北师大版高中英语模块10--Unit28(4)-2

[00:00.00]Many of whom carry knifes,and even guns.
[00:04.71]Rather than trying
[00:05.49]to keep these wild teenagers out,
[00:08.20]Camila made a highly courageous¹ decision:
[00:10.99]that she should open her doors to them too.
[00:14.46]But the experiences convinced
[00:16.11]that they would never response to the authority
[00:18.24]of middle class social works.
[00:20.40]So again she made a very unusual decision
[00:23.51]to recruit as careworkers young men
[00:26.25]who were themselves ex-gangsters
[00:28.45]and drug dealers,to whom these youngsters
[00:30.93]would be better able to relate.
[00:33.62]"Of course,it was very difficult at first
[00:36.28]-there was a lot of conflict between ourselves
[00:38.50]and these young men
[00:39.39]who were working in the centre.
[00:41.30]In some ways they were much strict than us.
[00:44.13]When youngsters broke the rules,
[00:45.27]they wanted to take them outside
[00:46.50]and pick them up.
[00:47.96]But eventually,I think,we learnt to coexist."
[00:53.16]Three retired² women on a day trip to France
[00:55.49]attacked and disarmed³ a man
[00:56.94]who attempted to steal their car and gunpoint.
[01:00.13]The women were sitting in their car
[01:01.60]when the thief pointed⁴ a loaded gun
[01:03.40]through the window
[01:04.38]and tried to grab the car keys.
[01:04.38]

1 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 disarmed   

v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
• The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械，并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。