自考英语综合一下册课文 lesson 8

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[00:02.61]The Great Idea of Mr.Budd(II)
[00:08.36]Mr.Budd finished drying the man's head and began to comb the hair which nature had never
[00:15.02]never made such a deep red.
[00:18.68]'Be as quick as you can,won't you?"
[00:22.23]said the man pleasantly,but a little impatiently¹.
[00:26.91]"It's getting late.I'm afraid that I'll keep you late."
[00:31.35]"Not at all,sir,"said Mr.Budd."It doesn't matter in the least."
[00:36.21]No if he tried to rush out of the door,
[00:40.36]this terrible man would jump on him,
[00:43.83]drag him back and break his head open as he had done t his aunt.
[00:48.98]But Mr.Budd was certainly in a position of advantage.
[00:53.73]A determined² man would be out in the street
[00:57.57]before the man could get out of the chair.
[01:01.73]Mr.Budd began to move round cautiously³ towards the door.
[01:06.69]"What's the matter?"said the man.
[01:10.24]"I was just going outside to look at the time,sir,"said Mr.Budd,pausing obediently⁴
[01:16.62]"It's twenty-five minutes past eight,"said the man."
[01:21.35]I'll pay extra for keeping you late."
[01:25.11]"Certainly not,sir,"said Mr.Budd.It was too late now.
[01:30.75]He couldn't make another attempt.
[01:34.22]Was it really too late?He could take a razor,
[01:39.47]go up quietly behind the unsuspecting man and say in a firm,loud voice:
[01:45.72]"William Strickland,put up your hands.
[01:50.08]Your life is in my hands.Stand up until I take your gun away.
[01:55.96]Now walk straight out to the nearest policeman.
[02:00.22]But Mr.Budd couldn't seriously believe that the attempt would succeed.
[02:05.54]If he held the razor to the man's throat and said,"Put up your hands."
[02:11.11]the man would probably seize him by the wrist and take the razor away.
[02:16.46]Mr.Budd told himself that he didn't have to arrest the man."
[02:21.79]Information which results in the arrest"those were the words.
[02:27.54]It was at this moment that Mr.Budd had his Great Idea.
[02:32.40]As he fetched a bottle from the glass fronted case,
[02:36.76]he remembered with great clearness,
[02:40.52]an old wooden paper knife that had belonged to his mother.
[02:45.49]On the handle had been painted the words"Knowledge is Power."
[02:50.81]Mr.Budd experienced⁵ a strange feeling of freedom and confidence.
[02:56.09]He made light conversation as he skilfully⁶ dyed⁸ the man's hair dark brown.
[03:01.97]The streets were less crowded when Mr.Budd let him out.
[03:06.23]He watched the tall figure cross the square and get onto a bus.
[03:11.37]The man at the police headquarters⁹ didn't take Mr.Budd seriously at first
[03:16.73]when he demanded to see"somebody very important."
[03:21.69]But when the little barber¹⁰ continued so earnestly¹¹ to say that he had information about the Manchester murder
[03:28.85]and that there was no time to waste,he allowed him to pass through.
[03:34.02]Mr.Budd told his story to an important looking officer,
[03:38.88]who listened very politely and made him repeat the bits about the tooth
[03:44.63]which was filled with gold,
[03:47.79]the thumbnail and the hair which had been black before it was grey or red
[03:51.89]and which was now dark brown.
[03:55.44]He crushed¹² his soft hat into a ball as he leaned across the table
[04:00.80]and explained the Great Idea that he had had.
[04:04.95]"Tzee--z-z-z--tzee-z-z---tzee---z-z---."
[04:09.00]The message flashed to ships all round the coast of Britain,
[04:13.73]to harbours and police centres in England,France,Holland,Germany,
[04:19.19]Denmark and Norway,
[04:22.24]and the people in them heard,with laughter and excitement,
[04:27.00]the story of Mr.Budd's Great Idea.
[04:31.07]The Miranda reached Ostend at 7 a.m.
[04:35.62]A man burst into the cabin¹³ where the radio officer was just finishing his work
[04:41.36]"Here!"he cried,"you're to send this message.
[04:46.22]Something's happening,and the Captain's sent for the police."
[04:49.31]The officer turned to his radio.
[04:52.75]A message started on its way to the English police.
[04:57.61]"Man described by police is on board.

