Lesson 39
Nothing to worry about
不必担心
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1Lesson 39
2Nothing to worry about
3What was the differnce between Bruce's behaviour and that of other people?
4The rough road across the plain soon became so bad
5that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.
6Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes,
7Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
8Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
9It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
10He simply had no sense of danger at all.
11No matter what the conditions were,
12he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
13As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.
14The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.
15We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
16Because of this, we kept looking back,
17wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
18What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared,
19giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps bushes.
20But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
21In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
22Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car.
23We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards
24and was two feet wide and four feet deep.
25Even this had no effect.
26Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed,
27keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course.
28Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.
29Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away.
30Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across.
31Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt.
32A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily
33and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
1Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 2听录音，然后回答以下问题。 3What was the difference between Bruce's behaviour and that of other people? 4 The rough across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go. 5 As we bumped over eh dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders. The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us. 6 What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty years and was tow feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding half. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine! 7New words and expressions 生词和短语 8 rough 9adj. 崎岖不平的 10 boulder 11n. 大石块 12 pit 13v. 使得坑坑洼洼 14 perturb 15v. 使不安 16 underestimate 17v. 低估 18 swerve 19v. 急转变 20 scoop 21v. 挖出 22 hammer 23v. （用锤）击打，锤打 24 ominously 25adv. 有预兆的，不祥的 26 rip 27v. 划破，撕，扯 28 petrol 29n. 汽油 30 stretch 31n. 一大片（平地或水） 32 obstacle 33n. 障碍 34 clump 35n. 丛，簇 36 fissure 37n. （石，地的）深缝 38 renew 39v. 重复 40 pleading 41n. 恳求 42 gear 43n. 汽车排档 44 astride 45prep.骑，跨 46 crack 47n. 缝隙 48 zigzag 49n. "之"字形 50 shallow 51adj. 浅的 52 grind (ground, ground) 53v. 磨擦 54 halt 55n. 停 56 dashboard 57n. （汽车上的）仪表盘 58参考译文 59 穿越平原的道路高低不平，开车走了不远，路面愈加崎岖。我们想劝说布鲁斯把车开回我们出发的那个村庄去。尽管路面布满石头，坑坑洼洼，但布鲁斯却一点儿不慌乱。他瞥了一眼地图，告诉我们前面再走不到20英里就是一个村庄。这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难，而是他压根儿没有一点儿危险感。他认为不管路面情况如何，车必须以最高速度前进。 60 我们在尘士飞扬的道路上颠簸，车子东拐西弯，以躲开那些大圆石。车轮搅起的石块锤击车身，发出不祥的锤击声。我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。因此，我们不时地掉过头，怀疑车后是否留下了机油和汽油的痕迹。 61 突然大石块不见了，前面是一片平地，唯一的障碍只有一簇簇灌木丛。这使我们长长地松了口气。但是更糟糕的事情在等着我们，离我们不远处，出现一个大裂缝。我们再次央求布鲁斯小心，他这才把车停了下来。我们纷纷下车察看那个大裂缝，他却呆在车上。我们告诉他那个大裂缝长50码，宽2英尺，深4英尺。这也没有对他产生任何影响。布鲁斯挂上慢档，把两只前轮分别搁在裂缝的两边，顺着弯弯曲曲的裂缝，以发疯的速度向前开去。我们还未来得及担心后果，车已重新开上了平地。布鲁斯又看了一眼地图，告诉我们那座村庄离我们只有15英里了。下一个障碍是一片约半英里宽的浅水塘。布鲁斯向水塘冲去，但车开到水塘当中，嘎吱一声停住了。仪表盘一盏黄灯闪着刺眼的光芒，布鲁斯兴致勃勃地宣布发动机里没油了！
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