每日口语｜经典视听说教材《走遍美国》075

听英语单词 2022-06-09

走遍美国是我认为最优秀的口语教材之一，由美国新闻总署赞助，美国麦克米伦公司制作。在数十位英语专家和作者通力合作之下，费了8年（1983-1991）的时间，才制作完成这部划时代的巨作。虽然教材有点久远，但是对于练习口语还是非常的有帮助，大家可以通过以下步骤进行学习。

1. 先看视频，了解大致情节。

2. 再听音频，盲听音频3-5遍，大致听懂。

3. 通过文本，学通全部内容。

4. 再听音频，模仿跟读练习语音和口语。

5. 盲听音频，最后盲听音频尽可能多遍，听出画面感。

注：需要每天坚持，不能三天打鱼，两天晒网。

Transcript
ACT 3-1 “我真心欢迎你们回来。”
Marilyn: [She enters the house.] I'm so glad everyone is asleep. I thought Max would be crying, and everybody would be awake.
Richard: What did I tell you? Nothing to worry about.
Susan: I'm sure everything is fine. My mother knows all there is to know about taking care of babies, I assure you.
Harry: Let's put some of this stuff away and then take off. We've got a forty-minute drive into the city. [He goes into the kitchen.]
Ellen: [She enters the kitchen in her night clothes.] Welcome home -- and I do mean welcome home. [She hugs Marilyn and Susan.]
Richard: Something wrong?
Ellen: Oh, nothing's wrong, Richard. Believe me, Max is fine. But his teeth hurt, and he just can't get to sleep, poor dear. [She sits at the kitchen table.]
Susan: Neither can you.
Marilyn: Oh, I feel so bad.
Ellen: Oh, I'm fine.

ACT 3-2 “Harry是个野营专家。”
Ellen: How was your weekend?
Harry: We had a great time, Mom.
Richard: It was wonderful. The weather couldn't have been better.
Ellen: It was nice here, too.
Marilyn: Did you get a chance to get outside at all?
Ellen: Oh, yes. Grandpa helped me yesterday afternoon. I went to the supermarket to get a few things, and I stayed out an extra half hour. The village was filled with people -- the weather was so nice.
Richard: Harry's a professional camper, Mom. He knows all there is to know, and he made the weekend very easy for us to enjoy.
Harry: Come on. You all helped.
Susan: You were wonderful, Harry!
[They applaud him.]
Marilyn: Why don't you go to your room, Mom, and get some sleep?
Ellen: Oh, I'm fine.

ACT 3-3 “那会是一笔好买卖。”
Ellen: Tell me more about your weekend. Did you do anything special?
Susan: Lots of special country things. We picked flowers.
Marilyn: And we brought some home for you. [She gives some flowers to Ellen.] It was so nice to be out in the country.
Ellen: [She smells the flowers.]They smell wonderful.
Marilyn: Everything smelled so special. It would have been great if we had been able to bottle the smells.
Harry: It would be a great business if you could do that.
[The baby starts to cry upstairs.]
Ellen: Oh!
Marilyn: Uh, we're home now, Ellen. We'll take care of it.
Richard: I'll take care of it. [He holds up the cassette player.] Let's see if it works.
Ellen: What's that?
Richard: A little special country music. [He goes upstairs.]
Susan: I think we'd better head home. It's getting late, and we have a bit of a drive.

ACT 3-4 “乡间的舒适声音。”
Harry: Well, all your things are inside. There's your sleeping bag.
Marilyn: Oh, thanks, Harry. [She kisses him and Susan good-bye.]
Harry: Say good-bay to Richard. We'll call you all tomorrow night.
Marilyn: Good-bye.
Susan: Bye, Mom.
Ellen: Bye-bye.
Marilyn: Bye.
Ellen: I'm so tired. I think I'm overtired. I don't know if I can get to sleep.
[Max stops crying.]
Ellen: Max has stopped crying.
Marilyn: Yes. It works!
Richard: [He enters.] It works!
Ellen: What works?
Richard: This. [He turns on the cassette player and plays the tape of the sounds of the country.]
Ellen: Oh. Oh, where did you get that? It sounds so nice. [She begins to fall asleep at the kitchen table.] I think I'm falling asleep.
Richard: Like Max did.
[Ellen leaves and takes the cassette player with her.]
Richard: Good night.
Marilyn: Good night. [to Richard] Sounds of the country. The soothing sounds of the country.
[They hug.]

