北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit12 Culture Shock Spot3

[00:01.29]Kino was very angry.
[00:03.39]He decided¹ to go to the capital city
[00:05.62]because he knew that the pearl²
[00:06.98]was very valuable.
[00:09.33]But that night someone attacked him
[00:11.52]outside his house.
[00:13.86]Juana said that the pearl was evil³
[00:16.90]and that it was going to destroy them.
[00:19.97]She tried to throw the pearl into the sea,
[00:22.35]but Kino stopped her.
[00:25.03]Soon afterwards, he was attacked
[00:27.14]in the darkness by a group of men.
[00:29.81]He defended himself
[00:30.99]with his knife and killed one of the men.

[00:36.01]Kino and Juana knew
[00:37.69]that they had to get away from the town
[00:39.91]but someone had made a hole in the bottom
[00:41.23]of their canoe⁴,
[00:42.77]so they couldn't go by sea.
[00:45.37]When they went back to their house
[00:47.03]they found it in flames,
[00:52.16]That day, they  hid in Kino's brother's house.
[00:55.75]When night came,
[00:57.57]Juana and Kino started to walk
[00:59.26]towards the mountains.
[01:01.34]They carried the baby with them.
[01:04.07]Kino was still determined⁵
[01:05.37]to sell the pearl and kept making plans
[01:07.61]about the future.During the day,
[01:10.96]they found a place to hide.They were resting
[01:14.62]when they saw that three hunters
[01:16.69]were following them.
[01:18.71]They hid and stayed very quiet
[01:21.52]until the hunters had gone past.
[01:23.96]Then they ran to the mountains.
[01:25.90]

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 pearl   

n.珍珠，珍珠母

参考例句：

• He bought his girlfriend a pearl necklace.他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链。
• The crane and the mother-of-pearl fight to death.鹬蚌相争。

3 evil   

n.邪恶，不幸，罪恶；adj.邪恶的，不幸的，有害的，诽谤的

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• Love of money is the root of all evil.爱钱是邪恶的根源。

4 canoe   

n.独木舟；vi.乘独木舟，划独木舟

参考例句：

• They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
• It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。