人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高一下17

[00:01.61]17单元

[00:03.21]Great women

[00:04.68]著名的妇女

[00:06.14]Reading

[00:07.43]阅读

[00:08.72]ALONE IN ANTARCTICA 1

[00:10.55]孤身闯南极

[00:12.38]At 50,I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.

[00:15.65]我在50岁的时候成了独自一人去北极旅行的第一位妇女.

[00:18.91]But what should I do to celebrate my sixtieth birthday?

[00:21.71]可是,我应该做些什么来庆祝自己60岁的生日呢?

[00:24.50]What else,but a journey at the opposite end of the world,Antarctica.

[00:27.98]没有别的庆祝方式,只有去地球的另一端南极洲.

[00:31.45]I began my almost400-mile journey on November 1st,1997.

[00:34.83]1997年11月1日,我开始了将近200英里的旅行.

[00:38.22]I walked and skied alone.My dog team were not with me to pull my sled.

[00:42.04]我一个人步行,一个人滑雪.我的狗群没有跟我在一起为我拉雪撬.

[00:45.87]Another journey of challenge 2 and danger was about to begin.

[00:48.85]另一个具有挑战性而且危险的旅程要开始了.

[00:51.83]The first days the weather was very good.

[00:54.35]起初的那几天天气很好.

[00:56.87]The wind was icy 3 but not very strong

[00:59.55]虽然冷风刺骨,但风力不大,

[01:02.22]and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day.

[01:05.10]而且一天24小时阳光明媚,

[01:07.97]But changes were just around the corner.

[01:10.33]但是变化悄然而至.

[01:12.70]On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather

[01:15.94]第三天,我与暴风雪天气奋战了一天,

[01:19.18]and during the next week the wind grew stronger

[01:22.16]接下来的一周里,暴风雪更猛烈了,

[01:25.13]and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.

[01:28.06]我只好在帐篷里呆了一整天.

[01:30.98]I had travelled only two hours one day

[01:33.51]一天我刚行进了两个小时,

[01:36.03]when the winds increased so much

[01:38.25]狂风就骤然加大

[01:40.47]that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong.

[01:43.89]我只好支起帐篷,以防风太大无法支持下去.

[01:47.31]Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling 4 storm

[01:50.69]几分钟内,风便狂吼起来

[01:54.08]that threatened to blow me and my tent away,but none of that happened.

[01:57.76]像是要把我的帐篷一并掀翻.但什么也没有发生

[02:01.44]On November twelfth the storm died down.

[02:04.23]12月12日,风暴渐渐退去

[02:07.01]It was my birthday and I wanted to make that day special.

[02:10.13]那是我的生日,我想让它过得特别一些.

[02:13.25]I thawed 6 a frozen 7 cake over my fire,placed a candle on the top,

[02:17.13]我在火炉上把一块冰冻的蛋糕融解,在顶上插了一根蜡烛,

[02:21.01]lit it,and sang"happy birthday to me" at the top of my voice.

[02:24.89]点燃它,扯起嗓子唱起了"祝我生日快乐".

[02:28.77]A few days later,I was moving forward over a slope 8 that seemed safe

[02:32.65]几天以后,我滑过一个看似安全的斜面坡

[02:36.53]when suddenly,without warning,my world dropped out from under my skis 9.

[02:40.40]结果毫无警告,我雪橇下的大地突然不见了.

[02:44.28]I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.

[02:48.01]我掉到一个大坑里,挂在了系在雪撬上的绳子上.

[02:51.73]A piece of ice fell down and I never heard it land.

[02:54.85]一个冰块掉下去,我一直也没有听到它落地的声音.

[02:57.97]The bottom was a few hundred feet below.

[03:00.45]坑底离地面有几百英尺深.

[03:02.94]I used to practise self-rescue many times in the mountains where I live

[03:06.25]在我居住的山上,我曾无数次地练过自救,这时我

[03:09.57]and carefully began climbing out.

[03:11.79]小心翼翼地往上爬.

