时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:大学英语精读预备1册


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[00:00.00]Lesson 9   Fortune and the beggar 1

[00:06.91]  One day a beggar was walking along from house to house.

[00:12.22]He carried an old bag in his hand,

[00:16.42]and was asking at every door for a few cents to buy something to eat.

[00:22.51]While he was begging he kept wondering why people who had so much money

[00:28.61]were never satistied but were always wanting more.

[00:34.01]  "Here,"he thought aloud,"is the master of this house.

[00:39.00]I know him well.He was very rich.

[00:44.28]If he had been wise

[00:47.47]he would have stopped his business and burned it over to someone else.

[00:52.56]Then he could have spent the rest of his life in comfort.

[00:56.86]But what did he do instead?

[01:00.24]He spared no efforts to build ships and sent them to sea to trade with foreign countries.

[01:07.63]He thought he would get mountains of gold.

[01:11.93]  "But the sea boiled in the storms;

[01:16.03]his ships were ruined by the waves.

[01:20.23]Now his hopes all lie at the bottom of the sea,

[01:25.13]and his great wealth has gone like the dreams of a night.

[01:30.72]  "There are many such men.

[01:34.42]They seem to be never satistied unless they can gain the whole world.

[01:40.70]"As for me,if I had only enough to fill my stomach and cover my body

[01:47.98]I would not want anything more."

[01:52.06]  Just the moment Fortune came down the street.

[01:56.83]She saw the beggar and stopped.    She said to him:

[02:02.33]  "Listen!I have long wished to help you out of poverty 2.

[02:07.92]Hold your bag and I will pour this gold into it.

[02:12.62]But I will pour only on this condition:

[02:17.02]All that falls into the bag shall be gold;

[02:21.70]but every piece that falls upon the ground shall become dust.

[02:26.98]Do you understand?"

[02:30.05]   "Oh,yes,I understand,"said the begger.

[02:34.13]  "Then take care,"said the Fortune.

[02:37.80]"Your bag is old.It cannot hold much."

[02:42.79]  The beggar was so excited that he could hardly wait.

[02:47.50]He quickly opened his bag,

[02:51.10]and a stream of yellow dollars was poured into it.

[02:56.09]The bag soon began to grow heavy.

[03:00.17]  "Is that enough?" asked Fortune.  "Not yet."

[03:04.68]  "Isn't the bag bursting 4?"  "Don't worry!"

[03:09.36]  The beggar's hands began to tremble 5.

[03:13.25]Ah,if the golden 6 stream would only pour forever!

[03:18.36]  "You are the richest man in the world now!"

[03:22.85]  "Just a little more,"said the beggar.

[03:26.45]  "There,it's full.The bag will burst 3."

[03:31.03]  "But it will hold a little more,just a little more."

[03:35.83]Another piece was added,and the bag burst.

[03:40.32]The treasure fell upon the ground and was turned to dust.

[03:45.41]Fortune had gone.

[03:48.50]The beggar had now nothing but his broken bag.

[03:53.50]He was poorer than before.

[03:57.29]Words to watch

[04:16.90]fortune              carry                bag                  cent

[04:20.50]n.命运,机会,财富     v.搬运,运送,携带     n.袋,提包,背包       n.分,分布

[04:24.10]beg                  wonder               satisfy              aloud

[04:28.39]v.乞讨;请求,恳求     n.,v.惊奇,惊异       v.满足,使满意        ad.出声的,大声地

[04:32.69]wise                 spend                life                 comfort

[04:36.68]a.智慧的,聪明的      v.花费,消耗;度过     n.生命,寿命,一生;生活v.,n.慰问,安慰,安逸

[04:40.68]spare                build                ship                 sea

[04:44.42]a.,v.多余的;节约     v.建造,建筑,建立     n.,v.船;航运,装运    n.海,海洋

[04:48.17]mountain             gold                 storm                wave

[04:52.12]n.山                 n.,a.金,黄金;金的    n.暴风雨             n.波浪,波;飘扬,起伏

[04:56.06]lie                  bottom               dream                gain

[05:00.22]v.躺,平放,处于       n.底,底部,基础       n.,v.梦,梦想;做梦    n.,v.获得,赢得;增进

[05:04.37]fill                 stomach              cover                poverty

[05:08.06]v.装满,充满,填充     n.胃                 v.盖,覆              n.贫穷,贫困

[05:11.76]hold                 pour                 condition            piece

[05:15.82]v.拿住,握住,持有,掌握v.灌,倒,注,倾泻      n.状况,状态,情形,条件n.(一)件,(一)片,(一)篇

[05:19.87]ground               excite               quick                stream

[05:23.72]n.地面,土地          v.激动,使兴奋;激发   a.快,迅速;敏捷,伶俐  n.,v.小河;一连串;流

[05:27.58]dollar               heavy                burst                worry

[05:30.97]n.美元,元            a.重,沉重;大量的     n.,v.破裂,爆炸       v.,n.发愁,担忧,烦恼

[05:34.37]tremble              golden               add                  treasure

[05:38.32]v.颤抖,颤动          a.金色的,黄金的,金制 v.加,增加,增进       n.财宝,财富

[05:42.26]break                poor

[05:44.30]v.,n.打破;撕裂;折断  a.穷;可怜;低劣的,不好的

 



1 beggar
n.乞丐,穷人,募捐者
  • The beggar begged from the rich but they refused.那个乞丐向富人们乞讨,但遭到了拒绝。
  • He is so rich and lives like a beggar.他非常有钱可是生活得象个乞丐。
2 poverty
n.贫穷, 贫困, 贫乏, 缺少
  • We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
  • He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。
3 burst
vi.(burst,burst)爆炸;爆破;爆裂;爆发;vt.使…破裂;使…炸破;n.突然破裂;爆发
  • We all held our breath till the bomb burst.我们屏住呼吸直到炸弹爆炸。
  • She suddenly burst into song.她突然唱起歌来。
4 bursting
n.爆裂;爆破v.爆炸( burst的现在分词);突然发作;突然打开;挤满
  • She is bursting with vitality and new ideas. 她朝气蓬勃,满脑子新主意。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears. 她快要哭出来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tremble
n.战栗,颤抖;vi.战栗,忧虑,微动
  • There was a tremble in her voice.她声音颤抖。
  • I tremble for your safety.我担忧你的安全。
6 golden
adj.金的,含金的,可贵的,金色的,贵重的,繁盛的
  • My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
  • It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚,是恋人们的黄金时光。
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