大学英语精读听力预备级 less7
[00:00.00]Lesson 7 A high school student speaks (After Randal Williams)
[00:30.90] I went through four years of high school in Alabama,
[00:36.96]and became active in clubs and sports.
[00:41.51]I made a lot of friends and became a regular boy.
[00:46.97]But one thing was irregular about me:
[00:52.14]I managed those four years without ever having a friend visit my house.
[00:59.09] I was ashamed of where I lived.
[01:04.05]We had a big family.
[01:08.41] Several of the members of the family were sleeping in one room,
[01:14.37]but that\'s not so bad if you get along and we always did.
[01:20.82]As you get older,though,things get worse.
[01:26.10] We lived in a lot of old houses.
[01:31.06]Some of them were in bad shape ten years before we moved in.
[01:37.83]They were hot in summer and freezing in winter.
[01:43.39]I woke up every morning for a year and a half with dust on my face.
[01:50.65]It had fallen out of the ceiling during the night.
[01:55.80] When we boys got old enough to learn trades in school,
[02:01.57]we wanted to fix up the old house.
[02:06.01]We did try once.
[02:09.67]But when we tried to whitewash the old walls,
[02:14.95]the dust fell off the wall as the brush went across it.
[02:20.70]We ended up with the old walls looking even worse than before.
[02:27.25] The same goes for keeping a house like that clean.
[02:33.13]If you have a house full of children and rubbish,
[02:38.09]you will never keep it clean.
[02:42.04]Daddy used to shout at Mama about that,but she couldn\'t do anything.
[02:48.70]I think Daddy knew it himself,
[02:53.14]but he had to let out his anger somewhere.
[02:58.00]And shouting at least isn\'t as bad as hitting.
[03:03.14] This was not during the Depression;
[03:07.90]this was in the late 60\'s and early 70\'s.
[03:13.18] I am thankful none of us children ever blamed our parents for this.
[03:19.84]It was not their fault.
[03:23.39]They were always looking for a house
[03:27.65]just a little better than the place we were living in.
[03:32.69]You have to understand that my parents worked a lot harder than most people.
[03:39.77]My mother was always at home,
[03:44.21]but for her that was a full-time job--and no fun,either.
[03:50.77]But my father worked his head off from the time I can remember,
[03:57.11]in factories or shops.It was hard labor.
[04:02.96]But no matter how much money Daddy earned,
[04:08.32]we never made much progress up the social ladder.
[04:13.68]That was how it was it those days in the United States.
[04:19.53]Words to watch
[04:39.48]active club sport irregular
[04:44.26]a.活跃的,积极的 n.俱乐部 n.运动 a.不正常的
[04:49.04]manage visit family member
[04:53.62]v.管理,经营,处理;设法v.,n.访问,参观,作客 n.家,家庭,家属 n.成员,会员
[04:58.19]shape hot summer freeze
[05:02.76]n.,v.形状,外形;形成 a.热的 n.夏天,夏季 v.结冰,凝固
[05:07.33]winter wake dust face
[05:11.90]v.冬季 v.醒来,唤醒 v.灰尘,尘土 n.,v.脸,面;面临
[05:16.47]fall ceiling enough trade
[05:21.20]n.,v.落下,跌落,降落 n.天花板 a.,n.,ad.足够,充足 n.手艺,贸易,商业
[05:25.93]fix white wall brush
[05:30.41]v.固定,安装;修理 n.,v.白色(的) n.墙壁,围墙 n.,v.刷,毛刷;擦
[05:34.89]clean rubbish used anger
[05:39.42]a.,v.清洁,干净;弄清洁n.废物,垃圾;废话 v.过去惯学,过去经常 n.怒,气愤
[05:43.95]hit depression early blame
[05:48.73]v.,n.打击,击中,碰撞 n.不景气,萧条(期) a.,ad.早,早日的 v.,n.责备,惯;责任,过失
[05:53.52]parent fault understand job
[05:58.09]n.父,母 n.缺点,缺陷;过失 v.懂,理解 n.工作,职业;活儿
[06:02.66]labo(u)r progress social
[06:06.63]n.,v.工作,劳动;若干 n.,v.前进,进步,进展 a.社会的
[06:10.60]ladder unite state
[06:14.32]n.梯子 v.统一,联合,结合 n.国家,州;情况,状态 大学英语精读听力 大学英语精读1听力 大学英语精读4听力 大学英语精读2听力 大学英语精读2听力答案 大学英语精读听力答案 大学英语精读听力下载 大学英语精读第
[00:30.90] I went through four years of high school in Alabama,
[00:36.96]and became active in clubs and sports.
