高级英语听力-VOA新闻播报 15
高级听力面向着高阶的英语学习者，其中，VOA新闻作为英语母语者的常用广播，其语速、语法、词汇等都有一定难度，适合资深学习者学习，大大提升听力水平。下面结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译，一起来挑战一下吧！
听力原文及翻译
Our story today is called "Luck". It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neill with the story.
今天我们的故事叫做《运气》。这是马克·吐温写的。以下是 Shep O'Neill 的故事。
"I was at a dinner in London, given in honor of one of the most celebrated English military men of his time. I do not want to tell you his real name and title. I will just call him Lieutenant General Lord Arthur Scorsby. I cannot describe my excitement when I saw this great and famous man. There he sat, the man himself, in person, all covered with medals. I could not take my eyes off him. He seemed to show the true mark of greatness. His fame had no effect on him. "
“我当时在伦敦参加晚宴，以纪念当时英国最著名的军人之一。我不想告诉你他的真实姓名和头衔。我只想称他为亚瑟·斯科斯比勋爵中将。当我看到这位伟大而著名的人时，我无法形容我的激动之情。他本人就坐在那里，身上挂满了勋章。我无法将目光从他身上移开。他似乎展现了真正的伟大标志。他的名气对他没有影响。”
"The hundreds of eyes watching him, the worship of so many people, did not seem to make any difference to him. Next to me sat the clergyman, who was an old friend of mine. He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life, he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich. There was a strange look in his eye as he leaned toward me and whispered, 'Privately, he is a complete fool.' He meant, of course, the hero of our dinner.
“数百双眼睛注视着他，如此多的人崇拜他，对他似乎没有任何影响。坐在我旁边的是一位牧师，他是我的一位老朋友。他并不总是当牧师。在他生命的前半段，他是伍尔维奇军事学校的一名教师。他眼神奇怪地向我靠过来，低声说，‘私下里，他是个十足的傻瓜。’当然，他指的是我们晚宴上的英雄。
"This came as a shock to me. I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he had said the same thing about Napoleon, or Socrates, or Solomon. But I was sure of two things about the clergyman: he always spoke the truth, and his judgment of men was good. Therefore, I wanted to find out more about our hero as soon as I could. Some days later, I got a chance to talk with the clergyman, and he told me more. "These are his exact words.
“这让我很震惊。我仔细地看着我的朋友。如果他对拿破仑、苏格拉底或所罗门说了同样的话，我一定不会感到更惊讶。但我对这位牧师有两点确信：他总是说真话，他对人的判断力很好。因此，我想尽快了解更多关于我们这位英雄的信息。几天后，我有机会和这位牧师交谈，他告诉了我更多。“这些是他的原话。
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