电视英语口语教材 第二十七课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 27

　　[00:01.63]第二十七课
　　[00:03.27]ROBERT BRUCE,KING OF SCOTLAND 1
　　[00:05.66]苏格兰国王罗伯特·布鲁斯
　　[00:08.05]Many centuries ago,Scotland was ruled by a king named Robert Bruce.
　　[00:11.47]许多世纪以前，苏格兰有一位国王，名叫罗伯特·布鲁斯。
　　[00:14.89]He was a wise king and a brave soldier.
　　[00:17.04]他是一位明智的君主，又是一位勇敢的战士。
　　[00:19.20]When the English army invaded 2 Scotland,Bruce took up arms and led his people in the defence 3 of their country.
　　[00:24.35]当英格兰军队侵略苏格兰时，布鲁斯拿起武器领导人民起来保卫自己的国土。
　　[00:29.49]Battle after battle was fought.Six times Bruce led his brave little army against the enemy,and six times his men were beaten.
　　[00:34.93]战斗一场接一场地打开了。布鲁斯带着他那支勇敢的但人数不多的军队六次抗击敌人，但六次都被打败了。
　　[00:40.36]His army was scattered,and he was forced to go into hiding-in the woods or in lonely places in the mountains.
　　[00:45.14]他的军队溃散了，他自己也被迫躲藏起来，有时躲进森林里，有时躲到偏僻的山区。
　　[00:49.92]One rainy day,Bruce lay on the ground in a hut,listening to the sound of the rain on the roof.
　　[00:54.23]一个下雨天，布鲁斯躺在一间茅屋的地上，听着雨打屋顶的声音。
　　[00:58.54]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.
　　[01:04.63]他疲倦而忧郁，不抱什么希望了。他觉得再做任何努力也没用。
　　[01:10.71]As he lay thinking,he saw a spider over his head,trying to spin 4 a web 5.He watched her as she toiled 6 slowly and with great care.
　　[01:17.36]他正躺在地上想着，忽见头上有一只蜘蛛在织网。他看着蜘蛛慢慢地、非常小心地织着网。
　　[01:24.01]Six times she tried to reach the opposite wall to fix her thread,and six times she failed.
　　[01:28.01]它六次试图把吐出的丝接到对面的墙上，六次都失败了。
　　[01:32.00]"Poor thing!"cired Bruce,"You,too,know what it is to fail."
　　[01:34.85]“可怜的小东西，”布鲁斯失声说。“你也尝到了失败是什么滋味。”
　　[01:37.70]But the spider did not lose hope.With still more care,she tried for the seventh time.
　　[01:41.83]但是蜘蛛并没有灰心，它更加小心地试第七次。
　　[01:45.95]Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her swing herself out upon the slender 7 line.
　　[01:50.41]布鲁斯凝视着蜘蛛的身子，它挂在纤细的丝上摆向对面的墙，他几乎忘却了自己的烦恼。
　　[01:54.86]Would she fail again?No!The thread was carried safely from one wall to the other.
　　[01:58.57]这次它会不会又一次失败？不！蜘蛛终于安全地将丝从这一面墙拉到了另一面墙。
　　[02:02.28]"I,too,will try a seventh time!"cried Bruce.He got up and called his men together.
　　[02:06.30]“我也要试第七次，”布鲁斯叫道。他站了起来，把手下人召集在一起。
　　[02:10.32]He told them of his plans,and sent them out with messages of cheer to his disheartened people.
　　[02:14.50]他把自己的计谋告诉大家。叫他们奔赴四方，鼓动陷于绝望的人民。
　　[02:18.68]Soon there was an army of brave Scotsmen gathered around him.Another battle was fought.
　　[02:22.42]不久，在他周围集结了一支英勇的苏格兰士兵。接着，又打了一仗。
　　[02:26.16]This time the Scots won and the English invaders 8 were driven out of Scotland.
　　[02:30.03]这一次，苏格兰人胜利了，英格兰侵略者被赶出了苏格兰。
　　[02:33.91]PHYSICAL TRAINING
　　[02:37.00]A:There goes the bell.It’s time for physical training.Let’s go to the sports ground.
　　[02:44.75]B:What do we do today?
　　[02:47.00]A:We’ll run round the track 9 first.Then we’ll practise the high jump.After that we’ll break into small groups.
　　[02:56.14]We can either play basketball or volleyball.
　　[02:59.30]B:That’s good.Our basketball team is going to play Class Three on Wednesday.We need a lot of practice.
　　[03:07.53]A:Look,they are already lining 10 up there.Let’s run over and join them.
　　[03:14.93]A LACONIC 11 ANSWER
　　[03:16.14]拉科人的回答
　　[03:17.36]There were some people in the southern part of Greece called Spartans 12,who were famous for their simple habits and their bravery.
　　[03:22.55]在希腊南部住着一群斯巴达人，他们以简朴的习俗和骁勇善战著称。
　　[03:27.75]The name of the area in which they lived was Laconia,and so they were also called Lacons.
　　[03:31.63]他们居住的地方叫拉科尼亚，所以他们又被称为拉科人。
　　[03:35.51]One of the strange rules which the Lacons had was that they should speak briefly,and never use more words than were needed.
　　[03:40.33]拉科人有一条奇特的戒律，那就是说话必须简短干脆，绝不多用一个字。
　　[03:45.15]And so a short answer is often spoken of as a laconic answer.
　　[03:48.05]因此简洁的回答通常被称为拉科人的回答。
　　[03:50.95]There was in the northern part of Greece a land called Macedon;and this land was at one time ruled over by a warlike king named Philip.
