holy英语国际音标听力短文

2021年1月10日发(作者：彭士禄)
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[00:00.00]Audrey Hepburn was an actress, a wonderful one.
[00:02.30]奥黛丽·赫本是名演员，一名杰出的演员。
[00:04.61]She was quite unique, but in one way especially she was
different from most other actors
[00:08.33]她非常出众，从某方面来讲，她与大多数别的演员不同。
[00:12.06]She never liked to talk about herself.
[00:13.77]她从不喜欢谈论自己。
[00:15.48]However, towards the end of her life, she undertook a mission,
to bring the tragic plight of so many millions of suffering children to the
attention of the rest of the world.
[00:22.00]然而在她生命历程走完之前，她承担了一项使命，把成千
上万的受苦受难的儿童的悲惨遭遇，告诉给全世界。
[00:28.51]She traveled all over the globe on behalf of those children, and
for them, she did talk about herself, in Holland, New Zealand, Australia,
New York, and even in Hollywood.
[00:35.95]作为这些不幸儿童的代言人，她奔走世 界各地，为他们争
取援助。正是为了他们，在荷兰、新西兰、澳大利亚、纽约、好莱坞
[00:43.38]And so Audrey left a record of her life in her own words..And
what a record it is ---of a beloved star and a remarkable woman.
[ 00:49.66]她确实谈到自己，用她自己的话记录了她的一生，那是怎
样的一个记录啊！一位受人 爱戴的明星和杰出的女性。
[00:55.94]Americans are usually helpful and hospitable.
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[00:58.18]美国人乐于助人并很好客。
[01:00.41]You may often be put in a position of wanting to express your
gratitude and appreciation.
[01:03.74]你可能经常会觉得想表达自己的感激之情
[01:07.07]Perhaps someone has helped you when you were lost, or you
enjoyed a stay in an American home.
[01:10.60]也许当你迷路时，有人帮了你；或者，你在一个 美国家庭
度过了一段美好时光。
[01:14.12]If you had a long visit in a private home, it is considered polite
to present the host or hostess with a gift. [01:17.71]如果你在一个家庭住了很久，就应该给这家的男主人或女
主人买一件小礼物， 这样做被认为是有礼貌的。
[01:21.29]You can buy greeting cards at the drugstore specifically
designed to say
[01:24.74]你可以到杂货铺去买那些专门印有“感谢”字样的贺卡。
[01:28.20]Weaknesses are often just strengths taken to an extreme.
[01:31.04]弱势常常只是强项的极端表现。
[01:33.89]Share a weakness that you have and then talk about how you
manage it so doesn't become an extreme.
[01:37.85]说出你存在的弱势之处，然后表述你是 如何处理它以至它不
会成为一种极端。
[01:41.81]For instance, I am sometimes too detail oriented .That
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sometimes keeps me from seeing the big picture.
[01:46.27]例如说，我有时候太注重细节了，这有时让我看不到全局。
[01:50.74]What I do to manage it is to walk the building three times a
day and think about the project on the whole.
[01:54.53]为了克服这种缺点，我 每天会多次亲自实践，对从事的项
目从总体上进行思考。
[01:58.33]That helps me see the big picture and helps me escape from
being so absorbed by detail.
[02:02.02]这让我能不仅仅停留在局部细节，而且还会洞察到全局。
[02:05.71]are the chances of my recovering?asked the
bed-ridden man.
[02:08.48]“我病愈的可能性有多大？”久病不起的病人问道。
[02:11.26]
[02:13.29]“百分之百，”医生宽慰他说，
[02:15.32]records show that nine out every ten die of the
disease you have.
[02:18.24]“据医学统计，你这种病每10个人中有9人会丧命。
[02:21.16]Yours is the tenth case I've treated. Others all died. Statistics
are statistics. You are bound to get well.
[02:25. 91]你是我治疗的第十个病例。其他的都死了，统计毕竟是统计，
你一定会好的。”
[02:30.66]Beautiful skin starts from the inside out.
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[02:32.46]漂亮的肌肤同内开始。
[02:34.26]If you want beautiful, clear, radiant skin, it's pretty simple.
[02:37.41]如果你想拥有漂亮、清爽、充满光泽的肌肤，其实很简单。
[02:40.56]The right diet will help keep your skin clear.
[02:42.36]恰当的饮食将令你的肌肤保持清爽。
[02:44.16]It doesn't mean boring food.
[02:45.62]这不意味着你必须吃单调的食物。
[02:47.08]You can eat really delicious food, of course, combined with
plenty of water. You'll have a healthy, youthful glow.
