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Blackbeard's Treasure by Jenny Dolly

词汇提示

1.pipe 烟斗

2.trouser 裤子

原文

Chapter III: The Queen Anne

All the men of the Queen Anne were waiting on deck when Captain Scott returned. One of them yelled to the boats after he saw the chest.

"What have you brought us there, Captain?"

Another man answered: "It's gold and rubies and diamonds!"

The captain didn't want the men to get too excited, because he didn't know if he should keep the treasure.

"That's enough. I want that treasure taken below with our own gold until I decide what we'll do with it."

Two men carried the chest below with Blackbeard still on top of it.

A man named Stubbs spoke to the captain about the treasure.

"Will we give a little of it to each of the men for the long journey?"

"I don't know. I've got a strange feeling about that treasure, but I'm not sure why. I think it's better to leave it alone for a while."

"But Captain, we've been sailing for seventeen days and we still haven't seen an island. The men need some encouragement."

"The men shall carry out their duties and be happy with that. They will get exactly what I promised them."

The two men who carried Blackbeard and his treasure below put the chest down to wait for the captain.

One of the men, Smith, sat on the chest to tie his shoe.

The other was standing, smoking a pipe.

Blackbeard stood and watched the men with a smile on his face.

He knew they couldn't see him, so he knocked Smith's hat off his head.

Smith thought the other man did it.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You knocked my hat off."

"You're crazy. I was standing here smoking my pipe."

The men were about to fight when Captain Scott walked down the stairs.

"What's going on down here?"

"Nothing,Captain."

The Captain opened the lock on the door.

"Put it inside next to the Queen's gold."

The Queen's gold was in a chest the same size as Blackbeard's treasure, but it looked new.

The wood was clean and the lock on it was gold.

Blackbeard's chest was old and grey.

Blackbeard watched the men put the chest down.

Smith stayed behind when the other man left.

He opened Blackbeard's chest, took out some of the treasure and put it in his trouser pocket.

"Smith!What are you doing in there?"

"Coming Captain!"

Blackbeard followed Smith out as the captain locked the door.

听前提示

一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。

二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。

三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。

原文

451.

We all wondered why she had dumped such a nice man.

我们都想知道她为什么甩了这么好的一个男人。

452.

A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain.

如果你把自行车留在雨中，它会生锈的。

453.

There are fifty states in the United States.

美国有50个州。

454.

It is not easy to learn a foreign language.

学会一门外语不容易。

455.

In a crisis, you must get in touch with your teacher.

在危险的时候你必须跟你的老师联系。

456.

To the best of my knowledge, the rumor is not true.

据我所知，这个谣言不是真的。

457.

He crashed his car because someone tampered with the brakes.

他撞车是因为有人在刹车上做了手脚。

458.

I met him just as he was coming out of school.

正当他从学校回来的时候，我遇见了他。

459.

I know an English teacher who comes from Canada.

我认识一个加拿大来的英语教师。

460.

If you can't have children, you could always adopt.

如果你不能有孩子，你总能领养。

听前提示

一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。

二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。

三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。

Day 37

361.

Ceremony

n.仪式，典礼；礼节，礼仪，客套

The graduation ceremony will take place on March 20th.

毕业典礼将于3月20日举行。

The ceremony began with his speech.

仪式从他的演讲开始。

Are you going to attend the ceremony?

你要去参加仪式吗？

362.

Certainly

adv.无疑，确定；当然，行

He certainly deserves the award.

他当然应该得到这个奖项。

That's certainly one possibility.

这当然是一种可能性。

He certainly knows how to entertain people.

他当然知道如何招待人们。

363.

Certificate

n.证明，证书；文凭v.发证书给….，用证书证明

Everyone has a birth certificate.

每个人都有出生证明。

Each watch comes with a certificate of authenticity.

每只手表都附有真品证书。

364.

Chain

n.链，链条；一连串v.用锁链拴住；束缚

If you pull too hard, the chain will break.

