must build new cities and new kinds of transportation.
[02:49.22]工程師與設(shè)計(jì)師必須建設(shè)出新型的城市，建造出新型的交通工具。
[02:52.75]Scientists must develop new forms of energy.And many of us are interested in the challenge of space.We live in an age of challenges.
[02:59.71]科學(xué)家必須開發(fā)出新型能源。我們很多人都對(duì)來自太空的挑戰(zhàn)深感興趣。我們生活在一個(gè)充滿挑戰(zhàn)的時(shí)代。
[03:06.67]IN THE NEIGHBOUR’S
[03:10.48]Oscar Crane:Oh,good evening,Mrs Rice.What can I do for you?
[03:16.08]Sonia Rice:Didn’t you say you were leaving on another trip in the morning?
[03:20.18]Oscar Crane:Yes,up through Central America.
[03:23.26]Sonia Rice:I just stopped by to remind you to leave a key for me.
[03:27.67]Oscar Crane:Oh,that’s right.I almost forgot about it.It’s very good of you to keep an eye on the house when I’m away.
[03:35.48]A ROSE IS PINK
[03:37.99]What is pink?A rose is pink.
[03:40.89]By the fountain’s brink.
[03:43.11]What is blue?The sky is blue.
[03:46.19]Where the clouds float thro.
[03:48.81]What is white?A swan is white.
[03:52.49]Sailing in the ligh
[03:55.00]What is yellow?Pears are yello
[03:58.58]Rich,ripe and mello
[04:01.19]What is green?The grass is gree
[04:04.48]With small flowers betwee
[04:07.67]What is orange?Why,an orang
[04:11.35]Just an orang
[04:13.86]A TALE FROM INDIA
[04:15.31]印度傳說
[04:16.76]Once upon a time an elephant and a monkey had a quarrel.
[04:19.38]從前，一只大象和一只猴子吵起架來。
[04:22.01]The elephant was proud because he was so strong."Look how big and strong I am!"he said."I can pull a tree down,can you?"
[04:28.11]大象對(duì)自己的強(qiáng)壯頗為得意。"瞧瞧我有多粗、多壯!"他說，"我能把大樹板倒，你行嗎?"
[04:34.21]Now the monkey was proud because he was so quick."Look how fast I can run and climb!"he said."Can you climb a tree?"
[04:38.70]猴子呢，為自己的敏捷感到驕傲。"瞧瞧我跑得多快，爬得多利索!"他說，"你會(huì)爬樹嗎?"
[04:43.19]At last they went to a wise old owl."We cannot agree,"they said."Tell us what you think about it.Which is better-to be strong,or to be quick?"
[04:49.96]后來他們?nèi)フ乙恢宦斆鞯睦县堫^鷹。"我們爭執(zhí)不下，"他們說，"請(qǐng)告訴我們您是怎么想的，哪個(gè)更好--是強(qiáng)壯還是敏捷?"
[04:56.72]The owl said to them,"Do just as I tell you,and then I shall find out which is better.Do you see that great fruit tree across the river?Go and pick the fruit and bring it to me."
[05:04.12]貓頭鷹對(duì)他們說："按我說的去做吧，我會(huì)看出哪個(gè)更好。看見河對(duì)岸那棵大果樹了嗎?采些果子來交給我。"
[05:11.51]So the elephant and the monkey went to the river,but the water was swift and the monkey was afraid.
[05:15.79]大象和猴子來到河邊，可是水流很急，猴子害怕了。
[05:20.08]"Get on my back,"said the elephant proudly."I shall carry you.I am big and strong,and I am not afraid to swim across a swift river."
[05:25.13]"爬到我背上吧，"大象驕傲地說，"我把你背過河去。我又粗又狀，才不怕水深流急呢。"
[05:30.19]Soon they got to the other bank.There stood the tree.It was so tall that the fruit hung high above them.
