Batman Begins by Goyer David 原文 Chapter VII: CRAAAASSSSHHHHH！！！！ 'Master Bruce! Master Bruce! Get up!' Bruce opened his eyes. Alfred was next to him. And a part of the roof lay on top of him. 'Push!' said Alfred. 'You're strong. You can do it.' Bruce pushed and pushed, and finally Alfred moved the piece of roof to one side. Bruce got up and they escaped to the cave below. 'Oh, Alfred,' he said. 'What have I done? Wayne Manor is on fire and I can't help Gotham. I've made so many mistakes.' Alfred smiled. 'And why do we fall, sir?' he asked. 'We fall,' said Bruce, 'so that we can learn to get up again. I must go!' He changed into his Bat suit and took off in the Batmobile. FFFWHOOOOSSSHH! In a few minutes he was in Gotham. The criminals from Arkham Asylum were running everywhere. They were shouting and dancing and breaking things. Rachel watched. Above her a train stopped. Some men in masks started to move a large machine onto it. She ran to find Sergeant Gordon in the asylum. He was sitting on the floor. She could see that he was very ill. He needed the antidote fast. She took one of the bottles out of his pocket. 'It's OK,' she said. 'I can help you.' Rachel gave Gordon the antidote and he slowly started to feel better. The people from the asylum were shouting and coming nearer. They were feeling bad from the white cloud. Suddenly they started running towards Rachel and Gordon. 'Oh no!' thought Rachel. 'They're going to kill us.' WHOMMMM! The Batmobile arrived from nowhere. Batman ran towards Rachel. He gave Gordon the keys to the Batmobile. 'Drive carefully,' he said. Batman took Rachel in his arms and climbed up to the roof with her - above the dangerous cloud. Gordon ran to the Batmobile. From the roof Rachel and Batman could see all of Gotham. 'They were putting a large machine onto the train,' said Rachel. Just then, the train started to move. Batman suddenly understood. 'Of course,' he said. 'The railway line runs exactly over the river next to Wayne Tower. Ra's is going to use the machine there. He's going to turn the city's water into steam. He's going to kill everyone.' Batman moved to the edge of the roof. 'Batman, don't jump!' said Rachel. 'You could die. Please tell me your name.' 'The things I do are important, not the things I say.' 'Bruce?... Bruce!' shouted Rachel. But Batman couldn't hear. He was flying down. He landed on the roof of the train and held on. BANG! BANG! BANG! People inside the train fired guns through the roof. They hit Batman three times. He fell off the roof. The Ninjas in the last car of the train looked out of the window. First they looked up. No Batman. Then they looked down. Batman was still there! He was hanging from a long line, flying from side to side under the train. On a street below the train, there was a Ninja in the back of a green car. He was pointing his machine gun at Batman. Gordon came around the corner in the Batmobile. He was driving very fast. KERZAMMM!!He hit the green car. It crashed and exploded into a ball of fire. Batman climbed up the line to the train. He got into the last car and finished the Ninjas there. Then he went to the front of the train. When he reached the first car, Ra's turned. His mouth opened. 'You!?!' he said. He took out his sword and ran at Batman. Batman quickly moved to the front edge of the train. Ra's lifted his sword over Batman's head. Batman held it and broke it in two. The train was moving nearer and nearer to the center of Gotham. It was moving nearer and nearer to Wayne Tower. 'I must stop the train,' thought Batman. He reached out of the front of the train and threw Ra's al Ghul's sword under the wheels. There was a terrible noise. Ra's threw himself onto Batman and put his hands over his mouth and nose. Batman couldn't move. Everything started to go black. 'Now you're really frightened, aren't you?' said Ra's. Batman looked into Ra's face. He saw the end of the world there. That made Batman angry. And when he was angry, he was strong. He suddenly pushed hard against Ra's and flew out of the train and into the sky. Ra's looked up in surprise and anger. Then he was very frightened. The train was going to crash in less than a second. It came off the railway line and fell down and down. And then- CRRAAASSSSH!!!! It landed in the car park in front of Wayne Tower and exploded into a ball of fire. Soon all the bad guys were in prison or out of a job. The people of Gotham began to build their great city again. Everyone wanted to work together now. William Earle walked into his office the day after the train crash. He found Lucius Fox behind his desk. 'What are you doing in my office?' he asked. 'It's my office now,' said Fox happily. 'I'm the new boss of Wayne Enterprises.' 'Who says?' Earle asked. 