自考英语综合二下册课文 lesson 14

　　[00:00.00]Lesson Fourteen
[00:03.40]Text The Listener
[00:08.15]John Berry
[00:11.00]Once there was a little concert violinist named Rudolf,who lived in Sweden.
[00:18.65]Some of his friends thought he was not the best of musicians
[00:25.03]because he was restless;
[00:28.87]others thought he was restless because he was not the best of musicians.
[00:34.22]At any rate,he hit upon a way of making a living,with no competitors.
[00:42.27]Whether by choice or necessity,
[00:47.73]he used to sail about Scandinavia in his small boat,
[00:53.50]all alone,giving concerts in little seaport¹ towns. well and good;
[01:02.04]if not,he played works for unaccompanied violin;
[01:07.19]and it happened once or twice
[01:11.03]that he wanted a piano so badly that he imagined one.
[01:16.90]and then he played whole sonatas³ for violin and piano,with no piano in sight
[01:24.56]One year Rudolf sailed all the way out to Iceland
[01:29.84]and began working his way around that rocky coast from one town to another.
[01:36.60]It was a hard,stubborn land;
[01:40.57]but people in those difficult places
[01:45.01]do not forget the law of hospitality to the stranger
[01:50.89]for their God may decree that they too shall become strangers on the face of the earth.
[01:57.66]The audiences were small,and even if Rudolf had been really first-rate,
[02:05.02]they would not have been very demonstrative.
[02:09.78]From ancient timestheir energy had gone,first of all,into earnest toil⁴.
[02:16.93]Sometimes the local schoolteacher,
[02:21.19]who reminded them of their duty to the names of Beethoven and Bach and Mozart
[02:28.56]and one or two others whose music perhaps
[02:33.73]was not much heard in those parts,collected them.
[02:38.77]Too often people sat stolidly⁵ watching the noisy little fiddler,
[02:46.22]and went home feeling gravely edified⁶.
[02:50.68]But they paid.
[02:53.74]As Rudolf was sailing from one town to the next along a sparsely⁸ settled shore,
[03:00.69]the northeast turned black and menacing.
[03:04.84]A storm was bearing down upon Iceland.
[03:09.88]Rudolf was rounding a bleak⁹, dangerous cape¹⁰,
[03:14.64]and his map told him that the nearest harbor was half a day's journey away.
[03:21.30]He was starting to worry when he saw,
[03:25.45]less than a mile off shore,a lighthouse on a tiny rock island.
[03:32.30]At the base of the lighthouse was a deep,narrow cove,protected by cliffs.
[03:39.14]With some difficulty,in the rising seas,
[03:43.79]he put in thereand moored¹¹ to an iron ring that hung from the cliff.
[03:50.84]A flight of stairs,cut in the rock,led up to the lighthouse.
[03:56.90]On top of the cliff,outlined against the scudding¹² clouds,stood a man.
[04:03.88]"You are welcome!" the voice boomed over the sound of the waves
[04:10.64]that were already beginning to break over the island.
[04:14.90]Darkness fell quickly.
[04:18.56]The lighthouse keeper led his guest up
[04:23.24]the spiral stairs to the living room on the third floor,
[04:28.56]then busied himself in preparation for the storm.
[04:34.13]Above all, he had to attend to the great lamp in the tower,
[04:39.98]that dominated the whole region.
[04:44.03]It was a continuous light,intensified by reflectors,
[04:49.91]and eclipsed by shutters¹³ at regular intervals¹⁴.
[04:55.47]The duration of light was equal to that of darkness.
[05:00.75]The lighthouse keeper was a huge old man with a grizzled beard
[05:06.91]that came down over his chest.
[05:11.07]Slow, deliberate, bearlike,
[05:16.42]he moved without wasted motion about the limited world of which he was the master.
[05:23.55]He spoke¹⁵ little,
[05:26.71]as if words had not much importance compared to the other forces that comprised his life.
[05:34.45]Yet he was equable,as those elements were not.
[05:40.09]After the supper of black bread and boiled potatoes,fish,cheese and hot tea,
[05:47.53]which they took in the kitchen above the living room,
[05:51.90]the two men sat and contemplated¹⁶ each other's presence.
[05:57.07]Above them was the maintenance room,
[06:01.14]and above that the great lamp spoke majestic¹⁷,

