大学英语精读听力第一册 unit8
[00:00.00]Unit Eight Text
[00:23.25]A young boy faces the impossible task
[00:26.31]of trying to soften the blow of tragic news.
[00:29.62]YOU GO YOUR WAY,I\'LL GO MINE
[00:32.76]The messenger got off his bicycle in front of the house of Mrs.Rosa Sandoval.
[00:39.31]He went to the door and knocked gently.
[00:42.61]He knew almost immediately that someone was inside the house.
[00:47.36]He could not hear anything,
[00:49.03]but he was sure the knock was bringing someone to the door
[00:52.74]and he was most eager to see who this person would be--
[00:56.14]this woman named Rosa Sandoval
[00:58.80]who was now to hear of murder in the world and to feel it in herself.
[01:03.58]The door was not a long time opening,
[01:03.69]but there was no hurry in the way it moved on its hinges.
[01:08.08]The movement of the door was as if,
[01:08.13]whoever she was,she had nothing in the world to fear.
[01:08.19]Then the door was open,and there she was.
[01:12.94]To Homer the Mexican woman was beautiful.
[01:16.34]He could see that she had been patient all her life,
[01:19.50]so that now,after years of it,
[01:22.27]her lips were set in a gentle and saintly smile.
[01:25.69]But like all people who never receive telegrams
[01:29.74]the appearance of a messenger at the front door is full of terrible implications.
[01:35.01]Homer knew that Mrs.Rosa Sandoval was shocked to see him.
[01:39.85]Her first word was the first word of all surprise.
[01:44.08]She said "Oh," as if instead of a messenger
[01:47.76]she had thought of opening the door to someone she had known a long time
[01:52.33]and would be pleased to sit down with.
[01:54.79]Before she spoke again she studied Homer\'s eyes
[01:59.10]and Homer knew that she knew the message was not a welcome one.
[02:03.12]"You have a telegram?" she said.
[02:06.36]It wasn\'t Homer\'s fault.
[02:08.97]His work was to deliver telegrams.
[02:12.16]Even so,it seemed to him that he was part of the whole mistake.
[02:16.99]He felt awkward and almost as if he alone were responsible for what had happened.
[02:23.08]At the same time he wanted to come right out and say,
[02:26.95]"I\'m only a messenger,Mrs.Sandoval.
[02:29.58]I\'m very sorry I must bring you a telegram like this,
[02:33.55]but it is only because it is my work to do so."
[02:36.87]"Who is it for?"the Mexican woman said.
[02:41.23]"Mrs.Rosa Sandoval,1129 G Street,"Homer said.
[02:47.45]He extended the telegram to the Mexican woman,
[02:51.29]but she would not touch it.
[02:53.67]"Are you Mrs.Sandoval?"Homer said.
[02:57.30]"Please,"the woman said.
[02:59.60]"Please come in.I cannot read English.
[03:02.58]I am Mexican.
[03:04.25]I read only La Prensa which comes from Mexico City."
[03:04.72]She paused a moment and looked at the boy standing
[03:07.96]awkwardly as near the door as he could be and still be inside the house.
[03:12.79]"Please,"she said,"what does the telegram say?"
[03:17.39]"Mrs.Sandoval,"the messenger said,
[03:20.76]"the telegram says--"but now the woman interrupted him."
[03:25.33]But you must open the telegram and read it to me,"she said.
[03:29.27]"You have not opened it."
[03:30.92]"Yes,ma\'am," Homer said as if he were speaking to a school teacher
[03:35.46]who had just corrected him.
[03:36.93]He opened the telegram with nervous fingers.
[04:01.62]The Mexican woman stooped to pick up the torn envelope,
[04:04.94]and tried to smooth it out.
[04:07.00]As she did so she said,
[04:09.07]"Who sent the telegram--my son Juan Domingo?"
[04:12.88]"No,ma\'am." Homer said.
[04:15.34]"The telegram is from the War Department."
