大众英语大众英语下1

[00:00.00]北京外国语大学， 北京外语音像出版社 ; [00:42.57]大众英语 Gateway to English Book 2 ; [00:50.23]Lesson One ; [00:53.23]Words and Exressions ; [00:58.78]airport/'ep:t/ n.飞机场 agree/'gri:/vi.同意 ; [01:07.87]ballroom/'b:lrum/ n.舞厅 bowl/bul/n.碗 ; [01:16.69]a bowl of...一碗... carry/'kri/ vt.手拿;手提 ; [01:26.57]championship /'tmpjnip/ n.锦标赛 ; [01:31.65]channel/'tnl/ n.(电视)频道 choice/'tis/ n.选择 ; [01:41.81]choose/tu:z/ vt.& vi.选择 chose/'tuz/(过去式) ; [01:49.56]chosen/'tuzn/ (过去分词) ; [01:54.37]crossfire/'krsfai/ n.交叉火力 (在本课是电影名) ; [01:59.71]duty/'dju:ti/ n.责任;职务 fair/fe/ adj.公平的 ; [02:10.13]fix/fiks/ vt.准备(饭食等) flat/flt/ n.一套房间 ; [02:20.02](美)aprtment kick/kik/ vt.& vi.踢 ; [02:29.64]let/let/ vt.(表示建议.请求.) let(过去式,过去分词) ; [02:39.53]mind/maind/vi.介意 musical/'mju:zikl/ n.音乐喜剧 ; [02:48.88]nod/nd/vi.点头 nothing/'ni/ n.没有东西;没有什么 ; [02:59.04]OK/'u'kei/ adj&adv.好;行;可以 perhaps/p'hps/ adv.也许;可以 ; [03:09.72]quick/kwik/adj.快的 rather/'ra:/ adv.相当 ; [03:19.35]really/'rili/ adv.真正地；真实的 recently/'ri:sntli/ adv.最近 ; [03:28.96]remark/ri'ma:k/ vt.& vi.谈论,说 review/ri'vju:/n.评论 ; [03:38.32]salad/'sld/n.色拉 (西餐中的一种凉拌菜) scramble/'skrmbl/ vt.炒(蛋) ; [03:48.20]share// vt.&vi.分享;分担 sofa/'suf/ n.沙发 ; [03:58.09]start/sta:t/ vi.&vt.开始 suggest/s'dest/ vt.建议 ; [04:07.98]throw/ru/vt.扔 threw/ru:/(过去式) thrown/run/ (过去分词) ; [04:18.13]toast/tust/ n.烤面包(片);吐司 tray/trei/n.茶盘 ; [04:27.22]violent/'vailnt/ adj.暴力的 Proper Nouns ; [04:35.50]Carolyn/'krlin/ (女人名) Tess/tes/(女人名) ; [04:39.51]TEXT Putting Your Feet Up Test and Carolyn shared a flat. ; [04:58.49]Carolyn was a dentist and Tess worked at the airport. It was Friday evening. ; [05:12.11]"I don't really feel like going out, do you?" asked Carolyn. ; [05:20.40]"No,I'm on duty early tomorrow,"replied Tess. ; [05:26.28]"Let's stay in.Perhaps there's something interesting on the television." ; [05:36.16]"Here.See what's on," suggested Carolyn, throwing her the paper. ; [05:43.65]"I'm going to have a quick shower.Then I'll fix us something to eat.shall I?" ; [05:52.47]"That's not fair.It's my turn,"said Tess. ; [05:59.15]"Never mind. You can do it tomorrow.can't you" ; [06:03.96]Carolyn left the room and Tess kicked off her shoes and put her feet up on the sofa. ; [06:18.12]Half an hour later Carolyn returned carrying a tray with coffee, ; [06:26.13]scrambled eggs on toast and a bowl of salad. ; [06:33.35]Tess looked up from the book that she was reading. ; [06:38.16]"Oh,that looks great," she said. "was there nothing on the television,then?" ; [06:47.25]asked Carolyn. "Yes,We have a choice," smiled Tess." ; [06:56.06]At eight o'clock on Channel 4 there's an old musical in black and white. ; [07:04.88]At 8:15 on Chnnel 2 there's a family new film called ; [07:12.10]Crossire and on Channel 1 at 8:30 they've got the ; [07:19.31]ballroom dancing championships.I don't mind. ; [07:25.19]You got the supper,so you can choose." ; [07:31.87]"Well now,"Carolyn put the tray down on the table and sat down. ; [07:38.82]"Those old musicals are usually rather fun,aren't they?"she remarked ; [07:46.57]"What was the name of that new film? Crossfire,did you say? ; [07:54.59]I read a review of it recently.It's rather violent,isn't it?" ; [08:02.34]"Probably,"agreed Tess "And I don't think we want to watch the ballroom dancing, ; [08:11.42]do we Carolyn continued. ; [08:14.36]"Let's see what the old musical's like, shall we?" ; [08:21.31]"OK,"nodded Tess."it starts in a couple of minutes.I'll turn on the television." ; [08:33.60]Lesson two Words and Expressions ; [08:38.95]above/'bv/ prep.在...之上 above all首先,尤其是 ; [08:43.22]airline/'elain/n. 航线;航空公司 ambition/m'bin/ n.志向,抱负 ; [08:47.50]aunt/a:nt/ n.姨母;姑母; 婶母;伯母;舅母 ; [08:50.44]bright/brait/ adj.聪明的 bus/bs/ n.公共汽车 ; [08:54.45]buy/bai/vt.购买 bought/b:t/ (过去式,过去分词) ; [08:58.99]centrally/'sentrli/ adv.中央地 centrally heated 中央供暖,集中供暖 ; [09:04.60]chilly/'tili/ adj.寒冷的 cruel/krul/ adj.残忍的 ; [09:08.61]dad/dd/n.老爸 draughty/'dra:fti/ adj.通风的 ; [09:13.68]drink/drik/ vt.& vi.喝;饮 drank/drk/(过去式) ; [09:16.36]drunk/drk/(过去分词) exam/ig'zm/n.考试 ; [09:21.70]excellent/'ekslnt/ adj.优秀的 exception /ik'sepn/ n.例外 ; [09:26.78]handle/'hndl/ vt.处理;使用 heat/hi:t/ vt.& vi.加热;供暖 ; [09:31.05]heating/'hi:ti/n. 暖气(装置) hold on 住嘴;别说了 ; [09:36.40]hostess/'hustis/ n.