　　[06:06.00]silent messages of light to the ships at sea.
[06:11.15]The storm hammered like a battering¹⁸ ram¹⁹ on the walls of the lighthouse.
[06:17.70]Rudolf offered tobacco,feeling suddenly immature²⁰ as he did so.
[06:24.97]The old man smiled a little as he declined it by a slight movement of the head;
[06:31.44]it was as if he knew well the uses of tobacco and the need for offering it,
[06:38.81]and affirmed it all,yet — here he, too,
[06:44.17]was halfway²¹ apologetic—was self-contained and without need of anything
[06:51.53]that was not already within his power.
[06:55.90]And he sat there,gentle and reflective,
[07:01.25]his great workman hands resting on outspread thighs²².
[07:07.13]It seemed to Rudolf that the lighthouse keeper was entirely²³ aware
[07:12.88]of all the sounds of the storm and of its violent impact upon the lighthouse.
[07:20.63]But he knew them so well that he did not have to think about them:
[07:28.08]they were like the involuntary movements of his own heart and blood.
[07:34.43]In the same way,beneath the simple courtesy that made him speak
[07:40.90]and listen to his guest in specific ways,
[07:45.87]he was already calmly and mysteriously a part of him,
[07:51.61]as surely as the mainland was connected with the little island,
[07:57.05]and all the islands with one another so extensively,under the ocean.
[08:03.81]Gradually Rudolf drew forth²⁴ the sparse⁷ data of the old man's.
[08:10.34]He had been born in this very lighthouse eighty-three years before
[08:17.19]when his father was the lighthouse keeper.
[08:21.24]His mother—the woman he had ever known
[08:26.70]—had taught him to read the Bible,he read it daily.
[08:32.55]He had no other books.
[08:36.31]As a musician, Rudolf had not had time to read much either
[08:43.08]but then,he had lived in cities
[08:47.52]He reached down and took beloved violin out of its case.
[08:53.16]"What do you make with that, sir?" the old man asked.
[08:58.44]For a second Rudolf thought his host might be joking;
[09:04.39]but serenity²⁵ of the other's expression reassured²⁶ him.
[09:10.45]There was not even curiosity about the instrument.
[09:16.02]but rather a whole interest in him,
[09:21.06]the person,that included his "work."
[09:26.10]In most circumstances Rue²⁷ would have found it hard to believe that there could exist someone
[09:34.15]who did not know what a violin was;
[09:38.82]yet now he had no inclination²⁸ to laugh.
[09:44.39]He felt small and inadequate²⁹.
[09:49.06]"I make ... music with it," he stammered³⁰ in a low voice.
[09:55.72]"Music,"the old man said ponderously³¹.
[10:01.29]"I have heard of it.But I have never seen music."
[10:07.45]"One does not see music. One hears it."
[10:13.41]"Ah,yes,"the lighthouse keeper consented,as it were,with humility³².
[10:21.27]His wide gray eyes rested upon the little fiddler
[10:26.63]and conferred upon him all the importance of which any individual is capable.
[10:33.78]Then something in the storm and the lighthouse and the old man exalted³³ Rudolf,
[10:41.15]filled him with compassion³⁴ and love
[10:45.83]and a spaciousness³⁵ infinitely³⁶ beyond himself.
[10:51.57]He wanted to strike a work of fire ar stars into being for the old man.
[10:59.44]And,with the storm as his accon panist,
[11:04.29]he stood and began to play
[11:08.37] —the Kreutzer Sonata² of Beethoven.
[11:12.81]The moments passed,moments that were days in the creation of
[11:19.47]that world of fire and stars; moments of the struggle of all men;
[11:25.53]and finally moments that showed the greatness of all human spirits.
[11:31.91]Never before had Rudolf played with such mastery-or with such an accompanist.
[11:39.27]Waves and wind beat the tower with giant hands.
[11:44.73]Steadily above them
[11:48.88]the beacon³⁷ threw its lifesaving beams across the dark and angry seas.
[11:56.15]The last note ceased and Rudolf dropped his head on his cheat,breathing hard.
[12:04.79]The ocean threw its water over the island with a roar as of many voices.
[12:13.05]The old man had sat unmoving through the work.

