1、随身听手册-338Lesson 3800:03.29calendar00:04.61历法，日历00:05.93Up to now,historians have assumed that calendars came into being00:09.17迄今为止，历史学家一直认为日历是随农业出现而产生的，00:12.41with the advent of agriculture,00:16.25for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.00:19.83因为当时的人们面临着
2、了解季节的实际需要。00:23.41One use for early astronomy was to create calendars.00:26.49早期天文学的用途之一是建立历法。00:29.57She has the habit of writing the time and place of her appointments on the calendar.00:32.90她习惯把约会时间、地点写在日期上。00:36.23historian00:37.71历史学家00:39.18People have always paid honor to historians,but igno
3、red prophets.00:42.61人们总是礼敬历史学家，冷落预言家。00:46.03History repeats itself,historians repeat each other.00:49.11历史重复自己，历史学家重复彼此。00:52.19unique00:53.56独一无二的00:54.94Future historians will be in a unique position00:57.51未来的历史学家在书写我们这一段历史的时候01:00.08when they came to record the history of our own times.01:02.9
4、0面对的将是得天独厚的条件。01:05.72There was something unique about the new theories.01:08.24这些新理论有独到之处。01:10.77The actress imprints her unique personality on all the roles she plays.01:14.34这个女演员饰演的所有角色都带着她那独一无二的性格烙印。01:17.92steadily01:19.36不断地01:20.80They will hardly know which facts to select from the great m
5、ass of evidence01:23.97他们几乎不知道该从现有的材料里选取什么，01:27.14that steadily accumulates.01:29.22何况这些材料还在不断增长。01:31.30In silence Mole rowed steadily,01:33.57鼹鼠默默地不断划着01:35.84and soon they came to a point where the river divided.01:38.47很快划到了河流分岔处。01:41.09It had been a leaden dawn,and the rain now steadily poure
6、d down.01:44.33那是一个铅灰色的黎明，现在又开始连绵不断地下起了大雨。01:47.57solely01:48.94惟一地，全然地01:50.32What is more,they will no have to rely solely on the written word.01:53.75而且，他们也不必完全倚赖文字材料。01:57.19Eventually she went back to her father solely because there wasno other way.02:00.66最后，只是因为实在没有别的办法了，她才回头去找她爸爸。02:04.13Pea
7、ce is not solely a matter of military or technical problem.02:07.56和平不仅仅是个军事工技术问题。02:10.98video02:12.40录像02:13.83Films,videos,CDs and CD-ROMs02:16.46他们获取信息的渠道多得令人眼花缭乱，02:19.10are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have.02:22.13电影，录像，光盘和光驱器只是其中的几种。02:25.16We saw the movie on
8、 video.02:27.24我们看了影片的录像带。02:29.32Many families own a video camera today。02:31.68今天许多家庭都有摄像机。02:34.04CD-ROM02:35.62（只读）光盘驱动器02:37.20CD-ROM is the shortened form of Comopact Disk-Read Only Memory.02:40.93CD-ROM是（只读）光盘驱动器的缩写。02:44.65bewilder02:46.09令人眼花缭乱02:47.52As soon as you arrive you will have a b
9、ewildering reading list thrust into your hand.02:51.39你一到就会有一张让人眼花缭乱的书单塞到你手里。02:55.26Teroro was scared and bewildered.02:57.74蒂罗罗害怕得晕头转向了。03:00.22deduce03:01.68推断，推理03:03.14He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.03:06.46他必须根据现有的几条不充分的线索进行推理。03:09.78He expected to deduce new
10、 ideas by mathematical means.03:12.90他期望用数学方法得到新的推论。03:16.02Mel deduced there were others within hearing .03:18.45梅尔估计有人能听得到他们的谈话。03:20.88scanty03:22.36不足的，贫乏的03:23.83Barney knew scantiest amount of French and not a syllable of anything else.03:27.76巴尼只懂一点点法文，其他外语一个字都不会。03:31.70The news today is sca
11、nty,but good.03:34.48今天的消息不多，不过都是好消息。03:37.26clue03:38.58线索03:39.90I thought there might be clues among all the materials which might take us somewhere.03:43.32我还以为这些材料里有什么线索能让我们有点进展呢。03:46.74The statement is an interesting clue to both his temperament and his literary method.03:50.27他的性情和笔法从这句话里可见一
12、斑。03:53.80insignificant03:55.38不重要的03:56.96Even seemingly insignificant remains03:59.33即使看起来微不足道的遗留物，04:01.71can shed interesting light on the history of early man.04:04.39也可能让我们对人类早期历史有一些新的了解。04:07.07Mrs.Morrison was so insignificant that no one had ever noticed what she looked like.04:11.25莫里森太太太卑
