【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 citement caused by using drug) ? 到這兒來的人都是為了尋求最大限度的刺激，我們得讓他們過足了癮（或：吸個(gè)夠）啊。 ? (Note: See the humor in “gratify”?) Ex. 3 No. 10 ? My generation in the British foreign service witnessed the diminution of British power caused by the immense growth in economic and therefore in military and political power of the United States of America and the Soviet Union. ? 我這一代在英國外交界服務(wù)的人，親眼見到了英國國力在日益 減弱 ，原因是美蘇經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力的劇增 以及由此而造成的軍事和政治力量的壯大。 Ex. 4 (Slide 1) The Shipwrecked Sailor 幸存的水手 Ex. 4 (Slide 2) ? A Great ship sailed from Egypt to the mines of Pharaoh, well built, and manned by the best sailors in the country – sailors who has seen heaven and earth, and had the courage of lions. They expected fair winds, but a storm arose and they ship was wrecked. ? 一艘巨船從埃及起航，駛往法老的礦山。船造得很好，船員都是全國最優(yōu)秀的水手，他們見過世面，象獅子一般勇猛。他們盼望一帆風(fēng)順。不料海上起了風(fēng)暴，船沉沒了。 Ex. 4 (Slide3) ? All the sailors perished but one, and he returned to his master and told him of a strange thing that had happened to him, and begged him to send a messenger for him to court, for he had gifts to give Pharaoh. At first his master was angry, thinking he lied。 he then bade him speak and say what had befallen him. ? 所有的水手中只有一人幸免于難。他回到主人那里，說他經(jīng)歷了一件怪事，懇求主人為他派一名使者到王宮去，因?yàn)樗卸Y物要獻(xiàn)給法老。主人聽了這話起初很生氣，以為他在撒謊，后來命令他說出到底發(fā)生了什么事。 Ex. 4 (Slide4) ? “This is it,” said the sailor. “When I was thrown into the sea I clung to a piece of wood, and after I had been three days alone, with no panion but my heart, I was cast on to an island. I lay down for a little in a thicket, then I searched for food. ? “事情是這樣的，”那個(gè)水手說?！拔冶粧伒胶＠镆院?，緊緊抱住了一塊木頭。我孤身一人，只有我的心臟和我在一起。三天以后，被沖到了一個(gè)島上。我先在灌木叢里躺了一會(huì)兒，然后開始尋找食物。 Ex. 4 (Slide5) ? “Nothing was lacking: I found figs and grapes, berries and grain, melons of all kinds, fishes and birds. When I had eaten I dug a pit, lighted a fire, and made a burntoffering to the gods. ? “那里什么都有：無花果、葡萄、漿果、谷物、各種瓜，還有魚和鳥。填飽了肚子之后，我挖了一個(gè)坑，生起一堆火，用祭品祭了神。 Ex. 4 (Slide6) ? “Suddenly I heard a noise like thunder, which I thought was a huge wave of the sea crashing on the shore. The trees shook。 the earth quaked. ? “突然，我聽到了雷鳴般的聲音，還以為是巨浪在撞擊海岸。樹木在搖晃，大地在震動(dòng)。 Ex. 4 (Slide7) ? “Then, looking up fearfully, I saw a serpent draw near. He was thirty cubits long, his colour was lazuli, and his body overlaid with gold. He coiled and rose above me, and I fell on my face before him. ? “我驚恐萬分，抬頭一看，只見一條巨蛇正向我靠近。他有 30肘尺（肘尺約等于二十英寸）長，青金石色，身上覆蓋著金子。它卷盤著在我面前昂著頭，嚇得我一頭跌倒在它的面前。 Ex. 4 (Slide8) ? “ ?What has brought three, little one, what has brought thee?? he said. ?Tell me speedily what has brought three。 tell me something I have not heard, or I do not know, or thou shalt vanish like a flame.? ? “?是什么把你帶到這里來的，小東西，是什么把你帶到這里來的？’他問道?！旄嬖V我，是什么把你帶來的；給我說說我還不知道的或者從未聽說過的事情，否則的話，你就會(huì)象火焰一樣消失掉?！? Ex. 4 (Slide9) ? “Then I told him of how I had been wrecked and cast on his island by the waves. ? “于是我就告訴他我的船是怎樣沉沒的，我又是如何被海浪沖到他的島上來的。 Ex. 4 (Slide10) ? “ ?Fear not, fear not, little one. Do not look sad. Here in this island are seventyfive serpents, I and my brethren and children. Thou shalt be with us for four months。 then a ship shall e from thy land, and thou shalt return and die in thine own town.? ? “?別怕，別怕，小東西。別一副垂頭喪氣的樣子。這個(gè)島上有 75條蛇，即我和我的兄弟以及孩子們。你將和我們一起呆四個(gè)月，到那時(shí)會(huì)有一艘船從你的國土駛來，你就可以回去，死在你的故鄉(xiāng)。’ Ex. 4 (Slide11) ? “I bowed before him, and I told him that he should be honoured and rewarded for his kindness to me. I would tell Pharaoh of his greatness. I would bring him sacred oils and perfumes and incense, such as is burned before the gods in their temples. I would bring him ships of treasures of Egypt, as it is good to do to a god – a friend of men in a far country, of which men know hot. ? “我向他鞠了一躬，對他說，他對我的善意應(yīng)該受到尊敬和回報(bào)。我將把他的偉大之處告訴法老。我將給他帶來圣油、香料和香，就是人們在神殿里祭神時(shí)焚燒的那些東西。我將把埃及的珍寶成船成船地給他載來，因?yàn)榫捶钌袷菓?yīng)該的，這個(gè)神在一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)國度里，是人的朋友，但不為所人知。 Ex. 4 (Slide12) ? “He only smiled. ? “ “Thou art not rich in perfumes,” said he. ?All thou hast is mon incense. As for me, I am prince of the land