新标准大学英语 - 视听说教程3原文及翻译(13)

这架飞机的飞行员名叫切斯里，撒伦伯格尔，今年57岁，有着29年的飞行经验而且曾一度担任过美国战斗机飞行员，撒伦伯格尔是最后一个离开飞机的，而且在爬出去以前他从上上下下下在机舱内走了两遍以确保机舱空无一人，他现在已经称为英雄。纽约市长大卫，佩特森在今天下午的新闻发布会上说：“我相信现在我们有了一个哈德孙河上的奇迹，无论怎样，这位飞行员在没有任何发动机的情况下，能够使飞机安全降落而且几乎没有乘客伤亡。 现在普遍认为由于飞机碰撞到河水时没有裂开而且水上巴士和船只及时赶到，才有了机上乘客全部生还的奇迹。

Passage 2

Streets Full of Heroes

A:Hi,we are asking people who their personal hero is. Someone they really admire and who‘s inspired them in some way. B:Oh,right.Interesting.

A:Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

B:Sure.My name is Paul Smith. I worked at London zoo. A:London zoo? Really?

B:Yes,I‘m a zoo keeper. I look after the elephants.

A:Elephants?what a great job! So who is your hero, Paul?

B:I‘ve got quite a few heroes. But I guess my biggest hero is Al Gore. A:The American politician. So why him?

B:Well,he is the guy who made people take climate change seriously. A:You are referring to the film An Inconvenient Truth, I take it?

B:That‘s right. That film proved to people with statistics and graphs, that kind of thing---that climate change was happening and that it‘s man-made. Before that ,most people believed it was just a few crazy scientists who thought it was happening.

A:You work with animals. Do you worry about the effect of the climate on animals? B：Sure，I do. All these species are going to become extinct. It‘s terrible. A：It is. Would you say Al Gore‘s been an inspiration to you?

B:Yes,I would. He‘s taught me about importance of taking action when you see something that needs to be done. I do volunteer work for Greenpeace---quite a lot actually. That‘s the way I do my bit.

A:Greenpeace?Excellent.Thanks,Paul.Hi,what‘s your name? C:Clare hope.

A:What do you do?

C:Well,I‘m a mum with two young kids and I work part-time as an accountant for the Red Cross.

A:We‘re asking people who their personal hero is and if they‘ve inspired them in any way. C:That‘s an easy one. Melinda Gates, she‘s my hero. A:Why is that?

C:Well,she is Bill Gates‘ wife, one of the richest people in the world. You know ,she could so easily do nothing, just enjoy her money. And instead she co-founded the um… Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and I think that it‘s called---and it is one of the biggest private charity organization in the world. It‘s donated more than 280 million dollars to various good causes. A:More than 280 million dollars? Now that‘s a lot of money. She is very active in it, isn't she? C:Oh yeah, she is a director. Flies all over the world. A:Do you do any work for charity?

C:I make phone calls for Save the Children, asking people to donate. She is a real inspiration, Melinda gates。 A:你好，我们正在调查人们心目中的英雄都是谁。某个他们真的敬仰的以及已经在某些方面上鼓舞他们的人。 B:哦很好，很有趣。

A:你能告诉我们一点关于你自己的情况吗？

B:当然，我叫保罗史密斯。我在伦敦动物园工作。 A:伦敦动物园？真的吗？

B:是，我是一名动物园饲养员。我照顾大象。

A:大象？多伟大的一份工作啊。谁是你心中的英雄，保罗？

B:我心里拥有相当多的英雄，但是我想最大的英雄应该是艾尔戈尔。 A:那个美国政治家，那么为什么是他呢？

B:恩，他是那个使人们严肃对待气候变化的人。

A:你参考了那部电影，难以忽视的真相，我说的对吧？ B:是的。那部电影用统计的数据和图表等这类的资料向人们证明了气温变化正在发生而且那是人类造成的。在这之前，大多数人们认为这仅是一些疯狂的科学家认为它在发生而已。 A:你从事动物工作。那你会担心气候对动物的影响吗？

B:当然，我会的。所有的这些都物种即将会灭绝了。这很糟糕。

A:的确是这样。你会说艾尔已经对你来说成为一名鼓舞人心的人了吗？ B:是的，我会。他教会我当你看到一些事情需要被做的时候就要采取行动的重要性。事实上，我为绿色和平组织做了很多的志愿工作。这是我尽我一点贡献的方式。 A:绿色和平组织？非常好。谢谢你保罗。你好，你叫什么名字？ C:克莱尔贺普 A:您是做什么的？

C:恩，我是一个有两个小孩子的妈妈。而且我兼职为红十字会做会计。

A:我们正在调查人们心目中的英雄都是谁而且他们是否已经以任何一种方式鼓舞到人们。 C:这很简单。梅琳达盖茨，她是我心中的英雄。 A:为什么呢？

C:她是世界首富之一的比尔盖茨的夫人。你知道，她什么都不用做就能简单地享受她的钱财。然而她合创了Bill 和Melinda gates基金会，我认为是这么这样称呼的。而且这是世界最大的私人慈善组织之一。它已经捐献了超过280,000,000美元为各种各样的慈善的原因。 A:超过280，000,000美元？现在这是很大一笔钱啊。她非常的积极投身于慈善事业，不是

吗？

C:哦，是的。她是一名主管。会飞往全球各个地方。 A:你为慈善做过什么工作吗？

C:我在救助儿童会中负责打电话，号召人们捐献。梅琳达盖茨真的是一个鼓舞人心的人。

Unit 8

Inside view Part 1

Janet:So do you come here often,Joe?

Joe:Yes,most weekends.It’s the kind of thing a lot of Londoners do when they’ve got some time off.

Janet:So do you feel like a Londoner,Joe?

Joe:Yes,I think so.You don’t have to be born a Londoner to feel like one. Janet:Is it only open on Saturday?

Andy:It’s open all week,but there are a lot more stalls open from Friday to Sunday. Janet:What time does it open?

Joe:It’s open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Janet:6 o’clock.That’s quite early!

Joe:Well,after six,everyone goes out to the pubs and restaurants and the clubs.So it gets pretty lively in the evening.It’s a very trendy kind of place. Janet:And it’s got clothes and jewelley and? Andy:They sell pretty well everything here.

Janet:It’s very colourful.Is it a special occasion? Joe:No,just an ordinary weekend.But it’s true that on holiday weekends,it gets very busy. Andy:And all around here there are movie houses and clubs,and all sorts of cool places to hang out.That’s the Electric Ballroom down there? Janet:What’s that?

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