电视英语口语教材 31
[00:00.00]Lesson 31
[00:01.54]第三十一课
[00:03.08]CHALLENGES
[00:04.48]挑战
[00:05.88]Human beings enjoy challenges.Many of them like physical challenges.
[00:09.10]人类愿意接受挑战。很多人喜爱体力上的挑战。
[00:12.33]They ask themselves questions like this:How fast can I run?How high can I climb?How deep can I dive?
[00:16.95]他们自问诸如此类的问题:我能跑多快?我能登多高?我能潜多深?
[00:21.58]How far can I swim?How long can I hold my breath?How much can I lift?How high can I jump?
[00:27.36]我能游多远?我能屏息呆多长时间?我能举起多重的东西?我能跳多高?
[00:33.15]Because people enjoy challenges,they like to play sports and watch other people play sports.
[00:36.74]因为喜欢挑战,他们就喜爱体育运动,喜欢观看他人比赛。
[00:40.33]They like climbing,running,diving,swimming,lifting,jumping,and so on.
[00:45.61]他们喜欢登山,赛跑,潜水,游泳,举重及跳高等。
[00:50.89]Every four years,millions of people all over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics.
[00:55.29]每四年世界上千百万人就欣赏一次被称为奥林匹克的世界性大赛。
[00:59.69]People also enjoy the excitement of climbing mountains or of riding in a boat on a river that is moving very quickly or of racing in a car around a track.
[01:06.30]从登山中、从在湍急的河流里扬帆荡桨中、从竞技的车赛中人们获得刺激。
[01:12.91]Why do people enjoy these challenges?There are probably many reasons.
[01:15.94]人们为什么从挑战中得到乐趣呢?可能有许多原因。
[01:18.97]One is curiosity.Another is the personal feeling of success,of achievement.
[01:22.19]一是好奇,另一个是出于个人的成功感,成就感。
[01:25.42]And nowadays,for some people,it is a business.
[01:27.77]而现在对某些人来说确成了买卖。
[01:30.12]There are challenges that are not physical challenges.There are social and intellectual challenges,too.
[01:33.57]有些挑战并不是针对体力的,还有社会上的和智能方面的。
[01:37.02]Leonardo Da Vinci,who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century,enjoyed every possible challenge.
[01:41.05]里奥纳多·达·芬奇生活在十五世纪的意大利。他喜欢各种可能的挑战。
[01:45.09]He was an artist and painted the well-known picture,the Mona Lisa.
[01:48.03]他是一名艺术家,画出了著名的油画“蒙娜丽莎”。
[01:50.97]He was inventor who invented a device to let people breathe under water.He was a scientist,and he learned a great deal about human anatomy.
[01:56.90]他是一个发明家,他发明了让人在水下呼吸的装置。他是一位科学家,他对人体解剖学也颇有研究。
[02:02.83]Another kind of challenge faced the Egyptians between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago when they decided to build the first Pyramid.
[02:08.47]四千到五千年之前,埃及人建造第一座金字塔时面临着另外一种挑战。
[02:14.11]People are not sure why they built this pyramid,but it must have been important.
[02:17.12]现在人们不能肯定他们建造这一金字塔的原因,但在当时一定是很重要的。
[02:20.12]They used six million tons of rock.Four hundred thousand men worked for twenty years to build it.
[02:24.30]他们共用了六百万吨石头。四十万人花二十年时间建成了这座金字塔。
[02:28.48]So,for thousands of years,people have accepted challenges.Today we still have many challenges before us.
[02:33.13]因此千万年来人们一直在接受着挑战。今天我们面临着许多挑战。
[02:37.78]Medical science faces the challenge of conquering the many diseases which still attack human beings.
[02:41.74]医学界面临着征服侵害人体多种疾病的挑战。
[02:45.69]Engineers and planners must build new cities and new kinds of transportation.
[02:49.22]工程师与设计师必须建设出新型的城市,建造出新型的交通工具。
[02:52.75]Scientists must develop new forms of energy.And many of us are interested in the challenge of space.We live in an age of challenges.
[02:59.71]科学家必须开发出新型能源。我们很多人都对来自太空的挑战深感兴趣。我们生活在一个充满挑战的时代。
[03:06.67]IN THE NEIGHBOUR’S
[03:10.48]Oscar Crane:Oh,good evening,Mrs Rice.What can I do for you?
[03:16.08]Sonia Rice:Didn’t you say you were leaving on another trip in the morning?
[03:20.18]Oscar Crane:Yes,up through Central America.
[03:23.26]Sonia Rice:I just stopped by to remind you to leave a key for me.
[03:27.67]Oscar Crane:Oh,that’s right.I almost forgot about it.It’s very good of you to keep an eye on the house when I’m away.
[03:35.48]A ROSE IS PINK
[03:37.99]What is pink?A rose is pink.
[03:40.89]By the fountain’s brink.
[03:43.11]What is blue?The sky is blue.
[03:46.19]Where the clouds float thro.
[03:48.81]What is white?A swan is white.
[03:52.49]Sailing in the ligh
[03:55.00]What is yellow?Pears are yello
[03:58.58]Rich,ripe and mello
[04:01.19]What is green?The grass is gree
[04:04.48]With small flowers betwee
[04:07.67]What is orange?Why,an orang
[04:11.35]Just an orang
[04:13.86]A TALE FROM INDIA
[04:15.31]印度传说
[04:16.76]Once upon a time an elephant and a monkey had a quarrel.