如果你拉得太用劲，链条就会断裂。

My mother gave me a silver chain.

我妈妈给了我一条银链。

365.

Chair

n.椅子；主席，委员长v.主席，主持

The chair is too low for me.

椅子对我来说太低了。

This chair is uncomfortable.

这把椅子不舒服

How much is that wooden chair?

那把木椅多少钱？

366.

Chairman

n.主席，负责人；总裁v.主持，掌管

He is the chairman of the conference.

他是会议的主席。

He's the chairman of the committee.

他是委员会的主席。

They have elected him chairman.

他们选举他为主席。

367.

Challenge

n.挑战，难题；挑战书v.挑战，向….下战书

I believe that you will overcome this challenge.

我相信你会克服这个挑战。

Don't challenge someone who has nothing to lose.

不要挑战没有什么可失去的人。

368.

Chance

n.机会；可能性v.偶然，碰巧adj.偶然的

I gave her a chance to answer.

我给了她一个回答的机会。

I have no chance to escape.

我没机会逃脱。

We have no chance of winning.

我们没有获胜的机会。

369.

Change

v.改变；找零；交换n.变化；零钱

I think you should change your eating habits.

我想你应该改变你的饮食习惯。

His parents noticed a dramatic change in his behavior.

他的父母注意到他的行为发生了巨大变化。

We noticed a gradual change in temperature.

我们注意到温度逐渐变化。

370.

Channel

n.电视频道；通道v.引导，输送，传送

They have just published a new television channel.

他们刚刚发布了一个新的电视频道。

This channel is only available on cable.

此频道仅在有线电视上可用。

词汇提示

1.stakes 风险

2.tactic 策略

3.sentiment 观点

4.cynicism 愤世嫉俗

5.apathy 冷漠

6.momentum 势头

7.arrogance 傲慢

8.proliferation 激增

9.diminished 减少

原文

George W. Bush: 'Inaugural Address' (2)

But the stakes for America are never small.

If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led.

If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism.

If we permit our economy to drift and decline,the vulnerable will suffer most.

We must live up to the calling we share.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.

It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

And this commitment, if we keep it, is away to shared accomplishment.

America, at its best, is also courageous.

Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good.

Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us.

We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.

Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent.

And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.

We will build our defenses beyond challenge,lest weakness invite challenge.

We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake:

America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom.

We will defend our allies and our interests.

We will show purpose without arrogance.

We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength.

And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.

America, at its best, is compassionate.

In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.

And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault.

Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.

And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.

Where there is suffering, there is duty.

Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities.

And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.

Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools.

Yet compassion is the work of a nation,not just a government.

And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer.

Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.

Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.

And I can pledge our nation to a goal:When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.

