Batman Begins by Goyer David 词汇提示 1.sergeant 警官 2.Arkham Asylum 阿卡姆精神病院 原文 Chapter III: A Man of the Night The night his parents died, Bruce waited along time at the police station. One of the police officers there was very kind to him. His name was Sergeant James Gordon. Bruce knew that he was a good police officer. He wanted to talk to Gordon now. But he didn't go as Bruce. He put on his black body suit and a mask. When Batman appeared in Gordon's office, the sergeant was surprised and frightened. 'Who are you?' he asked. 'What do you want?' 'Don't be frightened, Sergeant Gordon,' said Batman. 'I need your help. I know Carmine Falcone is the biggest criminal in Gotham. Why is everyone frightened of him? Why does no one stop him?' 'Because.….'said Gordon, 'he pays all the important people in Gotham!' Bruce went to the river for the first time in many years. There were lots of people there. They didn't have homes. They slept in the streets every night. Some people were standing around a fire. Bruce stood with them and warmed his hands. He looked across the street and pointed to a door. 'Is that Carmine Falcone's club?' he asked. 'Yeah,' someone said. The next day at work, Lucius Fox said, 'Come with me, Mr. Wayne. I want to show you something.' Bruce followed him into a big room. There, in the center of the room, was a fantastic car. A few moments later, they were in the car and Bruce was driving it faster and faster along the road. 'Go slower, Mr. Wayne!' shouted Lucius. 'No way!' shouted Bruce. 'This is fantastic! This isn't an ordinary car. It's more like a plane. Can I have it?' 'Of course,' shouted Lucius. 'All these things are yours anyway!' Later Bruce drove the car back to Wayne Manor. I'll call it the Batmobile,' he told Alfred. Bruce was a man of the night now. He was Batman. He stood on top of a building near Falcone's club. He watched the street by the river. He saw a police officer talking to a group of ship workers. The officer took out a small white bag and gave it to the workers. Drugs! So some of the Gotham police were bad too. Falcone was paying everyone. Falcone sat in his office with Dr Crane, the boss of Arkham Asylum for the mentally ill. 'Our boss is arriving very soon,' said Crane. 'When I tell him about the money – his money - he won't be happy.' 'Don't tell him,' said Falcone. 'I won't take any more. This is the last time.' He gave Crane a small bag. 'Do you want to test the drugs now?' he asked. Suddenly there was a loud bang and the sound of guns. Crane quickly escaped through the door. Batman flew into the room. 'What are you?' asked Falcone. 'I'm Batman. Everything changes tonight.' Batman crossed the city to Rachel's house. He climbed through her bedroom window. 'Rachel, wake up!' he said. 'I want to tell you something. Everything changes tonight!' 'And who are you?' 'A friend. I want to do good, like you. I want to fight the bad people of Gotham.' Sergeant Gordon arrived at the river. A lot of newspaper people were there. They were taking photos. Next to a ship there was a large box full of small bags of drugs. Falcone's men were lying behind the box. 'Fantastic!' said Gordon. 'Where's Falcone? He always escapes trouble.' 'Not this time. Look. He's over there,' someone said. Gordon looked. There was a big light next to the river. A man was lying across the light. He wasn't moving. It was Falcone. Rachel read the newspaper the next day and saw the photo of Falcone on the front page. She smiled. At the police station, Sergeant Gordon's boss was very angry. 'Who did this to Falcone?' he shouted. 'Find him fast! The police look stupid because of him.' 'I think he's trying to help us, sir,' Gordon said. 'We don't need his help!' shouted his boss 'Well, I think we probably do,' thought Gordon. But he didn't say anything. Dr Crane was visiting Falcone at the police station. 'Tell the police I'm mentally ill,' Falcone said to him, 'or I'll tell them about you and the drugs.' Crane was angry. 'What do you know about me and the drugs?' he asked. 'I know that you test them on people in your hospital,' said Falcone. 'I know the boss is planning something big.' 'Would you like to see my mask?' said Dr Crane suddenly.' I use it in my tests. People are very frightened of it. They don't like it at all.' He opened his bag and took out a horrible mask. He put it on. 'How do I look?' WHOOOOSSSH!! Suddenly white smoke came out of his bag. Falcone tried to shout but his nose and his mouth were on fire. Water came out of his eyes. He saw horrible things in front of his eyes. Crane quickly put the mask back in his bag and shut it. He called a police officer. 'I think Mr. Falcone is certainly mentally ill,' he said to the officer. 'We'll move Mr. Falcone to Arkham Asylum. We can take care of him there.' Earle was angry. Bruce Wayne was back in Gotham. Earle wanted to sell Wayne Enterprises for a lot of money, but now he couldn't. And now he had another problem. His Number 2 at Wayne Enterprises, Rogers, was telling him about it. 'One of our biggest ships has disappeared,' said Rogers. 'There's a big, expensive machine on that ship,' said Earle. 'A very dangerous machine that can change water into steam.'

