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本期音频：英文讲寓言故事--下金蛋的鹅 The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs
Hello everyone, welcome to WendyEnglishTimes. 欢迎来到Wendy的英语时光。读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。今天我们要讲的故事来自伊索寓言--下金蛋的鹅 the goose that laid the golden eggs.
请你带着这2个问题来收听本期故事：
1、下金蛋的鹅为什么会被夫妇杀掉？
2、这个故事告诉我们什么道理？
The goose that laid the golden eggs
下金蛋的鹅
A man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imaging the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
一对夫妻非常走运，他们有一只会下金蛋的鹅，这只鹅每天都能下一个金蛋。尽管如此走运，没多久他们就开始觉得富裕起来的速度不够快，于是猜测那只鹅的身体里肯定也全都是金子，他们决定把鹅杀了，一次性的将里面的财宝都拿到。但当他们把鹅开膛破肚，却发现那只鹅和普通的鹅没有什么区别。因此，他们没有像所期望的那样一下子变成有钱人，而且再也无法享受到财富每天都有所增加的幸福了。
贪得无厌者满盘皆输。
我们来学习一下这则故事中的地道表达：
1/ have good fortune 有好运，运气好
Fortune表示好运，机遇。那么有好运就是have good fortune.
2/ Lay eggs 下蛋
Lay意为躺下，产卵。在这里显然是产卵的意思。
3/ get rich 变得富有
get后面加形容词，表示变得。。。，比如，变大get big, 变胖get fat, 变富有get rich。
4/ be made of 由。。。制成的
Made表示制作，制造。Be made of...后面接材质，就表示由这种材料制作而成。比如，be made of wood,由木头制作而成的，be made of gold, 由黄金制作而成的。
5/ in order to...为了。。。
这个词组表示为了。。。，后面加目的。比如，为了有健康的生活，就是in order to have a healthy life，为了变漂亮，就是in order to become beautiful。
6/ at once 立即，马上
这个词组表示时间，可以放在一个句子的末尾。比如，do it at once，立刻去做。Run at once, 立刻跑了。
7/ neither...nor....既不。。也不。。。
这个表达里虽然没有no或not这样的否定词，但其本身就自带否定含义。Neither A nor B, 就是指A和B哪个都不是，既不是A，也不是B。
8/ wealth 财富
Wealth是名词形式的财富，wealthy则表示有钱的，富有的。比如a wealthy family 富裕的家庭。
明白了这些单词的含义，让我们再来听一遍这则寓言故事吧。
The goose that laid the golden eggs
下金蛋的鹅
A man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imaging the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
一对夫妻非常走运，他们有一只会下金蛋的鹅，这只鹅每天都能下一个金蛋。尽管如此走运，但没多久他们就开始觉得他们富裕起来的速度不够快，于是猜测那只鹅的身体里肯定也全都是金子，于是他们决定把鹅杀了，一次性的将里面的财宝都拿到。但是当他们把鹅开膛破肚，却发现那只鹅和普通的鹅没有什么区别。因此，他们没有像他们所期望的那样一下子变成有钱人，而且再也无法享受到财富每天都有所增加的幸福了。
贪得无厌者满盘皆输。
以上就是本期的全部内容了，故事一开始的2个问题你找到答案了吗？读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。希望本期内容能够对你有所帮助。Thank you very much for your listening and I'll see you next time. Bye!
