大学英语综合教程 第三册 7textA

[09:09.36]64 At least he’s off his feet and home.
[09:13.04]65 Inside, an era is preserved. The telephone is a heavy, rotary model. There is no VCR, no cable.
[09:21.87]66 His is the only house in the neighborhood with a television antenna on the roof.
[09:27.28]67 He leads a solitary life. Most of his human contact comes on the job.
[09:33.28]Now, he heats the oven and slips in a frozen dinner because it’s easy to fix.
[09:40.21]68 The job usually takes him 10 hours.
[09:44.10]69 He’s a weary man who knows his days—no matter what his intentions—are numbered.
[09:50.05]70 He works on straight commission. He gets no paid holidays, vacations or raise. Yes, some months are lean.
[09:59.51]71 In 1993, he needed back surgery to relieve pain caused from decades of walking.
[10:06.51]He was laid up for five months and couldn’t work. He was forced to sell his house.
[10:12.39]The new owners, familiar with his situation, froze his rent and agreed to let him live there until he dies.
[10:20.98]72 He doesn’t feel sorry for himself.
[10:24.22]73 The house is only a building. A place to live, nothing more.
[10:28.92]74 His dinner is ready. He eats at the kitchen table and listens to the radio.
[10:34.91]The afternoon mail brought bills that he will deal with later this week. The checkbook is upstairs in the bedroom.
[10:42.48]75 His checkbook.
[10:45.17]76 He types in the recipient’s name and signs his name.
[10:49.59]77 The signature is small and scrawled.
[10:53.14]78 Unreadable.
[10:55.20]79 But he knows.
[10:57.66]80 Bill Porter,                 81 Bill Porter, salesman.
[11:00.79]82 From his easy chair he hears the wind lash his house and the rain pound the street outside his home.
[11:08.60]He must dress warmly tomorrow. He’s sleepy. With great care he climbs the stairs to his bedroom.
[11:16.23]83 In time, the lights go off.
[11:19.55]84 Morning will be here soon.
[11:22.76]salesman                        linger                          weatherman                      surgeon
[11:27.69]推销员          磨蹭            气象员          外科医生
[11:32.61]scar                            battlefield                     dignity                         cripple
[11:38.74]伤疤            战场            尊严            使受伤致残
[11:44.86]betray                          gain on                         tremble                         slacks
[11:50.92]背叛            逼近            颤抖            宽松裤
[11:56.98]tan                             entryway                        briefcase                       kick up
[12:01.57]棕褐色          入口            公文包          踢起
[12:06.15]tilt                            lean                            brochure                        clip-on
[12:11.76]倾斜            倾斜            小册子          用夹子夹牢
[12:17.36]delivery                        section                         cerebral                        palsy
[12:22.56]分娩            部分            脑的            麻痹
[12:27.76]disorder                        transfer                        limitation                      apply for
[12:34.30]失调            调动            缺陷            申请
[12:40.84]Co.                             representative                  literature                      pledge
[12:46.11]公司            代表            宣传资料        保证
[12:51.37]retail                          transit                         mall                            strain
[12:56.05]零售            通行            购物中心        损伤
[13:00.72]joint                           useless                         limb                            waist
[13:07.50]关节            无效的          腿              腰
[13:14.28]off balance                     toddler                         shoeshine                       lace
[13:20.12]不平衡          学步的儿童      擦皮鞋          花边
[13:25.96]territory                       on the phone                    spice                           register
[13:31.42]领土            在打电话        调料            登记
[13:36.88]laundry                         profitable                      off one's feet                  VCR
[13:43.75]洗好的衣服      有益的          躺着            录象机
[13:50.62]antenna                         solitary                        oven                            commission
[13:56.38]天线            单独的          烤箱            佣金
[14:02.14]surgery                         be laid up(with)                checkbook                       recipient
[14:08.12]外科手术        无法工作        支票簿          接受人
[14:14.10]signature                       scrawl                          unreadable                      lash
[14:19.68]签名            潦草地写        难以辨认的      鞭打
[14:26.57]及时            停止