女主人 ; [09:39.07]air hostess 飞机上的女服务员; 空中小姐 ; [09:42.01]jumper/'dmp/ n.套头衫(手织或机织的) mark/ma:k/n.分散 ; [09:46.55]objict/b'dekt/ vi.& vt反对 pilot/'pailt/n.飞行员 ; [09:51.36]Portuguese /p:tju'gi:z/ n.葡萄牙语 ; [09:52.36]secondly/'sekndli/ adv.第二 ; [09:55.37]snow/snu/vi.下雪 survive/s:vaiv/ vi.活下来 ; [09:59.65]thirdly/':dli/ adv.第三 travel/'trvl/ adj.vi.旅行 ; [10:03.92]unfriendly /'n'frendli/ adj.不友好的 woolly/'wuli/adj.羊毛的 ; [10:08.73]Proper Nouns Elisabeth/i'lizb/ (女人名) ; [10:13.28]Los Angles /ls'ndili:z/ 洛衫机(市) ; [10:16.48]Rio de Janeiro (巴西)里约热内卢(市) ; [10:18.89]Siberia/sai'biri/ 西伯利亚(俄国) ; [10:22.63]TEXT So Elisabeth Came to England ; [10:29.58]Elisabeth was nineteen and she lived in Rio de Janeiro. ; [10:35.72]Her father was an airline pilot ; [10:40.27]and it was Elisabeth's ambition to become an air hostess. ; [10:45.88]She was a bright girl and with one exception her exam marks were good. ; [10:53.63]The exception was English. ; [10:57.37]"Look," said her father, "if you want to become an air hostess. ; [11:04.58]you must learn to speak really good English. ; [11:08.59]I'm going to send you to England next February. ; [11:15.27]"Oh,you couldn't be so cruel,Dad,"said Elisabeth. ; [11:21.15]"It snows in England in February and the people are unfriendly ; [11:26.23]and the houses are draughty and.." "Hold on,"said her father." ; [11:33.18]You're exaggerating.In the first place, ; [11:37.72]it doesn't always snow in English in February. ; [11:42.53]I'm not sending you to Siberia Secondly, ; [11:48.41]English people are usually quite kind to foreign visitors,and thirdly, ; [11:56.16]a lot of English houses have central heating these days." ; [12:02.30]"Why can't I go and stay with my uncle in Los Angeles?"asked Elisabeth. ; [12:11.39]"Because your uncle and aunt both speak Portuguese," ; [12:16.20]replied Elisabeth's father."You learnt your English in the United States," ; [12:22.08]objected Elisabeth. "I worked as a waiter,"said her father." ; [12:28.76]I had to get used to speaking English fast,in order to survive." ; [12:36.78]Well,Elisabeth came to English for eight weeks, ; [12:40.79]It did snow and there were times when she felt quite chilly. ; [12:46.93]But she bought herself a thick woolly jumper, ; [12:51.74]the family she stayed with were kind,and their home was centrally heated. ; [12:58.42]Elisabeth got used to drinking tea, ; [13:01.63]travelling on English buses and handing English money. ; [13:07.24]Above all,she got used to speaking English and before long she could understand ; [13:14.72]almost everything that people said to her. ; [13:17.93]Later,when she was an air hostess, ; [13:21.67]and people asked her where she ; [13:23.54]had learnt to speak such excellent English, ; [13:27.02]she used to say:"My father was very cruel.He sent me to English in February ; [13:38.24]Lesson three Words and Expressions ; [13:43.85]add/d/vt.增加 adventure/d'vent/ n.冒险;惊险活动 ; [13:48.39]age/eid/n.年龄 announcer/'nauns/ n.播音员 ; [13:52.40]anthem/'nm/ n.颂歌 the national anthem 国歌 ; [13:57.48]anxious/'ks/ adj.焦急的;渴望的 area/'eri/n.地区 ; [14:01.75]booth/bu:/ n.(隔开的)小间 broad/'br:d/adj. 宽阔的 ; [14:05.50]broadcast/'br:dka:st/ vt.& vi.广播 broadcast或broadcasted (过去式或过去分词) ; [14:12.18]builder/'bild/n. 建筑商 cheer/ti/vi.欢呼 ; [14:16.72]comment/'kmnt/ vi.评论 construct/kn'strkt/ vt.建造 ; [14:20.73]describe/dis'kraib/ vt.描写;叙述 design/di'zain/vt.设计 ; [14:25.00]drive/draiv/ vt.& vi.开车 drove/druv/(过去式) ; [14:29.81]driven(过去分词) Dutch/'dt/ adj.荷兰的 ; [14:34.09]enjoy/in'di/ vt.喜爱;乐趣; exciting/ik'saiti/ adj.兴奋的 ; [14:37.83]exclaim/iks'kleim/ vi.& vt.解释 field/fi:ld/ n.场地 ; [14:44.24]German/'d:mn/ adj.德国的 handshake/'hndeik/ n.握手 ; [14:48.52]huge/hju:d/ adj.巨大的 ; [14:51.52]international /,int'nnl/ adj.国际的 ; [14:52.53]jet/jet/n. 喷气式飞机 mean/mi:n/vt. 表示...的意思 ; [14:56.54]name/neim/vt.给...取名 onto/'ntu/prep 到...之上，向..之上 ; [15:01.61]organist/':gnist/ n.风筝手 pitch/pit/ vt.& vi.(棒球中)投球 ; [15:05.62]pitcher/'pit/n. (棒球中的)投手 ride/raid/vt.乘(车) ; [15:10.70]shout/aut/ vi.& vt.喊叫,高呼 silver/'silv/ adj.银灰色的 ; [15:14.17]single/'sigl/ adj.单个的 sound/saund/vi.听起来 ; [15:18.18]stadium/'steidjm/n. 体育馆 style/stail/n.风格 ; [15:22.19]tract/trkt/n.