高中英语人教版必修第三册22

[00:03.29]In his youth, Han Xin was a cheerful young man.
[00:07.18]He always carried his sword,
[00:09.35]no matter where he went.
[00:10.89]One day, he went fishing. By the end of the afternoon,
[00:14.65]he returned home to sell the fish he had caught in the fish market.
[00:19.10]Now, this was also the home to a band of wild and rude young fellows.
[00:24.53]They often caused problems to the citizens and travelers on the road.
[00:29.15]Seeing Han Xin carrying his sword and the fish he had caught that day,
[00:33.36]one of them stepped in front of Han Xin and started making fun of him.
[00:38.16]He teased¹ Han Xin saying, “As you are carrying a sword,
[00:42.81]you must be a brave man.
[00:44.85]If you are not afraid to die, take your sword and fight me.
[00:49.06]However, if you are afraid to die,
[00:49.78]then you must go on your knees and crawl² between my legs on all fours.”
[00:54.22]All the guys laughed. Many people gathered around the young man and Han Xin.
[00:59.05]They were all waiting to see what Han Xin would do.
[01:02.16]After a while, Han Xin laid his sword on the ground,
[01:06.26]and put his basket down.
[01:07.99]He went down on his knees and moved on all fours under the young man’s spread out legs.
[01:13.94]The action was shameful³.
[01:15.95]The people watching the scene started laughing.
[01:18.96]The all said that Han Xin was stupid and lacked courage.
[01:23.42]The story became widely known.
[01:25.72]Years late, Liu Bang⁴, who founded the Han dynasty,
[01:29.64]asked Han Xin to sever⁵ as one of his generals.
[01:32.88]In time of peace, Han Xin took up the post of a high official back in his hometown.
[01:38.03]In time of peace, Han Xin took up the post of a high official back in his hometown.
[01:39.49]The bad guys who had made his life so miserable⁶ in his youth still lived there.
[01:44.50]On taking up his post, he called them to his office for some “business”.
[01:49.70]Everyone remembered what these men had done to Han Xin in the past.
[01:54.22]When they arrived at his office,
[01:56.26]they were all afraid of what Han Xin would do to them, and what horrible punishment he was going to give them.
[01:59.58]When Han xin heard of their arrival, he told his secretary to keep them around,
[02:02.69]while he ignored them to do other matters.
[02:05.14]he told his secretary to keep them around, while he ignored them to do other matters.
[02:10.89]By the end of the day, Han xin called them into his office.
[02:14.99]He poured them some wine and asked them about the things that had happened in the town while he had been away
[02:21.44]When they had finished, he just set them home

1 teased   

v.取笑，戏弄( tease的过去式和过去分词 )；梳理（羊毛等）

参考例句：

• He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws. 他拿出螺丝刀把其余的螺丝卸了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt annoyance at being teased. 我恼恨别人取笑我。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 crawl   

vi.／n.爬行，匍匐行进；缓慢(费力)地行进

参考例句：

• We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。
• She slowed the car to a crawl.她把车开得很慢。

3 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

4 bang   

n.巨响，猛击；vi.砰砰作响；vt.砰地敲，猛击

参考例句：

• Pack it up, you kids;or I'll bang your heads together!住手，你们这些小孩，再弄就揍你们！
• She fell and got a nasty bang on the knee.她摔倒了，膝盖猛撞在地上。

5 sever   

v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

6 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。