'I say,' said Bruce from behind Earle. 'It's my business. Goodbye, Mr. Earle.' There were builders at Wayne Manor. They were slowly and carefully building a new house - exactly like the old one. Bruce went to the old well in the garden. He put a big piece of wood across the top. Rachel was there with him. 'I fell down this well a long time ago. Do you remember?' he asked her. 'Of course,' she answered. ' Things were never the sam eafter that,' he said. 'What was different?' she asked. Bruce put another piece of wood across the well. Now it was completely closed. 'I wasn't a child anymore, he said. 'I began to be a man.' 'You're a great man, Bruce,' she said. Bruce looked at her. She could see that he loved her. 'There's no place for me between Batman and Bruce Wayne,' she said. 'I don't have to be Batman,' he said. 'I can choose my own life.' 'No,' she said. 'I don't think you can. Great people can't always choose their lives. Gotham needs you. Goodbye, Bruce.' 'Goodbye, Rachel,' he said. 'I'll do my best for Gotham.' 'I know you will,' she said. THE END

提示 一、每期五个句子，均是从四六级听力真题中选取的长难句。 二、每个句子念三遍女声，一遍男声，再一遍女声。 三、如果觉得语速过快，可以在播放器上调慢语速，多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.architect 建筑师 2.client 客户 原文 151. The family is now offering a 5,000 pound reward for the safe return of the dog after launching a social media campaign to find the thief. 在发起寻找窃贼的社交媒体活动后，这家人现在悬赏5000英镑让狗安全归来。 152. I will suggest that you let us first conduct a financial analysis of your company, together with the analysis of your competitors in India. 我建议你让我们先对贵公司进行财务分析，同时对印度的竞争对手进行分析。 153. In an effort to understand the matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff, a researcher and former professor of animal behavior. 为了进一步了解这一问题，我采访了研究员、前动物行为教授马克·贝克霍夫博士。 154. Prior to beginning his design, the architect spent some time in the client's old home, observing their life and studying their habits. 在着手设计之前，建筑师在客户原来的房子待了一段时间，观察他们的生活并研究他们的习惯。 155. The findings suggest that just as a parent's personality can affect the personality of a child, the same is true for a cat and its owner. 研究结果表明，就像父母的性格会影响孩子的性格一样，猫和它的主人之间也是如此。

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.approval 需求 原文 491. American films are more popular than those of any other country. 美国电影比其他任何国家的电影都受欢迎。 492. I would just as soon stay at home as go to the party. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去参加聚会。 493. Far be it for me to trouble you, but I must ask you something. 我实在不想麻烦你，但我必须问你一件事。 494. All you have to do is try hard to master English. 你所要做的就是努力掌握英语。 495. If the quality of your product meets with our customer's approval, we will place regular orders. 如果你们产品的质量让我们的顾客满意，我们将继续订货。 496. Mrs. Wilson, I'd like to introduce a friend of mine, John Smith. 威尔逊夫人，我想介绍一下我的朋友约翰·史密斯。 497. The rapid growth of the firm was attributed to its unique strategy. 公司的迅速发展归功于其独特的战略。 498. The athletes trained hard every day to be at their best for the Summer Olympics. 为了迎接夏季奥运会，运动员们每天都刻苦训练，以达到最佳状态。 499. I used to keep a diary in English when I was a student. 当我还是学生的時候，一直用英语写日记。 500. We stopped over in Los Angeles for two nights on the way to New Zealand. 在去新西兰的途中，我们在洛杉矶停留了两晚。

词汇提示 1.casinos 赌场 2.slot 投入的 3.roulette 轮盘赌 4.theft 偷盗 5.prostitution 卖淫 6.notable 重要的 7.supervised 监管 8.maximizers 最大化者 9.chiefly 首要的 原文 Gambling Many governments have turned to legalized gambling as a way to increase revenues. Raising taxes has become very unpopular, and gambling can be seen as a cash cow. Large casinos are often considered good for areas with high unemployment. Most new casinos include a variety of slot machines, table games such as Blackjack and roulette wheels. Opponents of gambling point to problems associated with it. Crime rates go up, especially with respective theft and prostitution. People become addicted to gambling and play until they are broke. Stresses put on families when one member gambles, and the grocery and rent money are spent. On the other hand, many people view gambling as an exciting form of entertainment. They look forward to the opportunity to play the lottery or go to the casino. Often they feel that they are getting good value in terms of entertainment for what they spend. The truth is probably that some people can control the urge to gamble, while some cannot. People who find gambling really exciting feel that they have to go back for that high, even if it means spending all their money. Many people doubt that government should promote gambling, since it is certain to produce addicts. There has also been some question whether gambling is good for the local economy. If a casino is built in an area of high unemployment, will local people really benefit? The answer seems to be both yes and no. People may benefit if the