大学英语阅读课故事
Ⅰ 适合大学生讲的英语小故事
The Policeman and the Thief
Once, a new policeman caught a thief in a small town, and decided to bring him back to the police station in the city. On their way they came to a shop where bread was sold. “ We have no food, and we must be hungry after a while. Let me go into the shop and buy some bread for us. Wait here for me.” The thief said.
The policeman agreed with him and waited in the street for a long time , but thief didn’t come out of the shop. The policeman began to be worried ,and ran into the shop, he couldn’t see the thief but the back door of the shop.
The policeman had to go back to the police station alone, and he was very unhappy.
Luckily, the policeman caught the thief at the same place the next day. When they walked though the same street and the same shop, “ Wait here,” said the policeman “ Last time you ran away from the shop. This time , I’ll go into the shop and buy the bread , and you must wait here for me.”
警察与小偷
一次， 一个新上任的警察在小镇上抓住了一个小偷，他决定把这小偷押送到城里警察局去。在路上，他们路过了一家面包店。“我们没带吃的，待会儿肯定会饿的，让我去给咱们买点面包。你在这等等我啊。”小偷说道。
警察同意了，并在街上等了很长一段时间，但是，小偷一直没有从商店出来。警察开始担心了，他跑进商店，除了一扇开着的后门，他什么也没看见。
警察不得不很郁闷地独自回到了警察局。
幸运的是第二天，他在同一地方又抓住了那小偷。当他们路过同一条街，同一家商店时，“在这等着我，”警察说道，“上次，你从这家商店溜了，这次，我去买面包，你必须在这等我！”
Appendix 2Chinese Translations of Texts A (Units 1-8) 参考译文第一单元成长课文A我们写作时常常被告诫，脑子里要有读者，笔者所云一定要符合读者的口味和兴趣。但有一位读者特别不该忘记。你能猜出是谁吗?当拉塞尔·贝克找到这个问题的答案时，他自己和别人都感到大为惊讶。为自己而写拉塞尔·田克从孩提时代，我还住在贝尔维尔时，我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头，但直等到我高中三年级，这—一想法才有了实现的可能。在这之前，我对所有跟英文课沾边的事都感到腻味。我觉得英文语法枯燥难懂。我痛恨那些长而乏味的段落写作，老师读着受累，我写着痛苦。弗利格尔先生接我们的高三英文课时，我就准备着在这门最最单调乏味的课上再熬上沉闷的一年。弗利格尔先生在学生中以其说话干巴和激励学生无术而出名。据说他拘谨刻板，完全落后于时代。我看他有六七十岁了，古板之极。他戴着古板的毫无装饰的眼镜，微微卷曲的头发剪得笔齐，梳得纹丝不乱。他身穿古板的套装，白衬衣领扣外的领带打得——丝不苟。他救着古板的尖下巴，古板的直鼻梁，说起话来—·本正经，字斟句酌，彬彬有礼，活脱脱一个橱稽的老古董。我作好准备，打算在弗利格尔先生的班上一无所获地混上—·年，不少日子过去了，还真率出所料。后半学期我们学写随笔小品文。弗利格尔先生发下一张家庭作业纸，出了不少题供我们选择。像“暑假二三事”那样傻乎乎的题目倒是一个也没有，但绝大多数—样乏味。我把作文题带回家，——直没写，直到要交作业的前一天晚上。我躺在沙发上，最终不得不面对这一讨厌的功课，便从笔记本里抽出作文题目单粗粗—看。我的目光落在“吃意大利细面条的艺术”这个题目上。 …这个题目在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图像。贝尔维尔之夜的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来，当时，我们大家——起围坐在晚餐桌旁——艾伦舅舅、我母亲、查理舅舅、多丽丝、哈尔舅舅——帕特舅妈晚饭做的是意大利细面条。那时意大利细面条还是很少听说的异国食品。多丽丝和我都还从来没吃过，在座的大人也是经验不足，没有—个吃起来得心应手的。艾伦舅舅家诙谐有趣的场景全都重现在我的脑海中，我回想起来，当晚我们笑作—团，争论着该如何地把面条从盘子上送到嘴里才算合乎礼仪。突然我就想描述那…切，描述当时那种温馨美好的气氛，但我把它写下来仅仅是想白得其乐，而不是为弗利格尔先生而写。那是我想重新捕捉并珍藏在心中的一个时刻。我想重温那个夜晚的愉快。然而，照我希望的那样去写，就会违反我在学校里学的正式作文的种种法则弗利格尔先生也肯定会打它—个不及格。没关系。等我为自己写好了之后，我可以再为弗利格尔先生写点什么别的东西。等我写完时已是半夜时分，再没时间为弗利格尔先生写——篇循规蹈矩、像模像样的文章了。第二天上午，我别无选择，只好把我为自己而写的贝尔维尔晚餐的故事交了上去。两天后弗利格尔先生发还批改过的作文，他把别人的都发了，·就是没有我的。我正准备着遵命—放学就去弗利格尔先生那儿挨训，却看见他从桌上拿起我的作文，敲了敲桌子让大家注意听。“好了，孩子们，”他说。“我要给你们念一篇小品文。文章的题目是：吃意大利细面条的艺术。”于是他开始念了。是我写的!他给全班大声念我写的文章。更不可思议的是，全班同学都在听着他念，而且听得很专心。有人笑出声来，接着全班都笑了，不是轻蔑嘲弄，而是乐乎乎地开怀大笑。就连弗利格尔先生也停顿了两三次，好抑制他那丝拘谨的微笑。 我尽力不流露出得意的心情，但是看到我写的文章竟然能使别人大笑，我真是心花怒放。就在十——年级，可谓是最后的时刻，我找到了一个今生想做的事。这是我整个求学生涯中最幸福的——刻。弗利格尔先生念完后说道：“瞧，孩子们，这就是小品文，懂了没有。这才是一知道吗——这才是小品文的精髓，知道了没有。祝贺你，贝克先生。”他这番话使我沉浸在十全十美的幸福之中。
