英语听力 | 格列佛游记 第二十四集
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- 2024-01-15
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I was taken to see the King，but had to wait for at least an hour while he struggled with a difficult mathematical question.However，when he had finished，he spoke politely to me，and ordered his servants to show me to a room.For dinner they gave me three kinds of meat—a square of beef，a triangle of chicken and a circle of lamb. Even the bread was cut into mathematical shapes. In the evening a teacher arrived to help me learn the language，and in a few days I was able to make conversation with the island people.我被带去见国王，可是我不得不等了至少一个小时，因为他在思考一个很难的数学问题。不过在他完成以后，他对我说话很礼貌，叫他的仆人带我去一个房间。晚餐他们给了我3种肉——一块方形牛肉、一块三角形鸡肉和一块圆形羊肉。甚至面包也是切成了数学形状。晚上一个教师来教我学他们的语言，几天后我就能够跟岛民交谈了。Laputa is a circle of land，about eight kilometres across，covered with houses and other buildings.It is moved by a simple machine which uses magnets to pull the island closer to land or push it higher into the sky.The island always moves slowly.It can only fly over the country called Balnibarbi，which belongs to the King of Laputa.勒皮他是一个圆形陆地，直径大约8公里，上面建有房屋和其他建筑。勒皮他岛用一个简单的机器移动，通过磁力把岛拉近地面或者是推向高空。这个岛总是慢慢地移动，它只能在一个叫巴尔尼巴比的国土上飞，那是属于勒皮他国王的。It is difficult talking to Laputans，as they have little interest in anything except music and mathematics.They are，however，very worried about the future of the earth，the sun，and the stars，and they often discuss this.I heard a conversation about this shortly before I left Laputa.跟勒皮他人谈话很困难，因为他们对除了音乐和数学之外的事没有兴趣。但是他们对地球、太阳和星星的未来很是担忧，经常讨论。在我快要离开勒皮他之前我听到了关于这事的谈话。‘How are you，my friend?’one man asked another.‘As well as can be expected，’ came the reply.‘And how is the sun，do you think?’‘I thought he looked rather feverish this morning.I'm afraid he'll get too hot and destroy himself one day，if he goes on like this.’“我觉得今天早上他看起来有点发烧。如果继续下去，我担心他有朝一日会太烫而毁了自己。”‘I know，it's very worrying.And what about the earth?It's only thirty years until the next falling star comes this way， and the earth was very nearly destroyed by the last one!’“我知道，他确实令人担心，地球怎么样?只有30年下一个流星就会掉过来，而上次差点把地球都毁灭了!”‘That's right.We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun，and catch fire!And when the earth passes through that fire，it'll be destroyed immediately!’“对，我们知道下一个掉下来的星星几乎肯定会与太阳靠得太近而着火。地球从火中穿过就会立即被摧毁!”‘Only thirty years!That's not much to look forward to，is it?’And the two men shook their heads sadly. After several months on the island，I asked if I could visit the country underneath us.The King agreed，and ordered his officials to put me down on Balnibarbi，and show me round the capital，Lagado.“只有30年!不用等多长时间，对吧?”两个人忧伤地摇着头。在岛上几个月后，我问我是否可以去拜访我们下面的国土。国王同意了，他命令他的官员把我放到下面的巴尔尼巴比，带我参观都城拉格多。
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