北师大版高中英语模块6--Unit 17 Laughter Lesson3-3

[00:00.00]That unfortuanate gentleman went quickly
[00:03.50]towards the centre of the ice,
[00:05.18]where he hit Bob Sawyer and with a loud crash
[00:07.25]they both fell heavily down.
[00:11.07]After this incident¹,
[00:12.37]some of the people started
[00:13.49]to slide on the ice without skates,
[00:16.08]and Wandle persuaded Mr Pickwick to try it.
[00:19.85]Mr Pickwick took two or three short runs
[00:22.05]and then stopped.
[00:23.88]At last,he took another run and
[00:25.95]went slowly down the slide,
[00:27.87]to the shouts of all the spectators²
[00:29.52]who soon joined in.The sport was at its height,
[00:33.58]When a crack³ was heard.
[00:36.09]A large piece of ice disappeared and
[00:38.79]Mr Pickewick'hat was floating on the surface.
[00:42.09]The males turned pale and the ladies fainted⁴.
[00:45.98]At that very moment a face,head and shoulders
[00:48.65]emerged from beneath the water,
[00:50.40]and after a lot of splashing⁵ and struggling.
[00:52.72]Mr Pickwick was finally rescued
[00:54.50]and stood on dry land.
[00:54.50]

1 incident   

n.附带事件，小事件；事件，事变；adj.易发生的；附属的；入射的

参考例句：

• With the passage of time the incident was forgotten.随着时间的消逝，那个事件被忘却了。
• The incident had left him visibly angry and upset.那起事件显然让他既恼火又心烦。

2 spectators   

n.观众，旁观者( spectator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. 看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了。
• The policemen asked the spectators to stand well back. 警察要求旁观者靠后站。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 crack   

vi.发破裂声；噼啪地响；vt./vi.（使）开裂；破裂；n.裂缝，缝隙；爆裂声，破裂声，劈啪声

参考例句：

• There's a crack in this cup.这个杯子上有个裂缝。
• There's a crack on the underneath of the bowl.碗底有一道裂缝。

4 fainted   

v.晕倒，昏倒( faint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Facer has fainted; this bucket of water should fetch him round. 费塞昏过去了，这桶水可以使他苏醒过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She all but fainted when she heard the news. 听到那消息，她差点晕过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 splashing   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的现在分词 )；（指液体）溅落；击水声

参考例句：

• Water was splashing down from a large hole in the roof. 雨水从房顶上的一个大洞里倾泻下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The children love splashing water over each other. 儿童喜欢互相泼水。 来自《简明英汉词典》