Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace

歌曲 Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.040] --- lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace
[00:06.840] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.520] --- What particular anxiety spoils the country dweller's visit to the theatre?
[00:19.880] The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.
[00:24.120] City born and city bred,
[00:26.160] I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasionally visit during the weekend.
[00:34.240] Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
[00:41.040] Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life,
[00:44.640] only one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months.
[00:51.000] Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
[00:56.920] He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living.
[01:06.440] Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.
[01:19.360] This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.
[01:24.040] My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV -- virtually the only form of entertainment.
[01:33.400] He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work.
[01:44.440] Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.
[01:53.280] They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
[02:00.600] If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country,
[02:04.560] you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer.
[02:08.800] You never have to travel miles to see your friends.
[02:11.960] They invariably live nearby and are always available for an informal chat or an evening's entertainment.
[02:19.640] Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat.
[02:27.240] For them this is a major operation which involves considerable planning.
[02:32.760] As the play draws to its close, they wonder whether they will ever catch that last train home.
[02:39.280] The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort.
[02:43.520] The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away.
[02:49.200] Shopping, too, is always a pleasure.
[02:52.000] There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.
[02:57.040] Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger home loaded with as many of the exotic items as they can carry.
[03:05.720] Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.
[03:08.560] There is something comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights.
[03:15.000] Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets at weekends
[03:21.400] when the thousands that travel to work every day are tucked away in their homes in the country.
[03:27.240] It has always been a mystery to me why city dwellers, who appreciate all these things,
[03:33.240] obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.

歌词大意

[00:01.040] níng jìng tián yuán shēng huó de xiá xiǎng
[00:06.840] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
[00:12.520]
[00:19.880] níng jìng de xiāng cūn shēng huó cóng lái méi yǒu xī yǐn guò wǒ.
[00:24.120] wǒ shēng zài chéng shì, zhǎng zài chéng shì,
[00:26.160] zǒng rèn wéi xiāng cūn shì tòu guò huǒ chē chē chuāng kàn dào de nà gè yàng le, huò ǒu ěr zhōu mò qù yóu wán yī xià de jǐng xiàng.
[00:34.240] wǒ de xǔ duō péng yǒu dōu zhù zài chéng shì, dàn tā men zhǐ yào yī tí qǐ xiāng cūn, mǎ shàng jiù huì biàn de xīn xǐ ruò kuáng.
[00:41.040] jǐn guǎn tā men dōu jiāo kǒu chēng zàn níng jìng de xiāng cūn shēng huó de zhǒng zhǒng yōu diǎn,
[00:44.640] dàn qí zhōng zhǐ yǒu yí ge rén zhēn qù nóng cūn zhù guò, ér qiě bù zú 6 gè yuè jiù huí lái le.
[00:51.000] jí shǐ tā yě réng cún yǒu huàn jué, hǎo xiàng xiāng cūn shēng huó jiù shì bǐ chéng shì shēng huó yōu yuè.
[00:56.920] tā tāo tāo bù jué dì dà tán yǒu hǎo de nóng mín, jié jìng de kōng qì, tiē jìn dà zì rán de huán jìng hé yōu xián de shēng huó jié zòu.
[01:06.440] tā jiān chí rèn wéi, líng chén xióng jī dì yī shēng tí jiào, lí míng shí fèn xiǎo niǎo zhī zhā huān jiào, rǎn rǎn shēng qǐ de zhāo yáng rǎn hóng shù mù mù chǎng, cǐ fān měi jǐng wú yǔ lún bǐ.
[01:19.360] dàn zhè zhòng tián yuán shī bān de xiāng cūn fēng guāng jǐn jǐn shì yí gè cè miàn.
[01:24.040] wǒ de péng yǒu méi yǒu tí dào zài diàn shì jī qián dù guò de màn cháng jì mò de dōng yè diàn shì shì wéi yī de yú lè xíng shì.
[01:33.400] tā yě bù shuō shāng diàn huò wù pǐn zhǒng dān diào, yǐ jí nèi xiē měi tiān bù dé bù cóng xiāng xià gǎn dào chéng lǐ gōng zuò de bù xìng de rén men.
[01:44.440] rén men wèi shí me qíng yuàn měi tiān zài lù shàng bēn bō 4 gè xiǎo shí qù huàn qǔ zhí de huái yí de xiāng jiān de yōu diǎn, wǒ shì wú fǎ lǐ jiě de.
[01:53.280] yào shì tā men yuàn yì zhù zài běn lái shǔ yú tā men de chéng shì, zé kě yǐ ràng tā men shěng qù zhū duō bù biàn yǔ jié yuē dà liàng kāi zhī.
[02:00.600] rú guǒ nǐ yuàn shě qì xiāng xià shēng huó nà yì diǎn diǎn lè qù de huà,
[02:04.560] nà me nǐ huì fā chū chéng shì kě yǐ wéi nǐ tí gōng shēng huó zuì měi hǎo de dōng xī.
[02:08.800] nǐ qù kàn péng yǒu gēn běn bù yòng bá shè hǎo jǐ yīng lǐ,
[02:11.960] yīn wèi tā men dōu zhù zài fù jìn, nǐ suí shí kě yǐ tóng tā men liáo tiān huò zài wǎn shàng yì qǐ yú lè.
[02:19.640] wǒ zài xiāng cūn yǒu yī xiē shú rén, tā men měi nián jìn chéng lái kàn yī huí huò jǐ huí xì, bìng bǎ cǐ kàn zuò yī zhǒng tè shū de xiǎng shòu.
[02:27.240] kàn xì zài duì tā men shì jiàn dà shì, xū yào jīng xīn jì huà.
[02:32.760] dāng xì kuài yǎn wán shí, tā men yòu wéi shì fǒu néng gǎn shàng mò bān huǒ chē huí jiā ér fàn chóu.
[02:39.280] zhè zhǒng jiāo lǜ, chéng lǐ rén shì cóng wèi tǐ yàn guò de.
[02:43.520] zuò gōng gòng qì chē jǐ zhàn lù, jiù kě kàn dào zuì xīn de zhǎn lǎn diàn yǐng xì jù.
[02:49.200] mǎi dōng xi yě shì yī zhǒng lè qù.
[02:52.000] wù pǐn pǐn zhǒng fán duō, cóng lái bù bì yòng èr děng pǐn lái còu hé.
[02:57.040] xiāng lǐ rén jìn chéng cǎi gòu xīn xǐ ruò kuáng, měi cì huí jiā shí dōu mǎi zú le wài lái shāng pǐn, zhí dào ná bu dòng fāng cái bà xiū, lián zǒu lù dōu yáo yáo huàng huàng de.
[03:05.720] chéng shì yě bìng fēi méi yǒu liáng chén měi jǐng.
[03:08.560] hán lěng cháo shī de dōng yè lǐ, guǎng gào dēng xiāng fā chū de nuǎn guāng, huì gěi rén mǒu zhǒng ān wèi.
[03:15.000] zhōu mò, kōng kuàng de jiē shì lǒng zhào zhe yī zhǒng níng jìng de qì fēn, méi yǒu shén me néng bǐ cǐ shí de níng jìng gèng lìng rén nán wàng le.
[03:21.400] dàng chéng qiān shàng wàn jìn chéng shàng bān de rén huí dào le tā men de xiāng jiān yù suǒ zhī hòu,
[03:27.240] chéng lǐ rén duì zhè yī qiè xīn lǐ hěn míng bái,
[03:33.240] què piān yào zhí niù dì zhuāng chū tā men xǐ huān zhù zài xiāng cūn de yàng zi, zhè duì wǒ lái shuō yī zhí shì gè mí.
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