电视英语口语教材 26
[00:00.00]Lesson 26
[00:00.93]第二十六课
[00:01.85]THE GOLDEN TOUCH
[00:03.17]点金术
[00:04.49]Long,long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas.
[00:07.93]很久很久以前,希腊有个国王,名叫迈达斯。
[00:11.36]He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything else in the world.
[00:14.80]他是个贪婪的人,喜欢金子胜过世界上任何东西。
[00:18.23]One day he asked the gods to give him still more gold.
[00:20.58]一天,他要求众神给他更多的金子。
[00:22.94]The gods decided to punish him and said:\"Very well;in the morning everything that you touch will become gold.\"
[00:26.81]众神决定惩罚他,就说,“好的,明天一早,你摸到的任何东西都会变成金子。”
[00:30.69]Midas was overjoyed when he heard this.\"I shall be the richest man in the world,\"he said to himself.
[00:33.93]迈达斯听到这话,高兴极了。“我要成为世界上最富有的人,”他自言自语地说。
[00:37.17]He got up early next morning.When he touched his bed,it turned to gold.
[00:40.16]第二天一大早他就起床了。他一摸床,床就变成了金子;
[00:43.15]He began to dress,and his clothes became gold.Midas was delighted.
[00:45.70]他一穿衣服,衣服也变成了金子。迈达斯心里乐开了花。
[00:48.25]Midas loved flowers and kept a beautiful garden.He went into the garden to look at his flowers.
[00:52.17]迈达斯喜欢花,他有一座美丽的花园,他走进花园去赏花。
[00:56.08]The day was fine,the sun was bright and the roses were lovely.The king picked one of them,but it turned to gold in his hand.
[01:01.92]这天天气晴朗,阳光明媚,玫瑰花香醉人。他摘了一朵,但花儿在他手里变成了金子。
[01:07.76]He picked another,and the same thing happened.He was sorry that the flowers changed as soon as he touched them,for he loved their rich colours.
[01:13.59]他又摘下一朵,也变成了金子。他一碰花,花就变成金子,这使他很难过,因为他喜爱花朵鲜艳的色彩。
[01:19.41]The king went to have his breakfast.He took a cup of milk,but it immediately turned to gold.
[01:22.94]国王去吃早餐,他端起一杯牛奶,牛奶立刻凝结成一块金子。
[01:26.47]Then he took a piece of bread,and that also changed into gold.Midas now began to feel unhappy.
[01:31.02]接着,他拿起一块面包,面包也变成了金子。迈达斯开始感到不高兴了。
[01:35.58]It was good to be the richest man in the world,but he was hungry,and he could not eat or drink gold.
[01:39.46]做世界上最富有的人固然好,但是他饿呀,他不能吃金子喝金子呀!
[01:43.34]Midas went out into the garden again.His little daughter was there.
[01:46.33]迈达斯走出宫殿,又来到了花园。
[01:49.32]When she saw her father,she ran up to him.King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly.
[01:54.13]他的小女儿正在那儿。女儿一见到他,就跑到他眼前。迈达斯国王非常喜爱他的女儿,便亲切地吻她,
[01:58.94]Then and there she turned into a golden statue.
[02:01.18]一刹那间,他女儿变成了一座金塑像。
[02:03.43]Midas was now very unhappy.He went into his palace.His eyes filled with tears,and he begged the gods to take away the Golden Touch.
[02:08.88]迈达斯这时非常伤心。他走进宫去,两眼噙满了泪水。他乞求众神除去他的点金术。
[02:14.32]\"I was very foolish to love gold so much,\"he said.\"Take all my gold and give me back my daughter.\"
[02:17.95]“我真是太傻了,这么贪爱金子,”他说。“把金子都拿去吧,把女儿还给我。”
[02:21.58]\"Go,\" said the gods,\"and wash your hands in the river near your garden,and the water will take away the Golden Touch.\"
[02:26.19]“到你花园旁边的那条河去,”众神说,“洗一洗手,河水就会把点金术除掉。”
[02:30.80]Midas went to the river and washed his hands.Then he ran quickly to the golden statue of his little girl.
[02:34.93]迈达斯走到河边洗了双手。然后,赶快朝变成金塑像的小女儿跑去。
[02:39.06]He kissed her again and she changed back into his pretty little daughter.
[02:41.66]他又亲吻了她一下,他美丽的小女儿就变回来了。
[02:44.26]Midas never forgot this lesson.He knew now that gold did not bring happiness.
[02:47.54]迈达斯一直没有忘记这次教训。现在他懂得了,金子并不能带来幸福。
[02:50.81]GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS
[02:53.95]Customs officer:May I see your passport,disembarkation card and customs forms?
[02:59.64]Wang:Yes,here they are.
[03:01.89]Officer:Anything dutiable?
