电视英语口语教材 第二十九课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 29

　　[00:01.46]第二十九课

　　[00:02.93]A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

　　[00:04.22]一位中学教师

　　[00:05.51]Mrs. Cox teacher English in a high school in San Francisco,a big city on the West Coast of the United States.

　　[00:10.54]科克斯夫人在旧金山（美国西海岸大城市）的一所中学里教英语。

　　[00:15.57]She had wanted to become a teacher when she was young.She has taught eight years now and always enjoyed her work.

　　[00:20.74]她从小就想当一名教师。现在她已教了八年书，始终热爱自己的工作。

　　[00:25.91]A school day at Mrs. Cox’s high school is divided into six periods of one hour each.

　　[00:29.45]科克斯夫人所在的学校，一天六节课，每节课一小时，

　　[00:32.99]Mrs. Cox teachers five of these six periods.During her "free" period from 2 to 3 p.m.,Mrs. Cox has to meet with parents,

　　[00:38.62]她一天教五节课。下午二点到三点是她的“空闲”时间，她在这段时间里会见家长，

　　[00:44.25]order supplies,make out examinations,check assignments,and take care of many other things.

　　[00:48.63]定购教学用品，出考试题，批改作业，还要料理许多杂事。

　　[00:53.00]So Mrs. Cox works¹ steadily² from the time she arrives at school in the morning until she leaves for home late in the afternoon,and her "free" period isn’t really free at all.

　　[01:00.11]实际上，科克斯夫人从早上一到校就不停地工作，一直到下午很晚离开学校为止，她的“空闲”时间实在一点也不空闲。

　　[01:07.21]An English teacher usually divides her time among three subjects:language(grammar,punctuation,spelling,etc.),composition,and literature.

　　[01:13.86]英语教师一般都分三种课程来安排时间，即语言（语法、标点符号、拼写等），作文和文学。

　　[01:20.51]Mrs. Cox’s favourite subject is literature,and her most exciting classes are those on the literature of Black Americans.

　　[01:24.87]科克斯夫人特别喜爱文学课，她讲的最富有激情的课就是美国黑人文学，

　　[01:29.23]For Mrs. Cox,like most of the students in her school,is Black.

　　[01:32.02]这是因为科克斯夫人和学校大多数学生一样是黑人。

　　[01:34.80]In her sixth period today,Mrs. Cox taught a poem by a well-known Black writer in the United States.

　　[01:39.06]今天第六节课，科克斯夫人讲一位著名黑人作家写的一首诗刊。

　　[01:43.31]She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud.

　　[01:46.04]她把这首诗写在黑板上，大声朗诵。

　　[01:48.77]No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students’ questions began pouring in.

　　[01:52.24]她刚朗诵完，学生们就接连不断地提问题。

　　[01:55.70]One boy said the poem was heartbreakingly sad.

　　[01:57.75]一个男生说，这首诗真令人伤心。

　　[01:59.80]Another student,a girl,said she had read a book by the same writer,but she wasn’t able to enjoy it as much as her mother did,and she didn’t know why.

　　[02:05.79]一个女生说，她读过这位作家写的一本书，但不像她母亲那样喜欢它，不知道为什么。

　　[02:11.79]A third,a keen³ viewer of TV theatre,recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play.

　　[02:16.57]第三个学生是电视剧的热心观众，他记起了最近有一出剧就是用这首诗中的一句话作为剧名。

　　[02:21.35]As she answered the questions,Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem.

　　[02:25.18]科克斯夫人回答了学生的问题，力求使他们把每一行诗都弄懂。

　　[02:29.00]She asked them to discuss if the poem contained any message.

　　[02:31.41]她要学生讨论这首诗是否有什么信息传达给读者，

　　[02:33.81]The discussion⁴ became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang.

　　[02:37.02]讨论十分活跃，下课铃响了，大家还不愿停下来。

　　[02:40.24]Some said there was no message,some said there was,some said it didn’t really matter,and the class ended at that.

