大学英语精读听力第一册 unit7
[00:00.00]Unit Seven Text
[00:25.23]The author finds out that good intentions alone
[00:29.02]are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man
[00:32.81]leaves them both feeling worse than before.
[00:35.92]THE SAMPLER
[00:38.40]In a certain store where they sell puddings,
[00:41.87]a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row
[00:45.64]during the Christmas season.
[00:47.39]Here you may select the one which is most to your taste,
[00:51.23]and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.
[00:55.72]I have often wondered whether some people,
[00:59.06]who had no intention of making a purchase,
[01:02.12]would take advantage of this privilege.
[01:04.68]One day I asked this question of shop girl,
[01:08.49]and I learned it was indeed the case.
[01:11.84]"Now there\'s one old gentleman,for instance," she told me,
[01:15.26]"he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings,
[01:20.43]though he never buys anything,
[01:22.62]and I suspect he never will.
[01:25.34]I remember him from last year and the year before that,too.
[01:29.89]Well,let him come if he wants it,and welcome to it.
[01:33.75]And what\'s more,
[01:35.14]I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share.
[01:39.47]He looks as if he needed it all right,
[01:42.22]and I suppose they can afford it.
[01:43.58]She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter
[01:48.42]and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest.
[01:52.83]"Why,that\'s the very gentleman I\'ve been telling you about," whispered the shop girl
[01:57.82]Just watch him now." And then turning to him:
[02:02.39]"Would you like to sample them,sir?
[02:04.30]Here\'s a spoon for you to use."
[02:06.54]The elderly gentleman,
[02:08.61]who was poorly but neatly dressed,
[02:10.44]accepted the spoon
[02:12.08]and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings,
[02:16.45]only breaking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief
[02:22.24]"This is quite good."
[02:24.67]"This is not bad either,but a little too heavey."
[02:28.20]All the time it was quite evident
[02:31.31]that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings,
[02:36.22]and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel
[02:39.85]that he was in any way cheating the store.
[02:42.62]Poor old chap!
[02:44.58]Probably he had come down in the world
[02:43.58]and this sampling was all that was left him
[02:46.11]from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.
[02:50.45]Amidst the crowd of happy,prosperous looking Christmas shoppers,
[02:54.92]the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful
[02:58.76]and out of place,
[03:00.11]and in a burst of benevolence,I went up to him and said:
[03:03.35]"Pardon me,sir,will you do me a favor?
[03:06.91]Let me purchase you one of these puddings.
[03:09.47]It would give me such pleasure."
[03:09.54]He jumped back as if he had been stung,
[03:12.49]and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face.
[03:15.36]"Excuse me,"he said,
[03:16.77]with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance,"
[03:21.42]I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you.
[03:24.94]Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else."
[03:28.78]And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice,
[03:33.82]"Kindly pack me up this one here.I will take it with me."
[03:38.40]He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.
[03:43.20]The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it,
[03:47.90]while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook
[03:51.04]and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter.
[03:55.71]To save his "honour"
[03:57.36]he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford.
[04:01.98]How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words!
[04:06.53]It was too late though,
[04:07.89]and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away.
[04:09.51]"You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him,
[04:13.03]but he did not seem to understand
[04:15.18]and kept trying to put the coins into her hand,
[04:18.31]And that was the last I saw or heard of the old man.
[04:22.39]Now he can never go there to sample puddings any more.