gamblers come in large numbers from outside the area and spend their money there, that is, if the casino is a notable tourist attraction. On the other hand, if not many people come from outside the area, there are few benefits. In this case, most of the gamblers are local people who are spending the little money they have. Gambling is especially attractive to older and retired people. Since older people don't have much chance of making a lot of new money, the thought of winning the jackpot is very attractive to them. Casinos regularly run buses from retirement home so that seniors can come and gamble. Some would see this as taking advantage of lonely people. There are stories in the newspaper about couples leaving their children locked in the car for six or eight hours while they gamble. One man hoped to improve his finances by gambling, but he lost heavily. His wife found out and went gambling herself, hoping to win some of the money back. Before long, they had to sell their house to pay their gambling debts. Gambling has usually been associated with organized crime. Even today, when government agency supervised gambling, it would appear that there is still a crime connection. This may be because many of the best gamblers and gambling administrators learn their trade outside of the law. Besides this, gambling establishments attract various forms of crime to the area. Since law and government have an important educational function, one doesn't like to see them involved in gambling. Government should be more than profit maximizers; they should be concerned chiefly with the public good. 翻译 赌博 许多政府已经将赌博合法化作为增加收入的一种方式。 加税已经变得非常不受欢迎，赌博可以被视为摇钱树。 大型赌场通常被认为是高失业率地区的好去处。 大多数新赌场都有各种老虎机，桌游如21点和轮盘赌。 反对赌博的人指出了与赌博相关的问题。 犯罪率上升，尤其是盗窃和卖淫。 人们沉迷于赌博，一直玩到破产为止。 当一个家庭成员赌博时，家庭压力增加，杂货和房租都花光了。 另一方面，许多人认为赌博是一种令人兴奋的娱乐形式。 他们期待有机会买彩票或去赌场。 他们经常觉得自己花的钱在娱乐方面物有所值。 事实可能是，有些人可以控制赌博的冲动，而有些人则不能。 那些发现赌博真的很刺激的人会觉得他们必须回到那个高度，即使这意味着花光他们所有的钱。 许多人怀疑政府是否应该提倡赌博，因为赌博肯定会使人上瘾。 也有人质疑博彩业对当地经济是否有利。 如果赌场建在高失业率的地区，当地人真的会受益吗? 答案似乎是“是”和“不是”。 如果赌场是一个著名的旅游景点，那么从该地区以外来的大量赌徒在那里花钱，人们可能会受益。 另一方面，如果外来人口不多，就没有什么好处。 在这种情况下，大多数赌徒都是当地人，他们花的钱很少。 赌博对老年人和退休人员尤其有吸引力。 由于老年人没有太多机会赚很多新钱，赢得头奖的想法对他们很有吸引力。 赌场定期从养老院开出巴士，这样老年人就可以来赌博。 有些人会认为这是在利用孤独的人。 报纸上有这样的报道，一对夫妇在赌博时把孩子锁在车里六到八个小时。 有个人希望通过赌博来改善自己的财务状况，但他输了很多钱。 他的妻子发现了，自己也去赌博，希望能赢回一些钱。 不久，他们不得不卖掉房子来偿还赌债。 赌博通常与有组织犯罪联系在一起。 即使在今天，当政府机构监督赌博时，似乎仍然存在犯罪联系。 这可能是因为许多优秀的赌徒和赌博管理人员是在法律之外学习他们的交易的。 除此之外，赌博场所吸引了各种形式的犯罪到该地区。 由于法律和政府具有重要的教育功能，人们不愿意看到他们卷入赌博。 政府不应该只是利润最大化者;他们应该主要关心公众利益。

Batman Begins by Goyer David 原文 Chapter VI: A Surprise Guest In the empty workroom, Sergeant Gordon was talking on the phone. 'Someone has put a dangerous drug into the city's water,' Gordon said. 'Well, we test the water every day,' answered the man from the Water Office, 'and today's results seem fine.' 'Perhaps it's safe to drink but dangerous to smell,' said Gordon. 'That's possible,' said the water man. When he finished his phone call, Gordon saw the large ship's box. 'What's that?' he asked. 'Let's open it.' They got the top off and found a machine. 'It's bigger than a car,' said an officer. 'What does it say on it?' 'WAYNEENTERPRISES 47B1-ME,' Gordon read. 'What does it do?' asked an officer. 'I've no idea,' answered Gordon. 'But no one must go near it. OK?' Bruce left the cave and went up into the house. Everyone was having a great time at his birthday party. When he appeared, they all sang 'Happy Birthday to you!' Bruce walked around saying hello to his guests. Finally he found the person he wanted. Lucius Fox. 'That machine-' he said quietly, 'Have you found out anything?' 'Yes, I have. It can change water into steam,' Fox said. Bruce thought for a moment. 'So you could put a dangerous drug in the water,' he said. 'And then you could change the water into steam and kill everyone in thecity. Could you?' 'Yes, you could,' said Fox. 'Oh no!' Bruce went quietly across the room towards the door. He had to leave as soon as possible. But on the way, a woman took his arm. It was Mrs. Delane, an old friend of his father. 'Bruce!' she said. 'I want you to meet someone.' 'I'm sorry. I can't stop now, Mrs. Delane,' said Bruce. 'I have to...' But then he looked at the man with Mrs. Delane. The man wore a blue flower in his jacket. 'This is Mr. al Ghul, Bruce,' said Mrs. Delane. 'You're not Ra's al Ghul,' Bruce said to the man. 'No, you're right, Bruce,' said a voice behind him. He turned around. It was Ducard. 'He isn't Ra's al Ghul,' said 'Ducard'. 'I am. I'm not Ducard. I never was. And you, Bruce, were my best student until you escaped.' Bruce looked around the room and saw that he didn't know some of the people there. They weren't his friends. They were Ninjas! His guests were in danger. They had to get out fast. What could he do? He took a glass and shouted, 'Let's drink to my birthday! Let's drink to all my guests! You don't like me, do you? You're here because you like my money. You just want some free food and drink!' The guests were very upset and angry. They left the house at once. They got in their cars and drove away. Ra's al Ghul laughed. 