翻译 

乔治·W·布什：“就职演说”（2）

但对美国来说，风险从来都不小。
如果我们的国家不领导自由事业，它就不会被领导。
如果我们不让孩子们的心转向知识和性格，我们就会失去他们的天赋，破坏他们的理想主义。
如果我们允许我们的经济漂移和衰退，弱势群体将遭受最大的痛苦。
我们必须履行我们共同的使命。
礼貌不是一种策略或感情。
这是一种坚定的选择：信任而非犬儒主义，社区而非混乱。
如果我们信守这一承诺，这是实现共同成就的一种方式。
在最好的时候，美国也是勇敢的。
在萧条和战争时期，当捍卫共同危险定义了我们的共同利益时，我们的民族勇气是显而易见的。
现在，我们必须选择我们的父亲和母亲的榜样是激励我们，还是谴责我们。
我们必须在一个充满祝福的时代表现出勇气，直面问题，而不是将问题传给子孙后代。
在无知和冷漠夺走更多年轻人的生命之前，我们将共同夺回美国的学校。
我们将改革社会保障和医疗保险，使我们的孩子免受我们有能力阻止的斗争。
我们将减税，以恢复我们的经济势头，并奖励美国工薪阶层的努力和进取心。
我们将在挑战之外建立防御，以免软弱招致挑战。
我们将面对大规模毁灭性武器，从而使新世纪免于新的恐怖。
自由和我们国家的敌人不应该犯错误：
美国仍然根据历史和选择参与世界事务，形成有利于自由的力量平衡。
我们将捍卫我们的盟友和利益。
我们将毫不傲慢地表现出目标。
我们将以决心和力量对付侵略和恶意。
我们将为孕育我们国家的价值观向所有国家发声。
在最好的情况下，美国是富有同情心的。
在美国良知的平静中，我们知道，根深蒂固的贫困不值得我们国家的承诺。
无论我们对其原因有何看法，我们都可以同意，处于危险中的儿童没有过错。
遗弃和虐待不是上帝的行为，它们是爱的失败。
监狱的泛滥，无论多么必要，都不能取代我们灵魂中的希望和秩序。
哪里有苦难，哪里就有责任。
有需要的美国人并不陌生，他们是公民，不是问题，而是优先事项。
当任何人绝望时，我们所有人都会被削弱。
政府对公共安全和公共卫生、公民权利和普通学校负有重大责任。
然而，同情是一个国家的工作，而不仅仅是一个政府的工作。
有些需求和伤害是如此之深，以至于他们只会对导师的触摸或牧师的祈祷做出回应。
教堂和慈善机构、犹太教堂和清真寺为我们的社区提供了人性，他们将在我们的计划和法律中享有崇高的地位。
我们国家的许多人不知道贫困的痛苦，但我们可以倾听那些知道的人的声音。
我可以向我们的国家保证一个目标：当我们在前往杰里科的路上看到受伤的旅行者时，我们不会越过另一边。

Blackbeard's Treasure by Jenny Dolly

词汇提示

1.captain 上尉

2.cabin 船舱

3.crewman 船员

4.cannons 加农炮

5.rowed 划船

6.rope ladder 绳梯

7.chest 箱子

8.stunned 震惊

原文

Chapter II: Blackbeard's Treasure.

The sun was shining brightly on the blue water of the Atlantic Ocean.

A beautiful big ship with large, white sails and the English flag was sailing towards the Bermuda Triangle.

The ship's name was the Queen Anne, and it was going to the Bermuda Triangle to trade gold.

The captain of the ship was in his cabin, writing in his log-book.

Sunday 10th of December 1712. It is the seventeenth day of our voyage and still no island in sight. The men are beginning to complain, and I am afraid they are going to create problems.

A knock at the door stopped the captain from writing.

"Enter."

"Captain,a strange ship is sailing towards us. It has no flag so we don't know where it comes from. They need you on the bridge."

"I'll be up in a moment."

The crewman closed the door and the captain wrote one more sentence in thelog-book.

Our luck may have just changed.

The strange ship was half a mile from the Queen Anne.

It looked old and abandoned.

The captain brought his telescope up to his eye.

"Sail close to it and we'll see if anyone is on board."

One of the crewmen flashed alight three times quickly, waited one second, then flashed it two more times.

There was no answer.

"Open the cannons and sail next to it."

The strange ship moved slowly through the water; there seemed to be no one onboard.

The sails had holes in them, and there was broken wood all over its deck.

The captain called over to it.

"I am Captain Scott, serving Her Majesty the Queen. If anyone is aboard, state your name and who you serve."

There was no answer.

"Lower the boats! We're going aboard!"

Captain Scott and twelve of his men rowed two small boats from the Queen Anne to the empty ship.

A rope ladder was hanging down from the ship's side.

The captain and his men used it to climb on board.

There was no one on board.

The captain and his men looked around the ship, but they found nothing.

There was no one at the wheel, but the ship somehow continued sailing.

"I've never seen anything like it, Captain."

"Neither have I, and I don't like it. Let's follow it and see where it goes."

They were ready to leave, when one of the men saw a chest, at the side of the ship, under some old fishing nets.

They took off the nets and broke the old, black lock.

Inside,they saw beautiful shining diamonds, pearls and gold.

