【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 69
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
IV
South Cairo 1930-1938
THERE is, after Herodotus, little interest by the Western world towards the desert for hundreds of years. From 425 B.C. to the beginning of the twentieth century there is an averting 1 of eyes. Silence. The nineteenth century was an age of river seekers. And then in the 19205 there is a sweet postscript 2 history on this pocket of earth, made mostly by privately 3 funded expeditions and followed by modest lectures given at the Geographical 4 Society in London at Kensington Gore 5. These lectures are given by sunburned, exhausted 6 men who, like Conrad’s sailors, are not too comfortable with the etiquette 7 of taxis, the quick, flat wit of bus conductors. When they travel by local trains from the suburbs towards Knightsbridge on their way to Society meetings, they are often lost, tickets misplaced, clinging only to their old maps and carrying their lecture notes—which were slowly and painfully written—
1 averting
防止，避免( avert的现在分词 )； 转移
- The margin of time for averting crisis was melting away. 可以用来消弥这一危机的些许时光正在逝去。
- These results underscore the value of rescue medications in averting psychotic relapse. 这些结果显示了救护性治疗对避免精神病复发的价值。
2 postscript
n.附言，又及；(正文后的)补充说明
- There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter.他的信末又是一贯的浪漫附言。
- She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived.她在信末附笔中说包裹已寄到。
3 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
- Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
- The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
4 geographical
adj.地理的；地区(性)的
- The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
- These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
5 gore
n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶
- The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
- Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。