'They will die very soon anyway,' he said. 'So was Crane working for you?' asked Bruce. 'Yes, he was,' said Ra's al Ghul. 'But he was only interested in money. I want much more than that. When Gotham dies, people everywhere will be frightened. There will be fighting and killing all over the world. Man will disappear. No more people. The world will be wonderful again. I saved you, Bruce, but you fought me. You set fire to my home. Since then your activities have made trouble for us. Now we're going to make trouble for you.' Ra's al Ghul shouted an order to his men, 'Go ahead!' The Ninjas started to set fire to the furniture. Some kilometers away at Arkham Asylum, four police officers were standing around the machine. 'What did Gordon say? "No one must go near it," one of them said. 'Except us, of course.' They all laughed. Another one looked at his watch. 'It's time,' he said. They turned on the machine and then put explosives along the wall. They weren't following Sergeant Gordon's orders. At the same time, high above the city, at rain driver looked at his watch. 'The train stops here,' he said. 'Everyone out!' The passengers got out. The same thing was happening on buses and trains all over the city. Everything in Gotham stopped. Sergeant Gordon was standing outside Arkham Asylum. Rachel ran towards him. She gave him the two small bottles. 'These are from Batman.' FOOOOM! Before he could answer, there was a big explosion. Gordon ran towards the room with the machine. There was no wall. Four police officers were pushing the machine outside. One of them pushed something on the machine. It started to make a strange sound. FOOOOM! There was a second explosion. FOOOOM! Then another. FOOOOM! Then another. There was steam everywhere. A small cloud of steam moved towards Gordon. The smell reached him. His nose and mouth were on fire. At the Water Office, the workers were looking at a map of Gotham City. There were small lights all over the map. All the lights were green. Except one. The light at Arkham Asylum was red. Wayne Manor was on fire. 'Have you come to kill me?' Bruce asked Ra's. 'No,' said Ra's. 'I've come to ask you a question. Will you join us?' 'Never!' said Bruce. 'I don't want to be part of this.' 'Then fight me,' said Ra's, 'and die with Gotham.' He took out a sword. They fought and fought until finally Bruce stood over Ra's with his sword above Ra's head. 'You taught me very well, Ra's,' he said. 'Yes, I did,' said Ra's, 'but you always forget to look very carefully at the things around you.' CRRRAAACCCK! Bruce looked up. The roof was on fire. Part of it was falling towards him. BANG! It hit him and he fell to the floor. 'Goodbye, my friend,' said Ra's. He ran out of the building. A car was waiting for him.

提示 一、每期五个句子，均是从四六级听力真题中选取的长难句。 二、每个句子念三遍女声，一遍男声，再一遍女声。 三、如果觉得语速过快，可以在播放器上调慢语速，多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.surgeon 外科医生 2.weird 奇怪的 3.Mediterranean 地中海 4.invasive 入侵的 原文 146. Any ear, nose and throat surgeon has many weird stories about wonderful objects found in the noses and ears of children and adults. 任何耳鼻喉外科医生都有许多关于儿童和成人鼻子和耳朵中发现的奇妙物体的离奇故事。 147. After being spotted in the Mediterranean, a marine scientist says, "The fish is spreading, and that's a cause for concern." 这种鱼在地中海被发现后，一位海洋科学家称，“这种鱼的规模正在不断扩散，这是一个令人担忧的问题”。 148. People from all over the country are sending special handcrafted bags to help the young man with his mission to help those in need. 全国各地的人纷纷寄来特殊的手工袋子，帮助这位年轻人完成他帮助需要帮助的人的使命。 149. Though I'm not sure how Cafe owners feel about it - having so many people who go to that places to work rather than drink and eat. 虽然咖啡厅老板对此怎么想——那么多人去自己店里工作而不是去吃喝——我并不是很清楚。 150. In fact, as one of the most damaging invasive species on the continent, wild pigs caused millions of dollars in crop damage yearly. 事实上，作为非洲大陆最具破坏性的入侵物种之一，野猪每年造成数百万美元的农作物损失。

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.stubborn 固执 2.burglar 窃贼 3.interstate 洲际公路 4.glimpse 一瞥 原文 481. When I return from vacation, I shall have to catch up with a lot of work. 当我度假回来时，我将不得不赶许多工作。 482. I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side. 我原以为我们老板很固执，但实际上他也有可爱的一面。 483. It is bad of me to have kept you waiting so long. 我让你等了这么久，真是太对不起你了。 484. The burglar tied my hands behind my back with a rope. 窃贼用绳子把我的双手绑在了背后。 485. If it were not for the computer, how inconvenient our lives would be! 如果没有电脑，我们的生活将会多么不方便啊! 486. Owing to a bad cold, he could not take part in the game. 由于重感冒，他不能參加比赛。 487. The other day I ran out of gas in the middle of a busy interstate. 有一天，我的汽车在一条繁忙的洲际公路上没油了。 488. At last he stopped before an old house, and caught another glimpse of the town. 最后，他在一所老房子前停了下來，又看了一眼这座小镇。 489. The musician is enjoying great popularity both in UK and in US. 这位音乐家在英国和美国都很受欢迎。 490. If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you. 如果你认为教育是昂贵的，那你等着看无知的代价吧。