[04:18.31]"War Department?"the Mexican woman said.
[04:21.55]"Mrs.Sandoval,"Homer said swiftly,
[04:25.03]"your son is dead.Maybe it\'s a mistake.
[04:28.29]Everybody makes a mistake,Mrs.Sandoval.
[04:31.04]Maybe it wasn\'t your son.
[04:33.07]Maybe it was somebody else.
[04:34.64]The telegram says it was Juan Domingo.
[04:37.46]But maybe the telegram is wrong."
[04:37.53]The Mexican woman pretended not to hear.
[04:40.56]"Oh,do not be afraid," she said,
[04:43.62]"Come inside.Come inside.I will bring you candy."
[04:47.56]She took the boy\'s arm and brought him to the table at the center of the room
[04:52.61]and there she made him sit.
[04:54.25]"All boys like candy,"she said.
[04:57.18]"I will bring you candy."
[04:59.03]She went into another room
[05:01.41]and soon returned with an old chocolate candy box.
[05:04.86]She opened the box at the table and in it Homer saw a strange kind of candy.
[05:10.21]"Here,"she said."Eat this candy.All boys like candy."
[05:15.10]Homer took a piece of the candy from the box,
[05:18.57]put it into his mouth,and tried to chew.
[05:21.31]"You would not bring me a bad telegram," she said.
[05:25.26]"You are a good boy--
[05:26.70]like my little Juanito when he was a little boy.
[05:29.86]Eat another piece."
[05:31.61]And she made the messenger take another piece of the candy.
[05:35.24]Homer sat chewing the dry candy while the Mexican woman talked.
[05:40.20]"It is our own candy," she said,"from cactus.
[05:44.56]I made it for my Juanito when he come home,
[05:47.91]but you eat it.You are my boy,too."
[05:51.38]Now suddenly she began to sob,
[05:54.12]holding herself in as if weeping were a disgrace.
[05:53.12]Homer wanted to get up and run,
[05:55.97]but he knew he would stay.
[05:57.93]He even thought he might stay the rest of his life.
[06:00.96]He just didn\'t know what else to do to try to make the woman less unhappy,
[06:05.87]and if she had asked him to take the place of her son,
[06:09.32]he would not have been able to refuse,
[06:11.70]because he would not have known how.
[06:14.13]He got to his feet,
[06:16.30]as if by standing he meant to begin correcting what could not be corrected
[06:20.97]and then he knew the foolishness of this intention
[06:21.04]and became more awkward than ever.
[06:23.26]In his heart he was saying over and over again,
[06:27.13]"What can I do? What the hell can I do?
[06:31.02]I\'m only the messenger."Unit Eight New Words
[06:35.54]soften
[06:36.89]v.使温和;使软化
[06:38.23]tragic
[06:39.58]a.悲惨的;悲剧的
[06:40.92]messenger
[06:41.95]送信人;电报投递员
[06:42.99]gently
[06:42.99]ad.轻轻地
[06:42.99]immediately
[06:44.32]ad.at once
[06:45.65]immediate
[06:46.92]a.立即地，直接地
[06:48.18]eager
[06:49.26]a.热切的;渴望的
[06:50.33]hinge
[06:51.66]n.铰链
[06:52.99]whoever
[06:54.11]pron.无论谁,不管谁
[06:55.24]saintly
[06:56.56]a.圣洁的;像圣徒一样的
[06:57.88]implication
[06:59.04]n.含义
[07:00.20]imply
[07:01.39]vt.暗示，意指
[07:02.58]shock
[07:03.83]vt.使（某人）震惊
[07:05.09]deliver
[07:06.35]vt.交付,递送
[07:07.62]awkward
[07:08.91]a.尴尬的
[07:10.21]Mexican
[07:11.47]墨西哥人，墨西哥人的
[07:12.74]pause
[07:14.02]vi.暂停,中止
[07:15.30]interrupt
