Lesson 1
1．And it is an activity only of humans.
And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point.
Conversation is not to convince others．
3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose.
In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose.
4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives.
5....it could still go ignorantly on...
The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．
6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef.
These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French．
7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.
The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.
8.English had come royally into its own.
English had gained recognition by the King．
9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes.
10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.
11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”
We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.
12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation.
Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversation．
Lesson 2
1. The burying--ground is merely
a huge waste of hummocky earth,
like a derelict building-lot.
The burying-ground is just a huge
piece of wasteland full of mounds
of earth, looking like a deserted
construction land.
2.All colonial empires are in
reality founded upon that fact.
All colonial empires are built by
exploiting the local people.
3. They rise out of the earth, they
sweat and starve for a few years,
and then they sink back into the
nameless mounds of the
graveyard.
They are born. Then they work hard
without enough food for a few
years. Finally they die and are
buried in the hills graves without
any mark to identify them.
4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at
a prehistoric lathe, turning
chair-legs at lighting speed.
A carpenter sits crossing his legs at
an old-fashioned lathe, making
round chair-legs very fast.
5. Instantly, from the dark holes
all round, there was a frenzied
rush of Jews.
Immediately, Jews rushed out of
their dark hole-like rooms nearby
in a frenzy madness.
6.every one of them looks on a
cigarette as a more or less
impossible luxury.
Every one of these Jews considers
the cigarette as a somewhat piece
of luxury which they can not
possibly afford.
7. Still, a white skin is always
fairly conspicuous.
However, a white-skinned
European is easy to notice in a fair
way.
8. In a tropical landscape one’s
eye takes in everything except
the human being.
Against the background of a
tropical landscape, people could
notice everything but they cannot
see local people.
9. No one would think of running
cheap trips to the Distressed
Areas
No one would propose the cheap
trips to the slums．
10．...for nine-tenths of the
people the reality of life is an
endless, back-breaking struggle
to wring a little food out of an
eroded soil.
The real life of nine-tenths of the
people is that there is no end to
their extremely hard work in order
to get a little food from an eroded
soil．
11. She accepted her status as an
old woman, that is to say as a
beast of burden.
She took it for granted that as an
old woman she should work like an
animal．
12.People with brown skins are
next door to invisible.
People who have brown skins are
almost invisible．
13. Their splendid bodies were
hidden in reach-me-down khaki
uniforms...
The soldiers wore second—hand
khaki uniforms which covered their
beautiful well—built bodies．
14. How long before they turn
their guns in the other direction?
How long will it take for them to
attack us?
15. Every white man there had
this thought stowed somewhere
or other in his mind.
It is certain that every white man
realized this.
Lesson3
1.And yet the same revolutionary
belief for which our forebears
fought is still at issue around the
globe...
And yet the same revolutionary
belief which is the aim of our
ancestors is still in dispute around
the world.
2. This much we pledge--and
more.
This much we promise to do and
we promise to do more.
3. United, there is little we cannot
do in a host of cooperative
ventures.
If we are united, there is almost
nothing we can not do through a
lot of cooperation.
4. But this peaceful revolution of
hope cannot become the prey of
hostile powers.
But this peaceful revolution which
can bring hope in a peaceful way
can not fall victims to enemy
country.
5. .... Our last best hope in an age
where the instruments of war
have far outpaced the
instruments of pace...
The United Nations is our last and
best hope in the era where means
of launching war have far
surpassed means of keeping peace.
6. ...to enlarge the area in which
its writ may run...
to increase the area where the UN’
s written documents may be
effective.
7....before the dark powers of
destruction unleashed by science
engulf all humanity in planned or
accidental self-destruction... before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident.
8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war...However both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war.
9. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness... So let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness.
10. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
I suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors.
11. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.
There are Americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country.
12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... Our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country.
Unit5
1.The slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the
middle-aged...
At the very mention of this postwar period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.
2.The rejection of Victorian gentility was , in any
case ,inevitable .
