最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit13-Part3

[00:00.00]In the meantime, Japan was
[00:02.73]resuming its aggression¹ against China.
[00:05.68]The decade of the 1930’s
[00:07.87]was the era of Fascist² aggression
[00:11.26]throughout the world. Bethune’s
[00:14.00]knowledge of the long history
[00:16.51]of western aggression and 
[00:17.93]exploitation in China made
[00:20.01]him conclude that his
[00:22.97]services were needed there.
[00:25.15]In January 1938, he sailed
[00:29.75]to Mainland China. He stated
[00:32.70]that he refused to condone³
[00:34.78](or support)wars which greedy men
[00:38.28]make against others. He went
[00:40.36]on to say that Spain
[00:42.99]and China respectively were parts
[00:45.61]of the same battle (against Fascism).
[00:47.69]The Japanese had chased the Chinese
[00:51.31]into the northwest part
[00:53.38]of the latter’s country.
[00:56.22]Mao Tsedung met Bethune only once,
[00:59.51]but they remained acquaintances
[01:01.59]by correspondence.Bethune almost
[01:06.73]immediately set out for
[01:08.26]the hazardous⁴ surroundings
[01:10.34]of the mountain ranges of Yenan.
[01:13.19]In the company of
[01:15.59]the Eighth Route Army,
[01:17.12]Bethune practiced his profession
[01:19.09]as best as he could.
[01:21.28]There were no mobile units
[01:23.58]and there was a desperate need
[01:25.87]to recruit medical trainees⁵
[01:27.84]and convey his knowledge
[01:30.36]and skills to meet the needs
[01:32.33]of the soldiers. Consequently,
[01:34.73]there was an urgent requirement
[01:38.02]for illustrated⁶ medical manuals.
[01:40.53]Both soldiers and peasants
[01:45.13]required a good deal
[01:46.55]of medical attention. Again,
[01:48.96]under very trying conditions,
[01:51.48]and with a lot of nerve, 
[01:53.55]determination and courage,Bethune
[01:55.85]and his crew of Chinese assistants
[01:59.25] were eventually able to
[02:01.43]establish and coordinate⁷ over
[02:03.62]twenty medical and nursing
[02:05.81]teaching hospitals. Because of 
[02:08.98]shortages of personnel and
[02:11.61]other difficulties, Bethune himself
[02:14.23]routinely operated for days
[02:16.53]without reasonable breaks.
[02:19.04]In one period, he worked 
[02:21.35]continually for sixty nine hours
[02:23.53]on a total of one hundred
[02:26.04]and fifteen patients. His ability
[02:29.98]to endure such hard conditions
[02:32.17]and retain his sanity⁸
[02:34.69]was little short of a miracle.
[02:37.76]It was under these conditions
[02:40.38]that his own life
[02:42.13]became abruptly⁹ doomed¹⁰.
[02:43.99]In October of 1939,
[02:46.83]possibly suffering from extreme fatigue¹¹,
[02:50.34]he accidentally cut his left hand
[02:53.80]with the blade of his scalpel.
[02:56.31]Without proper medical supplies
[02:58.83]and with germs everywhere,
[03:00.91]his hand became infected
[03:02.99]and blood  poisoning(a disease
[03:05.51]called septicemia)spread.
[03:08.02]He died on November 12, 1939

1 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

2 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。

3 condone   

v.宽恕；原谅

参考例句：

• I cannot condone the use of violence.我不能宽恕使用暴力的行为。
• I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.我绝不允许任何导致战争的行为。

4 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

5 trainees   

新兵( trainee的名词复数 )； 练习生； 接受训练的人； 训练中的动物

参考例句：

• We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
• The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

6 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

7 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

8 sanity   

n.心智健全，神智正常，判断正确

参考例句：

• I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。

9 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

10 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

11 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。