[07:16.49]vt.打断（某人的讲话）
[07:17.68]nervous
[07:18.85]a.神经质的;紧张的
[07:20.03]ma\'am
[07:21.20]夫人,太太,小姐
[07:22.38]smooth
[07:23.58]vt.把...弄平
[07:24.78]department
[07:25.88]n.部门;系
[07:26.98]swiftly
[07:28.31]ad.快速地;敏捷地
[07:29.64]swift
[07:30.57]a.快的，反应快的
[07:31.50]chocolate
[07:31.50]n.巧克力（糖）
[07:31.50]chew
[07:32.40]vt.咀嚼
[07:33.30]cactus
[07:34.46]n.仙人掌
[07:35.62]sob
[07:36.62]vi.呜咽;啜泣
[07:37.61]disgrace
[07:38.68]n.耻辱;丢脸的人
[07:39.75]unhappy
[07:40.98]a. not happy
[07:42.21]hell
[07:43.17]n.地狱
[07:44.14]Phrases & Expressions
[07:49.00]hear of
[07:50.03]听到,听说
[07:51.06]be responsible for
[07:52.48]应对...负责的
[07:53.91]come out(with)
[07:55.49]大声地说,清楚地说
[07:57.07]smooth out
[07:58.34]make smooth(er)
[07:59.60]hold oneself in :
[08:01.24]control one\'s feelings
[08:02.87]take the place of
[08:04.40]代替,取代
[08:05.92]get to one\'s feet:
[08:07.86]stand up
[08:09.79]over and over again
[08:11.04]反复第,再三地
[08:12.30]Proper Names
[08:14.86]Rosa Sandoval
[08:16.18]罗莎.桑多瓦尔
[08:17.50]Homer
[08:18.58]霍默
[08:19.67]Mexico City
[08:21.05]墨西哥城（墨西哥首都）
[08:22.43]Juan Domingo
[08:23.86]胡安.多明哥
[08:25.28]the War Department
[08:26.82](美国）陆军部（旧称）
[08:28.36]Juanito
[08:29.50]胡安尼特Juan的昵称 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
[00:23.25]A young boy faces the impossible task
[00:26.31]of trying to soften the blow of tragic news.
[00:29.62]YOU GO YOUR WAY,I\'LL GO MINE
[00:32.76]The messenger got off his bicycle in front of the house of Mrs.Rosa Sandoval.
[00:39.31]He went to the door and knocked gently.
[00:42.61]He knew almost immediately that someone was inside the house.
[00:47.36]He could not hear anything,
[00:49.03]but he was sure the knock was bringing someone to the door
[00:52.74]and he was most eager to see who this person would be--
[00:56.14]this woman named Rosa Sandoval
[00:58.80]who was now to hear of murder in the world and to feel it in herself.
[01:03.58]The door was not a long time opening,
[01:03.69]but there was no hurry in the way it moved on its hinges.
[01:08.08]The movement of the door was as if,
[01:08.13]whoever she was,she had nothing in the world to fear.
[01:08.19]Then the door was open,and there she was.
[01:12.94]To Homer the Mexican woman was beautiful.
[01:16.34]He could see that she had been patient all her life,
[01:19.50]so that now,after years of it,
[01:22.27]her lips were set in a gentle and saintly smile.
[01:25.69]But like all people who never receive telegrams
[01:29.74]the appearance of a messenger at the front door is full of terrible implications.
[01:35.01]Homer knew that Mrs.Rosa Sandoval was shocked to see him.
[01:39.85]Her first word was the first word of all surprise.
[01:44.08]She said "Oh," as if instead of a messenger
[01:47.76]she had thought of opening the door to someone she had known a long time
[01:52.33]and would be pleased to sit down with.
[01:54.79]Before she spoke again she studied Homer\'s eyes
[01:59.10]and Homer knew that she knew the message was not a welcome one.
[02:03.12]"You have a telegram?" she said.
[02:06.36]It wasn\'t Homer\'s fault.
[02:08.97]His work was to deliver telegrams.
