电视英语口语教材 第三十一课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 31

　　[00:01.54]第三十一课

　　[00:03.08]CHALLENGES

　　[00:04.48]挑战

　　[00:05.88]Human beings enjoy challenges.Many of them like physical challenges.

　　[00:09.10]人类愿意接受挑战。很多人喜爱体力上的挑战。

　　[00:12.33]They ask themselves questions like this:How fast can I run?How high can I climb?How deep can I dive?

　　[00:16.95]他们自问诸如此类的问题：我能跑多快？我能登多高？我能潜多深？

　　[00:21.58]How far can I swim?How long can I hold my breath?How much can I lift?How high can I jump?

　　[00:27.36]我能游多远？我能屏息呆多长时间？我能举起多重的东西？我能跳多高？

　　[00:33.15]Because people enjoy challenges,they like to play sports and watch other people play sports.

　　[00:36.74]因为喜欢挑战，他们就喜爱体育运动，喜欢观看他人比赛。

　　[00:40.33]They like climbing,running,diving,swimming,lifting,jumping,and so on.

　　[00:45.61]他们喜欢登山，赛跑，潜水，游泳，举重及跳高等。

　　[00:50.89]Every four years,millions of people all over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics.

　　[00:55.29]每四年世界上千百万人就欣赏一次被称为奥林匹克的世界性大赛。

　　[00:59.69]People also enjoy the excitement of climbing mountains or of riding in a boat on a river that is moving very quickly or of racing¹ in a car around a track.

　　[01:06.30]从登山中、从在湍急的河流里扬帆荡桨中、从竞技的车赛中人们获得刺激。

　　[01:12.91]Why do people enjoy these challenges?There are probably many reasons.

　　[01:15.94]人们为什么从挑战中得到乐趣呢？可能有许多原因。

　　[01:18.97]One is curiosity².Another is the personal feeling of success,of achievement.

　　[01:22.19]一是好奇，另一个是出于个人的成功感，成就感。

　　[01:25.42]And nowadays,for some people,it is a business.

　　[01:27.77]而现在对某些人来说确成了买卖。

　　[01:30.12]There are challenges that are not physical challenges.There are social and intellectual³ challenges,too.

　　[01:33.57]有些挑战并不是针对体力的，还有社会上的和智能方面的。

　　[01:37.02]Leonardo Da Vinci,who lived in Italy during the fifteenth century,enjoyed every possible challenge.

　　[01:41.05]里奥纳多·达·芬奇生活在十五世纪的意大利。他喜欢各种可能的挑战。

　　[01:45.09]He was an artist and painted the well-known picture,the Mona Lisa.

　　[01:48.03]他是一名艺术家，画出了著名的油画“蒙娜丽莎”。

　　[01:50.97]He was inventor who invented a device⁴ to let people breathe under water.He was a scientist,and he learned⁵ a great deal about human anatomy⁶.

　　[01:56.90]他是一个发明家，他发明了让人在水下呼吸的装置。他是一位科学家，他对人体解剖学也颇有研究。

　　[02:02.83]Another kind of challenge faced the Egyptians between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago when they decided⁷ to build the first Pyramid.

　　[02:08.47]四千到五千年之前，埃及人建造第一座金字塔时面临着另外一种挑战。

　　[02:14.11]People are not sure why they built this pyramid,but it must have been important.

　　[02:17.12]现在人们不能肯定他们建造这一金字塔的原因，但在当时一定是很重要的。

　　[02:20.12]They used six million tons of rock.Four hundred thousand men worked for twenty years to build it.

　　[02:24.30]他们共用了六百万吨石头。四十万人花二十年时间建成了这座金字塔。

　　[02:28.48]So,for thousands of years,people have accepted challenges.Today we still have many challenges before us.

　　[02:33.13]因此千万年来人们一直在接受着挑战。今天我们面临着许多挑战。

　　[02:37.78]Medical science faces the challenge of conquering⁸ the many diseases⁹ which still attack human beings.

　　[02:41.74]医学界面临着征服侵害人体多种疾病的挑战。

　　[02:45.69]Engineers and planners must build new cities and new kinds of transportation.

　　[02:49.22]工程师与设计师必须建设出新型的城市，建造出新型的交通工具。

　　[02:52.75]Scientists must develop new forms of energy.And many of us are interested in the challenge of space.We live in an age of challenges.