　　[02:46.02]有的学生说这首诗没有信息，有的说有，又有的学生说有没有无关紧要。这节课就这样结束了。

　　[02:51.81]As she drove home,Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left.

　　[02:54.39]科克斯夫人在驱车回家的路上想着她刚上完的这节课。

　　[02:56.98]Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished⁵ as a teacher.

　　[02:59.66]今天她完成了一个教师该完成的任务，她可以感到满意了，

　　[03:02.33]Not one of her students looked bored.Every one of them seemed interested in the poem.

　　[03:05.43]没有一个学生显得厌烦，每个学生都对这首诗感兴趣。

　　[03:08.53]Once they started to talk,they forgot about the time.

　　[03:10.62]他们谈论起来，就忘记了时间。

　　[03:12.71]She did not have to make them learn;she only had to answer their questions and to guide the discussion.

　　[03:16.38]她没有向学生灌输，她只是回答学生的问题，引导讨论。

　　[03:20.05]This,she thought to herself,is what teaching⁶ is all about!

　　[03:22.45]这就是教育的真正目的吧，她想。

　　[03:24.85]A PHONE CALL

　　[03:28.09]A:4372811.

　　[03:31.17]B:Hello,is that Nick?

　　[03:33.24]A:Yes,speaking.

　　[03:35.17]B:Oh,hello.This is Kate.It’s about our meeting with Mr Jones.

　　[03:40.76]A:I think he’s really going to help us a lot.Are you free on Saturday morning to meet him?

　　[03:47.50]B:No,sorry.I’m going to see my bank manager.

　　[03:51.31]A:Oh,dear.What about Friday morning?

　　[03:55.13]B:Yes,Friday is fine.What time?

　　[03:58.94]A:Half past seven.

　　[04:00.56]B:Half past seven.Right.See you then.Bye.

　　[04:04.09]A:Bye.

　　[04:07.33]a poem by LiBai

　　[04:09.09]李白诗一首

　　[04:10.85]Before my bed There is bright moonlight

　　[04:13.06]床前明月光

　　[04:15.27]So that it seems Like frost on the ground.

　　[04:17.48]疑是地上霜。

　　[04:19.68]Lifting my head I watch the bright moon.

　　[04:21.89]举头望明月，

　　[04:24.10]Lowering my head I dream that I’m home.

　　[04:26.81]低头思故乡。

　　[04:29.53]RISE LIKE LIONS

　　[04:32.48]Rise like Lions after slumber⁷

　　[04:35.72]In unvanquishable number-

　　[04:38.07]Shake your chains to earth like dew⁸

　　[04:41.47]Which in sleep had fallen on you-

　　[04:45.00]You are many-they are few.

　　[04:49.12]THE SELFISH GIANT

　　[04:50.16]自私的巨人

　　[04:51.19]One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music.

　　[04:54.41]一天早晨，巨人醒来躺在床上，听到一阵美妙的音乐。

　　[04:57.64]It was a little bird singing outside his window.The north wind had stopped.

　　[05:00.94]原来是一只小鸟在窗外唱歌。北风停止了呼啸。

　　[05:04.25]A sweet perfume⁹ came to him through the open window.

　　[05:06.09]透过敞开的窗户一股芬芳的香味扑面而来。

　　[05:07.93]"I believe spring has come at last,"said the Giant.He jumped out of bed and looked out of the window.

　　[05:12.23]"我想春天终于来了，"巨人说，他跳下床，朝窗外望去。

　　[05:16.53]And what did he see?He saw a most wonderful picture.

　　[05:19.46]他看见什么了？他看见了一幅最动人的画面。

　　[05:22.40]Through a little hole in the wall the children had entered the garden,and they were sitting on the branches of the trees.

　　[05:26.33]孩子们从围墙的小洞里钻进花园，坐在树枝上。

　　[05:30.27]In every tree there was a little child.

