囚犯·学者英语美文1
1、veterinary： 动物疾病的，兽医的。
2、Robert Stroud was 19 when he killed a man in a dispute over a dancehall girl in Juneau, Alaska、He was sentenced to 12 years at McNeil Island Prison in Washington state、Prison life was hard、After two years there, Robert Stroud stabbed a fellow prisoner who had told the authorities Stroud was stealing food from the kitchen、Six months were added to his sentence、In 1912 he was transferred to Leavenworth Prison in Kansas.
3、The “Birdman” was kept in isolation for 42 years, longer than any federal prisoner in history、In 1959, in poor health but still seeking parole, he was transferred to the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, where he died four years later、He had spent 56 years in prison.
4、correspondence courses：函授课程。
5、Alcatraz： 1934—1965年间为美国联邦监狱，位于一个小岛上。
6、By 1931 Stroud was an expert on the care and raising of canaries、He corresponded with other bird lovers all over the world、He wrote some articles that were smuggled out of prison and published、In 1942 he published a book called Stroud’s Digest of the Diseases of Birds、It was considered the best work in the field、Meanwhile, Stroud’s work was making him very well known、Too well known、People began to ask for Stroud’s release、This angered some prison officials.
7、fall in the middle：取中间立场。
8、The story of Robert Stroud has been written many different ways、Some say he was a troubled boy from broken home who accidentally killed someone、Others say he was a cold, vicious man, a murderer who should have been executed、Others fall somewhere in the middle、All of them agree on one thing, though、Robert Stroud is one of the most famous American criminals of all time.
9、Ornithology：鸟类学。
10、Smuggle：违规携带，偷运。
11、Robert Stroud had received only a third-grade education、Some people thought he was a stupid, including his cell mate who was taking some correspondence courses、Stroud decided he would like to do the same、Within three years he had received diplomas from Kansas State University in engineering , music mathematics, and theology、Stroud was now prepared for his release in the near future.
12、Parole：假释
13、Description：描述，叙述，形容。
14、The Birdman of Alcatraz
15、In March 1916,shortly before he was to be freed, Stroud killed one of the guards、He had been very angry over not being able to see his brother, who had come all the way from Kansas to visit him、He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to hang、Stroud’s mother would not accept this、She petitioned President Woodrow Wilson and his wife、She impressed them with descriptions of her son’s studies、Just eight days before he was to hang, Stroud’s sentence was changed to life in solitary confinement.
16、Vicious：邪恶的，道德败坏的`。
17、Digest：摘要，概要。
18、tear down ：拆除。
19、amount to ：达到，等于。
20、stab：(用刀等)捅某人、某物。
21、One day Stroud found two baby birds in the exercise yard at Leavenworth、He raised them with the help of birds books、From that point on, his interest in ornithology became a passion、He bought some canaries, did experiments in canary diseases, and studied and wrote about his findings、After a while, prison officials tore down the wall between Stroud’s cell and another empty cell to make more room for Stroud’s canaries、He obtained laboratory equipment and studied chemistry, veterinary medicine, and bacteriology.
22、Theology：神学。
23、Beaker：烧杯。
24、Petition：祈求，请求。
囚犯·学者英语美文2
1、囚犯·学者英语美文
2、Diploma：毕业证书，毕业文凭。
3、Canary：金丝雀，加纳利雀。
4、Bacteriology：细菌学。
5、solitary confinement：单独监禁。
6、Woodrow Wilson ：威尔逊，美国第28任总统，曾获诺贝尔和平奖。
7、By Milada Broukal & Janet Milhomme
8、Passion：酷爱，热爱。
9、personal property ：私人财产。
10、He returned then to the study of law and wrote an unpublished book on federal prison reform、He became known as the “The Birdman of Alcatraz.” He was the subject of newspaper and magazines articles, a book, and a movie.
11、In 1942 Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz、He was ordered to leave al his birds, his books, and other personal property behind、That personal property had amounted to quite a lot、It weighed 1144 pounds and filled five containers、It included, among other things, 30 empty birdcages, 158 bottles, cans, boxes and beakers of chemicals, and laboratory equipment there were about 250 bird magazines, over 20 books、There were 85 pounds of various seeds, 118 feeding dishes, and 22 birds、In prison on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, Stroud was deprived of all of this.
12、deprive of ：剥夺。
13、Transfer：转移，中转，调动。