Episode 23: The Community Center ACT II

Song Episode 23: The Community Center ACT II
Artist 英语听力
Album 走遍美国

Lyrics

[00:00.01] 23-2 ACT II
[00:03.39] There is a way, Malcolm.
[00:05.24] We get our friends to roll their sleeves up and get to work.
[00:09.12] It's certainly a good idea.
[00:11.48] If I could take a look at the place,
[00:13.53] I could probably tell what it requires to fix it up. 。
[00:17.56] How much paint, how many hours of work ...
[00:21.72] That's what I came to ask you to do, Malcolm.
[00:24.68] If you would supervise the refurbishing,
[00:27.24] I'll find the people to help do it.
[00:30.61] I'll help too, Mr. Baker.
[00:32.53] I can get some of my friends to go around the neighborhood
[00:35.46] and collect the furniture we need.
[00:37.62] I'll help.
[00:39.27] Tomorrow. Yes. We'll meet tomorrow morning, right here.
[00:43.52] Can we help?
[00:44.59] I'd really like to.
[00:45.56] Sure.
[00:46.44] We might need you to come through with your friends, Robbie.
[00:49.01] Not just to go around the neighborhood asking for furniture,
[00:51.64] but to help with the paint job.
[00:54.71] That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.
[00:58.37] I'll do it. I'll talk to them.
[01:00.91] And tomorrow morning we'll all meet here to discuss the plan?
[01:04.44] Tomorrow morning it is.
[01:26.91] Come in, come in. Please, come in.
[01:38.45] I'd like you to meet my friend Malcolm Stewart.
[01:41.29] Malcolm, this is Joanne Thompson. Malcolm
[01:44.06] Hello, Joanne. Nice to meet you.
[01:45.72] My pleasure, Malcolm.
[01:47.20] And this is Abe Lucas. You must remember Abe.
[01:50.62] He ran the drugstore
[01:51.96] and used to play drums with the jazz band on weekends.
[01:54.70] Oh, sure I do. Hi, Abe.
[01:56.60] Hello, Mr. Stewart.
[01:57.81] Malcolm, please.
[01:58.92] Hello, Malcolm.
[02:00.54] Sit down, sit down. Have some coffee.
[02:02.53] And I've got some delicious Danish pastry for you.
[02:06.60] Where's your grandson Robbie and his friend Alexandra?
[02:09.64] Weren't they going to be here this morning?
[02:11.73] I thought so, too.
[02:15.62] I'm surprised they're not here.
[02:17.56] Robbie left early this morning to meet Alexandra.
[02:21.47] Frankly, I thought they'd be here, but ...
[02:25.60] It's OK. I'm sure they meant well,
[02:27.90] but they probably had other things on their minds.
[02:30.68] I understand you used to be in the construction business, ,
[02:34.25] Malcolm.
[02:34.94] I was, indeed.
[02:36.17] I wonder if you would take a look at the old library
[02:39.14] and make sure that it is in good condition
[02:41.79] so that we don't have to worry about any structural problems.
[02:46.23] When can I do that? I'd be happy to.
[02:48.70] We've got permission to go inside the old building
[02:51.50] during the week--
[02:53.01] Tuesday or Wednesday.
[02:55.41] That's fine with me. I can do it either day.
[02:57.79] That would be very helpful.
[02:59.84] I think the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:02.61] And a good paint job.
[03:05.18] Then we have to furnish it.
[03:07.15] I wish Robbie and Alexandra had come to this meeting.
[03:10.92] They had some ideas about getting the place fixed up.
[03:13.82] Perhaps they'll show up. In the meantime, ,
[03:17.08] let me give you some additional thoughts and ideas I have.
[03:21.20] OK.
[03:23.14] Go ahead, Joanne.
[03:24.97] As I said, mostly the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:30.51] This place can be developed
[03:32.23] with one real intergenerational program.
[03:36.42] That's an idea I like.
[03:38.43] A community center
[03:39.99] with the kinds of programs that fit everyone.
[03:42.63] And programs that don't leave anyone out.
[03:46.17] It's asking a lot.
[03:47.97] But we can't do it without talking to the young people.
[03:50.95] Finding out what they want.
[03:52.82] If only Robbie and Alexandra were here.
[03:55.27] Don't be upset, Malcolm.
[03:57.15] We'll have a chance to talk to them later.
[03:59.98] It's not like Robbie.
[04:02.44] If he says he's going to be here, he's here.
[04:06.09] I wonder what the problem is.