屋区 Proper Nouns Anaheim/'nhaim/ (地名) ; [15:30.47]Dodger/'dd/ (棒球队名) Fernando Valenzuela (人名) ; [15:36.89]Holland/'hlnd/荷兰 Montreal/,mntri':l/ n.蒙特利尔(市) ; [15:39.02]Moraji/m'ra:di/ n.(男人名) Pete/pi:t/ n.(男人名) ; [15:45.44]the Santa Ana River (美国)圣安娜河 Sweden/'swi:dn/瑞典 ; [15:51.05]TEXT Moraji's American Adventure ; [15:56.66]Peter waited at the Los Angeles International Airport for the huge, ; [16:02.27]silver jet that through Moraji to the United States ; [16:07.35]They greeted each other with broad smiles and warm handshakes. ; [16:13.50]They had not seen one another for four years. ; [16:18.04]They were both seventeen then and they looked a little older now at ; [16:23.12]the age of twenty-one ; [16:26.32]Peter drove the visitor to his home in Anaheim,and Moraji enjoyed riding in his ; [16:33.00]friend's new car,which was made in Sweden. ; [16:38.35]"Anaheim is an interesting name," Moraji commented. ; [16:42.89]"It sounds German." "It is,"Peter said. ; [16:47.70]"It is named for the Santa Ana River,which is Spanish, ; [16:52.24]but the first people to live here were Germans, ; [16:55.72]so they added the world heim,meaning home." ; [17:00.80]Moraji liked the city of Anaheim. ; [17:04.54]He also liked the tract where Pete lived. ; [17:08.28]A tract is an area where all the ; [17:11.22]houses were constructed by the same builder. ; [17:15.76]In Pete's tract the houses were designed like those in ; [17:20.04]Holland,and the style is called Dutch. ; [17:24.31]Moraji was especially anxious to see an American baseball game. ; [17:30.19]That very evening they went to Dodger Stadium to see an exciting game between Los ; [17:36.87]Angeles and Montreat. ; [17:41.15]At the beginning of the game everyone stood while the ; [17:44.62]organist played the national anthems of both Canada and the United States. ; [17:52.10]Pete explained that most of the people in Montreat speak French ; [17:57.18]and that announcers in the broadcasting booths ; [18:00.39]were describing the game not just in English but in French and Spanish. ; [18:07.33]Everyone cheered when the Dodger pitcher came onto the field. ; [18:13.75]"Why are they shouting ,'O1'?"moraji asked. ; [18:18.56]"The pitcher is Fernando Valenzuela," Pete answered. ; [18:24.17]"He just came here from Mexico,and he does not speak English, ; [18:30.05]but already he has become famous, ; [18:34.59]The last four times he pitched ; [18:36.73]the other teams did not score a single time." ; [18:41.81]"How exciting!"Moraji exclaimed."My first day in the United States, ; [18:48.75]and already I'm seeing a famous American baseball pitcher!" ; [18:57.57]Lesson four Words and Expressions ; [19:05.05]accident/'ksidnt/ n.意外事故 bifocal/bai'fukl/ adj.双焦点的 ; [19:13.34]bird/b:d/ n.鸟 bush/bu/n.矮木林 careless/'kelis/ adj.不小心的 ; [19:27.23]constitution /,knsti'tju:n/n. 宪法 ; [19:32.31]cure/kju/n.治疗 dull/dl/adj.愚蠢的 ; [19:41.40]earn/:n/ vt.赚取 explain/iks'plein/vt. 解释 ; [19:50.75]eyeglass/'aigla:s/ n.(通常用复数形式) 眼镜 ; [19:55.03]feeling/'fi:li/ n.感情 fool/fu:l/n.傻瓜 ; [20:04.65]forget/f'get/忘记 forgot(过去式) forgotten或gorgot (过去分词) ; [20:18.28]frequently /'fri:kwntli/ adv.经常地 generation n.一代(人) ; [20:28.43]god/gd/ n.上帝 happily/'hpili/ adv.幸福地 ; [20:36.45]healthy/'heli/ adv.健康地 ; [20:36.45]invent/in'vent/vt.发明 lightning/'laitni/ n.闪电 ; [20:50.34]original /'ridnal/ adj.最早的 ounce/auns/n.盎司 ; [20:59.70]part/pa:t/vt.& vi.分开 particularly /p'tikjulli/ adv.特别地 ; [21:09.31]pass/pa:s/ vt.传递 penny/'peni/n.便士 ; [21:18.13]permanent /'p:mnnt/ adj.永久的;持久的 pound/paund/n.磅 ; [21:26.95]prevention /pri'venn/ n.预防 properly/'prpli/ adv.适当地 ; [21:35.24]protect/pr'tekt/ vt.保护 proverb/'prv:b/ n.谚语 ; [21:43.25]quote/kwut/ vt.& vi.引用 ; [21:47.26]remind/ri'maind/ vt.提醒 reminder/ri'maind/ n.提醒的事.物 ; [21:56.08]repeat/ri'pi:t/ vt.& vi.重复 reply/ri'plai/ vt.回答 ; [22:05.17]rich/rit/ adj.富有的 rise/raiz/ vi.升起;起床 ; [22:13.18]rose/ruz/(过去式) risen/'rizn/ (过去分词) rod/rd/n.杆;棒 ; [22:24.67]save/seiv/vt.节约 saying/'seii/n.格言 signer/'sain/n.签名者 ; [22:38.30]slang/sl/俚语 stove/stuv/n.炉子 trade/treid/vt.交换 ; [22:51.93]weathy/'weli/ adj.富裕的 wisdon/'wizdm/n.智慧 ; [23:01.28]wise/waiz/ adj.聪明地 wisely/'waizli/ adv.聪明地 ; [23:11.17]worm/w:m/n.虫 worth/w:/ adj.值...的 ; [23:19.45]Proper Nouns Benjamin Franklin 本杰明.