The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble 原文 Chapter XII: On a Small Island "Now, "Barbossa said to Jack, "it's time for a swim." "Last time you gave me a gun," said Jack. "Yes,that's right." Barbossa turned to his sailors. "Give him his gun." "There are two of us. We want two guns." "Only one. You can shoot the girl with it." Barbossa took the gun and threw it into the water. Elizabeth jumped in and Jack followed. They swam to the bottom and got the gun. Then they swam to the island. They looked back at the Black Pearl. "He has my ship again!" said Jack angrily. "For the second time!" Elizabeth looked around the island. "It's not very big," she said. Jack didn't speak. He remembered this island. He sat down and started to make a fire. "How can we get away?" asked Elizabeth. "We can't." "How long can we live here?" "Oh,there's food on the trees. Maybe a month. Maybe more." "But we don't have a month! We have to help Will! We have to do something now!" Elizabeth sat by the fire and started to sing the old song: "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me,Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life... We drink, we fight, and then we die, Yo ho, yo ho, and we drink to a pirate's life." "How do you know that?" Jack asked. "Oh,I learned it when I was a child." "I love that song," said Jack. He sang with her. "We're hard and we're bad and we fight and we drink.…." And then he fell asleep. Elizabeth thought hard. Then she started to work. She got more wood and put it on the fire. Then she found more and more wood. When Jack woke up, there was fire everywhere. " What are you doing?" he asked Elizabeth. "We have to live here!" "Look at the smoke," Elizabeth said. He looked. There was a lot of smoke. "You see?" Elizabeth said. "Everybody is looking for us. And when they seethe smoke.…." "Nobody will see it," Jack said. "They aren't looking around here." Jack walked down to the water. And then he saw it - a ship! An English ship! It was the Dauntless. "She's never going to forget this," he thought.

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 301. There is no point in pretending to be sick. 装病是没用的。 302. This is the best book that I've ever read. 这是我读过的最好的书。 303. He wrote this book at the age of twenty. 他在20岁的时候写了这本书。 304. Don't translate English into Japanese word for word. 不要逐字逐句的把英文翻译成日文。 305. You didn't come to school yesterday, did you? 你昨天没来学校，是吗? 306. The date of the festival coincides with that of the exam. 节日和考试碰巧在同一天。 307. I like swimming, but I don't like to swim here. 我喜欢游泳，但我不想在这里游。 308. We all consider your idea to be impractical. 我们都认为你的想法是行不通的。 309. She went into her room to change her dress. 她进了她的房间换裙子。 310. The town was destroyed by the flood after the storm. 小镇被暴风雨后的洪水摧毁了。

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 22 211. Barrier n.障碍，壁垒；障碍物，屏障；大关，界限 The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. 成功的最大障碍是对失败的恐惧。 The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. 国际理解的最大障碍是语言障碍。 212. Base n.基础；基地；v.以....…为基础；adj.卑鄙的，下流的；低劣的 She sat down at the base of a tree. 她坐在一棵树的底部。 213. Basic adj.最重要的，基本的；初级的 n.基本要素，基本原则 My knowledge of physics is pretty basic. 我的物理知识非常基础。 This textbook is very basic. 这本教科书非常基础。 In addition to English I can speak basic Japanese. 除了英语，我还能说基本的日语。 214. Basically adv.基本上，大体上；从根本上说，总的说来 I was lucky, basically. 基本上我很幸运。 They are basically the same. 它们基本上是一样的。 215. Basis n.基础，基准，方式；理由，根据 We meet on a monthly basis. 我们每月开会一次。 The work is done on a voluntary basis. 这项工作是在自愿的基础上完成的。 This method has no scientific basis. 这种方法没有科学依据。 216. Bath n.浴缸，洗澡，浴室；v.给……洗澡；洗澡，沐浴 He took an early bath. 他被迫提前离开。 He takes a cold bath every morning. 他每天早上都要洗个冷水澡。 I was in the bath when you rang. 你打电话的时候我在洗澡。 217. Bathroom n.浴室，盥洗室；<美>卫生间，厕所； The bathroom is occupied now. 卫生间现在已经被占用了。 You can use the upstairs bathroom. 你可以使用楼上的浴室。 There's a spider in the bathroom. 浴室里有只蜘蛛。 218. Battle n.战役，战争；争论；奋斗v.与……作战，打败 I had a battle with my conscience. 我和我的良心发生了一场战斗。 That's half the battle. 那是成功的一半。 The worst battle is the one that goes on between your heart and your mind, younever know which one to listen to. 最糟糕的战斗是你内心和思想之间发生的战斗，你永远不知道该听哪一个。 219. Bay n.湾；山脉的低凹处；v.(犬）连续吠，（狼）连续嚎叫 We have a house with a view across the bay. 我们有一间可以欣赏海湾景色的房子。 220. Beach n.海滩，海滨v.把（船）拖上岸；搁浅； The children are building sandcastles on the beach. 孩子们正在沙滩上建造沙堡。 I like walking alone on the deserted beach. 我喜欢独自在荒凉的海滩上散步。 We spent the entire day at the beach. 我们在沙滩上度过了整整一天。