Pinyin

[00:00.01] 232 ACT II
[00:03.39] There is a way, Malcolm.
[00:05.24] We get our friends to roll their sleeves up and get to work.
[00:09.12] It' s certainly a good idea.
[00:11.48] If I could take a look at the place,
[00:13.53] I could probably tell what it requires to fix it up. .
[00:17.56] How much paint, how many hours of work ...
[00:21.72] That' s what I came to ask you to do, Malcolm.
[00:24.68] If you would supervise the refurbishing,
[00:27.24] I' ll find the people to help do it.
[00:30.61] I' ll help too, Mr. Baker.
[00:32.53] I can get some of my friends to go around the neighborhood
[00:35.46] and collect the furniture we need.
[00:37.62] I' ll help.
[00:39.27] Tomorrow. Yes. We' ll meet tomorrow morning, right here.
[00:43.52] Can we help?
[00:44.59] I' d really like to.
[00:45.56] Sure.
[00:46.44] We might need you to come through with your friends, Robbie.
[00:49.01] Not just to go around the neighborhood asking for furniture,
[00:51.64] but to help with the paint job.
[00:54.71] That' s backbreaking work and may be too much for us.
[00:58.37] I' ll do it. I' ll talk to them.
[01:00.91] And tomorrow morning we' ll all meet here to discuss the plan?
[01:04.44] Tomorrow morning it is.
[01:26.91] Come in, come in. Please, come in.
[01:38.45] I' d like you to meet my friend Malcolm Stewart.
[01:41.29] Malcolm, this is Joanne Thompson. Malcolm
[01:44.06] Hello, Joanne. Nice to meet you.
[01:45.72] My pleasure, Malcolm.
[01:47.20] And this is Abe Lucas. You must remember Abe.
[01:50.62] He ran the drugstore
[01:51.96] and used to play drums with the jazz band on weekends.
[01:54.70] Oh, sure I do. Hi, Abe.
[01:56.60] Hello, Mr. Stewart.
[01:57.81] Malcolm, please.
[01:58.92] Hello, Malcolm.
[02:00.54] Sit down, sit down. Have some coffee.
[02:02.53] And I' ve got some delicious Danish pastry for you.
[02:06.60] Where' s your grandson Robbie and his friend Alexandra?
[02:09.64] Weren' t they going to be here this morning?
[02:11.73] I thought so, too.
[02:15.62] I' m surprised they' re not here.
[02:17.56] Robbie left early this morning to meet Alexandra.
[02:21.47] Frankly, I thought they' d be here, but ...
[02:25.60] It' s OK. I' m sure they meant well,
[02:27.90] but they probably had other things on their minds.
[02:30.68] I understand you used to be in the construction business, ,
[02:34.25] Malcolm.
[02:34.94] I was, indeed.
[02:36.17] I wonder if you would take a look at the old library
[02:39.14] and make sure that it is in good condition
[02:41.79] so that we don' t have to worry about any structural problems.
[02:46.23] When can I do that? I' d be happy to.
[02:48.70] We' ve got permission to go inside the old building
[02:51.50] during the week
[02:53.01] Tuesday or Wednesday.
[02:55.41] That' s fine with me. I can do it either day.
[02:57.79] That would be very helpful.
[02:59.84] I think the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:02.61] And a good paint job.
[03:05.18] Then we have to furnish it.
[03:07.15] I wish Robbie and Alexandra had come to this meeting.
[03:10.92] They had some ideas about getting the place fixed up.
[03:13.82] Perhaps they' ll show up. In the meantime, ,
[03:17.08] let me give you some additional thoughts and ideas I have.
[03:21.20] OK.
[03:23.14] Go ahead, Joanne.
[03:24.97] As I said, mostly the building just needs a good cleaning.
[03:30.51] This place can be developed
[03:32.23] with one real intergenerational program.
[03:36.42] That' s an idea I like.
[03:38.43] A community center
[03:39.99] with the kinds of programs that fit everyone.
[03:42.63] And programs that don' t leave anyone out.
[03:46.17] It' s asking a lot.
[03:47.97] But we can' t do it without talking to the young people.
[03:50.95] Finding out what they want.
[03:52.82] If only Robbie and Alexandra were here.
[03:55.27] Don' t be upset, Malcolm.
[03:57.15] We' ll have a chance to talk to them later.
[03:59.98] It' s not like Robbie.
[04:02.44] If he says he' s going to be here, he' s here.
[04:06.09] I wonder what the problem is.