[04:26.57]New words
[04:41.36]author
[04:42.05]n.作者
[04:42.75]intention
[04:43.93]目的,意图
[04:45.12]sampler
[04:46.32]n.品尝家
[04:47.53]pudding
[04:48.55]n.布丁
[04:49.56]delicious
[04:50.70]a.美味的,可口的
[04:51.84]select
[04:52.97]vt.挑选
[04:54.11]selection
[04:55.35]n.挑选
[04:56.59]sample
[04:57.75]vt.品尝
[04:58.92]purchase
[04:60.00]n.buying vt.buy
[05:01.08]advantage
[05:02.31]n.利益,好处;优点
[05:03.54]privilege
[05:04.62]n.特权
[05:05.71]instance
[05:06.99]n.例子
[05:08.27]suspect
[05:09.10]vt.怀疑;猜疑
[05:09.94]suspicion
[05:11.26]n.怀疑，疑心
[05:12.58]afford
[05:13.73]vt.买得起;担负得起
[05:14.88]elderly
[05:15.95]a.上了年纪的
[05:17.02]limp
[05:18.15]vi 行
[05:19.29]counter
[05:20.38]n.柜台
[05:21.46]spoon
[05:22.54]n.调羹
[05:23.63]eagerly
[05:24.91]ad.急切地,热切地
[05:26.19]occasionally
[05:27.89]n.偶尔;间或
[05:29.58]occasional
[05:30.65]a.偶然的，临时的
[05:31.73]heavy
[05:32.91]a.食物等太油腻而不易消化的
[05:34.10]evident
[05:35.50]a.明白的,明显的
[05:36.90]sincerely
[05:37.93]ad.诚恳地
[05:38.96]sincere
[05:40.20]a.真诚的
[05:41.44]eventually
[05:42.51]ad.终于,最终
[05:43.58]positive
[05:44.75]a.有把握的,确信的
[05:45.91]cheat
[05:46.90]vt.欺骗
[05:47.89]chap
[05:48.98]n.男人;小伙子;家伙
[05:50.06]amidst
[05:51.05]prep.在...中间
[05:52.05]crowd
[05:53.17]n.人群
[05:54.29]prosperous
[05:55.63]a.富裕的;成功的
[05:56.96]prosperity
[05:58.20]n.繁荣，昌盛
[05:59.44]figure
[06:00.43]n.外形,轮廓
[06:01.43]pitiful
[06:02.50]a.可怜的
[06:03.57]benevolence
[06:05.20]n.仁慈
[06:06.83]sting
[06:07.71]vt.刺,蛰
[06:08.58]wrinkle
[06:09.63]v.（使）起皱纹
[06:10.67]dignity
[06:12.01]n.尊严
[06:13.34]appearance
[06:14.46]n.外表
[06:15.58]pack
[06:16.63]vt.把（动西）打包或装箱
[06:17.67]stand
[06:19.02]n.（货）架;（货）摊
[06:20.36]pocketbook
[06:21.30]n.皮夹
[06:22.25]shilling
[06:23.22]n.先令
[06:24.20]long
[06:25.22]vi. 渴望
[06:26.24]unsay
[06:27.40]vt.收回（说过的话）
[06:28.57]tactless
[06:29.68]a.不策略的
[06:30.79]coin
[06:31.86]n.硬币
[06:32.93]Phrases & Expressions
[06:36.69]lay out
[06:37.76]陈列
[06:38.83]in a row
[06:40.24]成一长行
[06:41.65]to one\'s taste
[06:43.17]合...的口味，中...的意
[06:44.68]take advantage of
[06:46.26]利用
[06:47.85]for instance
[06:49.48]for example
[06:51.11]and what\'s more
[06:52.34]而且,更重要的是
[06:53.57]all right
[06:54.74]确实,无疑地
[06:55.92]break off
[06:57.18]中止,中断
[06:58.45]come down (in the world)
[06:59.73]落泊,潦到;失势
[07:01.01]out of place
[07:02.64]不适当的;不相称的
[07:04.27]do sb. a favo(u)r
[07:04.31]给某人以恩惠;帮某人忙
[07:04.34]mistake...for
[07:06.51]把...错认为
[07:08.68]pull out
[07:10.17]抽出,取出
[07:11.66]count out
[07:13.15]逐一数出
[07:14.64]long for
[07:15.96]渴望 unit6大学英语精读第一册 大学英语精读第一册unit3 大学英语精读第一册unit1 大学英语精读第一册unit5 大学英语精读四unit9 大学英语精读1
[00:25.23]The author finds out that good intentions alone
[00:29.02]are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man
[00:32.81]leaves them both feeling worse than before.
