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洪恩环境英语第九册课本 04
日期:2009-10-07
[00:00.00]LESSON   4
[00:-1.00]TODAY,STAMFORD IS A CORPORATE CENTER...
[00:-1.50]今天,斯坦福德是一个商业中心
[00:-2.00]Steven,I'm sorry I woke you up.
[00:-2.50]很抱歉,史蒂文,把你给吵醒了。
[00:-3.00]Before the baby was born,I used to work all day without feeling sleepy.
[00:-3.50]孩子出生前,我整天地工作,从没觉得困过,
[00:-4.00]I didn't use to take a nap at lunchtime.
[00:-4.50]中午也不打盹。
[00:-5.00]I'm going jogging during my lunch break.Come with me.
[00:-5.50]午休时我要去慢跑,一起来吧。
[00:-6.00]I used to jog.but I don't anymore.
[00:-6.50]过去我敢跑,现在不跑了。
[00:-7.00]Why don't you bring your running shoes tomorrow?We'll take a run.
[00:-7.50]为什么明天不把你的跑鞋带来?我们去跑步。
[00:-8.00]I will.What did you leave on my desk?
[00:-8.50]好吧。你在我桌上放了什么?
[00:-9.00]An idea for a business story on Abbott Larkin.
[00:-9.50]是关于阿尔伯特。拉金的一个商业新闻的构思。
[00:10.00]Jake,there's business story Maria and I would like you to do.There is?
[00:10.50]杰克,确实有个商业新闻,我和玛丽想要你来做。真的?
[00:11.00]It's about Stamford.It's a corporate center now,but it didn't use to be.
[00:11.50]是有关斯坦福德的。斯坦福德现在是个商业中心,而过去不是。
[00:12.00]It used to be a farm village.
[00:12.50]它过去只是个农村。
[00:13.00]After that,many companies built their factories here.
[00:13.50]后来许多公司在这里建了工厂。
[00:14.00]But most of the factories aren't here anyone.Exactly.
[00:14.50]但是大部分的工厂现在已经不存在了。
[00:15.00]Find out which companies
[00:15.50]对极了,我们要找出哪些公司过去在这里建过工厂
[00:16.00]used to have their factories here and which companies still do.
[00:16.50]哪些公司在这里还有工厂。
[00:17.00]It sounds interesting.but I'd like to do another story on Abbott Larkin.
[00:17.50]听起来挺有趣,但我想做另一个有关阿伯特。拉金的新闻
[00:18.00]I know,Jake.But do this story first.
[00:18.50]我知道,杰克,但先做这个新闻吧。
[00:19.00]OK,I'll get started right away.
[00:19.50]好吧,我马上开始。
[00:20.00]I'll bring my running shoes tomorrow.Let's meet for a jog at noon.OK?
[00:20.50]明天我就把跑鞋带来.我们中午一去跑步好吗?
[00:21.00]Great.And I'll have something for you tomorrow.
[00:21.50]太好了,明天我会给你准备好一些资料。
[00:22.00]Today,Stamford is a corporate center with lots of skycrapers and modern office buildings.
[00:22.50]今天的斯坦福德是个拥有许多摩天大楼和现代化写字楼的商业区中心。
[00:23.00]But is didn't use to be.
[00:23.50]但过去不是。
[00:24.00]At one time it used to be a farm village.Later it became an industrial city.
[00:24.50]过去一段时间那里曾是农村,后来它变成了一个工业城市。
[00:25.00]Yes,Jake,I know.But how did it become an industrial city?
[00:25.50]对,杰克,这个我知道。但是这是怎么变成一个工业城市。
[00:26.00]In 1869 the Yale & Towne lock factory opened in Stamford.
[00:26.50]1869年耶鲁汤尼锁厂在斯坦福德开工。
[00:27.00]And the Yale factory changed Stamford overnight.Why?
[00:27.50]耶鲁锁厂在一夜之间改变了斯坦福德.为什么?
[00:28.00]Because almost everyone in Stamford used to work at the Yale factory.
[00:28.50]因为过去几乎每个斯坦福德人都在耶鲁锁厂工作过。
[00:29.00]Did you know that people used to call Stamford "The Lock City"?
[00:29.50]你不知道人们过去称斯坦福德为“锁城”吗?
[00:30.00]That's because Yale had its factories here.
[00:30.50]那是因为耶鲁曾在这里开了锁厂。
[00:31.00]Does Yale had its factory in Stamford?
[00:31.50]现在耶鲁在斯坦福德还有工厂吗?
[00:32.00]No,not anyone.Does Yale still make locks?
[00:32.50]没了。耶鲁还生产锁吗?
[00:33.00]Yes,but not in Stamford.
[00:33.50]做,但已经不在斯坦福德了。
[00:34.00]What other compaies used to have factories in Stamford?
[00:34.50]过去在斯坦福德还有其他工厂吗?
[00:35.00]Blickensderfer.They used to make typewriters,but they don't anymore.
[00:35.50]还有布里斯坦福德。他们曾经生产过打字机,但现在不生产了。
[00:36.00]I know there's a company that used to make pianos.
[00:36.50]我知道那儿曾经有一个工厂生产钢琴。
[00:37.00]Right,Davenport.and also Kroeger used to make pianos.
[00:37.50]是的。是德温伯特,另外克鲁格也曾经生产过钢琴。
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