In any case,an American could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement.
3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure... The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.
4...it was tempted ,in America at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication...
In America at least,the young
people were strongly inclined to
shirk their responsibilities. They
pretended to be worldly-wise,
drinking and behaving naughtily.
5.Prohibition afforded the young
the additional opportunity of
making their pleasures illicit...
The young found greater pleasure
in drinking because Prohibition, by
making drinking unlawful,added a
sense of adventure.
6...our young men began to enlist
under foreign flags.
Our young men joined the armies
of foreign countries to fight in the
war.
7....they “wanted to get into the
fun before the whole thing
turned belly up.”
The young wanted to take part in
the glorious adventure before the
whole ended.
8...they had outgrown towns and
families...
These young people could no
longer adapt themselves to lives in
their hometowns or their families.
9..the returning veteran also had
to face the sodden,Napoleonic
cynicism of Versailles,the
hypocritical do-goodism of
Prohibition...
The returning veteran also had to
face the stupid cynicism of the
victorious allies in Versailles who
acted as cynically as Napoleon
did,and to face Prohibition which
the lawmakers hypocritically
assumed would do good to the
people.
10.Something in the
tension-ridden youth of America
had to “give”...
(Under all this force and
pressure)something in the youth of
America,who were already very
tense ,had to break down.
11....it was only natural that
hopeful young writers , their
minds and pens inflamed against
war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical”
gentility, should flock to the
traditional artistic center...
It was only natural that hopeful
young writers ,whose minds and
writings were full of violent anger
against war, Babbittry,and
“Puritanical”gentility,should
come in largen numbers to live in
Greenwich Village, the traditional
artistic center.
12.Each town had its “fast”set
which prided itself on itself on its
unconventionality...
Each town was proud that it had a
group of wild ,reckless people,who
lived unconventional lives.
Unit7
1.With a clamor of bells that set
the swallows soaring, the Festiva
l of Summer came to the city Om
elas.
The loud ringing of the bells, whic
h sent the frightened swallows flyi
ng high, marked the beginning of t
he Festival of Summer in Omelas.
2. ..Their high calls rising like the
swallows’ crossing flights over t
he music and singsing.
The shouting of the children could
be heard clearly above the music a
nd singing like the calls of the swal
lows flying by overhead.
3. ..Exercised their restive horses
before the race.
The riders were putting the horses
through some exercises because t
he horses were eager to start
and stubbornly resisting the contr
ol of the riders.
4. Given a description such as thi
s one tends to make certain assu
mptions.
After reading the above descriptio
n the reader is likely to assume cer
tain things.
5. This is the treason of artist: a r
efusal to admit the banality of ev
il and the terrible boredom of pai
n.
An artist betrays his trust when he
does not admit that evil is nothing
fresh nor novel and pain is very du
ll and uninteresting.
6. They were nature, intelligent,
passionate adults whose lives we
re not wretched.
They were fully developed and inte
lligent grown-up people full of inte
nse feelings and they were not mis
erable people.
7. Perhaps it would be best if you
imagined it as your own fancy bi
ds, assuming it will rise to the oc
casion.
Perhaps it would be best if the rea
der pictures Omelas to himself as
his imagination tells him, assuming
his imagination will be equal to th
e task.
8. The faint insistent sweetness o
f drooz may perfume the way of
the city.
The faint but compelling sweet sce
nt of the drug drooz may fill the st
reets of the city.
9. Perhaps it was born defective,
or perhaps it has become imbecil
e through fear, malnutrition and
neglect.
Perhaps the child was mentally ret
arded because it was born so or pe
rhaps it has become very foolish a
nd stupid because of fear, poor no urishment and neglect.
10. Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatm ent.
The habits of the child are so crud e and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement even if it i s treated kindly and tenderly. 11. Their tears at the bitter injust ice dry when they begin to perce ive the terrible justice of reality, and to accept it.
