[07:57.91]Lesson 35
[08:01.57]justice
[08:03.04]正义，公正；司法
[08:04.52]The word justice is usually associated with courts of law.
[08:07.55]“正义”这个词常常同法庭联系在一起。
[08:10.58]The victims have at last received compensation for their unjuries,
[08:13.70]受害者终于得到对他们伤害的赔偿金，
[08:16.82]so justice has been done.
[08:18.89]正义也得到了伸张。
[08:20.95]court
[08:22.33]法院
[08:23.72]Below the courts of appeals are the district courts.
[08:26.29]上诉法院之下便是地方法院。
[08:28.87]Ultimately his suit was settled out of court.
[08:31.54]他的讼诉案是在庭外解决的。
[08:34.22]law
[08:35.66]法律
[08:37.09]The best thing of all is not full authority for laws
[08:39.88]最佳方法并不是把最高权威赋予法律，
[08:42.66]but rather full authority for a wise man
[08:45.14]而是赋予一个智慧、通晓治艺术的人。
[08:47.62]who understands the art of kingship.
[08:51.88]He is always breaking the law.
[08:53.86]他老是犯法，
[08:55.85]He broke the law when he was born;his parents were unmarried.
[08:59.08]刚生下来就犯法，他的父母没结婚就生了他。
[09:02.30]innocence
[09:03.76]无辜
[09:05.23]We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt
[09:08.51]当某人被证据确凿地证明了无罪或有罪的时候，
[09:11.78]has been proved beyond doubt.
[09:13.77]我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。
[09:15.76]He stopped his friends,begining his story over and over again,
[09:18.72]他拦住他的的朋友们，一遍又一遍地从头讲述他的经历，
[09:21.68]declaring his innocence.
[09:23.80]声明他的无辜。
[09:25.92]Even the police protested his innocence.
[09:28.40]就连警方也承认他无罪。
[09:30.88]undertake
[09:32.34]承担，着手做
[09:33.81]Those who seek it undertake an arduous journey
[09:36.63]那些寻求正义的人走的一条崎岖的道路。
[09:39.45]and can never be sure that they will find it.
[09:41.83]而且从来没有把握他们最终将获得正义。
[09:44.20]Please the court,I undertook the defense of the accused very reluctantly,
[09:47.98]请法庭明鉴本律师是在极不情愿的情况下接受为被告辩护的任务的，
[09:51.75]and only at the urging of the judge advocate
[09:54.23]是在检查官一再敦促之下，
[09:56.72]that no other defense counsel was available.
[09:59.25]在他说明找不到其他辩护律师的情况下才接受的。
[10:01.78]The Reference Division of the National Library is undertaking a development project.
[10:05.56]国家图书馆参考部正在实施一项发展计划。
[10:09.33]arduous
[10:10.77]艰苦的，艰难的
[10:12.21]You will not have to spend the next few days recovering from a long and arduous journey.
[10:15.89]你不必花费几天工夫去消除艰苦的长途旅行带来的痛苦。
[10:19.57]Every large firm faces the problem of providing work for employees
[10:22.90]每一家大公司都面临着给那些因病或年老
[10:26.23]who because of ilness or age
[10:30.49]are no longer able to perform arduous physical labor.
[10:33.43]不能再从事艰苦的体力劳动的雇员安排工作的问题 。
[10:36.37]abstract
[10:37.95]抽象
[10:39.53]There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept.
[10:43.36]在个别情况下，正义不再是一种抽象概念。
[10:47.18]Beauty and Truth are abstract ideas.
[10:49.81]美和真都是抽象概念。
[10:52.43]This theory is completely abstract instead of being based on a more or less mechanical model.
[10:56.31]这个理论完全是抽象的，而不是建立在多少有点机械的模式上。
[11:00.19]concept
[11:01.63]概念，观念
[11:03.07]Democracy is a concept that includes,among other things,
[11:06.10]民主是一个包含个人自由以及选举权的概念。
[11:09.13]the ideas of individual freedom and the right to vote.
[11:14.87]These concepts contradict each other.
[11:17.16]这些概念相互矛盾。
[11:19.44]mete out
[11:20.92]给予，处置
[11:22.40]Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.
[11:26.08]奖惩不受人的意志支配。
[11:29.76]The jury carefully meted out punishment for the offenders.
[11:32.79]陪审团慎重地给犯人量刑。
[11:35.82]On what basis did he mete out the rewards?