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看英文电影是学习英语不错的方式，但英文电影名字中所蕴含的典故，你知道吗？
01. Zootopia
《疯狂动物城》
Zootopia是zoo 加Utopia 组成。乌托邦Utopia 本意是"没有的地方"或者"好地方"，延伸为理想，空想的国家。这个词语源自托马斯·莫尔的名著《乌托邦》。在他的书中，乌托邦是一个美好理想的国家，每个人都能够努力成为自己想要的样子。Zootopia，即为动物乌托邦。
02. Avatar
《阿凡达》
这个词语来自梵文avatarana，意思是“下凡”，指的是神灵降临人间的化身。电影《阿凡达》中的avatar是地球人的精神所占据并控制的外星人肉体，与印度教 中的avatar含义相差甚远。因此，电影《阿凡达》在上映之前就遭受了印度教团体的强烈抗议，声称电影名字玷污他们的宗教。世界印度教协会主席曾要求导 演卡梅隆做出声明，澄清这部3D科幻影片的名字与印度教及其信仰毫无任何关系，重名只是一个巧合。在网络时代，avatar又有了一个新的意思——个人在网络虚拟环境中的化身，即代表用户形象的图像，即常说的“头像”或“个人秀”。
03 Ratatouille
《料理鼠王》
Ratatouille，来自法语，是一道源于尼斯 (Nice) 的法式名菜“普罗旺斯杂烩”，其实就是蔬菜杂烩。先把各种蔬菜炖煮，再放进烤箱里烤即可。这部电影讲述的是一只小老鼠Remy，梦想成为大厨。机缘巧合下，他来到了厨神餐厅，帮助学徒Linguini做出一道又一道精美大餐，最后烹制出全巴黎最棒的普罗旺斯焖菜。电影中这道菜做法不难，大家也可以试做看看！
04 The Pursuit of Happyness
《当幸福来敲门》
影片中提到了《独立宣言》，片名引用了《独立宣言》的语句。
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
——《独立宣言》
仔细看看片名,有个拼写错误的单词。happiness才正确的拼写。这与影片中一个场景有关。Chris （克里斯）看到墙上涂鸦中有一个单词拼写错误，他说了这句话：There is no y in happiness. It's an I （幸福没有为什么，幸福是靠自己创造的。）
05 Coco
《寻梦环游记》
这部影片原片名是Coco，Coco是小男孩米格尔（Miguel）的曾祖母的名字。影片讲述了自小梦想成为音乐家的小男孩米格尔（Miguel），与落魄乐手海克特在神秘世界相遇，开启了一段奇妙的冒险旅程。看似主角是米格尔，但Coco贯穿了整个影片。影片中Coco是唯一一个记得父亲埃克托的人，是唯一知道片中的歌曲Remember Me意义的人，Coco是过去与未来，亡灵界与人间，回忆与现实之间最重要的连接点，代表着亲情，这大概也是电影想表达的主题。
小伙伴们，你们还知道哪些电影片名也有故事呢？
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本期音频：英文讲寓言故事--狐狸和葡萄 The Fox and The Grapes
Hello everyone, welcome to WendyEnglishTimes. 欢迎来到Wendy的英语时光。读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。今天我们要讲的故事来自伊索寓言--狐狸和葡萄，The Fox and The Grapes.
请你带着这3个问题来收听故事：
1、狐狸最终吃到葡萄了吗？
2、狐狸为什么说葡萄是酸的呢？
3、“酸葡萄”在现今社会中表示什么含义？
The Fox and The Grapes
狐狸和葡萄
A hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, “i thought those grapes were ripe, but i see now they are quite sour.”
一架葡萄沿着一个高高的架子生长，几串很好的葡萄垂了下来。一只饥饿的狐狸看到了，废了很大力气，又蹦又跳，却怎么也够不到。这简直是白费力气，因为葡萄长得太高了。于是，狐狸放弃了，趾高气扬、漫不经心地大步走开，边走边说：“我原以为这些葡萄已经熟了，但现在一想，它们肯定很酸。”
我们来学习一下这则故事中的地道表达：
1/ vine n. 葡萄藤
植物的藤条一般都叫做vine，而vine尤其指葡萄藤。
2/ do one’s best 尽某人的全力
这里的one’s可以换成人称代词所有格，也就是某某人的，比如他的his, 尽他的全力do his best。我的my，尽我的全力do my best。你的your，尽你的全力do your best。
3/ in vain 徒劳无功的，无效的
这个词组可以用来和动词搭配，比如wait in vain, 徒劳的等待。Be in vain，无效，徒劳。
4/ out of reach 够不到
Reach 表示达到，够到，那么out of reach就表示够不到。所以够不到某物就是something is out of reach.
5/ give up doing 放弃做某事
Give up 表示放弃，后面要加动词的ing形式，比如放弃尝试，就是give up trying.
6/ an air of dignity 高贵，趾高气扬
Dignity表示尊严，自尊。An air of...表示一种氛围，一种气氛。所以整个短语表示一种高贵的，趾高气扬的状态。
7/ unconcern n.漠不关心
Concern 表示关心，前缀un，表示否定，所以unconcern就是不关心的意思。
8/ ripe adj. 成熟的，熟了的
Ripe一般指水果或者谷物成熟。所以葡萄熟了就是the grapes are ripe。
9/ sour adj. 酸的
Sour一般指味道酸的，或者食物酸臭的。比如，the lemon is sour. 柠檬很酸。那么葡萄是酸的，就是the grapes are sour. 其实英文中的俚语sour grapes就是从这个故事中来的，表示因得不到或妒忌而贬低别人。
明白了这些单词的含义，让我们再来听一遍这则寓言故事吧。
The Fox and The Grapes
狐狸和葡萄
A hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, “i thought those grapes were ripe, but i see now they are quite sour.”