13、微了，以至于没有人注意她长得什么样儿。shed04:16.74使流出，倾泻04:18.06These who shed the most tears are not necessarily the most concerned.04:21.60那些眼泪掉得最多的人不见得是最关心的人。04:25.14advent04:26.62出现，到来，来临04:28.09Up to now,historians have assumed04:30.28迄今为止，历史学家一直认为日历是随农业的出现而产生的，04:32.46that calendars came into being with the adve
14、nt of agriculture,04:38.33for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.04:42.27因为当时的人们面临着了解四时的实际需要。04:46.20With the advent of modern methods of communication04:48.77由于现代通讯手段的出现，04:51.34the whole world has been transformed into a single mechanism.04:54.43整个世界已经变成了
15、一个统一的机体。04:57.51The use of the term had only become widespread04:59.99这个名词是在纪录片问世以后05:02.47since the advent of the documentary film.05:04.84才开始广泛使用的。05:07.20agriculture05:08.73农业05:10.26For people who relied on agriculture for their living this was a serious matter.05:13.64对于以务农为生的来说，这是一个很严重的问题。05:1
16、7.02assumption05:18.48假定，设想05:19.95Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.05:23.74但近期科学研究证明，这种假设有可能是不正确的。05:27.52Especially weak are the underlying assumptions of the approach.05:30.70这种论证方法最薄弱的一点是隐含的假定。05:33.87This assumption is wrong or greatly exaggerated.0
17、5:36.71这种假设不是错了，就是太夸张。05:39.54dot05:40.91小圆点05:42.28Historians have long been puzzled by dots,lines and symbols05:45.40长期以来，历史学家一直被雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、05:48.53which have been engraved on walls,bones,and the ivory tusks of mammoths.05:52.21猛犸的象牙上的点、线和形形色色的符号感到迷惑不解。05:55.89His email address is www dot salamand
18、er dot chinaren dot net.06:00.36他的电邮地址是www. .06:04.83symbol06:06.15符号06:07.46Historians have long been puzzled by dots,lines and symbols06:10.59长期以来，历史学家一直被雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、06:13.71which have been engraved on walls,bones,and the ivory tusks of mammoths.06:17.20猛犸的象牙上的点、线和形形色色的符号感到迷惑不解。06:20.68The private
19、car was still a cherished symbol of status.06:23.56私家车在当时还是地位的标志。06:26.43engrave06:27.87雕刻06:29.30The shapes and engraved decorations of these pieces06:31.98这些东西的外形和雕饰花纹06:34.66are typical of medieval Islamic glassware.06:37.28都是中世纪伊斯兰的玻璃制品所特有的。06:39.91An idiom was engraved at the university gate.06
20、:42.49大学的校门上刻着一馈谚语。06:45.08ivory06:46.50象牙制品06:47.93Tony cherished the ivory ball his grandpa had given him.06:50.75汤尼珍视祖父留给他的象牙球。06:53.57Its funny that a girl called Ivory should be living in a street by the name of Elephant.06:57.45好玩，一个叫象牙的女孩住在一条叫大象的街上。07:01.33mammoth07:03.21猛犸07:05.09Mammoths ar
21、e extinct elephants with a hairy skin and long tusks,curving upward.07:08.92猛犸是一种灭绝的象，全身有长毛，门齿向上弯曲。07:12.74tusk07:14.06（象、野猪等的）长牙，獠牙、象牙07:15.38The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.07:19.31野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。07:23.25A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.07:25
22、.87他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。07:28.50nomad07:29.92游牧民07:31.34The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing07:34.43这些标记是游牧民留下的，他们生活在从公元前约35000年07:37.51during the last Ice Age which began about 35000 B.C.and ended about 10000 B.C.07:42.45到公元前10000年的冰川期的末期，以狩猎、捕鱼为生。07:47.38A nomad is the membe
23、r of a trible that wanders from place to place.07:50.50游牧民是一个到处流浪、居无定所的部落的成员。07:53.63with no fixed home.07:57.28His new film is an epic of the nomads.07:59.80他新拍的这部电影是游牧民族的一部史诗。08:02.32correlate08:04.26使相互联系08:06.19By correlating markings made in various parts of the world,08:09.12历史学家比较了散布在世界各地的同类标
24、记，08:12.04historians have been able to read this difficult code.08:14.93终于能够了解读这种难懂的代码了。08:17.82Results in the natural sciences seldom seem to correlate with those in art.08:21.34自然科学的成果似乎很少与艺术发生关联。08:24.87Scentists find it hard to correlate the two sets of figures.08:27.79科学家发现很难使用使这两组数字发生关联。08:30.
