时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


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[00:00.51]3.The Importance of Time


[00:06.28]There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack 1 had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son.


[00:15.10]He was working on his future and nothing could stop him.


[00:19.13]Over the phone his mother told him, “Mr. Belser died last night.


[00:24.15]The funeral is Wednesday.”


[00:25.99]Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel.


[00:29.48]“Jack, did you hear me?”


[00:31.87]“Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It’s been so long since I thought of him.” Jack said.


[00:38.41]“Well, he didn’t forget you.


[00:41.24]Every time I saw him he’d ask how you were doing.


[00:44.18]He’d reminisce about the many days you spent with him,” Mom told him.


[00:48.21]“He spent a lot of time teaching 2 me things he thought were important… Mom, I’ll be there for the funeral,” Jack said.


[00:56.48]Jack kept his word and attended Mr. Belser’s funeral.


[01:00.30]The night before he returned home Jack and his Mom went to see Mr. Belser’s old house one more time.


[01:07.05]Standing in the doorway 3 Jack paused for a moment.


[01:10.86]It was like crossing over into another dimension 4, a leap through space and time.


[01:15.54]Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture...Jack stopped suddenly.


[01:22.95]“What’s wrong, Jack?” his Mom asked.


[01:26.54]“The box is gone,” he said.


[01:29.26]“What box?” Mom asked.


[01:32.09]“There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk.


[01:37.10]I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside.


[01:40.59]All he’d ever tell me was, ‘The thing I value most.’


[01:44.29]Now I’ll never know what was so valuable to him,” Jack said.


[01:48.21]It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died.


[01:51.91]One day Jack discovered a parcel list in his mailbox.


[01:56.26]Early the next day Jack retrieved 5 the package.


[01:59.86]The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention.


[02:04.54]“Mr. Harold Belser,” it read.


[02:07.59]Jack tore it open. There inside was the gold box and an envelope.


[02:12.93]Jack’s hands shook as he read the note inside.


[02:15.76]“Upon my death please forward this box to Jack Bennett.


[02:20.99]It’s the thing I value most in my life.”


[02:23.70]His heart raced as tears filled his eyes.


[02:27.73]Jack carefully unlocked 6 the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.


[02:33.95]He opened the cover. Inside he found these words engraved 7: “Jack, Thanks for your time! — Harold Belser.”


[02:42.82]“The thing he valued most...was...my time.”


[02:48.28]Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days


[02:54.84]…he needed some time to spend with his wife and son.




1 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 teaching
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
3 doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
4 dimension
n.尺寸,长(或宽、深、厚)度;大小,程度
  • A third dimension has been recently added,that of service.最近又提出了第三方面的需求,即服务的需要。
  • Length is one dimension,and breadth is another.长是一种度量,宽又是另一种度量。
5 retrieved
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
6 unlocked
v.开锁( unlock的过去式和过去分词 );开启;揭开;开着,解开
  • Don't leave your desk unlocked. 请不要忘记锁好办公桌。
  • On no account should you leave the door unlocked. 你无论如何也不应该不锁门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 engraved
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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abs t (absolute temperature)
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acute transformation
asset ledger
autohaemotherapy
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Coppock
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divestiture
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Echeneidae
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hardware in loop fuze simulation
health communication intervention
inclined shaft skip
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Irish language
Kenelly, Arthur Edwin
largues
lead stannate
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Mabehiri(Mabouhiri)
malternatives
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mono-cable to-and-fro ropeway
necrosis ustilaginea
Netcaptor
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philadelphus pekinensis var. dasycalyx rehd.
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Východoslovenský Kraj
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