最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit2-Part2（在线收听）

[00:00.00]In port, the sailing ship, 

[00:03.60]Hannah, under the command of 

[00:06.10]Captain Mitchell lay at anchor. 

[00:07.64]The adventure of crossing 

[00:09.83]the Atlantic Ocean bound for Philadelphia 

[00:12.35]would take two to three months. 

[00:15.19]Passengers were assured 

[00:17.38]there would be the best provisions 

[00:19.35]and plenty of barrels of fresh water. 

[00:22.63]storms could be fierce 

[00:24.60]and living conditions below deck 

[00:27.12]would be primitive. 

[00:28.54]John joined the long queue 

[00:31.27]and eventually after a lengthy wait, 

[00:33.24]reached the revenue table. 

[00:35.54]He affixed his signature 

[00:38.06]to the contract promising 

[00:39.92]to pay five pounds per person 

[00:42.00]for berths aboard ship. 

[00:44.29]The clerk returned the receipt 

[00:47.47]to John indicating that 

[00:49.33]the sum of money had been paid.

[00:51.07]Once under sail the 

[00:54.91]three hundred passengers found themselves 

[00:57.20]crowded into miserable conditions. 

[00:59.72]The smell of so many people 

[01:02.13]crowded together was offensive. 

[01:04.21]The breadth of the vessel was narrow 

[01:07.70]and the headroom below deck minimal.

[01:10.33]As the tiny craft 

[01:12.74]sailed out of Lough Foyle, 

[01:14.60]and entered the Atlantic Ocean, 

[01:16.57]it started to roll ominously 

[01:19.20]and those aboard wondered 

[01:20.40]if they would survive the long voyage 

[01:22.59]ahead or be swallowed up 

[01:24.77]by the enormous waves. 

[01:26.09]seasickness was everywhere 

[01:28.93]and people had no appetite. 

[01:30.36]The food, instead of 

[01:33.09]being of high quality as promised,

[01:35.06] was too often rotten and 

[01:36.92]the water was brackish.