25、72phase08:32.10月相，天相08:33.49They have found that it is connected with the passage of days08:36.17他们发现它和昼夜更迭08:38.84and the phases of the moon.08:40.82月亮圆缺有关。08:42.79The moon has four major phases:crescent,half moon,gibbous and full moon.08:46.97月亮有四种主要的相：新月、半月、凸月和满月。08:51.15primitive08:52.52原始的08:53
26、.89It is,in fact,a primitive type of calendar.08:56.27它实际上是一种原始日历。08:58.64These primitive weapons,though crude,are fatal.09:01.37这些原始武器虽然简陋，却足以致命。09:04.10What did the primitive people do for relaxation,or rather,09:07.29原始人有什么娱乐吗？或者说，09:10.48did they have any relaxation at all?09:12.80他们有娱乐吗？09:15.1
27、3depict09:16.45描画，描述09:17.77It has long been known that the hunting scenes depicted on walls09:20.64大家早就知道，画在墙上的狩猎图景09:23.51were not simply a form of artistic exprression.09:26.10并不是单纯的艺术表现形式。09:28.69On the tapestry are depicted some biblical scenes.09:31.47挂毯上画着一些圣经上的场景。09:34.25The novel depicts th
28、e saga of a family.09:36.59小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。Lesson 3909:42.58rough09:43.90崎岖不平的09:45.22The rough road across the plain soon became so bad09:48.09穿越平原的道路高低不平，开车走了不远，09:50.97that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.09:53.99路面越发崎岖，我们想让布鲁斯把车开回我们来的那个村子。09:57.00I was thinking
29、 all the way how cool and silent that road was,10:00.18我一路在想，那条路虽说有点颠，10:03.35even if it was a little rough.10:05.43可是多阴凉，多清静。10:07.50boulder10:08.93大古块10:10.35Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes,10:13.17尽管路面布满石头，坑坑洼洼，10:15.99Bruce was not in the least perturbed.10:
30、18.32但布鲁斯却一点儿也不慌乱。10:20.64A boulder rolled down the slope and narrowly missed the car.10:23.57一块石头从山上滚下，险些把车砸坏。10:26.49pit10:27.77使介坑坑洼洼10:29.05They watched the rain pit the sea with tiny craters.10:31.89他们注视着雨滴在海上面砸出的小水窝。10:34.72The front of his truck was pitted by stones.10:37.30他的卡车前部被石头迸得坑坑洼洼的。1
31、0:39.87perturb10:41.25使不安10:42.64The bad news perturbed her for days.10:44.96这个坏消息弄得她好几天心神不定。10:47.29If a little accident like this perturbs your country,10:49.97假如这么一小小的意外也惊扰了贵国的话，10:52.64what do you say to the hourly fright your army is giving to our people?10:56.07那么你们的军队对我国人民造成了无时不在的恐怖怎么说呢？10:59
32、.49underestimate11:01.21低估11:02.94It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.11:05.87这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难。11:08.81The effects of tariffs on import quantities may have been underestimated.11:12.24关税对进口数量的影响可能被低估了。11:15.66You underestimate his endurance,and I his shrewdness.11:17.64你低估了他的耐力，而我
33、低估了他的精明。11:19.63swerve11:21.05急转11:22.48As we bumped over the dusty track,we swerved to avoid large boulders.11:25.81我们在尘土飞扬的道路上颠簸，车子东拐西弯，以便绕开那些大圆石。11:29.14A motor swerved into the lane.11:32.87一辆摩托车突然拐进了小巷。11:36.61scoop11:37.98挖出，铲出11:39.35The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under
34、 the car.11:42.68车轮铲起的石块砸在车上，发出不祥的撞击声。11:46.01She scooped up a spoonful of salt and threw into the pot.11:48.95她狠狠地舀了满满一勺盐，扔在缺罐子里。11:51.89I heard a low hammering sound in the bedroom.11:54.32我听见卧室里有低低的锤打声。11:56.75He dashed on to the porch and began to hammer on the door.11:59.62他冲进门廊，用力锤起门来。12:02.49
35、ominously12:03.93有预兆地，不祥地12:05.37The rain was beating ominously on the window.12:07.89雨点敲打着窗户，像有什么不祥之兆似的。12:10.41So ominously did the stranger knock at the door12:12.94那个陌生人的敲门声充满了凶兆，12:15.48that one could hear the disaster in the air.12:17.91好像听听就能听出灾祸似的。12:20.34rip12:21.66划破，撕，扯12:22.97We felt sur
36、e that sooner or later12:25.05我们觉得迟早会飞起一个石块12:27.13a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.12:30.35把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。12:33.58The wheelchair ripped a crack in his trousers.12:36.36轮椅把的裤子撕开了一条缝。12:39.14He ripped open the envelope.12:41.12他撕开了信封。12:43.09petrol12:44.41汽油12:45.7