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.possession 财产 2.pupiles 学生 原文 131. This is why many toys contain warnings about small parts. Recognizing problems early and seeking medical attention is important. 这就是为什么许多玩具都有关于小部件的警告。及早发现问题并寻求治疗是很重要的。 132. A Philippine fisherman was feeling down on his luck when a housefire forced him to clear out his possessions and change locations. 一名菲律宾渔民运气不佳，一场家庭火灾迫使他清空自己的财产，并更换了住所。 133. Campaigners have warned that the British government is not doing enough to prevent left-handed pupils from falling behind their peers. 活动家们警告说，英国政府在防止左撇子学生落后于同龄人方面做得不够。 134. For example, companies can give workers gym memberships, or encourage participation in lectures on healthy eating and living. 例如，公司可以给员工办理健身房的会员，或者鼓励他们参加关于健康饮食和健康生活的讲座。 135. I'm thinking of buying a car. I wouldn't need to use it every day, but I think it would be very convenient to have one for the weekends. 我在考虑买辆车。我不需要每天都用，但我想周末时有辆车会很方便。

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.in the light of 根据 2.port 港口 原文 451. The people at large are hoping for great changes in the light of the present situation. 根据目前的形势，一般人都希望有很大的变化。 452. This is just what I have been looking for so long. 这正是我一直在寻找的东西。 453. The monkey, trained properly, will be able to do a lot of tricks. 经过适当的训练，这只猴子将能做很多把戏。 454. There is no hurry; you have five days to think the matter over. 不用着急；你有五天的时间来考虑这件事。 455. My uncle will have been in New York for two years next month. 到下个月，我叔叔就在纽约呆了两年了。 456. I think the only problem I have now is being shut in at home. 我想我现在唯一的问题就是被关在家里。 457. Since you are no longer a child, you should be responsible for what you do. 既然你不再是孩子了，就应该对自己的行为负责。 458. The rise in house prices enabled him to sell his house at a big profit. 房价的上涨让他能以很高的利润卖掉了房子。 459. A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port. 汽笛一响，船就慢慢地驶出了港口。 460. I had my wallet stolen on my way to the office. 我在去办公室的路上钱包被偷了。

词汇提示 1.dip 下沉 2.slopes 斜坡 3.deposits 沉积 4.borax 硼砂 5.hitched 拉 6.salt flats 盐碱地 7.continental 大陆的 8.coastal 海岸的 原文 Death Valley - California The steep mountains of southeastern California dip suddenly into a deep valley. Rain is kept out of the valley by the high mountains, which form its western slopes. Although mountains surround the valley, Death Valley itself is very low. In fact, its lowest point is 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point of land in North or South America Death Valley is about 140 miles long, but only a few miles wide. It got its name in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. Gold seekers attempted to cross Death Valley on the way to California's goldfields, and some died of thirst there. There is hardly any water in the Valley. The average rainfall is only a couple of inches a year. It is also one of the hottest places in North America in the summer. Temperatures of 134 have been recorded. As a result of this heat and dryness, Death Valley is a desert. These conditions give rise to the Valley's most important products - mineral salts and salt deposits. One of these products is borax, which has many industrial uses. Borax was removed from the desert using 20 mule teams hitched in a long string. Later, a railway was built to help carry out these minerals. In spite of its desert conditions, Death Valley has considerable animal and plant life. Of course, its animals and plants are those typical in desert conditions. Only on the salt flats do plants refuse to grow. With even a small rainfall in the spring, the desert will come alive with wild flowers. Very few places in the world have such a contrast in heights and depths. The mountains near the Valley are among the highest in Continental U.S.A. Mount Whitney at 14,495 feet is less than 100 miles from Death Valley. The climate in the Valley from October to May is generally pleasant. Since Death Valley is now a national park, many tourists visit during this season. Now roads and hotels provide comfortable access. Death Valley is located close to the Nevada border. Its desert conditions are common throughout the area of the American west just east of coastal mountains In most cases, heavy rain falls along the coast, but very little in the interior. Because there is no farming and water is hard to obtain，Death Valley and similar desert areas have very few permanent residents. 翻译 加利福尼亚州死亡谷 加利福尼亚州东南部陡峭的山脉突然陷入深谷。 雨水被高山挡在山谷之外，高山形成了山谷的西坡。 虽然山谷周围群山环绕，但死亡谷本身很低。 事实上，它的最低点是海平面以下282英尺，是北美或南美陆地的最低点 死亡谷长约140英里，但只有几英里宽。 它于1849年加利福尼亚淘金热期间得名。 淘金者试图在前往加州金矿的途中穿越死亡谷，一些人在那里渴死了。 山谷里几乎没有水。 每年的平均降雨量只有几英寸。 它也是北美夏季最热的地方之一。 记录的温度为134华氏度。 由于炎热和干燥，死亡谷变成了沙漠。 这些条件产生了山谷最重要的产品——矿物盐和盐矿床。 其中一种产品是硼砂，它有许多工业用途。 硼砂是用20个拴在长绳上的骡子队从沙漠中运走的。 后来，修建了一条铁路来运送这些矿物。 尽管沙漠条件恶劣，死亡谷仍有大量的动植物。 当然，它的动物和植物是沙漠环境中的典型。 只有在盐碱地上，植物才会拒绝生长。 即使春季降雨量很小，沙漠里也会开满野花。 世界上很少有地方在高度和深度上有这样的对比。 山谷附近的山脉是美国大陆最高的山脉之一。 位于14495英尺的惠特尼山距离死亡谷不到100英里。 10月至5月，山谷的气候总体上是宜人的。 由于死亡谷现在是国家公园，许多游客在这个季节游览。 现在，道路和酒店提供了舒适的通道。 死亡谷位于内华达州边界附近。 它的沙漠条件在美国西部沿海山脉以东的整个地区都很常见 在大多数情况下，沿海地区会下大雨，但内陆地区很少。 由于没有农业，水很难获得，死亡谷和类似的沙漠地区几乎没有永久居民。

