赖世雄学英语第四册 lesson 8(在线收听

  [00:00.00]Lesson  8  Friday and the Thirteenth
  [00:03.10]星期五与十三号
  [00:06.19]Firday the Thirteenth has long been considered extremely unlucky
  [00:15.86]because it has some bad associations
  [00:18.53]长久以来13号的星期五被看作不祥之日,因为在圣经故事,
  [00:21.21]which originaeted from some mythological tales of the Bilbe and other folk customs.
  [00:25.69]其他民间习俗中这一天有一些不好的联想。
  [00:30.17]According to the Bible,the Lord God created the first man,Adam.
  [00:34.00]圣经宣称,上帝创造了第一个男人亚当。
  [00:37.83]Then he took a rib from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman.Eve.
  [00:42.25]然后用亚当的一根肋骨创造了第一个女人夏娃。
  [00:46.68]It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday
  [00:51.96]that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit,and they died on a Friay.too.
  [00:56.69]据说上帝也是在星期五造的亚当, 而亚当我夏娃又是在星期五偷吃了禁果,也是在星期五死去的。
  [01:01.41]Friday was also the common day in English for executing criminals.
  [01:08.57]For this reason it was sometimes known as the Hanging Day.
  [01:11.65]在英格兰,星期五还曾是处决罪犯的日子,正因为如此它被称作“绞刑日”
  [01:14.74]From an old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people
  [01:21.89]sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky.
  [01:24.82]古老的挪威神话使人们相信13个人同桌进餐是不吉利的。
  [01:27.75]And this superstition was confirmed
  [01:32.47]by the Last Supper of Christ and his disciples.
  [01:35.20]这个迷信观念又被基督和他的门徒最后的晚餐进一步证实
  [01:37.93]The Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples.
  [01:45.38]which made up the number 13,at the Last Supper when Judas,
  [01:52.74]one of the 12 disciples,sold his master for thirty pieces of silver.
  [01:56.68]圣经告诉我们当基督的12个门徒之一犹大为了30块银币出卖了他的主时,基督正与他的12个门徒(一共是13人)坐在一起,共进最后的晚餐。
  [02:00.61]Christ was killed by being nailed on the cross the following day.
  [02:07.09]which was also a Friday.
  [02:08.97]第二天,也是个星期五,基督被钉死在十字架上。
  [02:10.85]A Ridiculous Idea
  [02:13.58]荒唐的说法
  [02:16.31]The idea about Friday the Thirteenth is totally ridiculous.
  [02:19.99]13号星期五要倒霉的说法真是荒唐,
  [02:23.67]I don't believe it at all.
  [02:25.55]我才不信呢。
  [02:27.44]Maybe you can't be so sure.
  [02:29.81]你恐怕不能这么肯定吧。
  [02:32.19]Why not?The whole idea is superstitious.
  [02:35.12]为什么不?这整个想法都是迷信的。
  [02:38.04]But some people use this occasion to create trouble.
  [02:41.23]但是有人会利用这个机会制造麻烦。
  [02:44.41]Have you heard of the Black Friday.Virus on the computer?
  [02:47.80]你听说过电脑上的“黑色星期五”病毒吗?
  [02:51.18]It is designed to break out on every Friday the Thirteenth.
  [02:55.01]这个病毒被设计成在每个13号星期五发作。
  [02:58.83]I know that.But that has nothing to do with being unlucky.
  [03:02.22]这我知道。可这与倒不倒霉没关系。
  [03:05.60]Those who created the virus are deliberately making fun of people.
  [03:08.98]这是那些制造病毒的人成心搞恶作剧。
  [03:12.37]A Ridiculous Idea
  [03:17.30]荒唐的说法
  [03:22.24]The idea about Friday the Thirteenth is totally ridiculous.
  [03:25.92]13号星期五要倒霉的说法真是荒唐,
  [03:29.61]I don't believe it at all.
  [03:31.53]我才不信呢。
  [03:33.45]Maybe you can't be so sure.
  [03:35.86]你恐怕不能这么肯定吧。
  [03:38.28]Why not?The whole idea is superstitious.
  [03:41.20]为什么不?这整个想法都是迷信的。
  [03:44.13]But some people use this occasion to create trouble.
  [03:47.32]但是有人会利用这个机会制造麻烦。
  [03:50.50]Have you heard of the Black Friday.Virus on the computer?
  [03:53.89]你听说过电脑上的“黑色星期五”病毒吗?
  [03:57.27]It is designed to break out on every Friday the Thirteenth.
  [04:01.10]这个病毒被设计成在每个13号星期五发作。
  [04:04.92]I know that.But that has nothing to do with being unlucky.
  [04:08.31]这我知道。可这与倒不倒霉没关系。
  [04:11.69]Those who created the virus are deliberately making fun of people.
  [04:23.72]这是那些制造病毒的人成心搞恶作剧。

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