词汇提示 1.etiquette 礼仪 2.ceremony 典礼 3.courtship 求爱，追求 4.contemporary 当代的 5.intention 目的意图 6.sown 种下的 原文 Etiquette "Etiquette" is a French word. The original meaning was "little tickets." These tickets were given to people who were attending a public ceremony. Printed on the ticket were instructions about how to behave on this occasion. So etiquette came to mean the way to behave on public occasions. Etiquette today includes how to introduce people; how to eat properly; how to dress for different occasions; how to speak to different people; and what to do on special occasions. Almost every part of social life can have its particular etiquette. Sometimes, etiquette changes or seems to change. There was much behavior attached to courtship, such as a man holding the door open for a woman. Nowadays, some people find this outdated But politeness is always a good idea. It is nice to hold the door open for the next person, whoever they are. In fact, it sometimes seems like contemporary life encourages bad manners. Etiquette is no longer taught to young people. Moreover, in a youth culture, young people take their examples from other young people. As a result, good manners aren't considered important. The point of etiquette is to help people to get along with each other. If people behave in an accepted manner, there is less chance of misunderstanding. Moreover, it is important for people to think about treating other people well. If everyone does what they feel like doing, it doesn't seem like they respect other people. Manners vary from culture to culture, but the intention is the same: to treat people with consideration. This is a way to reduce conflict. Sometimes, we can understand where these customs come from. Originally, shaking hands with your right hand probably meant that you weren't carrying a weapon. Taking off your hat may originally have been taking off your helmet. This meant that you weren't going to fight. Nowadays, there are new areas of social life. For example, a lot of conversation now takes place on the telephone. Perhaps because there is no traditional telephone etiquette, some people feel free to be rude. Try to treat the person on the phone just the way you would treat them if you were actually talking to them. Most people feel it is rude to interrupt a conversation. But many people seem to think that it is okay to interrupt someone talking on the phone. Children especially need to be taught not to interrupt. The Internet also needs it sown etiquette or "netiquette." Because you cannot see whom you are talking to, and they may be thousands of miles away, it is easy to misunderstand. Also people cannot hear the tone of your voice over the Internet. For this reason, some people use "smiles"- little faces - to show how they are feeling. If they make a joke they can use a smiling face, or print after their remark. This tips off the recipient that their remark is not to be taken seriously. Using simple words like "please" and "thank you" can make everyday life a lot smoother and happier. Like a lot of other things, we do not realize the importance of etiquette until it starts to disappear. 翻译 礼仪 “礼仪”是一个法语单词。 最初的意思是“小票” 这些票是发给参加公共仪式的人的。 车票上印有如何在这种情况下表现的说明。 因此，礼仪意味着在公共场合的行为方式。 今天的礼仪包括如何介绍他人；如何正确饮食；如何在不同场合穿着；如何与不同的人交谈；以及在特殊场合做什么。 几乎社会生活的每一部分都有其特定的礼仪。 有时，礼仪会改变或似乎会改变。 求爱有很多行为，比如男人为女人开门。 如今，有些人觉得这已经过时了 但礼貌总是个好主意。 为下一个人开门是很好的，无论他们是谁。 事实上，当代生活有时似乎鼓励不礼貌。 礼仪不再被传授给年轻人。 此外，在青年文化中，年轻人向其他年轻人学习。 因此，礼貌并不重要。 礼仪的要点是帮助人们彼此相处。 如果人们以公认的方式行事，那么误解的机会就会减少。 此外，人们考虑善待他人是很重要的。 如果每个人都做自己想做的事，他们似乎并不尊重别人。 不同文化的礼仪各不相同，但目的是一样的：体贴待人。 这是减少冲突的一种方式。 有时，我们可以理解这些习俗来自何处。 最初，用右手握手可能意味着你没有携带武器。 摘掉你的帽子可能最初是在摘掉头盔。 这意味着你不会去战斗。 如今，社会生活有了新的领域。 例如，现在很多谈话都是通过电话进行的。 也许因为没有传统的电话礼仪，有些人觉得可以随意无礼。 试着像对待电话中的人一样对待他们，如果你真的在和他们交谈。 大多数人觉得打断谈话是不礼貌的。 但许多人似乎认为，打断别人打电话是可以的。 儿童尤其需要被教导不要打断。 互联网也需要它播下的礼仪或“网络礼仪” 因为你看不到你在和谁说话，而且他们可能远在千里之外，所以很容易产生误解。 人们也无法通过互联网听到你的声音。 出于这个原因，有些人用“微笑”——小脸——来表达他们的感受。 如果他们开了一个玩笑，他们可以用笑脸，或者在他们的评论后打印出来。 这会提醒接收者，他们的评论不应该被认真对待。 使用“请”和“谢谢”这样简单的词可以让日常生活更加顺畅和快乐。 就像很多其他事情一样，直到礼仪开始消失，我们才意识到礼仪的重要性。

