15篇文章貫通六級詞匯MP3（字幕版）Unit6-Part2

<p><br /> [00:00.00]Lily lay back in the soft, <br /> [00:03.82]green grass of the pasture. <br /> [00:06.01]White daisies, golden brown-eyed Susans, <br /> [00:10.06]prickly blue viper's bugloss, and frilly <br /> [00:13.45]Queen Anne's lace surrounded her. <br /> [00:17.39]She beckoned to him from <br /> [00:19.68]what seemed like miles away. <br /> [00:21.98]He hiked through the grass <br /> [00:24.50]calling her name. She began to <br /> [00:26.69]stroll away from him <br /> [00:28.44]into the distance. He had <br /> [00:30.63]to reach her! He loved her so! <br /> [00:33.47]If they couldn't marry, he would <br /> [00:35.99]make her his mistress! Nothing could <br /> [00:38.72]extinguish the flame of his love! <br /> [00:41.35]He would cling to that <br /> [00:42.99]until his dying day.<br /> [00:45.61]Lying stationary was taking <br /> [00:48.89]its toll on Jack's circulation. <br /> [00:51.63]His feet and hands were numb. <br /> [00:54.04]Something was tickling his nose. <br /> [00:56.55]He managed to tilt away <br /> [00:59.62]from the irritant, whatever it was. <br /> [01:02.13]He was so thirsty! He tried <br /> [01:06.18]to lubricate his lips with saliva <br /> [01:08.37]but had none. His bladder felt <br /> [01:11.98]like a separate entity that <br /> [01:14.39]would overflow. He could stall <br /> [01:17.56]the urge to void no longer <br /> [01:19.31]and allowed the urine to <br /> [01:20.74]flow out of him.What did <br /> [01:23.25]it matter now? He was <br /> [01:25.11]as good as dead anyway.<br /> [01:27.08]The fort stood in the center <br /> [01:30.03]of the pasture. A moat filled <br /> [01:32.88]with sharks protected its walls <br /> [01:35.07]from any possible intruders. <br /> [01:37.36]Jack pedaled his bicycle as fast <br /> [01:39.88]as he could. The sharks <br /> [01:42.83]whipped back and forth so quickly <br /> [01:44.91]they created foam on the surface <br /> [01:47.31]of the water. He had to <br /> [01:50.27]cross the drawbridge before <br /> [01:52.13]it was raised, segregating him <br /> [01:54.54]from his regiment and his <br /> [01:56.39]pregnant wife, Lily. She saw him <br /> [02:00.23]approaching and skipped onto <br /> [02:02.30]the bridge to greet him. <br /> [02:04.39]The bridge was rising. <br /> [02:06.36]The sharks were in frenzy! <br /> [02:08.54]He rode as if the hounds <br /> [02:10.62]of hell were after him. <br /> [02:12.59]He had to reach her!<br /> [02:14.56]His right arm was wedged <br /> [02:17.84]against a rock. No matter how <br /> [02:19.92]hard he tried, he couldn't <br /> [02:22.00]wrench it free. This was <br /> [02:24.95]getting tiresome. He felt <br /> [02:27.25]a stitch in his right side. <br /> [02:29.66]That's all he needed now <br /> [02:31.30]to die from a ruptured appendix! <br /> [02:33.92]He had wriggled enough to <br /> [02:36.44]increase the size of the slot <br /> [02:38.41]in which he was trapped. <br /> [02:40.92]Were those voices he was hearing? <br /> [02:43.00]He wasn't deaf!<br /> [02:44.64]When he fought his way <br /> [02:47.49]to the surface of consciousness <br /> [02:49.68]once again, he was being carried <br /> [02:51.65]on a litter over the inverted <br /> [02:53.95]battlefield. Bodies were strewn everywhere. <br /> [02:57.23]The stretcherbearers stumbled over <br /> [03:01.05]the rough ground but maintained control <br /> [03:03.79]of their human cargo as they <br /> [03:06.09]made their way to the field hospital.<br /> [03:09.15]The fuse leading to the dynamite <br /> [03:12.43]in the stern of the oil tanker <br /> [03:14.63]burned so rapidly that Jack knew <br /> [03:17.14]the ship would explode before <br /> [03:19.00]he could reach the hatch <br /> [03:20.53]to extinguish the flame. <br /> [03:22.72]The olive green ship was almost <br /> [03:25.67]within his reach when it blew up.<br /> [03:27.86] He felt as if he were <br /> [03:30.60]on a grill. His face was <br /> [03:32.56]aflame. His body felt as if <br /> [03:35.63]the skin had been ripped <br /> [03:37.16]from it. He wanted to die <br /> [03:39.78]before the pain grew worse.<br /> [03:41.86]His forehead felt cool. <br /> [03:45.26]He opened his eyes slowly, painfully. <br /> [03:48.54]A white-clad nurse sponged <br /> [03:51.60]his face gently. As she became <br /> [03:54.67]aware of his gaze, she stopped <br /> [03:57.07]her ministrations and offered <br /> [03:59.15]him a sip of water. <br /> [04:01.01]“Take it easy,” she whispered. <br /> [04:03.20]“You mustn't drink too quickly. <br /> [04:06.04]Too much, too fast <br /> [04:08.34]will give you nasty cramps.”<br /> [04:10.75]Jack was aware of bandages <br /> [04:14.07]on his muscular arms and casts <br /> [04:16.81]on both legs. Intravenous tubing carried <br /> [04:21.51]a clear fluid into his veins. <br /> [04:25.01]Consciousness was still transient. <br /> [04:28.63]Dreams of a strange pasture mingled <br /> [04:31.68]with reality and continued to <br /> [04:33.76]haunt his sleep. He understood <br /> [04:37.48]he was on a hospital ward, <br /> [04:39.67]but where? And how did he get here?<br /> [04:42.41]The pretty young nurse was back. <br /> [04:46.79]“We cabled your wife. <br /> [04:49.52]She knows you were injured <br /> [04:51.27]but are on the mend.”<br /> [04:52.91]“How did they find me?” <br /> [04:54.77]Jack asked.“A patrol looking <br /> [04:57.72]for survivors found you buried <br /> [04:59.58]in the the foxhole. You were <br /> [05:02.54]calling ‘Lily!’They started digging <br /> [05:05.71]and there you were. You were <br /> [05:08.77]stabilized at the field hospital <br /> [05:10.63]before they could bring you here.<br /> [05:12.93]We scrubbed you up and started <br /> [05:15.34]to you with I.V. therapy. <br /> [05:18.62]You were very dehydrated and <br /> [05:21.36]suffering from urinary retention<br /> [05:24.09]and renal failure. Your kidneys <br /> [05:26.72]may never function normally again. <br /> [05:29.12]The good news is that <br /> [05:31.09]you survived,” she explained.<br /> [05:33.28]A stray strand of hair fell<br /> [05:37.22] across Jack's cheek hiding the tears <br /> [05:39.52]that crept from his eyes. <br /> [05:41.37]He was grateful to have <br /> [05:43.68]his life back. He silently saluted <br /> [05:46.85]his friend. Mike hadn't been so lucky.<br /> [05:50.78]The cable from Lily arrived <br /> [05:53.30]the next day. “We have a son <br /> [05:56.03]stop Born 05 Dec. stop Healthy <br /> [06:00.85]stop Named him Michael stop <br /> [06:03.37]I love you. Lily stop P.S. Dad <br /> [06:08.29]bought the pasture and <br /> [06:11.14]deeded it to Michael.”</p>

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