最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit13-Part4

 

[00:00.00]Dr.Norman Bethune’s stature 

[00:02.95]became even greater in death. 

[00:06.13]The affection of the 

[00:07.98]Chinese people for him swelled¹. 

[00:10.17]Emotions ran high upon 

[00:12.36]the news of his death. 

[00:14.44]His capacity to move people, 

[00:16.85]and his insight into humanity

[00:19.36]was never so evident 

[00:21.66]as during this period. 

[00:23.74]The Chinese people were extremely 

[00:26.26]grateful that such a man 

[00:28.55]had crossed their paths.

[00:30.30]During this solemn time, 

[00:34.13]tributes to Bethune came from 

[00:36.53]many parts of the world. 

[00:38.62]He was described as an activist, 

[00:41.35]a writer,a teacher, 

[00:44.52]an administrator², and above all, 

[00:46.93]a great doctor. Mao said of him, 

[00:50.21]“ ...We must all learn the spirit 

[00:53.27]of absolute selflessness from him. ”

[00:56.45]After a very simple funeral, 

[01:00.28]as he, had requested, 

[01:02.13]Dr. Norman Bethune was buried 

[01:04.54]in the Mausoleum of the Martyrs 

[01:07.61]in Shih Chia Chuang,  

[01:10.45]southeast of Beijing. 

[01:12.75]The Chinese named a medical school 

[01:15.92]and a hospital in his memory. 

[01:18.44]Many other memorials have been 

[01:21.06]erected in his memory over the years.

[01:24.67]One ironic³ tragedy of all 

[01:28.61]of this was that, 

[01:30.69]up until 1973, Dr. Bethune 

[01:33.76]had never received much recognition 

[01:36.82]from his native country of Canada. 

[01:39.55]Furthermore, he was not even 

[01:42.51]acknowledged for his accomplishments, 

[01:44.70]presumably because of 

[01:46.12]his communist connections.

[01:48.08]In 1973, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 

[01:54.98]another Canadian who had spent 

[01:57.71]a good deal of time 

[01:59.13]in China in his earlier years, 

[02:00.88]convinced his Government to 

[02:02.74]purchase the Bethune house in Gravenhurst,

[02:05.59]Ontario, and dedicated⁴ it 

[02:07.78]as“Bethune Memorial House”.

1 swelled   

增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
• After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。

2 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

3 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

4 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。