　　[02:59.71]科学家必须开发出新型能源。我们很多人都对来自太空的挑战深感兴趣。我们生活在一个充满挑战的时代。

　　[03:06.67]IN THE NEIGHBOUR’S

　　[03:10.48]Oscar Crane¹⁰:Oh,good evening,Mrs Rice.What can I do for you?

　　[03:16.08]Sonia Rice:Didn’t you say you were leaving on another trip in the morning?

　　[03:20.18]Oscar Crane:Yes,up through Central America.

　　[03:23.26]Sonia Rice:I just stopped by to remind you to leave a key for me.

　　[03:27.67]Oscar Crane:Oh,that’s right.I almost forgot about it.It’s very good of you to keep an eye on the house when I’m away.

　　[03:35.48]A ROSE IS PINK

　　[03:37.99]What is pink?A rose is pink.

　　[03:40.89]By the fountain’s brink¹¹.

　　[03:43.11]What is blue?The sky is blue.

　　[03:46.19]Where the clouds float thro.

　　[03:48.81]What is white?A swan is white.

　　[03:52.49]Sailing in the ligh

　　[03:55.00]What is yellow?Pears are yello

　　[03:58.58]Rich,ripe and mello

　　[04:01.19]What is green?The grass is gree

　　[04:04.48]With small flowers betwee

　　[04:07.67]What is orange?Why,an orang

　　[04:11.35]Just an orang

　　[04:13.86]A TALE FROM INDIA

　　[04:15.31]印度传说

　　[04:16.76]Once upon a time an elephant and a monkey had a quarrel.

　　[04:19.38]从前，一只大象和一只猴子吵起架来。

　　[04:22.01]The elephant was proud because he was so strong."Look how big and strong I am!"he said."I can pull a tree down,can you?"

　　[04:28.11]大象对自己的强壮颇为得意。"瞧瞧我有多粗、多壮！"他说，"我能把大树板倒，你行吗？"

　　[04:34.21]Now the monkey was proud because he was so quick."Look how fast I can run and climb!"he said."Can you climb a tree?"

　　[04:38.70]猴子呢，为自己的敏捷感到骄傲。"瞧瞧我跑得多快，爬得多利索！"他说，"你会爬树吗？"

　　[04:43.19]At last they went to a wise old owl¹²."We cannot agree,"they said."Tell us what you think about it.Which is better-to be strong,or to be quick?"

　　[04:49.96]后来他们去找一只聪明的老猫头鹰。"我们争执不下，"他们说，"请告诉我们您是怎么想的，哪个更好--是强壮还是敏捷？"

　　[04:56.72]The owl said to them,"Do just as I tell you,and then I shall find out which is better.Do you see that great fruit tree across the river?Go and pick the fruit and bring it to me."

　　[05:04.12]猫头鹰对他们说："按我说的去做吧，我会看出哪个更好。看见河对岸那棵大果树了吗？采些果子来交给我。"

　　[05:11.51]So the elephant and the monkey went to the river,but the water was swift¹³ and the monkey was afraid.

　　[05:15.79]大象和猴子来到河边，可是水流很急，猴子害怕了。

　　[05:20.08]"Get on my back,"said the elephant proudly."I shall carry you.I am big and strong,and I am not afraid to swim across a swift river."

　　[05:25.13]"爬到我背上吧，"大象骄傲地说，"我把你背过河去。我又粗又状，才不怕水深流急呢。"

　　[05:30.19]Soon they got to the other bank.There stood the tree.It was so tall that the fruit hung high above them.

　　[05:34.71]很快他们就到了对岸，果树高高地立在那儿，果子在他们头顶上方悬挂着。

　　[05:39.23]The elephant tried to break the tree down,but it was too strong.

　　[05:42.03]大象试图把树板倒，可是树太结实，板不动；

　　[05:44.84]He tried to reach the fruit with his trunk,but it was too high.

　　[05:47.53]他又试着用鼻子去够那些果子，可是果子太高，够不着。

　　[05:50.22]"Wait a minute,I can climb,"said the monkey proudly.

　　[05:52.55]"等一等，我会上树，"猴子骄傲地说。

　　[05:54.87]He ran quickly up the tree,and threw the rich,ripe fruit to the ground.The elephant put it in his big mouth.

　　[05:59.69]他很快爬到树上，把那些熟透了的果子往下扔，大象把果子都装进自己的大嘴里。

　　[06:04.51]Then they crossed the river again,and gave the owl some of the fruit they had picked.