Batman Begins by Goyer David 原文 Chapter V: Ra'S Al Ghul is Dead Rachel was in Dr Crane's office at the asylum. Batman was listening outside the building. 'Falcone is just going to prison when he suddenly becomes mentally ill,' said Rachel. 'Isn't that a little strange, Dr Crane?' 'Would you like to see Falcone, Miss Dawes? Then you'll be able to decide for yourself,' said Crane. 'Come with me. I'll show you.' Falcone lay on his bed. He couldn't move. 'Mask.... mask... mask...' he was saying. 'You've given him drugs!' said Rachel. 'Yes, of course.' said Crane. 'We give drugs to all our people here. It's a hospital!' 'The police doctor must see him and do some blood tests,' said Rachel. 'I'm going to call him right now.' 'Very well,' said Crane. 'Come this way.' They went down some stairs and came to a door. It had an electronic lock. Crane put some numbers in and it opened. They turned right and walked to a large room. There were hundreds of small blue bags on the tables. People in white coats were working at the tables. 'We make our drugs here,' said Crane. Rachel turned and ran. She got to the door, but Crane had locked it again. She pushed different numbers. Nothing happened. Suddenly a horrible masked man appeared next to her... and then a cloud of white smoke... Rachel lay on a table. 'Who knows you're here?' shouted Crane. 'I want to know before I kill you.' 'What do we do now?' asked one of the men. 'Call the police,' said Crane. 'You want the police here?' asked the other man. He was surprised. 'Batman's here,' said Crane. 'I'm sure of it. The police will catch him.' Suddenly a black thing flew at them and hit the two men. They fell to the floor. Batman looked around. Where was Crane? He heard a sound behind him and turned. In the dark he saw a mask and a hand. Batman pulled the mask off Crane's face. He held Crane's hand under his own nose. Smoke came from a bottle inside Crane's coat. White smoke. WHOOOOOOSSSSSSH! Crane's body dropped to the floor. 'Who are you working for?' shouted Batman. 'Who's your boss?' 'Ra's... Ra's al Ghul,' said Crane. He spoke with great difficulty. 'Ra's al Ghul is dead, Crane,' said Batman. 'Who are you really working for?' Crane's eyes closed. He said only a few words. 'Mask... drugs...smoke.…. water.…. steam.….' There was aloud voice outside. 'Batman, come out. There are police everywhere. We are all around the building. You can't escape.' Batman found Rachel. He took her in his arms and climbed up to the roof. Sergeant Gordon went into the building to find Batman. He started to climb the stairs. Suddenly he felt an arm around him and he was flying up and up. Batman dropped him carefully onto the roof. Then Gordon saw Rachel lying there. 'What's happened to her?' he asked. 'Crane gave her a dangerous drug,' said Batman. 'She'll die very soon. I must get the antidote for her.' 'How will you escape?' asked Gordon. 'I'm going to call for help,' said Batman. He pushed something on his shoe – it made a very high sound. A big, black cloud started to grow in the sky above Gotham. It grew and grew and moved nearer and nearer. Finally it came down on the hospital roof. Bats! Thousands of bats! They flew all around Bruce and Rachel. The bats hid Batman and Rachel until they reached the Batmobile. Batman drove home to the Batcave. When they arrived, Bruce looked at Rachel carefully. Her eyes were closed and she wasn't moving. She was cold. He carried her from the Batmobile to the worktable. He gave her the antidote. He hoped that it wasn't too late. At Arkham Asylum there were police everywhere. A young police officer ran over to Sergeant Gordon. 'Sir!' he shouted. 'There's something that you must see.' Gordon followed him into another big room. In the center of the floor was a small door. It was open. Gordon looked through the door and saw the river below. There were five or six large bottles next to the door. 'They've used the river for something,' said Gordon, 'but what?' He looked at the bottles. 'I want to speak to someone at the Water Office,' he shouted. 'Now!' Rachel woke up. She felt terrible. 'How do you feel?' someone asked. She knew the voice. She looked at the face. It was Batman! 'Where am I?' she asked. 'Why did you bring me here?' 'You were very ill,' he said. 'I rescued you.' 'I remember now. That horrible mask,' she said.'It was Crane. I must tell Sergeant Gordon.' She tried to move. 'No, don't get up. Stay where you are,' said Batman. 'Sergeant Gordon has got Crane already.' 'Why did you save my life?' she asked. 'Gotham needs you,' he said. 'Here, take this. It will help you sleep. When you wake up, please find Sergeant Gordon. Give him these.' He held up two small bottles. 'Only Gordon. No one else.' 'What are they?' she asked. 'The antidote to this killer drug,' said Batman. 'One bottle is for Gordon himself. He can use the other bottle to make some more of the antidote for everyone.' 'Crane wasn't the boss. He was working for someone else,' Rachel said. 'Something al Ghul.' 'Ra's al Ghul,' said Batman. 'No, it's not Ra's al Ghul. He's dead. I was there when he died.' But Rachel was asleep.

