听力材料
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 aremeted 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. '
ðə wɜːd ˈʤʌstɪs ɪz ˈjuːʒʊəli əˈsəʊʃɪeɪtɪd wɪð kɔːts ɒv lɔː. wiː maɪt seɪ ðæt ˈʤʌstɪs hæz biːn dʌn wɛn ə mænz ˈɪnəsəns ɔː gɪlt hæz biːn pruːvd bɪˈjɒnd daʊt. ˈʤʌstɪs ɪz pɑːt ɒv ðə ˈkɒmplɛks məˈʃiːnəri ɒv ðə lɔː. ðəʊz huː siːk ɪt, ˌʌndəˈteɪk ən ˈɑːdjʊəs ˈʤɜːni ænd kæn ˈnɛvə biː ʃʊə ðæt ðeɪ wɪl faɪnd ɪt. ˈʤʌʤɪz, haʊˈɛvə waɪz ɔːr ˈɛmɪnənt, ɑː ˈhjuːmən ænd kæn meɪk mɪsˈteɪks.
ðeər ɑː reər ˈɪnstənsɪz wɛn ˈʤʌstɪs ˈɔːlməʊst ˈsiːsɪz tuː biː ən ˈæbstrækt kənˈsɛpʃən. rɪˈwɔːd ɔː ˈpʌnɪʃmənt ɑː ˈmiːtɪd aʊt kwaɪt ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ɒv ˈhjuːmən ˌɪntəˈfɪərəns. æt sʌʧ taɪmz, ˈʤʌstɪs ækts laɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ fɔːs. wɛn wiː juːz ə freɪz laɪk ɪt sɜːvz hɪm raɪt, wiː ɑː, ɪn pɑːt, ədˈmɪtɪŋ ðæt ə ˈsɜːtn sɛt ɒv ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz hæz ɪˈneɪbld ˈʤʌstɪs tuː ækt ɒv ɪts əʊn əˈkɔːd. wɛn ə θiːf wɒz kɔːt ɒn ðə ˈprɛmɪsɪz ɒv ə lɑːʤ fɜː stɔː wʌn ˈmɔːnɪŋ, ðə ʃɒp əˈsɪstənts mʌst hæv faʊnd ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbl tuː rɪˈzɪst ðə tɛmpˈteɪʃən tuː seɪ ɪt sɜːvz hɪm raɪt. ðə ʃɒp wɒz ən əʊld-ˈfæʃənd wʌn wɪð ˈmɛni lɑːʤ, dɪsˈjuːzd ˈfaɪəˌpleɪsɪz ænd tɔːl, ˈnærəʊ ˈʧɪmniz. '
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今天的短文对我来说太绕了，读了N遍，读的过程中基本不知所云，就当是一个挑战吧。