Lesson 50 New Year resolutions

歌曲 Lesson 50 New Year resolutions
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 50 New Year resolutions
[00:05.200] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:10.680] --- What marked the end of the writer's New year resolutions?
[00:16.680] The New Year is a time for resolutions.
[00:20.400] Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'.
[00:26.920] The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
[00:32.720] We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less,
[00:36.960] find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house,
[00:42.520] be nice to people we don't like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
[00:49.880] Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
[00:55.400] If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
[01:03.480] Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.
[01:13.080] We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody
[01:18.480] so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
[01:24.400] Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.
[01:30.440] I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercise every morning and to read more of an evening.
[01:39.840] An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year,
[01:50.320] but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
[01:55.480] The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up.
[02:04.040] The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable.
[02:11.960] Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out.
[02:18.960] After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions,
[02:25.320] I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition.
[02:29.440] It was this that betrayed me.
[02:31.960] The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance.
[02:36.400] That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
[02:45.920] However, my enthusiasm waned.
[02:49.360] The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.
[02:53.560] Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero.
[02:58.560] By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from.
[03:02.840] I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work.
[03:12.480] Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book.
[03:20.920] One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
[03:29.400] That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
[03:37.080] I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading.
[03:40.720] In fact, I have just bought a book entitled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute.
[03:46.800] Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven't had time to read it!

歌词大意

[00:01.080] xīn nián de jué xīn
[00:05.200] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
[00:10.680]
[00:16.680] xīn nián shì xià jué xīn de shí hòu,
[00:20.400] zhì shǎo zài dà duō shù rén de xīn lǐ huì biān pái chū yī fèn" yīng zuò shí mǒ" hé" bù yīng zuò shí mǒ" de lìng rén shēng wèi de dān zi.
[00:26.920] xiāng tóng de jué xīn yǐ dān diào de guī lǜ nián fù yī nián dì chū xiàn.
[00:32.720] wǒ men jué xīn měi tiān zǎo chén qǐ dé zǎo xiē chī dé shǎo xiē
[00:36.960] duō huā diǎn shí jiān yǔ hái zi men yì qǐ zuò yóu xì zuò dà liàng de jiā wù
[00:42.520] duì bù xǐ huān de rén yǒu shàn yī xiē xiǎo xīn jià chē měi tiān dū yào dài zhe gǒu sàn bù děng děng.
[00:49.880] yǐ wǎng de jīng yàn gào sù wǒ men yǒu xiē shì shì bàn bú dào de.
[00:55.400] rú guǒ wǒ men yān yǐn dà, jiè bù diào, nà shi yīn wèi lǚ jiè lǚ bài, shī qù le xìn xīn.
[01:03.480] wǒ men dà duō shù rén xiǎng zì wǒ wán shàn què zāo dào shī bài, zhè shì yīn wèi wǒ men de guī huá guò yú hóng dà, ér yòu gēn běn méi yǒu shí jiān qù shí shī.
[01:13.080] wǒ men hái fàn yǒu yí gè gēn běn xìng de cuò wù, jí bǎ wǒ men de jué xīn xiàng dà jiā xuān bù.
[01:18.480] zhè yàng yī dàn huá huí dào nèi xiē lǎo xí guàn shǎng qù, wǒ men zài bié rén de yǎn lǐ huì xiǎn de gèng jiā nán kān.
[01:24.400] wǒ shēn zhì zhèi xiē wèn tí, yú shì, jīn nián wǒ duì zì jǐ de jì huà yào yán jiā bǎo mì,
[01:30.440] zhǐ gěi zì jǐ dìng xià liǎng xiàng shì zhōng de rèn wù měi tiān zǎo shàng duàn liàn shēn tǐ, měi tiān wǎn shàng duō kàn diǎn shū.
[01:39.840] xīn nián chú xī jǔ bàn de yī cì tōng xiāo wǎn huì, shǐ wǒ lǐ zhí qì zhuàng dì zài xīn nián tóu yì tiān miǎn qù le zhè liǎng xiàng rèn wù.
[01:50.320] bù guò, xīn nián dì èr tiān, wǒ quán lì yǐ fù dì zhào zhe qù zuò le.
[01:55.480] zǎo duàn liàn yī gòng zhǐ yǒu 11 fēn zhōng, wǒ dǎ suàn zài bié rén qǐ chuáng zhī qián jìn xíng.
[02:04.040] zhè jiù yāo qiú wǒ bǐ píng shí zǎo 11 fēn zhōng bǎ zì jǐ cóng chuáng shàng zhuāi qǐ lái, zhè zhǒng zì wǒ yuē shù shì hěn jiān kǔ de.
[02:11.960] bù guò kāi tóu liǎng tiān wǒ hái shì chéng gōng dì niè shǒu niè jiǎo dì lái dào lóu xià qǐ jū shì, bèi shuí yě méi fā xiàn.
[02:18.960] wǒ zài dì tǎn shàng tiào guò lái bèng guò qù, niǔ qū shēn zi, bǎi chū gè zhǒng zī shì, nòng dé hún shēn bù shū fu,
[02:25.320] rán hòu zuò dào zhuō biān chī zǎo fàn, yī fù jīn pí lì jìn de yàng zi.
[02:29.440] zhèng shì zhè fù mú yàng xiè lòu le wǒ de mì mì.
[02:31.960] dì èr tiān zǎo chén quán jiā rén jié duì lái dào qǐ jū shì kàn wǒ biǎo yǎn.
[02:36.400] zhè zhēn jiào rén bù hǎo yì sī, dàn wǒ xīn píng qì hé dì dǐng zhù le quán jiā rén de cháo xiào hé xī luò. bù jiǔ, dà jiā duì wǒ xí yǐ wéi cháng le,
[02:45.920] ér zhè shí wǒ de rè qíng què jiǎn tuì le.
[02:49.360] wǒ huā zài duàn liàn shàng de shí jiān zhú jiàn jiǎn shǎo,
[02:53.560] màn màn dì cóng 11 fēn zhōng jiǎn dào le líng.
[02:58.560] dào le 1 yuè 10 rì, wǒ huī fù le yuán lái de zuò xī shí jiān.
[03:02.840] wǒ biàn jiě shuō, zǎo chén shǎo hào fèi jīng lì duàn liàn, wǎn shàng xià bān huí jiā kàn shū shí tóu nǎo gèng qīng xǐng xiē.
[03:12.480] yǒu jǐ tiān wǎn shàng, wǒ jí lì bǎi tuō le diàn shì de yòu huò, zuò zài zì jǐ de fáng jiān lǐ, liǎng yǎn dīng zài shū shàng.
[03:20.920] kě shì, yǒu yì tiān yè lǐ, wǒ gǎn dào yòu lěng yòu gū dān, biàn lái dào lóu xià zuò zài diàn shì jī qián jiǎ zhuāng kàn shū.
[03:29.400] zhè xià wǒ kě wán le, yīn wèi bù yī huì ér, wǒ jiù huī fù le yǐ qián de huài xí guàn, zài píng mù qián dǎ qǐ kē shuì lái.
[03:37.080] dàn wǒ hái méi yǒu fàng qì duō kàn xiē shū de jué xīn.
[03:40.720] shì shí shàng, wǒ gāng mǎi lái yī běn jiào yī fēn zhōng dú yī qiān zì de jué qiào de shū.
[03:46.800] yě xǔ zhè běn shū néng jiě jué wǒ de wèn tí, dàn wǒ yī zhí hái méi shí jiān qù kàn zhè běn shū!
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