2018年商务英语初级口语测试：大象撞树

All Mark can do is persevere, and hope for a break.

But not all the forest creatures are so shy.

Perched high in his tree,

James Aldred is waiting patiently for the elephants to come in.

At last, the elephants are here, but they’re behaving strangely.

He knows something’s not quite right.

The elephants seem agitated.

They just want to get rid of you.

One begins to thump the tree with its head.

James has no option but to weather the attack.

That’s lean forward and keep head-butting,

keep head-butting, keep head-butting.

Suddenly, the cameras cut out.

And James is left in complete darkness.

马克能做的只有坚持不懈

并期待有所突破

但并非所有的丛林生物都那么害羞

在高高的树上

詹姆斯·奥尔德雷德正耐心守候大象们的出现

终于大象们出现了

但他们的行为很异常

他知道有点不对劲

大象们显得焦躁不安

他们只想摆脱你

一头象开始用头撞树

詹姆斯别无选择只能尽力捱过攻击

那只身体向前倾然后用头撞树

不停地撞啊撞

突然摄像机电源被切断

詹姆斯陷入了完全的黑暗之中

option [’ɔpʃən]n. 选择权，可选物，优先购买权

v. 给予选

persevere [.pə:si’viə]v. 坚持，孜孜不倦，不屈不挠

excess [ik’ses, ’ekses]n. 过量，超过，过剩

adj. 过量的，额外

moldy [’məuldi]adj. 发霉的;乏味的;陈腐的

agitated [’ædʒiteitid]adj. 激动不安的，焦虑的动词agitate的过去式

The doctor told me to cut out meat for my fat.

由于肥胖，大夫叫我停止吃肉。

I cut out the paragraph in this article.

我删除了这篇文章的一个段落。

That’s lean forward and keep head-butting,那只身体向前倾然后用头撞树

lean forward探身过去, 向前倾

She leaned forward and whispered the news to him.

她探过身去，低声把消息告诉了他。

They just want to get rid of you.他们只想摆脱你

get rid of摆脱, 除去

The fat boy went on a diet to get rid of his excess weight.

这个胖男孩节制饮食以减轻过量的体重。

Let’s get rid of this moldy old furniture.

咱们把这件老掉牙的旧家具扔掉吧