[02:51.83]事实上，你完全可以吃美味的食物，同时喝上大 量的水，你
就会拥有健康青春的容颜。
[02:56.58]Henry Ford (1863-1946) didn’t invent the automobile, but he
invented the automobile business.
[03:02.11]亨利·福特（1863—1946）没有发明汽车，而发明了汽车生
意。
[03:07.63] When he founded the Ford Motor Co. in 1903, cars were fussy,
unreliable, costly novelties.
[03:12.71]当他在1903年创建福特汽车公司的时候，汽车是难以 伺候、
不可信赖、价格昂贵的新奇事物。
[03:17.78]Ford's genius was to make them simple, solid, and inexpensive
necessities.
[03:21.37]福特的天才在于使汽车变成简单、可靠、廉价的生活必需品。
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[03:24.95]In so doing, he built the largest industrial organization of the
early 20th century and amassed a personal fortune of 1% billion ($$36
billion in today's dollars),
[03:32.22]这样，他不仅建造了20世纪早期最大的工业组织，积聚了
10亿（相当于今天的 360亿美元）个人财富，
[03:39.49]but he also placed himself at the forefront of a social
renovation that had an immeasurable impact on American life.
[03:44.57]而且使自己处于对美国人民生活具有不可估量影 响的一场
社会革命的最前线。
[03:49.64]When I went to dine in a restaurant with my colleague for the
first time, neither of us had a good appetite.
[03:53.50]初次与同事出去吃饭，两人的胃口都不好，
[03:57.35]As a result, a lot of food was left over.
[03:59.44]所以，剩下很多食物。
[04:01.52]“She said, “what about you?
no dogs.
[04:05.11]“我想要个打包袋，”她说，“你呢？”我说我没养狗。
[04:08.69]Looking at me strangely, she asked the waiter for two
bags
[04:11.55]她古怪的看了我一下，就向侍者要了两个打包袋。
[04:14.41]As I was suspecting whether she was keen on gaining petty
advantages,
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[04:17.02]当我正猜疑她是否爱贪小便宜的时候，
[04:19.63]she explained to me that
restaurant provided so that customers could take home any food they
had not finished ,and then she gave me one.
[04:26.22]她对我解释说，打包袋是餐馆供 顾客将吃剩的食物打包带
回的袋子，说完给了我一份。
[04:32.81]With the increasing advancement in technology
[04:34.68]随着科技的不断发展，
[04:36.55]a well- paying job for those currently in the work force is
getting harder to find.
[04:39.86]目前进入就业市场，找一份不错的工作正愈来愈难。
[04:43.18]Those who have not been exposed to computers and other
new skills and methods are finding this to be true.
[04:47.24]对那些没有学过电脑和其它新技能手段的人来说，更是如
此。
[04:51.31]As it stands now, the job market is requiring at least a
four-year degree from college, in order to make enough to live
comfortably.
[04:55.94]就现在看的话，至少必须具备四年的大本才 能找到能过上
舒适一些生活的工作。
[05:00.56]Even then good- paying jobs are not easy to find.
[05:03.14]即使这样，高薪工作也很难找到。
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[05:05.71]We are awash in information.
[05:07.33]我们生活在信息的海洋中。
[05:08.95]It assaults us, it overwhelms us.
[05:11.02]信息淹没了我们，让我们无法招架。
[05:13.09]It is everywhere .In our homes, in our cars, in our faces.
[05:15.90]它无处不在，在家中，在车上，在脸上。
[05:18.71]And there's very little we can do about it.
[05:20.09]我们对它无能为力。
[05:21.48]The question is: what is it doing to us? We all know about the
benefits of the information revolution, but what is the downside?
[05:26.88]然而问题是：他们对我们有什么影响呢？我们都知道信息
革命的益处，但 它有什么坏处呢？
[05:32.28]Is there so much stuff being thrown at us that it affects our
humanity?
[05:35.66]这种向我们狂轰乱炸的东西是否会影响人性？
[05:39.05]For four years in a row from 1935 to 1938 Shirley Temple was
the number one box- office star in Hollywood,
[05:44.75]1935年到1938 年期间，有连续四年时间里,秀兰·邓波尔是
好莱坞最卖座的影星，
[05:50.46]She was even more popular than Clark Gable, Robert Taylor,
and Gary Cooper,
[05:53.92]她甚至比当时的当红明星克拉克·盖博，罗伯特·泰勒和加