　　[06:07.28]然后他们又渡过河，把采摘的果子分一些给猫头鹰。

　　[06:10.05]"Now,"they said,"which is better--to be strong,or to be quick?"

　　[06:13.25]"现在说吧，"他们说，"哪个更好----是强壮还是敏捷？"

　　[06:16.45]"Can anyone tell which is better?"asked the owl.

　　[06:18.29]"谁能说出哪个更好吗？"猫头鹰问。

　　[06:20.13]"Neither of you could get the fruit alone.It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it."

　　[06:23.73]"你俩自个儿谁也摘不到水果。只有大象的强壮和猴子的敏捷加起来才能办得到。"

　　[06:27.32]human

　　[06:29.08]人的

　　[06:30.84]being

　　[06:32.54]生命

　　[06:34.24]enjoy

　　[06:36.00]喜爱

　　[06:37.77]challenge

　　[06:39.24]挑战

　　[06:40.72]dive

　　[06:41.97]潜水

　　[06:43.23]lift

　　[06:45.72]举起

　　[06:48.22]international

　　[06:49.61]国际

　　[06:51.01]competition

　　[06:53.14]竞争

　　[06:55.27]Olympics

　　[06:57.76]奥林匹克世界运动大会

　　[07:00.26]million

　　[07:02.16]百万

　　[07:04.07]excitement

　　[07:05.84]兴奋

　　[07:07.60]ride

　　[07:09.51]骑

　　[07:11.41]race

　　[07:12.89]比赛

　　[07:14.36]probably

　　[07:16.27]很可能地

　　[07:18.18]curiosity

　　[07:20.53]好奇心

　　[07:22.88]personal

　　[07:24.64]个人的

　　[07:26.41]achievement

　　[07:28.17]成绩

　　[07:29.93]intellectual

　　[07:31.77]智力的

　　[07:33.62]Leonardo Da Vinci

　　[07:35.82]利奥纳多·达芬奇

　　[07:38.03]paint

　　[07:39.87]画

　　[07:41.71]Mona Lisa

　　[07:43.41]蒙娜丽莎

　　[07:45.11]inventor

　　[07:47.10]发明者

　　[07:49.08]device

　　[07:50.84]装置

　　[07:52.61]anatomy

　　[07:54.59]解剖

　　[07:56.58]Egyptian

　　[07:58.56]埃及人

　　[08:00.55]pyramid

　　[08:03.12]金字塔

　　[08:05.69]rock

　　[08:06.95]石头

　　[08:08.20]accept

　　[08:09.74]接受

　　[08:11.28]medical

　　[08:13.35]医学的

　　[08:15.41]disease

　　[08:17.11]疾病

　　[08:18.81]energy

　　[08:20.51]能量

　　[08:22.20]space

　　[08:23.97]太空

　　[08:25.73]Sonia Rice

　　[08:28.23]索尼娅·莱斯

　　[08:30.72]Oscar Crane

　　[08:32.93]奥斯伽·克兰

　　[08:35.13]Central America

　　[08:37.26]中美洲

　　[08:39.39]remind

　　[08:41.60]提醒

　　[08:43.81]keep an eye on

　　[08:46.38]照看

1 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

2 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。

3 intellectual   

n.知识分子；adj.智力的，理智的，有理解力的

参考例句：

• Thinking is an intellectual process.思维是一个智力活动过程。
• Chess is a highly intellectual game.象棋是需用高度智力的运动项目。

4 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

6 anatomy   

n.解剖学，解剖；功能，结构，组织

参考例句：

• He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals.在动物解剖学方面，他有过许多发现。
• The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex.对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。

7 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。

8 conquering   

攻克( conquer的现在分词 )； 征服； 破除； 克服

参考例句：

• At last the climbers succeeded in conquering the difficult mountain. 登山队员们终于成功地征服了这座难以攀登的山峰。
• The long-cherished dream of conquering the Huanghe River will become a reality. 征服黄河的梦想将会成为现实。

9 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

10 crane   

v.伸长(脖子)；n.起重机，吊车

参考例句：

• We used a crane to lift the piano into the theatre.我们使用起重机将钢琴搬进剧场。
• Must we wait till the crane arrives before we start loading?非要等起重机来了才能装运吗？

11 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

12 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

13 swift   

n.雨燕，大滚筒；adj.迅速的，快的，敏捷的，立刻的；adv.迅速地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He is swift to hear,but slow to speak.他听力敏锐，但不善言辞。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery.他康复得相当快。