　　[03:56.67]希腊北部有个地方叫马其顿，一度由一位好战的君王菲利浦统治。
　　[04:02.39]Philip wanted to become the mater of all Greece.
　　[04:04.26]菲利浦梦想成为整个希腊的统治者。
　　[04:06.13]So he raised a great army,and make war upon the other states,until nearly all of them were forced to call him their King.
　　[04:11.23]他为此招募了一支庞大的军队，向其他邦国宣战，直到几乎所有的邦国都被迫向他称臣。
　　[04:16.34]Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia,saying,"If I go down into your country,I will level your great city to the ground."
　　[04:21.51]随后他发了一封信给拉科尼亚的斯巴达人，信中说："如果我踏上你们的国土，我将把你们雄伟的城市夷为平地。"
　　[04:26.68]In a few days,an answer was brought back to him.
　　[04:28.93]几天之后，回信送到了菲利浦手中。
　　[04:31.18]When he opened the letter,he found there was only one word.
　　[04:33.45]他拆开信，只看见一个词。
　　[04:35.72]That word was"IF".
　　[04:37.50]这个词就是"如果"。
　　[04:39.28]Robert Bruce
　　[04:40.82]（人名）
　　[04:42.36]Scotland
　　[04:44.32]苏格兰
　　[04:46.28]century
　　[04:48.14]世纪
　　[04:50.01]rule
　　[04:51.50]统治
　　[04:52.99]named
　　[04:54.44]名叫
　　[04:55.89]wise
　　[04:57.05]聪明
　　[04:58.21]brave
　　[05:00.26]勇敢的
　　[05:02.32]soldier
　　[05:03.76]军人
　　[05:05.21]invade
　　[05:06.38]入侵
　　[05:07.54]arms
　　[05:09.22]武器
　　[05:10.91]defence
　　[05:12.25]保卫
　　[05:13.60]in defence of
　　[05:15.38]保卫
　　[05:17.15]against
　　[05:18.97]反对
　　[05:20.78]enemy
　　[05:22.32]敌人
　　[05:23.87]scatter
　　[05:25.83]使散开
　　[05:27.78]force
　　[05:29.65]强迫
　　[05:31.52]wood
　　[05:33.10]树林
　　[05:34.68]lonely
　　[05:36.50]偏僻的
　　[05:38.31]rainy
　　[05:39.62]有雨的
　　[05:40.92]lie
　　[05:42.09]躺着
　　[05:43.25]sound
　　[05:44.37]声音
　　[05:45.50]roof
　　[05:47.55]屋顶
　　[05:49.60]give up
　　[05:51.28]放弃
　　[05:52.97]seem
　　[05:54.31]看起来
　　[05:55.66]use
　　[05:57.05]用处
　　[05:58.45]spider
　　[05:59.99]蜘蛛
　　[06:01.53]spin
　　[06:02.61]纺
　　[06:03.68]web
　　[06:04.98]网
　　[06:06.29]reach
　　[06:07.69]到达
　　[06:09.08]toil
　　[06:10.43]艰苦地劳动
　　[06:11.77]care
　　[06:13.59]关心
　　[06:15.41]with (great) care
　　[06:17.60]小心地
　　[06:19.79]opposite
　　[06:21.24]相反的
　　[06:22.69]fix
　　[06:24.24]系牢
　　[06:25.78]thread
　　[06:27.50]丝，线
　　[06:29.22]fail
　　[06:31.09]失败
　　[06:32.96]poor
　　[06:34.45]可怜的
　　[06:35.94]lose
　　[06:37.66]失掉
　　[06:39.39]hope
　　[06:41.40]希望
　　[06:43.41]almost
　　[06:45.04]几乎
　　[06:46.67]own
　　[06:48.31]自己的
　　[06:49.94]trouble
　　[06:52.04]烦恼
　　[06:54.15]swing
　　[06:55.40]摆动
　　[06:56.65]slender
　　[06:58.76]纤细的
　　[07:00.86]line
　　[07:02.67]线
　　[07:04.49]safely
　　[07:06.50]安全地
　　[07:08.51]call
　　[07:10.20]召集
　　[07:11.88]send
　　[07:13.46]送
　　[07:15.04]message
　　[07:16.62]信息
　　[07:18.20]cheer
　　[07:20.02]鼓舞
　　[07:21.84]disheartened
　　[07:23.65]灰心
　　[07:25.47]Scotsman
　　[07:27.19]苏格兰人
　　[07:28.91]gather
　　[07:30.64]聚集
　　[07:32.36]win
　　[07:34.18]战胜
　　[07:35.99]invader
　　[07:37.34]侵略者
　　[07:38.68]drive
　　[07:40.17]驱逐
　　[07:41.66]training
　　[07:43.29]训练
　　[07:44.93]physical training
　　[07:46.65]体育
　　[07:48.38]sports ground
　　[07:50.19]操场
　　[07:52.01]high
　　[07:52.93]高的
　　[07:53.86]jump
　　[07:55.55]跳跃
　　[07:57.23]either...or
　　[07:59.28]或…或…
　　[08:01.33]break
　　[08:02.49]打破
　　[08:03.66]break into groups
　　[08:05.00]分为小组
　　[08:06.35]volleyball
　　[08:08.22]排球
　　[08:10.08]to play Class Three
　　[08:12.19]与第三班比赛
　　[08:14.29]line (up)
　　[08:15.63]排成一行