Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain 词汇提示 1.widow 寡妇 原文 CHAPTER ONE: Huck in trouble You don't know about me if you haven't read a book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mr. Mark Twain wrote the book and most of it is true. In that book, robbers stole some money and hid it in a very secret place in the woods. But Tom Sawyer and I found it, and after that we were rich. We got six thousand dollars each- all gold. In those days, I never had a home or went to school like Tom and all the other boys in St Petersburg. Pop was always drunk, and he moved around a lot, so he wasn't a very good father. But it didn't matter to me. I slept in the streets or in the woods, and I could do what I wanted, when I wanted. It was a fine life. When we got all that money, Tom and I were famous for a while. Judge Thatcher, who was an important man in our town, kept my money in the bank for me. And the Widow Douglas took me to live in her house and said I could be her son. She was very nice and kind, but it was a hard life because I had to wear new clothes and be good all the time. In the end, I put on my old clothes and ran away. But Tom came after me and said that I had to go back, but that I could be in his gang of robbers. So, I went back, and the widow cried and I had to put on those new clothes again. I didn't like it at all. Her sister, Miss Watson, lived there too. She was always saying, 'Don't put your feet there, Huckleberry,' and 'Don't do that, Huckleberry.' It was terrible. When I went up to bed that night, I sat down in a chair by the window. I sat there a good long time, and I was really unhappy. But just after midnight I heard 'mee-yow! mee- yow!' outside. Very softly, I answered, 'mee-yow! mee- yow!' Quietly, I put out the light and got out through the window. In the trees, Tom Sawyer was waiting for me. We went through the trees to the end of the widow's garden. Soon we were on top of a hill on the other side of the house. Below us we could see the river and the town. One or two lights were still on, but everything was quiet. We went down the hill and found Joe Harper, Ben Rogers and two or three more of the boys. Then Tom took us down the river by Then Tom took us down the river by boat to a secret place, which was a cave deep in the side of a hill. When we got there, tom told us all his plan. 'Now we'll have this gang of robbers,' he said, 'and we'll call it Tom sawyer's Gang. If somebody hurts one of us, the others will kill him and his family. And if a boy from the gang tells other people our secrets, we'll kill him and his family too. ' We all thought this was wonderful, and we wrote our names in blood from our fingers. Then Ben Rogers said, 'Now, what's the gang going to do?' 'Nothing,' replied Tom. 'Just rob and kill. We stop people on the road, and we kill them, and take their money and things. But we can keep a few of the people, and then their friends can pay money to get them back. That's what they do in the stories in books.' But Ben wasn't happy. 'What about women? 'he asked. 'Do we kill them, too?' 'Oh, no,' Tom answered. 'We're very nice to them, and they all love us, and they don't want to go home.' 'Then the cave will be full of women, and people waiting, and we'll have to watch them all night...' 'We'll all go home now,' Tom said, 'and we'll meet next week, and we'll kill somebody and rob somebody.' Ben wanted to begin on Sunday, but the others said no. It was bad to kill and rob on a Sunday. My clothes were very dirty and I was very tired when I got back. Of course, the next morning Miss Watson was angry with me because of my dirty clothes, but the widow just looked unhappy. Soon after that, we stopped playing robbers, because we never rob people, and we never kill them. Time went on, and winter came. I went to school most of the time, and I was learning to read and write a little. It wasn't too bad. And the widow was pleased with me. Ms. Watson had a slave, an old man called Jim, and he and I were good friends. I often sat talking to Jim, but I still didn't like living in a house and sleeping in a bad. Then one morning, there was some new snow on the ground, and outside the back garden, I could see footprints in the snow. I went out to look at them more carefully. They were pop's footprints. A minute later, I was running down the hill to judge Thatcher's house. When he opened the door, I cried, 'sir, I want you to take all my money. I want to give it to you'. He looked surprised. 'Why? What's the matter? ' 'Please, sir. Take it. Don't ask me why. ' In the end, he said, 'Well, you can sell it to me then. ' And he gave me a dollar and I wrote my name on a piece of paper for him. That night when I went up to my room, Pop was sitting there, waiting for me! I saw that the window was open, so that was how he got in. He was almost fifty and he looked old. His hair was long and dirty and his face was a terrible white color. His clothes were old and dirty, too, and two of his toes were coming through his shoe. He looked at me all over for a long time, and then he said, 'Well, just look at those clean, tidy clothes! And they say you can read and write now. Who said you could go to school?' 'The widow...' I began. 'Oh, she did, did she? Well, you can forget about school. I can't read and your mother couldn't read; no one in our family could read before they died, so who do you think you are? Go on, take that book and read to me!' I began to read, but he hit the book and it flew out of my hand, across the room. Then he shouted, 'They say you're rich - how's that?' 'It isn't true!' 'You give me that money! I want it. Get it for me tomorrow!' 'I haven't got any money. Ask Judge Thatcher. He'll tell you. I haven't got any money.' 'Well, give me what you've got in your pocket now. Come on, give it to me!' 'I've only got a dollar, and I want that to...' 'Give it to me, do you hear?' He took it, and then he said he was going out to get a drink. When he was outside the window, he put his head back in and shouted, 'And stop going to that school, or you know what you'll get!' The next day he was drunk, and he went to Judge Thatcher to get my money. The judge wouldn't give it to him. But Pop didn't stop trying and every few days I got two or three dollars from the judge to stop Pop from hitting me. But when Pop had money, he got drunk again and made trouble in town. He was always coming to the widow's house, and she got angry and told him to stay away. Then Pop got really angry and one day he caught me and took me a long way up the river in a boat. I had to stay with him in a hut in the woods and I couldn't go out by myself. He watched me all the time. The widow sent a man to find me and bring me home, but Pop went after him with a gun, and the man ran away.