　　[05:32.03]每颗树上都坐着一个小孩。

　　[05:33.79]The trees were so glad to see the children back again that they covered themselves with blossoms¹⁰.

　　[05:36.95]果树看见孩子们回来高兴极了，枝丫间开满鲜花。

　　[05:40.11]The birds were flying about and singing happily,and the flowers were looking through the green grass.

　　[05:43.85]小鸟儿在空中飞翔、快乐地歌唱，小花儿也从绿草丛中探出脑袋。

　　[05:47.59]It was a lovely picture.Only in one corner of the garden it was still winter.

　　[05:51.62]好一幅美丽的画面。只有花园的一个角落里依旧是冬天。

　　[05:55.66]A little boy was standing¹¹ there crying.He was so small that he could not reach the branches of the tree.

　　[05:59.92]一个小男孩正站在那儿哭呢。原来他的个头儿太小够不着树枝。

　　[06:04.17]The poor tree was still covered with frost and snow,and the north wind was blowing above it.

　　[06:07.49]这株可怜的树依旧满身霜雪，北风在树梢上咆哮。

　　[06:10.81]The Giant’s heart was touched as he saw all this.

　　[06:12.79]看到这一幕，巨人的心被打动了。

　　[06:14.78]"How selfish I have been!"he said."Now I know why spring did not want to come here.

　　[06:18.45]"我太自私了，"他想，"现在我才明白为什么春天不肯光顾我的花园。

　　[06:22.12]I will put that poor little boy on the top of that tree,and then I will knock down the wall,and my garden will be the children’s playground for ever."

　　[06:26.94]我要把那个小男孩抱到树上，然后拆除围墙，让我的花园永远成为孩子们的游乐场。."

　　[06:31.76]He was really sorry for what he bad done.So he opened the door softly¹² and went oun into the garden.

　　[06:36.59]巨人非常后悔他从前所做的一切。他轻轻地打开门，走进花园。

　　[06:41.42]But when the children saw him,they were so frightened that they all ran away,and winter again came into the garden.

　　[06:45.25]可是孩子们一见他全都吓跑了，冬天又来到花园。

　　[06:49.08]Only the little boy did not ran away,for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant.

　　[06:53.34]只有那个小男孩没有跑开，因为他的眼里噙满泪珠，看不见巨人的到来。

　　[06:57.59]The Giant came up to him,took him carefully in his arms,and put him on the top of the tree.

　　[07:01.26]巨人走上前，小心地把他抱起，放到树梢上坐着。

　　[07:04.93]At once the tree burst into blossom;the birds came back and began to sing in it,and the little boy put his arms round the Giant’s neck,and killed him.

　　[07:10.50]顷刻间那棵树便绽开了花朵，小鸟儿飞回来了，在树枝间唱歌。小男孩双手搂着巨人的脖子给了他一个亲吻。

　　[07:16.06]When the other children saw this,they were not afraid of the Giant any more.

　　[07:18.86]其他的孩子看到这一切，都不再害怕巨人了。

　　[07:21.65]They came back,and with them came spring.

　　[07:23.64]他们回到花园里，春天也随他们一同返回。

　　[07:25.62]"It is your garden now,little children,"said the Giant.

　　[07:27.75]"孩子们，这座花园是属于你们的，"巨人说着。

　　[07:29.88]He took a great axe¹³ and knocked down the wall.

　　[07:31.42]他抄起一把大斧，把围墙捣毁。

　　[07:32.96]After this the children again came to play in the Giant’s garden every day.

　　[07:36.05]从此以后，孩子们每天都到巨人的花园里玩耍。

　　[07:39.13]Sometimes the Giant played with them.Sometimes he sat in an armchair and watched them play.

　　[07:43.03]巨人有时跟他们一块儿做游戏，有时坐在扶手椅上看孩子们嬉闹。

　　[07:46.94]"I have many beaufiful flowers,"he said,"but the children are the most beaufitul flowers of all."

