智慧背囊 浮华背后-01-金链

[00:02.47]浮华背后 Behind Fortunes
[00:05.75]Though fortunes achieved through hard work and other qualities can make people live cozily,
[00:12.09]they should never be considered as the aim of living.
[00:16.16]Therefore, in the process of seeking fortunes,
[00:19.64] people should never get them at the cost of life and other important things.
[00:30.46]The Gold Chain金链
[00:33.40]Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich.
[00:40.23] He wished to become a millionaire¹, and so did his wife.
[00:45.00]He had heard from some old men before,
[00:48.10]that several ships loaded with diamonds and gold had once sunk in the nearby seashore.
[00:54.85] Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.
[01:00.76]One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming²,
[01:04.69]he suddenly felt that the fishing rod³ was being weighed down by a heavy object.
[01:10.07] He excitedly pulled hard at it,
[01:12.82]and what he saw made him exclaim⁴,
[01:15.43]“Wow! A big, shiny⁵ gold chain!”
[01:19.02]He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat,
[01:22.65]but there seemed to be no end to it.
[01:25.58]His boat started to get over-loaded and the sea water filled his boat.
[01:30.07]However, he had begun dreaming of a big house,
[01:33.60]a big piece of land and buying horses and cows…
[01:37.40]He kept pulling in the chain though the boat kept sinking.
[01:41.56] The boat was finally submerged⁶ and he struggled to stay afloat.
[01:45.72] Unfortunately his feet were entangled⁷ in the gold chain and he drowned.

1 millionaire   

n.百万富翁，大富豪

参考例句：

• The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。
• She wants to marry a millionaire.她想嫁给一位有钱人。

2 daydreaming   

v.想入非非，空想( daydream的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stop daydreaming and be realistic. 别空想了，还是从实际出发吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. 比尔坐着空想， 他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 rod   

n.钓竿，杆，棒

参考例句：

• Pass me a bamboo rod.递给我一根竹竿。
• He heated the iron rod and bent it into a right angle.他将铁棒烧热，将其弯成直角。

4 exclaim   

v.(由于惊讶、痛苦、愤怒、高兴等而)叫嚷

参考例句：

• A closer look, you might exclaim that she is half-breed!再仔细看看，或许你会惊叹原来她是混血儿！
• I can not help but exclaim,how terrible figures!我不禁惊叹，多么可怕的数字！

5 shiny   

adj.有光泽的，发光的，辉煌的

参考例句：

• What shiny shoes you're wearing!你穿的鞋子擦得真亮啊！
• All the cups are clean and shiny.所有的杯子都很干净明亮。

6 submerged   

a.水下的

参考例句：

• The car was submerged under 20 feet of water. 汽车沉在水下20 英尺处。
• The river overflowed and submerged the farmland. 河水泛滥，淹没了农田。

7 entangled   

adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》