The men were stunned into silence.

The captain looked at one of the gold coins.

It had the picture of King Edward VI on it.

"This coin is over one hundred years old. It is not even in use anymore."

"What should we do with it, Captain?"

"I don't see why we should leave it here when there is no one on board. Close it and we'll take it with us."

When all the men were looking at the treasure, something like a black shadow came to the top of the stairs going down to the cabins below.

It stayed back in the darkness of the stairs until the men moved the chest to their boats.

No one could see it, but the shadow was really a ghost that looked like a pirate.

He wore a long blue coat and had a shining silver sword at his side.

He had a red scarf around his head and a long thick black beard.

He followed the men to their boat and sat on top of the chest.

No one could see him, but it was Blackbeard, and the treasure was his to watch.

听前提示

一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。

二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。

三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。

原文

441.

I would like to have a cup of coffee.

我想要一杯咖啡。

442.

There is a certain amount of truth in what he's saying.

他说的话有一定的道理。

443.

Keep an eye on the child for me for a moment.

帮我看会儿孩子。

444.

London,the capital of England, is on the Thames.

英国首都伦敦在泰晤士河畔。

445.

There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.

没有什么比做事缺乏热情更糟。

446.

I went to the hospital to have my eyes tested.

我到医院去检查了眼睛。

447.

The phone rang while I was taking a shower.

我在洗澡的时候，电话响了。

448.

It looks like the dog wants something to eat.

那只狗看起来好像想吃东西。

449.

You are old enough to know better than to act like that.

你够大了，应该知道不能那样做。

450.

What is the difference between this and that?

“这”和“那”有什么区别？

听前提示

一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。

二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。

三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。

Day 36

351.

Castle

n.城堡，堡垒

There used to be a castle on the hill.

山上曾经有一座城堡。

The castle is now in ruins.

这座城堡现在已成废墟。

Seen from a distance, the big rock looks like an old castle.

从远处看，这块大石头看起来像一座古老的城堡。

352.

Catch

v.接住；抓住；了解

I advised her to catch a morning train.

我劝她搭早班火车。

Take care not to catch cold.

注意不要感冒。

I didn't quite catch the name of that designer.

我还不太了解那个设计师的名字。

353.

Cause

n.原因，起因；动机v.造成，引起

The storm didn't cause any damage.

暴风雨没有造成任何伤害。

Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.

吸烟是肺癌的主要原因。

The cause of the accident is not clear.

事故原因尚不清楚。

354.

Ceiling

n.天花板，吊顶；上限

Can you reach the ceiling?

你能到达天花板吗？

The books were stacked from floor to ceiling.

这些书从地板堆叠到天花板。

The ceiling of my house is going bad.

我的房子的天花板坏了。

355.

Celebrate

v.庆祝，庆贺；赞扬，赞美；主持

Let's celebrate your promotion.

让我们来庆祝你的晋升。

She celebrated with a glass of champagne.

她喝了一杯香槟酒来庆祝。

356.

Celebration

n.庆典，庆祝活动；庆祝，颂扬

The birth of his son was a cause for celebration.

他儿子的出生是值得庆祝的事。

By tradition, the celebration begins at midnight.

按照传统，庆祝活动从午夜开始。

Their wedding celebration is on December 20th.

他们的婚礼庆典将于12月20日举行。

357.

Cellphone

n.移动电话，手机

Her cellphone went bad because of the rain.

因为下雨，她的手机坏了。

They talked to each other on the cellphone for hours.

他们在手机上互相交谈了好几个小时。

358.

Cent

n.分（美元、欧元等的货币单位）

She saved every cent possible.

她尽可能存了每一分钱。

359.

Center

n.中心，中央 vi.居中 vt.集中 adj.中央的

There is a nice park in the center of the town.

镇中心有一个漂亮的公园。

Children like to be the center of attention.

孩子们喜欢成为关注的焦点。

Where's the shopping center?

购物中心在哪里？

360.