福兰克林 ; [23:29.34]TEXT American Proverbs ; [23:37.09]Most of the jokes told by comedians are soon forgotten. ; [23:44.57]They are not as permanent as the sayings of wise people ; [23:50.45]sayings that are passed on from generation to generation ; [23:57.67]Known as proverbs, ; [24:00.34]these words of great wisdom provide quick ; [24:04.88]reminders of how to live properly and happily. ; [24:11.03]The Chinese and Spanish languages are particularly rich in proverbs, ; [24:19.31]which form an important part of all languages. ; [24:26.79]In the United States the proverbs written over two hundred years ; [24:32.94]ago by Benjamin Franklin are still being repeated. ; [24:40.15]Benjamin Franklin was one of the original signers of the American Constitution ; [24:49.78]He also invented bifocal eyeglasses to help us see better, ; [24:56.99]the lightning rod to protect our homes and a new kind of stove to keep us warm. ; [25:07.15]When children want to stay up late, their parents quote Benjamin Frankin ; [25:15.16]:"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy, and wise." ; [25:26.12]When the children want to spend their money on candy, ; [25:30.66]parents again quote Franklin:A penny saved is a penny earned." ; [25:40.01]Children are also reminded that"God help them that help themselves," ; [25:47.76]another of Franklin's saying. ; [25:52.84]Proverbs are so much a part of language that ; [25:57.38]the student is wise to study the old expressions as well as the newest ones that ; [26:04.33]we sometimes call "slang".If you hear a person say,"The early bird catches the worm," ; [26:15.02]it may be because someone gets up too late. ; [26:20.37]To the person who does not spend money wisely,someone may say, ; [26:26.51]"A fool and his money are soon parted." ; [26:32.12]If you must go to the doctor because of a careless accident, ; [26:38.00]people may remind you that"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ; [26:47.89]"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" ; [26:52.70]is a saying to make us think before we trade what we already have ; [26:59.11]for something we only hope to get. ; [27:04.46]People frequently use proverbs to explain their feelings. ; [27:10.60]If they do not want to travel, they will say,"There's no place like home." ; [27:18.35]If someone wants them to work,they may reply "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy." ; [27:31.41]Lesson Five ; [27:34.41]Words and Expressions ; [27:35.80]beauty/'bju:ti/n.美丽 bring/bri/vt.带来； 使处于某种状态 ; [27:40.18]brought/br:t/ (过去式,过去分词) castle/'ka:sl/ n.城堡 ; [27:44.57]century/'senturi/ n.世纪 chief/ti:f/n.首领 cover/'kv/vt.覆盖 ; [27:51.36]culture/'klt/ n.文化 dirt/d:t/n.泥土 empty/'empti/adj.空的 ; [27:57.94]farmland/'fa:mlnd/ n.农田 faroff/'fa:'(:)f/ adj.遥远的 ; [28:02.76]forgive/f'giv/ vt.原谅;饶恕 forgave/f'geiv/ (过去式) ; [28:08.02]forgiven/f'givn/ (过去分词) govern/'gvn/vt. 统治;管理 ; [28:13.06]highland/'hailnd/ n.高地;高原 hill/hil/ n.小山;丘陵 ; [28:17.67]include/in'klu:d/ vt.包括 incredible/in'credbl/ adj.难以置信的 ; [28:23.15]independent adj.独立的 island/'ailnd/n.岛屿 ; [28:29.50]king/ki/n.国王 lake/leik/n.湖 law/l:/n.法律 ; [28:36.74]million/'miljn/ num.百万 mountain/'mauntin/ n.山 ; [28:41.56]music/'mju:zik/n.音乐 natural/'ntrl/ adj.自然界的 ; [28:46.56]northeast /'n:'i:st/ n.and.adj.东北(的) ; [28:48.36]northern/'n:n/ adj.北部的 ; [28:51.36]oil/il/n.石油;油 parliament /'pa:lmnt/ n.议会 ; [28:55.81]population /,ppju'lein/ 人口 ; [28:58.66]queen/kwi:n/n.王后 railway/'reilwei/ n.铁路 reason/'ri:zn/n.原因 ; [29:05.67]river/'riv/ n.江河 road/rud/n.道路 ; [29:09.84]romantic/ru'mntik/ adj.浪漫的 rule/'ru:l/n.统治 ; [29:14.44]sea/si:/n.海 separate/'seprit/ adj.分离的;独立的; ; [29:19.26]shine/ain/vi.照耀 shone/n/ (过去式;过去分词) ski/ski:/vi.滑雪 ; [29:26.50]southern/'sn/ adj.南部的 succeed/sk'si:d/ vi.成功的 ; [29:31.54]under/'nd/ prep.在下面 valley/'vli/ n.山谷 ; [29:35.92]warlike/'w:laik/ adj.好战的 whisky/'wiski/ adj.威士忌酒 ; [29:40.53]wildness/'waildnist/ n.