大学学英语三快速阅读翻译
大学英语精读三课后翻译题及答案
UNIT1-P14
1.发言人明确表示总统在任何情况下都不会取消这次旅行。
The spokesman made it clear that the President would not cancel the trip under any circumstances.
2.我们相信他所说的,因为他受过良好的教育,出生于受人尊敬的家庭,更重要的是他为人可靠。
We believe what he has said, because he is well-ecated, comes from a respectable family, and what's more, he is reliable.
3.随后发生的那些事件再次证明了我的猜疑是对的。
The subsequent events confirmed my suspicions/ confirmed me in my suspicions once again.
4.在赛后举行的记者招待会上,这位足球教练因该队表现不佳而向球迷们致歉。
At the press conference held after the game, the football coach apologized to the fans for his team's poor performance.
5.令我们吃惊的是,这位常被赞为十分政治的州长竟然是个贪官。
To our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honesty turned out to be a corrupt official.
6.只有少数工人得到提升,与此同时却又数百名工人被解雇。
A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed.
7.如果有机会,约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家了。
Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter.
8.起初我以为他是开玩笑的,可后来我知道他是当真的。
At first I thought he was joking, but then I realized he was serious/ he meant business.
UNIT2-P36
1.在医院的急诊室里常常听到痛苦的呻吟声。
Groans of pain can often be heard in a hospital emergency room.
2.这位美国前国务卿已重新回到公众生活中来,担任了驻外大使。
The former U.S. Secretary of State has returned to public life as an ambassador to a foreign country.
3.兑现支票时大多数银行要求提供身份证明。
Proof of identity is required for cashing a check at most banks.
4.这位通俗歌星在舞台上的出现引起了全场观众起立鼓掌。
The pop star's presence on the stage brought the audience to its/their feet in applause.
5.她惊异地发现许多人仍然不办保险就冒险旅行。
She was amazed to learn that many people still risk traveling without insurance.
6.请务必做到不让孩子们探身窗外。
Will you see to it that no children(should) lean out of the window?
7.他在睁中被俘,不论敌人如何残酷的折磨他,他从不屈服。
He was captured/taken prisoner in the war, but never gave in no matter how cruelly the enemy tortured him.
8.亨利.比德尔虽然伤势严重,但贝蒂在医生的帮助下终于使他转危为安。
Henry Bedell was seriously wounded, but Bettie, with the help of the doctor, finally brought him through.
UNIT3-P57
1.许多美国大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。
Many American students apply for government loans to pay for their ecation/tuition.
2. 除阅读材料外,使用电影和录像会激发学生学习的兴趣。
Besides reading materials, the use of films and videotapes can stimulate students' interest in a subject.
3.这位律师试图说服陪审团他的当事人是无辜的。
The attorney/lawyer tried to convince the jury of his client's innocence.
自从20世纪80年代初以来,医学方面的科学家一直在努力寻找治疗艾滋病的方法。
Medical scientists have been working on/ at finding a cure for AIDS since the early 1980s.
5.我已经把我的简历寄往几家公司,但尚未收到回复。
I have sent off my resume to several corporations, but haven't yet received a reply.
不少人希望有机会去国外学习,然而仅有少数人有此可能。
Many people wish for an opportunity to study abroad; only a few, however, have this chance.
7.我们满怀期望地来参加会议,离开时却大失所望。
We came to the meeting full of expectations, yet we left very disappointed.
8.尽管这位教授详细地讲解了这一点,但许多学生仍然不理解。
Although the professor(had) explained this point in great detail, many students still failed to understand.
UNIT4-P80
1.在即将毕业的大学生中,有人希望去自己的家乡工作,有人志愿去不发达地区工作。
Among those university students who will graate soon, some prefer/wish to return to their hometown to work, others volunteer to work in the underdeveloped areas/regions.
2.如今学生们热衷于学习电脑,因为他们很清楚在信息时代这是必不可少的技能。
Nowadays, students are keen on learning to use the computer, because they are well aware that this is an indispensable skill in the information age.
3.他在世界各地周游了三年,但不论走到哪儿,他都眷念着自己的祖国。
He had traveled around the world for three years, but wherever he went, he missed his country.
4.起初他间或给我写信,后来再也没有听到他的音信。
At first, he wrote to me once in a while, and then I did not hear from him any more.
5.一般地说,人们总会结婚成家的,而不是单身过一辈子。
In general, people tend to get married and have a family rather than remain single for life.
6.不论他如何努力,他就是无法弄懂高等数学。
No matter how hard he tried, he just could not understand higher mathematics.
7.连续工作六个月后,雇员可以享受带薪假期和病假。
After working for six months on end, employees are entitled to paid holidays and sick leaves.
8.我已无法继续按月支付汽车款项了,真不知如何办才好。
I am unable to keep up my monthly payments on the car and I am at a complete loss as to what to do.
UNIT5-P100
1.这位面试的目的主要是测试申请者的英语口语水平。
The purpose of the interview is primarily to test the applicant's proficiency in spoken English.
2.认为约翰会因为他的失礼而向他们正式道歉,那就错了。
It is wrong to assume that John will formally apologize to them for being impolite.
3.这一丑闻对正在力争赢得大选的工党来说,无疑是意见尴尬的事、
This scandal will undoubtedly be an embarrassment to the Labor Party which is trying hard to win the election.
4.我正在努力地写学期论文,我的小妹妹连蹦带跳地上了楼,冲进了我的房间。
I was hard at work on a term papers when my baby sister bounded up the stairs and burst into my room.
5.我问了她数次,可她拒绝回答我的问题。
I asked her several times, but she refused to respond to my question.
6.在西方,人们常常邮购商品,这可以节省许多时间。
In the West, people often send away for mail-order goods, which can save a lot of time.
7.老一辈的人往往发现,在现代社会,不论他们如何努力,要阻挡青年人发生变化是困难的。
No matter how hard they try, the older generation often finds it difficult to hold back changes among the young in a modern society.
8.既然你决心尽快完成硕士课程,那就别让你的社交生活妨碍你的学习。
Since you have set your mind to finish your master's program as soon as possible, don't let your social life stand in the way of your studies.
UNIT6-P130
1.装了假肢,他起初走路走不稳,但经过锻炼他的步子稳了。
Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily at first, but with practice his steps became steady.
2.医生说我得了重感冒,给我开了四种药,三种是药片,饭后服,另一种是药水,睡前服。
The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to be drunk before going to bed.
3.我宁可到外面去散步也不愿在这房间里待上两个小时什么事也不做。
I would rather go out for a walk than stay in the room doing nothing for two hours.
4.汽车早已开走看不见了,珍妮还站在大门口凝视着路的尽头。
Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car was out of sight.
5.就我所知,他们相互感情上疏远已有一些时间了。
As far as I know, they have been emotionally detached from each other for some time.
6.一般来说,通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。
In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or decreasing demand.
Unit7-P157
1.就像平常一样,他在开始洗漱前,将收音机调至早晨7点的新闻广播。
As usual, he tuned his radio for the 7 a.m news broadcast before he began to get washed.
2.队员们抽签决定谁先上场。
The members of the team drew lots to decide who would play first.
3.在该市,因吸毒和赌博而引发的罪行在发展,当地政府似乎找不出对付这一问题的办法。
In that city crime born of drug abuse and gambling is on the rise, and the local government seems unable to figure out a way to cope with it.
4.在那些日子里,我能弄到什麽就看什麽,只要是英文写的。
In those days , I would read everything I could get my hands on so/as long as it was written in English.
5.我敢肯定那座楼在空袭中一定被完全炸毁了。
I bet that building must have been completely destroyed in the air raid.
6.她被这突如其来的打击吓得好几分钟讲不出一句话来。
She was so scared by the unexpected blow that she could not speak a word for several minutes . /
Scared by the unexpected blow, she could not speak a word for several minutes.