词汇提示 1.frustrating 沮丧的 2.charitable institutions 慈善机构 3.tipped 倾倒 4.horrified 惊恐 5.handicapped 残疾的 6.sympathetic 有同情心的 7.pupil 学生 8.Braille 盲文 原文 Helen Keller What would it be like to be unable to see anything, hear anything, or say anything? Life for young Helen Keller was like that. She had had an illness before she was two years old that had left her deaf, dumb and blind. After that, it was difficult for her to communicate with anyone. She could only learn by feeling with her hands. This was very frustrating for Helen, her mother and her father. Helen Keller grew up in Alabama, U.S.A., during the 1880s and 1890s. At that time, people who had lost the use of their eyes, ears and mouth often ended up in charitable institutions. Such a place would provide them with basic food and shelter until they died. Or they could go out on the streets with a beggar's bowl and ask strangers for money. Since Helen's parents were not poor, she did not have to do either of these things. But her parents knew that they would have to do something to help her. One day, when she was six years old, Helen became frustrated that her mother was spending so much time with the new baby. Unable to express her anger, Helen tipped over the baby's crib, nearly injuring the baby. Her parents were horrified and decided to take the last chance open to them. They would try to find someone to teach Helen to communicate. A new school in Boston claimed to be able to teach children like Helen. The Kellers wrote a letter to the school in Boston asking for help. In March 1887, a teacher, twenty year old Anne Sullivan arrived at the Keller's home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Anne Sullivan herself had had a very difficult life. Her mother had died when she was eight. Two years later, their father had abandoned Anne and her little brother Jimmy. Anne was nearly blind and her brother had a diseased hip. No one wanted the two handicapped children, so they were sent to a charitable institution. Jimmy died there. At age 14, Anne, who was not quite blind, was sent to the school for the blind in Boston. Since she had not had any schooling before, she had to start in Grade One. Then she had an operation that gave her back some of her eyesight. Since Anne knew what it was like to be blind, she was a sympathetic teacher. Before Anne could teach Helen anything, she had to get her attention. Because Helen was so hard to communicate with, she was often left alone to do as she pleased. A few days after she arrived, Anne insisted that Helen learn to sit down at the table and eat breakfast properly. Anne told the Kellers to leave, and she spent all morning in the breakfast room with Helen. Finally,after a difficult struggle she got the little girl to sit at the table and use a knife and fork. Since the Keller family did not like to be strict with Helen, Anne decided that she needed to be alone with her for a while. There was a little cottage away from the big house. The teacher and pupil moved there for some weeks. It was here that Anne taught Helen the manual alphabet. This was a system of sign language. But since Helen couldn't see, Anne had to make the signs in her hands so that she could feel them. For along time, Helen had no idea what the words she was learning meant. She learned words like "box" and "cat," but hadn't learned that they referred to those objects. One day, Anne dragged Helen to a water pump and made the signs for"water" while she pumped water over Helen's hands. Helen at last made the connection between the signs and the thing. "Water"was that cool, wet liquid stuff. Once Helen realized that the manual alphabet could be used to name things, she ran around naming everything. Before too long, she began to make sentences using the manual alphabet. She also learned to read and write using the "Square Hand Alphabet" which was made up of raised square letters. Before long, she was also using Braille and beginning to read books. Helen eventually learned to speak a little, although this was hard for her because she couldn't hear herself. She went on to school and then to Radcliffe College. She wrote articles and books, gave lectures, and worked tirelessly to help the blind. The little girl who couldn't communicate with anyone became, in time, a wonderful communicator. 