[05:34.71]很快他們就到了對(duì)岸，果樹高高地立在那兒，果子在他們頭頂上方懸掛著。
[05:39.23]The elephant tried to break the tree down,but it was too strong.
[05:42.03]大象試圖把樹板倒，可是樹太結(jié)實(shí)，板不動(dòng);
[05:44.84]He tried to reach the fruit with his trunk,but it was too high.
[05:47.53]他又試著用鼻子去夠那些果子，可是果子太高，夠不著。
[05:50.22]"Wait a minute,I can climb,"said the monkey proudly.
[05:52.55]"等一等，我會(huì)上樹，"猴子驕傲地說。
[05:54.87]He ran quickly up the tree,and threw the rich,ripe fruit to the ground.The elephant put it in his big mouth.
[05:59.69]他很快爬到樹上，把那些熟透了的果子往下扔，大象把果子都裝進(jìn)自己的大嘴里。
[06:04.51]Then they crossed the river again,and gave the owl some of the fruit they had picked.
[06:07.28]然后他們又渡過河，把采摘的果子分一些給貓頭鷹。
[06:10.05]"Now,"they said,"which is better--to be strong,or to be quick?"
[06:13.25]"現(xiàn)在說吧，"他們說，"哪個(gè)更好----是強(qiáng)壯還是敏捷?"
[06:16.45]"Can anyone tell which is better?"asked the owl.
[06:18.29]"誰能說出哪個(gè)更好嗎?"貓頭鷹問。
[06:20.13]"Neither of you could get the fruit alone.It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it."
[06:23.73]"你倆自個(gè)兒誰也摘不到水果。只有大象的強(qiáng)壯和猴子的敏捷加起來才能辦得到。"
[06:27.32]human
[06:29.08]人的
[06:30.84]being
[06:32.54]生命
[06:34.24]enjoy
[06:36.00]喜愛
[06:37.77]challenge
[06:39.24]挑戰(zhàn)
[06:40.72]dive
[06:41.97]潛水
[06:43.23]lift
[06:45.72]舉起
[06:48.22]international
[06:49.61]國際
[06:51.01]competition
[06:53.14]競爭
[06:55.27]Olympics
[06:57.76]奧林匹克世界運(yùn)動(dòng)大會(huì)
[07:00.26]million
[07:02.16]百萬
[07:04.07]excitement
[07:05.84]興奮
[07:07.60]ride
[07:09.51]騎
[07:11.41]race
[07:12.89]比賽
[07:14.36]probably
[07:16.27]很可能地
[07:18.18]curiosity
[07:20.53]好奇心
[07:22.88]personal
[07:24.64]個(gè)人的
[07:26.41]achievement
[07:28.17]成績
[07:29.93]intellectual
[07:31.77]智力的
[07:33.62]Leonardo Da Vinci
[07:35.82]利奧納多·達(dá)芬奇
[07:38.03]paint
[07:39.87]畫
[07:41.71]Mona Lisa
[07:43.41]蒙娜麗莎
[07:45.11]inventor
[07:47.10]發(fā)明者
[07:49.08]device
[07:50.84]裝置
[07:52.61]anatomy
[07:54.59]解剖
[07:56.58]Egyptian
[07:58.56]埃及人
[08:00.55]pyramid
[08:03.12]金字塔
[08:05.69]rock
[08:06.95]石頭
[08:08.20]accept
[08:09.74]接受
[08:11.28]medical
[08:13.35]醫(yī)學(xué)的
[08:15.41]disease
[08:17.11]疾病
[08:18.81]energy
[08:20.51]能量
[08:22.20]space
[08:23.97]太空
[08:25.73]Sonia Rice
[08:28.23]索尼婭·萊斯
[08:30.72]Oscar Crane
[08:32.93]奧斯伽·克蘭
[08:35.13]Central America
[08:37.26]中美洲
[08:39.39]remind
[08:41.60]提醒
[08:43.81]keep an eye on
[08:46.38]照看
