胡敏读故事记单词 打败儿子下

　　[00:00.00]prey 1 -- proclaim The privileged

[00:02.39]特权阶级

[00:04.78]Relaxing in his tent,

[00:06.61]校长一面在帐篷里休息，

[00:08.44]the principal was in the process of reviewing his primer

[00:11.32]一面在温习他那本

[00:14.21]on using primitive 2 techniques to capture a prey

[00:16.69]运用原始技巧捕获猎物的入门书

[00:19.17]when his privacy was rudely interrupted.

[00:21.51]有人无礼地扰乱了他的清静。

[00:23.85]A man was standing 3 in the entrance of his tent with a gun in his hand.

[00:26.93]帐篷口站着一名持枪男人。

[00:30.01]"Out!"The man said."

[00:31.63]出来!"那男人说道。

[00:33.25]As the principal walked out into the pristine 4 woods

[00:35.89]校长一面走出来进到原始森林，

[00:38.53]he prioritized the needs of the moment.

[00:40.56]一面将眼下需要做的事确定了优先次序。

[00:42.58]His first priority was to make sure the other members of his team were all right.

[00:45.84]他的第一重点就是确保组里其他人员不会出事，

[00:49.11]They were.

[00:50.39]他们都安然无恙。

[00:51.67]Then he probed the camp with his eyes for any tool that he could use.

[00:54.60]然后他用眼睛探查了一下营地，看看有没有可以使用的工具。

[00:57.52]He saw a piece of wood that he had sharpened the prior afternoon.

[01:00.25]他看到了一根前一天下午他削尖了的木头，

[01:02.98]Picking it up he pretended to use it as a walking stick.

[01:06.01]他将木头拾起来，假装当拐杖用。

[01:09.04]"Put that down!" The man said.

[01:10.97]"放下!"那男人说道。

[01:12.91]"But I can't walk without it.I injured my leg the other day. "

[01:15.73]"可是没有它我走不了路。几天前我弄伤了腿。"

[01:18.55]Assenting,the man looked at his prizes."No women?" He asked.

[01:22.27]那男人同意了，然后看了看他的战利品。"没有女人吗?"他问道，

[01:26.00]"Six men and no women?How's a man supposed to have any fun out here?"

[01:29.23]"六个男人，没有女人?在这么个地方男人会有什么乐子?"

[01:32.47]"Our primary focus is hunting."Replied the principal.

[01:35.29]"我们的首要任务是狩猎。"校长答道，

[01:38.12]"Our procession chose to leave the women behind"

[01:40.45]我们的队伍选择不带女人，

[01:42.79]so that our prime goal would be the animal.

[01:45.01]这样我们的主要目标就只是动物。

[01:47.23]We want to proclaim our manhood in the hunt,not by womanizing!"

[01:50.51]我们要靠狩猎来宣告男子气概，而不是靠玩女人!"

[01:53.79]"But womanizing is the most important hunt!"

[01:56.17]但玩女人才是最重要的狩猎!

[01:58.54]Oh I hate you privileged upper class people.

[02:00.88]噢，我恨你们这些有特权的上流社会。

[02:03.22]You always think you know better than us normal folk.

[02:05.84]你们总以为你们比我们这些普通百姓懂得多。

[02:08.47]Well let me tell you,

[02:10.14]但我要告诉你们，

[02:11.81]ever since I've been on probation 5

[02:13.73]自从我被判缓刑以来

[02:15.65]it's people like you that I keep having problems with.

[02:18.03]我总是和你这样的人有麻烦。

[02:20.41]All of your procedures. Do this.Don't do that."

[02:23.23]瞧你们那一大堆程序!要这样，不要那样。"

[02:26.05]As he turned to the others,

[02:27.81]当他转身面向其他人时，

[02:29.58]the principal proceeded to lift the stick and throw it into his body.