参考译文：
I'm so glad everyone is asleep.
很高兴大家都睡了。
I thought Max would be crying, and everybody wouldbe awake.
我还以为Max会哭个不停，让大家都睡不着。
What did I tell you?
我不是告诉你吗？
Nothing to worry about.
没有什么可担心的。
I'm sure everything is fine.
我确信一切很好。
My mother knows all there is to know
我母亲完全懂得
about taking care of babies, I assure you.
如何照顾好孩子，我向你保证。
Let's put some of this stuff away and then take off.
让我们把这些东西拿出来然后就走啦。
We've got a forty-minute drive into the city.
我们还要开车四十分钟到城里去。
Welcome home--
欢迎归来---
and I do mean welcome home.
我真心欢迎你们回来。
Something wrong?
有什么不对劲吗？
Oh, nothing's wrong, Richard.
噢，没有什么事，Richard。
Believe me, Max is fine.
相信我，Max很好。
But his teeth hurt, and he just can't get to sleep, poor dear.
但他的牙疼，他不能入睡，可怜的小宝贝。
Neither can you.
你也不能睡。
Oh, I feel so bad.
噢，我真感到难过。
Oh, I'm fine.
噢，我很好。
How was your weekend?
你们的周末过得怎样？
We had a great time, Mom.
我们玩得十分开心，妈。
It was wonderful.
太好了。
The weather couldn't have been better.
天气再好不过了。
It was nice here, too.
这儿也很好。
Did you get a chance to get outside at all?
你们有时间出去了？
Oh, yes. 噢，是的。
Grandpa helped me yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午祖父帮我的忙。
I went to the supermarket to get a few things
我去了一趟菜市场买了几样东西
and I stayed out an extra half hour.
我还特别多呆了半个小时。
The village was filled with people--the weather was so nice.
镇上挤满人---由于天气好的缘故。
Harry's a professional camper, Mom.
Harry是露营专家，妈。
He knows all there is to know
他无所不知
and he made the weekend very easy for us to enjoy.
使得我们周末过得非常轻松愉快。
Come on. You all helped.
别这样说，你们都帮了忙。
You were wonderful, Harry!
你真是了不得，Harry！
Why don't you go to your room, Mom, and get some sleep.
为什么不到你的房间去，妈妈，去睡一会儿。
Oh, I'm fine.
噢，我不要紧。
Tell me more about your weekend.
多告诉我一点你们的周末。
Did you do anything special?
你们做了什么特别的事情吗？
Lots of special country things.
有许多特别的乡村趣事。
We picked flowers. 我们采花。
And we brought some home for you.
而且带了一些回来给你。
It was so nice to be out in the country.
出去置身乡下真是太好了。
They smell wonderful.
闻起来很香。
Everything smelled so special.
所有的东西还有特别的味道。
It would have been great if we had been able to bottle the smells.
假如我们能将气味装进瓶里该有多好。
It would be a great business if you could do that.
假如能做到那样的话可是一笔大生意。
Oh! 噢！
Uh, we're home now, Ellen.
噢，我们到家了，Ellen。
We'll take care of it.
我们去照顾他。
I'll take care of it.
我来照顾他。
Let's see if it works.
让我们看看录音是不是有效果。
What's that?
那是什么？
A little special country music.
一点特殊的乡村音乐。
I think we'd better head home.
我想我们最好上路回家啦。
It's getting late, and we have a bit of a drive.
已经晚了，而我们还要开好一段路呢。
Well, all your things are inside.
嗯，所有你们的东西都拿来了。
There's your sleeping bag.
这是你们的睡袋。
Oh, thanks, Harry.
噢，谢谢，Harry。
Say good-bye to Richard.
替我向Richard说声再见。
We'll call you all tomorrow night.
我们明天晚上打电话给你们。
Good-bye. 再见。
Bye, Mom. 再见，妈妈。
Bye-bye. 再见。
Bye. 再见。
I'm so tired I think I'm overtired.
我好累，我想我是累过头了。
I don't know if I can get to sleep.
我不知道我能否睡得着。
Max has stopped crying.
Max不哭了。
Yes. It works!
不错。有效果！
It works! 有效果！
What works? 什么有效果？
This. 这个。
Oh. Oh, where did you get that?
噢。噢，你们从哪儿弄来的？
It sounds so nice.
很好听。
I think I'm falling asleep.
我想我要睡着了。
Like Max did. 就像Max一样。
Good night. 晚安。
Good night. 晚安。
Sounds of the country.
乡村音乐。
The soothing sounds of the country.
安详的乡村音乐。