赖世雄学英语第四册 lesson 8

　　[00:00.00]Lesson  8  Friday and the Thirteenth

[00:03.10]星期五与十三号

[00:06.19]Firday the Thirteenth has long been considered extremely unlucky

[00:15.86]because it has some bad associations

[00:18.53]长久以来13号的星期五被看作不祥之日，因为在圣经故事，

[00:21.21]which originaeted from some mythological 1 tales of the Bilbe and other folk customs.

[00:25.69]其他民间习俗中这一天有一些不好的联想。

[00:30.17]According to the Bible,the Lord God created the first man,Adam.

[00:34.00]圣经宣称，上帝创造了第一个男人亚当。

[00:37.83]Then he took a rib 2 from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman.Eve.

[00:42.25]然后用亚当的一根肋骨创造了第一个女人夏娃。

[00:46.68]It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday

[00:51.96]that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit,and they died on a Friay.too.

[00:56.69]据说上帝也是在星期五造的亚当， 而亚当我夏娃又是在星期五偷吃了禁果，也是在星期五死去的。

[01:01.41]Friday was also the common day in English for executing criminals.

[01:08.57]For this reason it was sometimes known as the Hanging Day.

[01:11.65]在英格兰，星期五还曾是处决罪犯的日子，正因为如此它被称作“绞刑日”

[01:14.74]From an old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people

[01:21.89]sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky.

[01:24.82]古老的挪威神话使人们相信13个人同桌进餐是不吉利的。

[01:27.75]And this superstition 3 was confirmed

[01:32.47]by the Last Supper of Christ and his disciples 4.

[01:35.20]这个迷信观念又被基督和他的门徒最后的晚餐进一步证实

[01:37.93]The Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples.

[01:45.38]which made up the number 13,at the Last Supper when Judas,

[01:52.74]one of the 12 disciples,sold his master for thirty pieces of silver.

[01:56.68]圣经告诉我们当基督的12个门徒之一犹大为了30块银币出卖了他的主时，基督正与他的12个门徒（一共是13人）坐在一起，共进最后的晚餐。

[02:00.61]Christ was killed by being nailed on the cross the following day.

[02:07.09]which was also a Friday.

[02:08.97]第二天，也是个星期五，基督被钉死在十字架上。

[02:10.85]A Ridiculous Idea

[02:13.58]荒唐的说法

[02:16.31]The idea about Friday the Thirteenth is totally ridiculous.

[02:19.99]13号星期五要倒霉的说法真是荒唐，

[02:23.67]I don't believe it at all.

[02:25.55]我才不信呢。

[02:27.44]Maybe you can't be so sure.

[02:29.81]你恐怕不能这么肯定吧。

[02:32.19]Why not?The whole idea is superstitious 5.

[02:35.12]为什么不？这整个想法都是迷信的。

[02:38.04]But some people use this occasion to create trouble.

[02:41.23]但是有人会利用这个机会制造麻烦。

[02:44.41]Have you heard of the Black Friday.Virus on the computer?

[02:47.80]你听说过电脑上的“黑色星期五”病毒吗？

[02:51.18]It is designed to break out on every Friday the Thirteenth.

[02:55.01]这个病毒被设计成在每个13号星期五发作。

[02:58.83]I know that.But that has nothing to do with being unlucky.

[03:02.22]这我知道。可这与倒不倒霉没关系。

[03:05.60]Those who created the virus are deliberately 6 making fun of people.

[03:08.98]这是那些制造病毒的人成心搞恶作剧。

[03:12.37]A Ridiculous Idea

[03:17.30]荒唐的说法

[03:22.24]The idea about Friday the Thirteenth is totally ridiculous.

[03:25.92]13号星期五要倒霉的说法真是荒唐，

[03:29.61]I don't believe it at all.

[03:31.53]我才不信呢。

[03:33.45]Maybe you can't be so sure.

[03:35.86]你恐怕不能这么肯定吧。

[03:38.28]Why not?The whole idea is superstitious.

[03:41.20]为什么不？这整个想法都是迷信的。

[03:44.13]But some people use this occasion to create trouble.

[03:47.32]但是有人会利用这个机会制造麻烦。

[03:50.50]Have you heard of the Black Friday.Virus on the computer?

[03:53.89]你听说过电脑上的“黑色星期五”病毒吗？

[03:57.27]It is designed to break out on every Friday the Thirteenth.

[04:01.10]这个病毒被设计成在每个13号星期五发作。

[04:04.92]I know that.But that has nothing to do with being unlucky.

[04:08.31]这我知道。可这与倒不倒霉没关系。

[04:11.69]Those who created the virus are deliberately making fun of people.

[04:23.72]这是那些制造病毒的人成心搞恶作剧。