翻译 海伦·凯勒 什么也看不见，什么也听不见，什么也说不出来会是什么感觉? 年轻的海伦·凯勒的生活就是这样。 她在两岁之前生过一场病，导致她又聋又哑又盲。 从那以后，她很难与任何人沟通。 她只能用手摸来学习。 这对海伦、她的父母来说都是非常令人沮丧的。 海伦·凯勒于19世纪八九十年代在美国阿拉巴马州长大。 在那个时候，那些失去了眼睛、耳朵和嘴巴的人最后往往会去慈善机构。 这样的地方可以为他们提供基本的食物和住所，直到他们死去。 或者他们可以拿着乞丐的碗走到街上向陌生人要钱。 由于海伦的父母并不穷，她不必做这两件事。 但是她的父母知道他们必须做点什么来帮助她。 海伦六岁的时候，有一天，她对妈妈花那么多时间和新生婴儿在一起感到沮丧。 海伦无法表达她的愤怒，打翻了婴儿床，差点把婴儿弄伤。 她的父母吓坏了，决定抓住最后的机会。 他们会设法找人教海伦交流。 波士顿的一所新学校声称能够教海伦这样的孩子。 凯勒一家给波士顿的学校写了一封信寻求帮助。 1887年3月，20岁的教师安妮·沙利文来到凯勒在阿拉巴马州图斯坎比亚的家。 安妮·沙利文自己的生活也很艰难。 她母亲在她八岁时就去世了。 两年后，他们的父亲抛弃了安妮和她的弟弟吉米。 安妮几乎失明了，而她的哥哥髋骨有病。 没有人要这两个残疾儿童，所以他们被送到了慈善机构。 吉米死在那里。 14岁时，还没有完全失明的安妮被送到波士顿的一所盲人学校。 由于她以前没有受过任何教育，她不得不从一年级开始。 后来她做了手术，恢复了部分视力。 因为安妮知道盲人的感受，所以她是一位富有同情心的老师。 在安妮教海伦任何东西之前，她必须引起她的注意。 因为海伦很难与人沟通，所以她经常被独自留下做她想做的事。 到了几天后，安妮坚持要海伦学会在餐桌旁坐下，好好吃早餐。 安妮叫凯勒一家离开，她整个上午都和海伦待在早餐室里。 最后，经过一番艰难的挣扎，她让小女孩坐在桌子旁使用刀叉。 由于凯勒一家不喜欢对海伦太严格，安妮决定自己需要和海伦单独待一段时间。 在大房子的旁边有一间小屋。 老师和学生搬到那里住了几个星期。 就是在这里，安妮教会了海伦手工字母。 这是一种手语系统。 但由于海伦看不见，安妮不得不用手做手势，这样她才能感觉到。 很长一段时间，海伦不知道她正在学习的单词是什么意思。 她学会了“盒子”和“猫”这样的词，但不知道它们指的是这些物体。 一天，安妮把海伦拖到一个水泵旁，一边把水抽到海伦手上，一边做着“水”的手势。 海伦终于把这些符号和那个东西联系起来了。 “水”是那种又冷又湿的液体。 当海伦意识到可以用手工字母来命名事物时，她四处奔波，为所有事物命名。 不久之后，她开始用手语字母造句。 她还学会了用由凸起的方形字母组成的“方手字母表”来阅读和书写。 不久，她也开始使用盲文，并开始阅读书籍。 海伦最终学会了说一点话，尽管这对她来说很困难，因为她听不到自己的声音。 她继续上学，然后去了拉德克利夫学院。 她写文章和书，做演讲，不知疲倦地帮助盲人。 那个不能和任何人交流的小女孩，最终变成了一个很棒的沟通者。

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble 原文 Chapter XI: The Blood of a Pirate Will and Elizabeth arrived at the Interceptor. "Where's Jack?" asked Gibbs. "Yes, where's Jack?" asked Ana Maria. "Jack? Jack Sparrow? "Elizabeth wasn't happy. She didn't want the help of a pirate. "He'son the island, "Will told them. "We have to go - now." "OK,"said Gibbs. "Get ready!" he shouted to the other sailors. Will and Elizabeth went to the back of the boat. Will looked into Elizabeth's eyes. He moved nearer but Elizabeth stopped him. "This is yours," she said. She gave him the gold medallion. "What's this?" he asked. "Don't you remember? You had it when I found you." "Oh yes," said Will. He looked at the medallion. "It was my father's." And then he understood. "They have to have my blood - not yours. My father's blood. The blood of a pirate!" Jack and Barbossa sat at a table on the Black Pearl. "Ah,my ship," Jack said. "It isn't your ship now," Barbossa said angrily. " You give me my ship," Jack said, "and I'll give you a name. You'll have your blood. And I want to say thank you." "Why?" "You left me on that island," Jack said. "You took the gold, and the curse went with it. But the curse isn't on me. So thank you!" A pirate came in. "We can see the Interceptor," he said. "Get the guns ready," shouted Barbossa. "Why don't I go onto the ship and talk to them?" Jack said. "I'll get your medallion." "No,you won't." Barbossa turned to his sailors. "Take him downstairs - and watch him!" The Black Pearl moved faster and faster. The sailors on the Interceptor watched the pirate ship. "It's too fast," Gibbs shouted. "We're too heavy," said Ana Maria. They threw everything into the water: boxes, bottles, food. But the Black Pearl was very near them now. Then it was at their side. The fight was short, and Barbossa's pirates quickly won. They took Elizabeth and Jack's sailors onto the Black Pearl. Barbossa had the medallion in his hand. Suddenly,Will was there in front of him! He had a gun. "She goes free!" he said. "Elizabeth goes free." "No,she doesn't, boy," said Barbossa. "Put down that gun. You can't kill me. We're ghosts. We can't die." "You can't. But I can." Will put the gun to his head. "My name is Will Turner. My father was Bill Turner. His blood is my blood!" The pirates looked at Will. They didn't move. "Without my blood," said Will, "the curse will always be with you." He was right. The pirates knew it. "OK,Mr. Turner," said Barbossa. "What do you want?" "Elizabeth goes free." "Yes.We know that. And?" Will thought hard. This game was new to him. "And...and the sailors of the Interceptor." "OK,"said Barbossa. Will put down his gun. Barbossa took it and smiled. "Jack and the girl will go to that island," he said. He showed them a very small island near the boat. "But they won't be free!" shouted Will. "You said..." "They will be free. But they'll be free on that island."