荒野 Proper Nouns ; [29:46.23]Aberdeen/,b'di:n/ (英国)阿伯丁 Edinburgh (英国)爱丁堡 ; [29:50.61]the Highlands 苏格兰高地 London/'lndn/伦敦 ; [29:55.43]The North Sea北海 Scot苏格兰人 Scotland 苏格兰 Scotsman苏格兰男人 ; [30:09.24]TEXT A Special Way of Life ; [30:15.82]A lot of people think that Scotland is a part of England.But, ; [30:21.74]as any Scotsman will tell you,it certainly is not.In fact, ; [30:29.63]until the eighteenth century Scotland was an independent country, ; [30:35.33]with a parliament of its own. ; [30:38.84]The English had tried many times ; [30:41.90]over many centuries to bring Scotland under their rule. ; [30:46.95]They succeeded at last in 1707,and some Scots have never forgive them. ; [30:57.47]Scotland is now govemed from London, ; [31:00.76]but in some ways it is still a separate nation. ; [31:04.92]It has it own capital city,its own law, ; [31:10.62]and its own stamps It even has a language of its own, ; [31:16.98]spoken now by only a few people in the islands. ; [31:22.68]In some ways southem Scotland is like English, ; [31:27.28]with its good farmland and low green hills. ; [31:31.88]But in central and northem Scotland ("the Highlands") ; [31:36.49]there are high mountains and deep valleys,fast rivers and cold lakes. ; [31:43.94]These days,of course, these are good roads and railways all through Scotland. ; [31:50.95]Aberdeen,the northest city where the oil from the North Sea comes to land, ; [31:56.87]is especially easy to reach. ; [32:00.60]But it can still be quite difficult to travel in the winter ; [32:04.76]when the hills are covered with snow. ; [32:07.61]And it always takes a long time to visit the beautiful ; [32:11.12]but far-off islands on the west coast. ; [32:16.16]One reason why Scotland has stayed so different from England ; [32:20.55]is the wildness of the land. ; [32:23.84]It has always been difficult to get there There are only about five milion Scots, ; [32:32.17]and most of them live in the southem half of the country, ; [32:36.33]but they have kept a special culture and way of life of their own. ; [32:42.03]Their own church. the Church of Scotland is different from the Church of England, ; [32:49.26]They have their own kind of music,their own kind of clothes, ; [32:53.87]and their own kind of food and drink, including their famous whisky. ; [33:00.23]Scotland is a country of incredible natural beauty. ; [33:05.27]It is also very empty.In the highlands the population is small, ; [33:11.84]and it is getting smaller all the time. ; [33:15.79]Perhaps that is why visitors always come back.They enjoy the quiet. ; [33:21.93]empty country after the noise and dirt of the town. ; [33:26.75]They like fishing in the clear rivers, and skiing on the snow-covered mountains. ; [33:33.76]They like visiting romantic castles built ; [33:36.83]by warlike chiefs and tragic kings and queers. ; [33:41.22]There's only one problem.They can never be sure that the sun is going to shine. ; [33:49.99]Lesson Six ; [33:52.61]Words and Expressions ; [33:58.09]away/'wei/ adv.远离,在外 bankrupt/'bkrpt/ adj.破产的 ; [34:02.70]bar/ba:/n.酒吧 barbecue/'ba:bikju:/ n.野外烧烤 ; [34:11.03]barman/'ba:mn/ n.酒吧男侍者 beautifully /'bju:tifuli/adv.美丽地 ; [34:19.58]business/'biznis/ n.商业;生意 cleaner/'kli:n/ n.清洁工 ; [34:28.56]colourful/'klful/ adj.彩色的 cook/kuk/vt.烹调 ; [34:36.46]dirty/'d:ti/adj.肮脏的 finish/'fini/ vt.完成 ; [34:45.44]kill/kil/vt.杀害 mean/mi:n/vt.打算;意欲 ; [34:51.80]meant/ment/ (过去式;过去分词) moussaka/mu:'sa:k/ n.茄子肉饼 ; [35:00.13]move/mu:v/ vi.迁移;搬家 offer/'f/vt.提出; 表示愿意 ; [35:08.90]pleasant/'pleznt/ adj.舒适的 pocket/'pkit/ n.口袋 ; [35:18.32]pub/pb/n.(英)小酒店 publican/'pblikn/ n.(英)小酒店老板 ; [35:26.87]pubmanager /'pb,mnid/ n.(英)小酒店经理 ; [35:31.87]quiet/'kwait/ adj.安静的 ; [35:36.96]rough/r/adj.粗暴的 side/said/n.方面 suburb/'sb:b/n.郊区 ; [35:54.06]tough/t/ adj.强横的 train/train/vt. 训练 ; [36:04.14]vicar/'vik/n.(英) 教区牧师 washing-up n.(餐后碗碟)洗涤 ; [36:13.78]well-known /'wel'num/adj.