1、进来之后先把左下角的话筒关掉，点击一下就可，使自己静音,翻译练习讲解Day 5,The words“probate exception”do not titillate.And yet a saucy,decade-long legal battle over a fortune of nearly half a billion dollars hinges on this clause,which deals with the boundaries between state and federal courts in estate disputes.“对遗嘱公证可持有异议”这句话本身并无桃
2、色意味。实际上，这是适用于涉及州立和联邦法庭之间处理财产纠纷的权限问题的条款。然而正是这一条款，让一场令人啼笑皆非、争夺大约5亿财产的诉讼持续十年之久。,At issue is whether Vickie Lynn Marshall,a former Playboy pin-up and exotic dancer better known as Anna Nicole Smith,will get anything from the estate of her late husband,J.Howard Marshall,an oil tycoon with assets estimate
3、d at$1.6 billion.大家都对维基琳恩马歇尔能否从她已故丈夫的财产中分得一杯羹议论纷纷。马歇尔曾经是花花公子杂志的一名海报女郎和脱衣舞女，人称“安娜尼科尔史密斯”，她的丈夫J.霍华德马歇尔则是一个拥有差不多16亿身家的石油大亨。,On May 1st,Ms.Smith won an important victory.Although her inheritance remains uncertain,the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that she could pursue her case in federal
4、 court.One suspects the justices were enjoying themselves,for once.5月1日，史密斯女士赢得了重大胜利。尽管她的继承权仍未明确，但美国最高法院一致裁决，她可以在联邦法院追诉。有人怀疑，法官们这是在逗闷玩儿，简直是破天荒头一次。,The details of the case have kept the tabloids busy.Marshall met Ms.Smith when he was wheeled into the Texas strip club where she was dancing.After a cou
5、rtship of a few years,full of expensive gifts(such as$2m in jewellery)and pricier promises,the two were married in 1994.那些街头小报为了捕捉此案一些细节而忙得不亦乐乎。（报道说，）马歇尔是被人用轮椅推进得克萨斯脱衣舞夜总会后结识了在那儿跳脱衣舞的史密斯。随着几年的求爱，加上数不胜数的昂贵礼物（比如200万美元的珠宝）跟一番海誓山盟之后，两人在1994年结婚。,She was 26,he was 89.Fourteen months later,Marshall dropped
6、 dead of a heart attack,leaving nothing to Ms.Smith in his will.当时她26岁，而他89岁。十四个月过后，马歇尔死于心脏病，可在遗嘱中给史密斯女士分文未留。,1995年以来，这场遗产纠纷先后闹到了5家法院。一开始，史密斯向得克萨斯州法院起诉马歇尔的儿子E.皮尔斯马歇尔，指控他剥夺了她的财产继承权。The dispute has seen the inside of five courthouses since 1995,when Ms.Smith first sued Marshalls son,E.Pierce Marshall,
7、in a Texas state court,accusing him of cutting her off from the estate.,她坚持认为，老马歇尔曾许诺分给她一半财产。小马歇尔对史密斯女士这种“掘金”举动（他叫她“乳沟小姐”）大为光火，声称老马歇尔曾送给她价值600万美元的礼物，并没打算再多给。She insists that Marshall promised her half his fortune.His son,seething at what he considers Ms.Smiths gold-digging(he calls her“Miss Cleavage
8、”),argued that Marshall had already given her$6m in gifts and did not intend to leave her more.,在首次诉讼中史密斯空手而归，但在2000年加里福利亚裁决的一宗联邦破产案中获判4.75亿美元，而后某联邦地方法院将判给她的这笔钱缩减至8900万，随后某上诉法院又作出裁决，认为本案不归联邦法院审理。Ms.Smith got nothing from her first lawsuit,but was awarded$475m in a federal bankruptcy ruling in Califo
9、rnia in 2000.A federal district court judge cut this award to$89m,and then a US appeals court ruled that the issue was not a federal matter.,今年2月召开听证会的最高法院法官对史密斯一案并不重视。事实上，这个在听证会上拿腔作势、哭哭啼啼的丰乳肥臀的金发女人，绝不是省油的灯。The Supreme Court justices,who heard arguments in February,have not weighed in on the merits
10、of Ms.Smiths case.Indeed the buxom blonde,who sniffled disingenuously during the hearings,has hardly been a sympathetic figure.,口语练习Day 5,In chips,Dr Nogaret proposes to use the spin of the electron rather than the spin of the atomic nucleus.Electrons flowing through the chip would“see”a magnetic fi
11、eld that flips from one direction to the opposite every few hundred nanometres(billionths of a metre).This is the equivalent of zapping a stationary object with an oscillating magnetic field of the sort used in MRI.The changing magnetic field would force the electrons to oscillate,too,but would not