They shed tears when they see ho w terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tearsdry up w hen they realize how just and fair t hough terrible reality was.
Unit8
1.....below the noisy arguments , the abuse and the quarrels , there is a reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling...
The English people may hotly argue and abuse and quarrel with each other , but there still exists a lot of natural sympathetic feelings for each other in their hearts. 2....at heart they would like to take a whip to the whole idle troublesome mob of them. What the wealthy employers would really like to do is to whip all the workers whom they regard as lazy and troublesome.
3...there are not many of these men , either on the board or the shop floor...
There are not many snarling shop stewards in the workshop,nor are there many cruel wealthy employers on the board of directors.
4.It demands bigness ,and they are suspicious of bigness.
The contemporary world demands that everything should be done on a big scale and the English do not trust bigness.
5.Against this , at least superficially ,Englishness seems a poor shadowy show...
At least on the surface ,when Englishness is put against the power and success of Admass , Englishness seems to put up a rather poor performance. 6....while Englishness is not hostile to change,it is deeply suspicious of change for change’s sake...
Englishness is not against change, but it believes that changing just for change’s sake and not other useful purposes is very wrong and harmful.
7.To put cars and motorways before houses seems to
Englishness a communal
imbecility.
To regard cars and motorways as
more important than houses
seems to Englishness a public
stupidity.
8.I must add that while
Englishness can still fight
on ,Admass could be winning.
I must further say that while
Englishness can go on fighting,
there is a great possibility for
Admass to win.
9.It must have some moral
capital to draw upon,and soon it
may be asking for an overdraft.
Englishness draws its strength from
a reservoir of strong moral and
ethical principles ,and soon it may
be asking for strength which this
reservoir of principles cannot
provide.
10.They probably believe ,as I do ,
that the Admass”Good Life”is a
fraud on all counts.
There people probably believe ,as I
do,that the “Good Life”promised
by Admass is false and dishonest in
all respects.
11...he will not even find much
satisfaction in this scrounging
messy existence, which does
nothing for a man’s self-respect.
He will not even find much
satisfaction in this untidy and
disordered life where he manages
to live as a parasite by sponging on
people. This kind of life does not
help a person to build up any
self-respect.
12.To them the House of
Commons is a remote
squabbling-shop.
These people consider the House
of Commons as a place rather far
away from them where some
people are always quarreling and
arguing over some small matters.
13...heavy hands can fall on the
shoulders that have been
shrugging away politics.
They were very wrong to ignore
politics for they can now suddenly
and for no reason be arrested and
thrown into prison.
Unit10
1. It is a complex fate to be an A
merican.
The fate of an American is complic
ated and hard to understand.
2...they were no more at home in
Europe than I was.
They were uneasy and uncomforta
ble in Europe as I was.
3...we were both searching for o
ur separate identities.
They were all trying to find their o
wn special individualities.
4. I do not think that could have
made this reconciliation here.
I don't think I could have accepted
in America my Negro status witho
ut feeling ashamed.
5...it is easier to cut across social
and occupational lines there than
it is here.
It is easier in Europe for people of
different social groups and occupa
tions to intermingle and have soci
al intercourse.
6. A man can be as proud of bein
g a good waiter as of being a go
od actor, and in neither case feel
threatened. In Europe a good wait
er and a good actor are equally pr
oud of their social status and posit
ion. They are not jealous of each o
ther and do not live in fear of losin
g their position.
7. I was born in New York, but ha
ve lived only in pockets of it.
I was born in New York but have liv
ed only in some small areas of the
city.
8. This reassessment, which can
be very painful, is also very valua
ble.
The reconsideration of the signific
ance and importance of many thin
gs that one had taken for granted i
n the past can be very painful, tho
ugh very valuable.
9. On this acceptance, literally, th
e life o
f a writer depends.
The life of a writer really depends o
n his accepting the fact that no ma
tter where he goes or what he doe
s he will always carry the marks of
his origins.
10. American writers do not have
a fixed society to describe.
