电视英语口语教材 第二十七课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 27

　　[00:01.63]第二十七课

　　[00:03.27]ROBERT BRUCE,KING OF SCOTLAND¹

　　[00:05.66]苏格兰国王罗伯特·布鲁斯

　　[00:08.05]Many centuries ago,Scotland was ruled by a king named Robert Bruce.

　　[00:11.47]许多世纪以前，苏格兰有一位国王，名叫罗伯特·布鲁斯。

　　[00:14.89]He was a wise king and a brave soldier.

　　[00:17.04]他是一位明智的君主，又是一位勇敢的战士。

　　[00:19.20]When the English army invaded² Scotland,Bruce took up arms and led his people in the defence³ of their country.

　　[00:24.35]当英格兰军队侵略苏格兰时，布鲁斯拿起武器领导人民起来保卫自己的国土。

　　[00:29.49]Battle after battle was fought.Six times Bruce led his brave little army against the enemy,and six times his men were beaten.

　　[00:34.93]战斗一场接一场地打开了。布鲁斯带着他那支勇敢的但人数不多的军队六次抗击敌人，但六次都被打败了。

　　[00:40.36]His army was scattered,and he was forced to go into hiding-in the woods or in lonely places in the mountains.

　　[00:45.14]他的军队溃散了，他自己也被迫躲藏起来，有时躲进森林里，有时躲到偏僻的山区。

　　[00:49.92]One rainy day,Bruce lay on the ground in a hut,listening to the sound of the rain on the roof.

　　[00:54.23]一个下雨天，布鲁斯躺在一间茅屋的地上，听着雨打屋顶的声音。

　　[00:58.54]He was tired and sad,and ready to give up all hope.It seemed to him that it was no use trying to do anything any more.

　　[01:04.63]他疲倦而忧郁，不抱什么希望了。他觉得再做任何努力也没用。

　　[01:10.71]As he lay thinking,he saw a spider over his head,trying to spin⁴ a web⁵.He watched her as she toiled⁶ slowly and with great care.

　　[01:17.36]他正躺在地上想着，忽见头上有一只蜘蛛在织网。他看着蜘蛛慢慢地、非常小心地织着网。

　　[01:24.01]Six times she tried to reach the opposite wall to fix her thread,and six times she failed.

　　[01:28.01]它六次试图把吐出的丝接到对面的墙上，六次都失败了。

　　[01:32.00]"Poor thing!"cired Bruce,"You,too,know what it is to fail."

　　[01:34.85]“可怜的小东西，”布鲁斯失声说。“你也尝到了失败是什么滋味。”

　　[01:37.70]But the spider did not lose hope.With still more care,she tried for the seventh time.

　　[01:41.83]但是蜘蛛并没有灰心，它更加小心地试第七次。

　　[01:45.95]Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her swing herself out upon the slender⁷ line.

　　[01:50.41]布鲁斯凝视着蜘蛛的身子，它挂在纤细的丝上摆向对面的墙，他几乎忘却了自己的烦恼。

　　[01:54.86]Would she fail again?No!The thread was carried safely from one wall to the other.

　　[01:58.57]这次它会不会又一次失败？不！蜘蛛终于安全地将丝从这一面墙拉到了另一面墙。

　　[02:02.28]"I,too,will try a seventh time!"cried Bruce.He got up and called his men together.

　　[02:06.30]“我也要试第七次，”布鲁斯叫道。他站了起来，把手下人召集在一起。

　　[02:10.32]He told them of his plans,and sent them out with messages of cheer to his disheartened people.

　　[02:14.50]他把自己的计谋告诉大家。叫他们奔赴四方，鼓动陷于绝望的人民。

　　[02:18.68]Soon there was an army of brave Scotsmen gathered around him.Another battle was fought.

　　[02:22.42]不久，在他周围集结了一支英勇的苏格兰士兵。接着，又打了一仗。

　　[02:26.16]This time the Scots won and the English invaders⁸ were driven out of Scotland.

　　[02:30.03]这一次，苏格兰人胜利了，英格兰侵略者被赶出了苏格兰。

　　[02:33.91]PHYSICAL TRAINING

　　[02:37.00]A:There goes the bell.It’s time for physical training.Let’s go to the sports ground.

