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[00:02.65]46 自己动手
[00:05.30]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:11.04]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:16.77]Did the writer repair his lawn mower in the end?Why/Why not?
[00:23.34]作者修理他的割草机了吗?为什么?
[00:29.91]So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves,
[00:32.85]现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高,
[00:35.79]that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour
[00:38.96]结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了
[00:42.14]No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer,
[00:44.56]没有人再能说对某事一无所知,
[00:46.99]for there are countless do-it-yourself publications.
[00:49.48]因为有不计其数的教人自己动手做事的书报杂志
[00:51.96]Armed with the right tools and materials,
[00:54.09]找来合适的工具和材料,
[00:56.22]newly weds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes
[00:59.45]新婚夫妇喜气洋洋地开始布置新房.
[01:02.69]Men,particularly,spend hours of their leisure time
[01:05.67]特别是男人,常利用空闲时间
[01:08.65]installing their own fireplaces,
[01:10.69]安装壁炉、
[01:12.72]laying out their own gardens;building garages and making furniture
[01:16.59]布置花园、建造车库、制作家具
[01:20.46]Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers
[01:23.88]有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑
[01:27.30]Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze
[01:29.63]为了满足自己动手热的需要,
[01:31.95]not only by running special advisory services for novices,
[01:35.27]商店不仅为初学者提供专门的咨询服务,
[01:38.59]but by offerin consumers bits and pieces
[01:41.11]而且为顾客准备了各种零件
[01:43.63]which they can assemble at home.
[01:45.55]供他们买回家去安装.
[01:47.47]Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy
[01:50.89]这些东西为人们潜在的创造力提供了一个绝妙的用武之地
[01:54.31]but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.
[01:57.28]但不幸的是,我们并非人人都是能工巧匠
[02:00.24]Some wives tend to believe
[02:02.28]妻子常常认为
[02:04.32]that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything
[02:07.56]她们的丈夫无比聪明能干,万事俱通.
[02:10.80]Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight
[02:13.37]甚至那些连一枚钉子都钉不直的男人
[02:15.94]are supposed to be born electricians,carpenters,plumbers and mechanics
[02:19.87]都被认为是天生的电工,木匠,水管工和机械师.
[02:23.80]When lights fuse,furniture gets rickety pipes get clogged
[02:27.29]每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞
[02:30.78]or vacuum cleaners fail to operate,
[02:32.96]吸尘器不动时,
[02:35.14]some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things right
[02:38.56]有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法.
[02:41.99]The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game
[02:44.36]自己动手最糟糕的是
[02:46.74]is that sometimes even men live under the delusion
[02:49.52]有时男人也总是误以为
[02:52.30]that they can do anything
[02:54.04]自己什么都行,
[02:55.78]even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
[02:58.42]即使他们曾接连出错也仍自以为是
[03:01.05]It is a question of pride as much as anything else
[03:03.68]原因就是要面子.
[03:06.31]Last spring
[03:07.78]去年春天,
[03:09.26]my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower
[03:12.44]妻子让我请人检查一下我家的割草机.
[03:15.63]It had broken down the previous summer,
[03:17.66]那台割草机去年夏天就坏了,
[03:19.68]and though I promised to repair it,I had never got round to it
[03:22.78]尽管我答应修,但一直没抽出时间
[03:25.87]I would not hear of the suggestion
[03:27.90]我不愿听妻子的建议,
[03:29.92]and said that I would fix it myself.
[03:32.00]说我自己会修.
[03:34.07]One Saturday afternoon
[03:35.90]一个星期六的下午,
[03:37.73]I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it
[03:40.46]我把割草机拉到了花园里,仔细检查了一番.
[03:43.19]As far as I could see,it needed only a minor adjustment:
[03:46.01]在我看来,只需稍加调整即可:
[03:48.83]a turn of a screw here,a little tightening up there,
[03:51.76]这儿紧紧螺丝,那儿固定一下,
[03:54.68]a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
[03:57.36]再加几滴油,就会像新的一样了.