童鞋們快來上課了哦：今天的主題，超級會考的哦。
今日主題： Time capsules 時間膠囊
派老師推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!
建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/164.mp3
只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：
中英文稿：
Hello, I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today, at the start of a brand new year, by Neil.
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語節目。我是主持人Rob。新年第一講開始啦，本期嘉賓是Neil。
Hello, Rob! I'm really looking forward to 2015, but I have to say that last year was great.So great I'm thinking about creating my own time capsule.
Rob,你好~ 新年確實值得期待，不過過去的一年我必須承認過得很棒。以至於我正在構思做我自己的時間膠囊。
Really? A time capsule? You mean a kind of box or container where you can store objects and information so that people in the future -yourself included - will know how we lived at this particular time?
真的麼？時間膠囊？就是用盒子或者容器將某些物品保存好，以便將來的人，也包括將來的你自己來知道這個時期的生活。
That's it! And I'm already collecting items. My old mobile phone which I don't use anymore. And a woolly jumper with a snowman on it my granny gave me that I never wear…
就是這個！我已經在手機物品了，比如我不會再用的舊手機，還有一件奶奶送給我卻從沒穿過的織著雪人的羊毛套衫。
You never wear?
從沒穿過？
It's a pretty silly jumper, Rob. She said it's to remind me of how much she loves me.Remind, which means, makes me remember - but all it makes me think of is that she still treats me like a child!I'll include the Christmas card which came with it!
恩這個針織套衫有點傻，奶奶說是為了讓我想起她對我濃濃的愛。remind意思是讓我們記起。但其實我看到這件針織衫只會覺得奶奶仍然把我當孩子，我要把針織衫一起的聖誕賀卡也一起放在時間膠囊裡。
Well, you've got to choose the items you wish to keep as a memory of our time very carefully. It's a historical record - that usually means a piece of writing or a narrative of events at a particular time.Well, let's discuss time capsules and vocabulary related to memory. But first, a question to test your knowledge of time capsules.The International Time Capsule Society is based at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, in the US, and it studies these artefacts.According to this organisation, how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today? Is it:a)up to 15,000b)up to 150,000 orc)up to 1,500,000
好吧，你要仔細挑選一下物品，畢竟是作為這個時代的紀念。這是一種時代的回憶，意思是它能描述出特定時代的生活或者事件。好的，這期節目就是關於時間膠 囊，並且會介紹關於回憶的詞語。節目開始先回答一個問題看看你對時間膠囊瞭解多少。國際時間膠囊協會總部設立在美國亞特蘭大的奧格爾普索大學，他們研究了 一些時間膠囊。根據這項研究，世界上現存的時間膠囊有多少個？選項有：a）接近1萬5千個b）接近15萬個c）接近150萬個
I'm gonna go for (a) 15,000.
那我選a）接近1萬5千個。
OK, up to 15,000.
好的，你的答案是一萬五千個。
That's the one.
沒錯。
OK. Well, as usual, you'll have the answer to that question at the end of the programme. Right, now, let's talk more about time capsules. One of them was in the news in the last couple of weeks. A capsule was found in a public building in Boston.
好的，和平時一樣，答案將在本期節目結束之前揭曉。現在，一起來聊聊時間膠囊吧。首先是一則發生在前幾週的新聞，在波士頓一棟公共建築中人們發現了時間膠囊。
Ah, I've heard about this. Historians believe it was put there by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, and other American revolutionaries in the 18th century!
我聽到過這個新聞，歷史學家認為是由Samuel Adams和Paul Revere以及一些18世紀的美國革命家一起放置的。
OK. Let's listen to BBC reporter Rajini Vaidyanathan. Can you tell me exactly where this time capsule was hidden?
好的，來聽一下BBC記者Rajini Vaidyanathan怎麼說的吧，具體這個時間膠囊是藏在哪裡了呢？
【Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC reporter in Washington】It was during repair work at the Massachusetts State House in Boston that the time capsule was discovered hidden in the cornerstone. It's thought the time capsule was first placed there in the 1795, when the building was constructed.Officials believe it contains old coins and newspapers which could have deteriorated over time.
【Rajini Vaidyanathan，BBC駐華盛頓記者】在波士頓的馬薩諸塞州州議會大樓，這裡當時正在進行修復工作，然後在大樓基石裡發現了時間膠囊。因此推測 時間膠囊的時間為1795年，也就是這座大樓的建造時間。工作人員認為其中應該有當時的硬幣或者報紙這類的在經過一段時間後腐化消失的物品。
Ah, the time capsule was hidden in the cornerstone,which is a stone representing the starting place in the construction of a monumental building. Usually it has the date carved on it.
