Lesson 49 The ideal servant

歌曲 Lesson 49 The ideal servant
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 49 The ideal servant
[00:06.000] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:11.920] --- What was Bessie's 'little weakness'?
[00:16.920] It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago.
[00:20.840] If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants.
[00:29.600] Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework.
[00:35.720] She had a huge, rambling country house called 'The Gables'.
[00:40.760] She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs,
[00:46.960] she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.
[00:51.240] Before she grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly.
[00:56.480] I often visited The Gables when I was a boy.
[01:00.160] No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate.
[01:06.280] The parquet floors shone like mirrors;
[01:09.320] highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets;
[01:13.800] even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust.
[01:19.480] Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and polished.
[01:28.560] She always referred to them as 'the shifting population',
[01:32.520] for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.
[01:38.760] Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
[01:52.080] While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature,
[01:56.600] she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days,even after she had been sadly disillusioned by Bessie.
[02:07.920] Bessie worked for Aunt Harriet for three years.
[02:11.480] During that time she so gained my aunt's confidence, that she was put in charge of the domestic staff.
[02:19.080] Aunt Harriet could not find words to praise Bessie's industriousness and efficiency.
[02:25.320] In addition to all her other qualifications, Bessie was an expert cook.
[02:31.120] She acted the role of the perfect servant for three years before Aunt Harriet discovered her 'little weakness'.
[02:38.560] After being absent from The Gables for a week,
[02:41.520] my aunt unexpectedly returned one afternoon with a party of guests and instructed Bessie to prepare dinner.
[02:49.680] Not only was the meal well below the usual standard, but Bessie seemed unable to walk steadily.
[02:56.960] She bumped into the furniture and kept mumbling about the guests.
[03:01.520] When she came in with the last course -- a huge pudding -- she tripped on the carpet
[03:07.360] and the pudding went flying through the air, narrowly missed my aunt, and crashed on the dining table with considerable force.
[03:15.920] Though this caused great mirth among the guests, Aunt Harriet was horrified.
[03:21.640] She reluctantly came to the conclusion that Bessie was drunk.
[03:26.800] The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and,long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
[03:38.040] The poor girl was dismissed instantly.
[03:41.200] After her departure, Aunt Harriet discovered that there were piles of empty wine bottles of all shapes and sizes neatly stacked in what had once been Bessie's wardrobe.
[03:52.000] They had mysteriously found their way there from the wine cellar!

