最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit13-Part4

[00:00.00]Dr.Norman Bethune’s stature¹
[00:02.95]became even greater in death.
[00:06.13]The affection of the
[00:07.98]Chinese people for him swelled².
[00:10.17]Emotions ran high upon
[00:12.36]the news of his death.
[00:14.44]His capacity to move people,
[00:16.85]and his insight into humanity
[00:19.36]was never so evident
[00:21.66]as during this period.
[00:23.74]The Chinese people were extremely
[00:26.26]grateful that such a man
[00:28.55]had crossed their paths.
[00:30.30]During this solemn time,
[00:34.13]tributes to Bethune came from
[00:36.53]many parts of the world.
[00:38.62]He was described as an activist³,
[00:41.35]a writer,a teacher,
[00:44.52]an administrator⁴, and above all,
[00:46.93]a great doctor. Mao said of him,
[00:50.21]“ ...We must all learn the spirit
[00:53.27]of absolute selflessness from him. ”
[00:56.45]After a very simple funeral,
[01:00.28]as he, had requested,
[01:02.13]Dr. Norman Bethune was buried
[01:04.54]in the Mausoleum of the Martyrs⁵
[01:07.61]in Shih Chia Chuang, 
[01:10.45]southeast of Beijing.
[01:12.75]The Chinese named a medical school
[01:15.92]and a hospital in his memory.
[01:18.44]Many other memorials have been
[01:21.06]erected in his memory over the years.
[01:24.67]One ironic⁶ tragedy of all
[01:28.61]of this was that,
[01:30.69]up until 1973, Dr. Bethune
[01:33.76]had never received much recognition
[01:36.82]from his native country of Canada.
[01:39.55]Furthermore, he was not even
[01:42.51]acknowledged for his accomplishments⁷,
[01:44.70]presumably because of
[01:46.12]his communist connections.
[01:48.08]In 1973, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau,
[01:54.98]another Canadian who had spent
[01:57.71]a good deal of time
[01:59.13]in China in his earlier years,
[02:00.88]convinced his Government to
[02:02.74]purchase the Bethune house in Gravenhurst,
[02:05.59]Ontario, and dedicated⁸ it
[02:07.78]as“Bethune Memorial House”.

1 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

2 swelled   

增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
• After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

5 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

7 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。