出名的 Proper Nouns ; [36:25.40]Dave/deiv/ (男人名) Ind Coope/'ind'ku:p/ ; [36:36.14]Mags/mgs/(女人名) Marlborough /'ma:lbr/ ; [36:43.14]Munich/'mju:nik/ (德国)墨尼黑(市) ; [36:50.39]Richmond/'ritmnt/ (地名) Swansea/'swnzi/ (英国)斯旺西(市) ; [37:00.69]Wales/weilz/威尔士 ; [37:07.93]TEXT Dave and Mags at the Marborough ; [37:16.70]Nobody could work harder than Dave and Mags. ; [37:21.52]It just isn't possible. ; [37:25.46]Their day starts at seven forty- five when the cleaner arrives. ; [37:32.70]and it finishes at eleven thirty when the evening's washing-up ; [37:37.52]is done.And it's the same seven days a week 365 days a year.Well, ; [37:47.82]that's not quite true. Last year they found ; [37:54.40]the time to take their children away for a short holiday. ; [38:01.20]Dave and Mags run a pub. ; [38:06.90]They never meant to get into the pub business. ; [38:11.94]Dave started as a builder in Swansea,his home town in Wales. ; [38:20.49]But he business went bankrupt ; [38:25.31]On the first January 1977 he took the train to London. ; [38:34.52]"I"ll get a job. He told his wife, Mags,"or I kill myself ", ; [38:44.16]Mags didn't hear from him for three months. ; [38:50.52]During that time,Dave saw the worst side of London. ; [38:59.07]He walked the streets by day. ; [39:03.01]and slept in a poor hotel at night,sharing a room with six other men. ; [39:12.22]But soon he got a job as a barman in a pub.And a few weeks later, ; [39:22.52]Ind Coope,the company that owned the pub, ; [39:26.47]offered to train him as a publican (a pubmanager). ; [39:36.31]When Dave and Mags got their first pub,they had exactly 23p left in their pockets. ; [39:47.51]The people who came to the pub were rough, tough and difficult. So Dave was rough too. ; [39:59.57]He threw out the difficult customers, ; [40:03.51]and slowly changed the pub into a quieter,friendlier place, ; [40:12.28]The company was very pleased, ; [40:16.67]They offered Dave and Mags the Marlborough,a large old pub in Richmond, ; [40:24.56]one of London's most pleasant suburbs.The pub was in a good place, ; [40:32.23]but it needed a lot of work. ; [40:37.05]Mags moved in at four o'clock one afternoon, ; [40:41.65]and moved out again at four-thirty. ; [40:46.26]It was too dirty for a young family to sleep in. ; [40:54.59]Now,five years later, the beautifully clean bar is full of happy customers. ; [41:03.14]Children play in the colourful garden, ; [41:06.65]where the barbecue is always busy.Dave and Mags are well-known in Richmond. ; [41:16.73]People tell them their problem,and ask their advice. ; [41:23.96]"The vicar and I were talking about our jobs the other day. ; [41:28.56]"Dave said."We agreed that they are the same in some ways. ; [41:37.33]"And it's not only Richmond people who've heard of Dave and Mags. ; [41:45.22]"A man came in here the other day,"said Mags,"who had met a friend in Munich. ; [41:52.46]The friend had said to him,'You're going to London,are you? ; [41:58.16]Well,don't forget to go to the Marlborough in Richmond and ask the ; [42:04.08]lady to cook you her moussaka.'" ; [42:09.56]Lesson Seven ; [42:11.56]Words and Expressions ; [42:15.26]academic/,k'demik/ adj.学术的 actually/'ktjuli/ adv.实际上 ; [42:19.64]believe/bi'li:v/ vt.相信 boarding/'b:di/ adj.供膳宿的 ; [42:23.59]boarding school 寄宿学校 ; [42:26.87]businessman /'biznismn/n.商人 (复数businessmen) ; [42:28.63]clever/'klev/ adj.聪明的 ; [42:30.63]comprehensive /,kmpri'hensiv/ adj.综合的 ; [42:33.89]grammar/'grm/ n.语法 grow/gru/ vi.发展;增长 ; [42:37.84]grew/gru:/(过去式) grown/grun/(过去分词) ; [42:42.84]intelligent /in'telidnt/ adj.聪明的 ; [42:45.07]main/mein/adj.主要的 modern/'mdn/ adj.现代的 ; [42:49.45]percent/p'sent/ n.百分之... practical/'prktikn/ adj.实践的;注重实践的 ; [42:54.27]private/'praivit/ adj.私人的 ; [42:56.27]pronunciation /pr,nnsi'ein/ n.发音;语音 ; [42:59.32]result/ri'zlt/n.结果 scientist/'saintist/ n.科学家 ; [43:03.70]secondary/'sekndri/ adj.第二的,中级的 secondary school 中学 ; [43:09.18]social/'sul/ adj.社会的 status/'steits/ n.地位 ; [43:13.56]subject/'sbdikt/ n.学科;科目 system/'sistm/n.系统 ; [43:18.17]unfair/'n'f/ adj.不公平的 ; [43:20.17]upper/'p/ adj.地位较高的 upper class上层阶级 ; [43:24.96]TEXT Secondary School in Britain ; [43:30.88]Before the 1960s there were two main kinds of state secondary schools in Britain:" ; [43:38.99]grammar"schools and "secondary modern" schools. ; [43:45.57]The garmmar schools were for the most inteligent children ; [43:51.27]and the secondary modern schools were for the ; [43:54.12]"less intelligent" children. ; [43:58.72]Many people felt that this system was unfair. ; [44:04.64]During the 1960s and 1970s the government dicided to join the grammar ; [44:11.44]and secondary modern school.The new,bigger schools were called" ; [44:17.79]comprehensives" ; [44:20.64]More than eighty per cent of the state ; [44:23.71]secondary schools in Britain are now comprehensives. ; [44:30.07]Everyone