时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:自考英语综合二上册 课文+单词


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  [00:00.00]Lesson Eight

[00:03.29]Text

[00:05.85]The Model Millionaire(II)

[00:10.29]Oscar Wilde

[00:13.45]That night Hoghie went to a club about eleven o'clock,

[00:20.30]and found' Trevor sitting by himself in the smoking room drinking.

[00:27.95]"Well, Alan, did you finish the picture all right?" he said,

[00:33.52]as he lit his cigarette."Finished and framed,my boy!"answered Trevor;

[00:42.16]"and, by the way, that old model you saw has become very fond of you.

[00:50.34]I had to tell him all about you who you are, where you live,

[00:57.39]what your income is,what hopes you have"

[01:02.22]"My dear Alan," cried Hughie,

[01:07.55]"I shall probably find him waiting for me when I go home.

[01:13.22]But, of course,you are only joking.

[01:17.58]Poor old fellow!I wish I could do something for him.

[01:23.23]I think it is terrible that any one should be so miserable 1.

[01:28.50]I have got heaps of old clothes at home

[01:33.54]do you think he would care for any of them?

[01:37.41]Why, his rags were falling to bits. "

[01:41.46]"But he looks splendid in them," said Trevor.

[01:46.50]"I should never want to paint him in a frock coat for anything.

[01:52.74]What you call rags I call romance 2.

[01:58.62]What seems poverty to you is charm 3 to me.

[02:04.37]However, I'll tell him of your offer. "

[02:08.91]"Alan," said Hughie seriously,"you painters are a heartless lot."

[02:17.17] "An artist's heart is his head," replied Trevor;"and besides,

[02:25.32]our business is to show the world as we see it not to make it better.

[02:33.08]And now tell me how Laura is.The old model was quite interested in her."

[02:40.84]"You don't mean to say you talked to him about her?" said Hughie."

[02:47.78]Certainly I did.

[02:50.95]He knows all about the cruel father, the lovely Laura,

[02:57.11]and the ten thous and pounds."

[03:01.47]"You told the old beggar all about my private affairs?"

[03:09.23]cried Hughie, looking very red and angry.

[03:15.11]"My dear boy," said Trevor, smiling,

[03:20.75]that old beggar,as you call him,is one of the richest men in Europe.

[03:28.20]He could buy all London tomorrow.He has a house in every capital,

[03:35.93]has his dinner off gold plate,

[03:40.08]and can prevent Russia going to war when he wishes.

[03:46.04]"What on earth do you mean?" cried Hughie.

[03:51.92]"What I say," said Trevor,

[03:56.17]the old man you saw today in the studio was Baron 4 Hausberg.

[04:04.32]He is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures and that sort of thing,

[04:09.39]and gave me a commission 5 a month ago to paint him as a beggar.

[04:16.16]What do you expect?It is the whim 6 of a millionaire.

[04:21.90]You know these rich men.

[04:25.25]And I must say he looked fine in his rags, or perhaps I should say in my rags

[04:33.71]they are an old suit I got in Spain."

[04:37.86]"Baron Hausberg!" cried Hughie.

[04:43.22]"Good heavens!I gave him a pound!"

[04:47.87]and he sank into an armchair the picture of dismay 7.

[04:54.32]"Gave him a pound!"shouted Trevor and he burst into a roar of laughter.

[05:01.40]"My dear boy,  you'll never see it again.

[05:06.55]His business is with other men's money. "

[05:11.38]"I think you ought to have told me, Alan,"said Hughie in a bad temper,

[05:18.22]"and not have let me make such a fool of myself."

[05:23.97]"Well, to begin with,Hughie," said Trevor,

[05:28.10]It never entered my mind

[05:31.76]that you went about giving money away in that careless manner.

[05:37.21]I can understand your kissing a pretty model

[05:41.89]but your giving money to an ugly one , no!Besides,

[05:48.66]when you came in I didn't know whet 8 her Hausberg

[05:53.33]would like his name mentioned.