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 291. I can't put up with that noise any longer. 我无法再忍受那噪音了。 292. You may as well tell me all about it. 你不妨告诉我一切。 293. A good cook doesn't throw out yesterday's soup. 一个好的厨师不会丢掉昨天的汤。 294. I couldn't enter because the door was closed. 我因为门关着进不去。 295. For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier. 不知为什么，刚才我的麦克风没声音。 296. The weather was so cold that the lake froze over. 天冷得湖面都结冰了。 297. How come you know so much about Japanese history? 你为什么知道这么多的日本历史？ 298. The coral reef is the region's prime attraction. 珊瑚礁是这个地区的主要景点。 299. Their contract is to run out at the end of this month. 他们的合同在这个月底到期。 300. Some people like red wine and some people like white wine. 有人喜欢红酒，有人喜欢白酒。

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 21 201. Badly adv.严重地；拙劣地；非常；不友好地，恶劣地；不利地，负面地 The crops were badly damaged by the storm. 农作物受到暴风雨的严重破坏。 I'm bleeding badly. 我流血得很厉害。 He was badly injured in the accident, but now he's fully restored. 他在事故中受了重伤，但现在他已经完全康复了。 202. Bag n.袋，包；v.把.....装进袋子 Where is your bag? 你的包在哪里？ There's something wrong here, it's not my bag. 这里出了点问题，不是我的包。 Don't put that damp towel into the bag. 不要把那条湿毛巾放进袋子里。 203. Baggage n.行李；思想包袱，成见 Where can I pick up my baggage? 我可以在哪里领取行李？ Please help me with this heavy baggage. 请帮我处理这个沉重的行李。 Where can l get my baggage? 我在哪里可以拿到行李？ 204. Bake v.炎热，灼热；烤，烘，焙；炙烤，受晒n.烤制食品 Do you fry it or bake it? 你油炸还是烤？ 205. Balance n.平衡，均衡；账户余额；天平；v.保持平衡；使收支平衡； Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. 生活就像骑自行车一样。为了保持平衡，你必须继续前进。 He lost his balance and fell off the ladder. 他失去了平衡，从梯子上掉下来了。 She's trying to balance her work and home lives. 她正在努力平衡自己的工作和家庭生活。 206. Ball n.球，球状物；球类运动；舞会 Let'sget the ball rolling. 让我们开始滚球吧。 The ball rolled down the hill. 球从山上滚下来。 He kicked the ball into the goal. 他把球踢进了球门。 207. Bandage n.绷带v.用绷带包扎 He had a bandage on his arm. 他的手臂上有绷带。 208. Bank n.银行；储蓄罐；库存，库；v.把（钱）存入银行，把….…储存入库； The bank loaned her 500 dollars. 银行借了她500美元。 How can I transfer money from my bank account to his? 我怎样才能将钱从我的银行账户转到他的？ Previously,I worked at a bank. 以前，我在一家银行工作。 209. Bar n.酒吧；吧台；小吃店；v.阻止，禁止 prep.除了……以外 The bar is closed until further notice. 酒吧关闭，直至另行通知。 Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. 庆祝你所取得的成就，但每次成功时都会把门槛提高一点。 He bought an orange and a bar of chocolate. 他买了一个橙子和一块巧克力。 210. Bargain n.便宜货，减价品；协议，交易v.讨价还价，谈判 That was a bargain indeed. 这确实很划算。 Have you forgotten our bargain? 你忘记我们的讨价还价了吗？

词汇提示 1.garage 车库 2.lawn 草坪 3.dealer 经销商 4.antique 古董 5.flea 跳蚤 6.motto 座右铭 7.boast 夸耀 8.catalogues 目录 9.attic 阁楼 原文 Garage Sales and Yard Sales Every Saturday morning in our part of the world - except in winter - many people drive around the city looking for yard sales. Yard sales, or garage sales, often take place in the driveway of someone's home, or perhaps on the front lawn. The homeowners take out all the stuff they don't want and arrange it in front of their house. Usually,they put a price tag on items. People driving by will stop to see if there is anything they want. Many people spend every Saturday morning shopping at yard sales. If they find that they have bought too many things, then they have a yard sale of their own. Some of the shoppers are dealers who buy things for resale. Sometimes they resell them at their own yard sales. But some dealers are professionals who run antique