北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit33(2)-3

[00:01.64]5 Listen to the final part of the story,
[00:05.79]and discuss these questions.
[00:09.11]At a solemn signal from the psychiatrist¹,
[00:11.80]the police leaped from their chairs
[00:14.11]and seized the wife.
[00:16.02]They had a hard time subduing² her,
[00:18.45]for she put up a terrific struggle,
[00:20.58]but they finally subdued³ her.
[00:23.29]Just as they got her into the strait jacket,
[00:26.03]the husband came back into the house.
[00:29.50]"Did you tell your wife you saw a unicorn⁴?"
[00:33.48]asked the police.
[00:35.49]"Of course not," said the husband.
[00:38.26]"The unicorn is a mythical⁵ beast."
[00:41.39]"That's all I wanted to know,"
[00:43.48]said the psychiatrist.
[00:45.75]"Take her away. I'm sorry, sir,
[00:48.42]but your wife is as crazy as a jay bird."
[00:52.47]So they took her away,cursing and screaming,
[00:55.47]and shut her up in an institution.
[00:58.73]The husband lived happily ever after.
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1 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

2 subduing   

征服( subdue的现在分词 )； 克制； 制服； 色变暗

参考例句：

• They are the probation subduing the heart to human joys. 它们不过是抑制情欲的一种考验。
• Some believe that: is spiritual, mysterious and a very subduing colour. 有的认为：是精神，神秘色彩十分慑。

3 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

4 unicorn   

n.(传说中的)独角兽

参考例句：

• The unicorn is an imaginary beast.独角兽是幻想出来的动物。
• I believe unicorn was once living in the world.我相信独角兽曾经生活在这个世界。

5 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。