Unit8 -P177
1.如果你每晚开夜车工作,身体必然会受影响。
If you stay up late working every night, your health will surely be affected.
2.即使你是班上最好的学生之一,要保住成绩也得常常温习功课才行。
Even if you are one of the best students in the class, in order to maintain your grades you must review your lessons often.
3.人们常把美国看成是一个不同民族的大熔炉。
The United States is often viewed as a melting pot of different nationalities.
4.情况确实如此,有些人一生中很早就获得成功,而另一些人则要工作很长时间方能实现自己的目标。
It is true that some people achieve success very early in life, while others must work a long time before attaining their goals.
5.他坚持认为这次实验的失败主要是由于准备不足。
He maintained that the failure of the experiment was largely e to inadequate preparation.
6.如今研究人员提倡我们应该每天花些时间将自己想要达到的目标投射到心灵的屏幕上。
Researchers now recommend that we take time off every day to project our desired goals onto the screen in our minds.
Unit9-P201
1.她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。
It has been three years and four months to the day since she began to practice medicine.
2.孩子们在到处奔跑,老师正吃力地把他们集隆起来带?教师。
The children were running all over the place , and the teacher was having a hard time rounding them up and bringing them back to the classroom.
3.这一发现进一步坚定了我的观点:这座火山在不久的将来会爆发。
The discovery further strengthened my belief that the volcano would erupt in the near future.
4.既然亨得森教授答应出席会议,我们想请他演讲。
Now that Professor Henderson has promised to attend the conference, we would like to request him to deliver a speech.
5.玛丽最终会离开家自己生活的,不过在这期间她仍需要你们的支持。
Eventually Mary will leave home to lead her own life, but in the meantime she will needs your support.
6.令我欣慰的是,观众对我们的演出十分欣赏,他们中大多数是大学生。
Much to our relief, our performance was fully appreciated by the audience, mostly college students.
Unit10-P221
1.事实上,对于这次海滩报纸上的说法不一。
In fact ,there are different accounts of the shipwreck in the newspapers.
2.据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。
It is said that the area was well advanced in agriculture as early as 2000 years ago.
3.自动取款机的功能是,无论在银行营业时或是关门时都能让人们用一种特殊的卡从银行帐户取出钱。
The function of an ATM is to allow people to take out money from their bank account with a special card whether the bank is open or closed.
4.孔繁森体现了一位共产党人的全部优秀品质。
Kong Fansen embodies all the fine qualities of a communist.
5.如果你想在一生中有所成就的话,最重要的是树立信心。
It is most essential to build up your confidence if you want to achieve some thing in life.
6.你若要申请,就得做好面试的准备,到时常常得回答些棘手的问题。
If you apply for a job, you should be ready for an interview in which you often have to answer some difficult questions.
『贰』 大学英语3段落翻译
从20世纪60年代以来,大学英语教材已经历了四代变迁。在教与学的过程中,教材起了十分重要的作用。下面是我带来的大学英语3段落翻译,欢迎阅读!
大学英语3段落翻译1
UNIT 1
十年之前,南希做了许许多多美国人梦寐以求的事。她辞去了经理职位,在邻近地区开了一家家用器材商店。像南希这样的人作出这种决定主要是出于改善生活质量的愿望。
然而,经营小本生意绝非易事。在失去稳定的收入后,南希不得不削减日常开支。有时候她甚至没有钱支付她所需要的种种 保险 的费用。有一次她连电话费也付不起,只得向她的父母亲借钱。幸运的是,通过自己的努力,她已经度过了最困难的时期。她决心继续追求她所向往的更加美好的生活。
A decade ago,Nancy did what so many Americans dream about.She quit an executive position and open/set up a household equipment store in her neighbourhood.People like Nancy made the decision primarily because of their desire to improve the quality of their lives.
But,to run a small business is by on means an easy job.Without her steady income,Nancy had to cut back on her daily expenses.Sometimes she did not have the money to pay the premiums for various kinds of insurance she needed.Once she could not even pick up the phone bill and had to ask her parents to loan her some money.
Fortunately,through her own hard work,she had now got through the most difficult time.She is determined to continue pursing her vision of a better life.
UNIT 2
痛苦的奴隶生活坚定了亨森为自由而战的决心。他获得自由后不久就成了一个帮助逃跑奴隶的组织中的一员。他几次偷偷地从加拿大回到美国帮助其他奴隶通过地下铁路获得自由。有一次在逃跑时亨森和几个逃跑的奴隶被捕捉奴隶的人包围。他将逃跑的奴隶乔装打扮一番,成功地躲避了追捕。另外,他后来在加拿大的得累斯顿为逃跑的奴隶建造了一个居住小区,并建了教堂和学校,逃跑的奴隶们在这里能够学到有用的谋生之道。他坚信奴隶制将被废除,所有奴隶终将获得解放,种族歧视消失的那一天一定会到来。
Henson's painful life as a slave strengthened his determination to struggle for freedom.Shortly after he achieved freedom he became a member of an organization that assisted fugitive slaves.He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several times to help others to travel the Underground Railroad to freedom.Once some slave catchers closed in on the escaping slaves and Henson when they were on the run.He disguised them and successfully avoided capture.In addition,later he built a small settlement in Dresden in Canada for escaped slaves,setting up a chapel and a school where they could learn useful ways of making a living.He held to the conviction that slavery would be abolished,all the slaves would be liberated,and the day was bound to come when racial discrimination no longer existed.
UNIT 3
人们几乎没法将蓄意行窃的盗贼拒之门外。所能做的只是设法阻拦他片刻, 从而使其暴露在巡警( police patrol ) 面前。常识告诉我们, 光照是犯罪行为的障碍物。家门口必须安装一盏灯,并在晚间开着。如果你碰巧是最晚一个回家,别只关门而不上锁。如果你决定购买精密的电子报警系统,别忘了索要报警器的标志,并把它张贴在窗户和门上。此外,你还可以将报警系统连接到警署。
It is almost impossible to keep a determined burglar out. All you can do is to discourage him for a few minutes, thus exposing him to police patrols. Common sense tells us that lighting is a barrier to criminal activity. A light should be fixed in the doorway and switched on at night. Make sure/assure yourself that you don't leave the door on the latch if you happen to be the last to come in. If you decide to buy a sophisticated electronic alarm system, be sure to ask for its signs and put them up on both windows and doors. In addition, you may have it hooked up to a police station.
Unit4
2005年最不寻常的事也许是联合国宣布这一年为世界物理学年。这一年是爱因斯坦发表相对论100周年,也是他去世50周年。1905年,爱因斯坦发表了五篇科学史上非常重要的论文,从而使物理学发生了突破性进展。他的伟大成就可归之于他令人惊叹的 想象力 、不断地质疑和对权威的漠视。毫无疑问,爱因斯坦是20世纪最伟大的科学家。
What was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the United Nations declared it “The World Year of Physics”. It was the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death. In 1905 Einstein published five highly important essays in the history of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His great achievement can be credited to his impressive powers of imagination, constant questioning, and not giving a fig for authority. It is beyond doubt that Einstein was the greatest scientist in the 20th century。
大学英语3段落翻译2
UNIT 5
在 感恩节 的气氛中,乔治并没有跟朋友们一起庆祝节日,却沉浸于阅读他父亲留给他的 日记 。他的父亲在连续再次完成环球旅行后在海上去世。这份日记使他回忆起自己与父亲一起度过的每一刻以及父亲为他所做的许多具体事情。乔治的父亲过去经常向他强调必须经历各种艰难困苦去追求卓越(EXCELLENCE)。他还教导他世界上没有理所当然的东西。即使今天,他依然记得父亲如何引用“懂得感激是高尚者的标志”这句伊索(AESOP) 名言 来教导他要把懂得感激放在最重要的位置。
Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving,rather than joining his friends in celebration of the holiday,George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father,who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world.The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf.George's father used to impress on him the needs to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence.He also taught him that nothing in the world could be taken for granted.Even today,George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop's famous saying "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls" and tell him to accord the greatest importance to it.
