15篇文章貫通六級詞匯MP3（字幕版）Unit6-Part1

<p>[00:00.00]UNIT6<br /> [00:16.07]The Pasture<br /> [00:17.70]Night settled, thick with the acrid <br /> [00:21.76]odors of gunpowder and blood. <br /> [00:24.16]No moon meant firing at <br /> [00:26.78]muzzle flashes, an inexact method <br /> [00:29.41]by which to combat one's foe, <br /> [00:32.37]but the enemy had no advantage either. <br /> [00:34.77]With artillery fire blanketing<br /> [00:37.94]the field of battle, Jack had <br /> [00:40.13]no opportunity to go to Mike's aid.<br /> [00:43.20]He poked his head over <br /> [00:45.39]the rim of the trench to <br /> [00:46.91]see if he could spot Mike's corpse. <br /> [00:49.22]He knew he was dead. <br /> [00:52.28]He had heard his scream <br /> [00:54.69]of pain when he was hit. <br /> [00:57.53]His agonized moans had grown <br /> [01:00.15]weaker and less frequent and finally <br /> [01:02.34]ceased about ten minutes ago.<br /> [01:05.52]The regiment had been under <br /> [01:09.02]heavy bombardment for two days,<br /> [01:11.20]without respite. He had been <br /> [01:14.71]too late to stop Mike <br /> [01:16.24]as he propelled himself out <br /> [01:18.20]of the foxhole and staggered <br /> [01:20.28]as he hit the muddy terrain. <br /> [01:22.58]In hindsight, he should have <br /> [01:25.86]seen it coming. Mike had <br /> [01:28.60]started to break yesterday. <br /> [01:30.57]He was becoming bizarre, talking <br /> [01:33.52]about his patriotic duty to <br /> [01:36.15]expel the enemy from these shores. <br /> [01:39.32]Paradoxically, just before he <br /> [01:42.27]hopped over the edge of the trench <br /> [01:44.24]he scorned the day he had <br /> [01:46.10]heeded the call to enlist.<br /> [01:48.73]It pained him to realize that <br /> [01:51.68]his one friend in this ungodly war <br /> [01:54.53]had betrayed him by dying. <br /> [01:57.60]Soldiers don't often make friends with <br /> [02:01.21]one another, knowing they might die. <br /> [02:03.94]He and Mike were different. <br /> [02:06.45]They had known each other<br /> [02:08.31]since they were children. <br /> [02:09.73]Mike was the best man when <br /> [02:11.81]Jack and Lily walked down <br /> [02:13.89]the aisle just a week before <br /> [02:15.86]they left the dock and crossed <br /> [02:17.61]the channel to engage the enemy.<br /> [02:20.57]Clouds tumbled and overlapped one another <br /> [02:24.50]as the wind began to freshen. <br /> [02:26.80]It was getting colder now. <br /> [02:29.65]The prospect of another night<br /> [02:31.84]of rain, or perhaps even snow, <br /> [02:34.57]made Jack quiver with dread. <br /> [02:37.63]Blood tinged water was beginning <br /> [02:40.70]to crust over with ice. <br /> [02:43.43]He could feel his toes and <br /> [02:45.51]fingers stiffen as the temperature dropped. <br /> [02:49.01]Maybe Mike was better off than he. <br /> [02:52.51]At least the cold wouldn't <br /> [02:54.37]bother him any more.<br /> [02:56.34]Suddenly, comets of light began <br /> [02:59.95]to streak across the night sky. <br /> [03:02.47]They were using flares! <br /> [03:05.10]The increased tempo of cannon fire <br /> [03:07.72]coming from the left flank, <br /> [03:09.69]shattering the earth around them,<br /> [03:11.98]could only mean the enemy <br /> [03:14.17]had sensed their weakness, and <br /> [03:16.47]was coming in for the kill. <br /> [03:18.44]They were heading straight <br /> [03:20.74]for the underbelly!Jack's rifle misfired. <br /> [03:25.11]The whole corps had been issued <br /> [03:27.74]new guns a few days before <br /> [03:29.49]this campaign had started. <br /> [03:31.68]It wasn't long before they discovered<br /> [03:34.74]that the alloy used in the barrels <br /> [03:36.93]couldn't endure prolonged firing, <br /> [03:39.23]causing the shell casings <br /> [03:40.87]to adhere in the bore. How could <br /> [03:45.13]he repel the enemy without a weapon?