Batman Begins by Goyer David 词汇提示 1.District Attorney 地方检察官 原文 Chapter II: Bats Everywhere Bruce couldn't sleep that night. He remembered his life after Joe Chill killed his parents. He was so unhappy and so angry. He went from school to school and university to university. He never stayed long in one place. Bruce is twenty. He is going back to Gotham by train. Alfred meets him at the station. On the way to Wayne Manor he sees that everything is different. Everywhere is dirty. Many houses are empty. Many shops are closed. People are sleeping on the streets. 'Things are very bad in Gotham now, Master Bruce,' Alfred tells him.'But Wayne Manor is still your home. Your father was a great man, and one day you will be a great man too.' It is the afternoon on the same day. Bruce is sitting on his bed. 'Joe Chill will be free today,' he thinks. 'He killed my parents twelve years ago. And today I'm going to kill him.' He takes a gun out of his bag. His old friend, Rachel, comes to the house. She is an Assistant District Attorney – an important lawyer in Gotham now. 'Wow!' he thinks when he sees her. 'She is so beautiful.' They drive to the prison. 'Why are they freeing Joe Chill today?' he asks. 'When he was in prison, he was in a room with Carmine Falcone, the famous criminal, 'Rachel explains.' They talked and he learned lots of things about Falcone. He's going to give that information to the police.' They arrive outside the prison. The newspaper people are waiting. Joe Chill comes out. There are police all around him. Bruce gets out of Rachel's car and walks towards Chill. He has his hand in his pocket... on his gun. But - suddenly - a blonde woman pushes through the people. She runs up to Chill. She has a gun in her hand. 'Falcone says "Hi, Joe", ' she shouts. BANG! BANG! She kills Joe Chill. Joe Chill was dead. But Bruce didn't feel better. It wasn't the answer. Ducard took Bruce's blue flower. He pulled the dry flower into little pieces and made a small fire with it. 'Smell your flower now,' he said to Bruce. Bruce put his nose near the smoke. The smell was terrible. He suddenly started to remember the worst days of his life... He was falling down the well... He was seeing his parents' blood in the street... 'You are frightened of these things. Look at them. Fight them. Now!' said Ducard. He pointed to a large wooden box. Bruce opened it. WHOOOOSSSH! Hundreds of bats flew out of the box. Bruce wanted to shout and run. But he didn't. 'No,' he thought, 'I must be strong.' He stood there quietly. He didn't move. He didn't say a word. 'Well done!' said Ra's al Ghul. 'You are not frightened now. You are ready to join my Ninjas.' He gave Bruce alight. 'Take this light and give your life to me.' Bruce took the light. 'Where must I go with your men? 'he asked. 'To Gotham,' answered Ra's al Ghul. 'Gotham must die. You must kill all the people there.' 'No!' shouted Bruce. This could not be real. 'We have taught you many things,' said Ra's al Ghul. 'Now you must do this for us.' 'I won't do it!' shouted Bruce. He threw the light on the wooden floor. It broke. A fire started and moved quickly around the room. It grew and grew. It reached the boxes of explosives in the cupboards. They started to explode. BANG!BANG! Ninjas ran everywhere. The roof started to fall. It fell on Ra's al Ghul and killed him. As Bruce ran to the door, he saw Ducard's body on the floor. He wasn't dead. Bruce pulled Ducard out of the building and into the snow. He pulled him down the icy mountain. Ducard was very heavy. Once he almost fell over the edge of the mountain, but Bruce saved him. After some time they came to some houses. Bruce left Ducard with an old man there. 'You saved his life. I will tell him,' said the old man. 'Where are you going?' 'I'm going home,' said Bruce. Bruce walked down the rest of the mountain. He phoned Alfred. 