【英语趣味课堂】海难-Shipwrecked

In Part 1 Jeff talks about how is boat sank in the Phillipines. Listen to Part 2 for the second half of the story.

 

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Mike: So Jeff, we were talking previously² about your film production and your travel experiences, and have you ever had any bad experiences or any really bad experiences that stand out in your television kind of documentary³ production?

Jeff: Yes, there's been several --- there's been many small, uncomfortable or scary moments, but I think the pinnacle⁴ of that experience came on my birthday maybe three years ago in the Philippines Sea.

 

Mike: Wow!

 

Jeff: And we were shooting a television documentary in the Souther Philippines and its a developing country, so the standards for safety are a little bit lower, than a developed country like America or Japan, so we were on a boat. We had charted a boat to go across the Philippines Sea from one island to another, and just after dusk⁵ at night.

 

Mike: You were doing like a film shoot?

 

Jeff: Yeah, we were filming down there for two weeks in the Southern Philippines, and we charted this boat so we had all out gear⁶. We had our camera crew. We had everything on the boat going from one island to another, and just after dusk. after it had got dark, the boat sank.

 

Mike: Wow! You lost everything?

 

Jeff: We lost everything, but at that moment nothing really mattered. No physical possession, or none of the film that we had shot over the last week. Nothing. It was just --- you were just worried about living, so everything else went out the window, so I was just thinking about I have to stay alive. I have to live through this.

 

Mike: And I"m assuming⁷, you did stay alive.

 

Jeff: I'm still alive.

 

Mike: That's a bonus.

 

Jeff: One of my nine lives is gone, or maybe two of them or three of them, but yeah.

 

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pinnacle

 

The pinnacle of that experience came on my birthday.

 

The pinnacle of something is the highest point or most noted⁸ example of something. Note the following:

 

Winning the world cup was the pinnacle of his career.

Earning a PhD is the pinnacle achievement in education.

shoot

 

We were shooting a series.

 

When you shoot a film or movie, that means you are filming it. Note the following:

 

They are shooting a movie downtown.

We need to reshoot that last scene.

dusk

 

We left just after dusk.

 

Dusk is the period between daylight and nightfall where there is some light but not much. Dusk happens in the afternoon. Dawn happens in the morning. Note the following:

 

The mother called her children into the house at dusk.

There is light, but no visible⁹ sun at dusk.

out the window

 

Everything went out the window.

 

When something goes out the window, that means it is no longer possible or important because of new circumstances. Note the following:

 

As soon as their best player got hurt, their chance of winning went out the window.

I was going to be a musician, but then I got married and that went out the window.

nine lives

 

One of my nine lives is gone.

 

We sometimes joke that people, like cats, have nine lives, and that if we escape danger, we use one of our extra lives. Note the following:

 

You need nine lives to be a firefighter.

That cat has already used up five lives. Only four more left.

1 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。

4 pinnacle   

n.尖塔，尖顶，山峰；(喻)顶峰

参考例句：

• Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
• It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。

5 dusk   

n.薄暮，黄昏，幽暗

参考例句：

• The park closes at dusk.公园在黄昏时关闭。
• At dusk bats appear in vast numbers.蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。

6 gear   

n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应

参考例句：

• We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
• The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。

7 assuming   

如果

参考例句：

• You were mistaken in assuming it. 你这样臆断是错了。
• The country's industry is assuming a new aspect. 该国的工业正在呈现新的面貌。

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 visible   

adj.看得见的，明显的，显然的；n.可见物

参考例句：

• It is a visible star in the sky.这是一颗在天空中可见的星星。
• The warning lights were clearly visible.警示信号灯清晰可见。