北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit32(2)-4

[00:01.80]4 Immortality¹ has been a constant theme
[00:04.43]in futurology.
[00:05.34]Actually, we do now know how to extend life-
[00:08.55]by eating less and exercising more.
[00:10.99]Even so, Californian cryogenics super-
[00:13.97]salesmen have persuaded some people
[00:16.53]to part with vast sums of money on a promise
[00:19.60]that will defrost them when "the time is right"
[00:22.59]But since we haven't yet even perfected
[00:24.57]freezing strawberries,
[00:26.20]these poor deluded² souls may be nothing
[00:28.66]more than mucky puddles³ by 2052.
[00:31.98]As for transport, the reason we aren't
[00:34.47]all buzzing around in our own mini-
[00:36.42]planes has quite a lot to do with the fact
[00:39.01]that nobody thought about what would happen
[00:41.09]when everyone wanted one.
[00:42.88]Were they going to be stacked high
[00:44.35]above our streets,
[00:45.79]stuck in an endless holding pattern
[00:47.92]while we desperately⁴ tried to do our shopping?
[00:49.53]

1 immortality   

n.不死，不朽

参考例句：

• belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
• It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。

2 deluded   

v.欺骗，哄骗( delude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of danger yet. 不要误以为我们已脱离危险。
• She deluded everyone into following her. 她骗得每个人都听信她的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 puddles   

n.水坑， （尤指道路上的）雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
• The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。