最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit5-Part3

 

[00:00.00]Yip Sang, born in Canton

[00:03.04] in 1845, left China 

[00:06.76]at the age of nineteen to 

[00:08.51]seek his fortune in America. 

[00:11.69]After arriving in San Francisco 

[00:14.42]in 1864, he earned a living 

[00:18.14]by working first as a dishwasher, 

[00:20.87]then as a cook, and finally 

[00:23.72]as a cigar roller. 

[00:26.13]From the outset, he perceived 

[00:28.86]that if he was patient

[00:30.61] and could represent the best

[00:32.25] of his race, his merits 

[00:34.44]would be recognized.

[00:36.63]Possibly the attraction of 

[00:39.03]high wages rumored¹ to 

[00:40.57]be offered by Canadian 

[00:42.10]railroad companies roused 

[00:43.96]Yip Sang to leave San Francisco. 

[00:47.68]He arrived in Vancouver in 1881

[00:51.19] and worked on the western portion 

[00:54.46]of the Canadian Pacific Railroad

[00:56.76]from 1882 until 1884, 

[01:01.90]first as a bookkeeper, 

[01:03.54]then as a timekeeper, 

[01:05.08]and finally as a paymaster, 

[01:06.61]before being promoted to 

[01:09.34]Chinese superintendent 

[01:11.09]for the supply company. 

[01:13.83]This promotion² made him responsible

[01:16.89] for hiring on contract and 

[01:19.63]transporting thousands of men 

[01:21.49]from China to work 

[01:23.56]on the railway line

[01:24.77] in British Columbia. 

[01:26.52]He supervised some six 

[01:29.15]to seven thousand Chinese workers 

[01:31.77]during the peak of the construction.

[01:34.62]In 1885, he returned to China

[01:39.10] using the money he had saved

[01:41.29] from his CPR job. 

[01:44.24]He remained there from 1885 until 1888, 

[01:48.07]while there he married

[01:50.91] four different wives, a regular occurrence

[01:53.76] at that time for wealthy young men.

[01:56.50] He and his first wife, Lee Shee,

[02:00.22] had a  son and a daughter.

[02:03.06] Lee Shee became gravely ill 

[02:06.23]after their marriage and

[02:08.09] urged Yip Sang to take 

[02:10.72]another wife, one who would be

[02:13.23] able to take good 

[02:14.55]care of their children. 

[02:16.30]Wong Shee, Yip Sang’s second wife, 

[02:19.58]was very young with 

[02:21.44]“sensitive” eyes, but did not 

[02:24.06]meet with the approval of Lee Shee. 

[02:26.14]She insisted he should 

[02:29.10]marry a third time, and 

[02:31.07]this time choose someone 

[02:32.60]more suitable to care 

[02:34.57]for the children. 

[02:35.99]Dong Shee, wife number three, 

[02:38.94]was more mature and 

[02:40.69]had the capacity to supervise 

[02:42.99]the household and the children. 

[02:45.84]Dong Shee convinced Yip Sang 

[02:49.78]to take a fourth wife, Chin Shee, 

[02:53.17]whose primary role was

[02:55.36] to be Dong Shee’s companion. 

[02:57.33]With his four wives, 

[03:00.61]Yip Sang had 23 children, 

[03:02.69]one of whom became 

[03:05.43]the first Chinese Canadian doctor

[03:07.50] to be recognized in Canada. 

[03:09.80]In 1888, Yip San returned to

[03:14.61] Canada with three wives—

[03:16.36]Lee Shee died before they left.

1 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

2 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。