提示 一、每期五个句子，均是从四六级听力真题中选取的长难句。 二、每个句子念三遍女声，一遍男声，再一遍女声。 三、如果觉得语速过快，可以在播放器上调慢语速，多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.participants 参与者 2.intensely 强烈的 3.moderate 适当的 4.vulnerable 脆弱的 原文 141. While remote workers help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space and busy period. 虽然远程办公的员工确实能在清静的时间段给咖啡厅增添人气，但他们也确实占用了宝贵的桌位和繁忙的营业时间。 142. Participants who usually struggled to handle negative emotions were more intensely affected by the sad clips, just as you'd expect. 正如你所预料的那样，那些通常难以处理负面情绪的参与者受到悲情电影片段的影响更大。 143. The researchers said moderate exercise appears to have helped those participants to be less vulnerable to the impact of the sad movie. 研究人员表示，适度的锻炼似乎有助于这些参与者不那么容易受到悲情电影的影响。 144. A white sheep named Prickles that ran away from an Australian farm during the 2013 bushfires recently returned home. 在2013年的一场丛林大火中，一只名为“刺毛”的白色绵羊从澳大利亚的一个农场逃走，最近这只绵羊回到了家中。 145. Weeks before the competitors arrive, the residents of Takotna start preparing what is without question their biggest event of the year. 在参赛者到来的几周前，塔科特纳的居民们就开始为这一年最大的活动做准备。

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 词汇提示 1.cottage 农舍 2.swelling 肿胀 3.worn out 穿坏 原文 471. The old cottage had only one bed, so we all took turns sleeping in it. 那间老农舍只有一张床，所以我们都轮流睡在床上。 472. The key question is not what can I gain but what do I have to lose. 关键的问题不是我能得到什么，而是我会失去什么。 473. Since you have nothing to do with this matter, you don't have to worry. 既然这件事和你无关，你就不必担心了。 474. Judging by the swelling, the man must have been bitten by a snake. 从肿胀的情况判断，那人一定是被蛇咬了。 475. Because the surroundings were so dark, he could not see anything. 因为周围太黑了，他什么也看不见。 476. What do you do with your clothes when they are worn out? 你的衣服穿坏了怎么办? 477. Send for the doctor at once, or the patient will get worse. 马上派人去请医生，否则病人情况会更糟的。 478. The Wright brothers succeeded in flying an airplane driven by an engine. 莱特兄弟成功地驾驶了一架由发动机驱动的飞机。 479. Judging from the look of the sky, it may rain at any moment. 看这天，随时都可能下雨。 480. There are none of us who do not respect his honesty. 我们都非常尊重他的诚实。

词汇提示 1.hoards 存储 2.frugality 节约 3.drags 拖，拉 4.ledgers 账簿 5.purses 钱包 6.deeds 房契 7.condemned 被判死刑 8.crutch 拐杖 9.pawnbroker 当铺商人 10.acquaintance 熟人 原文 Ebenezer Scrooge In the story "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge is an English businessman who thinks about nothing but money. He has no friends, and spends no time with his family. He lives alone, eats alone, and works alone, except for his underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge never spends his money, but hoards it all, and prides himself on his frugality. Scrooge hates Christmas. It is all nonsense to him. People spend money on food, and gifts, and parties. Often they can't afford what they spend. Worse than that, they take a whole day off work and so lose a chance to make more money. Scrooge is angry that he has to give his clerk the day off with pay. He feels that he is being robbed. Christmas is also a time when people are asked to give money to help the poor. Scrooge is angry when two men come to his door asking for donations. Scrooge argues that he pays taxes, which support prisons and workhouses. It is not his business to worry about the problems of other people. Scrooge represents businessmen who see the "bottom line" as all that matters. Scrooge's partner Marley had died seven years earlier. He was like Scrooge in all respects. That evening, which is Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by Marley's ghost. Marley drags steel chains round about him, which contain keys, cash-boxes, ledgers, purses and deeds. These are the things that Marley cared about when he was alive. Marley is condemned in death to wander the world and tells Scrooge that the same fate is likely to happen to him. However, three spirits will visit Scrooge, and if Scrooge listens to them, he may escape his fate. The first spirit comes and takes Scrooge back to the early scenes of his own life. He sees himself being left behind at school while the other boys went home for the holidays. Then his little sister arrives to tell him he could go home too. Another scene was of a cheerful Christmas party, when Scrooge was a young man. A third scene