[02:32.46]校长开始举起木棍朝着他扔去。

[02:35.35]As the intruder fell to the ground,dying,he heard the principal say mockingly,

[02:38.98]那个侵入者倒在地上奄奄一息，，这时他听见校长嘲笑地说，

[02:42.61]"Well you shouldn't have messed with us!"

[02:44.64]"瞧见了吧，你就不该跟我们瞎搅和!"

[02:46.66]proclamation --ronounceable The potion

[02:50.83]药水

[02:54.99]"This potion will produce a prodigious 6 amount of energy for you every day!"

[02:59.12]"这种药水能让您每天 产生巨大的能量!"

[03:03.25]said a traveling salesman promoting his newest product.

[03:05.63]一位推销新产品的旅行推销员说，

[03:08.00]"And if you follow my unique production instructions you can make it on your own!"

[03:11.24]如果您按我说的独特的生产方法去做，您就能自己制作这种药水!

[03:14.48]I don't want any profit.I just want to help people!"

[03:16.85]我不要任何利润，我只是想帮助大家!"

[03:19.21]"Aw,that's nonsense."A prominent leader in the town said.

[03:22.23]"尽瞎扯。"镇上一位著名领导说，

[03:25.24]"This promotion 7 is all hype."

[03:27.27]这种推销都说得天花乱坠。

[03:29.29]You and your people are prolific 8 liars 9.

[03:31.33]你们这些推销员都是些经验丰富的骗子。

[03:33.37]I'm prone 10 to call the police on you

[03:35.55]我很可能会叫警察抓你们，

[03:37.73]to prohibit you from selling that stuff here!"

[03:39.81]禁止你们在这里卖那种东西!"

[03:41.88]"No sir.Not this time."

[03:44.16]别，先生，这次别。

[03:46.43]I have promising 11 lab results of this potions' performance in a medical project

[03:49.51]一个医学项目证明了这种药水有很好的实验结果，

[03:52.59]to back up my proclamations.

[03:54.36]这说明我的声明是有根据的，

[03:56.12]They show the proficiency 12 of this product.

[03:58.55]同时也说明这一产品的水平。

[04:00.98]It can prolong your life.

[04:02.61]它不仅能延长寿命，

[04:04.24]It can slow the profuse 13 flow of blood after an accident.

[04:07.03]还能在事故后减缓大量流血的速度。

[04:09.81]It can really have a profound impact on your life!

[04:12.45]它真的能对您的生活产生深刻的影响!

[04:15.09]Please,is there anyone here with health problems?

[04:17.66]请问这里有谁身体不太好?

[04:20.23]You can try it now!

[04:21.76]"你们现在就可以试试!"

[04:23.29]When a young man prompted his crippled grandmother to raise her hand,

[04:26.57]当一名年轻人鼓励他那腿脚有毛病的祖母举手时，

[04:29.84]the profile of the prominent leader became rigid 14.

[04:32.12]那位著名领导的形象变得僵硬起来。

[04:34.39]As the women came forward the salesman said the name of the product.

[04:37.66]女人们走上前去，这时推销员说了一下产品的名字。

[04:40.92]It was hardly pronounceable,so he just told everyone to call it the C drink!

[04:44.20]但那名字很难读，于是他让大家姑且称之为c饮料!

[04:47.48]Then the old woman drank.

[04:49.76]然后那老太太喝下了那药水。

[04:52.05]The crowd gasped 15 when a minute later she moved a leg and stood up.

[04:55.14]一分钟后，她居然腿能动了并且站了起来，大家惊得直喘气，

[04:58.24]She hadn't walked for years!

[04:59.86]因为她好多年都没有走路了!

[05:01.48]The crowd began to proliferate 16 as people came forward to buy the product.

[05:04.76]争先恐后买药水的人开始猛增。

[05:08.04]The prominent leader frowned and walked away.

[05:10.52]那位著名领导皱了皱眉头走了。

[05:13.00]After he turned around five minutes later and headed back to buy some potion

[05:16.32]五分钟后，他又转回来买药，

[05:19.63]he had arrived too late.They were all gone.

