洪恩环境英语第九册课本 06
日期:2009-10-07
[00:00.00]LESSON 6
[00:-1.00]I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU THIS WEEK,JAKE.
[00:-1.50]杰克，我想知道你我个星期怎么了
[00:-2.00]Good morning,I'm Jake Seltzer,and this is"Hello America."
[00:-2.50]早晨好，我是杰克.萨尔茨，这是“你好，美国”节目。
[00:-3.00]Today.Stamford is a city of big office buildings.It didn't use to be.
[00:-3.50]今天，斯坦福德是个满是现代化写字楼的城市。
[00:-4.00]Fifty years ago,it was a city of factories.
[00:-4.50]但过去不是，五十年前，这里到处是工厂。
[00:-5.00]At the Stamford Historical Museum,
[00:-5.50]在斯坦福德历史博物馆里
[00:-6.00]we looked at all the products that Stamford factories used to make.
[00:-6.50]我们看到了过去斯坦福德工厂生产的所有产品。
[00:-7.00]People used to call Stamford"The lock City"
[00:-7.50]人们过去称斯坦福德为“锁城”，
[00:-8.00]because this company-Yale & Towne Lock-had its factories here.
[00:-8.50]是因为这家名叫耶鲁汤尼的锁业公司曾在斯坦福德设有工厂。
[00:-9.00]Yale used to employ four out of five people in this town...
[00:-9.50]当时镇上每五个人中就有四个人在耶鲁上班...
[00:10.00]The company could produce hundreds of looks in a day...
[00:10.50]公司过去一天生产数百套锁...
[00:11.00]They could produce millions in a year.
[00:11.50]一年能生产数百万套。
[00:12.00]You can't find a typewriter like this anyone,
[00:12.50]现在你现也看不到这样的打字机了，
[00:13.00]but it used to be the most popular typewriter in the world.
[00:13.50]但它曾经是世界上最行的打字机。
[00:14.00]And a Stamford company used to make it.
[00:14.50]斯坦福德的一家公司过去就职生产这种打字机。
[00:15.00]This is a postage meter.Pitney Bowes made the first one in 1919.
[00:15.50]这是盖戳机.皮特尼，鲍在1919年生产了第一台盖戳机。
[00:16.00]A postage meter can stamp mail automatically.
[00:16.50]盖戳机可以自动为信件盖上邮戳。
[00:17.00]But before 1919,it didn't use to be so easy.
[00:17.50]但在1919后以前，这项工作可不那么轻松。
[00:18.00]They used to stamp letters by hand in those days.
[00:18.50]那时候人们都是手工盖戳。
[00:19.00]Now they use postage meters.
[00:19.50]而现在他们用上了盖戳机。
[00:20.00]Postal workers could stamp about a dozen letters in a minute with this machine.
[00:20.50]当时，邮局工人用这种机器一分钟大约能盖十二封信。
[00:21.00]Shaving didn't use to be so easy.
[00:21.50]过去，刮胡子可不那么容易。
[00:22.00]Back then,men used ot shave by hand.They couln't shave in a hurry...
[00:22.50]那时，男人们手动刮胡子。他们刮不快...
[00:23.00]Then,Jacob Schick invented the electric razor.
[00:23.50]后来扎考伯.史克发明了电动剃须刀。
[00:24.00]Today,men use electric razors,and they can shave quickly and easily.
[00:24.50]现在男人们都用电动剃须刀，可以刮得又快又轻松。
[00:25.00]The Schick factories used to be in Stamford,but they aren't here anyone.
[00:25.50]史克工厂过去曾在斯坦福德，但现在不在这儿了。
[00:26.00]Stamford workers used to make most of the world's glass tubes.
[00:26.50]斯坦福德的工人们过去生产世界上大部分的玻璃管。
[00:27.00]At Machlett Laboratories,glassblowers used to make thousnds of them every day.
[00:27.50]在马彻里特工厂，人们过去每天生产数千只玻璃管，
[00:28.00]A good glassblower could make a glass tube like this one in fifteen minutes.
[00:28.50]，一个好的玻璃管工十五分钟能制作一个这样的玻璃管。
[00:29.00]But he couldn't work for more than three of four hours without a break.
[00:29.50]但他们不能连续工作三、四个小时，
[00:30.00]It was too hot,Now most-X-ray tubes are made by machines.
[00:30.50]因为工厂里太热了，现在大部分的X光玻璃管都是机器生产的。
[00:31.00]Stamford factory workers used to make all these products.
[00:31.50]所有这些产品都是过去斯坦福德的工厂生产的。
[00:32.00]Stamford used to be a factory town.
[00:32.50]那时斯埂福德是个工业城。
[00:33.00]Today,it is a corporate city with offices instead of factories.
[00:33.50]现在则是一个办公楼林立的商业中心。早已没有昔日那种工厂云集的样子了。
[00:34.00]We hope you enjoyed our feature today.
[00:34.50]希望您喜欢我们今天的节目，
[00:35.00]Please tune in tomorrow.I'm Jake Seltzer and this is "Hello America".
[00:35.50]欢迎明天继续收看，我是杰克.萨尔茨.这是"你好美国"节目.
