新概念英语词汇随身听第三册(附字幕)[55-56]

[06:44.92]Lesson 56
[06:47.30]boundary
[06:48.78]界线，边界
[06:50.25]The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm
[06:53.04]我们农场东边的界河
[06:55.82]has always played an important part in our lives.
[06:58.49]一直是我们生活中很重要的一部分。
[07:01.17]The boundary line between two provinces is shown by a silver line on the map.
[07:05.00]这两个省的省界在地图上由银线标出。
[07:08.83]pump
[07:10.12]用泵抽
[07:11.41]There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the house,
[07:14.34]泉水只够生活用水，
[07:17.26]so we have to pump from the river for farm use.
[07:19.85]因此农场里用的水都是从河里抽。
[07:22.44]Air can be pumped from one side of a room to the other side.
[07:25.47]空气可以从房间的一边抽到另一边。
[07:28.50]It's no use pumping a dry well.
[07:30.98]涸进汲水，无济于事
[07:33.46]overtake
[07:34.94]突然降临
[07:36.41]We know instinctively,just as beekeepers with their bees,
[07:39.44]我们和河的关系正像养蜂人和蜜蜂的关系一样，
[07:42.47]that misfortune might overtake us
[07:44.80]我们本能地知道，
[07:47.12]if the important events of lives were not related to it.
[07:50.00]要是有什么大事瞒着它，就会有祸事临头。
[07:52.87]The couple was overtaken by misfortune.
[07:55.35]不幸突然降临到那对夫妇身上。
[07:57.83]The ship was overtaken by a storm.
[08:00.31]那条船被暴雨突袭。
[08:02.80]backwater
[08:04.38]回水洒汊（喻）死气沉沉的状态或地方
[08:05.96]Sometimes we go upstreams to a favourite backwater,
[08:08.74]有时候我们溯流而上去大家最喜欢的回河汊办晚会，
[08:11.52]sometimes we have our party at the boathouse,
[08:13.95]有时候去船坞。船坞是农场
[08:16.38]which a predecessor of ours at the farm
[08:18.60]的一位前辈在一块草地上盖的。
[08:20.82]built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
[08:24.45]紧挨着一个专供游泳、潜水的水池。
[08:28.08]Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.
[08:31.06]有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
[08:34.04]They look down upon those who live in intellectual backwater.
[08:37.37]他们瞧不起智力处于停滞状态的人。
[08:40.70]predecessor
[08:42.28]前任，前辈
[08:43.86]The farmers of the future
[08:45.54]未来的农民
[08:47.23]will be infinitely more sophisticated than their predecessors.
[08:50.16]会比他们的前辈更富于经验。
[08:53.08]Ronard's appointment followed the abrupt departure of his predecessor.
[08:56.65]罗纳德是在他的前任突然离职后被任用的。
[09:00.21]meadow
[09:01.54]草地，草场
[09:02.88]My childhood appears to me like a sunny meadow,as it does to many people.
[09:06.51]我的童年和许多人一样，是一片阳光灿烂的绿地。
[09:10.14]Ten men went to mow a meadow.
[09:12.27]十个人去割一片草地。
[09:14.40]crown
[09:15.82]加冕，加冠
[09:17.24]We welcome the seasons by the riverside,
[09:19.53]我们在河边迎接四季降临。
[09:21.82]crowning the youngest girl with flowers in the spring,
[09:24.34]春天在河边为最年轻的姑娘戴上花冠，
[09:26.86]holding a summer festival on Midsummer Eve,
[09:29.50]夏天在河喧欢庆‘仲夏夜’
[09:32.13]giving thanks for the harvest in the autumn,
[09:34.51]秋天在河边为丰收举得感恩仪式，
[09:36.89]and  throwing a holly wreath into the current in the water.
[09:39.87]冬天在河里抛一个冬青花环。
[09:42.84]Napoleon I crowned himself.
[09:45.51]拿破仑一世自己给自己加冕。
[09:48.17]Their efforts were crowned with honors.
[09:50.35]他们的努力获得了荣誉。
[09:52.54]holly
[09:53.82]一种冬青植物
[09:55.10]The holly is an evergreen shrub with dark-green sharp-pointed leaves
[09:58.37]冬青是一种常绿灌木，叶深绿狭长，
[10:01.65]and,in winter,red berries.
[10:04.08]冬天结红色浆果。
[10:06.51]The leaves of an American holly can be used to make a popular caffeine-rich tea.
[10:10.04]有一种美国冬青的叶子可以制成一种大家喜爱的富含有咖啡因的茶叶。
[10:13.56]wreath
[10:15.18]花环
[10:16.80]Both her veil and wreath are white.
[10:19.08]她的面纱和花环都是白色的。
[10:21.35]Many western families hang wreaths of pine branches on their doors at Christmas.
[10:24.78]许多西方家庭在圣诞节期间在门上挂松枝花环。
[10:28.22]occurrence
[10:29.64]事件
[10:31.07]This is rare occurrence as our climate seldom goes to extremes.
[10:34.15]在我们这里，这种事情很少见，因为气候很少发生异常。
[10:37.23]Such incident is an everyday occurrence.
[10:39.56]这种事是家常便饭。
[10:41.88]This is an unfortunate occurrence,but it can't be helped.
[10:44.91]出了这事很不幸，可是也没办法。
[10:47.94]proportion
[10:49.68]比率，比例
[10:51.42]We are lucky in that only the lower fields,which make up a very small proportion of our farm,
[10:55.19]幸运的是，只有低洼地会受到影响，
[10:58.96]are affected by flooding,but other farms are less favourably sited,
[11:02.28]而低洼地在我们农场的比例很小，别的农场地势欠佳
[11:05.60]and flooding can sometimes speall disaster for their owners.
[11:08.47]有时候洪水来了，会给那些农场主带来灾难。
[11:11.35]The proportion of the white people in LA has been going down in the past few years.
[11:15.12]洛杉矶白人的比率在过去的几年里一直在下降。
[11:18.90]site
[11:20.57]使位于
[11:22.24]The company is trying to decide  where to site its new store.
[11:25.32]公司在设法确定新店的选址。
[11:28.40]The house is beautifully sited to give a splendid view over the valley.
[11:31.74]房子的位置很好，山谷的景色一览无余。
[11:35.07]spell
[11:36.70]招致，带来
[11:38.33]This development could spell disaster for the textile industry.
[11:41.36]这一发展可能会给纺织业带来灾难。
[11:44.39]On the frontiers they met fierce resistance and defeat that spelled eventual disaster.
[11:48.36]在边界地区他受到了猛烈的抵抗，失败了，这一失败引起了灾难性后果。
[11:52.33]stall
[11:53.70]牲口棚
[11:55.08]All the cattle had been moved into stalls and we stood to lose little.
[11:58.62]所有的牲口已提前转移到畜圈里，没有造成什么损失。
[12:02.16]Domestic animals run out of their stalls.
[12:04.83]家畜从圈里奔出。
[12:07.51]In the quiet,Kane could hear a horse stirring in his stall.
[12:10.75]寂静中凯恩听见一匹马在马圈里躁动。