[05:21.91]但为时已晚，人们都走了。

[05:24.18]If he had turned his head,however,

[05:26.75]但如果他当时转过头来，

[05:29.33]he would have seen the old woman standing up straight

[05:31.44]就能看见刚才的老太太站直了身子，

[05:33.56]taking off a wig 17 and dress to reveal a beautiful young woman!

[05:36.34]她扯下假发和裙子，变成了一位美丽的年轻姑娘!

[05:39.12]pronouncement-- provoke Greedy heirs

[05:43.69]贪婪的继承人

[05:48.26]The provenance 18 of the book of prose was clear;

[05:50.99]那本散文集的历史由来很清楚：

[05:53.72]it had belonged to aristocrats 19, a provincial 20 Duke and even a King.

[05:56.90]它曾经属于几位贵族，一位外省伯爵，甚至一位国王。

[06:00.07]Now,however,it was the property of a common man.

[06:02.75]但现在，它是一个普通人的财产，

[06:05.43]And he wanted to keep it to himself.

[06:07.41]而且他还不想把它转让给别人。

[06:09.40]The heirs of the former owners,

[06:11.28]先前那些主人的继承者们

[06:13.16]who had already received the much larger proportion of the inheritance,

[06:16.24]虽然已经得到了绝大部分遗产，

[06:19.32]were proponents 21 of having it published so that they could make even more money.

[06:22.26]但为了得到更多的钱，他们成了出版这本书的建议者。

[06:25.20]But the new owner

[06:28.36]had obtained the book as a provision of the will of the former owner.

[06:31.04]但新主人是根据旧主人遗嘱中的一项条文得到此书的，

[06:33.72]He refused each of their propositions.

[06:35.90]因此他们的建议他一概没有接受。

[06:38.08]Their prospects 22 were looking bleak 23

[06:40.16]他们的前景看起来十分渺茫

[06:42.23]when they discovered that the new owner

[06:44.21]他们发现新主人

[06:46.18]was letting a professor's assistant proofread 24 the book as part of her research.

[06:49.31]正让一名教授的助手校对这本书，因为她的研究就包含了这方面的内容，

[06:52.45]This assistant thought the book was the prototype of a whole literary genre 25.

[06:55.92]这名助手认为此书乃是整个一种文学体裁的原型。

[06:59.40]She had even written a grant proposal to conduct research

[07:02.33]她甚至写了一份资助建议书，以便进行相关研究，

[07:05.27]that she was sure would propel her to academic acclaim 26.

[07:07.76]她相信这项研究将激励她赢得学术界的赞扬。

[07:10.24]The heirs saw this assistant

[07:12.46]那些继承人把这名助手看成

[07:14.68]as an opportunity to increase their prosperity by getting access to the book.

[07:17.90]是接近那本书从而变得更加富有的机会。

[07:21.13]They found her proposal

[07:23.35]他们找到了她的建议书，

[07:25.57]and agreed to fund her research provided she share a photocopy 27 of the book.

[07:28.84]同意为她的研究提供资金，条件是她让他们复印这本书。

[07:32.10]The assistant did not protest and was ecstatic about her prospective 28 supporters

[07:35.43]那位助手没有反对，并为她即将有赞助商欣喜若狂。

[07:38.76]But the strange names that the heirs had written

[07:41.49]但那些继承人写的一些奇怪的名字

[07:44.22]provoked the curiosity of the new owner.

[07:46.26]引起了新主人的好奇。

[07:48.30]He discovered what was happening and made the pronouncement

[07:50.78]他弄清楚了是怎么一回事，声明

[07:53.26]that he would take his prosperous opponents to court.

[07:55.55]他要把那些富有的对手送上法庭。

[07:57.83]He was sad to find the assistant the next day dead,

[08:01.25]第二天，他伤心地发现那名助手已经死了，

[08:04.68]lying on a floor with an ax protruding 29 from her head.

[08:07.20]她躺在地板上，一把斧头从她头上突出来。

[08:09.72]All evidence of the proposal had disappeared!As had the book!