American writers live in a mobile s
ociety where nothing is fixed, so th
ey do not have a fixed society to d
escribe.
11..Every society is really governe
d by hidden laws, by unspoken b
ut profound assumptions on the
part of the people.
Every society is influenced and d
irected by hidden laws, and by
many things deeply felt and
taken for granted by the people, th
ough not openly spoken about.
“Hiroshima! Everybody off!” That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did not understand what he was saying. First of all, because he was shouting in Japanese. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I'd previously taken. Was I not at the scene of the crime? The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had. From the sidewalk outside the station, things seemed much the same as in other Japanese cities. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress. Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them, and bobbed up and down re-heatedly in little bows, as they exchanged the ritual formula of gratitude and respect: "Tomo aligato gozayimas." Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and tobacco shops. "Hi! Hi!" said the cab driver, whose door popped open at the very sight of a traveler. "Hi", or something that sounds very much like it, means "yes". "Can you take me to City Hall?" He grinned at me in the rear-view mirror and repeated "Hi!" "Hi! ’ We set off at top speed throug h the narrow streets of Hiroshima. The tall buildings of the martyred city flashed by as we lurched from side to side in response to the driver's sharp twists of the wheel. Just as I was beginning to find the ride long, the taxi screeched to a halt, and the driver got out and went over to a policeman to ask the way. As in Tokyo, taxi drivers in Hiroshima often know little of their city, but to avoid loss of face before foreigners, will not admit their ignorance, and will accept any destination without concern for how long it may take them to find it. At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall. The usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh, when I showed him the invitation which the mayor had sent me in response to my request for an interview. "That is not here, sir," he said in English. "The mayor expects you tonight for dinner with other foreigners or, the restaurant boat. See? This is where it is.” He sketched a little map for me on the back of my invitation. Thanks to his map, I was able to find a taxi driver who could take me straight to the canal