[03:14.01]It took a long time but I finally got out.

[03:17.13]花了我很长的时间,我终于爬了出来.

[03:20.25]I was thankful for all the training I had had.

[03:22.89]我真感谢我接受过的所有训练.

[03:25.53]I was in good health and all of my equipment was working well.

[03:28.91]我身体良好,而且我的所有的设备运转正常.

[03:32.30]I was so optimistic 10 that I decided 11 that the next day,

[03:35.68]我如此乐观,以至我决定第二天,

[03:39.06]the 22nd day of the expedition,I would increase my workday 12 to 12 hours.

[03:43.63]也就是这次远征的第22天,我要把每天的工作量增加到12小时.

[03:48.21]The next morning I had a bad accident with the sled and hurt my leg.

[03:51.44]第二天早晨我在雪撬上出了一次严重事故,摔伤了自己的腿.

[03:54.68]I couldn't stand on my left leg and my head was woozy from hitting the ground

[03:59.86]我的左腿不能站立,由于与地面碰撞,头晕目眩.

[04:05.03]But I knew that I had to get up.Lying on the ice,I would soon die.

[04:09.12]但我知道,我必须站起来如果我一直躺在冰天雪地里,我很快会冻死的.

[04:13.20]I struggled to my knees,

[04:15.27]于是我挣扎着站起来.

[04:17.33]knowing that somehow,I had to put my tent up for shelter 13.

[04:20.65]我心中明白无论如何我得支好帐篷避风,

[04:23.97]On hands and knees I got the tent up and dragged my sleeping bag into the tent

[04:28.49]我爬起来跪在地上终于撑起了帐篷,把睡袋拖了进去,

[04:33.01]and lay down out of the cold wind.

[04:35.28]躺在了抵挡寒风的帐子里.

[04:37.55]I had to make a decision.

[04:39.52]我必须做出决定.

[04:41.50]Wait to get better or give up?

[04:43.82]是等待情况好转还是绝然放弃?

[04:46.15]I had to think of my family,which is very important to me,and do the right thing.

[04:50.23]我必须考虑对我来说非常重要的我的家人,并做出正确的先择.

[04:54.32]I did so without regret,

[04:56.29]我这样做无怨无悔.

[04:58.27]I had met the challenges 14 of solo 15 travel in an extreme 16 climate.

[05:01.45]我面对了在极限气候下单枪匹马旅行的挑战.

[05:04.64]It is experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest or my life.

[05:08.36]这是一次我将终生难忘的经历,而且它对我的余生意味无穷.

[05:12.08]Integrating skills Reading and writing

[05:16.36]综合技能  读,写

[05:20.63]Oprah Winfrey

[05:22.10]奥普拉.温弗里

[05:23.58]Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality 17 in the US.

[05:27.12]奥普拉.温弗里不仅仅是一位成功的美国电视名人.

[05:30.66]She is also a woman who has inspired millions.

[05:32.98]她还是一个激励千百万民众的女性.

[05:35.31]In her television shows she makes it possible to talk about great moments

[05:38.34]在她的电视节目里,她使得谈论重要事件成为可能.

[05:41.37]and difficulties 18 in people's lives.

[05:43.44]人们生活中的困难

[05:45.52]She has helped thousands of men and women

[05:47.81]她已帮助成千上万的人们.

[05:50.09]come to terms with things that bother them

[05:52.17]心中有烦事

[05:54.25]and that they could not talk about with others.

[05:56.43]但又不便与他人交流.

[05:58.61]Oprah's programme about literature,in which she reviews books,

[06:01.73]温弗里的文学节目是评论书籍的,

[06:04.85]is very popular.

[06:06.43]很受欢迎.

[06:08.01]When she praised a book,it will become a best-seller 19.

[06:10.69]她每赞誉一本书,这本书一定会畅销.

[06:13.37]Her life and her success are a good example for many women.

[06:16.19]她的生活和成功是许多妇女的榜样.

[06:19.01]Oprah Winfrey is a black woman whose rise to fame is an inspiring story.