hoped that comprehensive schools ; [44:32.92]would be the answer to the nation's education problems. ; [44:37.52]They hoped that children would do better ; [44:40.59]if they chose from many different subjects. ; [44:44.97]They believed that the not-so-clever would learn more when ; [44:49.58]working with the clever. ; [44:52.43]They thought that a more practical education would give the country better ; [44:57.91]scientists and businessmen. ; [45:00.54]But not everyone was pleased with the results. ; [45:04.48]The new schools brought new problems. ; [45:08.43]They were big and unfriendly. Some schools soon had a bad name. ; [45:16.76]By the beginning of the 1980s many comprehensive schools were doing better. ; [45:24.21]Both students and teachers were used to the new system and were making it work. ; [45:31.23]But the system is still not really fair. ; [45:36.27]In some areas the comprehensive schools can be very good.But in other areas, ; [45:42.84]especially in the city centres,there are still serious problems. ; [45:50.08]As well as the state schools,there are about 500 private schools in Britain. ; [45:57.08]Most of these are boarding schools,where the children actually live in the school. ; [46:04.55]Private schools are very expensive(up to 9,000 a year). ; [46:12.66]some private schools give a very good academic education. Some do not. ; [46:20.55]But nearly all private schools have good social status. ; [46:26.47]The boys and girls who go to ; [46:28.22]them learn to speak with upper-class pronunciation. ; [46:32.83]They make friends with children from families like their own, ; [46:36.77]and they often find it easier to find a job. ; [46:40.72]Many people feel that this is wrong,but the private schools are still growing. ; [46:48.83]Lesson Eight ; [46:51.83]Words and Expressions ; [46:56.28]allow/'lau/vt.允许 announce/'nauns/ vt.宣布 apart/'pa:t/adv.除去 ; [47:06.80]authority/:'riti/ n.权力;权威 blue/blu:/adj.蓝色的 ; [47:13.60]boot/bu:t/ n.[英](汽车的)行李箱 chat/tt/n.闲谈 clinic/'klinik/n.诊所 ; [47:24.78]coolly/'ku:li/ adv.冷静地;冷淡的 ; [47:28.50]elegant/'elignt/ adj.(举止服饰等)优美 雅致; ; [47:31.79]expect/iks'pekt/ vt.期待;盼望 fill/fil/ vt.装满;充满 ; [47:38.81]forward/'f:wd/ adv.向前 grey/grei/adj.灰色的 ; [47:45.16]ground/graund/ n.场地;庭院 knock/nk/ vi.敲;打 ; [47:53.27]lay/lei/vt.放置 laid/leid/ (过去式;过去分词) ; [48:00.73]leather/'le/ n.皮革 meal/mi:l/n.膳食;一餐 ; [48:08.18]obviously/'bvisli/ adv.明显地 ought/:t/v.aux.应该 park/pa:k/vt.停泊(车辆) ; [48:16.29]permission/p'min/ n.允许 ; [48:19.29]pullover/'pul,auv/ n.套衫 ring/ri/vi.打电话 ; [48:27.25]rang/r/(过去式) rung/r/(过去分词) scale/skeil/n.磅秤 ; [48:37.11]secretary/'sekrtri/ n.秘书 sheet/i:t/n.单 shirt/:t/n.衬衣 ; [48:48.29]slim/slim/adj.苗条的 sock/sk/n.短袜 stand/stnd/vi.站立 ; [48:58.16]stood/stud/ (过去式,过去分词) step/step/n.脚步; vi.步行 ; [49:05.17]strip/strip/ vt.剥去(衣服等) suit/sju:t/ (一套)衣服 ; [49:13.28]suitcase/'sju:tkeis/ n.衣箱 trousers/'trauzz/n. (通常用复数形式)裤子 ; [49:21.18]tulip/'tju:lip/ n.郁金香 ; [49:25.18]underclothes /'nd'kuz/ [通常复数形式]内衣裤 ; [49:30.82]vase/va:z/n.花瓶 weigh/wei/ vt.称...的重量 ; [49:38.05]welcome/'welkm/ interj.欢迎 Proper Nouns ; [49:46.16]Bernstein/'b:nstain/ (姓) Coffey/'kfi/(人名) Mercedes/'m:sidi:z/ (汽车牌名) ; [49:55.37]Tony/'tuni/(男人名) Zimmerman/'zimmn/ (姓) ; [50:02.82]TEXT A Special Clinic ; [50:10.06]It was just four o'clock as Tony drove up and parked his Mercedes ; [50:16.85]at the side of the fine,big house. He locked the car, ; [50:24.09]took his leather suitcase from the boot and went in through the front door. ; [50:33.29]A slim,elegant woman, wearing a white coat, ; [50:38.56]stepped forward to meet him."I"m Mrs Zimmerman,"she announced," ; [50:46.45]You must be Mr Coffy.Welcome.We've been expecting you." ; [50:55.22]"Oh,yes.I asked my secretary to ring." Mrs Zimmerman nodded. ; [51:04.86]"I believe this is your first visit to the clinic." ; [51:10.12]She spoke quietly,but with an air of authority. ; [51:16.70]"I'll show you your room and then you'd better come down to my office for a chat." ; [51:26.56]The room was clean and bright and a white vase filled with ; [51:32.92]yellow tulips stood on a table beside the window. ; [51:38.62]Tony took off his blue suit and put on a green shirt, ; [51:46.07]grey trousers and