[07:14.59]Lesson 60
[07:16.27]punctuality
[07:17.94]准时
[07:19.61]Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society.
[07:23.49]守时是在文明社会中进行社会活动必须养成的习惯。
[07:27.37]The most lovable and hateful thing in him is his punctuality.
[07:30.86]他这个人最可爱和最可恨的一点都是他的守时。
[07:34.35]My sister always  extols punctuality-in others.
[07:37.73]我姐姐老是赞美守时的人——这个永远是别人。
[07:41.11]rural
[07:42.99]农业的，农村的
[07:44.87]Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.
[07:48.90]只有在人口稀少的农业社会，才可以对此置之不理。
[07:52.92]Only about four or five percent of people in the country live in rural areas.
[07:56.60]这人国家只有百分之四到五的人口住在农村。
[08:00.29]Public services in rural areas are often inadequate.
[08:03.92]农村的公共服务设施经常是不完备的。
[08:07.55]disregard
[08:09.13]不顾，无视
[08:10.71]They disregarded the substance of his teaching.
[08:13.19]他们漠视了他教诲的实质。
[08:15.67]The speaker went on,disregarding the listheners' protests.
[08:18.55]讲话的人不顾观众的抗议，继续往下讲。
[08:21.42]intellectual
[08:23.04]知识分子
[08:24.66]The intellectual,who is working on someabstruse problem,
[08:27.59]钻研某个问题的知识分子，
[08:30.51]has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
[08:33.74]一切都需要围绕手头工作来统筹安排。
[08:36.96]This helps to explain the special appeal this campaign has
[08:39.85]这有助于解释这场运动何以对20世纪
[08:42.74]for the intellectuals in the 1980s.
[08:45.10]80年代的知识分子有特殊的吸引力。
[08:47.46]The bar near the university is full of intellectuals who want to relax.
[08:50.89]大学附近的酒吧到处都是想放松一下的知识分子。
[08:54.31]abstruse
[08:56.05]深奥的
[08:57.78]This theory is too abstuse to be taught in class.
[09:00.66]这个理论太深奥了，在课堂上讲不了。
[09:03.53]coordinate
[09:05.66]协调
[09:07.79]In a large hotel,the manager coordinates the work of the department heads.
[09:11.37]在大宾馆里，经理负责协调各部门负责人的工作。
[09:14.95]How shall short range plans be coordinated with long range plans?
[09:18.28]短期规划如何与长期规划相互协调一致？
[09:21.61]reproach
[09:23.08]责备
[09:24.56]But people are often reproached for unpunctuality
[09:27.29]但是那些因为掐钟点
[09:30.02]when their only fault is cutting things fine.
[09:32.80]而迟到的人往往受到责备。
[09:35.58]It wasn't your fault-you have nothing to reproach yourself with.
[09:38.91]不是你的错，你没有什么可自责的。
[09:42.24]The captain did not repreach keith,but his eyes did.
[09:45.42]船长没责备凯斯，但他的目光责备了。
[09:48.59]puncture
[09:50.01]刺破（轮胎）
[09:51.44]If no accidents occur on the way,like punctured tyres,
[09:54.63]只要路上不发生爆胎，改道，
[09:57.81]diversing of traffic,sudden decent of fog,they will be on time.
[10:01.44]起雾之类的意外，他们是决不会迟到的。
[10:05.07]A nail on the road puncutured the tyre.
[10:07.60]路上的一个钉子把车胎刺破了。
[10:10.12]The naughty little girl punctured the baloons one by one.
[10:13.39]淘气的小女孩子把所球一个接一个地扎破了。
[10:16.67]diversion
[10:18.50]改道，绕道
[10:20.33]The traffic diversion was due to an accident on the mainroad.
[10:23.36]车辆改道是因为干道上发生了交能事故。
[10:26.39]A river diverstion was brought about to supply the water to the farms.
[10:29.97]为了灌溉农场，河流被子改道了。
[10:33.55]trial
[10:35.08]讨厌的事或人
[10:36.60]The over-puncual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
[10:40.54]太守时的人和不守时的人一样可恶。
[10:44.47]At last the ocean is crossed,the trials are over,and land is in sight.
[10:48.29]大洋渡过去了，烦恼到头了，陆地也看得见了。
[10:52.12]Jack had been a sore trial to his family for twenty years.
[10:55.40]整整20年，杰克对于他的家庭来说一直是个痛苦的累赘。
[10:58.68]fraction
[11:00.56]很小一点儿
[11:02.44]If you are catching a train,it is always better to be comfortably early
[11:05.76]如果要赶火车的话，晚到——
[11:09.07]when even a fraction of minute too late.
[11:11.65]哪怕只晚针尖那么一点时间，也不如早到安逸。
[11:14.22]The time loss in all departments has been reduced to a fraction.
[11:17.46]各部门的时间损失都已经降到了极小。
[11:20.70]Only a fraction of our huge investment was ever made public.
[11:23.87]我们的大笔投资里只有一小部分资金的去向被公开了。
[11:27.05]flourish
[11:28.48]挥舞，炫耀或为了引起注意的动作（神情）
[11:29.92]The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the station master
[11:33.15]搬运工去取时刻表，结果把站长请来了，
[11:36.37]who produced it with a flourish and pointed out a microscopic 'O'
[11:39.64]站长大手一挥，拿出时刻表，
[11:42.90]beside the time of the arrival of the train at his station;
[11:45.79]指着那趟列车到站时刻旁边的一个用显微镜才能看清的小圆圈，
[11:48.68]this little 'O' indicated that the train only stopped for mail.
[11:52.06]这个圆圈表示列车只为装邮件停车。
[11:55.44]The conductor ended the symphony with a great flourish of his baton.
[11:58.47]指挥用指挥棒作了一个夸张的动作，结束了这支交响曲。
[12:01.50]The clown opened the door with a flourish.
[12:03.93]小丑用夸张的动作把门打开。
[12:06.36]microscopic
[12:08.19]微小的，用显微镜才能看清的
[12:10.02]Viruses are microscopic  in size.
[12:12.66]病毒非常微小，只有用显微镜才能看见。
[12:15.29]It is impossible to read you microscopic handwriting.
[12:18.12]你的字太小了，没法看。
[12:20.94]adamant
[12:22.31]坚定的，不动摇的
[12:23.68]But the station master was adamant;rules could not be broken.
[12:27.06]但是站长态度坚决，不能违反规章制度。
[12:30.45]It was raining,but he was adamant that I should go.
[12:33.18]下雨了，但他坚持要我去。
[12:35.91]I tried to talk her out of it.but she was adamant.
[12:38.83]我想劝她，但她很坚决。
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