[03:03.93]Wang:Well,I’ve brought with me two bottles of Chinese liquor and a carton of cigarettes.
[03:09.62]Officer:That’s Ok.Please open the suitcase.What’s in this container?
[03:15.00]Wang:Oh,some Chinese medicine for my stomach trouble.
[03:19.11]Officer:All right.You may close it now.
[03:21.53]Wang:Am I through?
[03:23.18]Officer:Yes,you may go.Good luck!
[03:27.39]THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL OF MILK
[03:29.24]挤奶女工和一桶牛奶
[03:31.10]A farmer’s daughter was once carrying her pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse when she began to think and plan.
[03:35.99]一次,农夫的女儿顶着一桶牛奶从地里往农场住宅走,一路上她开始盘算起来。
[03:40.89]\"I will sell this milk,\"she said to herself,\"and with the money I can surely buy there hundred eggs.
[03:45.41]\"我要把这桶牛奶卖了,\"他对自己说,\"卖得的钱一定够我买三百个鸡蛋。
[03:49.93]I will put these eggs under hens,and surely two hundred and fifty of them will hatch.
[03:53.70]把这些鸡蛋拿去给母鸡孵,一定能孵出二百五十只小鸡。
[03:57.48]I will feed these chickens,and make them fat,and I will take them to the market when chichens are dear.
[04:02.00]我会好好喂养,让它们长得肥肥的,等鸡肉价格正贵的时候我就把它们带到集市上卖了。
[04:06.52]I will sell them at the market,and with this money,I will buy a new dress.
[04:09.70]我要用卖得的钱买一条新裙子。
[04:12.89]In this dress,I will go to the fair.I shall look so fine that all the young men will ask me to marry them.
[04:17.16]穿上新裙子去赶庙会,我会显得非常漂亮迷人,所有的小伙子都会向我求婚。
[04:21.43]But I will toss my head,and refuse them all.\"As she said this,she really tossed her head.
[04:25.21]我呢,就摇摇头,一律拒绝。\"说到这儿,农夫的女儿果真晃了晃脑袋。
[04:28.98]Down fell the pail,and the milk spilled all over the ground.That was the end of all her fine plans.
[04:33.31]桶掉了下来,牛奶洒了一地。她的一切美好计划就此了结。
[04:37.63]The moral of this story is:Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
[04:41.16]这个故事告诫我们:小鸡未孵出,千万别点数。
[04:44.68]touch
[04:46.38]接触
[04:48.08]Greece
[04:49.95]希腊
[04:51.81]king
[04:53.17]国王
[04:54.53]Midas
[04:56.44]迈德斯
[04:58.34]gold
[04:59.47]金子
[05:00.59]world
[05:02.45]世界
[05:04.30]punish
[05:05.52]惩罚
[05:06.73]overjoyed
[05:08.19]非常高兴
[05:09.66]turn to
[05:11.90]变成
[05:14.15]delighted
[05:15.47]大喜
[05:16.79]rose
[05:18.50]玫瑰
[05:20.21]pick
[05:21.87]采摘
[05:23.53]happen
[05:24.94]发生
[05:26.35]milk
[05:28.50]牛奶
[05:30.66]immediately
[05:32.32]立刻
[05:33.98]piece
[05:35.33]块,片
[05:36.69]a piece of
[05:38.94]一块
[05:41.19]unhappy
[05:42.70]不快
[05:44.22]hungry
[05:45.43]饥饿的
[05:46.64]drink
[05:47.81]饮
[05:48.97]fond
[05:49.94]喜欢
[05:50.90]be fond of
[05:52.42]喜欢
[05:53.93]kiss
[05:55.54]吻
[05:57.15]tenderly
[05:58.75]深情地
[06:00.36]then and there
[06:02.46]当时当地
[06:04.56]statue
[06:06.13]塑像
[06:07.70]fill
[06:09.16]充满
[06:10.63]tear
[06:11.89]眼泪
[06:13.16]beg
[06:14.87]乞求
[06:16.58]pretty
[06:18.49]漂亮
[06:20.40]happiness
[06:22.30]快乐
[06:24.21]custom
[06:25.53]海关
[06:26.85]officer
[06:28.75]官员
[06:30.66]passport
[06:32.57]护照
[06:34.48]disembarkation
[06:35.95]上岸
[06:37.43]disembarkation card
[06:39.14]入境申报表
[06:40.85]form
[06:41.82]表格
[06:42.78]dutiable
[06:43.91]应纳税的
[06:45.03]liquor
[06:46.30]液
[06:47.56]carton
[06:49.27]箱
[06:50.98]cigarette
[06:52.15]香烟
[06:53.31]suitcase
[06:54.77]箱子
[06:56.24]container
[06:57.59]容器
[06:58.95]stomach
[07:00.47]胃
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