　　[05:01.37]Has locked himself in cabin and refuses to come out.
[05:05.92]Is demanding that a hairdresser be see to him.
[05:10.07]We have been in touch with Ostend police.Waiting for orders."
[05:15.22]The captain,with five sailors,went to first class cabin number 36.
[05:21.57]The passenger inside could be heard walking up and down the narrow cabin,
[05:26.92]moving things and knocking them over.
[05:30.68]Soon,six Belgian policemen arrived.
[05:35.05]"Are you ready?""Yes."The captain knocked at the door.
[05:40.32]"Who is it?"cried a hard,sharp voice.
[05:44.97]"The hairdresser that you sent for is here,sir."
[05:49.02]"Ah!"The voice was full of relief."
[05:53.59]Send him in alone,please,II have had an accident.""Yes,sir."
[06:00.44]At the sound of the lock being turned,the captain stepped forward.
[06:05.61]The door opened a little and was quickly pushed to again,
[06:10.16]but the captain had stuck his boot between it and the doorpost.
[06:15.33]The policemen rushed forward.
[06:18.57]There was a shout and a shot,which went harmlessly¹⁴ through the window,
[06:23.61]and the passenger was brought out.
[06:27.27]"Good heavens!"shouted the cabin boy."He's gone green in the night."Green!
[06:34.14]Mr.Budd had not wasted the years which he had spent studying the behaviour of dyes¹⁵
[06:39.99]"Knowledge is Power."
[06:43.15]The knowledge of Mr.Budd had given him the power to put a mark on his man
[06:48.61] which made him different from every other person in the world.
[06:53.26]A murderer¹⁶ could hide himself nowhere
[06:57.23]when every hair on his head was bright green.
[07:01.17]Mr.Budd got his five hundred pounds.
[07:05.33]The Evening Messenger¹⁷ printed the full story of his Great Idea.
[07:10.37]But Mr.Budd was afraid.Surely no one would ever come to him again.
[07:16.22]The next morning a large blue car stopped outside his door.
[07:21.29]A lady,wearing many jewels and an expensive fur coat,
[07:26.15]walked into the little shop.
[07:29.67]"You are the great Mr.Budd?You're wonderful.
[07:34.82]And now,dear Mr.Budd,you must do me a favour.
[07:39.68]You must dye⁷ my hair green,at once.
[07:44.12]Now,I want to be able to say that I'm the first to be done by you.
[07:50.00]I'm the Duchess of Winchester and Lady Melcaster is following me down the street
[07:56.24]because she wants to be the first!"

1 impatiently   

adv.不耐烦地

参考例句：

• Impatiently he cut short what I was telling him. 他不耐烦地打断了我的话。
• The children wait impatiently for the vacation.孩子们焦急地等待着假期的来临。

2 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。

3 cautiously   

adv.小心地，谨慎地；小心翼翼；翼翼

参考例句：

• She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door. 她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 obediently   

adv.服从地，顺从地，忠顺地

参考例句：

• The dog followed obediently at her heels. 那只狗听话地跟在她身后。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

6 skilfully   

adv. (美skillfully)熟练地

参考例句：

• Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative. 霍尔巧妙地把历史研究揉进了扣人心弦的故事叙述。
• Enthusiasm alone won't do. You've got to work skilfully. 不能光靠傻劲儿，得找窍门。

7 dye   

n.染料，染色；v.染，染色

参考例句：

• Black will dye over other colours.黑色能把大多数其他颜色盖住。
• This material does not dye well.这料子染不好。

8 dyed   

给…上色，着色( dye的过去式和过去分词 )； 能染上颜色

参考例句：

• She dyed her hair blonde. 她把头发染成了金黄色。
• He'd dyed his hair, which was almost unheard-of in the 1960s. 他染了头发，这在20世纪60年代是罕见的事。

9 headquarters   

n.司令部，指挥部；总部，总店

参考例句：

• Several great guns from the headquarters are coming to see us today.总部的几个大人物今天要来看我们。
• The bank has its headquarters in Pairs.这家银行的总行在巴黎。

10 barber   

n.理发员，美容师

参考例句：

• She asked the barber to crop her hair short.她叫理发师把她的头发剪短了。
• My Mum took me to the barber's.我妈带我理发去了。

11 earnestly   

adv．认真地

参考例句：

• The boy earnestly asked that his application be granted. 那孩子热切地要求批准他的申请。
• I earnestly wish I could have been present at the meeting yesterday. 我倒真愿意能参加昨天的会议。

12 crushed   

a.压碎的，倒碎的

参考例句：

• The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
• The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。

13 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。

14 harmlessly   

adv.无害地，无恶意地

参考例句：

• The shot went harmlessly past. 子弹从旁边飞过，没有造成伤害。 来自辞典例句
• Thousands of meteorites penetrate Earth's atmosphere and fall harmlessly to the ground each year. 每年，几千块陨石穿过地球大气，掉到地面上，并不会造成什么伤害。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

15 dyes   

染料，染色( dye的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This cloth dyes easily [quickly; readily]. 这种布好染。
• This material dyes easily. 这种材料容易上色。

16 murderer   

n.杀人犯，凶手

参考例句：

• How long should a murderer be kept in prison?犯了谋杀罪的人应在监狱关多少年？
• They discovered the murderer to have run away.他们发现凶手已逃之夭夭。

17 messenger   

n.报信者，先驱

参考例句：

• By the time the messenger reached him,the damage had been done.送信人赶到他那儿时，损失已经造成了。
• I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.我会派专人把文件送去。