[00:00.00]Lesson  46 plead
第46课  找（借口），辩解
[00:05.81]No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer,
现在有关‘自己动手’的书多得不计其数，
[00:11.57]for there are countless do-it-yourself publications.
所以谁也不能再拿“不会”当借口了。
[00:17.61]I didn't mean it! Pleaded poor Alice.
“我不是这个意思”可怜的爱丽丝辩解道。
[00:22.78]ingnorance
无知，不懂
[00:26.09]The more a man learns,the more he sees his ignorance.
学然后知足。
[00:31.75]Sometimes ignorance can be a blessing.
有的时候无知是福。
[00:36.11]publication
出版物
[00:40.12]The team are checking out all the publications in the field.
这个小组在查找这一领域所有的出版物。
[00:45.97]The bookstore regularly get free publications.
书店定期得到免费出版物。
[00:50.96]newlyweds
新婚夫妇
[00:54.02]Armed with the right tools and materials,
新婚夫妇备好合适的工具和材料，
[00:58.95]newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes.
喜气气洋洋地开始布置新房。
[01:05.95]The newlywes began to quarrel immediately after the honeymoon.
新婚夫妇刚过完密月就开始吵架。
[01:12.25]The shop has a special discount for newlyweds.
商店对新婚夫妇实行特别优惠。
[01:18.60]gaily
愉快地，高兴地
[01:21.26]Dinner went on gaily.
晚饭吃的很愉快。
[01:24.96]The bird in the clock gaily hops out and says cuckoo.
钟里的小鸟愉快地跳出来，“布谷布谷”地叫着。
[01:30.56]leisure
空闲
[01:33.21]Men.particularl,spend their hours of leisure time installing their own fireplaces,
特别是男人，常利用空闲时间安装壁炉，
[01:41.48]laying out their own gardens,building gargaes and making furniture.
布置花园，建造车库，制作家具。
[01:48.67]You might think over the matter at your leisure.
你闲下来不妨想想那件事。
[01:53.39]Leisure does what it likes;labor does what it must.
闲暇是做它喜欢做的事，工作是做它必须做的事。
[01:59.34]keen
热心的，渴望的
[02:01.93]Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers.
有些格外热衷的人就连电脑都是自己组装的。
[02:10.28]She is very keen to go to the match.
她热望着能去看比赛。
[02:14.50]Rufas is keen on anything that has the word 'ball'in it.
鲁弗斯对所带“球”的东西都很热衷。
[02:20.36]advisory
咨询的
[02:23.75]Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze
商店为了迎合自己动手热，
[02:28.51]not only by running special advisory services for novices,
不仅为初学者提供了专门的咨询服务，
[02:34.70]but by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.
而且为顾客准备了各种零件，供他们买回家去安装。
[02:41.92]The Security Council can ask the Court for an advisory opinion on any legal question.
安理会可以就任何法律问题向国际法院提出咨询。
[02:51.52]novice
新手
[02:54.31]Have an eye on her.She is a novice.
当心照看她一点，她是个新手。
[02:59.39]At skiing he is not a novice.
他可不是滑雪新手。
[03:04.13]consumer
消费者，顾客
[03:06.85]The price increases were passed on by the firm to the consumers.
公司把上涨的费用都转嫁到了消费者身上。
[03:13.35]This is a consumer-oriented service.
这个服务是以消费者为中心的。
[03:17.54]assemble
装配，组装
[03:20.79]At last he began to assemble his safety razor.
最后他开始要安装剃须刀。
[03:26.34]The final program is assembled.
最终程序已经装配完毕。
[03:30.44]outlet
出口，发泄（感情，精力等）
[03:33.21]Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy,
这些东西为人们的创造潜能提供了极佳的用武之地，
[03:39.82]but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.
但不幸的是，并非人人都是能工巧匠。
[03:45.06]The poor slave talked to the old horse as anoutlet for his anger and sadness.
可怜的奴隶向老马倾吐着他的愤怒和忧伤。
[03:51.96]Art is a sublime outlet for feelings.
艺术是一种崇高的宣泄情感的方式。
[03:57.02]creative
富于创造性的
[03:59.58]A teacher should encourage his students to do creative thinking.
老师应当鼓励学生的创造性思维。
[04:05.52]You can't expect your advertising people to get creative overnight.
你不能指望这些替你设计广告的人一夜间就变得有创意。
[04:11.54]handyman
手巧的人，能工巧匠
[04:14.84]A handyman was called in to fix our music box.
我们请了个手巧的人来修八音盒。
[04:20.09]Grandpa is the handyman in the neighborhood.
爷爷是我们这一片的能工巧匠。
[04:24.88]resourceful
足智多谋的
[04:28.14]Some wives tned to believe
有些妻子似乎认为
[04:32.00]that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything.
丈夫无所不能，什么都能搞定。
[04:38.49]They are an able people,very industrious and resourceful,and they would recover quickly.
这是一个能干的民族，非常勤劳而机智，他们会很快恢复元气。
[04:48.05]He looked bold and resourceful and unscrupulous but he was none of these.