　　[02:44.75]B:What do we do today?

　　[02:47.00]A:We’ll run round the track⁹ first.Then we’ll practise the high jump.After that we’ll break into small groups.

　　[02:56.14]We can either play basketball or volleyball.

　　[02:59.30]B:That’s good.Our basketball team is going to play Class Three on Wednesday.We need a lot of practice.

　　[03:07.53]A:Look,they are already lining¹⁰ up there.Let’s run over and join them.

　　[03:14.93]A LACONIC¹¹ ANSWER

　　[03:16.14]拉科人的回答

　　[03:17.36]There were some people in the southern part of Greece called Spartans¹²,who were famous for their simple habits and their bravery.

　　[03:22.55]在希腊南部住着一群斯巴达人，他们以简朴的习俗和骁勇善战著称。

　　[03:27.75]The name of the area in which they lived was Laconia,and so they were also called Lacons.

　　[03:31.63]他们居住的地方叫拉科尼亚，所以他们又被称为拉科人。

　　[03:35.51]One of the strange rules which the Lacons had was that they should speak briefly,and never use more words than were needed.

　　[03:40.33]拉科人有一条奇特的戒律，那就是说话必须简短干脆，绝不多用一个字。

　　[03:45.15]And so a short answer is often spoken of as a laconic answer.

　　[03:48.05]因此简洁的回答通常被称为拉科人的回答。

　　[03:50.95]There was in the northern part of Greece a land called Macedon;and this land was at one time ruled over by a warlike king named Philip.

　　[03:56.67]希腊北部有个地方叫马其顿，一度由一位好战的君王菲利浦统治。

　　[04:02.39]Philip wanted to become the mater of all Greece.

　　[04:04.26]菲利浦梦想成为整个希腊的统治者。

　　[04:06.13]So he raised a great army,and make war upon the other states,until nearly all of them were forced to call him their King.

　　[04:11.23]他为此招募了一支庞大的军队，向其他邦国宣战，直到几乎所有的邦国都被迫向他称臣。

　　[04:16.34]Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia,saying,"If I go down into your country,I will level your great city to the ground."

　　[04:21.51]随后他发了一封信给拉科尼亚的斯巴达人，信中说："如果我踏上你们的国土，我将把你们雄伟的城市夷为平地。"

　　[04:26.68]In a few days,an answer was brought back to him.

　　[04:28.93]几天之后，回信送到了菲利浦手中。

　　[04:31.18]When he opened the letter,he found there was only one word.

　　[04:33.45]他拆开信，只看见一个词。

　　[04:35.72]That word was"IF".