第十四课亦爱亦恨话纽约 托马斯·格里非斯 1．那些赞美“大苹果”的广告活动，还有那些印着带有“我爱纽约”字样的心形图案的T恤衫，只不过是它们在绝望中发出悲哀的迹象，只不过是纽约这个非凡的城市日趋衰落的象征。纽约过去从不自我炫耀，而只让别的城市去这样做，因为自我炫耀显得“小家子气”。纽约既然是独一无二的、最大的而且是最好的城市，也就没有必要宣称自己是如何与众不同了。 2．然而，今日的纽约再不是头号城市了。至少，在开创时尚、领导潮流方面，纽约是再也配不上这个称号了。今日的纽约非但常常跟不上美国政治前进的步伐，而且往往也合不上美国人生活情趣变化的节拍。过去有一个时期，它曾是全国流行服装款式方面无可争议的权威，但由于长期抵制越来越流行的休闲服装款式而丧失了其垄断地位。纽约已不再是众望所归、纷起仿效的对象了，如今它甚至以成为风行美国的时装潮流的抵制者，以成为摆脱全国清一色的单调局面的一隅逃遁之地面自鸣得意。 3．纽约无力保持排头兵的地位这一点已是越来越明显了。有十多座其他城市都已经有了一些在建筑艺术上很富有创造性的建筑物，·而纽约最近二十年来所造的任何一幢建筑物都不能与之相比。曾是托斯卡尼尼全国广播公司交响乐团演出场所的巨人般的曼哈顿电视演播厅，现在经常是空无一人，而好莱坞大量生产出的情景喜剧和约翰尼·卡森节目的实况转播却占满了加利福尼亚的广播电视发送频道。美国流行歌曲创作发行中心从纽约的廷潘胡同转移到了纳什维尔和好莱坞。拉斯韦加斯的赌场经常出高薪聘请曼哈顿没有哪一家夜总会请得起的歌手和艺员。而体育运动方面，那些规模较大的体育馆、比较激动人心的球队以及热情最高的球迷们，往往都出现在纽约以外的地方。 4．纽约从来都不是召集会议的好场所——因为那儿少友情，不安全，人口拥挤，消费高昂——但现在它似乎正在一定程度上争回其作为旅游胜地的地位。即便如此，大多数美国人对新奥尔良、旧金山、华盛顿或迪斯尼乐园等地的评价可能还是高于纽约。人们普遍认为，还有十几座其他城市，包括我的家乡西雅图，都比纽约更适于居住。 5．那么，为什么有许多欧洲人称纽约是他们最喜爱的城市呢?他们比大多数美国人更欣赏纽约这个国际大都市的五彩缤纷的生活，它那残存的、独此一家的欧洲社会准则以及它那众多外来民族混杂而居的社会。这些欧洲人中有些人也许是因为在麦迪逊大街和第五大街这两条双胞胎似的繁华大街上看到那些熟悉的国际名牌商号—口g6些专为迎合并蒙骗那些轻浮浅薄的有钱人而存在的珠宝店、鞋店和服装设计店——而感到心头踏实。然而事实并非如此，最令欧洲人激动不已的是这个城市的那种精神饱满的紧张气氛和它那种野性的活力。 6．纽约充满着活力、竞争和奋斗。同时，由于存在着一批能说会道的失意者，它也充满着嘲笑、轻侮和失意者的心灰意冷(“你说该咋办?”)。它充满着无休无止的斗争——为了地铁上的座位，为了引起一个的士司机、一个办事员或一个侍者的注意，为了有一个立足之地，
大学英语精读第二册（第三版）book2Unit1答案上海外语教育出版社 一） 1. bare 2. empty 3. empty 4. bare 5. empty 6.empty 二） 1. shortly 2.track down 3.faint 4.motioned 5.at the sight of 6.feel like 7.slamming 8.rang out 9.contract 10.made for 11.heated 12.emerged 三） 1. host 2. sprang up/rang out 3. impulse 4. came to 5. track down 6. unexpected 7. outgrow 8. widened 9. shortly 10. emerge / spring up 11. at the sight of 12. made for 13. crisis 14. colonial 四） 1. Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago. 2. Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation? 3. The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit. 4. Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent? 5. Her face lit up with joy at his return.
lesson 1 1. We're 23 feet above sea level. 2. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it. 3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out. 5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars. 6. The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water. 7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 8. Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely. 9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped. 10. Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane. lesson 2 1. The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up. 2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings). 3. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name. 4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making. 5. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited. 6. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford. 7. However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable. 8. If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings. 9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips would not be interesting)． 10．life is very hard for ninety percent of the people．With hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil． 11．She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community，that。she was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal． 12 .People with brown skins are almost invisible． 13．The Senegalese soldiers were wearing ready-made khaki uniforms which hid their beautiful well-built bodies． 14．How much longer before they turn their guns around and attack us?。 15．Every white man，the onlookers，the officers on their horses and the white N．C．Os．marching
新视野大学英语第三版第二册读写课文翻译 Unit 1 Text A 一堂难忘的英语课 1 如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。对他而言，我是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子似乎颇为反感。 2 我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。我满怀着诚挚期待问她：“欧洲之行如何？” 3 她点了三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：“真是，哇！” 4 没了。所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语句之中！我的学生以“哇！”来表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强烈的忧虑。 5 关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。学生的确本应该能够区分诸如their/there/they're之间的不同，或区别complimentary 跟complementary之间显而易见的差异。由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受着大部分不该承受的批评和指责，因为舆论认为他们应该学得更好。 6 学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。举例来说，杂货店的指示牌会把他们引向stationary（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的stationery（文具用品）并没有被钉在那儿。朋友和亲人常宣称They've just ate。实际上，他们应该说They've just eaten。因此，批评学生不合乎情理。 7 对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。学校应对英语熟练程度制定出更高的标准。可相反，学校只教零星的语法，高级词汇更是少之又少。还有就是，学校的年轻教师显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识，因为他们过去也没接触过。学校有责任教会年轻人进行有效的语言沟通，可他们并没把语言的基本框架——准确的语法和恰当的词汇——充分地传授给学生。
