第三期 2006年6月真题 文章(4/6)-英语听力

[00:01.26]Passage One
第一节 [00:03.24]In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace forever when they die.
在希腊，只有富人才能永久的在死后安息。 [00:09.08]Most of the population,
大多数人， [00:10.48]however, will be undisturbed for only three years.
然而，只有三年不被打扰。 [00:15.41]Then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room.
然后他们就会被掘出来，清洗，被压缩进一个小锡盒子，并且被放置在一个骨室。 [00:22.55]If the body has only partially decayed,
如果尸体只有部分腐烂， [00:25.53]it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave,
他会被重新埋进一个更便宜的坟墓， [00:29.10]but not for long,
但不会持续很长时间， [00:30.46]the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed.
一段时间之后当身体完全腐烂了，他会被挖出。 [00:36.18]Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process.
买一小块土地来做坟墓是唯一躲避这一程序的方法。 [00:42.79]The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose to rent a grave for three years and even after being dug up,
坟墓的价格是如此之贵以至于大多数人选择租一个坟墓三年即使在那之后会被挖出。 [00:51.60]lasting peace is still not guaranteed.
持久的平静仍然是没有保证的。 [00:54.84]If no one pays for renting space in the bone room,
如果没有人支付租赁在骨室里的空间， [00:59.00]the skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town.
骨架被移走和存储在一个小镇贫穷一部分的建筑。 [01:05.06]Lack of space in Athens is the main reason why the dead are dug up after three years.
缺乏空间在雅典人是在死亡三年后被挖出的主要原因。 [01:11.81]The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in hospitals for over a week until a grave is found.
这个城市太拥挤,有时尸体保存在医院一个多星期,才找到坟墓。 [01:21.73]Athens' city council wants to introduce cremation that is,
雅典的市议会想引进火化, [01:26.24]burning dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem.
焚烧尸体作为处理这个问题的方式。 [01:31.22]But the Greek Church resists this practice.
但是希腊的教堂抗拒这个实践， [01:34.48]They believe the only place where people burn is hell,
他们认为唯一人们被焚烧的地方是地狱, [01:39.41]so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after death.
所以燃烧尸体是与希腊死后生活的概念相悖的。 [01:44.90]To save space, the church suggested burying the bodies standing up instead of lying down.
为了节省空间,教会建议埋葬尸体立起来而不是躺着。 [01:52.90]Some people proposed building multi-storey underground grave yards.
一些人提议建立地下多层墓地。 [01:59.73]Passage Two
第二节 [02:02.20]If you visit a big city anywhere in the world,
如果你访问一个世界任何地方的大城市, [02:05.66]you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your native country.
你可能会发现一家餐馆提供的你祖国的食物。 [02:10.93]Most large cities in the United States offer an international sample of foods.
在美国多数大城市提供国际食品样本。 [02:17.32]Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations.
许多人喜欢吃其他国家的食物。 [02:21.57]This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.
这可能是有很多不同种类餐馆在美国的原因。 [02:28.32]The second reason is that many Americans come from other parts of the world.
第二个原因是,许多美国人来自世界其他地方的。 [02:34.11]They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands.
他们喜欢品尝他们祖国的食物。 [02:38.36]In the city of Detroit, for example,
例如,在底特律, [02:40.91]there are many people from Western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East.
有很多人来自西欧、希腊、拉丁美洲,和远东地区。 [02:47.68]There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas.
底特律有许多餐馆提供这些区域的食物。 [02:52.96]There are many other international restaurants too.
哪里还有很多其他的国际饭店。 [02:56.59]Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life.
美国人喜欢这些餐馆的食物以及更好地了解人民和他们的生活方式的机会。 [03:05.51]One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant.
美国最常见的一种国际餐馆是意大利餐厅。 [03:10.42]The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family.
餐厅可能是由小型家庭单一经营。 [03:16.93]The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there.
家庭的母亲负责烹饪,父亲和孩子招待来吃的人。 [03:24.44]Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business.
或者它可能是几个不同的在一起工作的人拥有的一个大餐厅。 [03:31.41]Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese.
许多美国人喜欢的意大利菜是由肉，番茄和奶酪制作的。 [03:38.20]They are very delicious and tasty.
因为它们非常美味可口,好吃。 [03:41.02]