stores, used bookshops, flea markets or used furniture and appliance stores. Usually the dealers will try to get to the yard sale before anyone else. That way they have the best selection. Often they will try to buy items for less than the price tag says. The cheaper they can buy the item, the more profit they can make when they resell it. Their motto is, "Buy low. Sell high." Sometimes a merchant will boast that he paid one dollar for a glass or china cup at a yard sale, and sold it for $100 at his store, or on the Internet. By having catalogues that show the value of "collectibles," dealers can sometimes make large profits. Now,however, many of the people having yard sales will try to check the value of the things they are selling first. So it is getting harder to get a real bargain. One reason for yard sales is that North Americans often live in big houses, which fill up with things. People may use the basement, the attic, the spare room and the garage to store things that they are not using. If they store things in their garage, all they have to do is open the garage door to have a garage sale. When children grow up and move away, the parents will often sell the children's old clothes, toys and furniture. Another reason for yard sales is that there are a lot of things that people might like,but don't want to pay full price for. For example, if someone likes to read novels, they may be happy to pay one dollar for a book at a yard sale,rather than 20 or 30 dollars at a retail store. What sorts of things are sold at yard sales? Just about anything that you might find in a house or a yard. There are ornaments, china, home decorations, sports equipment, bicycles, games, dolls,toys, tables and chairs,lamps, appliances, books, records,paintings, clothes, record players, and much more. Some items are things that were popular a few years ago but have now gone out of fashion. This might include many toys, books and games that relate to an old television show that is no longer being shown. While a lot of older people go to yard sales, so do a lot of students. Students and young people may need cheap furniture for their apartment or a bicycle to get to school or work. They may not be able to pay full price. If you are lucky, you can find almost anything at a yard sale. The trick is to get there early. Most yard sales are advertised to start at 9:00 am, but dealers may arrive as early as 7:30 am. By 10:00 am the busiest part is already over, although most yard sales go on into the afternoon. Yard sales tend to prove the common saying that "one person's trash is another person's treasure. 翻译 车库售卖和庭院售卖 在我们这片土地上，除了冬天，每个星期六的早晨，都会有许多人开车在城市里转来转去，寻找旧货出售。 庭院销售或车库销售通常发生在某人家的车道上，或者可能在前面的草坪上。 房主把所有他们不想要的东西都拿出来，放在他们的房子前面。 通常，他们会在商品上贴上价格标签。 开车经过的人会停下来看看是否有他们想要的东西。 许多人在每周六上午在庭院大甩卖中购物。 如果他们发现他们买了太多的东西，那么他们有一个自己的庭院出售。 有些购物者是买东西转售的经销商。 有时他们会在自己的庭院拍卖会上转卖。 但有些经销商是经营古董店、二手书店、跳蚤市场或二手家具和电器店的专业人士。 通常经销商会比其他人先到旧货市场。 这样他们就有了最好的选择。 他们通常会尝试以低于标价的价格购买商品。 他们买的东西越便宜，他们转售时能赚的利润就越多。 他们的座右铭是“低价购买”。高卖。” 有时，一个商人会吹嘘他在庭院拍卖中花了一美元买了一个玻璃杯或瓷杯，而在他的商店或互联网上以100美元的价格出售。 通过拥有显示“收藏品”价值的目录，交易商有时可以赚取巨额利润。 然而，现在，许多进行庭院销售的人会先检查他们出售的东西的价值。 因此，想要买到真正的便宜货越来越难了。 庭院销售的一个原因是北美人通常住在大房子里，房子里堆满了东西。 人们可能会用地下室、阁楼、空房间和车库来存放他们不用的东西。 如果他们把东西存放在车库里，他们所要做的就是打开车库门进行车库甩卖。 当孩子们长大搬走后，父母通常会卖掉孩子们的旧衣服、玩具和家具。 庭院拍卖的另一个原因是，有很多东西人们可能喜欢，但不想付全价。 例如，如果有人喜欢读小说，他们可能会乐意在庭院拍卖中花一美元买一本书，而不是在零售店花二三十美元买一本书。 庭院旧货拍卖会上卖什么东西? 你可以在房子里或院子里找到任何东西。 有装饰品、瓷器、家庭装饰品、运动器材、自行车、游戏、娃娃、玩具、桌椅、灯具、电器、书籍、唱片、绘画、衣服、唱机等等。 有些东西几年前很流行，但现在已经过时了。 这可能包括许多与不再播放的旧电视节目有关的玩具、书籍和游戏。 虽然很多老年人会去旧货拍卖，但很多学生也会去。 学生和年轻人可能需要便宜的家具来装饰他们的公寓，或者需要一辆自行车去上学或上班。 他们可能无法支付全价。 如果幸运的话，你几乎可以在庭院拍卖中找到任何东西。 关键是要早到。 大多数庭院甩卖广告都是早上9点开始，但经销商可能早在早上7点半就到。 到上午10点，最忙的时候已经过去了，尽管大多数庭院甩卖一直持续到下午。 庭院甩卖往往证明了一句老话:“一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝藏。”

