[by:如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享] [00:00.00]by:如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享Lesson 29 [00:01.46]第二十九课 [00:02.93]A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER [00:04.22]一位中学教师 [00:05.51]Mrs. Cox teacher English in a high school in San Francisco,a big city on the West Coast of the United States. [00:10.54]科克斯夫人在旧金山(美国西海岸大城市)的一所中学里教英语。 [00:15.57]She had wanted to become a teacher when she was young.She has taught eight years now and always enjoyed her work. [00:20.74]她从小就想当一名教师。现在她已教了八年书,始终热爱自己的工作。 [00:25.91]A school day at Mrs. Cox's high school is divided into six periods of one hour each. [00:29.45]科克斯夫人所在的学校,一天六节课,每节课一小时, [00:32.99]Mrs. Cox teachers five of these six periods.During her "free" period from 2 to 3 p.m.,Mrs. Cox has to meet with parents, [00:38.62]她一天教五节课。下午二点到三点是她的“空闲”时间,她在这段时间里会见家长, [00:44.25]order supplies,make out examinations,check assignments,and take care of many other things. [00:48.63]定购教学用品,出考试题,批改作业,还要料理许多杂事。 [00:53.00]So Mrs. Cox works steadily from the time she arrives at school in the morning until she leaves for home late in the afternoon,and her "free" period isn't really free at all. [01:00.11]实际上,科克斯夫人从早上一到校就不停地工作,一直到下午很晚离开学校为止,她的“空闲”时间实在一点也不空闲。 [01:07.21]An English teacher usually divides her time among three subjects:language(grammar,punctuation,spelling,etc.),composition,and literature. [01:13.86]英语教师一般都分三种课程来安排时间,即语言(语法、标点符号、拼写等),作文和文学。 [01:20.51]Mrs. Cox's favourite subject is literature,and her most exciting classes are those on the literature of Black Americans. [01:24.87]科克斯夫人特别喜爱文学课,她讲的最富有激情的课就是美国黑人文学, [01:29.23]For Mrs. Cox,like most of the students in her school,is Black. [01:32.02]这是因为科克斯夫人和学校大多数学生一样是黑人。 [01:34.80]In her sixth period today,Mrs. Cox taught a poem by a well-known Black writer in the United States. [01:39.06]今天第六节课,科克斯夫人讲一位著名黑人作家写的一首诗刊。 [01:43.31]She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud. [01:46.04]她把这首诗写在黑板上,大声朗诵。 [01:48.77]No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students' questions began pouring in. [01:52.24]她刚朗诵完,学生们就接连不断地提问题。 [01:55.70]One boy said the poem was heartbreakingly sad. [01:57.75]一个男生说,这首诗真令人伤心。 [01:59.80]Another student,a girl,said she had read a book by the same writer,but she wasn't able to enjoy it as much as her mother did,and she didn't know why. [02:05.79]一个女生说,她读过这位作家写的一本书,但不像她母亲那样喜欢它,不知道为什么。 [02:11.79]A third,a keen viewer of TV theatre,recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play. [02:16.57]第三个学生是电视剧的热心观众,他记起了最近有一出剧就是用这首诗中的一句话作为剧名。 [02:21.35]As she answered the questions,Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem. [02:25.18]科克斯夫人回答了学生的问题,力求使他们把每一行诗都弄懂。 [02:29.00]She asked them to discuss if the poem contained any message. [02:31.41]她要学生讨论这首诗是否有什么信息传达给读者, [02:33.81]The discussion became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang. [02:37.02]讨论十分活跃,下课铃响了,大家还不愿停下来。 [02:40.24]Some said there was no message,some said there was,some said it didn't really matter,and the class ended at that. [02:46.02]有的学生说这首诗没有信息,有的说有,又有的学生说有没有无关紧要。这节课就这样结束了。 [02:51.81]As she drove home,Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left. [02:54.39]科克斯夫人在驱车回家的路上想着她刚上完的这节课。 [02:56.98]Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished as a teacher. [02:59.66]今天她完成了一个教师该完成的任务,她可以感到满意了, [03:02.33]Not one of her students looked bored.Every one of them seemed interested in the poem. [03:05.43]没有一个学生显得厌烦,每个学生都对这首诗感兴趣。 [03:08.53]Once they started to talk,they forgot about the time. [03:10.62]他们谈论起来,就忘记了时间。 [03:12.71]She did not have to make them learn;she only had to answer their questions and to guide the discussion. [03:16.38]她没有向学生灌输,她只是回答学生的问题,引导讨论。 [03:20.05]This,she thought to herself,is what teaching is all about! [03:22.45]这就是教育的真正目的吧,她想。 [03:24.85]A PHONE CALL [03:28.09]A:4372811. [03:31.17]B:Hello,is that Nick? [03:33.24]A:Yes,speaking. [03:35.17]B:Oh,hello.This is Kate.It's about our meeting with Mr Jones. [03:40.76]A:I think he's really going to help us a lot.Are you free on Saturday morning to meet him? [03:47.50]B:No,sorry.I'm going to see my bank manager. [03:51.31]A:Oh,dear.What about Friday morning? [03:55.13]B:Yes,Friday is fine.What time? [03:58.94]A:Half past seven. [04:00.56]B:Half past seven.Right.See you then.Bye. [04:04.09]A:Bye. [04:07.33]a poem by LiBai [04:09.09]李白诗一首 [04:10.85]Before my bed There is bright moonlight [04:13.06]床前明月光 [04:15.27]So that it seems Like frost on the ground. [04:17.48]疑是地上霜。 [04:19.68]Lifting my head I watch the bright moon. [04:21.89]举头望明月, [04:24.10]Lowering my head I dream that I'm home. [04:26.81]低头思故乡。 [04:29.53]RISE LIKE LIONS [04:32.48]Rise like Lions after slumber [04:35.72]In unvanquishable number- [04:38.07]Shake your chains to earth like dew [04:41.47]Which in sleep had fallen on you- [04:45.00]You are many-they are few. [04:49.12]THE SELFISH GIANT [04:50.16]自私的巨人 [04:51.19]One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. [04:54.41]一天早晨,巨人醒来躺在床上,听到一阵美妙的音乐。 [04:57.64]It was a little bird singing outside his window.The north wind had stopped. [05:00.94]原来是一只小鸟在窗外唱歌。北风停止了呼啸。 [05:04.25]A sweet perfume came to him through the open window. [05:06.09]透过敞开的窗户一股芬芳的香味扑面而来。 [05:07.93]"I believe spring has come at last,"said the Giant.He jumped out of bed and looked out of the window. [05:12.23]"我想春天终于来了,"巨人说,他跳下床,朝窗外望去。 [05:16.53]And what did he see?He saw a most wonderful picture. [05:19.46]他看见什么了?他看见了一幅最动人的画面。 [05:22.40]Through a little hole in the wall the children had entered the garden,and they were sitting on the branches of the trees. [05:26.33]孩子们从围墙的小洞里钻进花园,坐在树枝上。 [05:30.27]In every tree there was a little child. [05:32.03]每颗树上都坐着一个小孩。 [05:33.79]The trees were so glad to see the children back again that they covered themselves with blossoms. [05:36.95]果树看见孩子们回来高兴极了,枝丫间开满鲜花。 [05:40.11]The birds were flying about and singing happily,and the flowers were looking through the green grass. [05:43.85]小鸟儿在空中飞翔、快乐地歌唱,小花儿也从绿草丛中探出脑袋。 [05:47.59]It was a lovely picture.Only in one corner of the garden it was still winter. [05:51.62]好一幅美丽的画面。只有花园的一个角落里依旧是冬天。 [05:55.66]A little boy was standing there crying.He was so small that he could not reach the branches of the tree. [05:59.92]一个小男孩正站在那儿哭呢。原来他的个头儿太小够不着树枝。 [06:04.17]The poor tree was still covered with frost and snow,and the north wind was blowing above it. [06:07.49]这株可怜的树依旧满身霜雪,北风在树梢上咆哮。 [06:10.81]The Giant's heart was touched as he saw all this. [06:12.79]看到这一幕,巨人的心被打动了。 [06:14.78]"How selfish I have been!"he said."Now I know why spring did not want to come here. [06:18.45]"我太自私了,"他想,"现在我才明白为什么春天不肯光顾我的花园。 [06:22.12]I will put that poor little boy on the top of that tree,and then I will knock down the wall,and my garden will be the children's playground for ever." [06:26.94]我要把那个小男孩抱到树上,然后拆除围墙,让我的花园永远成为孩子们的游乐场。." [06:31.76]He was really sorry for what he bad done.So he opened the door softly and went oun into the garden. [06:36.59]巨人非常后悔他从前所做的一切。他轻轻地打开门,走进花园。 [06:41.42]But when the children saw him,they were so frightened that they all ran away,and winter again came into the garden. [06:45.25]可是孩子们一见他全都吓跑了,冬天又来到花园。 [06:49.08]Only the little boy did not ran away,for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant. [06:53.34]只有那个小男孩没有跑开,因为他的眼里噙满泪珠,看不见巨人的到来。 [06:57.59]The Giant came up to him,took him carefully in his arms,and put him on the top of the tree. [07:01.26]巨人走上前,小心地把他抱起,放到树梢上坐着。 [07:04.93]At once the tree burst into blossom;the birds came back and began to sing in it,and the little boy put his arms round the Giant's neck,and killed him. [07:10.50]顷刻间那棵树便绽开了花朵,小鸟儿飞回来了,在树枝间唱歌。小男孩双手搂着巨人的脖子给了他一个亲吻。 [07:16.06]When the other children saw this,they were not afraid of the Giant any more. [07:18.86]其他的孩子看到这一切,都不再害怕巨人了。 [07:21.65]They came back,and with them came spring. [07:23.64]他们回到花园里,春天也随他们一同返回。 [07:25.62]"It is your garden now,little children,"said the Giant. [07:27.75]"孩子们,这座花园是属于你们的,"巨人说着。 [07:29.88]He took a great axe and knocked down the wall. [07:31.42]他抄起一把大斧,把围墙捣毁。 [07:32.96]After this the children again came to play in the Giant's garden every day. [07:36.05]从此以后,孩子们每天都到巨人的花园里玩耍。 [07:39.13]Sometimes the Giant played with them.Sometimes he sat in an armchair and watched them play. [07:43.03]巨人有时跟他们一块儿做游戏,有时坐在扶手椅上看孩子们嬉闹。 [07:46.94]"I have many beaufiful flowers,"he said,"but the children are the most beaufitul flowers of all." [07:51.26]"我有很多美丽的鲜花,"他说,"但孩子们才是世间最美的花朵。" [07:55.59]Cox [07:56.36]人名 [07:57.13]San Francisco [07:59.69]圣弗兰西斯科 [08:02.25]city [08:04.08]市 [08:05.90]coast [08:07.58]海岸 [08:09.25]enjoy [08:11.08]喜爱 [08:12.90]period [08:14.79]课时 [08:16.67]each [08:18.44]各 [08:20.22]meet (with) [08:22.20]会见 [08:24.19]supply [08:26.38]供应品 [08:28.58]check [08:30.20]检查 [08:31.82]assignment [08:33.80]指定的作业 [08:35.79]assign [08:37.51]指定 [08:39.24]steadily [08:41.38]持续地 [08:43.52]punctuation [08:46.08]标点符号 [08:48.64]composition [08:50.52]作文 [08:52.40]literature [08:54.13]文学 [08:55.85]favourite [08:58.31]特别喜爱的 [09:00.76]subject [09:02.59]学科 [09:04.42]poem [09:06.87]诗 [09:09.33]pour [09:11.16]涌来 [09:12.99]heartbreaking [09:14.66]令人心碎的 [09:16.33]wonder [09:18.42]对…感到奇怪 [09:20.51]enjoy [09:23.07]享受…的乐趣 [09:25.63]keen [09:27.88]热心的 [09:30.12]viewer [09:31.64]观众 [09:33.15]view [09:35.35]看 [09:37.54]TV-television [09:40.26]电视 [09:42.97]theatre [09:44.54]戏剧 [09:46.11]TV theatre [09:48.04]电视剧 [09:49.98]recognize [09:51.70]认出 [09:53.42]title [09:55.36]标题 [09:57.29]recent [09:59.12]最近的 [10:00.95]contain [10:02.98]包含 [10:05.02]lively [10:06.96]生动活泼的 [10:08.89]message [10:10.82]启示 [10:12.75]accomplish [10:14.69]完成 [10:16.62]bored [10:18.76]bore的过去分词 [10:20.90]bore [10:22.79]使…感到腻味 [10:24.67]once [10:26.39]一旦…(就) [10:28.11]guide [10:30.20]引导 [10:32.29]Nick [10:33.91]尼克 [10:35.53]Kate [10:37.26]凯特 [10:38.98]bank [10:41.02]银行 [10:43.06]manager [10:44.47]经理