'I need you, Alfred,' he said. 'Please come and get me.' Alfred flew to Bhutan in the Wayne family plane and took Bruce back to Gotham. He told Bruce all about the terrible changes in Gotham. Carmine Falcone was the crime boss in the city now. Everyone was frightened of him. And William Earle sat in Bruce's father's chair at Wayne Enterprises, the Wayne family business in Wayne Tower. 'Bruce Wayne is dead,' Earle told everyone. 'I'm the boss now.' Bruce listened carefully to Alfred. 'I'm going to save Gotham, Alfred,' he said. When they arrived home at Wayne Manor, Bruce saw a small black thing high on the wall. 'What's that, Alfred?' he asked. 'It's a bat, sir,' answered Alfred. 'There are lots of bats around here.' Bruce suddenly ran out of the house. He ran to the well in the garden and climbed down and down. He reached the floor. It was very dark but he could feel a cold wind. He found a hole in the wall and climbed through. He could hear water. It was quite near. He followed the black walls until they opened into a big cave. A river ran through the cave. And everywhere there were bats- hundreds and hundreds of bats. Bruce smiled. The next morning Bruce put on a new suit and went to Wayne Tower. The woman at the front desk at Wayne Enterprises tried to stop him. 'You can't go in there,' she said.' They're having a business meeting.' But Bruce opened the door and went in. There were a lot of men sitting around a long table. And at the end of the table was William Earle. 'Good morning, Mr. Earle. Good morning, everyone,' said Bruce. Earle's face went white but he quickly tried to smile. 'My boy! How nice to see you!' he said. 'You're back. What a surprise! A nice surprise!' 'I've come back to work here,' said Bruce. 'I want to learn the family business.' Bruce started work in the Applied Sciences office. This was the new ideas office, but Wayne Enterprises didn't seem to be very interested in new ideas these days. The only other person in the office was Lucius Fox. Lucius was a friend of Bruce's father, before he died. Bruce looked around the big room. It was full of strange and exciting things. 'What's this?' he asked, and pointed to a black suit. 'It's a body suit,' said Lucius. 'It can stop a knife. It can even stop a gun.' 'Can I have it?' asked Bruce. 'Of course,' said Lucius. 'All these things are yours anyway.' Bruce took the body suit home and down to the cave. 'Soon,' he thought, 'I will be ready.'

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.indicates 表明 2.obligatory 强制 原文 126. The scientific evidence from countries like Australia, Canada, and the USA clearly indicates a decline in the birds' numbers. 来自澳大利亚、加拿大和美国等国家的科学证据清楚地表明，这种鸟类的数量下降了。 127. It is a seven-day race called "The lditarod Trail". And participants stop at Takotna for the obligatory 24 hour rest. 这是一场为期七天的比赛，名为“艾迪塔罗德狗拉雪橇比赛”。参与者会在塔克哈纳停留24小时休息。 128. The scientists wanted to see whether the mice would continue doing the same kinds of activities they were observed doing on Earth. 科学家们想知道这些老鼠是否会继续做他们在地球上观察到的同样的活动。 129. He lands a job decorating a restaurant with his drawings rather than shutting down the habit of drawing in his school's workbook. 他并未停止在学校练习册上画画的习惯，而是赢得了一份用自己的画装饰餐厅的工作。 130. Homework is an important part of schooling, but the purposes of giving children homework will change as they grow older. 家庭作业是学校教育的重要组成部分，但随着孩子年龄的增长，给他们留家庭作业的目的会随之改变。

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.credit 表扬 2.astonishment 震惊 3.urgent 紧急 原文 441. The world is divided into people who get things done, and people who get the credit. 世界上有两种人，一种是把事情做好的人，另一种是接受赞扬的人。 442. Excuse me, but will you show me the way to the station? 对不起，你能告诉我去车站怎么走吗？ 443. Could you change my room to one with a view of the ocean? 你帮我换一间能看到大海的房间吗？ 444. After we had walked for some time, we came to the lake. 我们走了一会儿，来到了湖边。 445. I'd like the most inexpensive room you have for four nights. 我想要定你们这最便宜的房间，住四晚上。 446. To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest. 令大家惊讶的是，迈克在演讲比赛中得了第一名。 447. This national treasure can be seen by the public only once a year. 公众每年只有一次机会看到这一国宝。 448. If it had not been for your support, he would have failed in business. 如果没有你的支持，他在事业上早就失败了。 449. In many parts of the world, there is not enough food to meet everyone's needs. 在世界的许多地方，没有足够的食物来满足每个人的需求。 450. I need to make an urgent call. Is there a public phone near here? 我需要打个紧急电话。这附近有公用电话吗?