[00:35.92]THE SAMPLER
[00:38.40]In a certain store where they sell puddings,
[00:41.87]a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row
[00:45.64]during the Christmas season.
[00:47.39]Here you may select the one which is most to your taste,
[00:51.23]and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.
[00:55.72]I have often wondered whether some people,
[00:59.06]who had no intention of making a purchase,
[01:02.12]would take advantage of this privilege.
[01:04.68]One day I asked this question of shop girl,
[01:08.49]and I learned it was indeed the case.
[01:11.84]"Now there\'s one old gentleman,for instance," she told me,
[01:15.26]"he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings,
[01:20.43]though he never buys anything,
[01:22.62]and I suspect he never will.
[01:25.34]I remember him from last year and the year before that,too.
[01:29.89]Well,let him come if he wants it,and welcome to it.
[01:33.75]And what\'s more,
[01:35.14]I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share.
[01:39.47]He looks as if he needed it all right,
[01:42.22]and I suppose they can afford it.
[01:43.58]She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter
[01:48.42]and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest.
[01:52.83]"Why,that\'s the very gentleman I\'ve been telling you about," whispered the shop girl
[01:57.82]Just watch him now." And then turning to him:
[02:02.39]"Would you like to sample them,sir?
[02:04.30]Here\'s a spoon for you to use."
[02:06.54]The elderly gentleman,
[02:08.61]who was poorly but neatly dressed,
[02:10.44]accepted the spoon
[02:12.08]and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings,
[02:16.45]only breaking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief
[02:22.24]"This is quite good."
[02:24.67]"This is not bad either,but a little too heavey."
[02:28.20]All the time it was quite evident
[02:31.31]that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings,
[02:36.22]and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel
[02:39.85]that he was in any way cheating the store.
[02:42.62]Poor old chap!
[02:44.58]Probably he had come down in the world
[02:43.58]and this sampling was all that was left him
[02:46.11]from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.
[02:50.45]Amidst the crowd of happy,prosperous looking Christmas shoppers,
[02:54.92]the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful
[02:58.76]and out of place,
[03:00.11]and in a burst of benevolence,I went up to him and said:
[03:03.35]"Pardon me,sir,will you do me a favor?
[03:06.91]Let me purchase you one of these puddings.
[03:09.47]It would give me such pleasure."
[03:09.54]He jumped back as if he had been stung,
[03:12.49]and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face.
[03:15.36]"Excuse me,"he said,
[03:16.77]with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance,"
[03:21.42]I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you.
[03:24.94]Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else."
[03:28.78]And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice,
[03:33.82]"Kindly pack me up this one here.I will take it with me."
[03:38.40]He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.
[03:43.20]The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it,
[03:47.90]while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook
[03:51.04]and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter.
[03:55.71]To save his "honour"
[03:57.36]he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford.
[04:01.98]How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words!
[04:06.53]It was too late though,
[04:07.89]and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away.
[04:09.51]"You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him,
[04:13.03]but he did not seem to understand
[04:15.18]and kept trying to put the coins into her hand,
[04:18.31]And that was the last I saw or heard of the old man.
[04:22.39]Now he can never go there to sample puddings any more.