一架葡萄沿着一个高高的架子生长，几串很好的葡萄垂了下来。一只饥饿的狐狸看到了，废了很大力气，又蹦又跳，却怎么也够不到。这简直是白费力气，因为葡萄长得太高了。于是，狐狸放弃了，趾高气扬、漫不经心地大步走开，边走边说：“我原以为这些葡萄已经熟了，但现在一想，它们肯定很酸。”
以上就是本期的全部内容了，故事一开始的3个问题你找到答案了吗？读经典寓言故事，学地道英文表达。希望本期内容能够对你有所帮助。Thank you very much for your listening and I'll see you next time. Bye!
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本篇文章包含了新概念英语2的所有故事短文。从短文中学习英语单词，既能理解单词的含义，同时可以提高自己的阅读能力和分析句子水平。现在，让我们开始学习短文吧！
Last week I went to the theatre(剧场). I had a very good seat. The play(此处指的是剧场) was very interesting. I didn't enjoy it. A young man and a young man were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I couldn't hear the actors. I turn around. I look at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I couldn't bear it(我无法忍受了). I turn around again. “I can't hear a word”. I said angrily. “It's none of your business”(这不关你的事). The young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation.”
It was Sunday I never get up early on Sunday. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. What's the day!(真是个鬼天气!) I thought. It's raining again. just the the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. I have just arrived by train, she said, I'm coming to see you. But I'm still having breakfast I said. What are you doing? She asked. I'm having breakfast. I respected. Dear me!(天哪) she said, do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock.
Postcards(明信片) always spoil(损坏) my holidays. Last summer I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent(借给) me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holiday passed quickly. But I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision(决定). I got up early and bought 37 cars, I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. he is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tom is an engineer. He is working for a big firm(公司&) and he has already visited a great number of different place in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs. A small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, He will fly to Perth. my brother has never been abroad before, So he is finding this trip very exciting.
Mr.James Scott Has a garage in Silbury And now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from silbury,but Mr.James Scott Can not get a telephone for his new garage, So he has just bought 12 pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to silbury. The bird covered the distance(距离) in three minutes. Up to now, Mr.James Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts(备件) and another urgent mentions from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
这个故事我觉得特别有意思，越品越有味道。不仅英文写得好，寓意也很深刻。
人生下来最重要的是父母家人，长大了有朋友，成家再立业，忙着追求物质财富，有了第二个妻子，再有了第三个妻子，可用来在朋友面前炫耀的，代表成功的，还要注重自己的物质享受，衣食住用行，奢华至极，这就是自私的人最宠爱的第四个妻子。
临终时才发现，赤条条的来赤条条的走，肉体只会付之一炬，华丽的衣服也要跟着化为灰烬，物质财富总归属于别人，亲人朋友再好也不能代替你去承受病痛和死亡的痛苦，最多就履行送葬的义务，之后一切回归正常。亲人和朋友慢慢将你淡忘。
但是有灵魂的人，虽死犹生，精神永存下来，成为世世代代激励人前进的动力。这就是灵魂的力量。丰富充实提高自己的精神世界，不读书能行吗？
淡泊名利，修身养性，说起来容易做起来难。
任何时代，任何处境都能保留自己的气节和尊严，严格要求自己，做事不违背自己的良心和原则，才能做到死而无憾，精神留存人世间吧？——有待进一步思考和探索。
这个故事我觉得特别有意思，越品越有味道。不仅英文写得好，寓意也很深刻。
人生下来最重要的是父母家人，长大了有朋友，成家再立业，忙着追求物质财富，有了第二个妻子，再有了第三个妻子，可用来在朋友面前炫耀的，代表成功的，还要注重自己的物质享受，衣食住用行，奢华至极，这就是自私的人最宠爱的第四个妻子。
临终时才发现，赤条条的来赤条条的走，肉体只会付之一炬，华丽的衣服也要跟着化为灰烬，物质财富总归属于别人，亲人朋友再好也不能代替你去承受病痛和死亡的痛苦，最多就履行送葬的义务，之后一切回归正常。亲人和朋友慢慢将你淡忘。
但是有灵魂的人，虽死犹生，精神永存下来，成为世世代代激励人前进的动力。这就是灵魂的力量。丰富充实提高自己的精神世界，不读书能行吗？
淡泊名利，修身养性，说起来容易做起来难。
任何时代，任何处境都能保留自己的气节和尊严，严格要求自己，做事不违背自己的良心和原则，才能做到死而无憾，精神留存人世间吧？——有待进一步思考和探索。