中阶人文|第43集：自测版纯净原声

音频一：

There's one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day, the sound of an ice-cream truck. Maria McCartney has been in the mobile ice-cream business since 2005. "When I was a little girl, I saw an ice-cream truck and knew I wanted to have one someday." Maria McCartney said. During the hot days of summer, Maria and her daughter drive an ice-cream truck through neighborhoods and parks in Billings.

音频二：

It's not about making money for this former elementary school teacher. Rather, she wants to preserve the tradition of the neighborhood ice-cream truck. "Truly my favorite part is to see the kids jumping up and down and they just get so excited.

重点词汇：

1，reaction /ri'ækʃən/ n. 反应

a big reaction 特别大的反应

2，former ['fɔːmə] adj.从前的；昔日的

易混词：formal /'fɔrml/ adj. 官方的；正式的

3，elementary [‚elɪ'mentri] adj.简单的；基本的

elementary school 【美】=primary school 【英】 小学

4，rather ['rɑːðə] adv.相当；颇；宁愿

not…(but) rather… 不是…而是…

5，preserve [prɪ'zɜːv] v.维护，保护，保存〔使免受破坏〕

preservation [‚prezə'veɪʃən] n.保存；保护

6，tradition [trə'dɪʃən] n.传统

preserve the tradition 保护传统

跟读训练：

一、

There's one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day, the sound of an ice-cream truck.

在大热天里，有一个声音能让孩子们有特别大的反应，那就是冰激凌车的声音。

Maria McCartney has been in the mobile ice-cream business since 2005.

Maria McCartney从2005年就开始了她的移动冰激凌生意。

"When I was a little girl, I saw an ice-cream truck and knew I wanted to have one someday," McCartney said.

McCartney说：“我小的时候看到冰激凌车，我就知道迟早有一天我自己会有一辆。”

二、

During the hot days of summer,

炎炎夏日，

Maria and her daughter drive an ice-cream truck through neighborhoods and parks in Billings.

Maria和她的女儿就会开着他们的冰激凌车在比令斯走街串巷。

It's not about making money for this former elementary school teacher.

对于这位前小学教师来说，这并不是为了赚钱。

Rather, she wants to preserve the tradition of the neighborhood ice-cream truck.

她更想保留住街区里这种冰激凌车的传统。

"Truly my favorite part is to see the kids jumping up and down and they just get so excited.

“我最喜欢的就是看着孩子们兴奋地蹦蹦跳跳。”