UNIT 6
我们到处都能看到“抢眼”的青年艺术家。他们要么一年四季都穿着破旧的牛仔裤;要么大冬天也打着赤脚;要么饮酒过度;要么就是抱着创作一部杰作的幻想,实际上并不做任何创作的事。其实,他们中的很多人只不过是为了看上去像名艺术家,或是为了同其他艺术家“保持一致”才这么做的。他们忘了,只有通过不懈的努力才能获得成功。
Here and there we see young artists who stand out from other people.They may be in worn-out jeans all the year round,or walk in bare feet even in winter,or drink to excess,or cling to the fancy of creating a masterpiece without actually doing any creative work.In fact,many of them act like this just to look the part,or to be "in tunes with" other artists.They have forgotten that only through persistent effort can one achieve success.
UNIT 7
汤姆生来跛足,有一条腿不管用。他很小的时候起就懂得,除非他努力摆脱(RISE ABOVE)自身的局限,他是无力谋生的;而除非他能独立谋生,他就不可能得到他人的尊敬。这是他要赢得做人的尊严必须付出的代价。
汤姆申请过许多工作,都遭到拒绝,最后他找到一份为必胜客(PIZZA HUT)送比萨饼的工作。后来他又到一个没有人想去的推销区做一家运动服装(SPORTS WEAR)公司的销售代表。现在,他在他的家乡拥有一家颇为盈利的零售商店,还雇用了好几个人为他工作,这些人都不拿薪水,只拿佣金。
Tom was born a cripple,with one of his lower limbs useless.Early in his childhood,he learned that unless he so exerted himself as to rise above his limitations,he could not earn a living,and unless he succeeded in making a living on his own,he could not win/gain the respect of others.That was the price he had to pay for his dignity as a human being.
Tom applied for numerous jobs,only to be turned down,before he finally got one as a delivery boy for a Pizza Hut.He then worked as a sales representative for a sports wear company in a territory no one else would want.Today he owns a fairly profitable retail shop in his hometown,and hires several people to work for him on straight commission.
UNIT 8
1997 年,苏格兰一组科学家的克隆实验使多利羊得以诞生。自那时以来,有关克隆人的激烈争论一直进行着。这一有争议的问题的焦点聚集在此项技术的伦理与社会含义上:此项技术会对人类生育、抚养孩子以及人的个性等的真正意义带来什么影响。
Dolly the sheep resulted from a cloning experiment by a group of Scottish scientists in 1997. A fierce debate on human cloning has ever since been going on. This contentious issue has focused on ethical and social implications of the technology: what the technology might do to the very meaning of human reproction, child rearing, indiviality, et cetera.
大多数科学家坚决反对繁殖性克隆,支持旨在治疗疾病的治疗性克隆。其理由是,治疗性的克隆技术不牵涉任何对人的生命的威胁,实际上还能为人们提供极大的缓解痛苦的可能。他们相信有适当地政策和监管以确保治疗性克隆被安全地使用,我们都能从这一过程中受益。
The majority of scientists are adamantly opposed to reproctive cloning and support therapeutic cloning for treating diseases. The reason is that therapeutic cloning does not involve any type of risk to human life and actually provides tremendous potential for the relief of suffering in human beings. Scientists believe that with policies and monitoring in place to ensure that therapeutic cloning is used safely, we can all benefit from this procere.
『叁』 谁有21世纪大学生英语快速阅读第三版第三册的翻译 跪求!!!
birdspterodactyl:
mosquito (蚊子), cricket (蟋蟀) — all have wings, but they aren't birds; seal:
seal (海豹): donkey (驴), dolphin (海豚) — all mammals; or
seal (海豹): penguin (企鹅) — live both on land and in the water; orseal (印记,图记): crane (起重机), cricket (板球), sponge (海绵状物) — all haveother meanings unrelated to animals
shark:
dolphin (海豚), sponge (海绵) — all live underwater
IX
1.Having too many people on the team slows our work down rather than speeding it up.
2.He wanted to make his living as a teacher rather than as a businessman.
3.In most modern societies women are treated as professional equals rather than [as] servants.
4."Body language" refers to communication through the way you move rather than to speech.
5.He preferred to sit quietly in class rather than risk giving an answer that might be wrong.
6.Andrew is convinced that love rather than money is the key to happiness.
7.Many people nowadays communicate by e-mail rather than (by) phones and faxes.
8.Mrs. Kester made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.
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2.if only to have a brief check-up
3.if only to make a good impression on his
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21 世纪大学英语读写教程(第一册)课后翻译答案 世纪大学英语读写教程(第一册) Unit 1 汤姆是个非常好奇的男孩,他不仅对“是什么”感兴趣,而且也对“为什么”和“怎么 会”感兴趣。 As a very curious boy, Tom is interested not only in whats but also in whys and hows. 据史密斯教授说,幸福就是你能充分利用你所有的一切。 Happiness, according to Prof. Smith, is the ability to make the most of what you have. 你最好把这本书放在你 15 岁儿子找不到的地方。 You’d better keep the book where your 15-year-old son can’t get his hands on it. 故事非常滑稽,比尔一边读一边不停地笑。 The story was so funny that Bill kept laughing all the time while reading it. 成绩优秀的学生未必比他们得分较低的同学在学习上花费更多的时间。 High-achieving students do not necessarily put in more time on their studies than their lower-scoring classmates. 你是怎样设法说服这些学生修读快速阅读课的? How did you manage to persuade these students to take the speed-reading course? 用功是重要的,但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。 Working hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of one’s abilities counts for much more. 她要求学生独立思考,而不是告诉他们该思考什么。 She asked her students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think. Unit 2 在谈及美国英语和英国英语的差别时,他说:“美国和英国毕竟是两个不同的国 家。” Referring to the differences between American English and British English, he said, “The United States and Britain are, after all, two different countries.” 史密斯教授鼓励他的学生独立思考。他常说:“即使你们对我提出质疑或者完全不 同意我的看法,我也同样高兴。” Prof. Smith encourages his students to think for themselves. “I am just as happy,” he often says, “even if you challenge me or completely disagree with me.” 我们请他参加我们关于流行音乐的谈话,但他一参加进来就引入一个新的话题, 谈起了上周的 NBA 决赛。 We called on him to take part in our conversation about pop music, but as soon as he joined in, he introced a new topic and referred to the NBA finals of the previous week. 司机应对这次事故负责。他的车撞倒了一棵树和一个骑车的人。 The driver is responsible for this accident. His car knocked down a tree and a man on his bike. 自我们的收音机停止生产后,我们已转产移动电话。 Since our proction of radios came to a halt, we have switched to the proction of mobile phones. 我们最初的计划是在北京浏览长城、故宫、颐和园等著名景点。 Our original plan was to see such famous sights as the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and the Summer Palace in Beijing. 学好一门外语绝非易事。尽管我已学了几年英语,我仍然不能有效地用这种语言 表达思想。 It’s no simple/easy matter to learn a foreign language well. Even though I have learned English for a few years, I still can’t express myself effectively in the language. 我希望你不仅仅是同意或不同意我的想法,我需要你给我提忠告、出主意等。 I don’t want you to simply to agree or disagree with me. I need someone who can give me good advice, ideas, and so on. Unit 3 据我所知,他们必须做的只是来见他们抚养的孩子,并填写一份表格。 As far as I know, all they have to do is to come and see the child they want to bring up and fill up a form. 随着他对世事的了解越来越多,他终于厌倦了对名利的追求。 As he learned more and more about the world, he finally got tired of going after fame and wealth. 小女孩的歌声给老人带来了欢乐,帮助他忍受住种种生活的艰辛。 The little girl’s songs brought sunshine to the old man and helped him bear the hardships of life. 人们纷纷前来向他们祝贺又一座黄浦江大桥的胜利建成。 People came one after another to congratulate them on the successful building of another big bridge over the Huangpu River. 