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。 原文 156. Before we continue, I just want to make you aware that this call is being recorded and may be used in the future for training purposes. 在我们继续之前，我只想让您知道，这段通话正在被录音，将来可能会被用于培训目的。 157. Once back on earth, the planet's first space roasted beans would be used to make coffee that would be sold for the first time in Dubai. 一旦返回地球，地球上首颗太空烤制的咖啡豆将被用来制作咖啡，这将在迪拜首次出售。 158. If you encourage them to tell you what they've learned, they'll absorb the information more deeply and remember it more readily. 如果你鼓励他们跟你说自己学到了什么，他们就能更加深入地理解所学的内容，并且更容易记住这些内容。 159. To be honest, I could use some help in deciding what type of vehicle would best suit my needs. Speaking to an expert would be a good idea. 老实说，我需要一些帮助来决定哪种车型最适合我的需要。与专家交谈是个好主意。 160. Actually, it was surprisingly affordable. I managed to sell a lot of my old furniture and put that extra money towards the new material. 实际上出人意料，完全负担得起。我设法卖掉了许多旧家具，把多余的钱用在新材料上。

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 1. She will be glad if you go to see her in person. 如果你单独去看她，她会很高兴的。 2. Is it all right to take pictures in this building? 我们可以在大楼里拍照吗？ 3. He returned home for the first time in ten years. 他十年中第一次回家。 4. I wanted to thank you for what you did today. 我想为你今天所做的事感谢你。 5. I have been living in Canada for almost five years. 我在加拿大生活了近五年。 6. It is believed that whales have their own language. 人们相信鲸有他们自己的语言。 7. This is the most beautiful sight that I have ever seen. 这是我见过的最美的景色了。 8. I'd gladly pay more for something if it's of high quality. 如果它是高品质的东西，我会很乐意多付一点钱。 9. Are you planning to take part in the meeting? 你们准备参加会议吗？ 10. You continue making the same mistakes time after time. 你一次又一次地不断犯同样的错误。

词汇提示 1.operetta 轻歌剧 2.verse 诗歌 3.puns 双关 4.wit 机智 5.businesslike 高效的 6.composer 作曲家 7.satire 讽刺诗 8.triumph 胜利 9.scripts 脚本 10.rehearsed 排练 11.orchestra 管弦乐队 12.separately 分别地 13.humming 哼鸣 原文 Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan are the authors of many lively and humorous operetta. These works are the most popular of their kind, and are regularly performed today. But the two authors are known almost as well for their arguments and disagreements. The famous partners were very different people with very different interests. William S Gilbert wrote the words that Sullivan set to music. Gilbert had a special talent for humorous verse. He loved puns and had a very quick wit. Personally, though, he was very businesslike. He had wanted to enter the military and always had the look of a soldier about him. He was fond of giving orders and disliked criticism of anything he did. Arthur S Sullivan, on the other hand, was a sensitive, emotional person whose main interest was music. Sullivan came from a poor family, but his musical talents and good looks had helped him to succeed. Sullivan wanted to write serious, classical music, but as a poor man, he needed a source of income. Sullivan also needed someone to direct him on his own. He had trouble deciding what to do. Gilbert and Sullivan never became really good friends, and at the end of their lives, they had little contact with each other. But the writer and musician needed each other. Gilbert needed a