词汇提示 1.lithography 平板印刷 2.decorative 装饰的 3.contemporary 当代 4.occupations 职业 5.whaling 捕鲸 6.buggy rides 驾马车 7.sleigh rides 滑雪橇 原文 Currier and Ives Before the widespread use of photography there was a large market for artistic depictions of scenes and events. A process for making prints called lithography became popular in North America during the early nineteenth century. One young artist who mastered this technique was Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888). Currier opened his own shop in 1834. Currier's success came when he issued prints of newsworthy events. His "Ruins of the Merchant's Exchange" followed a great fire in New York, December 1834. One of Currier's prints of a disastrous fire on a steamboat was published in the New York Sun in 1840. There was also a large market for decorative prints. People who couldn't afford oil paintings would buy color prints to put on their walls. Some of these prints were copies of paintings. Sometimes, Currier mentioned his source and sometimes not. In 1852, James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) joined Currier's firm. In 1857, he became Currier's partner. After that, the firm was known as Currier and lves. Altogether the firm produced about 7,000 different subjects. Small prints sold for about 25 cents, and large color prints for about three dollars. Travelling salesmen went from house to house selling them. Currier and lves sometimes hired the original painters to make the print. More often, someone from his or her own studio either composed an original subject or copied an existing painting or drawing. Contemporary news remained popular. Currier and lves prints included "The First Appearance of Jenny Lind in America" (1850), "The Fall of Richmond, Virginia" (1865), and "The Great Fire at Chicago" (1871). A common subject was a patriotic scene from American history. Interesting occupations such as whaling, bird hunting, trapping, fur trading and deep-sea fishing were portrayed. Pioneer and Indian topics were in demand. However, the most popular of all scenes were winter and holiday prints of ordinary people enjoying life. Farm scenes, buggy rides, sleigh rides, market scenes, black smith's shops, and town scenes sold well. Favorite prints included "American Forest Scene: Maple Sugaring" (1860), "Home to Thanksgiving"(1863), "Winter in the Country" (1862),"Life in the Country: The Morning Ride"(1859) and "American Winter Sports" (1856). These scenes are still popular. Even today you can buy Christmas cards with Currier and Ives winter scenes. This collection of prints gives a remarkable picture of America between 1834 and 1907. Although the prints are sometimes more romantic than reality, they give a lotof information about everyday life. They depict styles of clothing, trains and boats buildings and bridges and popular activities. They also tell us what sorts of scenes people at that time liked, and what their artistic tastes were. Eventually, advances in photography made this kind of printmaking obsolete. In 1906, the firm of Currier and Ives closed its doors. For a while, these prints were not considered very valuable. Nowadays, however, there are many collectors,and Currier and Ives prints once again can be found decorating North American homes. 翻译 库里和艾夫斯 在摄影被广泛使用之前，对场景和事件的艺术描绘有很大的市场。 19世纪初，一种叫做平版印刷的印刷工艺在北美流行起来。 掌握这一技术的一位年轻艺术家是纳撒尼尔·库里尔（Nathaniel Currier，1813-1888）。 库里在1834年开了自己的店。 库里的成功来自于他发布了有新闻价值的事件的印刷品。 1834年12月，他的《商人交易所的废墟》在纽约发生大火之后出版。 1840年，柯里尔在《纽约太阳报》上发表了一幅关于蒸汽船上灾难性火灾的版画。 装饰印刷品也有很大的市场。 买不起油画的人会买彩色印刷品贴在墙上。 其中一些版画是绘画的复制品。 有时，库里提到了他的消息来源，有时没有。 1852年，詹姆斯·梅里特·艾夫斯（1824-1895）加入了库里的公司。 1857年，他成为库里的合伙人。 此后，该公司被称为Currier and lves。 该公司总共制作了大约7000个不同的主题。 小版画售价约25美分，大彩色版画售价约3美元。 旅行推销员挨家挨户推销。 柯里尔和艾夫斯有时会聘请原画家来制作版画。 更常见的情况是，他或她自己工作室的人要么创作了一个原创主题，要么复制了现有的绘画或绘图。 当代新闻仍然很受欢迎。 柯里尔和艾夫斯的作品包括《珍妮·林德在美国的首次亮相》（1850年）、《弗吉尼亚州里士满的陷落》（1865年）和《芝加哥大火》（1871年）。 一个共同的主题是美国历史上的爱国主义场景。 有趣的职业，如捕鲸、猎鸟、诱捕、毛皮交易和深海捕鱼都被描绘出来。 先锋和印度主题很受欢迎。 然而，所有场景中最受欢迎的是普通人享受生活的冬季和假日版画。 农场场景、马车、雪橇、集市场景、铁匠铺和城镇场景卖得很好。 最受欢迎的版画包括《美国森林场景：枫糖》（1860）、《感恩节之家》（1863）、《乡村的冬天》（1862）、《乡间生活：早晨的骑行》（1859）和《美国冬季运动》（1856）。 这些场景仍然很受欢迎。 即使在今天，你也可以买到带有库里和艾夫斯冬季场景的圣诞卡。 这组版画展示了1834年至1907年间美国的非凡图景。 虽然这些照片有时比现实更浪漫，但它们提供了很多日常生活的信息。 它们描绘了服装、火车、船只、建筑、桥梁和流行活动的风格。 他们还告诉我们当时人们喜欢什么样的场景，以及他们的艺术品味。 最终，摄影技术的进步使这种版画过时了。 1906年，库里尔和艾夫斯公司关门。 有一段时间，这些照片被认为不太值钱。 然而，如今，有很多收藏家，在北美的家中再次可以找到柯里尔和艾夫斯的版画。

