许国璋英语听力第二册 Lesson 3

　　robert bruce
scotland¹
century
rule
named
wise
brave
soldier
invade²
arms
defence
indefence of
agaist
enemy
scatter³
force
wood
lonely
rainy
lie
sound
roof
give up
seem
use
spider
spin
web
reach
toil⁴
care
with great care
opposite
fix
thread
fail
poor
lose
hope
almost
own
trouble
swing
slender⁵
line
safely
call
send
message
cheer
disheartened
scotsman
gather
win
invader⁶
training
physical training
sports groud
high
jump
either or
break
break into groups
volley ball
to play class three
line up
many centuries ago,scotland was ruled by a king named robert bruce ,he was a wise king and a brave soldier ,when the english army invated scotland ,brune took up arms and led his people in the defence of their country,
battle after battle was fougt ,six times bruce led his brave little army the enemy ,and six times his men were beaten ,his army was scatterd ,and he was forced to go into hiding in the woods or in lonely places in the mountains .
one rainy day,bruce lay on the ground in a hut , listening to the sound of the rain on the roof ,he was tired and sad,and ready to give up all hope ,it seemed to him that it was no use trying to do anything any more,
as he lay thinking ,he saw a spider over his head . trying to spin a web ,he watched her as she toiled⁷ slowly and with great care , six times she tried to reach the opposite wall to fix her thread ,and six times she failed.
poor thing ,cried bruce ,you too ,know what it is to fail

1 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。

2 invade   

v.侵略，侵犯；闯入，侵扰

参考例句：

• I don't want to invade your private life unnecessarily.我不想过多地干涉你的私生活。
• He ordered the army to invade at dawn.他命令军队在拂晓入侵。

3 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

4 toil   

vi.辛劳工作，艰难地行动；n.苦工，难事

参考例句：

• The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
• Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。

5 slender   

adj.苗条的，修长的；微薄的，微弱的

参考例句：

• Everybody of us admired her slender figure.我们人人都羡慕她的苗条身材。
• The girl was pretty and slender.那姑娘长得美丽苗条。

6 invader   

n.侵略者，侵犯者，入侵者

参考例句：

• They suffered a lot under the invader's heel.在侵略者的铁蹄下，他们受尽了奴役。
• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。

7 toiled   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun. 他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little. 他整天劳碌但挣得很少。