这个 10 岁的男孩小提琴拉得如此娴熟,在场的人都惊叹不已。 All the people present were amazed that the 10-year-old boy was playing the violin so skillfully. 车祸之后,史蒂威重新评价了自己的人生目标,决定更多地注意外部世界。 After the car accident, Stevie reevaluated his goals in life and decided to pay more attention to the world outside. 母亲即使做梦也没想到她的儿子会成为一名世界著名的钢琴家。 Even in her wildest dreams, Mother could never have imagined that her son would become a world-famous pianist. 当听到他们的老师已摆脱了死亡的阴影时,学生们都大声欢呼起来。 The students broke into loud cheers when they heard that their teacher had fought back from the shadow of death. Unit 4 祖母体弱多病,她却承担起了家里的所有家务。 Sickly and weak as Grandma is, she has taken on all the housework in the family. 唱片公司从未对任何歌手这样满意过。对他们来说,史蒂威·旺达确实是个难得的 人才。 The recording company had never been so pleased with any singer. For them, Stevie Wonder was a real find. 他们住的地方没有自来水,也没有煤气和电这类生活上的便利设备。 They had no running water where they lived. Nor did they have any conveniences of life such as gas and electricity. 6 年过去了,接着 7 年、8 年过去了,那位法国艺术家仍杳无音讯。看来他肯定 已离开这个国家去了唯有上帝知道的什么地方。 Six years passed, then seven and eight, and nothing was heard of that French artist. It seemed certain that he had left the country for only God knows where. 那年夏天他病得很厉害,但秋天他刚感到好些了,便又重新开始写作,并在两个 月内完成了他的最后一部小说。 He was very ill that summer, but as soon as he felt better in the fall, he resumed his writing and finished his last novel in two months. 在坚强意志的推动下,亚历克斯终于完成了他所承担的任务。 Driven by a strong will, Alex finally fulfilled the task he had undertaken. 在医生和护士们的帮助下,那位病人恢复得很快,几星期后便再一次站起来了。 With the help of the doctor and the nurses, the patient recovered quickly and in a few weeks was able to stand on his feet once more. 望着老人那张满是皱纹的脸真叫人难过, 因为它说明了老人一辈子所经历的一切。 It was really sad to watch the old man’s wrinkled face, which spoke of all that he had borne/enred in his life. Unit 5 他们是玛丽的儿子罗伯特和劳伦斯,一个起的是她父亲的名字,另一个是她祖父 的名字。 They are Mary’s sons Robert and Lawrence. One is named after her father, the other is named after her grandfather. 他对已有的一切还不满足。他从来不懂“知足常乐”,真遗憾。 He is not content with what he has already got. What a pity he never understands that happiness lies in contentment. 她参与课堂活动非常积极。我相信她将来可以成为一名好教师。 She is very active in classroom activities. I am sure that she will make a good teacher. 你也许有不同看法,但我不喜欢劝酒,尤其是在宴会上更是如此。 You may have different opinions about it, but I hate the idea of urging people to drink, especially at a dinner party. 我们准备在一些枝节问题上对他们作些让步,但决不在重大的原则问题上与他们 妥协。 We are prepared to give way a little to them on minor problems, but we will never compromise with them on major questions of principle. 整整一年中罗伯特通常得不到多少运动, 而他的妻子玛丽却大部分时间一直站着。 这就是为什么他们不可能或至少很难找到一个喜欢的地方去休假的原因。 Robert didn’t usually get much exercise ring the year, while his wife Mary was on her feet most of the time. That was why it was impossible or difficult at least, for them to choose a place they both liked for their holiday. 戴维是个自视甚高的青年作家。他认为他的写作风格是独特的、高雅的。但遗憾 的是,情况并非如此。 David is a young writer with a high opinion of himself. He thinks that his writing style is unique and refined. But unfortunately, that is not the case. 我想说的只是,作为个人我们享有很多不同的权利,但却无权做任何对社会有害 的事。 All I want to say is that as indivials we enjoy many different rights but we have no right to do anything harmful to society. Unit 6 问题在于人们如何看待那些专心追求知识的学生。 The problem lies in how people look at those students dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. 我国政府已决定向教育投入比过去多得多的钱。 Our government has decided to put a lot more money into ecation than before. 我们得培养更多一流的工程师参与同日本的技术竞争。 We have to train more first-class engineers to compete in the technology race with Japan. 求知好学和勤奋用功的学生应受到表扬并被树立为其他学生的榜样。 The intellectually curious and hard-working students should be praised and held up as examples to other students. 知道我们消除排斥知识的现象,我们才有希望保持世界级强国的地位。 Not until we do away with our anti-intellectualism do we stand a chance to remain a world-class power. 我们必须使自己适应时代的要求,否则我们就会落后于世界上其他工业国家。 We must adapt ourselves to the demands of our times, otherwise we’ll fall behind the other instrialized nations of the world. 其他孩子在踢足球,而他们的儿子却在学英语,做父母的为此感到骄傲。 The parents are proud of their son who is studying English while the other children are playing football. 你真的期望不花费更多的时间学习就能提高你的英语水平? Do you really expect to improve your English without spending more time studying it? Unit 7 史密斯先生被认为是一位十分开明的人,除了别的之外,他还认为在法律面前人 人平等。 Mr. Smith was viewed as a very liberal person who believed, among other things, that all men were equal under the law. 他获奖并非偶然;他的成功来自艰苦的训练。 It is not by chance that he won the prize; his success comes from his hard training. 老师跟白人孩子们谈了很多,试图使他们相信人人生而平等,但在最初几个星期 里,似乎没有多少效果。 The teacher talked a lot with the white kids, trying to convince them that all men are created equal, but nothing much came of it in the first few weeks. 因为我刚来到这所学校,所以有一段时间我感到孤独,也没有朋友。 As I was a newcomer to that school, I felt lonely and friendless for a time. 伟明日复一日坚持与威尔逊夫人进行交谈,他的英语口语变得越来越流利,越来 越自然。 Day after day Wei Ming kept talking with Mrs. Wilson, and his oral English became more and more fluent and natural. 尽管在最初那几个星期一些孩子对我很不客气,一个白人小姑娘却特别友好。 Whereas some of the kids were quite nasty ring those first few weeks, a little white girl was especially friendly to me. 我后来才知道那位看起来又老又满脸皱纹的人才 45 岁左右。 I later came to know that the man who looked old and wrinkled was only about 45. 大学毕业之后不久,他便证明自己是一个称职而负责的英语教师。 After graating from university, he soon established himself as a qualified and responsible teacher of English. Unit 8 没有一个科学家确切地知道信息高速公路将在未来十年中把我们带往何处。 No scientist knows exactly where the information highway will lead us in the decade ahead. 至关重要的是,发达国家和发展中国家应通过更多的交流增进相互间的理解和尊 重。 It is crucial that developed countries and developing countries increase mutual understanding and mutual respect through more communication. 从一开始,大众传媒就对这部关于个人电脑的专著给予了特别的关注。 From the very beginning, the mass media paid particular attention to this treatise on the personal computer. 我的侄子以为日文跟中文在很多方面相似,很容易学,但结果并不是那样。 My nephew had thought that Japanese, which is similar to Chinese in many ways, was easy to learn, but it didn’t turn out that way. 你本应该知道得更多些。大学教授讲课的方式并不只限于告诉学生基本事实,他 还激发讨论和争论。 You should have known better. The way a college professor teaches is not confined only to telling his students the basic facts. He or she also stimulates discussions and debates. 原来估计这项工程将费时五年。但由于工人和工程师们的创造性劳动,工程大大 提前完成了。 It was originally estimated that the project would take 5 years. But because of the creativity of the workers as well as the engineers, it was finished well ahead of schele. 构思和写作自传花费了那位美国作家三年多的时间,其间他遇到了许多无法想象 的困难。 The process of thinking about and writing his autobiography took the American writer more than three years, ring which he ran into many unimaginable difficulties. 医生们不能肯定他患了什么病,这就是他已决定提前退休的原因。 The doctors aren’t sure what illness he is suffering from. That’s why he has decided to retire ahead of schele.