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[00:-1.00]I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU THIS WEEK,JAKE.
[00:-1.50]杰克，我想知道你我个星期怎么了
[00:-2.00]Good morning,I'm Jake Seltzer,and this is"Hello America."
[00:-2.50]早晨好，我是杰克.萨尔茨，这是“你好，美国”节目。
[00:-3.00]Today.Stamford is a city of big office buildings.It didn't use to be.
[00:-3.50]今天，斯坦福德是个满是现代化写字楼的城市。
[00:-4.00]Fifty years ago,it was a city of factories.
[00:-4.50]但过去不是，五十年前，这里到处是工厂。
[00:-5.00]At the Stamford Historical Museum,
[00:-5.50]在斯坦福德历史博物馆里
[00:-6.00]we looked at all the products that Stamford factories used to make.
[00:-6.50]我们看到了过去斯坦福德工厂生产的所有产品。
[00:-7.00]People used to call Stamford"The lock City"
[00:-7.50]人们过去称斯坦福德为“锁城”，
[00:-8.00]because this company-Yale & Towne Lock-had its factories here.
[00:-8.50]是因为这家名叫耶鲁汤尼的锁业公司曾在斯坦福德设有工厂。
[00:-9.00]Yale used to employ four out of five people in this town...
[00:-9.50]当时镇上每五个人中就有四个人在耶鲁上班...
[00:10.00]The company could produce hundreds of looks in a day...
[00:10.50]公司过去一天生产数百套锁...
[00:11.00]They could produce millions in a year.
[00:11.50]一年能生产数百万套。
[00:12.00]You can't find a typewriter like this anyone,
[00:12.50]现在你现也看不到这样的打字机了，
[00:13.00]but it used to be the most popular typewriter in the world.
[00:13.50]但它曾经是世界上最行的打字机。
[00:14.00]And a Stamford company used to make it.
[00:14.50]斯坦福德的一家公司过去就职生产这种打字机。
[00:15.00]This is a postage meter.Pitney Bowes made the first one in 1919.
[00:15.50]这是盖戳机.皮特尼，鲍在1919年生产了第一台盖戳机。
[00:16.00]A postage meter can stamp mail automatically.
[00:16.50]盖戳机可以自动为信件盖上邮戳。
[00:17.00]But before 1919,it didn't use to be so easy.
[00:17.50]但在1919后以前，这项工作可不那么轻松。
[00:18.00]They used to stamp letters by hand in those days.
[00:18.50]那时候人们都是手工盖戳。
[00:19.00]Now they use postage meters.
[00:19.50]而现在他们用上了盖戳机。
[00:20.00]Postal workers could stamp about a dozen letters in a minute with this machine.
[00:20.50]当时，邮局工人用这种机器一分钟大约能盖十二封信。
[00:21.00]Shaving didn't use to be so easy.
[00:21.50]过去，刮胡子可不那么容易。
[00:22.00]Back then,men used ot shave by hand.They couln't shave in a hurry...
[00:22.50]那时，男人们手动刮胡子。他们刮不快...
[00:23.00]Then,Jacob Schick invented the electric razor.
[00:23.50]后来扎考伯.史克发明了电动剃须刀。
[00:24.00]Today,men use electric razors,and they can shave quickly and easily.
[00:24.50]现在男人们都用电动剃须刀，可以刮得又快又轻松。
[00:25.00]The Schick factories used to be in Stamford,but they aren't here anyone.
[00:25.50]史克工厂过去曾在斯坦福德，但现在不在这儿了。
[00:26.00]Stamford workers used to make most of the world's glass tubes.
[00:26.50]斯坦福德的工人们过去生产世界上大部分的玻璃管。
[00:27.00]At Machlett Laboratories,glassblowers used to make thousnds of them every day.
[00:27.50]在马彻里特工厂，人们过去每天生产数千只玻璃管，
[00:28.00]A good glassblower could make a glass tube like this one in fifteen minutes.
[00:28.50]，一个好的玻璃管工十五分钟能制作一个这样的玻璃管。
[00:29.00]But he couldn't work for more than three of four hours without a break.
[00:29.50]但他们不能连续工作三、四个小时，
[00:30.00]It was too hot,Now most-X-ray tubes are made by machines.
[00:30.50]因为工厂里太热了，现在大部分的X光玻璃管都是机器生产的。
[00:31.00]Stamford factory workers used to make all these products.
[00:31.50]所有这些产品都是过去斯坦福德的工厂生产的。
[00:32.00]Stamford used to be a factory town.
[00:32.50]那时斯埂福德是个工业城。
[00:33.00]Today,it is a corporate city with offices instead of factories.
[00:33.50]现在则是一个办公楼林立的商业中心。早已没有昔日那种工厂云集的样子了。
[00:34.00]We hope you enjoyed our feature today.
[00:34.50]希望您喜欢我们今天的节目，
[00:35.00]Please tune in tomorrow.I'm Jake Seltzer and this is "Hello America".
[00:35.50]欢迎明天继续收看，我是杰克.萨尔茨.这是"你好美国"节目.
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