37、3I cant stand the smell of petrol and always become dizzy in a car.12:49.11我受不了汽油味，每次坐车都觉得头晕。12:52.49We filled up the tank with petrol before the journey.12:55.17上路前我们给车加满了油。12:57.85stretch12:59.27一大片（平地或水）13:00.70What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared,13:03.33突然大石块不见了，前面是一片平地，1
38、3:05.97giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.13:09.75惟一的障碍是一丛丛的灌木。我们大大地松了口气。13:13.52After a long,dry stretch of land,we reached a small lake.13:16.55走过一片广阔、干瘠的土地，我们来到一个小湖边。13:19.58These carts are capable of traveling over miles through stretches of desert.13
39、:22.82这些马车能够在连绵不断的沙漠里走上好几英里。13:26.06obstacle13:27.50障碍13:28.93The struggle for economic growth encountered more than the well advertised obstacles of ignorance,disease,13:32.96争取经济增长所遇到的困难远远超过大家所熟知的13:36.98corruption and inertia.13:38.96愚昧、疾病、腐败和惰性。13:40.95I cannot see this as a real obstacle to the
40、 plan.13:43.52我看不出这一点对计划有什么实质性的障碍。13:46.10clump13:47.38丛，簇13:48.66Not far ahead was a clump of trees.13:51.29前面不远处有一丛树林。13:53.93Who put that messy clump of flowers in the vase?13:56.36谁把那堆乱蓬蓬的花插在花瓶里的？fissure14:00.11（石，地的）深缝14:01.43Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.14:04.07在我们正前方出现了一条大裂缝。14:0
41、6.71Water has got into fisures in the rock.14:09.08水流进了岩石的裂蓬。14:11.46A delicate daffodil sprang up from the fissure.14:13.98地缝里开出了一朵娇艳的黄水仙。14:16.50renew14:17.82重复14:19.14In response to renewed pleadings.Bruce stopped.14:22.07在大家的苦苦央求下，布鲁斯总算把车停了下来。14:24.99In January I renewed my request and this time
42、 was met by the director himself.14:28.82一月分份我再次提出请求，这一次接待我的是主任。14:32.65We renewed our magazine subscription.14:34.78我们续订了杂志。14:36.90pleading14:38.22恳求14:39.54All the pleadings were brushed aside.14:41.76所有的恳求都被置之不理。14:43.98He seems to relent a moment at their pleading.14:46.56在他们的恳求下，有那么一会儿，他似乎心软了一
43、下。14:49.13gear14:50.57（汽车）排挡14:52.00Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed,14:55.12布鲁斯挂上慢档，把两只前轮抗在裂缝两边，14:58.25keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course.15:01.63沿着弯弯曲曲的裂缝，以疯狂的速度向前开去。15:05.01He always puts the car in high gear.15:07.19他老是把车挂快档。15:
44、09.37Gears on an automobile may be used either to decrease or increase speed.15:13.46汽车的排档可用于加速度或减速。15:17.55astride15:19.03骑，跨15:20.50In the past it was considered indecent for a lady to ride a horse astride.15:24.07过去认为淑女跨骑马是件有失体统的事。15:27.63Astride the merry-go-round,the baby yelled with rapture.15
45、:30.51孩子骑在旋转木马上，兴奋地大喊大叫。15:33.38crack15:34.70缝隙15:36.02The gorgon had hidden herself there,15:38.45那个恶婆子早就躲在那儿，15:40.88and,with her ear pressed close against the crack of the door,15:43.56把耳朵紧贴着门缝，把谈话听得一字不漏。15:46.23had lost not a word of the conversation.15:48.66那面墙有道裂缝。15:51.09There is a crack in t
46、hat wall.15:53.13那面墙有道裂缝。15:55.17zigzag15:56.59“之”字形15:58.01The zigzag path wound up to the peak.16:00.50弯弯曲曲的小道通向山顶。16:02.98There is no way to follow the zigzag course of the human mind.16:05.76人的心思弯弯绕，无法捉摸。16:08.54shallow16:09.91浅的16:11.28Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a
47、mile across.16:14.82下一个障碍是一片约半英里宽的浅水塘。16:18.36Sonia put the salad in a shallow dish.16:20.79索尼娅把色拉装在一个浅盘里。16:23.22grind ground ground16:25.60嘎嘎出声地挤压16:27.98Bruce charged at it,but in the middle,the car came to a grinding halt.16:31.66布鲁斯直冲过去，但车开到水塘中间，吱嘎一声停住了。16:35.34He ground his teeth and looked fierecely at the traitor.16:38.13他咬牙切齿，恶习狠狠地盯着叛徒。16:40.91halt16:42.29停止16:43.68The bus came to a sudd