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Unit 1 法律小冲突
一个年轻人发现,在街上漫无目的的闲逛也会带来涉及法律上的麻烦。一种误解导致另一种误解,直到最终他必须在法庭上接受审判…….
法律小冲突
我平生只有一次陷入与法律的冲突。被捕与被带上法庭的整个经过在当时是一种令人极不愉快的经历,但现在这却成为一个好故事的素材。尤其令人恼怒的是我被捕及随后在法庭上受审期间的种种武断情形。
事情发生在十二年前的二月,那是我中学毕业已经几个月了,但是要等到十月份才能上大学,所以当时我仍在家中。
一天上午,我来到离我住地不远的伦敦郊区的里士满,那是我正在找一份临时的工作,一边攒些钱去旅游。由于天体晴朗,有没有什么急事,我便悠然自得的看看窗店橱窗,逛逛公园,有时干脆停下来四处观望。一定是这种显然无所事事的样子使我倒了霉。
事情发生在十一点半左右,当我在当地图书馆谋之未成,刚从那里出来,就看见一个人从马路对面走过来,显然是想跟我说话。我愿意为他是要问我时间。想不到他说他是警察,要逮捕我。开始我还以为这是个玩笑。但紧接着又来了一个穿着警服的警察,这下我无可置疑了。
“为什么抓我?”我问。
“四处游荡,有作案嫌疑,”他说。
“做什么案?”我又问。
“偷东西,” 他说。
“偷什么”我追问。
“牛奶瓶”他说,表情极端严肃。
“噢,”
事情是这样的,这一带经常发生小偷小摸的案件,尤其是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。
接着,我犯了个大错误,那是我才十九岁,留着一头乱蓬蓬的长发,自以为是六十年代“青年反主流文化”的一员。因此,我想对此表现出一副冷漠,满不在乎的态度,于是用一种很随便的无所谓的腔调说:“你们跟我多久了?”这样一来,我在他们眼里,我是惯于此种情形的,这又使他们确信我是一个彻头彻尾的坏蛋。
几分钟后来了一辆警车。
“坐到后面去,”他们说:“把手放在椅背上,不许乱动。”他俩分别坐在我的左右,这下可不是闹着玩的了。
在警察局,他们审问了我好几个小时。我继续装着老于世故,对此种事习以为常的样子。当他们问我一直在干什么事时,我告诉他们我在找工作。“啊哈”,这下我可看到他们在想,“无业游民”。
最后,我被正式指控,并得到通知下周一到里士满地方法院受审。他们这才让我走。
我本想在法庭上自我辩护,但是父亲一弄清事情原委后,就为我请了一位很不错的律师。就在那个星期一,我们带着各种证人出庭了,这其中包括我的中学英语教师作为我的平行见证人。但法庭没有传唤他作证。对我的“审判”并没有进行到那一步,才开庭十五分钟,法官就驳回了此案。我被无罪释放。可怜的警察毫无胜诉的机会。我的律师甚至成功的使警察承担了诉讼费。
这样, 我没有留下任何犯罪记录。但当时,最令人震惊的是我被无罪释放所明显依赖的证据:我有标准的口音,有受人尊重的中产阶级父母来到法庭,有可靠的证人,还有,很明显我请得起很好的律师。想到这次指控的含混不清的特点,我敢断定,我如果出生在一个不同背景的家庭,并真失了业,则完全可能被判为有罪。当我的律师要求赔偿诉讼费时,他的辩词很显然的紧紧围绕着我“学习成绩优异”这一事实。
与此同时,在法庭外面,曾逮捕我的警察中的一个沮丧的想我的母亲抱怨说,又有一个小伙子要与警察做对了。他以责备的口气对我说:“我们抓你的时候,你本可以帮帮忙的。”
他这话是什么意思?也许是说我因该做出大发雷霆的样子,并说:“喂,你们知道是在和谁说话么?我是品学兼优的高材生。你们怎么敢抓我?”那样的话,他们也许会向我道歉,可能还会脱帽致意,让我扬长而去。
Unit 2 获益匪浅的问题
1、不久前的一个晚上在餐桌旁,我的三个孩子---年龄分别为9岁、6岁、4岁---暂时停止争抢食物,腾出世纪教我认识什么是范式变换、什么是线性思考的局限以及如何重新看待相关的各种因素。
2、事情是这样的:当时我们在玩自己那套只动嘴的“哪个不是同一类?”的芝麻街游戏。本来玩这游戏时,孩子们要看三张画并挑出那张不属同一类的画。我说:“来吧,哪个不是同一类,橘子,西红柿还是草莓?”
3、老大很快就说出了自以为非常得意的答案:“西红柿,因为其他两种是水果。”我承认这是正确答案,尽管有些纯粹主义者坚决认为西红柿是一种水果。对我们这些从小就被迫吃拌在色拉里的西红柿的人来说,西红柿永远是蔬菜。我正准备再出一道三种东西为一组的题目时,我4岁的孩子说:“正确答案是草莓,因为另外两种是园的,草莓却不圆。”我怎么能驳斥这种论点呢?
4、接着,我6岁的孩子说:“不属同一类的是橘子,因为另外两种是红色的。”9岁的孩子不想让弟妹占上风,说道:“不是同一类的也可以是橘子,因为其他的两种长在藤上。”
5、老二把这看作对他发出的挑战,“可以是草莓,因为只有草莓会放在冰淇淋上。”
6、毫无疑问,这里正发生着什么事儿。这事儿比争抢食物还乱,比西红柿是水果还是蔬菜重要的多。哥白尼把太阳视为宇宙中心,重新调整了地心说这一长达数世纪的范式,我的孩子们正坐着哥白尼当年做的事。鲁宾 马修斯把他的布朗克斯冰淇淋改名为哈根达斯,在不改变产品的情况下提高了价格,我的孩子们正做着鲁宾 马修斯做过的事。爱德华 詹纳放弃了寻找治疗天花的特效药,从而发现了能预防这一疾病的疫苗,我的孩子们正做着爱德华詹纳做过的事。
7、他不去研究得了天花的患者,而是去研究接触天花却染上此病的人,他发现他们都患了一种类似天花但比较轻微的疾病:牛痘;牛痘使他们得以防止染上致命的天花。
8、他们在重新看待相关的各种因素,他们在重新认识他们的问题。他们重新表述他们的问题。总之,据托马斯 库恩在他们的《科学革命的结构》一书中所言,他们正做着历史上有过重大发现的科学家都曾做过的事:他们在改变就的范式。
9、但假若我们的游戏是学校里做在作业本上的练习,那么没有把西红柿圈出来的孩子全部会 被批为答错。凡没有把问题解读为“哪个不是水果”的孩子都是错的。也许这种情形说明了为什么世界上最杰出的科学家和发明家中有那么多的人读书时是不及格的学生。其中最引人注目的是阿尔伯特 爱因斯坦,他也许是本世纪最有影响的范式改变者。
10、这样说,并不是想对学校评头品足。天知道,发一通议论太容易了。这样说,不过是想提醒大家信息的价值实在是有限的。我提出这一点,是因为我们的社会似乎发展到了这样一个阶段,人人都大声要求得到更多的技术,大声要求即刻享用增多的信息。
11、学生们必须联机。你们家必须用数码与环球信息网连通。企业必须能即时下载大量资料。但是,除非我们改变范式、重新看待相关的各种因素,否则,信息高速公路就不会给我们带来什么结果。
12、无论是现在还是最近,我们都不缺信息。试想我们拥有的信息比四百年前的哥白尼多了多少。但他作出了足以震撼地球的(权作双关语)惊人之举,完全改变了人们对宇宙的看法。他作出此举不是靠发现更多的信息,而是靠用不同的目光来看大家都看到过的信息。爱德华 詹纳不是靠积累信息发明预防药物,而是靠重新表述问题。
13、当我们开始驶入信息高速公路时,我们所需要的不是更多的信息,而是看信息的新方法。我们应该像我的孩子所做的那样,去发现有一个以上的正确答案、有一个以上正确的问题、有一个以上看一堆信息的方法。我们应该记住:当你只有一把锤子时,你往往把每个问题都看作钉子。
Unit 3 我为何教书
你为什么教书呢?当我告诉我的朋友我不想做任何行政职务时,他向我提出了这个问题。他感到大惑不解的是,为什么所有的美国人受到的教育都是长大后追求金钱和权利,而不是想要明明是通往这个目标的一个“阶梯”性的工作
当然,我教书并不是应为教书对我而言很容易。我曾做过多种工作来赚钱谋生,如做机修工,木工,作家,而教书是其中最难的。对我来说教书是一件令人眼睛红肿,掌心出汗,精神沮丧的职业。眼睛红肿是因为无论我备课到多晚从未觉得胸有成竹。掌心出汗是因为在走进教室之前,我总是非常紧张,学生们肯定会发现我原来是个笨蛋。精神沮丧是因为我一个小时后我走出教室时总会觉得这节课比平常更加枯燥无味。
我教书也不是因为我认为自己能够解答问题,或因为我觉得自己有非与人分享不可的知识。又使我感到惊愕不已,因为学生竟真的把我课堂上讲的东西做了笔记。
那么我为什么还要教书呢?
