英語文化隨身帶

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英語文化隨身帶

Take-Away English

繁星供稿

Track 12

電臺節目“英語文化隨身帶”文章短小精悍，內容包羅萬象。將英語文化裝進口袋里，利用閑散的時間隨身翻閱，英語學習者可以在潛移默化中了解當代英語世界的生活和文化。

★聽力練習（本文為美式發音）：

本文會讀兩遍，第一遍為正常語速，第二遍為慢速英語。

STEP 1：合上雜志先聽一遍（正常語速），理解文章大意。

STEP 2：聽第二遍（慢速），在畫線部分填上所缺的單詞或詞組。

STEP 3：歸納文章重點，再用英語表達出自己的看法。

聽力小tips：這是一則小故事，看看漁人和商人間的對話，你從中悟到了什么？

Whileon vacationin one of the 1._isles, a wealthy businessman was taking a morningstroll[漫步，閑逛]along the beach after breakfast.He arrived at apier[碼頭]just as a small boat wasdocking[入港].Inside thevessel[船], was a young fisherman with two freshly caught tuna fsh.

The businessmancomplimented[稱贊]the fisherman 2._the quality of the fish, asking how long it had taken him to catch them.The fsherman said, “Oh, not so long.”

Then the businessman asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish, to 3._the fisherman replied that two fsh were enough to support his family’s needs for the day.

“So what do you do with the rest of your day?”

The fisherman said, “Well, Isleep in, I fish a little in the morning, then eat lunch with my 4._wife, take a nice longnap[小睡]in the afternoon, and thenwander[游蕩，漫步]down into the village each evening to drink wine with my friends and have a few 5._.”

詞組加油站

on vacation在度假

sleep in睡懶覺

shake one’s head搖頭

scoff at嘲笑，藐視

around the globe世界各地

The businessmanshook his headandscoffed atthe fisherman.He said,“Look, let me help you.You’re doing this all wrong.What you should be doing is spending more time fshing each day.Then you can sell the 6._fsh you catch for aproft[利潤], which you can use to buy a bigger boat.And with theproceeds[收益]from the bigger boat, you could buy several more big boats and startoperating[操作]a wholefleet[船隊]of fishing boats.And then, instead of selling your fish to amiddleman[中間人], you can open your owncannery[罐頭食品廠].Then you can 7._ the entire catch,processing[加工]anddistribution[配送].From there you can move to New York or Hong Kong,expanding[擴展]your operationsaround the globe.”

The fisherman thought about this for a moment, and then asked how long it would take.“About 20 years,” the businessman replied.

“And then what?” asked the fsherman.

The businessman laughed.“That’s the best part.At just the right time, you can announce an IPO, sell yourstock[股票]to the public, and 8._millions.You’ll be rich!”

“Rich, huh? And then what?”

The businessman replied, “And then you can retire and 9._to a small village near the 10._, where you can sleep in, fsh a little in the morning, eat lunch with your lovely wife, take a nice long nap in the afternoon, and then go into the village to drink wine with your friends and have a few laughs.”