[06:22.29]奥普拉.温弗里是黑人,她的发迹很鼓舞人心.

[06:25.57]She was born on January 29th, 1954 in a small village in America.

[06:29.54]她于1954年1月29日出生在美国的一个小村子.

[06:33.51]Her parents were very poor.For her family,life seemed to hold no promise.

[06:37.14]父母很贫穷.对她们家来说,生活似乎是没有指望的.

[06:40.77]Being black and a woman made life even more difficult in America at that time

[06:44.34]在当时的美国,作为一名黑人妇女,生活更为艰难

[06:47.90]But there was nothing that could stop Oprah.

[06:49.94]但没有任何因难有够阻止奥普拉.

[06:51.98]She was an extremely 20 bright girl at school.

[06:54.16]在学校里她是个非常聪明的学生.

[06:56.34]She asked her kindergarten teacher to let her go to school sooner

[06:59.07]她要求幼儿园老师让她提早上学.

[07:01.80]and she also skipped the second grade of primary school.

[07:04.28]她还跳过了小学一年级.

[07:06.76]Her life from the age of six till about fourteen was very hard.

[07:10.04]从6岁直到14岁,奥普拉过得很困难.

[07:13.32]It was a time in which many sad things happened to her.

[07:15.96]在此期间,她遭遇了很多不幸的事.

[07:18.60]For many women such hardship 21 would be too heavy to bear.

[07:21.33]对许多妇女来说,如此艰辛太沉重了.

[07:24.06]But not for Oprah.

[07:25.53]但对奥帕拉并非如此.

[07:27.01]When she was fourteen,Oprah went to live with her father.

[07:29.63]14岁时,奥普拉去和父亲生活在一起.

[07:32.26]Her father

[07:33.59]她父亲

[07:34.92]showed her how hard work and discipline 22 could lead to self-improvement 23.

[07:37.95]让她明白努力工作,遵守纪律能够提高自身素质.

[07:40.98]Oprah listened to her father,and a few years later

[07:43.46]奥普拉相信父亲的话,几年后,

[07:45.95]she won a college scholarship 24 that allowed her to go to university.

[07:48.68]她赢得了大学的奖学金,并被允许上了大学.

[07:51.41]In 1971,she began working part-time on a radio programme.

[07:54.68]1971年,她开始为一个广播节目做兼职.

[07:57.96]Two years later,after graduation,she started working for television.

[08:01.19]两年后,大学毕业后,她开始在电台工作.

[08:04.41]For more that ten years

[08:06.00]十多年里,

[08:07.58]she worked for different TV stations across the country.

[08:10.15]她在全国好几家电视台工作过.

[08:12.72]In 1984,she moved to Chicago,

[08:15.10]1984年,她移居芝加哥,

[08:17.48]where she became the host of a talk show called "AM Chicago."

[08:20.56]在那里主持一个叫《上午芝加哥》的脱口秀节目.

[08:23.64]When Oprah started"AM Chicago" had few listeners 25.

[08:26.32]刚开始时,《上午芝加哥》听众很少.

[08:29.00]By September of the next year,

[08:30.82]到第二年9月,

[08:32.65]the show was so successful that it was given a new name:

[08:35.47]这个节目就相当成功了,被称为:

[08:38.30]"The Oprah Winfrey Show".

[08:39.92]"奥普拉.温弗里秀

[08:41.53]"Oprah's programme

[08:43.05]奥普拉的节目

[08:44.57]has so far been shown on TV for almost  years non 5 stop.

[08:47.69]到目前为止在电视台已经播出20多年了.

[08:50.81]Her show is one of the most popular television programmes in history.

[08:53.84]她的节目是历史上最受欢迎的电视节目之一.

[08:56.87]She has won many prizes for her work in television and film.

[08:59.69]由于在电视和电影方面的出色工作,她获得了很多奖项.

[09:02.51]Oprah Winfrey's wonderful career inspires many people to believe that success and happiness in life

[09:06.53]奥普拉.温弗里的成功事业激励着很多人去相信成功和幸福

[09:10.56]are within reach for everyone.