我教书,是因为我喜欢教学日历的节奏。六月,七月,八月提供了思索,研究和写作的机会。
我教书,是因为教书是一种以变化为基础的职业。当教材不变时,我在变-------更重要的是我的学生在变。
我教书,是因为我喜欢自由,我又犯错误的自由,吸取教训的自由,激励自己,激励学生的自由。作为教师,我是自己的老板。如果我让一年级的学生通过自己编写课本的方式学习写作,谁会干涉我呢?这样的课程也许会彻底失败,但我们都可以从失败中学习到很多东西。
我教书,是因为我喜欢问学生一些需要绞尽脑汁才能回答的问题。这个世界充满了拙劣问题的正确答案。而我在教学中,有时也会发现一些不错的问题。
我教书,是因为我喜欢找到一些是我自己和学生们走出象牙塔,步入现实世界的方法。我曾经开过一门叫做“在技术社会里如何自己更生”的课程。我的十五个学生读了爱默生,梭洛和赫胥黎的作品,他们记了日记,并写了学期论文。
但我们也组建了一个公司,借钱买了一座破旧的房子,通过对这座房子的整修翻新,我们实践了自力更生的这一课题。学期末,我们卖掉了房子还清了贷款,交了税,所生的利润大家分了。
所以教书是我的生活节奏分明丰富多彩,也向我提出了挑战,给了我不断学习的机会
不过,我还没讲到我教书最重要的原因呢.
其中一个原因是维基。她是我的第一个博士,是一个精力充沛的学生。他孜孜不倦地撰写了一篇关于一个鲜为人知的十四世纪的诗人的学位论文。他还写过几篇文章,并寄给了学术刊物。她独立完成了这一切,只是偶尔从我这里得到一些启示。我亲眼看到她完成了论文,并得到她的文章已被采用。我还亲眼看到她找到工作,并获得了哈佛大学的研究学员的职位,著书论述在当我的学生时萌发的思想。
另一个原因就是乔治。他本来是我的工程学学生,后来他认定自己的爱人之心胜过爱物之心,就转而学英语了。
还有珍妮,他中途辍学,但是他被同学们拉了回来,因为他们想让她看看自力更生整修的旧房的结果。我请眼看到她回来了,亲耳听到她对我说,她后来对城市贫民产生了兴趣,继而成了一名维护公民权的律师。
还得提一提清洁女工杰基,她凭直觉了解的事情比我们中大多数人通过分析学到的东西还要多。杰基已经决定读完高中后还要上大学。
这些在我眼前成长,变化的人就是我当教师的真正原因。当一名教师意味着亲眼看见泥人开始呼吸这一创造性的成果。
“提升”了,不在教书了,也许会给我带来金钱和权利。但是我有钱,我拿了工资去做我喜欢做的事情: 读书,与人交谈,提出诸如“富有的意义何在?”之类的问题。
我也有权利,我有权给与启示,激发才能,有权开出书目,为人指点迷津。还有比这更重大的权利么?
而教书还可也带来金钱和权利以外的东西,这就是爱。不仅是爱学习,爱读书,爱思想,而且还有老师对走人自己生活,并开始脱引而出的学生的爱。“爱”这个字用在这里也学并不恰当,“魔力”可能更贴切些。
我教书,是因为与开始获得新生的学生在一起,我有时觉得也与他们一起获得了新生。
Unit 4 一位球迷的评论
1 这封电子邮件在某些方面与我收到的其他刻薄的信件相似。它痛斥我对洛杉矶道奇队的评论,并争辩说我把一切全都搞错了。然而,这个评论与其他的评论至少有两个方面不同。
2 与通常那些“你是个白痴”的评论不同的是,这一评论含有更多的细节。它包含了该队比赛表现的关键数据。写这篇评论的人对洛杉矶道奇队的了解绝不亚于我自认为对它的了解。
3 而且这一评论是署名的。作者的名字叫萨拉•莫里斯。
4 我被深深打动,于是给她回信。一点也没有想到这一封信引出了一段非同寻常的来往。
5 我可以问您一个问题吗?两年来,我一直经营着我的道奇队网站。你是怎么成为一个棒球评论专栏作家的?这可是我的梦。
6 这是萨拉的第二封电子邮件,它的到来一点也不意外。我每次对人微笑一下,人家就向我要一份工作。但是另一个事儿引起了我的注意。这就是信的最后一行字里的拼写错误,是关于“我的梦”那一部分。
7 也许萨拉就是一个打字很糟糕的人。但也许她真的是在寻找某个目标,但就是一字之差,还没有找着。
8 这就值得再回她一封信,于是我让她解释。
9 我今年30岁。……因为我身有残疾,花了5年的时间才读完大专拿到文凭。……在棒球赛季,我每个星期平均花55小时写球赛报道,写评论,做研究,听比赛或者看比赛。
10 萨拉称她的网站为“道奇地”。我搜索了一下,什么也没有找着。后来我重读她的电子邮件, 发现在她的电子邮件最底下挂了一个地址
11 我点击该地址。网站并不花哨。但是她以一个作家的严肃态度对该队进行了详细报道。不过,我还是不禁要问,有人读吗?
12 :从来没有人在我的来宾登记簿上签名。我一个月收到一封信。
13 所以,这里是一个身体残疾的妇女,她对道奇队的报道之广泛不亚于美国任何一个记者, 可她却在为一个几乎不为人知的网站写作,网站的名字很怪很难记,读者大概有两个人。
14 我想她那个梦所缺的远远不只是拼写里头少了一个字母r。
15 我建起了自己的网站希望能找到一份工作。不过运气不佳。因为我使用一根绑在头上的小棒打字,最高的打字速度是每分钟8个字,可这又有什么要紧的呢?我的脑子挺好使,我对工作非常专注。这才是人们成功的关键。
16 使用一根绑在头上的小棒打字?