Century

n.世纪；一百年

The church was largely rebuilt at the end of the 15th century.

教堂在15世纪末基本上进行了重建。

A century ago most people walked to work.

一个世纪前，大多数人步行去上班。

We are living in 21st century.

我们生活在21世纪。

词汇提示

1.Inaugural Address 就职演说

2.distinguished 尊敬

3.oath 誓言

4.flawed 有缺陷的

5.fallible 易犯错的

6.enduring 持久

7.halted 停止

8.solemn 庄重

原文

George W. Bush: 'Inaugural Address' (1)

President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country.

With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

As I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our nation.

And I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.

I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.

We have a place, all of us, in a long story-a story we continue, but whose end we will not see.

It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.

It is the American story - a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.

The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.

Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws.

And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea.

Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along.

And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.

While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country.

The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.

And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.

We do not accept this, and we will not allow it.

Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation.

And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.

I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in his image.

And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil.

We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.

Every child must be taught these principles.

Every citizen must uphold them.

And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less,American.

Today,we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage,compassion and character.

America,at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility.

A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

翻译

乔治·W·布什：“就职演说”（1）

克林顿总统、各位贵宾和我的同胞们，和平移交权力在历史上是罕见的，但在我们国家却很常见。
只要简单的誓言，我们就能肯定旧的传统，开创新的开端。
首先，我感谢克林顿总统为我们国家所做的贡献。
我感谢戈尔副总统以精神进行比赛，并以优雅结束比赛。
我很荣幸也很谦卑地站在这里，有这么多美国领导人在我之前，也有这么多人将在我之后。
在一个漫长的故事中，我们所有人都有一席之地——这个故事我们还在继续，但我们看不到它的结局。
这是一个新世界成为旧世界的朋友和解放者的故事，是一个蓄奴社会成为自由仆人的故事，一个权力进入世界是为了保护而不是占有，是为了保卫而不是征服的故事。
这就是美国的故事——一个有缺陷、易犯错误的人的故事，他们几代人因伟大而持久的理想而团结在一起。
这些理想中最伟大的是一个正在展开的美国承诺，即每个人都属于自己，每个人都应该有机会，没有一个微不足道的人出生。
美国人被要求在我们的生活和法律中实现这一承诺。
尽管我们的国家有时停顿，有时拖延，但我们决不能走其他道路。
在上个世纪的大部分时间里，美国对自由和民主的信仰就像汹涌大海中的一块石头。
现在，它就像风中的种子，在许多国家生根发芽。
我们的民主信仰不仅仅是我们国家的信条，它是我们人类与生俱来的希望，是我们承载但并不拥有的理想，是我们承受和传递的信任。
即使在将近225年之后，我们还有很长的路要走。
虽然我们的许多公民都很成功，但其他人却怀疑我们国家的承诺，甚至是正义。
一些美国人的雄心壮志受到失败的学校、隐藏的偏见和他们出生的环境的限制。
有时我们的分歧如此之深，似乎我们共享一个大陆，但不是一个国家。
我们不接受这一点，也不会允许。
我们的团结，我们的联盟，是每一代领导人和公民的认真工作。
这是我的庄严承诺：我将努力建设一个正义与机遇并存的国家。
我知道这是我们力所能及的，因为我们受到一种比我们自己更强大的力量的引导，他按照自己的形象创造了平等的我们。
我们对团结和引导我们前进的原则充满信心。
美国从未因血缘、出身或土地而统一。
我们被理想所束缚，这些理想使我们超越背景，使我们超越利益，并教会我们作为公民意味着什么。
必须教会每个孩子这些原则。
每个公民都必须坚持这些原则。
每一位移民，通过接受这些理想，都让我们的国家变得更美，而不是更少。
今天，我们重申一项新的承诺，即通过文明、勇气、同情心和品格来实现我们国家的承诺。
在最好的情况下，美国将对原则的承诺与对文明的关注相匹配。
一个公民社会要求我们每个人都有良好的意愿和尊重、公平交易和宽恕。
有些人似乎认为，我们的政治可以微不足道，因为在和平时期，我们辩论的利害关系似乎很小。

Blackbeard's Treasure by Jenny Dolly

词汇提示

1.pirate 海盗

2.patch 眼罩

3.scar 伤疤

4.Bermuda Triangle 百慕大三角

5.rubies 红宝石

6.bartender 酒保

原文

Chapter I: Captain Pike

It was a dark and quiet night near the port, where all of the pirate ships stay before they sail.