歌词大意

[00:01.080] lǐ xiǎng de pú rén
[00:06.000] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
[00:11.920]
[00:16.920] wǒ de gū mā hā lì tè hǎo duō nián qián jiù qù shì le, zhè dǎo shì jiàn hǎo shì.
[00:20.840] rú guǒ tā huó dào jīn tiān, tā jiāng bù néng jiù tā rè zhōng de huà tí" yōng rén" fā biǎo yì jiàn le.
[00:29.600] hā lì tè shēng huó zài yí gè yōu xián de nián dài, jiā wù shì dōu yóu gù lái de yōng rén dài láo.
[00:35.720] tā zài xiāng xià yǒu yī chuáng jù dà zá luàn de fáng zi, jiào zuò" shān qiáng zhuāng yuán".
[00:40.760] tā duì zhè chuáng fáng zi zài gǎn qíng shàng nán shè nán fēn. fáng zǐ shí zài tài dà le,
[00:46.960] dàn zài zhàng fū qù shì duō nián hòu, tā réng rán zhí yì cháng nián zhù zài na r.
[00:51.240] hā lì tè gū mā nián qīng shí, xǐ huān dà bǎi yàn xí, zhāo dài bīn kè.
[00:56.480] wǒ xiǎo shí hòu cháng qù" shān qiáng zhuāng yuán" zuò kè.
[01:00.160] bù guǎn qù duō shǎo bīn kè, dà fáng zi lǐ zǒng shì shōu shí dé gàn gān jìng jìng.
[01:06.280] xiāng mù dì bǎn jié rú míng jìng,
[01:09.320] cā dé fā liàng de yín qì chén liè zài míng liàng de bō lí guì lǐ,
[01:13.800] lián gū fū de dà liàng cáng shū yě bǎo cún de hěn hǎo, qí jī bān dì yī chén bù rǎn.
[01:19.480] hā lì tè gū mā tǒng shuài zhe yī zhī kàn bú jiàn de yōng rén dà jūn, tā men bù tíng dì cā shì qīng sǎo shuā xǐ.
[01:28.560] tā chēng zhèi xiē yōng rén jiào" liú dòng rén kǒu",
[01:32.520] yīn wèi tā men lái qù cōng cōng, suǒ yǐ wǒ shèn zhì dōu méi yǒu jī huì zhī dào tā men de xìng míng.
[01:38.760] gū mā dài yōng rén zài dāng shí suàn shì kāi míng de, cóng lái bù ràng yōng rén měi tiān gōng zuò chāo guò 8 xiǎo shí, dàn tā men hěn nán shǐ tā chèn xīn rú yì.
[01:52.080] tā yī fāng miàn zǒng shì pī píng rén de běn xìng zhāo sān mù sì,
[01:56.600] lìng yī fāng miàn tā yòu chí zhī yǐ héng dì xún zhǎo yí gè lǐ xiǎng de yōng rén. jí shǐ zài bèi xī dà dà dì shāng tā de xīn zhī hòu, tā hái zài zhǎo, yī zhí dào tā sǐ qù.
[02:07.920] bèi xī zài hā lì tè jiā gàn le 3 nián.
[02:11.480] zài cǐ qī jiān, tā yíng de le gū mǔ de shǎng shí, shèn zhì dāng shàng le dà guǎn jiā.
[02:19.080] hā lì tè bù zhī gāi yòng shén me yán cí lái zàn yáng bèi xī de qín fèn yǔ gāo xiào.
[02:25.320] bèi xī chú le yǒu gè zhǒng běn lǐng yǐ wài, hái shì yí gè pēng rèn dà shī.
[02:31.120] tā dān rèn" lǐ xiǎng pú rén" jué sè 3 nián zhī hòu, hā lì tè zhōng yú fā xiàn tā yǒu" xiǎo xiǎo de ruò diǎn".
[02:38.560] yī cì, gū mā yǒu yí gè xīng qī méi zài" shān qiáng zhuāng yuán" zhù.
[02:41.520] yì tiān xià wǔ, tā chū qí bù yì dì huí lái le, dài lái yī dà pī kè rén, fēn fù bèi xī zhǔn bèi wǎn fàn.
[02:49.680] jié guǒ, bù jǐn fàn cài yuǎn bù rú píng shí zuò dé hǎo, ér qiě bèi xī zǒu qǐ lù lái sì hū dōng dǎo xī wāi.
[02:56.960] tā zhuàng dào le jiā jù shàng, zuǐ lǐ hái bù duàn gū gū nóng nóng yì lùn kè rén.
[03:01.520] dāng tā duān zhe zuì hòu yī dào cài yī dà pán bù dīng zǒu jìn wū lái shí, zài dì tǎn shàng bàn le yī jiāo.
[03:07.360] bù dīng fēi dào bàn kōng, cóng gū mǔ shēn biān cā guò, rán hòu hěn hěn dì zá zài cān zhuō shàng.
[03:15.920] zhè jiàn shì yǐn qǐ le kè rén men de huān xiào, dàn hā lì tè què zhuó shí xià le yī tiào.
[03:21.640] tā bù dé bù rèn dìng bèi xī shì hē zuì le.
[03:26.800] kè rén men zì rán cóng bèi xī wèi tā men kāi mén nà yī kè qǐ jiù kàn chū lái le, zài hǎo zhǎng yī duàn shí jiān lǐ, jí zuì hòu zhè gè luàn zǐ fā shēng qián, tā men nǔ lì kè zhì cái méi xiào chū shēng lái.
[03:38.040] bèi xī dāng jí bèi jiě gù le.
[03:41.200] bèi xī zǒu hòu, hā lì tè gū mā fā xiàn zài bèi xī yǐ qián yòng guò de yī guì lǐ zhěng zhěng qí qí dì fàng zhe yī duī duī xíng zhuàng gè yì dà xiǎo bù yī de jiǔ píng zi.
[03:52.000] zhèi xiē jiǔ píng shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué dì cóng jiǔ jiào lái dào le zhè lǐ.
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