大学英语自学教程 下册 un14

[00:00.00]Unit 14 text A
[00:04.49]The Teacher's Last Shocking Lesson
[00:06.97]  老师令人震惊的最后一课
[00:09.46]A remarkable woman reasons with her killer--and tapes it
[00:12.84]  一位非凡的女人劝说杀害她的凶手---并录下音来
[00:16.22]She used the miniature tape recorder
[00:18.60]她使用了微型录音机,
[00:20.98]for a graduate-school course she was taking.
[00:23.41]那是她用来录她正在听的研究生耽开的一门课的.
[00:25.84]The device,though would do much more than capture a lecture.
[00:28.92]不过,这个设备起的作用要比录下一堂课的内容大得多.
[00:32.00]It was a microcassette found in Kathleen Weinstein's shirt pocketthat not only led police to her alleged killer
[00:37.03]在凯思琳.温斯坦衬衫口袋里发现的微型录音带
[00:42.06]but also revealed the New Jersey teacher to be a woman
[00:48.12]of extraordinary courage and compassion.
[00:50.80]而且还显示出这位新泽西教师是一们有着惊人的勇气和同情心的女人.
[00:53.47]Weinstein,45,was on her way to an exam at Toms River High School South
[01:02.82]on March 14 when she got out of her gold 1995 Toyota Camry
[01:06.86]她走出她那辆1995年丰田公司生产的
[01:10.90]to buy a sandwich at the busy Toms River Shopping Center.
[01:14.02]金色的喀麦隆麦丽牌汽车到繁忙的汤姆斯河售货中心买三明治.
[01:17.14]That's where her path crossed that of Michael LaSane
[01:20.17]在那里她遇到了迈克尔.拉森,
[01:23.20]who,police say,wanted just such a car to celebrate his 17th birthday
[01:27.22]警察说他正想用这样的一辆车来庆祝他的17岁生日.
[01:31.25]Grabbing Weinstein by the jaw,the attacker told her he had a gun
[01:40.10]and forced her into the Camry.
[01:41.24]抓着温斯坦的下巴,袭击者告诉她他有枪,强迫她进入车里.
[01:42.37]The car was then driven to Manitou Park about two miles from the shopping center.
[01:46.25]然后,车被开到距售货中心约2英里的曼以经济建设为中心托公园.
[01:50.13]It was there,police believe,
[01:52.10]警察认为,
[01:54.08]that Weinstein was able to activate the recorder she kept in her bag.
[01:57.46]温斯坦才能够打开她放在包里的录音机.
[02:00.84]According to Ocean County prosecutor Daniel Carluccio,
[02:04.38]据海洋县检察官.卡鲁齐奥所说,
[02:07.92]the taped conversation between Weinstein and LaSane
[02:10.86]所录的温斯坦和拉森的对话
[02:13.80]took place as they removed personal items--
[02:16.53]就发生于当他们扔下车上的个人物品
[02:19.26]bags, notebooks,her six-year-old son's belongings,from the car
[02:22.52]---包,笔记本,她6岁的儿子的东西.
[02:25.79]It wasn't hysterical," Carluccio says of the 24-minute tape."
[02:29.11]"它并非歇斯底里,"卡鲁齐奥提及到24分钟的录音带说,
[02:32.42]It wasn't the kind of thing you would expect of someone
[02:37.57]who is facing a life-threatening situation.
[02:39.84]"不是你能料到的某人在面对生命威胁的情况下该有的样子.
[02:42.12]Mrs.Weinstein bravely and persistently used every skill and power she had
[02:46.69]温斯坦太太勇敢地,顽强地运用她所拥有的各种技能
[02:51.26]to convince her attacker to simply take her car and not her life.
[02:54.59]来说服袭击者只抢走她的车而不伤害她的性命."
[02:57.92]The excerpts of the talk released by the prosecutor
[03:01.20]  检查官准予发表的谈话节录
[03:04.48]show why Weinstein was a beloved figureat Thorne Middle Schoot in Middletown,
[03:08.50]表明了为什么温斯坦在米道镇桑恩中学是一位受人爱戴的人物,
[03:12.52]where she was a special-education teacher
[03:14.70]在那儿她是一们特教老师.
[03:16.88]You haven't done anything yet,"she tells her attacker
[03:19.61]"你还没有做任何事",她告诉袭击她的人,
[03:22.34]All you have to do is let me go and take my car.
[03:25.73]"你只能做的是让我走而开走我的车.
[03:29.11]For my life,don't you think I should be concerned and let you take my car
[03:33.08]为了活命,难道你认为我还会关心让不让你拿走我的车吗?
[03:37.05]For my life!Do you really want to have that on your head?
[03:40.38]为了我的性命!你真地想要背负上杀我的罪名吗?"
[03:43.71]At another point? the teacher tries to get him to open up.
[03:46.53]在另一时刻这位教师谋略让他敞开思想说话,
[03:49.36]"Why don't you just tell me? Of course, it's important.
[03:52.83]"为什么你不告诉我?当然,这很重要.