[02:12.16]Even so,it seemed to him that he was part of the whole mistake.
[02:16.99]He felt awkward and almost as if he alone were responsible for what had happened.
[02:23.08]At the same time he wanted to come right out and say,
[02:26.95]"I\'m only a messenger,Mrs.Sandoval.
[02:29.58]I\'m very sorry I must bring you a telegram like this,
[02:33.55]but it is only because it is my work to do so."
[02:36.87]"Who is it for?"the Mexican woman said.
[02:41.23]"Mrs.Rosa Sandoval,1129 G Street,"Homer said.
[02:47.45]He extended the telegram to the Mexican woman,
[02:51.29]but she would not touch it.
[02:53.67]"Are you Mrs.Sandoval?"Homer said.
[02:57.30]"Please,"the woman said.
[02:59.60]"Please come in.I cannot read English.
[03:02.58]I am Mexican.
[03:04.25]I read only La Prensa which comes from Mexico City."
[03:04.72]She paused a moment and looked at the boy standing
[03:07.96]awkwardly as near the door as he could be and still be inside the house.
[03:12.79]"Please,"she said,"what does the telegram say?"
[03:17.39]"Mrs.Sandoval,"the messenger said,
[03:20.76]"the telegram says--"but now the woman interrupted him."
[03:25.33]But you must open the telegram and read it to me,"she said.
[03:29.27]"You have not opened it."
[03:30.92]"Yes,ma\'am," Homer said as if he were speaking to a school teacher
[03:35.46]who had just corrected him.
[03:36.93]He opened the telegram with nervous fingers.
[04:01.62]The Mexican woman stooped to pick up the torn envelope,
[04:04.94]and tried to smooth it out.
[04:07.00]As she did so she said,
[04:09.07]"Who sent the telegram--my son Juan Domingo?"
[04:12.88]"No,ma\'am." Homer said.
[04:15.34]"The telegram is from the War Department."
[04:18.31]"War Department?"the Mexican woman said.
[04:21.55]"Mrs.Sandoval,"Homer said swiftly,
[04:25.03]"your son is dead.Maybe it\'s a mistake.
[04:28.29]Everybody makes a mistake,Mrs.Sandoval.
[04:31.04]Maybe it wasn\'t your son.
[04:33.07]Maybe it was somebody else.
[04:34.64]The telegram says it was Juan Domingo.
[04:37.46]But maybe the telegram is wrong."
[04:37.53]The Mexican woman pretended not to hear.
[04:40.56]"Oh,do not be afraid," she said,
[04:43.62]"Come inside.Come inside.I will bring you candy."
[04:47.56]She took the boy\'s arm and brought him to the table at the center of the room
[04:52.61]and there she made him sit.
[04:54.25]"All boys like candy,"she said.
[04:57.18]"I will bring you candy."
[04:59.03]She went into another room
[05:01.41]and soon returned with an old chocolate candy box.
[05:04.86]She opened the box at the table and in it Homer saw a strange kind of candy.
[05:10.21]"Here,"she said."Eat this candy.All boys like candy."
[05:15.10]Homer took a piece of the candy from the box,
[05:18.57]put it into his mouth,and tried to chew.
[05:21.31]"You would not bring me a bad telegram," she said.
[05:25.26]"You are a good boy--
[05:26.70]like my little Juanito when he was a little boy.
[05:29.86]Eat another piece."
[05:31.61]And she made the messenger take another piece of the candy.
[05:35.24]Homer sat chewing the dry candy while the Mexican woman talked.
[05:40.20]"It is our own candy," she said,"from cactus.
[05:44.56]I made it for my Juanito when he come home,
[05:47.91]but you eat it.You are my boy,too."
[05:51.38]Now suddenly she began to sob,
[05:54.12]holding herself in as if weeping were a disgrace.
[05:53.12]Homer wanted to get up and run,
[05:55.97]but he knew he would stay.
[05:57.93]He even thought he might stay the rest of his life.