1 seaport   

n.海港，港口，港市

参考例句：

• Ostend is the most important seaport in Belgium.奥斯坦德是比利时最重要的海港。
• A seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal.轮船能够补充煤炭的海港。

2 sonata   

n.奏鸣曲

参考例句：

• He played a piano sonata of his own composition.他弹奏了一首自作的钢琴奏鸣曲。
• The young boy played the violin sonata masterfully.那个小男孩的小提琴奏鸣曲拉得很熟练。

3 sonatas   

n.奏鸣曲( sonata的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The programme includes two Mozart sonatas. 节目单中有两首莫扎特的奏鸣曲。 来自辞典例句
• He would play complete sonatas for violin and piano with no piano in sight. 他会在没有钢琴伴奏的情况下，演奏完整的小提琴与钢琴合奏的奏鸣曲。 来自辞典例句

4 toil   

vi.辛劳工作，艰难地行动；n.苦工，难事

参考例句：

• The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
• Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。

5 stolidly   

adv.迟钝地，神经麻木地

参考例句：

• Too often people sat stolidly watching the noisy little fiddler. 人们往往不动声色地坐在那里，瞧着这位瘦小的提琴手闹腾一番。 来自辞典例句
• He dropped into a chair and sat looking stolidly at the floor. 他坐在椅子上，两眼呆呆地望着地板。 来自辞典例句

6 edified   

v.开导，启发( edify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He must be edified by what he sees. 他耳濡目染，一定也受到影响。 来自辞典例句
• For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 你感谢的固然是好，无奈不能造就别人。 来自互联网

7 sparse   

adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的

参考例句：

• The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。

8 sparsely   

adv.稀疏地；稀少地；不足地；贫乏地

参考例句：

• Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 bleak   

adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的

参考例句：

• They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
• The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。

10 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

11 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。

12 scudding   

n.刮面v.（尤指船、舰或云彩）笔直、高速而平稳地移动( scud的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Clouds were scudding across the sky. 云飞越天空。 来自辞典例句
• China Advertising Photo Market-Like a Rising Wind and Scudding Clouds. 中国广告图片市场：风起云涌。 来自互联网

13 shutters   

百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 )； （照相机的）快门

参考例句：

• The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
• The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。

14 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

15 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

16 contemplated   

adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
• The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。

17 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。

18 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

20 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。

21 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

22 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

24 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

25 serenity   

n.宁静，沉着，晴朗

参考例句：

• Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
• She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。

26 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

27 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

28 inclination   

n.倾斜；点头；弯腰；斜坡；倾度；倾向；爱好

参考例句：

• She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
• I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。

29 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

30 stammered   

v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠，结结巴巴地说，“你是什么意思？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

31 ponderously   

参考例句：

• He turns and marches away ponderously to the right. 他转过身，迈着沉重的步子向右边行进。 来自互联网
• The play was staged with ponderously realistic sets. 演出的舞台以现实环境为背景，很没意思。 来自互联网

32 humility   

n.谦逊，谦恭

参考例句：

• Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
• His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

33 exalted   

adj.(地位等)高的，崇高的；尊贵的，高尚的

参考例句：

• Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
• He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。

34 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

35 spaciousness   

n.宽敞

参考例句：

• A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness. 天花板高给人一种通风和宽敞的感觉。
• The tremendous spaciousness of it was glowing with rich gold. 苍茫辽阔的景色染上了一片瑰丽浓艳的金黄色。

36 infinitely   

adv.无限地，无穷地

参考例句：

• There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
• The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。

37 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。