第一课迎战卡米尔号飓风 1小约翰。柯夏克已料到，卡米尔号飓风来势定然凶猛。就在去年8月17日那个星期天，当卡米尔号飓风越过墨西哥湾向西北进袭之时，收音机和电视里整天不断地播放着飓风警报。柯夏克一家居住的地方一—密西西比州的高尔夫港——肯定会遭到这场飓风的猛烈袭击。路易斯安那、密西西比和亚拉巴马三州沿海一带的居民已有将近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。但约翰就像沿海村落中其他成千上万的人一样，不愿舍弃家园，要他下决心弃家外逃，除非等到他的一家人一—妻子詹妮丝以及他们那七个年龄从三岁到十一岁的孩子一一眼看着就要灾祸临头。 2为了找出应付这场风灾的最佳对策，他与父母商量过。两位老人是早在一个月前就从加利福尼亚迁到这里来，住进柯夏克一家所住的那幢十个房间的屋子里。他还就此征求过从拉斯韦加斯开车来访的老朋友查理?希尔的意见。 3约翰的全部产业就在自己家里(他开办的玛格纳制造公司是设计、研制各种教育玩具和教育用品的。公司的一切往来函件、设计图纸和工艺模具全都放在一楼)。37岁的他对飓风的威力是深有体会的。四年前，他原先拥有的位于高尔夫港以西几英里外的那个家就曾毁于贝翠号飓风(那场风灾前夕柯夏克已将全家搬到一家汽车旅馆过夜)。不过，当时那幢房子所处的地势偏低，高出海平面仅几英尺。“我们现在住的这幢房子高了23英尺，，’他对父亲说，“而且距离海边足有250码远。这幢房子是1915年建造的。至今还从未受到过飓风的袭击。我们呆在这儿恐怕是再安全不过了。” 4老柯夏克67岁．是个语粗心慈的熟练机械师。他对儿子的意见表示赞同。“我们是可以严加防卫。度过难关的，”他说?“一但发现危险信号，我们还可以赶在天黑之前撤出去。” 5 为了对付这场飓风，几个男子汉有条不紊地做起准备工作来。自米水管道可能遭到破坏，他们把浴盆和提俑都盛满水。飓风也可能造成断电，所以他们检查r手提式收音机和手电筒里的电池以及提灯里的燃料油。约翰的父亲将一台小发电机搬到楼下门厅里．接上几个灯泡。并做好把发电机与电冰箱接通的准备。 6那天下午，雨一直下个不停．乌云随着越来越猛的暴风从海湾上空席卷而来。全家早早地用r晚餐。邻居中一个丈夫去了越南的妇女跑过来。问她和她的两个孩子是否能搬进柯夏克家躲避风灾：另一个准备向内陆带转移的邻居也跑来问柯夏克家能否替他照看一下他的狗。 7不到七点钟，天就黑了．，狂风暴雨拍打着屋子。约翰让大儿子和大女儿上楼去取来被褥和枕头给几个小一点的孩子。他想把全家人都集中在同一层楼上。“不要靠近窗户!”他警告说，担心在飓风巾震破的玻璃碎片会飞来伤人。风凶猛地咆哮起来?屋子开始漏雨了……那雨水好像能穿墙透壁，往屋里直灌。一家人都操起拖把、毛巾、盆罐和水桶，展l开了一场排水战。到八点半钟，电没有了。柯夏克老爹便启动了小发电机。 8风的咆哮声压倒了一切。房子摇晃着，起居室的天花板一块块掉下来。楼上一个房问的法兰西式两用门砰地一声被风吹开了。楼下的人还听到楼上其他玻璃窗破碎时发出的劈劈啪啪的响声。积水已经漫到脚踝上了。 9随后，前门开始从门框上脱落。约翰和查理用肩膀抵住¨，但一股水浪冲击过来。撞开了大门，把两人都掀倒在地板上。发电机泡在水里，电灯熄灭了。查理舔了舔嘴唇，对着约翰大喊道：“这回可真是大难临头了。这水是成的。”海水已经漫到屋子跟前?积水仍不断上涨。
2014高级英语第一册课文翻译 第一课中东的集市 中东的集市仿佛把你带回到了几百年、甚至几千年前的时代。此时此刻显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市，其入口处是一座古老的砖石结构的哥特式拱门。你首先要穿过一个赤日耀眼、灼热逼人的大型露天广场，然后走进一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。这市场一直向前延伸，一眼望不到尽头，消失在远处的阴影里。赶集的人们络绎不绝地进出市场，一些挂着铃铛的小毛驴穿行于这熙熙攘攘的人群中，边走边发出和谐悦耳的叮当叮当的响声。市场的路面约有十二英尺宽，但每隔几码远就会因为设在路边的小货摊的挤占而变窄；那儿出售的货物各种各样，应有尽有。你一走进市场，就可以听到摊贩们的叫卖声，赶毛驴的小伙计和脚夫们大着嗓门叫人让道的吆喝声，还有那些想买东西的人们与摊主讨价还价的争吵声。各种各样的噪声此伏彼起，不绝于耳，简直叫人头晕。 随后，当往市场深处走去时，人口处的喧闹声渐渐消失，眼前便是清静的布市了。这里的泥土地面，被无数双脚板踩踏得硬邦邦的，人走在上面几乎听不到脚步声了，而拱形的泥砖屋顶和墙壁也难得产生什么回音效果。布店的店主们一个个都是轻声轻气、慢条斯理的样子；买布的顾客们在这种沉闷压抑的气氛感染下，自然而然地也学着店主们的榜样，变得低声细语起来。 中东集市的特点之一是经销同类商品的店家，为避免相互间的竞争，不是分散在集市各处，而是都集中在一块儿，这样既便于让买主知道上哪儿找他们，同时他们自己也可以紧密地联合起来，结成同盟，以便保护自己不受欺侮和刁难。例如，在布市上，所有那1些卖衣料、窗帘布、椅套布等的商贩都把货摊一个接一个地排设在马路两边，每一个店铺门面前都摆有一张陈列商品的搁板桌和一些存放货物的货架。讨价还价是人们习以为常的事。头戴面纱的妇女们迈着悠闲的步子从一个店铺逛到另一个店铺，一边挑选一边问价；在她们缩小选择范围并开始正儿八经杀价之前，往往总要先同店主谈论几句，探探价底。 对于顾客来说，至关重要的一点是，不到最后一刻是不能让店主猜到她心里究竟中意哪样东西、想买哪样东西的。假如让店主猜中了她所要买的商品的话，他便会漫天要价，而且在还价过程中也很难作出让步。而在卖主那一方来说，他必须竭尽全力地声称，他开出的价
