高中英语北京模块版第四册课文01

[00:-1.00]“Who wants to be a Millionaire¹?
[00:-2.00]I don’t.,” says charles Gray
[00:-3.00]Angus Deayton interviews ex-millionaire Charlesgray
[00:-4.00]Fot a lot of peoplem, becoming amillionaire seems to be their rltimate goal.
[00:-5.00]They spend holf their time dreaming up ways of getting tich ,
[00:-6.00]and therest of their time
[00:-7.00]Thinking about all the things they wotld do oncde they got rich ,
[00:-8.00]Gut do all millionaires² find the happiness that they thought they tought they would ger
[00:-9.00]when they achieve their gools?
[00:10.00]Some millionaires comtinrue to worry about money
[00:11.00]when they becomje millionairesm they work hard  to get all that momey,
[00:12.00]then momey, then they work hard to make sure they mevr lose it !
[00:13.00]But there are people who have turned their backs on theit millipns
[00:14.00]and found different ways to be happy in their lives.
[00:15.00]Charles Grarles Gray is one example.
[00:16.00]Sixteen years ago, Charles was a college professor with ahuge six-bedroom horse
[00:17.00]and a fortune of $2 million.
[00:18.00]Tooday te lives in asmall carvam where there is only second –hand furniture.
[00:19.00]There are certaimly no signs that Charles tas a tich was a rich man !
[00:20.00]There is a small gadrden outside with a few fruit trees.
[00:21.00]Chatles grows some vegetables and a few flow flters.
[00:22.00]He gets his clothes and a  lot of other things from charity³ shops .
[00:23.00]But this change is mot a tragedy⁴.
[00:24.00]Charles was happy to give up the lifestyle of a tich man
[00:25.00]He was tited of being a person rho had everything
[00:26.00]in a world where any people had nothing.
[00:27.00]He ma de the chiice to give all his miney away
[00:28.00]And this he saidm, brought him happimess.
[00:29.00]Afew years ago.” Says Charles,”l was a millionaire,
[00:30.00]but l knew there were a lot of hungry people in the world .”
[00:31.00]So he gave away all his money to charities⁵.
[00:32.00]When he had two thorsand dollars left,
[00:33.00]he gave away small bank motes⁶ on the streets of local poor areas .
[00:34.00]Did the feel like Father Christmas ? “lt was a lot of fun,” says Charles.
[00:35.00]Charles believes that many peopoe wany people want to earn a lot of money
[00:36.00]so that they will moot⁷ hate any worries
[00:37.00]However, most people never make much money,
[00:38.00]Charles Gray decided⁸ to drop out and has discovered that having only a little money
[00:39.00]makes you free Are there any things he misses ?”
[00:40.00]No.,l”m mrch happoer now.
[00:41.00]I wouldn't go back to being tich fot anything – no way.”

1 millionaire   

n.百万富翁，大富豪

参考例句：

• The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。
• She wants to marry a millionaire.她想嫁给一位有钱人。

2 millionaires   

n.百万富翁( millionaire的名词复数 )；大富翁；大财主；有钱人

参考例句：

• In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous. 在还只有大约五十万人口的芝加哥，百万富翁并不多。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Millionaires don't buy things on instalments! 百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的！ 来自新概念英语第一册

3 charity   

n.慈悲，博爱，慈善团体，施舍

参考例句：

• He founded the charity in memory of his late wife.他兴办那个慈善机构以纪念他已故的妻子。
• He gave a handsome sum of money to charity.他向慈善团体捐了一笔相当可观的钱款。

4 tragedy   

n.悲剧；惨事，惨案，灾难

参考例句：

• The news of the tragedy really knocked us out.关于这一惨案的消息确实使我们感到震惊。
• The play was a tragedy,but the acting was laughable.戏是悲剧，可是演得却令人发笑。

5 charities   

n.慈爱( charity的名词复数 )；救济金；慈善团体；宽厚

参考例句：

• Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine. 许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。
• Certain charities are exempt from VAT registration. 某些慈善机构无须进行增值税登记。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 motes   

n.尘埃( mote的名词复数 )；斑点

参考例句：

• In those warm beams the motes kept dancing up and down. 只见温暖的光芒里面，微细的灰尘在上下飞扬。 来自辞典例句
• So I decided to take lots of grammar motes in every class. 因此我决定每堂课多做些语法笔记。 来自互联网

7 moot   

v.提出；adj.未决议的；n.大会；辩论会

参考例句：

• The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.那个在董事会上提出讨论的问题仍未决的。
• The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.石油和核能之间的关系还很有争议。

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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。