[04:19.38]从前,一只大象和一只猴子吵起架来。
[04:22.01]The elephant was proud because he was so strong.\"Look how big and strong I am!\"he said.\"I can pull a tree down,can you?\"
[04:28.11]大象对自己的强壮颇为得意。\"瞧瞧我有多粗、多壮!\"他说,\"我能把大树板倒,你行吗?\"
[04:34.21]Now the monkey was proud because he was so quick.\"Look how fast I can run and climb!\"he said.\"Can you climb a tree?\"
[04:38.70]猴子呢,为自己的敏捷感到骄傲。\"瞧瞧我跑得多快,爬得多利索!\"他说,\"你会爬树吗?\"
[04:43.19]At last they went to a wise old owl.\"We cannot agree,\"they said.\"Tell us what you think about it.Which is better-to be strong,or to be quick?\"
[04:49.96]后来他们去找一只聪明的老猫头鹰。\"我们争执不下,\"他们说,\"请告诉我们您是怎么想的,哪个更好--是强壮还是敏捷?\"
[04:56.72]The owl said to them,\"Do just as I tell you,and then I shall find out which is better.Do you see that great fruit tree across the river?Go and pick the fruit and bring it to me.\"
[05:04.12]猫头鹰对他们说:\"按我说的去做吧,我会看出哪个更好。看见河对岸那棵大果树了吗?采些果子来交给我。\"
[05:11.51]So the elephant and the monkey went to the river,but the water was swift and the monkey was afraid.
[05:15.79]大象和猴子来到河边,可是水流很急,猴子害怕了。
[05:20.08]\"Get on my back,\"said the elephant proudly.\"I shall carry you.I am big and strong,and I am not afraid to swim across a swift river.\"
[05:25.13]\"爬到我背上吧,\"大象骄傲地说,\"我把你背过河去。我又粗又状,才不怕水深流急呢。\"
[05:30.19]Soon they got to the other bank.There stood the tree.It was so tall that the fruit hung high above them.
[05:34.71]很快他们就到了对岸,果树高高地立在那儿,果子在他们头顶上方悬挂着。
[05:39.23]The elephant tried to break the tree down,but it was too strong.
[05:42.03]大象试图把树板倒,可是树太结实,板不动;
[05:44.84]He tried to reach the fruit with his trunk,but it was too high.
[05:47.53]他又试着用鼻子去够那些果子,可是果子太高,够不着。
[05:50.22]\"Wait a minute,I can climb,\"said the monkey proudly.
[05:52.55]\"等一等,我会上树,\"猴子骄傲地说。
[05:54.87]He ran quickly up the tree,and threw the rich,ripe fruit to the ground.The elephant put it in his big mouth.
[05:59.69]他很快爬到树上,把那些熟透了的果子往下扔,大象把果子都装进自己的大嘴里。
[06:04.51]Then they crossed the river again,and gave the owl some of the fruit they had picked.
[06:07.28]然后他们又渡过河,把采摘的果子分一些给猫头鹰。
[06:10.05]\"Now,\"they said,\"which is better--to be strong,or to be quick?\"
[06:13.25]\"现在说吧,\"他们说,\"哪个更好----是强壮还是敏捷?\"
[06:16.45]\"Can anyone tell which is better?\"asked the owl.
[06:18.29]\"谁能说出哪个更好吗?\"猫头鹰问。
[06:20.13]\"Neither of you could get the fruit alone.It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it.\"
[06:23.73]\"你俩自个儿谁也摘不到水果。只有大象的强壮和猴子的敏捷加起来才能办得到。\"
[06:27.32]human
[06:29.08]人的
[06:30.84]being
[06:32.54]生命
[06:34.24]enjoy
[06:36.00]喜爱
[06:37.77]challenge
[06:39.24]挑战
[06:40.72]dive
[06:41.97]潜水
[06:43.23]lift
[06:45.72]举起
[06:48.22]international
[06:49.61]国际
[06:51.01]competition
[06:53.14]竞争
[06:55.27]Olympics
[06:57.76]奥林匹克世界运动大会
[07:00.26]million
[07:02.16]百万
[07:04.07]excitement
[07:05.84]兴奋
[07:07.60]ride
[07:09.51]骑
[07:11.41]race
[07:12.89]比赛
[07:14.36]probably
[07:16.27]很可能地
[07:18.18]curiosity
[07:20.53]好奇心
[07:22.88]personal
[07:24.64]个人的
[07:26.41]achievement
[07:28.17]成绩
[07:29.93]intellectual
[07:31.77]智力的
[07:33.62]Leonardo Da Vinci
[07:35.82]利奥纳多·达芬奇
[07:38.03]paint
[07:39.87]画
[07:41.71]Mona Lisa
[07:43.41]蒙娜丽莎
[07:45.11]inventor
[07:47.10]发明者
[07:49.08]device
[07:50.84]装置
[07:52.61]anatomy
[07:54.59]解剖
[07:56.58]Egyptian
[07:58.56]埃及人
[08:00.55]pyramid
[08:03.12]金字塔
[08:05.69]rock
[08:06.95]石头
[08:08.20]accept
[08:09.74]接受
[08:11.28]medical
[08:13.35]医学的
[08:15.41]disease
[08:17.11]疾病
[08:18.81]energy
[08:20.51]能量
[08:22.20]space
[08:23.97]太空
[08:25.73]Sonia Rice
[08:28.23]索尼娅·莱斯
[08:30.72]Oscar Crane
[08:32.93]奥斯伽·克兰
[08:35.13]Central America
[08:37.26]中美洲
[08:39.39]remind
[08:41.60]提醒
[08:43.81]keep an eye on
[08:46.38]照看
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