Ⅲ 大学英语课前三分钟小故事中英文翻译
3分钟英语演讲短文(带翻译)
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最佳答案由提问者推荐
Fox and cock
One morning a fox sees a cock.He
think,"This is my breakfast.''
He comes up to the cock and says,"I know
you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The
cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins
to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.
The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''
The fox opens his mouth ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
狐狸和公鸡
一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。
他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。
在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”
狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。
Ⅳ 大学英语精读midnight visitor说的是什么故事
大学英语精读《midnight visitor》（深夜访客）是一个悬疑故事，是Phililppines（菲律宾）悬疑小说作家Robert A. Arthur Jr. (1909-1969) 的作品，它说的是特工Ausable接到一个任务，要将一份有关一些新型导弹的文件转交给政府部门，中途却遇到了不速之客Max要将报告拿走，Ausable巧用计谋将Max赶走的故事。
Ausable的计谋在于：
1、善于用外在形象伪装自己的特工身份
文中作者以Fowler的视角，描述了Ausable的形象特征。
“Ausable did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about . ”奥萨博与福勒所读过的书中关于特工的描述并不相副。
2、故意选了夜晚、酒店六层的狭小的房间，为后面的计谋作铺垫
“It was a small room on the sixth floor ,and hardly a setting for a romantic figure .”那是一个位于六层的小房间，这种环境很难与这样一位传奇人物联系起来。
3、遇到Max时，故意埋怨，将话题引到窗户，并说窗户下还有阳台可以上来
“This is the second time in a month that somebody has gotten into my room off that confounded balcony !““这已经是这个月第二次有人从那个该死的阳台上进入我的房间了。”
4、故意说敲门的是警察，引起max慌乱，
”that will be de police“应该是警察。
5、max慌乱中信以为窗户下真的有阳台，结果直接从六楼坠落。
”And then as he dropped，he screamed once ，shrilly“当跳下的时候，他发出凄厉的尖叫。
6、然而事实上确实根本没有警察，敲门只是酒店的服务员。
”There never were any police“Ausable sighed."Only Henry ，whom I was expecting".“根本没有什么警察。”奥萨博松了口气。“就只是亨利，我正在等的人。”
(4)大学英语阅读课故事扩展阅读
midnight visitor原文译文
1 奥萨博与福勒所读过的书中关于特工的描述并不相副。福勒很失望地跟着他一路走过阴暗的法国旅馆的走廊，在那里奥萨博租了一套房间。那是一个位于六层的小房间，这种环境很难与这样一位传奇人物联系起来。
2 令他失望的是，首先，奥萨博是一个胖子，而且非常胖。其次是他的口音，尽管他的法语和德语都还说的过去，但他仍然带有二十年前带到巴黎的新英格兰口音。
3 “你一定很失望”，奥萨博气喘吁吁的回过头说。“别人说我是一个特工，一名间谍，周旋于间谍和危险之间。你期望能见到我，因为你是一个年轻，浪漫的作家。你本来以为今天晚上回碰见神秘人物，枪声，放在酒里的迷药。”
4 “然而事情并不像你相象的那样，你在法国音乐餐厅同一个胖子度过了一个乏味的夜晚，而并没有黑眼睛的美女给他传递情报，只是打了个普通电话，将在他的房间里与人有个约会。你一定已经无聊及了。”胖男人边低声笑着边开门，并且站到一旁让他那位失望的客人进了房间。
5 “你的幻想破灭了，”奥萨博对他说。“但是我年轻的朋友振作起来。一会儿你就会看到一分文件，这份相当重要的文件曾让好几个人甘冒生命危险，送到我这儿后，我将把它转交给政府部门。很快这份文件就影响到历史的进程。有点戏剧化不是吗?”他边说边随后关上了门。然后打开灯。
6 当灯亮时，福勒这一天中第一次感到真正害怕了。因为在房间的中间站着一个男人，手里拿着一只小型自动手枪。
7 奥萨博眨眨眼睛楞了一会儿。
8 “马克思”，他喘着气说，“你真让我吃惊，我以为你在柏林呢。你在我房间里做什么?”
