[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 60 Too early and too late [00:03.50]60 太早和太晚 [00:07.00]Listen to the tape then answer the question below. [00:12.16]听录音，然后回答以下问题 [00:17.32]Why did the young girl miss the train? [00:19.96]为什么年轻女孩错过了火车? [00:22.60]Punctuality is a necessary habit [00:25.63]准时是一种必须养成的习惯 [00:28.66]in all public affairs in civilized society. [00:31.14]在文明社会中进行一切社交活动（所需的） [00:33.62]Without it,nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; [00:36.34]不准时将一事无成, [00:39.05]everything would be in a state of chaos. [00:41.73]事事都会陷入混乱不堪的境地 [00:44.41]Only in a sparsely-populated rural community [00:47.28]只有在人口稀少的农村, [00:50.16]is it possible to disregard it. [00:52.23]才可以忽视准时的习惯. [00:54.31]In ordinary living,there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality [00:57.64]在日常生活中人们可以容忍一定程度的不准时 [01:00.97]The intellectual,who is working on some abstruse problem, [01:01.00]一个专钻研某个复杂问题的知识分子 [01:01.02]has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand [01:04.26]为了搞好手头的研究,要把一切都协调一致、组织周密 [01:07.50]He is therefore forgiven if late for a dinner party. [01:10.13]因此,他要是赴宴迟到了会得到谅解 [01:12.75]But people are often reproached for unpunctuality [01:15.62]他们常因迟到受到责备 [01:18.50]when their only fault is cutting things fine. [01:21.18]是因为他们不准时地掐钟点所致 [01:23.85]It is hard for energetic,quick-minded people to waste time, [01:26.97]精力充沛、头脑敏捷的人极不愿意浪费时间 [01:30.10]so they are often tempted to finish a job [01:32.47]因此他们常想做完一件事 [01:34.85]before setting out to keep an appointment. [01:37.12]尔后再去赴约. [01:39.40]If no accidents occur on the way,like punctured tyres, [01:42.52]要是路上没有发生如爆胎 [01:45.64]diversions of traffic,sudden descent of fog,they will be on time. [01:49.47]改道,突然起雾等意外事故,他们是决不会迟到的 [01:53.29]They are often more industrious, [01:55.41]他们通常是更勤奋的 [01:57.52]useful citizens than those who are never late. [02:00.24]比那些从不迟到的人更有用 [02:02.96]The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual [02:06.64]早到的人同迟到的人一样令人讨厌 [02:10.32]The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance [02:13.60]客人提前半小时到达是最令人讨厌的 [02:16.88]Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. [02:19.55]我家有几个朋友就有这种令人恼火的习惯 [02:22.21]The only thing to do was ask them to come [02:24.74]唯一的办法就是请他们 [02:27.28]half an hour later than the other guests. [02:27.30]比别的客人晚来半小时 [02:27.33]Then they arrived just when we wanted them. [02:29.92]这样,他们可以恰好在我们要求的时间到 [02:32.50]If you are catching a train, [02:34.28]如果赶火车, [02:36.06]it is always better to be comfortably early [02:38.38]早到总比晚到好, [02:40.71]than even a fraction of a minute too late. [02:43.24]哪怕早到一会儿也好. [02:45.77]Although being early may mean wasting a little time, [02:48.50]虽然早到可能意味着浪费一点时间 [02:51.23]this will be less than if you miss the train [02:53.71]比起你错过火车将会少用些时间， [02:56.20]and have to wait an hour or more for the next one; [02:58.47]等上一个多小时坐下一班车（是很浪费时间） [03:00.74]and you avoid the frustration [03:02.73]而且可以避免那种沮丧: [03:04.71]of arriving at the very moment [03:06.68]当你赶到车站时, [03:08.66]when the train is drawing out of the station [03:10.94]正好火车刚刚驶出车站 [03:13.23]and being unable to get on it. [03:15.20]因而上不了车. [03:17.17]An even harder situation [03:19.21]更难堪的是 [03:21.25]is to be on the platform in good time for a train [03:24.07]虽然及时赶到站台上, [03:26.89]and still to see it go off without you. [03:29.18]却眼睁睁地看着那趟火车启动,把你抛下 [03:31.46]Such an experience befell a certain young girl [03:34.14]一个小姑娘碰到这种情况 [03:36.82]the first time she was travelling alone. [03:39.04]而且是她在第一次独自出行的时候 [03:41.26]She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due,