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英语篇#11 The Pleasure of Books - William Lyon Phelps
Summary of the Speech:
- Talked about how you need to be careful with books, but with books that you own, you can feel free to mark them.
- The importance of a bookshelf that had easy access (no glass doors and locks).
- Good to start your own private library at youth.
- Explained why books are good friends.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail.
- Blaze (n/v ) 熊熊燃烧/大火/闪耀; 发亮光
Firefighters took two hours to control the blaze. 消防队员花了两个小时才控制住大火
(Literary use) Isaac's eyes blazed with anger. 艾萨克的眼里冒出怒火
The best of mural 壁画 decorations is books; they are more varied in color and appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime advantage主要优势 of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight 火光下, you are surrounded with intimate friends密友.
- Prime 首要的/主要的; 基本的
He is the prime suspect in the murder investigation. 他是谋杀案调查中的主要嫌疑犯
The hotel is in a prime location in the city centre. 该旅馆位于市中心的黄金地段
Prime beef 上等牛肉
Prime time 全盛时期; 盛年/壮年时期; 黄金时间 (period with high viewership)
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英语篇#7 I am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela
主持人：黄蔚儿、洪肇贤
Summary of the Speech:
- Mandela saw the trial as a transformative opportunity that offered him visibility and a hearing, a space from which to spread stories of such significance and consequence
- He admitted the truth of some of the charges made against him
- He focused on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, for social equality, and political rights for all South Africans
- He was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaped the death penalty.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
Some of the things so far told to the Court are true and some are untrue. I do not, however, deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness鲁莽, nor because I have any love for violence.
- Deny 否认/不允许
Neil denies breaking the window.
尼尔不承认是他打破了窗户
Her request for time off work was denied.
她的休假请求未获得批准
- Sabotage (爲阻止敌人或对手成功而)毁坏
The angry workers were responsible for the sabotage of the machines.
She sabotaged his plan.
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people… I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal 理想 which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
- Dedicate 奉献，献出（全部精力、时间等）
He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
他把自己的一生都奉献给科学研究工作