9 马克思很单薄，个子不高，脸上的表情回让人想到狐狸。要不是那支枪，他看上去并不是太危险。
10 “那分报告”，他低声说道。“今天晚上将送到你手里的那分报告是有关一些新型导弹的。我想我要把它从你手里拿走，在我手里比在你手里安全。”
11 奥萨博缓慢走到扶手椅，重重地坐在上面。“这次我要对管理人员不客气了，真是令我生气，”他阴着脸说。“这已经是这个月第二次有人从那个该死的阳台上进入我的房间了。”福勒的眼睛看向房里的唯一的窗户。这只是一扇普通的窗户，现在夜色已经给它蒙上了一层黑暗。
12 “阳台”马克思好奇地问。“不，我有万能钥匙。我不知道什么阳台。如果我要是知道的话，可能就少了许多麻烦。”
13 “那不是我的阳台”奥萨博生气地解释说。“它属于隔壁房间。”他看了福勒一眼解释说。“要知道，”他说，“这个房间是一个大套间的一部分，那扇门进去的隔壁房间曾经是卧室。卧室有阳台，并且现在延伸到我的窗户下。
你可以从隔壁的空房间站到上面，上个月就有人这么做了。管理人员答应把隔壁房间锁上。但是可见他们并没有那么做。”
14 马克思看了看此时正僵硬地站在里奥萨博几英尺远的福勒，并晃晃枪做出一个命令的手势。“坐下吧，”他说。“我想我们还得等半个小时。”
15 “31分钟，”奥萨博不快地说道。“约定时间是12点30分。马克思，我很想知道你是怎么知道那分报告的。”
16 那个小个子间谍邪恶地笑着。“我到是想知道你的人是怎么得到那分报告的。不过，好在一切平安无事。今天晚上我就可以再拿回来。什么事?睡在门口?”
17 突然的敲门声使福勒惊跳起来。奥萨博只是笑笑，“一定是警察，”他说。“我认为这么一分重要的文件应该优点特别的保护。我告诉他们来检查一下以确保一切正常。”
18 马克思不安地咬着嘴唇。敲门声又响起。
19 “现在你怎么办，马克思?”奥萨博问。“如果我不开门的话，他们也会想尽办法进来的。门没锁。他们会毫不犹豫的开枪。”
20 马克思的脸气得发青，随之快速地向窗户后退，回过手打开窗户，并把一条腿伸到外面。“把他们打发走!”他警告说。“我在阳台上等着。把他们打发走，否则我就会开枪，我会冒一下险的。”
21 门外的敲门声更响了，一个声音大叫着:“奥萨博先生!奥萨博先生!”