[06:00.96]He just didn\'t know what else to do to try to make the woman less unhappy,
[06:05.87]and if she had asked him to take the place of her son,
[06:09.32]he would not have been able to refuse,
[06:11.70]because he would not have known how.
[06:14.13]He got to his feet,
[06:16.30]as if by standing he meant to begin correcting what could not be corrected
[06:20.97]and then he knew the foolishness of this intention
[06:21.04]and became more awkward than ever.
[06:23.26]In his heart he was saying over and over again,
[06:27.13]"What can I do? What the hell can I do?
[06:31.02]I\'m only the messenger."Unit Eight New Words
[06:35.54]soften
[06:36.89]v.使温和;使软化
[06:38.23]tragic
[06:39.58]a.悲惨的;悲剧的
[06:40.92]messenger
[06:41.95]送信人;电报投递员
[06:42.99]gently
[06:42.99]ad.轻轻地
[06:42.99]immediately
[06:44.32]ad.at once
[06:45.65]immediate
[06:46.92]a.立即地，直接地
[06:48.18]eager
[06:49.26]a.热切的;渴望的
[06:50.33]hinge
[06:51.66]n.铰链
[06:52.99]whoever
[06:54.11]pron.无论谁,不管谁
[06:55.24]saintly
[06:56.56]a.圣洁的;像圣徒一样的
[06:57.88]implication
[06:59.04]n.含义
[07:00.20]imply
[07:01.39]vt.暗示，意指
[07:02.58]shock
[07:03.83]vt.使（某人）震惊
[07:05.09]deliver
[07:06.35]vt.交付,递送
[07:07.62]awkward
[07:08.91]a.尴尬的
[07:10.21]Mexican
[07:11.47]墨西哥人，墨西哥人的
[07:12.74]pause
[07:14.02]vi.暂停,中止
[07:15.30]interrupt
[07:16.49]vt.打断（某人的讲话）
[07:17.68]nervous
[07:18.85]a.神经质的;紧张的
[07:20.03]ma\'am
[07:21.20]夫人,太太,小姐
[07:22.38]smooth
[07:23.58]vt.把...弄平
[07:24.78]department
[07:25.88]n.部门;系
[07:26.98]swiftly
[07:28.31]ad.快速地;敏捷地
[07:29.64]swift
[07:30.57]a.快的，反应快的
[07:31.50]chocolate
[07:31.50]n.巧克力（糖）
[07:31.50]chew
[07:32.40]vt.咀嚼
[07:33.30]cactus
[07:34.46]n.仙人掌
[07:35.62]sob
[07:36.62]vi.呜咽;啜泣
[07:37.61]disgrace
[07:38.68]n.耻辱;丢脸的人
[07:39.75]unhappy
[07:40.98]a. not happy
[07:42.21]hell
[07:43.17]n.地狱
[07:44.14]Phrases & Expressions
[07:49.00]hear of
[07:50.03]听到,听说
[07:51.06]be responsible for
[07:52.48]应对...负责的
[07:53.91]come out(with)
[07:55.49]大声地说,清楚地说
[07:57.07]smooth out
[07:58.34]make smooth(er)
[07:59.60]hold oneself in :
[08:01.24]control one\'s feelings
[08:02.87]take the place of
[08:04.40]代替,取代
[08:05.92]get to one\'s feet:
[08:07.86]stand up
[08:09.79]over and over again
[08:11.04]反复第,再三地
[08:12.30]Proper Names
[08:14.86]Rosa Sandoval
[08:16.18]罗莎.桑多瓦尔
[08:17.50]Homer
[08:18.58]霍默
[08:19.67]Mexico City
[08:21.05]墨西哥城（墨西哥首都）
[08:22.43]Juan Domingo
[08:23.86]胡安.多明哥
[08:25.28]the War Department
[08:26.82](美国）陆军部（旧称）
[08:28.36]Juanito
[08:29.50]胡安尼特Juan的昵称 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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