[08:12.81]所有关于建议书的证据都消失了!那本书也不见了!

[08:15.91]prowess -- pursue The pulverizer 30

[08:20.23]拳坛无敌高手

[08:24.56]Marcus had proved his prowess in the ring by pulverizing 31 all challengers.

[08:28.79]拳击台上，马科斯彻底击败了所有挑战者，从而证明了他高超的本领。

[08:33.02]They crumbled 32 before his punches and left the ring as bloody 33 pulps 34

[08:36.35]挑战者们被他击得粉碎，离开拳击台时血肉模糊，

[08:39.68]in need of psychiatric care even as doctors were taking their pulse

[08:42.62]需要接受精神病治疗，医生们则在给他们把脉

[08:45.56]to make sure they were still alive.

[08:47.28]以确保他们还活着。

[08:49.01]Marcus would pump his arms in the air in victory each time,

[08:52.09]每次马科斯都会以胜利者的姿态在空中晃动胳膊，

[08:55.17]huffing and puffing 35 that he was the best!

[08:57.09]咆哮他是最棒的!

[08:59.01]And then he would take off his sweaty pullover and throw it in to the crowd.

[09:02.18]然后他会脱下汗湿的套衫扔给观众。

[09:05.36]They loved it!

[09:06.74]他们就喜欢他这样!

[09:08.13]Marcus was so good that he didn't even need publicity 36;

[09:11.11]马科斯实在太厉害，以致他都不需要广告宣传

[09:14.08]organizers would announce a fight

[09:16.21]组织者通常只要宣布有场比赛，

[09:18.34]and it would be publicized for free over the news and in every publication.

[09:21.46]新闻节目和所有的报纸杂志就会为之免费宣传。

[09:24.58]He became so rich and famous that he could pursue any woman,

[09:27.71]他有钱有名，可以追求任何女人，

[09:30.83]purchase anything he wanted and walk in the proximity 37 of government leaders.

[09:33.91]购买任何他想买的东西，还能接近政府官员。

[09:36.99]No one knew that he was operating under a pseudonym 38,

[09:39.87]没人知道他一直在使用假名。

[09:42.74]His real name was Clarence and he was guilty of three counts of murder.

[09:45.82]他的真名是克拉伦斯，曾犯下三宗谋杀案。

[09:48.90]If any reporter had really pried 39

[09:51.39]如果记者真的细查一下，

[09:53.87]they would have found that Marcus had only been 'discovered' six years earlier,

[09:57.04]一定能发现马科斯是 在六年前才被"发现"的，

[10:00.22]two months after a well-known boxer 40 and murderer Clarence had escaped from prison.

[10:03.85]也就是有名的拳击手和杀人犯克拉伦斯越狱后两个月。

[10:07.48]But Clarence had plastic surgery and an excellent proxy 41

[10:10.56]但克拉伦斯做了整形手术，又找了个出色的代理人，

[10:13.64]who handled all inquiries 42 into his past.

[10:15.68]只要有人打听他的过去他都能蒙混过关。

[10:17.72]he had purified himself from his past!

[10:19.76]他已彻底洗净了自己的过去!

[10:21.79]When Marcus announced his retirement 43 from boxing at the peak of his career

[10:25.48]当马科斯在事业达到顶峰宣布退出拳坛时，

[10:29.16]the world was stunned 44.

[10:30.69]世界为之震惊。

[10:32.22]They didn't know that his plastic surgery

[10:34.70]他们不知道他的整形手术

[10:37.18]was too damaged to hide his secret anymore.

[10:39.31]已经损坏到无法再隐藏他的秘密。

[10:41.44]The pungent 45 smell of the rotting skin had almost even alerted the authorities

[10:44.72]腐烂的皮肤散发出的刺鼻味道甚至差不多引起了官方的警惕

[10:47.99]at his last fight.

[10:49.57]最后一场拳击赛时。

[10:51.15]It wasn't prudent 46 for him to fight anymore.