22 马克思扭动着身体，使他的枪一直瞄准胖男人和他的客人，他侧着身子把另一条腿也抬起上来，跨过窗台。
23 门把手扭动了。马克思快速地用左手推了下窗台，放开自己，跳向阳台。当跳下的时候，他发出凄厉的尖叫。
24 门开了，一个侍者站在门外，手里拿者一个托盘，上面有一个瓶子和两个玻璃杯。“这是你要的酒，先生。”他把托盘放在桌上，打开瓶子并离开房间。
25 福勒被吓着脸色苍白，全身发抖，盯着他走出去。“可是……可是……怎么办……警察呢?他结结巴巴地说着。
26 “根本没有什么警察。”奥萨博松了口气。“就只是亨利，我正在等的人。”
27 “可是阳台上那个人怎么办?”福勒又不安起来。
28 “没必要了”奥萨博说，“他再也不会回来了。
Ⅳ 励志英文故事带翻译_有原文翻译的励志英文故事
那些带翻译的励志英文 故事 我们能够更容易看懂，那么励志英文故事带翻译都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。
励志英文故事带翻译：错过的祝福时
A young man was getting ready to graate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened. 。
从前，有位年轻人即将大学生 毕业 。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。
在毕业典礼即将来临的日子里，年轻人等待着父亲买下跑车的消息。终于，在毕业典礼那天上午，父亲将他叫到自己的书房，并告诉他，有他这么出色的儿子自己感到非常自豪而且非常爱他这个儿子。接着，父亲递给儿子一个包装精美的礼品盒。年轻人感到好奇，但带着些许失望地打开礼品盒，却发现里面是一本精美的精装本《圣经》，上面以金子凸印着年轻人的名字。看罢，年轻人怒气冲冲地向父亲大喊道：“你有那么多钱，却只给我一本《圣经》?”说完，便丢下《圣经》，愤怒地冲出房子。
多年以后，年轻人已事业有成。他拥有一所漂亮的房子，一个温馨的家庭。但当得知父亲年事已高，他想，或许应该去看看他。自从毕业那天起他就一直不见父亲。就在起程时，他收到一封电报--父亲已逝世，并已立下遗嘱将其所有财产转给儿子。他要立即回父亲家处理后事。
在父亲的房子里，他突然内心感到一阵悲伤与懊悔。他开始仔细搜寻父亲的重要文件，突然发现了那本《圣经》--还跟几年前一样崭新。他噙着泪水打开《圣经》并一页一页地阅读着。忽然，从书的背面掉出一把钥匙。钥匙上挂着一个标签，上面写着一个汽车经销商的名字--正是他曾渴望的那辆跑车的经销商。标签上还有他的毕业日期及“款已付清”的字样。
我们多少次地与祝福擦肩而过，仅仅因为他们没有按我们想象中的样子包装好?不要在渴望得到没有的东西时损坏你已经拥有的东西，但要记住一点：你现在所拥有的恰恰正是你曾经一心渴望得到的。
有时，我们并没有意识到我们已经拥有或本该拥有的好运，仅仅因为它的外表与我们想象中的有所不同。其实，表面上看起来像是坏运气的东西或许正是等待开启的幸运之门
励志英文故事带翻译：毕加索和我
This is the 50th anniversary of the day I crossed paths with Pablo Picasso. It came about in a strange way. I had written a column showing how absurd some of my mail had become.
One letter was from Philadelphia. It was written by a Temple University student named Harvey Brodsky. Harvey said he was in love with a girl named Gloria Segall, and he hoped to marry her someday. She claimed to be the greatest living fan of Picasso. The couple went to a Picasso exhibit and, to impress her, Harvey told Gloria that he could probably get the artist's autograph.
Harvey's letter continued, "Since that incident, Gloria and I have stopped seeing each other. I did a stupid thing and she threw me out and told me she never wanted to see me again.
"I'm writing to you because I'm not giving up on Gloria. Could you get Picasso's autograph for me? If you could, I have a feeling Gloria and I could get back together. The futures of two young people depend on it. I know she is miserable without me and I without her. Everything depends on you."
At the end of the letter, he said, "I, Harvey Brodsky, do solemnly swear that any item received by me from Art Buchwald (namely, Pablo Picasso's autograph) will never be sold or given to anyone except Miss Gloria Segall."
I printed the letter in my column to show how ridiculous my mail was. When it appeared, David Duncan, a photographer, was with Picasso in Cannes and Duncan translated it for Picasso.
Picasso was very moved, and he took out his crayons and drew a beautiful color sketch for Gloria Segall and signed it.
Duncan called and told me the good news.
I said, "The heck with Gloria Segall, what about me?"
David explained this to Picasso and in crayons he drew a picture of the two of us together, holding a glass of wine, and wrote on the top, "Pour Art Buchwald."
By this time, the Associated Press had picked up the story and followed through on the delivery of the picture to Gloria Segall. When it arrived special delivery in Philadelphia, Gloria took one look and said, "Harvey and I will always be good friends."
If you're wondering how the story ends, Harvey married somebody else, and so did Gloria. The Picasso hangs in Gloria's living room.
It was a story that caught the imagination of people all over the world. I received lots of letters after the column was published. My favorite came from an art dealer in New York, who wrote:
"I can find you as many unhappy couples in New York City as you can get Picasso sketches. Two girls I know are on the verge of suicide if they don't hear from Picasso, and I know several couples in Greenwich Village who are in the initial stages of divorce. Please wire me how many you need. We both stand to make a fortune."