他看上去在胆，善于随机应变，而且肆无忌惮，其实根本不是。
[04:55.00]fuse
由于烧断保险丝而短路
[04:57.81]When lights fuse,furniture gets rickety,pipes get clogged,or vaccum cleaners fail to operate.
碰到保险丝烧断了，家具榫头松了，管道堵了，吸尘器不动了，
[05:08.56]some women assume that their husband will somehow put things right
有些女人老是一厢情愿地觉得丈夫有办法。
[05:14.37]If you plug in all these appliances at once,you'll fuse all the lights.
你要是把这些电器同时接上电，保险丝就会烧断，所有的灯都会熄灭。
[05:21.27]Have some candlees at hand in case lights fuse.
手边准备点蜡烛，万一保险丝烧断了。
[05:26.21]rickety
要散架的，晃动的
[05:29.17]A rickety chair was about all the furniture he had.
一把摇摇晃晃的破椅子差不多就是他的全部家当了。
[05:34.51]clog
堵塞
[05:37.11]The pipe is so small that it clogs very easily.
管子太细了，容易堵。
[05:42.12]The teeth of the saw were clogged with saw dust.
锯齿被木屑塞住了。
[05:47.08]delusion
错觉
[05:50.52]The worst thing about the do-it-yourself games
这个自己动手的游戏最糟的一点就是有时男人也跟着犯糊涂，
[05:54.64]is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything,
哪怕是一错再错，
[06:01.64]even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
也以为自己什么都行。
[06:07.13]I'm not going to believe whatever you say.You are having a delusion.
你说什么我都不会相信的。你在胡思乱想呢。
[06:13.58]lawn mower
锄草机
[06:16.45]Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower.
去年春天，妻子让我找个人检查一下我们的锄草机。
[06:23.60]It's advisable to use a lawn mower instead of scissors to cut his manes.
聪明点还是用锄草机剪他这一头鬃毛吧，别用剪刀了。
[06:29.49]Our lawn mower is hand-propelled,not power-driven.
我们的锄草机是手动的，不是机动的。
[06:35.85]adjustment
调整
[06:38.54]As far as I could see,it needed only a minor adjustment,
在我看来，只需稍加调整即可，
[06:44.25]a turn of the screw here,a little tightening up there,
这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，
[06:50.10]a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。
[06:55.15]Some institutions have  begun to make the adjustment to the new age.
一些机构开始调整以适应新时代。
[07:01.31]screw
螺丝钉
[07:04.01]Show me how to drive in a screw.
教我怎么把螺丝钉旋进去。
[07:08.12]There is a screw loose somewhere.
哪儿的螺丝松了，（俚语）什么地方出毛病了。
[07:12.21]dismantle
拆卸
[07:15.26]The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.
锄草机纹丝不动，于是我决定把它拆开。
[07:22.15]The boy looked on curiously as his father dismantled the car.
爸爸拆卸汽车零件的时候，小男孩好奇地在一边看着。
[07:28.11]chunk
（厚）块
[07:31.36]The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower.
花园里就乱七八糟地堆满了锄草机的金属零件。
[07:38.58]On the long table were rosy apples and chunks of maple sugar.
长桌上放着红红的苹果和大块的械糖。
[07:44.63]snap
绷断
[07:47.57]One of the links in the chain that drives wheels had snapped.
驱动轮子的链条断了一节。
[07:53.18]The branch snapped under the weight of the snow.
树枝被雪压断了。
[07:58.14]My nerves almost snapped under the pressure of work.
我的神经在工作压力下乎崩溃了。
[08:03.64]insurmountable
不能克服的，难以对付的
[08:07.55]After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task
我买来新链条以后，就面临着一项极为艰巨的任务，
[08:13.60]of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle again.
即如何把这些让人眼花缭乱的拼板重新拼起来。
[08:19.36]She knew the problem was not insurmountable.
她知道这个问题并非无法解决。
[08:25.76]To test his courage the with set three insurmountable tasks for the soldier.
为了考验士兵的勇气，女巫给他出了三道难题。
[08:32.50]jigsaw puzzle
拼图游戏
[08:35.43]We are trying to put the jigsaw puzzle together.
我们想把这些拼板都拼起来。
[08:39.56]I dislike jigsaw puzzles Out with the truth.
我不喜欢玩拼图游戏。干干脆脆地把实话都说出来吧。
[08:45.91]nag
唠叨不休，纠缠不休
[08:48.93]When my wife nagged me to do something about it,
妻子喋喋不休地让我想点办法，
[08:53.12]I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow.
我告诉她，要么买台新的，要么让草长下去。
[09:00.55]Dad has been nagging mum all week to mend his shirt.
爸爸整整一星期一直唠叨着要妈妈给他补衬托。
[09:06.19]The children finally nagged the nurse into taking them to the zoo.
孩子们终于缠得保姆答应带他们去动物园了。
[09:12.23]rust
生锈
[09:15.14]Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower
深草丛中埋着一台正在生锈的锄草机，
[09:21.08]which I have promised to repair one day.
那就是我曾经信誓旦旦要修理的锄草机。
[09:25.89]Stainless stell does not rust.
不锈钢不会生锈。
[09:30.24]Even cars that were mechanically sound started rusting.
甚至机械性能良好的车也开始生锈了。