大学英语精读听力预备级 less15

[00:00.00]Lesson 15   The Sleeping Beauty (Part Two)
[00:27.30]   On her sixteenth birthday,
[00:31.06]the king's daughter felt tired of her palace.
[00:35.81]She wandered alone into the dark woods.
[00:40.25]And in a very lonely spot she saw a castle among the bushes.
[00:46.13]She climbed the winding stairs into the tower,and pushed the door open,
[00:52.58]then she saw an old blind woman turning a stick around between her hands
[00:59.95]and a long white cotton thread ,
[01:03.90]soft and smooth,running through her fingers.
[01:09.17]  The king's daughter begged the old woman to allow her to have a try.
[01:14.81]As soon as she got hold of the spindle,she hurt her finger.
[01:20.38]All at once she fell asleep,and at that very moment all else slept.
[01:27.14]The lovely birds stopped singing,
[01:31.09]the green leaves dropped off the trees,
[01:35.35]and the fresh flowers dried.
[01:39.19]The king,queen and all the chief officials slept where they sat or stood.
[01:46.14]In the kitchen the cook was just going to box the ears of the kitchen boy
[01:52.48]when all fell asleep.
[01:55.83]Everything slept --slept for a hundred years.
[02:01.29]   At last a king's son came riding through the land.
[02:06.56]When he was told the tale,
[02:09.91]he lifted his golden sword and rushed bravely into the tower room.
[02:16.46]There he found her,the sleeping beauty,
[02:21.01] lying as beautiful as when she fell asleep one hundred years ago.
[02:27.54]Then he leaned over her and kissed her.
[02:31.80]She opened her eyes and looked at him.
[02:36.06]"Ah,my dear,"she cried,"you have come at last.
[02:41.12]I have waited for you--oh,so long!"
[02:46.09]  The very moment the king's daughter awoke,
[02:50.16]the birds began to sing,the flowers opened,
[02:55.62]the leaves turned green--everything awoke.
[03:00.95]The cook boxed the kitchen boy,
[03:04.79]the king,queen,and the high rank officials went about their affairs.
[03:10.54]Suddenly,the king's daughter with a young man stood before them
[03:16.31]---and they remembered all.
[03:19.55]They had sept--slept a hundred years---and the sleep was over now.
[03:26.39]"Yes,she is yours,"declared the king,
[03:30.76]and he placed the hand of his daughter in the hand of the young man.
[03:36.01]Then,with the cheers of the kingdom,
[03:40.16]the two,hand in hand,walked into a new world
[03:45.93]--a world of songs and flowers,of sunshine and love.