There were no lights on the street, and the only sounds were the laughing and singing behind the closed door of a bar called The Blue Dolphin.

A man wearing a black pirate hat opened the door of the Blue Dolphin.

He had a black patch over one eye and a scar on one side of his face.

Everyone suddenly became quiet.

A sailor at the bar asked the barman: "Who's that?"

"That is Captain Pike, the greatest pirate in all the world. They say he's stolen from the Queen of England, the King of France and the King of Spain."

Captain Pike walked slowly around the tables looking closely at each man with his cold,grey eye.

He had a very serious and cold way of talking.

"I'm looking for sailors and I need the best there are around."

A big man in a white and blue shirt with a blue scarf around his neck stood up infront of Captain Pike.

"You won't find anyone stronger than I am, Captain. Tell me where to put my name and I'm ready to sail."

Captain Pike looked into the man's eyes.

His eyes were blue like the sea.

Captain Pike's eye became narrower as he talked to the man.

"I'm sailing to the Bermuda Triangle to get Blackbeard's treasure."

The man in front of him slowly sat down.

Others began to whisper.

The barman said to the sailor:

"Nobody has ever found Blackbeard's treasure. They say it was lost somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. All those who have tried to find it have never returned."

Captain Pike continued to walk among the men.

He knew it would be difficult to find men to go with him, so he talked about the treasure to excite them.

"They say there are diamonds as big as your nose; rubies, gold, pearls. Blackbeard was a pirate like us. It's in our blood. I'm sure he would want other pirates to have it."

Suddenly a loud scream came from a dark corner near the stairs.

Avery old man with thin white hair and a shining gold tooth walked out from the darkness to talk to the men.

A large white bird sat on his shoulder.

"You don't know what you're saying! That treasure must always stay with Blackbeard's ghost, on his ship. It is his punishment for hurting the natives of the islands. Go to Rum Island. The natives there will tell you the story."

Captain Pike looked down at the man, angry because he was trying to start trouble.

He wanted to kill the man with his knife, but instead he reached into his coat and took a bag full of gold coins out of his pocket.

He put it on one of the tables next to along white piece of paper he had.

"I've got one hundred gold coins here. I'll give one to every man that puts his name on this piece of paper and sails with me tomorrow, at midnight."

The men forgot what the old man said when they saw the gold coins.

They ran to sign their names.

Captain Pike stared at the old man once more.

The old man looked at him too, and left the bar with his bird.

Captain Pike yelled to the bartender:

"Bartender!Drinks for everyone! We sail tomorrow."

听前提示

一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。

二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。

三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。

原文

431.

All the signs are that she is getting better.

所有迹象表明她好起来了。

432.

Apart from on rainy days, I always ride my bike to work.

除了雨天，我都是骑车去上班的。

433.

Two months have passed since he left for France.

他离开去法国已经有两个月了。

434.

I will badly miss you if you leave Japan.

如果你离开日本，我会非常想你的。

435.

I'll call for you at eight tomorrow morning.

我明早八点来接你。

436.

You haven't washed your hands yet, have you?

你还没洗手吧，是不是？

437.

The school is five kilometers from my home.

学校离我家有五公里远。

438.

There is no denying that she is very efficient.

不可否认她非常有能力。

439.

We met in a coffee shop near the campus.

我们在校园附近的咖啡厅碰面。

440.

It is sometimes difficult to make yourself understood in public.

我们有时很难在公众场合表达清楚自己的意思。