电视英语口语教材 29
[00:00.00]Lesson 29
[00:01.46]第二十九课
[00:02.93]A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
[00:04.22]一位中学教师
[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]科克斯夫人在旧金山(美国西海岸大城市)的一所中学里教英语。
[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]她从小就想当一名教师。现在她已教了八年书，始终热爱自己的工作。
[00:25.91]A school day at Mrs. Cox’s high school is divided into six periods of one hour each.
[00:29.45]科克斯夫人所在的学校，一天六节课，每节课一小时，
[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]她一天教五节课。下午二点到三点是她的“空闲”时间，她在这段时间里会见家长，
[00:44.25]order supplies,make out examinations,check assignments,and take care of many other things.
[00:48.63]定购教学用品，出考试题，批改作业，还要料理许多杂事。
[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]实际上，科克斯夫人从早上一到校就不停地工作，一直到下午很晚离开学校为止，她的“空闲”时间实在一点也不空闲。
[01:07.21]An English teacher usually divides her time among three subjects:language(grammar,punctuation,spelling,etc.),composition,and literature.
[01:13.86]英语教师一般都分三种课程来安排时间，即语言(语法、标点符号、拼写等)，作文和文学。
[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]科克斯夫人特别喜爱文学课，她讲的最富有激情的课就是美国黑人文学，
[01:29.23]For Mrs. Cox,like most of the students in her school,is Black.
[01:32.02]这是因为科克斯夫人和学校大多数学生一样是黑人。
[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]今天第六节课，科克斯夫人讲一位著名黑人作家写的一首诗刊。
[01:43.31]She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud.
[01:46.04]她把这首诗写在黑板上，大声朗诵。
[01:48.77]No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students’ questions began pouring in.
[01:52.24]她刚朗诵完，学生们就接连不断地提问题。
[01:55.70]One boy said the poem was heartbreakingly sad.
[01:57.75]一个男生说，这首诗真令人伤心。
[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]一个女生说，她读过这位作家写的一本书，但不像她母亲那样喜欢它，不知道为什么。
[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]第三个学生是电视剧的热心观众，他记起了最近有一出剧就是用这首诗中的一句话作为剧名。
[02:21.35]As she answered the questions,Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem.
[02:25.18]科克斯夫人回答了学生的问题，力求使他们把每一行诗都弄懂。
[02:29.00]She asked them to discuss if the poem contained any message.
[02:31.41]她要学生讨论这首诗是否有什么信息传达给读者，
[02:33.81]The discussion became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang.
[02:37.02]讨论十分活跃，下课铃响了，大家还不愿停下来。
[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]有的学生说这首诗没有信息，有的说有，又有的学生说有没有无关紧要。这节课就这样结束了。
[02:51.81]As she drove home,Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left.
[02:54.39]科克斯夫人在驱车回家的路上想着她刚上完的这节课。
[02:56.98]Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished as a teacher.
[02:59.66]今天她完成了一个教师该完成的任务，她可以感到满意了，
[03:02.33]Not one of her students looked bored.Every one of them seemed interested in the poem.
[03:05.43]没有一个学生显得厌烦，每个学生都对这首诗感兴趣。
[03:08.53]Once they started to talk,they forgot about the time.
[03:10.62]他们谈论起来，就忘记了时间。
[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]她没有向学生灌输，她只是回答学生的问题，引导讨论。
[03:20.05]This,she thought to herself,is what teaching is all about!
[03:22.45]这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]李白诗一首
[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]举头望明月，
[04:24.10]Lowering my head I dream that I’m home.
[04:26.81]低头思故乡。
[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，巨人醒来躺在床上，听到一阵美妙的音乐。
[04:57.64]It was a little bird singing outside his window.The north wind had stopped.
[05:00.94]原来是一只小鸟在窗外唱歌。北风停止了呼啸。
[05:04.25]A sweet perfume came to him through the open window.
[05:06.09]透过敞开的窗户一股芬芳的香味扑面而来。
[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]"我想春天终于来了，"巨人说，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]他看见什么了?他看见了一幅最动人的画面。
[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]孩子们从围墙的小洞里钻进花园，坐在树枝上。
[05:30.27]In every tree there was a little child.
[05:32.03]每颗树上都坐着一个小孩。
[05:33.79]The trees were so glad to see the children back again that they covered themselves with blossoms.
[05:36.95]果树看见孩子们回来高兴极了，枝丫间开满鲜花。
[05:40.11]The birds were flying about and singing happily,and the flowers were looking through the green grass.
[05:43.85]小鸟儿在空中飞翔、快乐地歌唱，小花儿也从绿草丛中探出脑袋。
[05:47.59]It was a lovely picture.Only in one corner of the garden it was still winter.