　　[04:37.50]这个词就是"如果"。

　　[04:39.28]Robert Bruce

　　[04:40.82]（人名）

　　[04:42.36]Scotland

　　[04:44.32]苏格兰

　　[04:46.28]century

　　[04:48.14]世纪

　　[04:50.01]rule

　　[04:51.50]统治

　　[04:52.99]named

　　[04:54.44]名叫

　　[04:55.89]wise

　　[04:57.05]聪明

　　[04:58.21]brave

　　[05:00.26]勇敢的

　　[05:02.32]soldier

　　[05:03.76]军人

　　[05:05.21]invade

　　[05:06.38]入侵

　　[05:07.54]arms

　　[05:09.22]武器

　　[05:10.91]defence

　　[05:12.25]保卫

　　[05:13.60]in defence of

　　[05:15.38]保卫

　　[05:17.15]against

　　[05:18.97]反对

　　[05:20.78]enemy

　　[05:22.32]敌人

　　[05:23.87]scatter

　　[05:25.83]使散开

　　[05:27.78]force

　　[05:29.65]强迫

　　[05:31.52]wood

　　[05:33.10]树林

　　[05:34.68]lonely

　　[05:36.50]偏僻的

　　[05:38.31]rainy

　　[05:39.62]有雨的

　　[05:40.92]lie

　　[05:42.09]躺着

　　[05:43.25]sound

　　[05:44.37]声音

　　[05:45.50]roof

　　[05:47.55]屋顶

　　[05:49.60]give up

　　[05:51.28]放弃

　　[05:52.97]seem

　　[05:54.31]看起来

　　[05:55.66]use

　　[05:57.05]用处

　　[05:58.45]spider

　　[05:59.99]蜘蛛

　　[06:01.53]spin

　　[06:02.61]纺

　　[06:03.68]web

　　[06:04.98]网

　　[06:06.29]reach

　　[06:07.69]到达

　　[06:09.08]toil

　　[06:10.43]艰苦地劳动

　　[06:11.77]care

　　[06:13.59]关心

　　[06:15.41]with (great) care

　　[06:17.60]小心地

　　[06:19.79]opposite

　　[06:21.24]相反的

　　[06:22.69]fix

　　[06:24.24]系牢

　　[06:25.78]thread

　　[06:27.50]丝，线

　　[06:29.22]fail

　　[06:31.09]失败

　　[06:32.96]poor

　　[06:34.45]可怜的

　　[06:35.94]lose

　　[06:37.66]失掉

　　[06:39.39]hope

　　[06:41.40]希望

　　[06:43.41]almost

　　[06:45.04]几乎

　　[06:46.67]own

　　[06:48.31]自己的

　　[06:49.94]trouble

　　[06:52.04]烦恼

　　[06:54.15]swing

　　[06:55.40]摆动

　　[06:56.65]slender

　　[06:58.76]纤细的

　　[07:00.86]line

　　[07:02.67]线

　　[07:04.49]safely

　　[07:06.50]安全地

　　[07:08.51]call

　　[07:10.20]召集

　　[07:11.88]send

　　[07:13.46]送

　　[07:15.04]message

　　[07:16.62]信息

　　[07:18.20]cheer

　　[07:20.02]鼓舞

　　[07:21.84]disheartened

　　[07:23.65]灰心

　　[07:25.47]Scotsman

　　[07:27.19]苏格兰人

　　[07:28.91]gather

　　[07:30.64]聚集

　　[07:32.36]win

　　[07:34.18]战胜

　　[07:35.99]invader

　　[07:37.34]侵略者

　　[07:38.68]drive

　　[07:40.17]驱逐

　　[07:41.66]training

　　[07:43.29]训练

　　[07:44.93]physical training

　　[07:46.65]体育

　　[07:48.38]sports ground

　　[07:50.19]操场

　　[07:52.01]high

　　[07:52.93]高的

　　[07:53.86]jump

　　[07:55.55]跳跃

　　[07:57.23]either...or

　　[07:59.28]或…或…

　　[08:01.33]break

　　[08:02.49]打破

　　[08:03.66]break into groups

　　[08:05.00]分为小组

　　[08:06.35]volleyball

　　[08:08.22]排球

　　[08:10.08]to play Class Three

　　[08:12.19]与第三班比赛

　　[08:14.29]line (up)

　　[08:15.63]排成一行

1 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。

2 invaded   

v.侵入，侵略( invade的过去式和过去分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯

参考例句：

• Troops invaded on August 9th that year. 军队是在那年的8月9日入侵的。
• The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms. 有病的组织容易被微生物侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 defence   

n.保卫，防御，辩护

参考例句：

• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。
• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。

4 spin   

v./n.纺，（使）快速旋转；旋转，旋转运动

参考例句：

• A man cannot spin and weave at the same time.[谚]一心不能二用。
• We can go for a spin on a bicycle on campus.我们可以骑自行车在校园里兜一圈。

5 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

6 toiled   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun. 他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little. 他整天劳碌但挣得很少。

7 slender   

adj.苗条的，修长的；微薄的，微弱的

参考例句：

• Everybody of us admired her slender figure.我们人人都羡慕她的苗条身材。
• The girl was pretty and slender.那姑娘长得美丽苗条。

8 invaders   

入侵者，侵略者，侵入物( invader的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They prepared to repel the invaders. 他们准备赶走侵略军。
• The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders. 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

9 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

10 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

11 laconic   

adj.简洁的；精练的

参考例句：

• He sent me a laconic private message.他给我一封简要的私人函件。
• This response was typical of the writer's laconic wit.这个回答反映了这位作家精练简明的特点。

12 spartans   

n.斯巴达（spartan的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The ancient Spartans used to expose babies that they did not want. 古斯巴达人常遗弃他们不要的婴儿。
• But one by one the Spartans fell. 可是斯巴达人一个一个地倒下了。