　　[07:51.26]"我有很多美丽的鲜花，"他说，"但孩子们才是世间最美的花朵。"

　　[07:55.59]Cox

　　[07:56.36]人名

　　[07:57.13]San Francisco

　　[07:59.69]圣弗兰西斯科

　　[08:02.25]city

　　[08:04.08]市

　　[08:05.90]coast

　　[08:07.58]海岸

　　[08:09.25]enjoy

　　[08:11.08]喜爱

　　[08:12.90]period

　　[08:14.79]课时

　　[08:16.67]each

　　[08:18.44]各

　　[08:20.22]meet (with)

　　[08:22.20]会见

　　[08:24.19]supply

　　[08:26.38]供应品

　　[08:28.58]check

　　[08:30.20]检查

　　[08:31.82]assignment

　　[08:33.80]指定的作业

　　[08:35.79]assign

　　[08:37.51]指定

　　[08:39.24]steadily

　　[08:41.38]持续地

　　[08:43.52]punctuation

　　[08:46.08]标点符号

　　[08:48.64]composition

　　[08:50.52]作文

　　[08:52.40]literature

　　[08:54.13]文学

　　[08:55.85]favourite

　　[08:58.31]特别喜爱的

　　[09:00.76]subject

　　[09:02.59]学科

　　[09:04.42]poem

　　[09:06.87]诗

　　[09:09.33]pour

　　[09:11.16]涌来

　　[09:12.99]heartbreaking

　　[09:14.66]令人心碎的

　　[09:16.33]wonder

　　[09:18.42]对…感到奇怪

　　[09:20.51]enjoy

　　[09:23.07]享受…的乐趣

　　[09:25.63]keen

　　[09:27.88]热心的

　　[09:30.12]viewer

　　[09:31.64]观众

　　[09:33.15]view

　　[09:35.35]看

　　[09:37.54]TV-television

　　[09:40.26]电视

　　[09:42.97]theatre

　　[09:44.54]戏剧

　　[09:46.11]TV theatre

　　[09:48.04]电视剧

　　[09:49.98]recognize

　　[09:51.70]认出

　　[09:53.42]title

　　[09:55.36]标题

　　[09:57.29]recent

　　[09:59.12]最近的

　　[10:00.95]contain

　　[10:02.98]包含

　　[10:05.02]lively

　　[10:06.96]生动活泼的

　　[10:08.89]message

　　[10:10.82]启示

　　[10:12.75]accomplish

　　[10:14.69]完成

　　[10:16.62]bored

　　[10:18.76]bore的过去分词

　　[10:20.90]bore

　　[10:22.79]使…感到腻味

　　[10:24.67]once

　　[10:26.39]一旦…（就）

　　[10:28.11]guide

　　[10:30.20]引导

　　[10:32.29]Nick

　　[10:33.91]尼克

　　[10:35.53]Kate

　　[10:37.26]凯特

　　[10:38.98]bank

　　[10:41.02]银行

　　[10:43.06]manager

　　[10:44.47]经理

1 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

4 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

5 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

6 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

7 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

8 dew   

n.露，露水

参考例句：

• His new shoes were wet with dew.他的那双新鞋被露水弄湿了。
• The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders.枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。

9 perfume   

n.香水(料，气)；vt.使充满芳香；洒香水

参考例句：

• The air was heavy with the perfume of the flower.空气中充满了花香。
• Those roses perfume the whole garden.那些玫瑰花使满园飘香。

10 blossoms   

n.（尤指果树的）花( blossom的名词复数 )；花丛，花簇v.（植物）开花( blossom的第三人称单数 )；发展；长成；变得更加健康（或自信、成功）

参考例句：

• It was springtime and the slopes were ablaze with almond blossoms. 时当春季，怒放的扁桃花使那片山坡鲜红似火。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The spring comes and peach blossoms [flowers] are all open. 春天了，桃花都开了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

12 softly   

adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地

参考例句：

• He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
• She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。

13 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。