Another letter, from Bud Grossman in London, said, "My wife threatens to leave me unless I can get her Khrushchev's autograph. She would like it signed on a Russian sable coat."
今天是我和帕勃洛?毕加索相遇的50周年纪念日。这件事发生得很是离奇。在那以前,我写过一篇专栏 文章 ,让大家瞧瞧我收到的一些邮件有多荒.唐。
有一封寄自费城的信,是坦普尔大学一位名叫哈维?布洛德斯基的学生写的。哈维说他与一位叫格洛里亚?西格尔的姑娘坠入了爱河,希望有朝一日能娶她为妻。这位姑娘声称自己是活着的头号毕加索迷。这一对儿去参观了毕加索的一个画展,为了打动她,哈维告诉格洛里亚他很有可能弄到画家的签名。
哈维的信继续往下写:“自从那件事后,格洛里亚不再和我见面。我干了件蠢事,她就甩了我,并告诉我她再也不想见我。
“我写信给你是因为我不想放弃格洛里亚。你能给我弄到毕加索的签名吗?要是弄得到的话,我觉得格洛里亚和我还能再走到一块。两个年轻人的未来就取决于这个签名了。我知道,她没有了我很痛苦,我呢,没有了她心里不好受。一切都靠你的了。”
在信的结尾,他写道:“我,哈维?布洛德斯基,庄严宣誓:任何阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德寄给我的东西(即毕加索的签名),我决不会卖掉或送给除了格洛里亚?西格尔以外的任何人。”
我把这封信刊载在我的专栏里,让大家瞧瞧我收到的邮件有多可笑。信登出来时,摄影师戴维?邓肯正在戛纳和毕加索在一起,邓肯就把这封信翻译给毕加索听。
毕加索很感动,他拿出有色粉笔,为格洛里亚?西格尔画了幅彩色速写,并签上了名。
邓肯打电话告诉我这个好消息。
我说:“见格洛里亚?西格尔个鬼,有我的份吗?”
戴维把我的话向毕加索做了说明,他便用有色粉笔画了幅我们俩在一起手举酒杯的画,并在画的上方写道:“为阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德斟酒。”
这个时候,美联社已嗅得了这个故事,并且一路追踪到将画交给格洛里亚?西格尔这一步。当画以邮件快递的方式到达费城时,格洛里亚看了一眼说:“哈维和我将永远是好朋友。”
要是你想知道这个故事的结局,我可以告诉你。哈维娶了别人,格洛里亚也嫁了他人。毕加索的画现挂在格洛里亚家的起居室里。
这个故事引发了世界各地人们的 想象力 。专栏文章发表后,我收到了许多信。我最喜欢的一封信来自纽约的一位画商,他这样写道:
“你弄得到多少毕加索的画,我就能给你找到多少对不幸的人儿。有两个我认识的姑娘要是得不到毕加索的回音几乎就要自杀了。我还认识格林威治村几对正处于离婚初级阶段的夫妻。 请打电 报告 诉我你需要多少这样的人。我们俩也好赚一笔。”
另一封信寄自伦敦的巴德?格罗斯曼,他说:“我妻子威胁说要离开我,除非我能给她搞到赫鲁晓夫的签名。她想让他把名字签在一件俄罗斯的紫貂皮大衣上。”
*阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德(Art Buchwald, 1925—)美国幽默语言大师,美国艺术与文学院院士,曾获普例策奖。旧版的《大学英语》精读课本曾选用过他的“Ts There Life on Earth?”
励志英文故事带翻译：你来决定
摘要：从前，有一位博学的老妇人，她住在后山。过去所有的孩子都经常来找她问问题。她总是有求必应。
There was once a wise old woman who lived back in the hills. All the children used to come back and ask her questions. She always gave the right answers.
There was a naughty little boy among the children. One day he caught a tiny bird and held it in his cupped hands. Then he gathered his friends around. He said, "Let's trick the old woman. I'll ask her what I'm holding in my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird. Then I will ask her if the bird is living or dead. If she says the bird is dead, I'll open my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I'll quickly crush it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she'll be wrong."
The children agreed that this was a clever plan. Up the hill they went to the old woman's hut.
"Granny, we have a question for you," they all shouted.
"What's in my hands?" asked the little boy.
"Well, it must be a bird," replied the old woman.
"But is it living or dead?" demanded the excited boy.
The old woman thought for a moment and then replied, "It is as you will, my child."
