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
activated Fuller earth
alternate operations
aluminium propoxide
Ancid
annual branch
any quantity
areal sweep efficiency
aucctu
available line
bash against
belongingly
bending stress
biehl
cacotheline
capture gamma
caryogaram
central conic
champlain canal
Commelina communica L.
compound trommel
constant-velocity input
copyism
countersignatories
diorite aplite
district council
emergency exit spoiler
envolute
fast operatioon
finance statistics
forzen sucker
gasoline family
globe cased turbine
goddessling
got under my skin
grassland husbandry
hard surfacing
hermetic packages
high season
high-fregquency saturable reactor
honey wine
hypomeric muscle
Indigofera pampaniniana
inverted triangular truss
irreducible Goppa code
jacutin
joint flexible
JSPS
leina'ala
lick someone's arse
lithium soap base grease
magnetic star
marms
metal compact
monkey roll
movable flower bed
myxobacterias
NAVAREAS
overstimulates
permselective membrane
petroleum chemistry
pick up the bits
PIDD
plasmacytopoiesis
projection surface
pyrheliogram
raking stem
reversed phase sorbent
ring shaped workpieces
Rosenmuller
s.s
scalar quantity
Schwassman -Wachmann comet
shadow definer
shallow spread foundation
sky factor
soccer (association football )
special traction power station
spitting out
spotted cowbanes
stone massages
subfamily Caesalpinioideae
sunao
superliterate
surface waste
tariff of abomination
Tigranes
tote box
tritriacontane
truck spring
underestimators
underwater propulsion noise
vervain sage
Victoria violet
volga rivers
wait on line
wash header
waterproofing process
William of Malmesbury
xenobiotics
xerothermal period
yawing movement