[10:53.43]对他来说，再打下去就太不谨慎了。

[10:55.70]Marcus found time to have another surgery.

[10:58.22]马科斯抽时间又做了一次整形手术。

[11:00.74]His punctual arrival at a final press conference amazed

[11:03.37]在最后一次新闻发布会上，他的准时出席让新闻界大吃一惊，

[11:05.99]and erased 47 all animosity from the press.

[11:08.32]同时也消除了他们的敌意。

[11:10.64]Marcus was the greatest and if he wanted to retire,he could.

[11:13.62]马科斯是最伟大的拳击手，如果他想退出拳坛，他就可以退下来。

[11:16.60]He did!

[11:17.83]他的确做到了激流勇退!

[11:19.05]pursuit -- radiate The spy catcher

[11:23.18]抓间谍者

[11:27.31]The sun radiated brilliantly as McGee stepped on to the quay 48.

[11:31.08]麦克基踏上码头时，太阳正散发出耀眼的光芒。

[11:34.86]He walked around the customs queue and out into the city.

[11:37.74]他绕过排在海关前的长队，出来往城里走去。

[11:40.63]The quartz 49 in his pocket made little sound,

[11:42.81]口袋里的石英发出的声音很小，

[11:44.99]but he fingered it and thought of his quest.

[11:47.12]他用手指摸了一下，心里想着他的寻找。

[11:49.25]It was a quest against time and he knew he would have to race

[11:52.07]这次寻找是和时间竞赛，他知道惟有全速前进

[11:54.89]if he wanted to meet his quota 50 of captured spies.

[11:57.48]才能凑足他要抓的间谋数额。

[12:00.07]But this one might not be so easy.

[12:02.69]但这个间谍可能没有那么容易抓到。

[12:05.32]The spy he was chasing had many quirks 51,

[12:07.50]他正在追踪的那名间谍有许多意想不到的怪招，

[12:09.68]including an uncanny knack 52 of escaping the most qualified 53 personnel.

[12:12.90]其中包括逃脱最合格人员追捕的超常本领。

[12:16.13]That was where McGee had been called in.

[12:18.72]正因为如此才请来了麦克基。

[12:21.30]McGee's qualification wasn't that he was the best;he was the worst!

[12:25.33]麦克基的资格不在于他是最好的，而在于他是最糟的!

[12:29.35]The worst for his prize,that is.He never quit.

[12:31.73]说得明白点儿，对他的俘虏来说是最糟的。

[12:34.10]Other spy catchers might be more qualified,

[12:36.44]他从不放弃。其他抓间谍的人也许资格更老，

[12:38.78]but McGee had high quality efficiency- he hadn't let one get away.

[12:42.25]但麦克基高质高效--他没有让一个间谍跑掉过。

[12:45.73]The only downside of McGee

[12:47.80]麦克基惟一的缺点

[12:49.88]was that he always gave quotations 54 that demanded quadruple pay.

[12:53.07]是他的报价总是别人的四倍。

[12:56.25]McGee began his query 55 in Rome.

[12:59.08]麦克基在罗马开始了他的询问。

[13:01.90]Then,after he had walked through his own qualitative 56 questionnaire,

[13:04.88]然后，他把自己的性质调查表草草地过了一遍之后，

[13:07.85]he had found a piece of quartz once favored by the spy.

[13:10.48]发现了一块那名间谍曾喜欢过的石英。

[13:13.10]The quantitative 57 approach of the other spies would have missed the quartz.

[13:16.13]如果使用其他间谍的定量法可能就会错过这块石英。

[13:19.16]That was why McGee was now here in Egypt,

[13:21.74]正是由于这个原因，麦克基现在来到了埃及，

[13:24.31]taking his pursuit to the pyramids.

[13:26.30]他的追寻一直延伸到了金字塔。

[13:28.28]He recognized the quartz and where it came from.