从前，有一位博学的老妇人，她住在后山。过去所有的孩子都经常来找她问问题。她总是有求必应。
其中有一个调皮的小男孩。有一天，他抓到一只小鸟，双手捧住，然后把伙伴们叫到身边，说：
“咱们去哄一下那个老太太。我要问她我手里握着什么东西。她肯定会回答说我握的是小鸟。然后，我问她小鸟是活的还是死的。如果她说鸟是死的，我就张开手让小鸟飞走。如果她说小鸟是活的，我就马上用劲一捏，让她看到那只死鸟。不管用什么 方法 ，她都说不对。”
孩子们都异口同声的说这是一个聪明的计划。他们爬上山，来到了老妇人的小屋。
“奶奶，我们要问您一个问题。”他们都大声说道。
“我手里是什么东西?”那个小男孩问道。
“噢，肯定是一只小鸟，”老妇人回答说。
“可是活的还是死的呢?”小男孩兴奋的问到。
Ⅵ 大学英语阅读教程2的课文翻译
告诉你三个方法，一是自己去买本阅读教程的译本，一般都有的。二是自己把课文打上来，我们帮你翻译。三是你去找个课文的链接发上来，我们帮你。
我大学时学的阅读教程和你的不一样。
Ⅶ 新视野大学英语4：Unit1 Text A (课文+译文)
新视野大学英语4：Unit1 Text A (课文+译文)
你知道新视野大学英语4：Unit1 Text A都讲哪些内容吗?下面是我为大家带来的新视野大学英语4：Unit1 Text A，欢迎阅读。
Love and logic : the story of a fallacy
爱情与逻辑：谬误的故事
1.I had my first date with Polly after I mad the trade with my roommate Rob .That year every guy on campus had a leather jacket, and Rob couldn’t stand the idea of being the only football player who didn’t ,so he made a pact that he’d give me his girl in exchange for my jacket.He wasn’t the brightest guy.Polly wasn’t too shrewd,either.
1.在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后，我和波莉有了第一次约会。那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克，而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的，他一想到这个就受不了，于是他和我达成了一项协议，用他的女友换取我的夹克;他可不那么聪明，而他的女友波莉也不太精明。
2.But she was pretty,well-off,didn’t dye her hair strange colors or wear too much makeup. She had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged,brilliant lawyer.IF I could show the elite law firms I applied to that I had a radiant,well-spoken counterpart by my side,I just might edge past the competition.
2.但她漂亮而且富有，也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。她拥有合适的家庭背景，足以胜任一名坚忍而睿智的律师的女友。如果我能够让我所申请的顶尖律师事务所看到我身边伴随着一位光彩照人、谈吐优雅的另一半，我就有可能在竞聘中以微弱优势获胜。
3.“Radiant”she was already.I could dispense her enough pearls of wisdom to make her “well-spoken”.
3.“光彩照人”，他已经是了。而我也能施予她足够多的“智慧之珠”，让她变得“谈吐优雅”。
4.After a banner day out,I drove until we were situated under a big old oak tree on a hill off the expressway.What I had in mind was a little eccentric.I thought the venue with a perfect view of the luminous city wold lighten the mood.We stayed in the car, and I turned down the stereo and took my foot off the brake pedal.”What are we going to talk about?”she asked.
4.在一起外出度过了美好的一天之后，我驱车来到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡树下。我的想法有些怪异，而这个地方能够俯瞰灯火灿烂的城区，我觉得他会使人的心情变得轻松。我们待在车子里，我调低了音响并把脚从刹车上挪开。“我们要谈些什么”她问道。
5.“Logic.”
“Cool,”she said over her gum.
“The doctrine of logic,”I said,”is a staple of clear thinking.Failures in logic distort the truth ,and some of them are well known.First let’s look at the fallacy Dicto Simpliciter.”
“Great,”she agreed.
“Dicto Simpliciter means an unqualified generalization. For example : Exercise is good.Therefore,everybody should exercise.”
She nodded in agreement.
5.“逻辑学。”
“好酷啊，”她一边嚼着口香糖一边说
“逻辑学的原理，”我说道，“即清晰思考的主要原则。逻辑上出现的问题会歪曲事实，其实有些还很普遍。我们先来看看一种叫做‘绝对判断’的逻辑谬误”
“好啊，”她表示同意。
“‘绝对判断’是指在证据不足的情况下所作出的推断，比方说：运动是有姨的，所以每个人都应该运动，”
她点头表示赞同。
6.I could see she was stumped.”Polly,”I explained,”it’s too simple a generalization. If you have,say,heart disease or extreme obesity, exercise is bad,not good.Therefore, you must say exercise is good for most people.”