a yellow pullover. ; [51:52.21]Then he went downstairs and knocked at the door of Mrs Zimmerman's office. ; [52:01.42]She looked up from her desk and smiled at him coolly." ; [52:08.87]Please sit down,"she said."We have a few simple rules here and I'd ; [52:16.98]like to go over them with you."Tony nodded ; [52:25.53]"When you get your diet sheet, ; [52:29.04]you must study it carefully and you mustn't eat or ; [52:34.52]drink anything not on that sheet. ; [52:40.22]Also you mustn't eat anything outside the meal ; [52:45.26]times laid down by the clinic. ; [52:49.42]You obviously need to lose quite a lot of weight, ; [52:54.24]so apart from dieting,you ought to try and take as ; [52:59.50]much exercise as possible." ; [53:04.77]"Presumably we aren't allowed to leave the grounds?"asked Tony. ; [53:12.00]"No,you mustn't leave the grounds without permission from myself or Dr Bernstein," ; [53:20.33]replied Mrs Zimmerman. "Now,I want you to strip down to your underclother, ; [53:29.97]I'm going to weigh you...no,you needn't take off you socks... ; [53:37.65]right,stand on the scales,please..." ; [53:44.66]Lesson Nine ; [53:48.66]Words and Expressions ; [53:53.65]awful/':fl/adj.可怕的 calm/ka:m/ adj.镇静的;沉着的 ; [54:00.66]coldly/'kuldli/ adv.冷淡地 ; [54:04.66]detective/di'tektiv/ n.侦探 door/d,d/n.门 ; [54:12.28]enquire/in'kwai/ vi.询问 ; [54:16.28]examine/ig'zmin/ vt.检查 guilty/'gilti/ adj.内疚的 ; [54:23.90]hardly/'ha:dli/ adv.几乎不,简直不 inform/in'f:m/ vt.告诉,通知 ; [54:32.67]inform sb of sth 把某事告诉某人 kitchen/'kitin/n.厨房 lock/lk/n.锁 ; [54:45.60]missing/'misi/ adj.失去的;失踪的 police/p'li:s/n.警察 ; [54:53.27]polite/p'lait/ adj.礼貌的 pot/pt/n.壶 ; [55:00.51]proper/'prp/ adj.适合的;适当的 realise/'rilaiz/ vt.认识到 ; [55:09.50]relax/ri'lks/ vi.松弛,放松 relieve/ri'li:v/ vt.使宽慰 ; [55:18.13]shut/t/ vt.关上;关闭 shut/t/ (过去式;过去分词) ; [55:27.75]straight/streit/ adv.直接地 straight away 立刻;马上 ; [55:38.17]touch/tt/ vt.触摸,碰到 truth/tru:/ n.真相,实际情况 ; [55:46.19]unfortunately /n'f:tnitli/ adv.不幸的 ; [55:50.19]unwelcome/n'welkm/ adj.不受欢迎的;讨厌的 ; [55:55.01]vague/veig/ adj.含糊的,不明确的 wonder/'wnd/ vt.想知道 ; [56:03.02]Proper Nouns Derek/'derik/(男人名) Louise(女人名) Sybil/'sibil/(女人名) ; [56:19.06]TEXT The Unwelcome Visitor ; [56:27.07]Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. ; [56:35.89]The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning ; [56:41.50]was that her kitchen window was open. ; [56:46.31]In fact it was so wide open that she had trouble shutting it. ; [56:55.94]Then she realised that things were not in their proper places. ; [57:03.15]Finally,when she found her empty purse on the kitchen table, ; [57:09.56]she realised the awful truth.At first she did not know what to do. ; [57:17.58]Then she decided to ring her son,Derek. Derek's wife Sybil answered the phone. ; [57:32.01]"It's your mother," she informed him, coldly. ; [57:39.23]Louise told Derek about the open window, ; [57:44.04]about things being in the wrong place ; [57:48.85]and about the money missing from her purse. ; [57:53.66]"All right,"said Derek, "don't touch anything. I'll be round in half an hour." ; [58:05.68]Louise relaxed and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. ; [58:14.50]Then she went from room to room wondering if anything else was missing. ; [58:23.32]When Derek arrived,he was realieved to find her looking so calm. ; [58:32.14]"Have you rung the police?" he enquired. ; [58:36.15]"No?Then I'll do that straight away." ; [58:42.56]So he rang the police. ; [58:47.37]As it was a Sunday,however,the police were polite,but vague. ; [58:55.38]Unfortunately the only detectives on duty were out. ; [59:01.80]"We'll send someone round as soon as possible," they said. ; [59:09.81]Derek telephoned his wife."I'm not sure when I'll be home, love,he told her. ; [59:20.24]"I've got to wait for the police." ; [59:25.05]While Derek and his mother waited, ; [59:28.25]Derek examined the catches on the windows and the locks on the doors. ; [59:36.27]All of them were old and some of the catches hardly worked at all. ; [59:44.29]Derek felt guilty. ; [59:48.30]His mother was an old woman,after all. ; [59:52.30]"I"ll have to change all these," he told her. ;

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