composer who could enliven his writings for the stage. Sullivan needed someone to write a text for his music. Sullivan, who tended to be lazy, needed someone to push him. A theatrical manager named Richard D'Oyly Carte arranged their first collaboration. Gilbert visited Sullivan and read him his satire on the legal system “Trial By Jury”. Sullivan loved the piece and quickly wrote the music. “Trial By Jury” was produced in 1875 and became the first triumph for the partners. D'Oyly Carte decided to form an acting company, which would stage future works by Gilbert and Sullivan. A string of successes follows: "The Sorcerer"in 1877; "H. M. S. Pinafore" in May 1878; "The Pirates of Penzance" in December 1878; "Patience" in 1881;"lolanthe" in 1882; "The Mikado" in 1885;"The Yeomen of the Guard" in 1888;and "The Gondoliers" in 1889. In spite of these successes, the two partners were not happy. Sullivan did not like the way Gilbert dominated their relationship. Sullivan had to write music for Gilbert's scripts. Why couldn't Gilbert write words for Sullivan's music? Gilbert, on the other hand, thought that Sullivan got the most of the credit for the success of their operates, and that he was overlooked. Gilbert was a driving force in the relationship. He was always writing new scripts and taking them to Sullivan. It was Gilbert who rehearsed the actors and supervised the productions. Sullivan had little to do with the actual performance. He usually did conduct the orchestra on opening night. The amazing thing is how these two different people produced such wonderful work. Each separately had difficulty writing something that the public wanted. Together, they were unbeatable. Gilbert's sharp and often cutting remarks were made acceptable by Sullivan's beautiful music. Gilbert satire might have made people angry, but Sullivan's music calmed them down. Even when the English people were the targets of Gilbert's criticisms, the audience went out of the theater humming these criticisms to Sullivan's music. 翻译 吉尔伯特和沙利文 吉尔伯特和苏利文创作了许多生动幽默的轻歌剧。 这些作品是同类作品中最受欢迎的，至今仍经常上演。 但这两位作者的争论和分歧几乎同样为人所知。 这些著名的合伙人是不同的人，有着不同的兴趣。 威廉·S·吉尔伯特(William S Gilbert)写了沙利文谱成音乐的歌词。 吉尔伯特有写幽默诗的特殊才能。 他喜欢双关语，而且非常机智。 不过，就个人而言，他非常务实。 他曾想从军，而且总是一副士兵的样子。 他喜欢发号施令，不喜欢批评他所做的任何事情。 另一方面，亚瑟·S·苏利文是一个敏感、情绪化的人，他的主要兴趣是音乐。 沙利文来自一个贫穷的家庭，但他的音乐天赋和英俊的外表帮助他取得了成功。 沙利文想创作严肃的古典音乐，但作为一个穷人，他需要一个收入来源。 沙利文也需要有人亲自指导他。 他难以决定该做什么。 吉尔伯特和沙利文从未成为真正的好朋友，在他们生命的最后阶段，他们彼此几乎没有联系。 但是作家和音乐家彼此需要。 吉尔伯特需要一个能使他的作品在舞台上生动起来的作曲家。 沙利文需要有人为他的音乐写一段文字。 沙利文很懒，需要有人来督促他。 一位名叫理查德·德奥利·卡特的戏剧经理安排了他们的第一次合作。 吉尔伯特拜访了沙利文，给他读了他对法律制度的讽刺作品《陪审团审判》。 沙利文很喜欢这首曲子，很快就完成了配乐。 《陪审团审判》制作于1875年，成为合伙人的第一个胜利。 多伊利·卡特决定成立一家表演公司，为吉尔伯特和沙利文日后的作品演出。 一系列的成功接踵而至:1877年的《魔法师》;1878年5月的《H. M. S. Pinafore》;1878年12月的《彭赞斯海盗》;1881年的《耐心》;1882年的《洛兰瑟》;1885年的《天皇》;1888年的《近卫自耕农》以及1889年的《船夫》。 尽管取得了这些成功，但这两个合伙人并不快乐。 沙利文不喜欢吉尔伯特主导他们的关系。 沙利文必须为吉尔伯特的剧本作曲。 为什么吉尔伯特不能为沙利文的音乐写歌词? 另一方面，吉尔伯特认为苏利文获得了他们行动成功的大部分功劳，而他被忽视了。 吉尔伯特是这段关系的推动力。 他总是写新剧本，然后拿给沙利文看。 是吉尔伯特为演员排练并监督制作。 苏利文几乎没有参与演出。 他通常会在首演之夜指挥管弦乐队。 令人惊讶的是，这两个不同的人是如何创作出如此美妙的作品的。 他们各自都很难写出公众想要的东西。 他们在一起是不可战胜的。 吉尔伯特尖锐而又尖刻的评论被沙利文优美的音乐所接受。 吉尔伯特的讽刺可能会让人们愤怒，但沙利文的音乐让他们平静下来。 即使英国人民是吉尔伯特批评的对象，观众走出剧院时也会哼着这些批评的歌，配上沙利文的音乐。

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。