时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:创新英语教程第三册


英语课
[00:04.99]2 While you read
[00:11.65]Surprise for Jailbird Dad
[00:16.20]There are many happy stories
[00:20.17]about children being reunitted with the famous parents they did not know they had,
[00:26.41]but perhaps one of the unusual
[00:30.77]is that of a twenty-five-year-old chef from Liverpool,
[00:36.13]who was recently in formed of the fact
[00:40.20]that the father he had never known
[00:43.86]was actually one of Britain’s most dangerous men.
[00:49.14]Originally jailed for robbery and burglary,
[00:54.60]Charles Bronson has spent twenty-two of the last twenty-six years in prison.
[01:00.84]Much of this is because he has repeatedly taken hostages in jail
[01:07.21]and attacked fellow inmates 1.
[01:10.87]He is a man of incredible physical strength and has a terrible temper.
[01:17.71]He has already caused over half a million pounds’worth of damage to prison property
[01:24.56]had to be moved to a special secure unit,costing the taxpayer 2 over $60,000 a year.
[01:32.60]Twenty-five years ago,he became a father,when his son,Michael,was born.
[01:39.06]However,he split up with the boy’s mother when he began a prison sentence three years later.
[01:46.11]Last year,though,an old friend managed to track down Bronson’s son in Lverpool.
[01:53.19]The news that his father was the infamous 3 ’most dangerous man in Britain’
[01:59.35]obviously came as a total shock to the son,
[02:04.11]who nevertheless decided 4 to get in touch with his father.
[02:08.97]When Bronson first heard from Michael,he said:’I was on a mission of madness,
[02:16.23]now I’m no a mission of peace.
[02:20.67]All I want to do now is get home and have a pint 5 with my boy.’
[02:26.42]When the two men finally met in prison,
[02:31.69]Michael said that he got on like a house on fire with his father.
[02:37.15]’I gave him a great big hug.
[02:41.52]It was very nice to finally meet him after all thesee years.
[02:46.69]People get the wrong impressioon of him from the media.
[02:52.15]He’s not as bad as they make out.He’s actually a very sensitive and talented guy.’
[02:59.10]Interestingly,the facts  do back up this claim,
[03:04.37]because as well as having a reputation for violence,
[03:09.13]Bronson also has a reputation for his cartooms and poetry.
[03:15.08]He’s been attempting to have his work published,
[03:19.94]but the prison authorities have stood in the way of any such plan,
[03:25.19]because they didn’t want him to profit from his crimes.
[03:30.26]Michel also commented on the fact that he and his father looked very similar,
[03:36.71]except for his dad’s large bushy beard.
[03:41.44]Bronson himself said:’I’m delighted to be back in touch with my son.
[03:47.81]It’s taken twenty-two years to get him back into my life."
[03:53.38]When Charles Bronson is eventually released,
[03:58.55]father and son want to open up a restaurant.
[04:03.41]Mike plans to be the chef-while Bronson intends to be the security on the door!
[04:09.97]These plans,however,may have to be put on hold-it seems that old habits die hard.
[04:17.70]Only last week,Bronson was involved in yet another violent incident
[04:23.55]and an early release looks increasingly unlikely.
[04:28.41]If you would like to know more about Charles Bronson’s amazing life,
[04:34.36]a biography is currently being written about him.
[04:39.12]You can read it with a clear conscience because any profits will be going to charity.
[04:45.88]3 Pronunciation:the schwa sound
[04:55.03]1.It’s better than my old one.
[05:04.17]2.It’s better than it was before.
[05:10.52]3.It’s bigger than the last one.
[05:16.08]4.It’s much more touristy than it used to be.
[05:22.93]5.It’s much cheaper than it used to be.
[05:29.40]6.It was quicker than last time.
[05:34.97]7.It wasn’t as good as the last time we went.
[05:41.92]8.It wasn’t as good as I remembered.
[05:47.79]9.It’s not as good as it used to be.
[05:54.04]5 Giving bad news
[06:03.18]1.Can you give me a lift home?
[06:11.72]I’m sorry,I’m afraid .I can’tI lost my licence las week
[06:17.97]-had a bit too much to drink and got stopped by the police!
[06:22.72]2.Do you think I could get that camera back off you sometime soon?
[06:29.20]I don’t know how to put this,but I think I lost it last night while I was out.
[06:35.96]I’m really sorry,but I’ve searched everywhere and I can’t find it.
[06:41.53]I’ll get you another one.I’m extremely sorry.
[06:46.39]3.Have you heard from Jan recently?
[06:51.98]Well,actually,I haven’t-not for about six months
[06:57.31]-we had a bit of an argument last year.
[07:01.43]4.Is your grandfather any better?
[07:07.31]I’m afraid not.We’re very worried about him.But then he is ninety.
[07:14.57]5.So,has peter had his results yet?
[07:21.23]Well,yes,I’m afraid he has.
[07:25.39]He didn’t pass-so he’s got to re-sit part of his exams in July.
[07:30.85]6.Are you feeling all right,Steve?
[07:36.02]Well,actually,no.I’ve just had some very bad news.
[07:42.18]7.Hello,how are you?
[07:47.75]Oh,fine thanks.Well,actually,I think I’m getting the flu.
[07:53.81]So I’d stay away if I were you.
[07:57.65]8.I thougt you had a dog.
[08:02.98]We did.But unfortunately,it ran out into the street and was run over.
[08:09.04]I’m aftaid we had to have it put down.

1 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 taxpayer
n.纳税人
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
3 infamous
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的
  • He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
  • I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 pint
n.品脱
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
学英语单词
additional theorem
aluminium dry cargo container
amatoxins
anthropophagously
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
auto-forwarding
automatic interpretation
automatic thread cutter
beguiled
bright paint
British European Airways
broadacre disc plough
capsular hemiplegia
casing fin tube
cattle actinomycosis
chamfer edge
cornea aqueous barrier
Corynebacterium acetoacidophilum
cumulescent
demineralized
discrete space-time
DNW
education
electric smelter
emitter character
Ettingshausen-Nernst effect
expansions
eyas-musket
faecaloma
Favareta
femoral muscle
first class highway
fordwine
freeters
genetic erosion
glucoheptoascorbic acid
glyceric acid-1,3,-diphosphate
harmonizing stomach for descending adverse qi
high-tension insulation
hijabista
hulchy
indoxylsulfuric acid
Kerry, Co.
Kiput
level bolt
living form
location beacon
logarithmic graphic instrument
moncrieff
nanofab
niobium neutron fluence dosimeter
nitrate additive
omomyidae
optical fiber measurement
orthokeratosis
overest
pan pipes
parallel edges
payment cards
pickle curing
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
pinacolin
pitiamide
podocnemidids
pompador
programming linguistic mathematics
punjabi folk dances (n. india)
Raja, Pulau
reaction-type
recurrent capsular cataract
residual sea water pump
RV's
saturation funicular
schedulable
Scorzonera ensifolia
separating nozzle
shock-troops
silicon monocrystal
silicrete
sine relation
skin coulter
sleake
slow-moving traffic
smoked liver sausage
solid state imaging method
somatopagus
starting friction loss
Step-up swap
stock-holders
Tamniyah
terminal thread
Tessenderlo
thyristor chopper controller
transfluent
tuwhit tuwhoo
type real
uphoff
WenlockianSeries
WhatsApp
Winterfeld
yakhni
YPbPr