Batman Begins by Goyer David 词汇提示 1.Bhutan 不丹 2.crack 爆裂声 3.manor 庄园 4.thick 厚的 原文 Chapter I: The Blue Flower Bruce Wayne was in prison in Bhutan, a country far away from his home in Gotham City in America. One day, he was waiting for breakfast with all the other prisoners. They stood in lines. After a long time, Bruce got his plate of horrible food. He took the plate and walked to a table. A very big man stood in front of him. 'Give me your food,' said the man. 'No,' Bruce said. The man hit Bruce in the face. Bruce dropped his plate and fell to the floor. When he got up, there were seven big men in front of him. Two of them took Bruce by the arms. He used his legs - hard - and they fell. Then -CRRAAACCCCK! At the sound of the gun, all the prisoners quickly got down on the floor. A prison officer took Bruce's arm. 'You're coming with me,' he said. 'Why?' asked Bruce. 'So I'm safe?' 'No,' said the officer. 'So they're safe!' The officer pushed Bruce into a room and closed the door with a bang. It was very dark in the room, but Bruce saw that he was not alone. There was a man in the corner. He didn't look like a prisoner. He wore good clothes. 'My name is Ducard,' he said. 'I work for Ra's al Ghul. Do you know him?' 'Is he a criminal?' Bruce asked. 'He is not a criminal,' said Ducard. 'He is a great man with very clever ideas. He knows that you're in trouble, Mr. Wayne. He wants to help you.' Ducard walked to the door and shouted. The officer came and opened it. Ducard turned to Bruce. 'There is a very special flower,' he said. 'It grows on the mountain near here. It's blue. Find it and take it to the top of the mountain. There you will find the answer to your question.' 'And what is my question?' asked Bruce. "'Where am I going?"" said Ducard. And he left. 'Why is Ducard interested in me? How does he know about me?' Bruce asked himself. He sat on the hard bed and began to think about his life. He remembered that terrible day in Gotham many years ago. He is a little boy. He is playing with his friend, Rachel. They are running in the garden at his home, Wayne Manor. There is an old well in the garden. Bruce climbs onto the well and laughs. 'Look at me, Rachel, I'm-' Suddenly he isn't laughing. He's shouting. 'Help! Help! I'm falling-' And he falls down and down and down into the dark well. He hits the floor with a bang! 'Agh! My leg!' he cries. It feels terrible. Then he hears some strange sounds. He isn't alone in the well! Help! What is it? He looks up and sees a cloud of terrible black things. Bats! They are flying towards him and into him. Their teeth are like knives. He thinks he is going to die. He makes himself into a ball and shouts. 'Help! Help!' Then everything goes black. The next thing he remembers... he is in bed. The only person in the bedroom with him is Alfred. Alfred has always worked for the Wayne family. 'You had a very bad fall, Master Bruce,' says Alfred. 'But you're going to be OK.' Alfred waits for a moment, then he asks, 'Why do we fall, Master Bruce?' Bruce knows the answer, but he can't remember it. 'I can't remember,' says Bruce. 'Tell me.' 'We fall,' says Alfred with a smile, 'so that we can learn to get up again.' Bruce started to climb the mountain. He found the blue flower easily. He climbed higher. Up and up he went. It got colder and colder. Soon he was walking on ice. It started to snow heavily. Bruce was cold and unhappy. And very tired. 'I have to get to the top,' he thought, 'but I don't know if I can.' Then at last he saw a big building. He pushed open the heavy door and went in. Ra's al Ghul was sitting in a big chair. Ducard was next to him. And there was a line of Ninjas with swords in their hands...ready to fight. Bruce was frightened. He quickly showed them the blue flower in his hand. Ducard took the flower. 'Are you ready to start?' he asked. 'Ready? Oh no,' Bruce said, 'I'm so tired.' Ducard threw him to the floor. 'You must always be ready,' he said. 