[00:41.51]I made a lot of friends and became a regular boy.
[00:46.97]But one thing was irregular about me:
[00:52.14]I managed those four years without ever having a friend visit my house.
[00:59.09] I was ashamed of where I lived.
[01:04.05]We had a big family.
[01:08.41] Several of the members of the family were sleeping in one room,
[01:14.37]but that\'s not so bad if you get along and we always did.
[01:20.82]As you get older,though,things get worse.
[01:26.10] We lived in a lot of old houses.
[01:31.06]Some of them were in bad shape ten years before we moved in.
[01:37.83]They were hot in summer and freezing in winter.
[01:43.39]I woke up every morning for a year and a half with dust on my face.
[01:50.65]It had fallen out of the ceiling during the night.
[01:55.80] When we boys got old enough to learn trades in school,
[02:01.57]we wanted to fix up the old house.
[02:06.01]We did try once.
[02:09.67]But when we tried to whitewash the old walls,
[02:14.95]the dust fell off the wall as the brush went across it.
[02:20.70]We ended up with the old walls looking even worse than before.
[02:27.25] The same goes for keeping a house like that clean.
[02:33.13]If you have a house full of children and rubbish,
[02:38.09]you will never keep it clean.
[02:42.04]Daddy used to shout at Mama about that,but she couldn\'t do anything.
[02:48.70]I think Daddy knew it himself,
[02:53.14]but he had to let out his anger somewhere.
[02:58.00]And shouting at least isn\'t as bad as hitting.
[03:03.14] This was not during the Depression;
[03:07.90]this was in the late 60\'s and early 70\'s.
[03:13.18] I am thankful none of us children ever blamed our parents for this.
[03:19.84]It was not their fault.
[03:23.39]They were always looking for a house
[03:27.65]just a little better than the place we were living in.
[03:32.69]You have to understand that my parents worked a lot harder than most people.
[03:39.77]My mother was always at home,
[03:44.21]but for her that was a full-time job--and no fun,either.
[03:50.77]But my father worked his head off from the time I can remember,
[03:57.11]in factories or shops.It was hard labor.
[04:02.96]But no matter how much money Daddy earned,
[04:08.32]we never made much progress up the social ladder.
[04:13.68]That was how it was it those days in the United States.
[04:19.53]Words to watch
[04:39.48]active club sport irregular
[04:44.26]a.活跃的,积极的 n.俱乐部 n.运动 a.不正常的
[04:49.04]manage visit family member
[04:53.62]v.管理,经营,处理;设法v.,n.访问,参观,作客 n.家,家庭,家属 n.成员,会员
[04:58.19]shape hot summer freeze
[05:02.76]n.,v.形状,外形;形成 a.热的 n.夏天,夏季 v.结冰,凝固
[05:07.33]winter wake dust face
[05:11.90]v.冬季 v.醒来,唤醒 v.灰尘,尘土 n.,v.脸,面;面临
[05:16.47]fall ceiling enough trade
[05:21.20]n.,v.落下,跌落,降落 n.天花板 a.,n.,ad.足够,充足 n.手艺,贸易,商业
[05:25.93]fix white wall brush
[05:30.41]v.固定,安装;修理 n.,v.白色(的) n.墙壁,围墙 n.,v.刷,毛刷;擦
[05:34.89]clean rubbish used anger
[05:39.42]a.,v.清洁,干净;弄清洁n.废物,垃圾;废话 v.过去惯学,过去经常 n.怒,气愤
[05:43.95]hit depression early blame
[05:48.73]v.,n.打击,击中,碰撞 n.不景气,萧条(期) a.,ad.早,早日的 v.,n.责备,惯;责任,过失
[05:53.52]parent fault understand job
[05:58.09]n.父,母 n.缺点,缺陷;过失 v.懂,理解 n.工作,职业;活儿
[06:02.66]labo(u)r progress social
[06:06.63]n.,v.工作,劳动;若干 n.,v.前进,进步,进展 a.社会的
[06:10.60]ladder unite state
[06:14.32]n.梯子 v.统一,联合,结合 n.国家,州;情况,状态 大学英语精读听力 大学英语精读1听力 大学英语精读4听力 大学英语精读2听力 大学英语精读2听力答案 大学英语精读听力答案 大学英语精读听力下载 大学英语精读第
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