12、allow them to radiate heat.As a result,they would be forced to emit radio wavesor,rather,microwaves,which are similar but of shorter wavelength.,Dr Nogaret envisages great advances that would stem from the success of his work,and these are not confined to the possibility of packing components yet mo
13、re tightly.In todays chips,the failure of a single connection can put the whole circuit out of action.This should not happen with a wireless system because it could be programmed to re-route signals.Manufacturers could thus relax their standards and produce chips that were cheaper than,but as reliab
14、le as,their predecessors.,表达练习Day 5,Describe a movie actor from China who is very popular.You should say:who this actor is;What kinds of movies he/she acts in;What you know about this actors life and explain why this actor is so popular.,语音语调,音节的突出和单词重音单词重音一般可有以下几种情况：（1）双音节名词的重音一般在第一个音节上，即倒数第二个音节上。如
15、：pic-ture，com-rade（同志），win-dow，par-ty（党）,（2）复合名词的重音一般也在第一个音节上。如：class-room，black-board，foot-ball，some-one,（3）双音节动词重音一般在第二个音节上。如：re-pair（修理），be-gin（开始），pre-pare（准备），ex-plain（解说）许多重音在第二个音节的动词，做名词时重音应置于第一个音节。如insertconductcontestcontentrecord,（4）有三个或三个以上音节的词，重音多在倒数第三个音节上。如：fa-mi-ly，ex-er-cise（练习），uni-v
16、er-si-ty（大学）,多音节词通常重读倒数第三个音节，也就是说，假如这个词只有三个音节，那就应该重读第一个音节如:accident,Africa,Italy,family,favorite等。如果有四个音节，就要重读第二个音节,如:American,biology,intelligent,opinion,delicious等,以此类推。,双音节词加上前缀或后缀所构成的多音节词，重音一般在原来词根的重读音节上。如：exchange,unfriendly,dangerous,requirement,officer,usually等。多音节复合名词通常重读第一个音节。如：basketball,g
17、oalkeeper,interview,newspaper,sunglasses等。,（5）一般来讲，词的重音不因加后缀而改变。如：correct，correctly，beauty，beautiful,（6）以-tion或-sion结尾的词，其重音一般在-tion，-sion之前的音节上。如：revision（修正、校对），station，pronunciation（发音）,（7）动词、副词、介词等的前缀一般要轻读。如：report，record，today，around，about，before等,注意重音，归纳经常容易读错的词和重音规律同一个单词两个词性时，名词词性时重音在词首，动词词性重
18、音在后contrast endow garage massage ancestor industry industrialresent hotel合成词或某些词中某些音不发sword Christmas comb fasten adjust cupboard,句子如何重读我们在朗读英语或用英语交谈时,并不是句子中的每个词都读得一样响亮、一样清楚,而是有些词读得或说得又轻又快,而且较为含糊,有些词则读得或说得又重又慢,而且较为清晰。那些读得或说得响亮而清晰的词就是句子重音所在。,句子重音的功能1.体现句子的节奏感和韵律感。2.突出重点,使听者更容易理解。,哪些词在句子中需重读实词,比如,名词、动
19、词、形容词、副词、数词、代词等。不重读的多为虚词,比如,冠词、连词、介词、感叹词等。例如:Thestreetsarewideandclean.（streets是名词,wide和clean是形容词,都要重读;the,are,and不重读。)Iamsogladtoseeyouagain.(so,glad,see,again要重读,而I,am,to,you不重读。),2.有时候虚词也要重读,以下几点需注意:1）强调或突出某个虚词或be动词时,应将其重读。例如:Wesawhimplayingbytheriver.(we和him一般不重读,但为了表示强调也可以重读。比如,如果we重读,则强调是我们而不是
20、别人看见。),2)介词在句首时往往要重读。例如:Onmywaytoschool,mybikewasbroken.(这句话中的on在句首应重读。)3)be动词及助动词和not结合时要重读。例如:ImsorryIcantdothat.(这句话中的cant要重读。)DidntItellyouyesterday?(这句话中的didnt要重读。),4)句子末尾的be动词和助动词一般要重读。例如:-Areyouastudent?-Yes,Iam.(这里的am要重读。)注意:上文刚出现过的并且重读的单词,第二次提到时一般不再重读?如:-Howmanyboysarethereintheroom?-Therea
21、retwentyboysinit.(问句中的boys要重读,但答语中的boys不重读。),功能词的弱读弱读即元音音素的弱化，指一个单词中的元音音素在口语中由于说话时语速快或在句子中处于次要位置而不被强调等原因，不能发完全而标准的读音。在口语中，部分连词（and，but）、介词（to,for）、代词(he,it)、助动词(is,can)以及不定冠词(an,a)在弱读时元音常常弱化为/。,连词and的弱读/nd/-/nd/连词because的弱读/bik)z/-/bikz/或者/kz/连词but的弱读/bt/-/bt/连词than的弱读/n/-/n/名词从句引导词that的弱读/t/-/t/,介词at的弱读/t/-/t/介词from的弱读/fr)m/-/frm/介词of的弱读/）v/-/v/介词和不定式前to的弱读/tu/-/t/不定冠词an的弱读/n/-/n/,助动词can的弱读/kn/-/kn/助动词does的弱读/dz/-/dz/出现在名词前面的some的弱读/sm/-/sm/代词us的弱读/s/-/s/,各位加油！,