[13:30.61]他认得这块石英，也知道它的来历。

[13:32.93]McGee racked up another degree of respect when,

[13:35.77]使他又赢得了几分尊敬,

[13:38.60]several days later,he returned with the captured spy

[13:41.17]几天后，麦克基带回了那名

[13:43.75]that everyone thought was uncatchable.

[13:45.73]大家都认为抓不到的间谍，

[13:47.72]Damn that he was so expensive!

[13:49.85]该死的，他就是开价太高了!

[13:51.97]radiation -- reation Radiation poisoning

[13:56.58]辐射中毒

[14:01.20]There was no rational explanation for the random 58 deaths of his cattle,

[14:05.27]他的牛就这样随随便便死了，可实在又没有合理的解释，

[14:09.35]the rancher thought as he hauled another dead cow back to the farm.

[14:11.92]牧场主想道，这时他正将另一头死牛拖回农场。

[14:14.49]But the rate of death had increased

[14:16.76]牛的死亡率就上升了

[14:19.04]ever since he had taken them to a certain ravine

[14:21.41]自从他让牛去过一个沟壑，

[14:23.79]near the edge of their range.

[14:25.46]牧场附近

[14:27.13]That was when therancher held a raffle 59 among his workers

[14:29.92]这时牧场主在工人中设了个对奖售物活动，

[14:32.70]to see who would go with him to investigate.

[14:34.88]看谁会跟他一起去调查。

[14:37.06]Two lucky workers were selected regardless of rank and they set out the next morning.

[14:40.44]不论级别高低，两名幸运的工人被选中了，第二天一早他们就出发了

[14:43.83]After they had traveled for two days across the rangeland

[14:47.11]在巨大的牧场上跋涉了两天之后，

[14:50.38]they arrived at the ravine.

[14:52.00]他们来到了那个沟谷。

[14:53.62]The rancher went to a region where the grass was a slightly lighter 60 color

[14:57.41]牧场主走到一个草的颜色较浅的地方，

[15:01.20]and ran his hand through the dirt.

[15:03.03]用手在土里摸了一下，

[15:04.86]His reaction shocked the workers.

[15:07.22]他的反应让两名工人大为吃惊。

[15:09.58]He yelled and jumped up,holding his raw hand as the flesh was falling off.

[15:12.81]他举着擦破皮的手，又喊叉跳，手上的肉还在脱落。

[15:16.04]There,just under the grass,the soil was glowing.

[15:19.12]就在那草丛下，土地在发光。

[15:22.20]There was no rationale to it,but the land was poisoned with radiation!

[15:25.34]这可没法解释，但这片土地已经受到了辐射。

[15:28.47]There was no other way to react but grab the rancher and run.

[15:31.70]他们的惟一反应是揪住牧场主便跑。

[15:34.92]The rancher raged in anger and pain as he was carried home.

[15:37.80]一路上，他既给气疯了，也给疼死了。

[15:40.67]He would never use his hand again.

[15:42.59]他再也不能用那只手了。

[15:44.51]After returning home and calling the ranking city official,

[15:47.45]回到家里，他们请来了高级市政官员，

[15:50.39]a team of government experts swarmed 61 to the rancher's house.

[15:53.17]之后一个政府专家小组涌到了牧场主的家中。

[15:55.95]He was sick with a high ratio of radiation poisoning

[15:58.73]他患了高比例辐射中毒，

[16:01.52]and he needed radical 62 emergency attention.

[16:03.75]需要彻底的紧急治疗。

[16:05.98]He was quickly put on a special raft and sent to a deep-sea facility for treatsent.

[16:09.61]他很快被抬上了一个特别的筏子，送往一个深海机构接受治疗。

[16:13.24]When he died,officials tried to rationalize the radiation dump.

[16:16.97]他死的时候，官员们试图为倾倒有辐射的垃圾自圆其说，

[16:20.69]But there was no rationality among the workers

[16:23.12]但工人们缺乏理性，

[16:25.55]and the government had to arrest them all

[16:27.68]政府只好把他们都抓了起来，

[16:29.81]until they agreed to never speak of the event again.