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble 原文 Chapter X: Gold. A short time later, Will and Jack and their men arrived at the Isla de Muerta,too. Through the fog, they could see ships – old ships under the water. Jack turned to Gibbs. "Stay here with the men," he said. Jack and Will got into a smaller boat and started to go to the island. "Do you see that?" said Will. "There! A cave, I think." The boat moved slowly into the cave. It was very dark, and the walls were wet. Jack and Will didn't speak. On their left, they saw a light, and next to it was a skeleton. It had a sword in its back. They stopped the boat and jumped out. Then Will followed Jack, and they climbed for a short time. Suddenly, they saw some lights. In front of them was a second, bigger cave. They saw gold boxes, gold cups, gold plates, and gold swords. And a lot of money. The cave was full of gold! In the middle of the cave, in the middle of the gold, Elizabeth stood next to an old Aztec box. She couldn't move because Barbossa had his hands on her. Will wanted to go to her, but Jack stopped him. "No!"he said. "We have to wait." Will didn't want to wait. Elizabeth's life was too important to him. "I'm sorry, Jack," he said, and he hit Jack hard. Jack fell to the ground. He didn't move. Will looked around the cave and listened. "Do you know my plan?" Captain Barbossa said to his men. "When this curse ends, I'm going to eat fruit. A lot of fruit!" The other pirates laughed. Barbossa looked at Elizabeth. He took her hand and cut it with a knife. Then he put the medallion on her hand and closed her hand around it. "Blood,"he said. "Turner's blood. The curse started with blood and it ends with blood." He took the bloody medallion from Elizabeth and put it into the box on to the gold. The pirates waited. "I don't feel different,"Ragetti said. "Is that really the end of the curse?" "How will we know?" Pintel asked. Barbossa thought about that. Then he took out his gun and shot Pintel. Pintel stayed on his feet. The pirates were very unhappy. "Oh,it didn't work!" they shouted. Barbossa didn't understand. "You!"he said to Elizabeth. "Was your father William Turner? Bill Turner?" "No,"she said. The pirates shouted again. "She's not Turner's child!" "She's the wrong person!" "But she had the medallion!" "She's the right age." They called to Barbossa. "You killed Bill." "You started this!" Nobody looked at Elizabeth. Suddenly,she felt a hand on her arm. It was Will. "Come with me," he said quietly. "Quickly. Now." Elizabeth started to move. But first, she took the medallion. They ran to the boat. "Look,the girl! She has the medallion! Get them!" The pirates ran to their boats. Then they saw Jack. "Jack Sparrow!" said Barbossa. "Aren't you dead?" "No,I'm not dead." "But you will be..." Barbossa took out his gun. "Wait,wait," said Jack. "The girl's blood didn't work." "How do you know?" "I know. You don't want her blood. I can help you."

