北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit12 Culture Shock Spot2

[00:01.72]The doctor and his servant
[00:03.49]also came to the house,
[00:05.12]because they had also heard about the pearl.
[00:08.36]The doctor made Kino
[00:10.33]and Juana afraid about the scorpion¹ sting.
[00:13.73]He gave the baby medicine,
[00:15.45]which he said would save him.
[00:18.66]The doctor looked around the house,
[00:20.58]because he knew that the pearl would be hidden
[00:22.66]somewhere there.

[00:26.03]In the middle of the night,
[00:27.56]while Kino and his family were sleeping,
[00:29.90]Kino suddenly heard a noise.
[00:33.11]Someone was trying to get the pearl.
[00:36.69]In the darkness, Kino jumped up
[00:38.89]with his knife but someone hit him
[00:40.94]on the head and ran away.
[00:45.31]The next morning he took the pearl
[00:47.44]to the pearl dealers² in the main square
[00:49.18]of the town.There were many dealers
[00:52.39]but they all worked for one man
[00:54.58]and they always gave the divers³
[00:56.33]the lowest possible price for their pearls.
[00:59.72]Kino went to different dealers
[01:02.04]but they all said that the pearl
[01:03.47]was too big and ugly
[01:05.39]and that it wasn't worth more than 1,500 pesos.
[01:08.95]

1 scorpion   

n.蝎子，心黑的人，蝎子鞭

参考例句：

• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。

2 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

3 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。