时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:语言的力量


英语课
[00:00.00]The Green Banana青香蕉
[00:05.07]My encounter with the green banana started on a steep mountain road in Brazil.
[00:11.31]My ancient jeep was zigzagging 1 when the radiator 2 began to leak.
[00:16.01]I stopped at the next village, where people gathered to look.
[00:19.83]Three fine streams of hot water spouted 3 from holes in the radiator.
[00:24.77]“That’s easy to fix,” a man said.
[00:27.51]He sent a boy running for some green bananas.
[00:30.90]We exchanged pleasantries while I mulled over the green banana.
[00:34.83]Asking questions would seems silly,
[00:37.37]so I remarked on the beauty of the mountain.
[00:39.64]“Do you see that tall one right over there?”
[00:42.17]asked my benefactor 4,
[00:43.82]pointing to a particular tall,
[00:45.79]slender pinnacle 5 of dark rock.
[00:47.66]“That rock marks the center of the world.”
[00:50.82]I looked to see if he were teasing me,
[00:53.24]but his face was serious.
[00:54.97]He in turn inspected me carefully to be sure
[00:57.83]I grasped the significance of his statement.
[01:00.55]The occasion demanded some show of recognition on my part.
[01:04.50]“The center of the world?”
[01:06.79]I repeated,
[01:08.11]trying to convey interest if not complete acceptance.
[01:11.49]He nodded. “The absolute center.”
[01:14.02]At that moment the boy returned with my green bananas.
[01:17.51]The man sliced one in half and pressed the cut end against the radiator.
[01:22.78]The banana melted into a glue against the hot metal,
[01:26.49]plugging the leaks instantly.
[01:28.47]Everyone laughed at my astonishment 6.
[01:31.18]As a product of American higher education,
[01:34.70]I had never paid the slightest attention to the green banana.
[01:38.42]Suddenly on that mountain road, its time and my need had converged 7.
[01:43.44]This chance encounter showed me the special genius of those people,
[01:47.27]and the special potential of the green banana.
[01:50.15]I had been wondering for some time
[01:52.09]about what educators like to call “learning moments”,
[01:55.73]and I now knew I had just experienced two of them at once.
[01:59.33]The importance of the rock marking the center of the world
[02:02.85]took a while to filter through.
[02:04.92]I had initially 8 doubted their claim,
[02:07.64]knowing for a fact that the center was located somewhere in New England.
[02:11.47]After all, my grandfather had come from there.
[02:14.43]But gradually I realized they had a valid 9 belief,
[02:18.05]a universal concept, and I agreed with them.
[02:20.69]We tend to define the center as that special place where we are known,
[02:25.06]where we know others, where things mean much to us,
[02:28.22]and where we ourselves have both identity and meaning:
[02:32.04]family, school, town and local region.


v.弯弯曲曲地走路,曲折地前进( zigzag的现在分词 );盘陀
  • She walked along, zigzagging with her head back. 她回头看着,弯弯扭扭地向前走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We followed the path zigzagging up the steep slope. 我们沿着小径曲曲折折地爬上陡坡。 来自互联网
n.暖气片,散热器
  • The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.管道的两端与暖气片相连接。
  • Top up the radiator before making a long journey.在长途旅行前加满散热器。
adj.装有嘴的v.(指液体)喷出( spout的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地讲;喋喋不休地说;喷水
  • The broken pipe spouted water all over the room. 破裂的水管喷了一屋子的水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The lecturer spouted for hours. 讲师滔滔不绝地讲了几个小时。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n. 恩人,行善的人,捐助人
  • The chieftain of that country is disguised as a benefactor this time. 那个国家的首领这一次伪装出一副施恩者的姿态。
  • The first thing I did, was to recompense my original benefactor, my good old captain. 我所做的第一件事, 就是报答我那最初的恩人, 那位好心的老船长。
n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰
  • Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
  • It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
n.惊奇,惊异
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
v.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点( converge的过去式 );(趋于)相似或相同;人或车辆汇集;聚集
  • Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
  • People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
adj.有确实根据的;有效的;正当的,合法的
  • His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
  • Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗?
学英语单词
a priori economic criteria
about to do something
Acetexa
agonyclite
allocate to
and that's flat
ankle boot
assonantly
bewitchest
bipinnate leaves
Biratnagar
bodystockings
budda head
carrying implement
cement retarder
chiake
competent jurisdiction
cough oneself hoarse
cowedness
dineodymium
dirty jokes
dry sand castings
dual abelian group
Dāsbāri
favoritism
fibrous tunic of eye
first-person singular
fly contact
forage drier
fort jameson (chipata)
Foscavir
Gilsland
hard-facing
has an opportunity to
hemiarch
high-taper
histaspan
Holmskioldia
hot inspection
href
initial core charge
jack-up rig
kandinskies
keratogenesis
kuraridinol
longitudinal bundle
loose blocks
loud sounds
mahmil
mantuamakers
mimic beetle
mizoribine
municipal sewerage engineering
nitride needle
non evidentiary
operation codes
operational diversion
orangelo
pajock
paraesophageal hernia
Pedicularis mayana
personnel selection
Petrobia latens
physbuttocke
plentifulnesses
potassium benzene-diazotate
Prosthogonimus macrorchis
pubgoer
quality car
refreshable program
relative hepatic dullness area
RETROPINNIDAE
sansworth
shortwave frequency
similar covering
single domain
situational correction
slop-dash
sodium stannite
source of pollution
Spanish reef
strandwolf
subsidiary remedy
subtopics
suliopride
Tagged Image File Format
tail aground
term of acceptance
tertiary cavity
Tikhvinka
to vote for
undemonized
veamos
Venture Capital Trust
vetiverol
Viola betonicifolia
webspace
wet clutch
wideband frequency range
wood-parenchyme fibre
ziyads