Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L35-1：Justice was done

The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.

There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract conception. Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference. At such times, justice acts like a living force. When we use a phrase like it serves him right, we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. 

When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. The shop was an old-fashioned one with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. 

justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ 正义、公正、司法

court /kɔːrt/ 法院,  （网球）球场

innocence /ˈɪnəsns/  清白、无罪、 无辜

beyond doubt  确凿无疑     doubt  怀疑、疑虑

undertake  承担、从事;负责

arduous /ˈɑːrdʒuəs/  艰苦的，艰难的    arduous  journey 艰难的旅程

eminent /ˈemɪnənt/  卓越的，著名的，显赫的;

instance /ˈɪnstəns/  例子;事例;实例

cease /siːs/  停止、终止、结束

abstract   /ˈæbstrækt/  抽象的

concept /ˈkɑːnsept/  概念、观念

mete out  给予、处置     mete /miːt/  实施、给予

interference  /ˌɪntərˈfɪrəns/  干涉、干扰    

quite independent of human interference  完全不受人的干预

be independent  of  不受

living force 生命力;生命原

phrase  /freɪz/ 短语;词组;成语

it serves him right  他罪有应得

circumstance /ˈsɜːrkəmstæns/ n. 环境、条件、状况

accord /əˈkɔːrd/ v. 一致、给予、授予，    n. 协议;条约      of its own accord  自愿地，自动地

in part  部分地，在某种程度上

premises /ˈpremɪsɪz/ 营业场所、 房屋

resist /rɪˈzɪst/ 抵制;阻挡;反抗;回击;抵抗;忍住

impossible to resist the temptation to say  情不自禁的说。。。。

convert  /kənˈvɜːrt /   转变、改变

fireplace /ˈfaɪərpleɪs/ 壁炉

chimney /ˈtʃɪmni/ 烟囱;烟道;

现在文章的难度、单词量已经完全不能够划水了。纵使拼命记、拼命读，还是很难在短时间内读顺。现在的感觉就是，单词、短语、句子从嘴里蹦出来，但是，大脑似乎常常反应不过来这是什么意思。