[16:32.14]直到他们同意不再提及此事。

[16:34.48]The whole herd 63 of cows was exterminated 64

[16:37.26]整群牛都被消灭了，

[16:40.05]and the land was seized by the government and declared off-limits.

[16:42.87]政府没收了这片土地，并宣布此地为禁区。

[16:45.69]readily --recommendation A recipe for success

[16:50.47]成功的诀窍

[16:55.25]Sally reckoned that she could exchange the TV she had just bought

[16:58.97]莎丽估计她可以用新买的电视机

[17:02.69]for an item of reciprocal value.

[17:04.67]换一件价值相等的物品。

[17:06.64]Its reception was bad and she still had the receipt,

[17:09.28]它的接收效果很差，她还保留着发票，

[17:11.92]so she just figured that she could do an exchange.

[17:14.19]所以她琢磨着应该能换。

[17:16.46]Boy was she wrong.

[17:17.99]但她大错特错了。

[17:19.52]When she went to the reception desk of the store

[17:22.10]她来到商店服务台，

[17:24.69]they first readily reassured 65 her that she could do an exchange.

[17:27.97]一开始他们欣然保证一定能换。

[17:31.25]They told her to step to the rear of the room

[17:33.47]他们让她走到屋子后面去填一些表格，

[17:35.69]and fill out forms for reclaiming 66 credit equal to the value of the TV.

[17:38.77]要求收回与电视机价值相等的金额。

[17:41.85]After wading 67 through the dark realm of the bureaucrat 68,

[17:44.97]好不容易走出官僚们的黑暗王国，

[17:48.09]Sally kept her mood from receding 69 into frustration 70 and stayed reasonable.

[17:51.57]莎丽尽量不让自己的心情变得沮丧，尽量保持通情达理。

[17:55.04]She thought she would soon reap a reward

[17:59.30]for filling out countless 71 forms in triplicate!

[18:01.52]她想既然已经填了无数一式三份的表格，应该很快就能获得回报。

[18:03.74]Back at the desk the receptionist apologized

[18:06.47]回到服务台，接待员向她道歉说，

[18:09.20]and said the company had recalled

[18:11.13]公司记得

[18:13.07]that she paid the TV she had purchased the day by cheque!

[18:15.64]那天她买电视是用支票付的款!

[18:18.21]They couldn't help her!

[18:19.79]他们帮不了她!

[18:21.37]She recommended that Sally speak directly with the company.

[18:23.87]她建议莎丽直接跟公司谈。

[18:26.36]Acting on that recommendation,Sally called the company.

[18:29.69]莎丽接受了这个建议，给公司打了电话。

[18:33.03]They were,however,less than receptive

[18:35.39]但他们根本不愿意接受她的要求，

[18:37.75]and went through a recital 72 of reasons why they couldn't refund 73 her the money!

[18:40.88]还列举了一大堆不能退钱的理由!

[18:44.00]They even blamed the recession!

[18:46.07]他们甚至还把责任推给了经济衰退!

[18:48.15]Well Sally became reckless and lost control of her reasoning abilities.

[18:51.78]莎丽也变得粗鲁起来，她无法继续跟他们讲道理，

[18:55.41]She started to yell!

[18:57.08]也开始了大声嚷嚷!

[18:58.76]As it turned out,this was the only recipe for success at this company.

[19:02.39]原来嚷嚷才是对付这家公司的惟一办法。

[19:06.02]They did not want to become the recipient 74 of yet another lawsuit 75

[19:09.10]他们不愿又接到另外一场官司，

[19:12.18]and quickly became polite.

[19:13.82]很快变得礼貌起来。

[19:15.45]They wrote a check to Sally and she went home worn out,

[19:18.36]他们给莎丽开了一张支票，她回到家时尽管已经精疲力竭了，

[19:21.27]but glad that the whole ordeal 76 was finally over!

[19:23.86]因为一场磨难终于过去了!

