时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


英语课

 



[00:00.30]13.A Tragedy or a Blessing 1?


[00:04.23]Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. 


[00:08.36]Clark and his wife worked and saved, making plans for their nine children and themselves to travel to the United States. 


[00:17.07]It had taken years, but they had finally saved enough money 


[00:20.89]and had gotten passports and reservations for the whole family on a new liner to the United States.


[00:27.96]The entire family was filled with anticipation 2 and excitement about life in America. 


[00:34.39]However, seven days before their departure, the youngest son was bitten by a dog. 


[00:42.45]The doctor sewed up the boy but hung a yellow sheet on the Clarks’ front door. 


[00:47.13]Because of the possibility of rabies, they were being quarantined for fourteen days.


[00:53.34]The family’s dreams were dashed. 


[00:56.44]They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. 


[01:00.47]The father, filled with disappointment and anger, stomped 3 to the dock to watch the ship leave — without the Clark family. 


[01:08.85]The father shed tears of disappointment and cursed both his son and God for their misfortune.


[01:15.49]Five days later, the tragic 4 news spread throughout Scotland - the mighty 5 Titanic 6 had sunk. 


[01:24.64]The unsinkable ship had sunk, taking hundreds of lives with it. 


[01:30.09]The Clark family was to have been on that ship, 


[01:33.36]but because the son had been bitten by a dog, they were left behind in Scotland.


[01:37.96]When Mr. Clark heard the news, he hugged his son and thanked him for saving the family. 


[01:45.28]He thanked God for saving their lives and turning what he felt was a tragedy into a blessing.


[01:52.28]Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.




1 blessing
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
2 anticipation
n.预期,预料,期望
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
3 stomped
v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲,重步走出办公室。
  • She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门,暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句
4 tragic
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
5 mighty
adj.强有力的;巨大的
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
6 titanic
adj.巨人的,庞大的,强大的
  • We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力,以达到我们的目的。
  • The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。
学英语单词
abscess of sclera
additional fuel
Allis' sign
artophorion
automatic gear gauge
back-rake
be necessary to
beer barrel
bellows camera
Bercianos
bias crosstalk
boese
captive bolt
car repair facilities
catalyst spraying
channel integrity
chicken yards
clusterfuck
common whipping
control
cowfishes
cupric oleate
digital tape
ease nature
ecotechnologies
effective strength
eireanns
Eldama Ravine
experimental aerodonetics
external priority discipline
Fick's equation
flares up
floating-rate
gigga
gunmetals
Gunn amplifier
Hilbert-Schmidt expansion theorem
horizontal synchronizing device
internal defect
Ivancice
jankauskas
Juojarvi
kammenar
kop (kick-off point)
Larouco, Sa.do
laydays
localization of industry
lymphonodi submandibulares
mains unit
man at the wheel
mangole
measurement-system data handling
Meconopsis paniculata
meiosis zygotene stage
Merecure Viejo
micro-rhythm
middle-clicked
moisture-laden air
mud trap
mull something over
musulman
myns
neutral variation
nutation drive
oligophylicidine
ozonophore
pandurated
pedestal wash basin
peliosis
pelvic inflammatory disease
phyllostomidaes
polypnoea
post-injury
pseudohypersensitivity
pudding-grass
Ranunculus banguoensis
re-imburse
read access time
regeneration connection
revelations
Rubus grandipaniculatus
salty dog
shape-righting
sheet gauge
simulation of logic array
skewed storage
sne
sodium tetrabromphenolphthalein
Spessart
string tape
synchro clutch
techs
ties of matter
time limit for a project
timmiella anomala
transient overvoltage
treddle
trilobum
unlusthead
urethral gonorrhea
vinhos verdes
Woolpit