6.我看得出她没弄明白。“波莉，”我解释说，“这个推荐太过简单化了。去过你有心脏病或者超级肥胖症什么的，运动就变得有害而不是有益。所以你应该说，运动对大多数人来说是有益的。”
7.“Next is Hasty Generalization.Self-explanatory,right?Listen carefully:You can’t speak French.Rob can’t speak French.Looks like nobody at this school can speak French.”
7.“接下来是‘草率结论’。这似乎不言自明，对吧?仔细听好了：你不会说法语，罗伯不会铄法语，那么这所学校里好像是没有人会说法语。”
8.“Really?”said Polly,amazed.”Nobody?”
“This is a fallacy,”I said.”The generalization is reached too hastily. Too few instances support such a conclusion.”
She seemed to have a good time. I could safely say my plan was underway.I took her home and set a date for another conversation.
Seated under the oak the next evening I said,”Our first fallacy tonight is called Ad Misericordiam.”
She nodded with delight.
“Listen closely,”I said .”A man applies for a job.When the boss asks him what his qualifications are,he says he six children to feed.”
“Oh,this is awful,awful,”she whispered in a choked voice.
“yes,it’s awful,”I agreed，”but it’s no argument.The man never answered the boss’s question.Instead he appealed to the boss’s sympathy-Ad Misericordiam.”
8.“是吗?”波莉吃惊地说。“没有人吗?”
“这也是一种逻辑谬误。”我说，“这一结论太草率了，因为能够支持这一结论的例证太少了。”
她似乎学的很开心，而我也可以放心第说我得计划正在稳步推进中。我把她送回家，并且定下了下一次约会交谈的日子。
第二天晚上，坐在那棵橡树下，我说：“今天晚上我们要谈的第一个逻辑谬论叫做‘文不对题’。”
她高兴地点了点头。
“听好了，”我说，“有个人去申请工作，当老板问他有什么应聘资格时，他说他有六个孩子要抚养。”
“哇，这太可怕了，太可怕了。”她哽咽着轻声说道。
“对，是挺可怕的，”我表示赞同地说，“但这不是理由。这个人根本没有回答老板的问题，而只是在博取老板的同情，这就是‘文不对题’。”
9.She blinked,still trying hard to keep back her tears.
“Next,”I said carefully,”we will discuss False Analogy.An example.students should be allowed to look at their textbooks ring exams,because surgeons have X-rays to guide them ring surgery.”
“I like that idea,”she said.
“Polly,”I groaned,”don’t derail the discussion.The inference is wrong.Doctors aren’t taking a test to see how mach they have learned ,but students are.The situations are altogether different.You can’t make an analogy between them.”
“I still think it’s a good idea,”said Polly.
9.她眨着眼睛，仍在竭力的忍住眼泪。
“接下来”，我小心的说，“我们来讨论‘错误类比’。举个例子：学生考试时应当允许看课本，因为外科医生在做手术时可以看x光片。”
“我喜欢这个主意，”她说。
“波莉，”我抱怨道，“别打岔这一推论是错误的。医生们不是在参加考试以检查他们学到了多少，而学生却是，他们的情况完全不同，你不能将他们类比。”
“我仍然认为这是一个好主意，”波莉说。
10.With five nights of diligent work,I actually made a logician out of Polly.She was an analytical thinker at last.The time had come for the conversion of our relationship from academic to romantic.
10.经过了五个晚上的辛勤努力，我竟然真的将波莉打造成了一个逻辑行家，他总算能过分析思考了。现在应该是时候让我们的关系从学术向浪漫发展了。
11.“Polly,”I said when next we sat under our oak,”tonight we won’t discuss fallacies.”
“Oh?”she said,a little disappointed.
Favoring her with a grin, I said ,”we have now spent five evenings together.We get along pretty well .We make a pretty good couple.”
“Hasty Generalization,”said Polly brightly.”Or as a normal person might say,that’s a little premature, don’t you think?”
11.“波莉，”当我们又一次坐在那棵橡树下的时候我对她说，“今晚我们不讨论逻辑谬论了。”
“哦?”她回答说。有一点失望。
我赞许地对她笑了笑，说:“我们在一起已经度过了五个晚上，相互之间挺合得来，我们是蛮相配的一对。”
“草率结论，”波莉伶俐地说，“或者是按一般人的说法，这个结论有些不成熟，你不这样认为吗?”
12.I laughed with amusement.She’d learned her lessons well,far surpassing my expectations,”Sweetheart.”I said, patting her hand in a tolerant manner,”five dates is plenty.After all,you don’t have to eat a whole cake to know it’s good.”
