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新概念英语词汇随身听第三册(附字幕)[4-6]

2010-06-07来源:和谐英语

[00:00.00]Lesson 4
[00:03.29]manual
[00:04.87]体力的
[00:06.45]These days,people who do manual work
[00:11.81]often receive far more than people who works in offices.
[00:14.93]如今,体力劳动者的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
[00:18.05]It will take some time to eliminate the difference between manual and mental labor.
[00:22.02]要消除脑力劳动和体力劳动的差别还需要相当一段时日。
[00:25.99]He can pick work with ease,be it manual or mental.
[00:29.18]他干什么都是得心应手,无论是体力活还是脑力活。
[00:32.37]collar
[00:33.80]衣领
[00:35.24]They usually wear a collar and tie to go go work.
[00:37.97]他们通常穿着硬领衬衫,打着领带上班。
[00:40.70]Ben was so indignant that be seized the man by the collar.
[00:44.23]本气极了,揪住了那个人的衣领。
[00:47.75]The wind was cold and many a passer-by turned up his collar.
[00:51.08]风很冷,许多人都把衣领竖起来。许多人为了享受白领工作的好处,宁可放弃高薪。
[00:54.41]sacrifice
[00:56.15]牺牲,献出
[00:57.89]A great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay
[01:01.43]许多人为了享受白领工作的好处,宁可放弃高薪。
[01:04.97]for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
[01:10.22]He sacrificed his life to save the child from the fire.
[01:13.16]为了从大火中抢救那个孩子,他牺牲了自已的生命。
[01:16.09]In other that the family may prosper,
[01:18.58]为了使家族繁荣,
[01:21.06]the individual members are often sacrificed to it.
[01:23.89]家族个体往被牺牲。
[01:26.73]privilege
[01:28.25]好处,特权,特殊的荣幸
[01:29.78]It is a privilege to hear her sing.
[01:32.21]听她唱歌真的享受。
[01:34.64]It is an immense privilege to be elected to this often
[01:37.57]被选到这个位子了,
[01:40.49]and to be able to serve the Association in it.
[01:43.08]为协会服务,是莫大的荣幸。
[01:45.67]dustman
[01:47.19]清洁工
[01:48.72]This can give rise to curious situations,
[01:51.24]这种心理会引不少怪事,
[01:53.76]as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman
[02:00.53]for the Ellesmere Corporation.
[02:02.50]在艾尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗莱德.布洛格斯就是一个例子。
[02:04.47]What will our world be like without dustmen?
[02:06.90]没有清洁工,我们的世界会变成什么样子?
[02:09.33]The old dustman has been working on this street for twenty years.
[02:12.45]这个老清洁工达条街上干了20年了。
[02:15.58]corporation
[02:17.70]公司
[02:19.83]Large corporations may require hundreds or even thousands of employees.
[02:23.96]大公司往往需要上百、甚至上千名员工。
[02:28.09]Corporations'earnings are accumulated separately from its paid-in equity capital.
[02:32.48]股份有限公司的盈利是在其缴入的业权资本之外单独累积的。
[02:36.87]overalls
[02:38.54]工作服
[02:40.21]He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.
[02:44.18]然后他换上工作服,做八个小时清洁工。
[02:48.15]He seems more at home in his shabby overalls.
[02:50.88]他穿着那套破烂烂的工作服好像更自在些。
[02:53.61]I see no point why one cannot go to work in overalls.
[02:56.69]我不明白为什么不能穿着工作服去上班。
[02:59.77]shower
[03:01.30]淋浴
[03:02.83]He took a shower and changed back into his suit.
[03:06.16]他洗个淋浴,重新换上西服。
[03:09.49]What a treat it must be to have a shower in the desert!
[03:12.37]在沙漠不关心里洗耳恭听淋浴是多美的享受!
[03:15.24]They eat dinner late here.Take a shower.
[03:18.13]这里晚饭开得晚。洗得淋浴吧。
[03:21.01]secret
[03:22.44]秘密
[03:23.86]His fellow dustmen kept his secret.
[03:26.39]他的同事为他保守秘密。
[03:28.93]Like all magicians,he kept his secrets to himself.
[03:31.96]像所有魔术师那样,他的秘密谁也不告诉。
[03:34.99]He disapproved the project and made no secret of it.
[03:38.32]他不赞成这项计划,而且对些事毫不掩饰。
[03:41.65]status
[03:43.18]地位
[03:44.71]He feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.
[03:48.68]他觉得地位升高了,损失点儿钱也值得。
[03:52.65]People of a lower status use credit extensively to buy today and pay tomorrow.
[03:57.32]社会地位低的人大量使用信贷,今天买,明天付钱。
[04:02.00]The country celebrated its regained status
[04:07.33]as a sovereign and independent nation.
[04:09.67]这个国家庆祝自已重新获得主权和独立国家的地位。