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 281. You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries. 你们该养成使用字典的习惯。 282. Prices are double what they were ten years ago. 价钱是10年前的2倍。 283. The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected. 海豚和驯养员交流得比我们所期望的好得多。 284. She was at a loss for words to express her feeling. 她已经无法用言语表达她的感觉了。 285. I've been waiting for you since two o'clock. 我从两点开始一直等你。 286. I wouldn't be too surprised if this song became a hit. 如果这歌成名，我不会太惊讶。 287. I felt a drop of rain on my head. 我感觉有滴雨落在头上。 288. You should not have lent the money to such a person. 你不应该借钱给这样的人。 289. I've done bad things that I should be punished for. 我做了该受罚的坏事。 290. I can't go with you because I'm very busy. 我不能和你们一起去，因为我很忙。

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 20 191. Aware adj.知道的，明白的；察觉到的，意识到的 He is fully aware of the problem. 他完全意识到这个问题。 I was not fully aware of the danger. 我还没完全意识到这种危险。 I'm aware of its importance. 我知道它的重要性。 192. Away adv.距离….….有多远，距离……有多久；离开 The station is 100 meters away. 离这个地铁站的距离有100米。 Do you want me to throw it away? 你想让我把它扔掉吗? He passed away yesterday. 他昨天去世了。 193. Awful adj.让人讨厌的，糟糕的；可怕的；adv.非常 The music was awful. 音乐太糟糕了。 They lost an awful lot of money. 他们损失了很多钱。 An awful accident will happen inevitably if you drive at 140 km per hour. 如果你以每小时140公里的速度行驶，不可避免地会发生可怕的事故。 194. Awfully adv.可怕地；十分；非常；很 It turned out to be awfully difficult. 事实证明这非常困难。 It's awfully cold today. 今天天气太冷了。 That name sounds awfully familiar. 这个名字听起来非常熟悉。 195. Awkward adj.令人尴尬的，使人难堪的；难对付的，难处理的；不舒适的 I usually feel awkward around strangers. 我通常对陌生人感到尴尬。 He asked me an awkward question. 他问了我一个尴尬的问题。 196. Awkwardly adv.笨拙地；无技巧地 She fell awkwardly and broke her ankle. 她笨拙地摔倒了脚踝。 "I'm sorry", he said awkwardly. “对不起”，他笨拙地说。 197. Back n.后部，末尾；背部，腰背 I glued the pieces of the broken cup back together. 我把破碎的杯子的碎片粘在一起。 I will wait until you comeback. 我会等你回来的。 When will you come back? 你什么时候回来？ 198. Background n.出身背景，学历，经历；背景adj.背景的v.作……的背景 He is working as an administrator, but his background is in law. 他是一名管理员，但他的背景是法律。 The word is written in white on a red background. 这个词用白色写在红色背景上。 Programs can be left running in the background. 程序可以在后台运行。 199. Backwards adv.向后；倒转，相反；回溯；倒退 "I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards." “我是一个慢行者，但我从不向后走。” Look forward with hope, not backwards with regret. 满怀希望地向前看，而不是遗憾地向后看。 I started stepping backwards in the direction of the doors. 我开始朝门的方向向后退。 200. Bad adj.坏的，不好的，粗鲁的；难过的n.坏人，坏事 The flight was canceled due to bad weather. 由于天气恶劣，航班被取消。 Smoking is a bad habit. 吸烟是个坏习惯。 It's neither good nor bad. 既不好也不坏。

词汇提示 1.invincible 不可战胜的 2.evergreen 常青树 3.mistletoe 槲寄生 4.ceiling 天花板 5.dowries 嫁妆 6.chimney 烟囱 7.reindeer 驯鹿 8.carols 圣诞颂歌 原文 Christmas Holidays In many ways, Christmas is the most important holiday in North America. It is the most important commercial festival. Most retail stores do half of their annual business in the six weeks or so before Christmas. Christmas is an important holiday from work and school. Many workers take the whole week off between Christmas and New Year's Day. It is the biggest time of the year for parties gift-giving, home decorations and visiting. Many homeowners compete to see who can have the best display of lights. It is also an important time for the entertainment industry. Many Christmas movies, TV shows, recordings, concerts and plays are produced every year for the Christmas season. It is also the time of year when the largest number of people attend church, because Christmas is a religious festival too. It celebrates the birthday of Jesus. How all these different things came together to become Christmas is a long story. Why,for example, is Jesus' birthday celebrated on December 25th? No one knows the exact day that Jesus was born. But,Jesus was born during the Roman Empire and, for the Romans, December 25th was a very important day. The Romans had many gods and many religions. Two religions, both of which had one main god, were