[19:26.45]reconcile -- reel Restoring the ocean

[19:30.93]让海洋恢复健康

[19:35.41]When the ocean recreational area became too polluted to visit,

[19:39.04]当海洋娱乐区污染得不能让人参观时，

[19:42.67]locals recounted the promises of the government

[19:44.89]当地人列举了政府的种种保证，

[19:47.11]and approached it to support a restoration project.

[19:49.54]要求政府支持一项恢复计划。

[19:51.97]The governsent surprised everyone by agreeing to help,

[19:54.64]让大家惊讶的是，政府竟然答应了，

[19:57.32]realizing that they would become redundant 77 if they did not.

[19:59.84]因为官员们意识到要是不帮忙他们就要失业了。

[20:02.36]The restoration project began.

[20:04.79]恢复计划开始了。

[20:07.22]Locals recruited experts to help restore the quality of the reefs

[20:10.00]当地人聘请了专家来帮助恢复礁石质量，

[20:12.79]where people loved to scuba 78 dive.

[20:14.67]人们最爱在这个地方戴水肺潜水。

[20:16.55]Companies redeemed 79 bonds

[20:18.98]各家公司将债券兑取现金，

[20:21.41]to fund pollution reduction and recycling projects.

[20:23.84]以资助减少污染和回收利用项目。

[20:26.27]And small,local fisherman negotiated with large fishing companies

[20:29.35]势单力薄的当地渔民同大型捕鱼公司协商

[20:32.43]to work together to help recover the fish population

[20:34.77]共同帮助恢复鱼的数量。

[20:37.11]that had been reduced to almost nothing from over fishing.

[20:39.73]由于过度捕捞，鱼的数量已减少到近乎零了。

[20:42.36]Everyone became part of the recovery project,

[20:45.09]每个人都投身到恢复工作中，

[20:47.82]looking to it for the redemption of the failed economy.

[20:50.35]他们指望这项工作能拯救衰退了的经济。

[20:52.88]The project wasn't always easy.

[20:55.21]但这项工作并不是一帆风顺。

[20:57.53]When arguments occurred,locals mediated 80 to reconcile both parties.

[21:01.02]有争执发生时，当地人便通过斡旋使双方和解。

[21:04.51]Conflicting ideas on how to reconstruct the reef itself also lead to conflict.

[21:07.93]关于如何修复礁石的不同观点也导致了冲突，

[21:11.35]68 experts on ecology,reef dynamics 81, oceanography, engineering,etc.

[21:15.89]于是68位研究生态学、礁石动态学、海洋学及工程学等方面的专家

[21:20.42]attended one large meeting

[21:22.46]参加了一次大型会议，

[21:24.49]held in a large beach that had the shape of a rectangle.

[21:27.28]这次会议是在一个形状上有点儿像长方形的巨大海滩上举行的。

[21:30.06]At this meeting,after much discussion,

[21:32.88]经过会上的激烈讨论，

[21:35.70]they were finally able to rectify 82 the conflicts

[21:38.22]他们最终得以纠正发生冲突的做法，

[21:40.74]and remove the redundancy that had caused the initial problem.

[21:43.26]消除那些最初引发问题的多余的东西。

[21:45.78]Some arguments recurred,but were never as serious as before.

[21:49.17]有些争论会反复发生，但再也没有以前那么严重了。

[21:52.55]When the reef had been reconstructed,

[21:55.23]礁石修复之后，

[21:57.90]experts noted 83 that it had been done in record time

[22:01.14]专家们说修复工作所用的时间创了纪录，

[22:04.38]and declared it a success to be modeled throughout the world.

[22:06.81]并且宣布这是一次成功，在全世界是个典范。

[22:09.24]Reels of film that had recorded the process were made into advertisements

[22:13.51]一盘盘记录这一过程的胶片被做成广告，

[22:17.78]inviting recreation to return to an area

[22:22.46]that was now protected and environmentally safe.

[22:24.68]邀请人们回到这个既环保又安全的地方娱乐。

[22:26.90]And the ocean breathed a sigh of relief!

[22:29.12]海洋这才舒了一口气。