12.我被逗得笑了起来，她功课还真学的不错，大大超了我的预期。“亲爱的，”我开口说，同时宽容地拍了拍她的手，“五次约会已经够多了，毕竟你不需要吃掉整个蛋糕才知道它是不是好吃。”
13.“Fals Analogy,”said Polly promptly.”Your premise is that dating is like eating.But you’re not a cake.You’re a boy.”
13.“错误类比，”波莉立即回应。“你的前提是约会就如同吃东西。可你不是蛋糕，你是个男孩。”
14.I laughed with somewhat less amusement,hiding my dread that she’d learned her lessons too well.A few more false steps would be my doom.I decided to change tactics and try flattery instead.
14.我又笑了笑，不过不觉得那么有趣了，同时还不能表露出我害怕她学得太好了。再错几步我可就无法挽回了。我决定改变策略，转而尝试奉承她的办法。
15.“Polly,I love you.Please say you’ll go out with me.I’m nothing without you.”
“Ad Misericordiam,”she said.
15.“波莉，我爱你。答应做我的女朋友，没有你我什么也不是。”
“文不对题，”她说。
16.“You certainly can discern a fallacy when you see it,”I said,my hopes starting to crumble.”But don’t take them so literally.I mean this is all academic.You know the things you learn in school don’t have anything to do with real life.”
16.“你还真是能在遇到逻辑谬误时一一辨别它们了，”我说，心里的'希望已经开始动摇。“不过不要对他们太死板，我是说这都是些学术的东西。你知道，学校里学的东西和实际生活根本没有什么联系。”
17.“Dicto Simpliciter,”she said.”Besides,you really should practice what you preach.”
I leaped to my feet,my temper flaring up.”Will you or will you not go out with me?”
“No to your proposition,”she replied.
“Why?” I demanded
“I’m more interested in a different petitioner-Rob and I are back together.”
17.“绝对判断，”她说道，“而且，你自己教的东西应该自己身体力行。”
我一下跳了起来，怒火中烧“你到底愿不愿意做我的女朋友?”
“我不愿意，”她答道。
“为什么?”我追问。
“我对另一位求爱者更感兴趣-罗伯和我重归于好了。”
18.With great effort,I said calmly,”How could you give me the axe over Rob?Look at me,an ingenious student,a tremendous intellectual,a man with an assured future.Look at Rob,a muscular idiot,a guy who’ll never know where his next meal is coming from.Can you give me one good reason why you should be with him?”
18.我极力地保持着冷静，说道:“你怎么会甩了我而选择罗伯?看看我，一个聪明过人的学生，一个不同凡响的学者，一个前途无亮的人。在看看罗伯，一个肌肉发达的蠢材，一个有了上顿没下顿的家伙，你是否能给我一个充足的理由，为什么要选择跟他?”
19.“wow, what presumption!I’ll put it in a way someone as brilliant as you can understand,”retorted Polly,her voice dripping with sarcasm.”Full disclosure-I like Rob in leather.I told him to say yes to you so he could have your jacket!”
19“喔，这是什么假设啊!为了让像你这么聪明的人能够明白，我这么说吧，”波莉反驳道，声音里充满了讽刺，“事情的真相是一我喜欢罗伯穿皮衣。是我让他同意你们的协议的，这样他就能拥有你的夹克!”
新视野大学英语简介
《新视野大学英语》（第二版）系列教材是普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材。本教材在保持第一版优势的基础上，依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神及大学英语教学的发展方向，对整体结构和内容进行了全面完善和提高。作为一套与现代信息技术相结合的立体化大学英语教材，《新视野大学英语》（第二版）通过课本、光盘、网络等不同载体的有机结合，为新形势下的大学英语教学提供多层次、多渠道、立体化的服务。
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完备的教材体系：系列教材包含1—4级，每级有《读写教程》、《听说教程》、《泛读教程》、《快速阅读》和《综合训练》。各教程自成一体，又相互联系，在巩固和强化专项能力的同时提高学生的语言综合应用能力。
丰富的主题内容：教材内容以主题为线索，涉及文化交流、道德情感、信息技术、科学教育、社会焦点等各个方面，选材注重信息性、趣味性、时代感和文化内涵，有助于开拓视野，培养人文素质和文化意识。
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同步提供每级教材的试题库与测试工具、提供试题选择和增删功能，既支持传统课堂测试也支持无纸化测试。
网络课程中设计和制作了规模庞大的语料库，既为学科建设的持续发展提供基础，也为大学英语教师从事理论学习和研究提供方便。
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