环球慢速英语 相信你的记忆(1)

Voice 1: Thank you for joining us for Spotlight¹. I'm David Bast.

声音1：谢谢大家收听重点报道节目。我是大卫·贝斯特。

Voice 2: And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

声音2：我是利兹·韦德。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。便于全世界各地民众的理解。

Voice 1: How good is your memory? Can you depend on your memories to be correct? Today's Spotlight is about memory.

声音1：你的记忆有多好？你相信你的记忆是正确的吗？今天重点报道节目的主题就是记忆。

Voice 2: Paul Doherty is a writer from the United² States. He describes a memory for us.

声音2：保罗·多赫提是一名美国作家。他给我们描述了他记得的一件事。

Voice 3: "I, my friend Martin, and a small group were climbing in the mountains. We climbed with two ropes. Martin and I climbed using the first rope. We had already reached the highest point of the mountain. And we could see that a storm was coming. We knew that we needed to protect ourselves. We climbed a little way back to a shelter³ area. We would be safe there.

声音3：“我和我朋友马丁还有其他人去爬山。我们用两条绳子辅助爬山。马丁和我用第一条绳子。我们已经到达了最高峰。这时我们看到风暴就要来了。我们知道我们要保护自己。所以我们往回走到了掩蔽区。在那里我们会是安全的。

Not all of the people in our group had reached the top of the mountain yet. They were using the second rope to climb. So we stayed at the shelter to wait for them.

我们一行人中还有人没有到达最高峰。他们爬山时用的是第二条绳子。所以我们留在庇护地等他们。

I can still see it like it was yesterday! People on the second rope were still climbing the side of the mountain. The lightening⁴ came from the sky. It hit the rope. Some of the people in the group were still using that rope to climb! The people on the rope were not seriously harmed. But they were very frightened.

现在我还能清楚地看到当时的情景，就好像那是昨天发生的一样！用第二条绳子的人们还在山的一侧攀爬。这时闪电划破了天空。闪电击中了绳子。当时还有一些人在借助那条绳子爬山！幸运的是那些人受伤并不严重。但是他们被吓坏了。

I remember clearly that, after the storm stopped, I helped the climbers off the second rope to the shelter. I was waiting for them as they came over the edge⁵ of the cliff⁶."

我清楚地记得，暴雨停止以后，我帮助一些登山者从第二条绳子处下来，进入庇护地。他们从悬崖边过来时我正在等他们。”

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 shelter   

n.掩蔽，掩蔽处，避身处；庇护所，避难所，庇护；vt.庇护，保护，隐匿；vi.躲避

参考例句：

• We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
• Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。

4 lightening   

n.发光v.使（某物）更明亮( lighten的现在分词 )；变得更光明

参考例句：

• The lightening splintered a tree. 闪电把一棵树劈开了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. 我看到闪电撕开云层，听到随之而来的雷声。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）

5 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

6 cliff   

n.悬崖，峭壁

参考例句：

• The cliff edge is dangerous and should be railed.崖边危险，应该用栏杆围起来。
• He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.他把悬崖的高度估量一下后再攀登。