15篇文章贯通六级词汇Unit06-Part2

[00:00.00]Lily lay back in the soft,

[00:03.82]green grass of the pasture.

[00:06.01]White daisies, golden brown-eyed Susans,

[00:10.06]prickly blue viper's bugloss, and frilly

[00:13.45]Queen Anne's lace surrounded her.

[00:17.39]She beckoned 1 to him from

[00:19.68]what seemed like miles away.

[00:21.98]He hiked through the grass

[00:24.50]calling her name. She began to

[00:26.69]stroll away from him

[00:28.44]into the distance. He had

[00:30.63]to reach her! He loved her so!

[00:33.47]If they couldn't marry, he would

[00:35.99]make her his mistress! Nothing could

[00:38.72]extinguish the flame of his love!

[00:41.35]He would cling to that

[00:42.99]until his dying day.

[00:45.61]Lying stationary 2 was taking

[00:48.89]its toll 3 on Jack 4's circulation.

[00:51.63]His feet and hands were numb 5.

[00:54.04]Something was tickling 6 his nose.

[00:56.55]He managed to tilt 7 away

[00:59.62]from the irritant, whatever it was.

[01:02.13]He was so thirsty! He tried

[01:06.18]to lubricate his lips with saliva 8

[01:08.37]but had none. His bladder felt

[01:11.98]like a separate entity 9 that

[01:14.39]would overflow 10. He could stall

[01:17.56]the urge to void no longer

[01:19.31]and allowed the urine to

[01:20.74]flow out of him.What did

[01:23.25]it matter now? He was

[01:25.11]as good as dead anyway.

[01:27.08]The fort stood in the center

[01:30.03]of the pasture. A moat filled

[01:32.88]with sharks protected its walls

[01:35.07]from any possible intruders.

[01:37.36]Jack pedaled his bicycle as fast

[01:39.88]as he could. The sharks

[01:42.83]whipped back and forth 11 so quickly

[01:44.91]they created foam 12 on the surface

[01:47.31]of the water. He had to

[01:50.27]cross the drawbridge before

[01:52.13]it was raised, segregating 13 him

[01:54.54]from his regiment 14 and his

[01:56.39]pregnant wife, Lily. She saw him

[02:00.23]approaching and skipped onto

[02:02.30]the bridge to greet him.

[02:04.39]The bridge was rising.

[02:06.36]The sharks were in frenzy 15!

[02:08.54]He rode as if the hounds

[02:10.62]of hell were after him.

[02:12.59]He had to reach her!

[02:14.56]His right arm was wedged

[02:17.84]against a rock. No matter how

[02:19.92]hard he tried, he couldn't

[02:22.00]wrench it free. This was

[02:24.95]getting tiresome 16. He felt

[02:27.25]a stitch in his right side.

[02:29.66]That's all he needed now

[02:31.30]to die from a ruptured 17 appendix!

[02:33.92]He had wriggled 18 enough to

[02:36.44]increase the size of the slot

[02:38.41]in which he was trapped.

[02:40.92]Were those voices he was hearing?

[02:43.00]He wasn't deaf!

[02:44.64]When he fought his way

[02:47.49]to the surface of consciousness

[02:49.68]once again, he was being carried

[02:51.65]on a litter over the inverted 19

[02:53.95]battlefield. Bodies were strewn everywhere.

[02:57.23]The stretcher?bearers stumbled over

[03:01.05]the rough ground but maintained control

[03:03.79]of their human cargo 20 as they

[03:06.09]made their way to the field hospital.

[03:09.15]The fuse leading to the dynamite 21

[03:12.43]in the stern of the oil tanker 22

[03:14.63]burned so rapidly that Jack knew

[03:17.14]the ship would explode before

[03:19.00]he could reach the hatch

[03:20.53]to extinguish the flame.

[03:22.72]The olive green ship was almost

[03:25.67]within his reach when it blew up.

[03:27.86] He felt as if he were

[03:30.60]on a grill 23. His face was

[03:32.56]aflame. His body felt as if

[03:35.63]the skin had been ripped

[03:37.16]from it. He wanted to die

[03:39.78]before the pain grew worse.

[03:41.86]His forehead felt cool.

[03:45.26]He opened his eyes slowly, painfully.

[03:48.54]A white-clad nurse sponged

[03:51.60]his face gently. As she became

[03:54.67]aware of his gaze, she stopped

[03:57.07]her ministrations and offered

[03:59.15]him a sip 24 of water.

[04:01.01]“Take it easy,” she whispered.

[04:03.20]“You mustn't drink too quickly.

[04:06.04]Too much, too fast

[04:08.34]will give you nasty cramps 25.”

[04:10.75]Jack was aware of bandages

[04:14.07]on his muscular arms and casts

[04:16.81]on both legs. Intravenous tubing carried

[04:21.51]a clear fluid into his veins 26.

[04:25.01]Consciousness was still transient.

[04:28.63]Dreams of a strange pasture mingled 27

[04:31.68]with reality and continued to

[04:33.76]haunt his sleep. He understood

[04:37.48]he was on a hospital ward 28,

[04:39.67]but where? And how did he get here?

[04:42.41]The pretty young nurse was back.

[04:46.79]“We cabled your wife.

[04:49.52]She knows you were injured

[04:51.27]but are on the mend.”

[04:52.91]“How did they find me?”

[04:54.77]Jack asked.“A patrol looking

[04:57.72]for survivors 29 found you buried

[04:59.58]in the the foxhole 30. You were

[05:02.54]calling ‘Lily!’They started digging

[05:05.71]and there you were. You were

[05:08.77]stabilized at the field hospital

[05:10.63]before they could bring you here.

[05:12.93]We scrubbed you up and started

[05:15.34]to you with I.V. therapy.

[05:18.62]You were very dehydrated and

[05:21.36]suffering from urinary retention 31

[05:24.09]and renal failure. Your kidneys

[05:26.72]may never function normally again.

[05:29.12]The good news is that

[05:31.09]you survived,” she explained.

[05:33.28]A stray strand 32 of hair fell

[05:37.22] across Jack's cheek hiding the tears

[05:39.52]that crept from his eyes.

[05:41.37]He was grateful to have

[05:43.68]his life back. He silently saluted 33

[05:46.85]his friend. Mike hadn't been so lucky.

[05:50.78]The cable from Lily arrived

[05:53.30]the next day. “We have a son

[05:56.03]stop Born 05 Dec. stop Healthy

[06:00.85]stop Named him Michael stop

[06:03.37]I love you. Lily stop P.S. Dad

[06:08.29]bought the pasture and

[06:11.14]deeded it to Michael.”