英语听力：探索发现 2012-07-15 爱尔兰的故事 Story Of Ireland—1

 There is an Ireland shrouded¹ in cliché, of heroes and villains², lost battles and sad songs. Perched on the margins³ of Europe, a claustrophobic island cut off from the world, its people turned in upon themselves, victims of their own ancient hatreds⁴ and of a powerful neighbor. 

 

That is not the Ireland of this journey.  Our earliest writing showed that we looked to worlds beyond the green island. From the patterns of our landscape to the routes of our cities, we were shaped by waves of migration⁵ and invasion. New languages, faiths, cultures came from outside and still do. I will travel to the physical landscape and the ideas and peoples of a story striking because it is so unpredictable. But it's also a journey through other worlds whose history changed Ireland, crossing continents from Europe to America to Africa. The old view which saw the complex history of Ireland solely⁶ within the boundaries of what happened on this island, or simply through the prism of conflict between the British and the Irish, is mistaken, but above all, self-limiting. The real story of Ireland is so much bigger. 

 

I remember walking in this garden of remembrance in 1966 with my father. It was the 50th anniversary of the Rising of 1916 and a great wave of patriotic⁷ sentiments swept the country.

1 shrouded   

v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 )；保密

参考例句：

• The hills were shrouded in mist . 这些小山被笼罩在薄雾之中。
• The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 villains   

n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 )；罪犯；（小说、戏剧等中的）反面人物；淘气鬼

参考例句：

• The impression of villains was inescapable. 留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some villains robbed the widow of the savings. 有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

4 hatreds   

n.仇恨，憎恶( hatred的名词复数 )；厌恶的事

参考例句：

• He had more enimies and hatreds than anyone could easily guess from his thoughtful expression. 从他的思想表达方式难以被人猜透来看，他的敌人和仇家是不会多的。 来自辞典例句
• All the old and recent hatreds come to his mind. 旧恨新仇一起涌上他的心头。 来自互联网

5 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。