'Here we will teach you to be ready.' One day, Ducard said to Bruce, 'You're not frightened of me, are you, Bruce? What are you frightened of?' 'Bats,' answered Bruce, and he told Ducard about the bats in the well. 'My father told me something important about the bats in the well.' He said, "The bats flew at you because they were frightened of you. All things are frightened of something, even scary things like bats." I didn't know that. My father was very clever. I loved him very much. But soon after that, he died. A criminal killed both my parents. His name was Joe Chill.' It's the evening. They are at a play. Suddenly there are bats in the show. They fly around above the singers and dancers. Bruce is frightened, so they leave early. But in the street outside, there is a man with a gun. He wants money. He takes their money but he wants more. And then- BANG! - he fires his gun. Bruce's mother shouts. Bruce's father falls to the floor. BANG! He fires again. Bruce's mother falls to the floor. This is the worst moment of Bruce's life. And it is all his fault. 'It wasn't your fault, Bruce,' said Ducard.'You were very young.' He was giving Bruce a lesson on a river. It was thick ice. They were fighting with swords. 'You must always look very carefully at the things around you, Bruce,' said Ducard. Suddenly he hit the ice with his sword. CRRAAACCCCK! The ice broke and Bruce crashed into the black water below. Bruce had lessons with Ducard for many months. He learned to fight with his hands and his feet. He learned to fight with a sword and climb tall buildings quickly and quietly. He learned many things. But most of all he learned to use his ears and eyes, and he learned how to think quickly. 'It's time to test you,' said Ducard one day. 'Today you must fight all the Ninjas.' So Bruce fought all the Ninjas with his sword. It was a very long fight, but in the end he won. 'You fight very well now,' said Ducard. 'I think you are ready.'

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.obstacle 障碍物 原文 121. Whatever their financial background or their educational background, most people will have something in common with each other. 无论他们的经济背景或教育背景如何，大多数人都会有一些共同点。 122. Christine said "We will pay that to anyone who brings him home, as long as they are not responsible for his disappearance. 克里斯蒂娜说，“我们会把钱付给任何带它回家的人，只要狗狗的失踪不是由他们造成。 123. Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle. 周三上午，不少人在前往波兰首都华沙的途中发现自己被一种不同寻常的障碍物拦住了去路。 124. According to the official news agency, Russian authorities have recovered more than170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each. 据官方通讯社报道，俄罗斯当局已经追回了170多根金条，每根金条重达20公斤。 125. Learning to ride a bike is almost always more difficult as an adult, and this can take days and weeks, rather than hours. 对于成年人来说学习骑自行车一般相对困难，可能需要几天或几周的时间，而不是几个小时。

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。 原文 431. Sorry to be so direct, but how much did you pay for this? 不好意思这么直接，你花了多少钱买的这个？ 432. This medicine, properly used, will do you a lot of good. 这种药如果使用得当，会对你大有好处。 433. Just as food feeds the body, so reading feeds the mind. 正如食物滋养身体，阅读可以涵养思想。 434. That TV station is on the air 24 hours a day. 那个电视台24小时直播。 435. Students often find it very difficult to understand a lecture in a foreign language. 学生们经常发现很难听懂另外一种语言的讲座。 436. If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders. 你停下来放松一下，这会减轻你肩部的紧张和压力。 437. It should be stressed that we are often influenced by advertising without being aware of it. 应该强调的是，我们经常受到广告的影响而没有察觉。 438. That's the same story as I heard when I was a child. 这和我小時候听到的故事一样。 439. John studied hard at school, while at home he helped his mother with her work. 约翰在学校努力学习，在家里帮助母亲工作。 440. However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him. 不管你走得多快，都赶不上他。