啊，原來時間膠囊是藏在基石裡的。基石也就是建築建設地點的標誌性石頭，上面通常刻有建造日期。
Yes the time capsule's items date from over 200 years ago, so the historians are concerned about opening it.The newspapers particularly might have deteriorated, decayed or decomposed over time.
是的，這個時間膠囊是200多年前的，所以歷史學家很關注它裡面的物品。報紙很有可能會隨著時間的推移而腐化分解消失。
Paper doesn't last long. But my old mobile phone - the one I'm going to put in my own time capsule -will be eternal, it means it will exist forever! And the historians of the future will be grateful!
是啊，紙質物品很容易消失，但是我準備放在我時間膠囊裡的舊手機應該是可以一直保存的，eternal意思是長久存在。是的，未來的歷史學家一定會開心的。
Well, if you want to make the historians happy, put things which are current in your life and things you actually use in your time capsule.There are famous capsules to be opened: the American company Westinghouse created two of them.One for the 1939 New York World's Fair and the other for the same event in 1964.
好吧，如果你想讓未來的歷史學家高興，應該放些你生活裡必備常用的東西在時間膠囊裡。在著名的時間膠囊裡，將要打開的有兩個來自於美國西屋公司。一個是1937年紐約世界博覽會，一個是1964年的紐約世界博覽會。
And when are they going to open it?
什麼時候打開呢？
In the 25th century!
在25世界！
Wow! Well, that's it, Rob. I'm going home and I'm going to start working on my own time capsule!
哇！好吧，Rob，我要回家收拾我自己的時間膠囊啦。
Good. I'm glad to see you're so enthusiastic, Neil. But be careful not to make the mistake these guys in the Writtle Junior School here in England made.They put their items in a box 25 years ago and they buried the capsule in the garden.
好啊，看到你這麼亢奮我很開心。但是要小心，不要再犯錯誤，像英國Writtle初中學校的那些人一樣。他們在25年前把他們的物品放入時間膠囊，埋在公園裡。
And what happened to it? It isn't centuries later but it must be interesting for these people who are now adults to see what's inside.
然後呢？在幾十年後，他們已經成年後，打開這個時間膠囊多有趣！
Well, it would have been interesting. But it didn't happen.Listen to Headteacher Nick Taylor and tell me why they didn't open their time capsule.
是啊，本該是非常有意義的。可惜他們並沒有達成這個願望。來聽聽校長Nick Taylor怎麼說，為什麼他們沒能打開自己的時間膠囊呢？
【Nick Taylor, Writtle School Headteacher】There were letters in it, coins, various things so we called in Writtle Heritage and they had a good explore around the garden with their metal detectors, and they couldn't find any evidence of it. I think we've dug about three holes around our school garden but we had to stop because we were slowly destroying it.
【Nick Taylor，Writtle學校的校長】時間膠囊裡有信件、硬幣和各種各樣的東西，我們稱之為Writtle遺產。他們用金屬探測器在花園裡尋扎，卻根本探測不到任何信息。我們已經在學校花園裡挖了三個洞，再挖下去花園就沒了。
They forgot where they buried it!
他們忘記了埋在哪裡！
Yes. And they used metal detectors - electronic devices which can find metallic objects underground - and even so they couldn't find their time capsule!And before I forget, let's go back to the question I asked at the beginning of the programme.
是的，他們使用了金屬探測器，就是一種可以找到地下金屬物品的點子裝置，卻仍然一無所獲，找不到時間膠囊。好吧，在我忘記問題之前，我們來揭曉答案吧。
You asked how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today.
你問我當今世界上有多少個時間膠囊。
Yes, and the options were up to 15,000, up to 150,000 or up to 1,500,000. And you said...
是的，選項是一萬五千個，十五萬個和一百五十萬個。
Yes, I said up to 15,000.
我選了一萬五千個。
And this is the right answer!
你答對了！
Hurrah!
太棒啦！
Well done! Yes, the International Time Capsule Society has set up a registry of time capsules, and it estimates there are 10,000 to 15,000 time capsules worldwide. And the organisation believes that more than 80% of all time capsules are lost and will not be opened on their intended date.
是啊，根據國際時間膠囊協會成立的時間膠囊登記估算出全世界的時間膠囊應該有一萬到一萬五千個。並且協會認為80%的時間膠囊都找不到埋藏地點，無法在預估時間打開。
Well, I will remember where I kept mine. That's for sure.
好的，我一定會記住的我的埋在哪兒了。
Good for you. Well, that's it from us for the moment.We've been talking about time and... we've run out of it. But let's just remember some of the words used today.
是啊，記住比較好，現在時間到了。這期節目我們探討了時間，啊我們已經超時了。來回顧一下今天所學的詞語吧。
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