[05:56.81]You know he wasn't in full dress!"

[06:01.06]"How stupid he must think me!" said Hughie

[06:06.52]"Not at all. He was in the highest spirits after you left;

[06:13.47]kept laughing to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled 9 hands together.

[06:20.55]I couldn't underst and why he was so interested to know all about you;

[06:27.32]but I see it all now.He'll invest your pound for you,


  [06:34.40]Hughie,pay you the interest every six months,

[06:38.47]and have a wonderful story to tell after dinner."

[06:43.20]"I'm an unlucky devil,said Hughie.

[06:47.43]"The best thing I can do is to go to bed;

[06:51.27]and, my dear Alan, you mustn't  tell anyone.

[06:56.63]I shouldn't dare to show my face if people knew."

[07:01.67]"Nonsense! It shows your kindness of spirit, Hughie.

[07:07.91]And don't run away.

[07:10.84]Have another cigarette and you can talk about Laura as much as you like.

[07:18.00]"However, Hughie wouldn't stay,

[07:22.15]but walked home,feeling very unhappy,

[07:27.01]and leaving Alan Trevor helpless with laughter.

[07:32.18]The next morning, as he was at breakfast,

[07:37.74]the servant brought him a card on which was written,

[07:43.20]"Monsieur Gustave Naudin,for Mle Baron Hausberg."

[07:51.14]" I suppose he has come for an apology,"said Hughie to himself

[07:57.52]and he told the servant to bring the visitor in.

[08:02.48]An old gentleman with gold glasses and grey hair came into the room and said

[08:10.53]in a slight French accent,"

[08:14.08] Have I the honour of speaking to Monsieur Erskine?"Hughie bowed.

[08:21.05]"I have come from Baron Hausberg,"he continued.

[08:26.38]"The Baron " he continued.

[08:30.43]"The Baron" I beg, sir,that you will offer him my sincerest apologies,"

[08:39.11]stammered Hughie.

[08:42.27]"The Baron," said the old gentleman with a smile,

[08:47.73]"has commissioned me to bring you this letter";

[08:52.38]and he held out a sealed envelope.

[08:56.82]On the outside was written,

[09:00.29]"A wedding present to Hugh Erskineand Laura Merton, from an old beggar,"

[09:09.04]and inside was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.

[09:18.42]When they were married Alan Trevor was the best man,

[09:25.08]and the Baron made a speech at the wedding breakfast.

[09:30.64]"Millionaire models,"remarked Alan,"are rare enough;

[09:37.41]but model millionaires are rarer still!"



1 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
2 romance
n.恋爱关系,浪漫气氛,爱情小说,传奇
  • She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
  • They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。
3 charm
vt.使着迷,使陶醉;n.招人喜欢之处,魅力
  • With all imperfections the short play has a real charm.尽管有不少缺欠,这出小戏仍颇具魅力。
  • He could resist her charm no longer.他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。
4 baron
n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王
  • Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
  • The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。
5 commission
n.委托,授权,委员会,拥金,回扣,委任状
  • The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
  • The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成,其中包括两名妇女。
6 whim
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想
  • I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
  • He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。
7 dismay
n.灰心,沮丧,惊愕;vt.使沮丧,使惊愕
  • The enemy retreated in perfect dismay.敌人沮丧地退去。
  • I am filled with dismay at the news.我对这个消息极为震惊。
8 whet
v.磨快,刺激
  • I've read only the fIrst few pages of her book,but It was enough to whet my appetIte.她的书我只看了开头几页,但已经引起我极大的兴趣。
  • A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.一份真正好的商品目录也可以激起顾客购买的欲望。
9 wrinkled
adj.有皱纹的v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指皮肤)起皱纹
  • She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth. 她把起皱的桌布熨平了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A wrinkled purse,a wrinkled face. 手中无钱,愁容满面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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