北师大版高中英语模块5--Unit 15 Learning Lesson4-3

[00:00.00]But philosophers² are always trying to climb up
[00:03.84]the fine hairs of the fur³,
[00:05.73]in order to look into the magician's eyes.
[00:09.69]Are you still there Sophie?To be continued.
[00:14.62]A few days later Sophie receives another letter
[00:17.05]from the philosopher¹.
[00:19.13]In it,he(or she!)tells Sophie more about
[00:22.82]the white rabbit and the magic⁴ trick.
[00:25.41]He says people are born at the end
[00:26.98]of the rabbit's hairs,
[00:28.11]and think about the impossibility of the trick.
[00:31.54]But as they get older many people go deeper
[00:33.78]into the rabbit's fur.
[00:36.42]They get really comfortable,
[00:38.21]and stop asking questions about life,
[00:41.00]about the universe.
[00:43.81]Sophie thought hard about this all afternoon.
[00:47.57]When Sophie's Mum got home at five o'clock,
[00:50.36]Sophie started to ask her questions.
[00:54.09]"Mum,don't you think it's amazing to be alive,"
[00:57.24]she began.
[00:59.44]Her mother was so surprised
[01:00.62]that she didn't answer at first.
[01:02.86]Sophie was usually doing her homework
[01:04.51]when she got home.
[01:06.91]"I suppose I do,sometimes,"she said.
[01:11.37]"Sometimes?Yes,but don't you think
[01:13.30]it's amazing that the world exists⁵ at all?"
[01:13.30]

1 philosopher   

n.哲学家，哲人

参考例句：

• The philosopher has his ideas built on the rock of reason.那位哲学家把思想稳固地建立于理性之上。
• What a philosopher seeks after is truth.一个哲学家所追求的是真理。

2 philosophers   

n.哲学家( philosopher的名词复数 )；豁达的人

参考例句：

• Philosophers sometimes overweight their negativism. 哲学家往往偏重于否定态度。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Strictly speaking, they shouldn't be called philosophers, but rather 'philophilosophers.' 严格讲起来，他们不该叫哲学家Philophilosophers,该叫‘哲学家学家’philophilosophers.” 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 fur   

n.毛皮；毛；软毛

参考例句：

• The woman is wearing a fur coat.这位妇女穿着一件皮大衣。
• Bear is covered with with fur.熊体表覆盖着皮毛。

4 magic   

adj.有魔力的；n.魔法

参考例句：

• He is very good at performing magic.他很会表演魔术。
• That was a truly magic moment.那真是不可思议的一刻。

5 exists   

v.存在( exist的第三人称单数 )；生存；（尤指在特殊的条件下或在特定的场所）发现；持续存在

参考例句：

• The plan, as yet, only exists in embryonic form. 这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。
• The club exists on a shoestring budget. 这家俱乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。