<br /> [03:47.32]Jack felt a stab of pain <br /> [03:50.82]in his right thigh. <br /> [03:52.79]The ground around him ruptured. <br /> [03:55.53]Jerking from side to side, <br /> [03:57.72]he tried to dodge falling rocks <br /> [03:59.36]and the clods of dirt <br /> [04:01.32]raining down upon him. <br /> [04:03.95]He slumped into a prone posture <br /> [04:06.14]as he felt himself shoved <br /> [04:08.33]from behind by an unknown force <br /> [04:11.07]that felt as if it might <br /> [04:13.03]have been a racing locomotive. <br /> [04:16.20]The last thing he heard, <br /> [04:18.83]before his world was overturned, <br /> [04:20.80]was a chorus of screams.<br /> [04:23.54]“Am I dead? Where am I?<br /> [04:27.80]Where is everybody?” Cognitively, <br /> [04:30.43]Jack realized he was still functioning <br /> [04:33.93]physiologically so that meant <br /> [04:36.67]he was still alive, but <br /> [04:38.30]for how long? He couldn't move. <br /> [04:41.48]Maybe the impact had fractured <br /> [04:44.65]his spine and he was paralyzed. <br /> [04:47.17]He tried，analytically，to assess <br /> [04:50.23]the damage incurred by moving <br /> [04:51.87]his limbs, one by one, <br /> [04:53.84]in a clockwise direction, <br /> [04:56.24]starting with his right arm. <br /> [04:58.87]Everything appeared able to be <br /> [05:01.50]mobilized but for some reason <br /> [05:03.58]he couldn't get up off the ground. <br /> [05:06.31]Everything went black again.<br /> [05:09.38]Jack led his horse by the reins <br /> [05:13.31]as they stepped onto the overpass <br /> [05:15.28]bridging the gap between the plateaus. <br /> [05:18.78]In the distance, he could see <br /> [05:21.52]a twelve point buck grazing <br /> [05:23.60]in the pasture, silhouetted against <br /> [05:26.66]the waning sunset. Out of nowhere, <br /> [05:30.05]a bull came charging across <br /> [05:32.35]the meadow toward him. He tried <br /> [05:35.63]to run but his feet <br /> [05:37.39]were pegged to the bridge.<br /> [05:39.24]Drifting in and out of consciousness, <br /> [05:42.97]Jack tried to make sense of <br /> [05:45.04]what had happened to him. <br /> [05:47.12]He seemed to be in a cavity <br /> [05:49.74]under the ground. The earth <br /> [05:52.48]was compacted on his legs <br /> [05:54.45]but he thought he might be <br /> [05:56.31]able to rotate his body enough <br /> [05:59.31]to make himself a little more comfortable. <br /> [06:01.69]Was that a shaft of light <br /> [06:04.76]he could see through the groove<br /> [06:06.18]between the fingers of his left<br /> [06:07.60]hand covering his eyes? <br /> [06:09.57]He groped to clear a tiny <br /> [06:12.42]bit more space for himself. <br /> [06:14.72]The shutters of his consciousness <br /> [06:16.90]closed again.The galaxy was <br /> [06:22.15]being probed by lunar modules shuttling <br /> [06:25.87]between Earth and the other planets. <br /> [06:28.28]As a member of a federation of geologists, <br /> [06:31.79]Jack and his team had to <br /> [06:33.75]follow the seam of ore <br /> [06:35.72]to its source, a pasture <br /> [06:37.58]on a distant asteroid.<br /> [06:39.44]Once again, Jack regained lucidity. <br /> [06:44.04]“Wow,” he thought, “that was <br /> [06:46.66]like a bad paperback novel<br /> [06:48.74]about astronomy!” He sniffed the air. <br /> [06:51.81]It was foul with the smell <br /> [06:54.43]of death but qualitatively <br /> [06:55.96]able to sustain life.<br /> [06:58.80]Why was it so quiet? <br /> [07:01.32]Was he deaf? Was the battle over? <br /> [07:04.05]Was everyone dead? The weight <br /> [07:07.12]on his legs was becoming oppressive.</p>

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