showed him with the girl he was planning to marry. She left him because he no longer cared about anything but money. The second spirit shows Scrooge what people are doing that very Christmas. He shows Scrooge the preparations that people even poor people, are making to celebrate Christmas. They visit Bob Cratchit's tiny home. There they see the family cooking their little Christmas dinner. Bob's son, Tiny Tim, has been weakened by disease, and has to use a crutch to walk. The family is delighted with its meal, small as it is. They see other scenes of poor people -miners and sailors - celebrating Christmas. Finally, they visit Scrooge's nephew, and view his Christmas party and its games. The third spirit was the spirit of Christmas Yet to Come - the Future. This spirit does not talk but points to scenes connected with Scrooge. They overhear some businessmen joking about someone who has recently died, but no one is going to the funeral. Scrooge sees that he no longer occupies his usual place of business. The spirit then shows him two women who have stolen the bed clothes, curtains, and clothes of the dead man and taken them to a pawnbroker. The spirit takes Scrooge to the room where the dead man died. The only people who are happy about the death are a young couple who owed him money. The spirit then shows Scrooge the Cratchit's house, where they are mourning the death of Tiny Tim. Finally, the spirit takes him to a churchyard, where they stand among the graves. Then the spirit points to the name of the dead man on the tombstone - "Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is going to die, and no one will care. Scrooge finds himself in his own bed on Christmas morning. He is resolved now to avoid the fate that the spirits had shown him. He is delighted that he is getting a second chance. Scrooge decides to surprise all his acquaintances, and he begins by buying a huge goose and sending it to the Cratchits. On his walk, he meets the two men collecting for the poor, and offers them a large sum of money. He goes on to join his nephew at his Christmas party. The next day when Bob Cratchit comes into work, Scrooge gives him a raise in his salary. He also takes care of Tiny Tim, so that Tim's health is recovered. Charles Dickens' story was written at a time when governments did very little to help the poor. Wages were very low, and many businessmen were unwilling to look after their workers properly. Dickens points out that people like Scrooge not only make other people unhappy, but also are usually unhappy themselves. It is possible to be a very rich businessman, and a poor human being at the same time. 翻译 埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇 在故事《圣诞颂歌》中，斯克罗吉是一位英国商人，除了钱什么都不想。 他没有朋友，也没有时间和家人在一起。 他一个人生活，一个人吃饭，一个人工作，除了工资低的店员鲍勃·克拉奇特。 斯克罗吉从不花钱，而是把钱都存起来，并以自己的节俭为荣。 斯克罗吉讨厌圣诞节。 这对他来说都是无稽之谈。 人们把钱花在食物、礼物和聚会上。 他们经常买不起他们所花的钱。 更糟糕的是，他们休息一整天，因此失去了赚更多钱的机会。 斯克罗吉对他不得不给他的职员一天带薪休假感到愤怒。 他觉得自己被抢劫了。 圣诞节也是人们被要求捐钱帮助穷人的时候。 当两个男人上门要求捐款时，斯克罗吉很生气。 斯克罗吉辩称，他缴纳税款，支持监狱和济贫院。 担心别人的问题不是他的事。 斯克罗吉代表的是将“底线”视为最重要的商人。 斯克罗吉的搭档马利早在七年前就去世了。 他在各方面都像史克鲁奇。 那天晚上，也就是圣诞节前夕，史克鲁奇被马利的鬼魂拜访。 马利拖着铁链围着他，里面有钥匙、钱箱、账本、钱包和契约。 这些都是马利生前关心的事情。 马利被判死刑，去流浪世界，告诉史克鲁奇，同样的命运很可能会发生在他身上。 然而，三个鬼魂将拜访斯克罗吉，如果斯克罗吉听从他们的话，他可能会逃脱命运。 第一个灵魂降临，将斯克罗吉带回了他自己生活的早期场景。 当其他男孩回家度假时，他看到自己被留在学校。 然后他的小妹妹来告诉他他也可以回家了。 另一个场景是一个欢快的圣诞派对，当时斯克罗吉还是个年轻人。 第三幕是他和他计划结婚的女孩在一起。 她离开了他，因为他除了钱什么都不在乎了。 第二种精神向斯克罗吉展示了人们在圣诞节做什么。 他向斯克罗吉展示了人们甚至穷人为庆祝圣诞节所做的准备。 他们参观了鲍勃·克拉奇特的小家。 在那里，他们看到一家人在做圣诞大餐。 鲍勃的儿子蒂尼·蒂姆（Tiny Tim）因疾病而身体虚弱，不得不用拐杖行走。 这家人很喜欢这顿饭，尽管它很小。 他们看到了穷人——矿工和水手——庆祝圣诞节的其他场景。 最后，他们拜访了斯克罗吉的侄子，并观看了他的圣诞派对和游戏。 第三种精神是圣诞节的精神——未来。 这种精神不会说话，而是指向与斯克罗吉有关的场景。 他们无意中听到一些商人开玩笑说有人最近去世了，但没有人参加葬礼。 斯克罗吉发现他不再占据他通常的营业场所。 然后，鬼魂向他展示了两个女人，她们偷走了死者的床上用品、窗帘和衣服，并将其带到了当铺。 鬼魂将斯克罗吉带到死者死亡的房间。 唯一对死亡感到高兴的是一对欠他的钱的年轻夫妇。 然后，鬼魂出现在克拉奇特的斯克罗吉家，他们正在那里悼念小蒂姆的死。 最后，鬼魂把他带到一个教堂墓地，在那里他们站在坟墓中间。 然后灵魂指向墓碑上死者的名字——“埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇”。 斯克罗吉会死的，没人会在乎。 圣诞节早晨，斯克罗吉发现自己躺在自己的床上。 他现在下定决心要避免鬼魂给他的命运。 他很高兴得到了第二次机会。 斯克罗吉决定给所有熟人一个惊喜，他首先买了一只大鹅，然后把它送到克拉奇家。 在散步时，他遇到了两个为穷人募捐的人，并给了他们一大笔钱。 他继续和侄子一起参加他的圣诞聚会。 第二天，当鲍勃·克拉奇开始上班时，斯克罗吉给了他加薪。 他还照顾小蒂姆，使蒂姆的健康得到恢复。 查尔斯·狄更斯的故事是在政府几乎没有帮助穷人的时候写的。 工资很低，许多商人不愿意妥善照顾他们的工人。 狄更斯指出，像斯克罗吉这样的人不仅让别人不开心，而且他们自己也不开心。 有可能成为一个非常富有的商人，同时也是一个穷人。