[11:38.25]他是根据什么决定奖励的？
[11:40.68]interference
[11:42.30]干预，干涉
[11:43.92]This separation exists because of the interference by the state for economic reasons.
[11:47.85]这种分离是由于国家出于经济原因进行干预才形成的。
[11:51.78]We don't want any of your interference.
[11:54.16]我们不需要你来干涉。
[11:56.54]accord
[11:57.98]一致
[11:59.41]Their views were found to be in perfect accord.
[12:01.89]人们发现他们的意见完全一致。
[12:04.38]There were solemn suggestions at first that his policy and intentions
[12:07.61]起初人人郑重其事地说他的方针和意图
[12:10.85]might not be in accord with the best interests of the country.
[12:13.64]不符合国家的最大利益。
[12:16.42]premises
[12:17.95]房屋
[12:19.47]The landlord gave us permission to enter his premises to inspect the meters.
[12:22.86]房东允许我们进入他的房屋检查仪表。
[12:26.24]A high fence protects the premises.
[12:28.37]一座高高的栅栏保护着房子。
[12:30.50]convert
[12:31.93]转变，改变
[12:33.37]The shop was an old converted house with many large,diused fireplaces
[12:37.00]商店是由一栋老房子改造的，
[12:40.63]and tall,narrow chimneys.
[12:42.55]有许多废置的大壁炉和又高又窄的烟囱。
[12:44.47]Chemical energy may be converted to heat.
[12:46.85]化学能可以转变为热能。
[12:49.23]We promised to convert our entire fleet of cars to front-wheel-drive technology.
[12:52.91]我们保证要把所有的汽车都改为用前轮驱动。
[12:56.59]disused
[12:58.21]不再用的
[12:59.83]Maybe this is a disused word.
[13:02.01]也许这个词已经废弃不用了吧。
[13:04.20]Granny grudged to part with anything,including the disused.
[13:07.53]奶奶什么都舍不得扔掉，连不再用的东西也不例外。
[13:10.86]fireplace
[13:12.44]壁炉
[13:14.02]Who would not like to sit beside the fireplace on cold winter nights?
[13:17.30]谁不愿意在寒冷的冬夜坐在壁炉前呢？
[13:20.57]Jimmy asked his father whether Sainta Clause would choke with smoke
[13:23.80]吉米问爸爸圣诞老人从壁炉的烟囱里降临的时候
[13:27.03]when he descends from the fireplace chimney.
[13:29.36]会不会被烟呛着。
[13:31.70]muffle
[13:33.07]捂住，压抑
[13:34.45]Towards midday,a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls.
[13:38.27]快到中午的时候，一个女孩子听到从一堵墙里传出一声闷住的叫声。
[13:42.10]Their footsteps were muffled in the carpeted corridors.
[13:44.74]走廊里铺着地毯，把他们的脚步声淹没了。
[13:47.38]The voice came,muffled,from above his head.
[13:49.81]那个声音从他头顶上传来，压得低低的。
[13:52.24]chip
[13:53.46]砍，削，凿
[13:54.69]After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick,
[13:57.42]他们凿透了18透寸厚的墙壁，
[14:00.15]they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.
[14:02.53]发现有个人卡在了烟囱里。
[14:04.90]The carpenter chipped,chopped,but the tree stood still.
[14:08.18]木匠砍呀，劈呀，可是那棵树纹风不动。
[14:11.46]It is difficult to chip old paint off the inside of a container.
[14:14.49]从容器的内壁铲下旧油漆很费事。
[14:17.52]blacken
[14:18.89]使变黑
[14:20.26]The sorry-looking,blackened figure that emerged,
[14:22.90]那个可怜巴巴、浑身漆黑的家伙
[14:25.54]admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night
[14:29.07]从烟囱里一出来就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窃，
[14:32.59]but had got stuck in the chimney.
[14:34.66]却被烟囱卡住了。
[14:36.72]Is it true the arsenic blackens silver?
[14:39.20]砒霜真会让银发黑吗？
[14:41.68]He sought to blacken his cousin's reputation.
[14:44.05]他企图败坏他表兄的名声。
[14:46.41]emerge
[14:47.80]出现
[14:49.18]Light could emerge even of the blackest of the northern night.
[14:52.36]即使是北方最黑暗的长夜也会露出光明。
[14:55.53]She saw Lottie emerge from the shrubbery.
[14:57.82]她看见洛蒂从灌木丛里钻出来。

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