中阶教育|第36集：自测版纯净原声

音频一：

Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit. His mother, who had only a third-grade education, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class. He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

音频二：

Yet how many know Shakespeare, the person, the man behind the works? After centuries of research, scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personal history. It is not easily found in his writings.

重点词汇：

1，household n.一家人；家庭 adj.家庭的，家用的

同义替换：family

2，Detroit /di'trɔit/ n.底特律（美国密歇根州最大城市）

3，dumb [dʌm] adj.愚蠢的

同义替换：stupid adj.愚蠢的,傻的【语气强烈,常用于表达愤怒或强烈指责某人的行为】

silly adj.没头脑的,傻的〔silly的语气比stupid温和许多〕

foolish 愚蠢的〔foolish 相当正式,主要用于书面英语,日常英语中通常用silly或stupid〕

4，temper ['tempə] n.坏脾气；情绪

have a terrible temper 脾气不好

5，yet 但是，可是，然而

同义替换：but

6，works 著作；〔艺术〕作品

7，writings n.〔重要作者的〕著作

writing〔尤指某作者或关于某主题的〕著作，作品

8，history n.个人经历，履历

跟读训练：

一、

Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit.

本·卡森医生在底特律一个贫穷的单亲家庭长大。

His mother, who had only a third-grade education,

他母亲只有小学三年级的文化水平，

worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms.

做两份清洁卫生间的工作。

To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class.

他的同学，甚至是老师都认为他是班里最笨的孩子。

He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

他脾气很差，曾经扬言说要杀了一名同学。

二、

Yet how many know Shakespeare, the person, the man behind the works?

然而，又多少人知道在作品背后，莎士比亚是个什么样的人呢？

After centuries of research,

经历了几个世纪的研究，

scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personal history.

学者们依然在努力发现莎士比亚的个人履历。

It is not easily found in his writings.

从他的著作里不那么容易找到线索。