词汇提示 1.conquering 征服 2.veteran 老水兵 3.feat 壮举 4.currents 水流 5.lamprey eels 七鳃鳗 6.corn syrup 玉米糖浆 7.liniment 搽剂 原文 Conquering Lake Ontario In 490 B. C. the Greek runner Phidippides ran the 24 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce an Athenian victory. His endurance was so much admired that runners ever since have attempted to run similar long "Marathon" distances. In the twentieth century, however, long distance swimming has also attracted attention and admiration. To swim the English Channel or Juan de Fuca Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland have become challenges for both male and female swimmers. In September 1954, some Canadian businessman from Toronto offered veteran Californian champion Florence Chadwick $10,000 if she could swim Lake Ontario. They felt sure that such a feat would attract large crowds. Chadwick had swum the English Channel in both directions. However, no one - neither man nor woman - had crossed Lake Ontario. It was a 32-mile swim through cold water and difficult currents. Two other women also decided to take up the challenge. One, Winnie Roach Leuszler, had also swum the English Channel. The other was a 16 year old girl named Marilyn Bell. The swimmers traveled to the mouth of the Niagara River on the south side of Lake Ontario. They would swim from Youngs town, in the U.S.A., and back to Toronto. Bad weather delayed the swim for several days. During the night of September 8th the weather cleared, and the swimmers entered the water before midnight. Guided by her coach's flashlight, Marilyn swam through the dark water and soon passed Chadwick, who was lifted from the water after swimming 12 miles. Leuszler made it further, but she too eventually had to give up. Marilyn not only had to overcome her fears of the dark, but she was attacked during the night by blood-sucking lamprey eels. She was able to knock these off with her fist. As dawn approached, the winds and waves increased, and Marilyn's weariness mounted. Her coach, Gus Ryder, passed her some corn syrup on a stick, and later gave her liniment for her tired legs. He wrote messages on a blackboard to encourage her to keep going. Sometimes, he tricked her into thinking that she was nearer to the shore than she was. Marilyn fell asleep in the water twice and had to be awakened. The second time, a friend of hers jumped into the water beside her, and swam with her for a distance. Because Marilyn's strength was declining, she was being pushed off course by the currents. Although the direct route was 32 miles, Marilyn swam a total of 45 miles. The last few miles were extremely difficult. Marilyn's family and the lifeguards felt that she should be taken out of the water. But her coach threatened to quit as her coach if the swimmer gave up. It was getting dark again, and the swimmer was barely conscious as she approached the shore. Thousands of people lined the shore hoping to touch her or get a picture of her. Marilyn's supporters had to push the crowds back so they wouldn't stop her from touching the shore. Finally, after 21 hours in the water, Marilyn reached land. The exhausted girl was rushed to an ambulance. She had lost about 20 pounds of her 120 pounds weight in the crossing. Finally she was able to sleep. Huge crowds came out to see her the next day,and two days later there was a parade in her honor through the streets of Toronto. Everyone admired the courage and endurance of the 16 year-old girl,who became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. 翻译 征服安大略湖 公元前490年，希腊选手菲迪皮德斯从马拉松到雅典跑了24英里，宣布雅典获胜。 他的耐力是如此令人钦佩，以至于从那以后，跑步者们都尝试跑类似的“马拉松”长跑。 然而，在二十世纪，长距离游泳也引起了人们的关注和钦佩。 在温哥华岛和大陆之间的英吉利海峡或胡安·德富卡海峡游泳对男女游泳运动员来说都是挑战。 1954年9月，一位来自多伦多的加拿大商人向加州老牌冠军弗洛伦斯·查德威克（Florence Chadwick）提供了10000美元，如果她能游安大略湖的话。 他们确信这样的壮举会吸引大批观众。 查德威克在英吉利海峡上游了两个方向。 然而，没有人——无论男女——穿过安大略湖。 这是一次32英里的游泳，穿过冰冷的海水和湍急的水流。 另外两名女性也决定接受挑战。 其中一位，温妮·罗奇·卢斯勒（Winnie Roach Leuszler）也曾游过英吉利海峡。 另一个是一个名叫玛丽莲·贝尔的16岁女孩。 游泳者游到了安大略湖南侧的尼亚加拉河口。 他们将从美国的扬斯镇游回多伦多。 恶劣的天气使游泳推迟了好几天。 9月8日夜间，天气转晴，游泳运动员在午夜前下水。 在教练手电筒的指引下，玛丽莲在黑暗的水中游泳，很快就经过了查德威克，查德威克在游了12英里后被从水中抬了出来。 卢斯勒做得更进一步，但她最终也不得不放弃。 玛丽莲不仅要克服对黑暗的恐惧，而且在晚上还被吸血的七鳃鳗袭击。 她能用拳头把这些打下来。 随着黎明的临近，风浪越来越大，玛丽莲的疲惫感也越来越重。 她的教练古斯·莱德（Gus Ryder）在一根棍子上递给她一些玉米糖浆，后来给她涂了搽剂，以治疗她疲惫的腿。 他在黑板上留言鼓励她坚持下去。 有时，他欺骗她，使她认为自己比实际离海岸更近。 玛丽莲在水中睡着了两次，不得不被唤醒。 第二次，她的一个朋友跳到她身边的水里，和她一起游了一段距离。 因为玛丽莲的力量在下降，她被水流推离了航道。 虽然直接路线是32英里，但玛丽莲总共游了45英里。 最后几英里非常艰难。 玛丽莲的家人和救生员认为她应该被带出水面。 但她的教练威胁说，如果这位游泳运动员放弃，她将辞去教练的职务。 天又黑了，游泳运动员接近岸边时几乎没有知觉。 成千上万的人在岸边排队，希望能触摸她或拍到她的照片。 玛丽莲的支持者不得不把人群往后推，以免阻止她上岸。 最后，在水中21个小时后，玛丽莲到达了陆地。 筋疲力尽的女孩被紧急送往救护车。 她在穿越中减掉了120磅体重中的20磅。 她终于可以睡觉了。 第二天，大批群众出来看她，两天后，在多伦多街头举行了一场为她举行的游行。 每个人都钦佩这位16岁女孩的勇气和耐力，她成为第一个横渡安大略湖的人。