[04:26.57]New words
[04:41.36]author
[04:42.05]n.作者
[04:42.75]intention
[04:43.93]目的,意图
[04:45.12]sampler
[04:46.32]n.品尝家
[04:47.53]pudding
[04:48.55]n.布丁
[04:49.56]delicious
[04:50.70]a.美味的,可口的
[04:51.84]select
[04:52.97]vt.挑选
[04:54.11]selection
[04:55.35]n.挑选
[04:56.59]sample
[04:57.75]vt.品尝
[04:58.92]purchase
[04:60.00]n.buying vt.buy
[05:01.08]advantage
[05:02.31]n.利益,好处;优点
[05:03.54]privilege
[05:04.62]n.特权
[05:05.71]instance
[05:06.99]n.例子
[05:08.27]suspect
[05:09.10]vt.怀疑;猜疑
[05:09.94]suspicion
[05:11.26]n.怀疑，疑心
[05:12.58]afford
[05:13.73]vt.买得起;担负得起
[05:14.88]elderly
[05:15.95]a.上了年纪的
[05:17.02]limp
[05:18.15]vi 行
[05:19.29]counter
[05:20.38]n.柜台
[05:21.46]spoon
[05:22.54]n.调羹
[05:23.63]eagerly
[05:24.91]ad.急切地,热切地
[05:26.19]occasionally
[05:27.89]n.偶尔;间或
[05:29.58]occasional
[05:30.65]a.偶然的，临时的
[05:31.73]heavy
[05:32.91]a.食物等太油腻而不易消化的
[05:34.10]evident
[05:35.50]a.明白的,明显的
[05:36.90]sincerely
[05:37.93]ad.诚恳地
[05:38.96]sincere
[05:40.20]a.真诚的
[05:41.44]eventually
[05:42.51]ad.终于,最终
[05:43.58]positive
[05:44.75]a.有把握的,确信的
[05:45.91]cheat
[05:46.90]vt.欺骗
[05:47.89]chap
[05:48.98]n.男人;小伙子;家伙
[05:50.06]amidst
[05:51.05]prep.在...中间
[05:52.05]crowd
[05:53.17]n.人群
[05:54.29]prosperous
[05:55.63]a.富裕的;成功的
[05:56.96]prosperity
[05:58.20]n.繁荣，昌盛
[05:59.44]figure
[06:00.43]n.外形,轮廓
[06:01.43]pitiful
[06:02.50]a.可怜的
[06:03.57]benevolence
[06:05.20]n.仁慈
[06:06.83]sting
[06:07.71]vt.刺,蛰
[06:08.58]wrinkle
[06:09.63]v.（使）起皱纹
[06:10.67]dignity
[06:12.01]n.尊严
[06:13.34]appearance
[06:14.46]n.外表
[06:15.58]pack
[06:16.63]vt.把（动西）打包或装箱
[06:17.67]stand
[06:19.02]n.（货）架;（货）摊
[06:20.36]pocketbook
[06:21.30]n.皮夹
[06:22.25]shilling
[06:23.22]n.先令
[06:24.20]long
[06:25.22]vi. 渴望
[06:26.24]unsay
[06:27.40]vt.收回（说过的话）
[06:28.57]tactless
[06:29.68]a.不策略的
[06:30.79]coin
[06:31.86]n.硬币
[06:32.93]Phrases & Expressions
[06:36.69]lay out
[06:37.76]陈列
[06:38.83]in a row
[06:40.24]成一长行
[06:41.65]to one\'s taste
[06:43.17]合...的口味，中...的意
[06:44.68]take advantage of
[06:46.26]利用
[06:47.85]for instance
[06:49.48]for example
[06:51.11]and what\'s more
[06:52.34]而且,更重要的是
[06:53.57]all right
[06:54.74]确实,无疑地
[06:55.92]break off
[06:57.18]中止,中断
[06:58.45]come down (in the world)
[06:59.73]落泊,潦到;失势
[07:01.01]out of place
[07:02.64]不适当的;不相称的
[07:04.27]do sb. a favo(u)r
[07:04.31]给某人以恩惠;帮某人忙
[07:04.34]mistake...for
[07:06.51]把...错认为
[07:08.68]pull out
[07:10.17]抽出,取出
[07:11.66]count out
[07:13.15]逐一数出
[07:14.64]long for
[07:15.96]渴望 unit6大学英语精读第一册 大学英语精读第一册unit3 大学英语精读第一册unit1 大学英语精读第一册unit5 大学英语精读四unit9 大学英语精读1
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