[05:51.62]好一幅美丽的画面。只有花园的一个角落里依旧是冬天。
[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]一个小男孩正站在那儿哭呢。原来他的个头儿太小够不着树枝。
[06:04.17]The poor tree was still covered with frost and snow,and the north wind was blowing above it.
[06:07.49]这株可怜的树依旧满身霜雪，北风在树梢上咆哮。
[06:10.81]The Giant’s heart was touched as he saw all this.
[06:12.79]看到这一幕，巨人的心被打动了。
[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，"现在我才明白为什么春天不肯光顾我的花园。
[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]我要把那个小男孩抱到树上，然后拆除围墙，让我的花园永远成为孩子们的游乐场。."
[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]巨人非常后悔他从前所做的一切。他轻轻地打开门，走进花园。
[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]可是孩子们一见他全都吓跑了，冬天又来到花园。
[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]只有那个小男孩没有跑开，因为他的眼里噙满泪珠，看不见巨人的到来。
[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，放到树梢上坐着。
[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]顷刻间那棵树便绽开了花朵，小鸟儿飞回来了，在树枝间唱歌。小男孩双手搂着巨人的脖子给了他一个亲吻。
[07:16.06]When the other children saw this,they were not afraid of the Giant any more.
[07:18.86]其他的孩子看到这一切，都不再害怕巨人了。
[07:21.65]They came back,and with them came spring.
[07:23.64]他们回到花园里，春天也随他们一同返回。
[07:25.62]"It is your garden now,little children,"said the Giant.
[07:27.75]"孩子们，这座花园是属于你们的，"巨人说着。
[07:29.88]He took a great axe and knocked down the wall.
[07:31.42]他抄起一把大斧，把围墙捣毁。
[07:32.96]After this the children again came to play in the Giant’s garden every day.
[07:36.05]从此以后，孩子们每天都到巨人的花园里玩耍。
[07:39.13]Sometimes the Giant played with them.Sometimes he sat in an armchair and watched them play.
[07:43.03]巨人有时跟他们一块儿做游戏，有时坐在扶手椅上看孩子们嬉闹。
[07:46.94]"I have many beaufiful flowers,"he said,"but the children are the most beaufitul flowers of all."
[07:51.26]"我有很多美丽的鲜花，"他说，"但孩子们才是世间最美的花朵。"
[07:55.59]Cox
[07:56.36]人名
[07:57.13]San Francisco
[07:59.69]圣弗兰西斯科
[08:02.25]city
[08:04.08]市
[08:05.90]coast
[08:07.58]海岸
[08:09.25]enjoy
[08:11.08]喜爱
[08:12.90]period
[08:14.79]课时
[08:16.67]each
[08:18.44]各
[08:20.22]meet (with)
[08:22.20]会见
[08:24.19]supply
[08:26.38]供应品
[08:28.58]check
[08:30.20]检查
[08:31.82]assignment
[08:33.80]指定的作业
[08:35.79]assign
[08:37.51]指定
[08:39.24]steadily
[08:41.38]持续地
[08:43.52]punctuation
[08:46.08]标点符号
[08:48.64]composition
[08:50.52]作文
[08:52.40]literature
[08:54.13]文学
[08:55.85]favourite
[08:58.31]特别喜爱的
[09:00.76]subject
[09:02.59]学科
[09:04.42]poem
[09:06.87]诗
[09:09.33]pour
[09:11.16]涌来
[09:12.99]heartbreaking
[09:14.66]令人心碎的
[09:16.33]wonder
[09:18.42]对…感到奇怪
[09:20.51]enjoy
[09:23.07]享受…的乐趣
[09:25.63]keen
[09:27.88]热心的
[09:30.12]viewer
[09:31.64]观众
[09:33.15]view
[09:35.35]看
[09:37.54]TV-television
[09:40.26]电视
[09:42.97]theatre
[09:44.54]戏剧
[09:46.11]TV theatre
[09:48.04]电视剧
[09:49.98]recognize
[09:51.70]认出
[09:53.42]title
[09:55.36]标题
[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]生动活泼的
[10:08.89]message
[10:10.82]启示
[10:12.75]accomplish
[10:14.69]完成
[10:16.62]bored
[10:18.76]bore的过去分词
[10:20.90]bore
[10:22.79]使…感到腻味
[10:24.67]once
[10:26.39]一旦…(就)
[10:28.11]guide
[10:30.20]引导
[10:32.29]Nick
[10:33.91]尼克
[10:35.53]Kate
[10:37.26]凯特
[10:38.98]bank
[10:41.02]银行
[10:43.06]manager
[10:44.47]经理