the worship of the Invincible Sun and of Mithras. These gods were both honored on December 25th. Because December 25th was just after the shortest day of the year, it was a natural time to worship the sun. December was also a time to celebrate the end of the agriculture year. The Romans held one of their main festivals, the Saturnalia, beginning on December 17th. It lasted for a week. The Romans also began the custom of celebrating New Year's Day on January 1st. So the last half of December and the beginning of January was a wonderful time for partying and games. The early Christians didn't know what day Jesus was born. At first, they celebrated his birthday on January 6th. However,as most of the people in the Roman Empire were becoming Christians, it was decided to move the date to December 25th. The celebration lasted twelve days until January 6th, and took the place of all other festivals. That way, people who were used to celebrating on December 25th would feel more comfortable. As different peoples became Christian, they brought their own customs to be part of Christmas. The people of northern Europe used evergreen trees and mistletoe as symbols of spring and eternal life. The evergreen tree became the Christmas tree. The mistletoe is hung from the ceiling at Christmas for couples to kiss under it. It was also in northern Europe where the idea of Santa Claus, or Father Christmas,began. In Roman times, there was a man who became known as Saint Nicholas. He is said to have given gifts to the poor and provided dowries for poor girls who wouldn't otherwise be able to marry. The idea of the gift-giving Saint became joined with the northern idea of Spirit of Christmas festivities. It was a poem written in 1831 by the American writer, Clement Moore,which popularized Santa Claus throughout the world. "Twas the night before Christmas..."told the story of how Santa visits every house in the world on Christmas Eve and brings toys for good girls and boys. Since that time, parents have secretly bought toys for their children at Christmas. When the children awake on Christmas Day, they find toys by the chimney, or under the Christmas tree. They are told that Santa Claus and his reindeer brought them. Adults also give gifts to each other at Christmas time. No wonder that the stores sell so many things then! It is often said that Christmas is becoming too commercialized. In the rush to get everything ready--to buy the gifts, decorate the house and tree, give parties, visit family and friends, and attend special Christmas events the original reason for celebrating is sometimes forgotten. Only when people go to church, or sing Christmas carols, or attend musical performances about Jesus' birth,do they remember that Christmas is the birthday of Christ. 翻译 圣诞假期 在许多方面，圣诞节是北美最重要的节日。 它是最重要的商业节日。 大多数零售商店在圣诞节前的六周左右完成了一半的年度业务。 圣诞节是一个远离工作和学校的重要节日。 许多工人在圣诞节和新年之间休整整一周的假。 这是一年中聚会、赠送礼物、装饰家庭和参观的最大时刻。 许多房主竞相看谁能拥有最好的灯光。 对于娱乐业来说，这也是一个重要的时期。 每年都会为圣诞节制作许多圣诞电影、电视节目、唱片、音乐会和戏剧。 这也是一年中去教堂的人最多的时候，因为圣诞节也是一个宗教节日。 它庆祝耶稣的生日。 所有这些不同的东西是如何结合在一起成为圣诞节的，这是一个很长的故事。 例如，为什么耶稣的生日是在12月25日? 没有人知道耶稣出生的确切日期。 但是，耶稣出生在罗马帝国时期，对罗马人来说，12月25日是一个非常重要的日子。 罗马人有许多神和许多宗教。 两种宗教，都有一个主神，是对无敌太阳和密特拉的崇拜。 这些神都在12月25日受到尊崇。 因为12月25日是一年中白天最短的一天，所以这是一个崇拜太阳的自然时间。 12月也是庆祝农业年结束的时候。 罗马人从12月17日开始举行他们的主要节日之一农神节。 它持续了一个星期。 罗马人还开始了在1月1日庆祝新年的习俗。 因此，12月的下半月和1月初是聚会和游戏的美好时光。 早期的基督徒不知道耶稣是哪一天出生的。 起初，他们在1月6日庆祝他的生日。 然而，由于罗马帝国的大多数人都成为基督徒，于是决定将日期改为12月25日。 庆祝活动持续了12天，直到1月6日，并取代了所有其他节日。 这样，习惯在12月25日庆祝的人们会感觉更舒服。 随着不同的民族成为基督徒，他们带来了自己的习俗，成为圣诞节的一部分。 北欧人用常青树和槲寄生作为春天和永恒生命的象征。 常青树变成了圣诞树。 圣诞节时，人们会把槲寄生挂在天花板上，让情侣们在它下面接吻。 圣诞老人或圣诞老人的想法也是在北欧开始的。 在罗马时代，有一个人被称为圣尼古拉斯。 据说他给穷人送礼物，并为那些无法结婚的贫穷女孩提供嫁妆。 送礼物的圣人的想法与北方的圣诞节庆祝活动的精神结合在一起。 1831年，美国作家克莱门特·摩尔写了一首诗，这首诗使圣诞老人在全世界家喻户晓。 “这是圣诞节的前一夜……”讲述了圣诞老人如何在圣诞夜拜访世界上的每户人家，并为乖孩子们带来玩具的故事。 从那时起，父母们就会在圣诞节偷偷地给孩子们买玩具。 当孩子们在圣诞节醒来时，他们在烟囱旁或圣诞树下找到玩具。 他们被告知是圣诞老人和他的驯鹿带来的。 成年人也会在圣诞节互赠礼物。 难怪商店那时卖这么多东西!人们常说圣诞节变得太商业化了。 在匆忙准备一切的时候——买礼物，装饰房子和圣诞树，举办聚会，拜访家人和朋友，参加特别的圣诞活动——庆祝的最初原因有时被遗忘了。 只有当人们去教堂，或唱圣诞颂歌，或参加有关耶稣诞生的音乐表演时，他们才会记得圣诞节是基督的生日。