[09:12.44]每个人都会达到的.

[09:14.32]Her life

[09:15.60]她的经历

[09:16.88]shows us that hard work and discipline are the road to self-improvement,

[09:19.91]向我们表明努力工作,遵守纪律是自我提高的保证,

[09:22.94]and success lies somewhere along that road.

[09:25.26]而成功就在于此.

[09:27.59]Work book Unit 17

[09:32.11]练习本  17单元

[09:36.63]Great women

[09:38.09]著名的妇女

[09:39.55]Integrating skills

[09:41.24]综合技能

[09:42.92]Reading

[09:44.20]读

[09:45.48]To the stars

[09:47.06]成为明星

[09:48.64]The men and women working on the space programme once were high school students

[09:51.88]从事太空编程的人们曾经是高校的学生.

[09:55.12]like you and me.

[09:56.55]就像你和我.

[09:57.97]They made their dreams come true.

[09:59.94]他们梦想成真.

[10:01.91]Read about the lives of two young women,who are now part of that great project.

[10:05.64]阅读有关于两个年轻女人的部分生活计划.

[10:09.36]The biggest problem was my feeling that I wasn't smart enough to do this.

[10:12.99]最大的问题就是我感觉我做这事不够聪明

[10:16.62]I had to believe in myself.

[10:18.80]我必须相信我自己.

[10:20.98]My teachers encouraged us to believe we could do anything

[10:24.00]我的老师鼓励我们要相信自己能行.

[10:27.02]and have it all.

[10:28.74]有能力征服.

[10:30.47]I always loved all sorts of science,but I thought of maths as "Just a tool".

[10:34.59]我通常喜欢理科,但我诊认为数学"仅仅是一个工具".

[10:38.72]My best subject was always English,and I think that it helped me a lot,

[10:42.55]我最好的科目就是英语,我认为它帮助了我很多.

[10:46.37]because good communication is so important no matter what your job is.

[10:49.90]因为好的沟通对于你无论从事什么样的工作是很重要的.

[10:53.43]Also,being good at English left me the time I needed

[10:56.71]也因为我擅长英语使得我有一些空闲的时间.

[10:59.98]to work harder on my maths.

[11:01.96]去努力学习数学.

[11:03.93]There is much yet to be discovered.

[11:05.99]这里有更多的发现.

[11:08.06]I believe the greatest inventions will be made

[11:10.49]我相信会有最大的创造

[11:12.91]when men and women combine their intelligence 26 and creativity 27.

[11:16.05]当男人和女人联合他们的智慧和创造力.

[11:19.18]I was born in 1968 in a small town in northwest China.

[11:22.81]我出生于1968年,中国西北方的一个小城镇.

[11:26.45]In school I did well in maths and science.

[11:29.02]在学校,数学和自然科目都很好.

[11:31.59]I believe that is because I was interested in them

[11:34.18]我确信这一点因为我对它们感兴趣.

[11:36.76]and I asked a lot of questions.

[11:38.79]我问了很多问题.

[11:40.81]I was also lucky to have some excellent teachers.

[11:43.24]我很幸运我有一些优秀的老师.

[11:45.67]Change is the most important challenge of our time.

[11:48.05]改变对于我们的时间来说是个最重要的挑战.

[11:50.43]We have to go on learning 28 new things and skills after finishing school.

[11:53.70]完成学业之后我们还得继续学习新的事物.

[11:56.98]Much of my knowledge comes from "on-the-job learning".

[11:59.62]我的大部分知识都来自工作实践.

[12:02.26]If you want to work on the space programme,

[12:04.28]如果你想从事太空编程

[12:06.31]you should study maths,physics and computer science in high school.

[12:09.25]你应该高校里学习数学,物理学和计算机.

[12:12.19]You need them to understand the properties 29 of matter

[12:14.67]你必须弄懂这些事物的性能.

[12:17.15]and the laws of the universe.

[12:22.32]和它们的规律