17 我问她要用多少时间写她那通常为400字的文章。
18 三到四小时。
19 我做了一件我以前从来没有和互联网上的陌生人做过的事情。
20 我让萨拉•莫里斯给我打电话。
21 我说话有障碍,无法使用电话。
22 这就证明了我的怀疑。这显然是一个精心策划的骗局。这一位所谓女性作家很可能是一个45岁的男性管子工。
23 我决定结束与此人的通信。可就在那时我又收到一封电子邮件。
24 我的残疾是脑瘫。……它影响肌肉神经的控制。……当我的脑子告诉我的手去敲击字键时, 我会挪动我的腿,碰击桌子,并在这一过程中同时碰击六个其他的字键。
25 当我的母亲解释我的残疾时,她告诉我说,如果我比别人努力三倍,我就可以成就我要做的任何事情。
26 她写道,她在帕萨迪拉长大的时候成了道奇队的球迷。她上布莱尔高级中学二年级的时候,一位校少年棒球队的教练叫她去做球队的统计员。她做了,用的是一个打字机和一根绑在头上的小棒。
27 她说由于她跟棒球结了缘,她才得以留在学校里,尽管她成绩不好,每天还有数小时的令她脖子酸痛的家庭作业。
28 棒球给了我努力的目标 ……我可以做别的孩子做不了的事情 ……我想为给了我这么多的棒球做一点事情。
29 不错,我就这么相信了她。有几分信吧。在像她所称的那种情况下,有谁能没有最好的设备和帮助而报道一个棒球队呢?我很好奇,所以我问她我能不能开车过去看她。 她同意了,并详细告诉我路怎么走,其中提到乡下的泥路和没有名字的街道。
30 我开车向东驶去,穿过得克萨斯的荒凉地带。在一条蜿蜒曲折布满小动物大小的坑洼的泥路上,我看到了样子像旧工具棚的屋子。
31 但这不是一个工具棚,这是一所房子,一个被高高的杂草和废弃物包围的正在朽烂的小棚屋。
32 是不是这个地方呢?
33 一位身着旧T恤衫和裙子的妇女从棚屋里走了出来。
34 “我是萨拉的母亲,”洛伊•莫里斯一边说一边用她那粗糙的手握着我光滑的手。“她在等你呢。”
35 我从太阳光下走进去,打开一扇破烂的屏门,走进了阴暗的棚子,棚子里蜷缩在轮椅上的是一个87磅重的躯体。
36 她的四肢扭了一扭。她的头转了一转。我们无法拥抱,甚至也无法握手。她只能张大眼睛看我,向我微笑。
37 可她那微笑里充满了光芒!它穿透了由破烂的木地板、旧躺椅和结满蜘蛛网的窗户围起来的黑暗空间。
38 我不忍心看别的任何东西,所以我的眼睛只盯住她那微笑,它是那么清晰,那么自信, 它甚至令我的多数怀疑一扫而光。但我还是要问,这就是莎拉•莫里斯吗?
39 她开始在轮椅里摇晃,嘴里发出声音。我以为她在咳嗽。
40 可实际上,她是在说话。她的母亲为她翻译。“我要给你看点东西。”萨拉说。
41 洛伊把她推到搭在煤灰砖上的一张旧书桌前。桌子上放着一台计算机。计算机旁是一台电视机。她的母亲将一根小棒绑在她女儿的太阳穴上。
42 萨拉趴在计算机上,用绑在她头上的棍子调出道奇地网站上的一篇报道。她开始一啄一啄地在这篇报道上添字加句。
43 她抬起头看我并发出咯咯的笑声。我低头看她,心里充满了惊奇──还有羞愧。
44 这真的就是萨拉•莫里斯。 这个伟大的萨拉•莫里斯。
45 几个月前我与萨拉•莫里斯联系的时候是想跟她干一仗。现在看着她在这个黑暗的房间里吃力地打着字写一篇或许根本没有人看的文章,我明白了这一仗是怎么一回事。
46 不过,这一仗不是跟萨拉打,而是跟自己打。这一仗和体育界在现今玩世不恭的年代里每天都在经历的一模一样。那就是要相信运动员仍然可以是英雄的搏斗。
47 在一个远离这种怀疑的地方,一个心智充满神奇的萨拉•莫里斯帮我找回了信任。
Unit 5 妈妈哭泣的那一天
很久以前一个昏暗的冬日,我放学回家时从满了期望。我胳膊下夹着一期新的我喜欢的体育杂志,房子里将会是就我一个人。爸爸上班,妹妹不在家,妈妈找了份工作,一小时内不会回家。我蹦上台阶,冲进起居室,啪地开了灯。
眼前的景象把我惊呆了:妈妈身子紧缩成一团,脸埋在手里,坐在沙发上的另一端。她在哭。我以前从没有见过她哭,我小心翼翼地走近些,拍拍她的肩膀。“妈?”我说:“怎么了?”她长舒一口气,挤出一丝笑容。“没什么,真的,没什么大不了的,只是我要失去这份新的工作,我打字不够快!”
“但你到那儿才三天,”我说,“你会跟上的。”我再重复妈妈对我说过上百次的一句话。每当我学习上或做一些对我很重要的事情遇到麻烦时,她就这样说。
“不行”她难过地说。“过去我总说我能做到我决心做到的一切事情,现在我仍然认为在多数事情上我能做到,但这次我不行。”
我无能力,不知所措。16岁的我还认为妈妈无所不能。几年前,我们卖掉牧场搬进城时妈妈决定开家日托所。她以前没有受过这方面的训练,但这没有难住她。她参加幼托所函授学习,做练习。六个月后正式获得了幼托所看护资格,不久托儿所就招生满额,而且还有孩子等着入托,我认为妈妈理所当然有能力做到这个。
但是日托所和父母后来买的汽车旅馆都不能提供足够的钱供妹妹和我上大学。两年后我该上大学了,再过三年妹妹也要上学了。时间不多了,妈妈拼命想挣钱。很清楚,爸爸已经尽了最大努力---------出了一份全日工作外,还种着80英亩地。
在卖掉汽车旅馆的几个月后,妈妈带了一台旧打字机回家,这台打字机有时要跳字,键盘也很松。那天晚饭时,我说这台机器就是“废品一件”
“我们只能买得起这个”妈妈说,“用着联系够了”从那天起,饭桌一收拾干净,碟子洗完,妈妈就钻进她的缝纫间练习,有几晚那缓慢的嗒,嗒,嗒的声音一直持续到午夜。
就快圣诞了,我听到妈妈在广播站找到了份工作,我一点也不吃惊,也没怎么当回事。但她非常高兴。
星期一,她第一天下班回来,我就发现她不再激动,她看上去很困,脸绷着,我没理会她。
星期二,爸爸做了晚饭,收拾了厨房,妈妈呆在她的缝纫间练习。“妈妈没事吧?”我问爸爸。
“她打字遇到了些麻烦,”他说“她需要练习,我想如果我们多帮她一点,她会感激的。”
“我已经做了很多了,”我说,我立刻戒备了起来。
“我知道,”爸爸平静地说:“但你可以做得更多。你可得记着她工作主要是为了你们能上大学。”
说实话,我并不在乎能不能上大学,我希望她能忘了这码事。
星期三,当我发现妈妈哭泣时的惊讶和窘迫,完全证明我多么不理解她所承受的压力。挨着他坐在沙发上时,我开始慢慢的理解了.
