听力文本
Your letters were so infrequent.I hardly know where you've been all this time.
你写给我的信太少了 我简直搞不清你前后都去过哪里
Mother, China's incredible. We followed the yangtze deep into the interior. Most of the people had never seen a person with yellow hair before.
母亲 中国真不可思议 我们顺着长江一直深入到内陆, 那里大多数人从没见过黄头发的人
Were you never afraid?
当时你不害怕吗
Of course.But, when I was, I thought of father.
当然怕 但是一想到父亲就不怕了
You sound just like him.
你跟他可真像啊
I miss him.
我真想他
I do, too.But the years pass quickly for me now. Time is a cruel master.
我也想 只是这时间过得好快 时间真是太残酷了
Time is a thief. And a villain.
时间是小偷 还是恶棍
I hear the ascots are marking Hamish's succession tonight.
听说今晚艾斯科家要举办爵位继承典礼
Perfect. We should go.
太好了 我们可得去
I'm afraid the invitation must have been lost in the post.
我们的邀请信就当是被邮局搞丢了吧
Nonsense. Lady ascot once said we would always be welcome.Besides, I have a proposition for Hamish.
才不是呢 艾斯科夫人以前说过 永远欢迎我们 况且我还要给海密仕提个建议
Hamish married last year, Alice. He seems to have got over your public rejection.
海密仕去年结婚了 爱丽丝 你当众拒婚的事 好像已经过去了
A business proposition, mother.
我要提的是商业建议 母亲
You're leaving again? So soon? There are matters here which might benefit from your attention.
你又要离开家 这么快吗 家里有些事情你要是能操一下心 说不定更有用
After my next voyage... You won't have to worry about anything.
等我完成下一次航行 你就什么都不用担心了
Am I permitted to worry about tonight?
那么今晚的事能不让我担心吗
重点讲解

infrequent
不常发生的；罕见的
同义词： rare
Her infrequent visits home
她少有的探望家人
Muggings are relatively infrequent in this area.
在这个地区行凶抢劫事件相对少见。

interior
内陆；内地；腹地
an expedition into the interior of Australia
深入澳大利亚腹地的探险

think of
记得；想起
I can think of at least seven occasions when he arrived late.
我记得他至少迟到过三次。
I can't think of her name at the moment.
我一时想不起她的名字。

rejection
拒绝；否决
Her proposal met with unanimous rejection.
她的建议遭到一致否决。
a rejection letter (= a letter in which you are told, for example, that you have not been accepted for a job)
回绝信

proposition
提议,建议,计划(尤指业务上的)
I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
我想向您提个业务上的建议。
He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition.
他正设法使他的计划显得吸引人。

视频及简介
该片讲述了爱丽丝回来后与母亲的谈话。