“我想我们有时都难免有失败,”妈妈静静的说,我能体会到她的痛苦,也能体会到她为了我的闯入打断的强烈情感的发泄所感到的紧张。突然,我的心被打动了,我伸出胳膊,搂住了她。
妈妈再也控制不住了,她把脸枕在我的肩上,抽泣起来,我抱紧了她,不想说话。我知道我正做我应该做的,我能做的,这就够了。在那一刻,感觉到妈妈的北由于激动在颤抖,我第一次领会到她的脆弱,她还是我妈妈,但又不仅如此:她还是一个像我一样的人,会害怕,会受伤,会失败。我能感到她的痛苦,就像上千次我在她的怀里寻找安慰时他能感受到我一样。
一周后,妈妈找了份卖纺织品的工作,挣的钱只有广播站一半多。“这份工作我做的来,“她简单地说道,但夜晚在那台老旧的绿色打字机上的练习还在继续。现在,当我晚上走过她的房间,听到她打字的声音,我有一种完全不同的心情。我知道那儿不仅仅是一个女人在练习打字。
两年后我离家上大学时,妈妈有了一份报酬更多,责任更大的工作。我不能不认为以某种奇特的方式,妈妈从她失败的那刻学到的东西和我一样多,因为几年后,当我上完学,自豪的接受了一份报纸的记者工作时,妈妈已经是我们镇报的记者6个月了。
现在,那太没修的老掉牙的绿打字机就在我的办公室,她是一个纪念品,但它所唤起的记忆对我和对妈妈是不怎么一样的。当我写文章遇到困难想要放弃时,或者当我自怜自悯认为生活不应该为难我时,我就往那破旧的打字机里卷进一张纸,想妈妈当年一样,一字一字费力地打起来。这是我想到的不是她的失败,而是她的勇气,继续前进的勇气。
这台打字机是我得到过的最好的纪念品。
因字数限制,剩下几课不能输入了!
『柒』 大学英语快速阅读课文翻译an unwise refusal
在一个褪了色的条纹棉布女士(方格花布)衣服和她的丈夫穿着朴素的衣服,走在波士顿下火车,然后胆怯地没有预约到外总统。秘书一眼就可以看出这些国家希克斯(乡下人)无权在哈佛和可能甚至不应该在剑桥。
―我们想见校长,男人轻声说。
―他整天都很忙,秘书了。
―我们会等待,女士回答。
几个小时后,秘书不理他们,希望这对夫妇最终会灰心丧气,走开。
他们没有,秘书长沮丧的最后决定去找总统,即使它是一件苦差事(琐事)她总是后悔做。
―也许他们只是看到你几分钟,他们就会离开,她告诉他。
他愤怒地点了点头。他的重要性的人显然没有时间陪伴他们,但他讨厌格子和土布西装散乱在他的办公室外。总统,面无表情,大摇大摆地(架子十足地走)那对夫妇。女士告诉他,‖我们有个儿子在哈佛一年。他爱哈佛一年,他爱哈佛。他在这里很快乐。但大约一年前,他意外身亡。我丈夫和我想竖立纪念碑(纪念碑)给他,在校园的某个地方。
总统没有被感动。―夫人,‖他生硬地说。(粗声地)―我们不能为每个人谁参加哈佛和死亡建立雕像。如果我们这样做了,这个地方就会像一个公墓(墓地)‖。―哦,不,‖女士说。―我们不是要竖立一座雕像,我们想要捐一栋大楼给哈佛,‖他的眼睛。他瞥了一眼粗布衣服和土布西装,然后大叫,―建筑。你有没有想过一个建筑要花多少钱?我们有七个百万美元,哈佛的物理设备。‖夫人沉默了一会儿。总统很高兴。他现在可以骑他们。这位女士转向她的丈夫平静地说。‖是所有成本开始上大学?我们为什么不自己动手呢?‖丈夫点了点头。总统开始在这对夫妇混乱。Leland Stanford先生和太太走了,去帕洛阿尔托旅游,他们在加利福尼亚建立了一所大学,以他们的名字命名,纪念儿子哈佛不再关心。
『捌』 新视野大学英语3原文及翻译
新视野大学英语3原文及翻译如下:
新视野大学英语第三册Unit 5课文翻译:
我伸谈源手去开灯。灯静静地照亮了整个病房,我走回病床边,用无动于衷的、医生的目光观察着病人。
克拉克夫人已奄奄一息了。
她一动不动地躺着:骨瘦如柴的身体使她的头显得特别大;皮肤呈暗黄色,松松地裹在嶙峋的、连毛毯也遮掩不住的骨骼上;她的右臂平伸在床边,被无情地用胶带固定在一块板上,以便能固定针头使液体滴入;左臂横放在深陷的胸部,胸口随着不均匀的呼吸一起告侍滑一伏。
我伸手去触摸她放在胸口的细长手指。
冰凉冰凉的。我忙将手移到她的手腕,去感觉那微弱的脉搏。
克拉克夫人将头稍稍转向我,微微地睁开眼。
我俯过身去,勉强听见她微弱的声音:“水。”
我从桌上拿起一杯水,用手指封着吸管的一端,滴了几滴凉凉的水到她的嘴里,以缓解她的干渴。
她没有用力去吞咽,因为力气不够。
“还要,”那干涩的声音说。
于是我们又重复了一次。这次她终于咽了一些,并轻轻说了声:“谢谢,你。”
她虚弱得没法交谈,因此没等她要求,我就开始做她所需要的。
我像抱孩子似的把她抱起来,给她翻了个身。
除了一件浅色的病号服,她什么也没穿。她又小又轻,像遭受了严重饥荒一样。
我打开护肤霜的瓶盖,揩了一些在手心。
为了不伤着她,我小心翼翼地把护肤霜擦在她发黄的皮肤上。她的皮肤松松地在骨头上滑动,背上每块骨头的轮廓都能清楚地摸到。
当我把枕头放在她两腿之间时,发现它们也是冰凉的,直到把手移到她膝盖以上的部位,我才感受到血液供给生命的热度。
而后,我挪了把椅子面朝她坐在床边,握住她那只没被固定的手,此时我又一次注意到她细长的手指。
很优雅。一时间,我突然想知道她是否有家庭,接着我发现病房里没有花,没有孩子们画的彩虹和蝴蝶,也没有卡片。
房间中没有任何迹象表明她是一个被人爱着的人。
她似乎读懂了我的心思,平静地回答我说:“今天……我让……家里人……都……回家……不想……他们……看见……”
她耗尽了最后的那点力气,再也说不下去了。但我已然明白她做了些什么。
我不知道说什么好,所以什么也没说。
她好像又看穿了我的心思:“你……留下……”
时间似乎停滞了。
在一片寂静中,我感觉自己的脉搏加快了,我听到自己的呼吸开始伴随着她那不均匀的呼吸一起一落。
我们互相对视,不知怎么的,我们都意识到,这是两个生命间的一个特殊时刻。
她那细长的手指很轻易地就拢住了我的手,我微笑着慢慢点了点头。
无需任何语言,我从她发黄的眼睛中感受到了她对我的谢意,她慢慢闭上了眼睛。
不知过了多长时间,她又睁开了双眼,只是这一次目光里没有任何反应,只有空洞的凝视。
没有一点先兆,她那细弱的呼吸停止了。很快,微弱的脉搏也消失了。
一颗泪珠从她的左眼中流出,滑过脸颊,落在枕上。
我开始轻声哭泣。
对这位迅速走进又走出我生活的陌生人,我心间涌起了一股感情。
她的痛苦结袜腊束了,可她的生命也结束了。
我依然握着她的手,渐渐地,我意识到我并不害怕这种感情之战,意识到这实际是她赐予我的特殊荣幸,而且我还乐意再来一次。
克拉克夫人没有让她的家人目睹这一幕他们或许无力面对的人生插曲,却与我分享了它。
她不想让家人看着她死去,然而她也不愿孤独地离去。
不应当有人孤独离去的,我很高兴能守候在她身边。
两天后,我在报上读到了克拉克夫人的消息。
原来她是7个孩子的母亲、18个孩子的祖母、教会里的活跃分子、社区志愿者协会的领导人、音乐会钢琴演奏家、从教30余年的钢琴教师。
是啊,她的手指是那样细长而优雅。