第十二课一个发现：做一个美国人意味着什么 詹姆斯·鲍德温 1．亨利·詹姆斯曾经说过，“身为一个美国人是一种复杂玄妙的命运。”而一位作家在欧洲做出的最重大的发现就是这种命运究竟复杂到何种程度。美国的历史，其远大志向，其不同凡响的辉煌成就，还有她那更加不同凡响的挫折失败，以及她在世界上的地位——不论是过去还是现在——都是那么深不可测而又无可更改地独一无二，以至于“美国”这个词至今仍是一个陌生的、几乎可以说是完全没有明确定义的、且具有极大争议性的专有名词。世界上似乎还没有人确切地知道这个词的含义，就连我们这些五颜六色、千千万万自称为美国人的人也不例外。 2．我当初离开美国是因为我曾怀疑自己能否经受住这儿的有色人种问题的狂风暴雨的冲击。(现在我仍然时不时地这样怀疑。)我想使自己不至于仅仅成为一个黑人，或是仅仅只成为一个黑人作家。我想寻求一种什么途径，来使自己的生活经历的特殊性把自己与他人联系起来而不是分离开来。(我同黑人之间也产生了隔阂，就像我同白人之间的隔阂一样严重，当一个黑人开始真正地相信白人对黑人的评价时，常常就会发生这样的情况。) 3．在我认为有必要去寻求一种能把我的生活经历同别的人——黑人和白人，作家和非作家——的生活经历联系起来的途径的过程中，我惊奇地发现：自己原来也同任何得克萨斯州士兵一样，是非常爱国的美国人。而且我发现，我在巴黎所认识的每一位美国作家都有我这种感受。他们都同我一样脱离了自己的本源，而且事实证明，这些美国白人的欧洲本源同我的非洲本源竟没有多少差别——他们在欧洲也像我一样感到不自在。 4．我是奴隶的后代，而他们是自由人的子孙，这种差异则无关紧要。因为我们在欧洲大地上相遇时，都在努力探求着各自的自我价值。当我们终于发现各自的自我价值之后，我们似乎都在感慨：这下可好啦，多少年来造成我们之间的隔阂的遗憾和痛苦之情，我们可再也不用死抱住不放了。 5．我们美国人彼此间的相互了解超过任何欧洲人所能达到的程度。这一点在本国不曾有人认识到，但一到欧洲，我们便认识得很清楚了。还有一点也显得很清楚：不论我们的祖先源于何处，也不管他们曾有过什么样的遭遇，我们美国黑人和白人都是欧洲造就出来的。这一事实就是我们的身分以及我们的遗传特征的组成部分。 6．在我认清这些之前，我在巴黎呆了两三年的时间。：待到认清这些之后，我就像许多前辈作家发现他的生活支柱全部被人拆掉了一样，遭受了一种精神崩溃的痛苦，不得不到瑞士的高山上去疗养。在那一片晶莹的雪山景色中，我以两张贝西·史密斯的唱片和一台打字机为工具，开始试图把自己孩提时代最初体验到的，多年来又一直想尽力忘却的生活经历再现出来。 7．是贝西·史密斯用她的音调和节拍帮我发掘出了当我还是个黑人小孩时本就使用过的说话口吻，使我重新忆起了小时闻、所见和所感。我已将这些深深藏在了心底。在美国，
新视野大学英语第三版第二册视听说答案 Unit 1 Sharing Task 2 (1) new things (2) At the moment (3) quite difficult Task 3 1, 3, 7, 8 Task 4 1. (1) ever learned 2. (1) a combination 3. Learning to drive 4. (1) nine cases 5. French 6. hated Listening Task 2 Activity 1 e-c-a-g-d-h-b-f Activity 2 (1) speak (2) saying the wrong (3) native speakers (4) pronunciation (2) found (2) body movements (2) by most standards (5) talking to himself (6) making mistakes (7) listening skills (8) listening Activity 3 1. (1) embarrassed 2. anything you like 3. (1) voice 4. (1) how it sounds 5. on the Internet 6. sound like Viewing Task 2 Activity 1 BABA Activity 2 DABAD
Task 2 Activity 1 1 Activity 2 G：1, 3, 5 (2) hear (2) pronunciation (2) the news (3) English television R：2, 4, 6, 7 Activity 3 1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (1) you should eat should not spend Why don't it's a good (2) (2) (2) (2) a good You're am not sure that's suppose so Conversations Task 1 BDDCA Task 2 CDAC Passage Task 1 DACD Task 2 (1) alternative (2) numerous (3) traditional (4) academic (5) countryside (6) athletes (7) take advantage of (8) Secondary (9) in a collective effort (10) serve as Unit 2 Sharing Task 2 (1) different countries (2) home (3) places (4) cultures Task 3 1, 4, 5 Task 4 1. mature 2. airport 3. theater
青年人的四种选择 Lesson 2: Four Choices for Young People 在毕业前不久，斯坦福大学四年级主席吉姆?宾司给我写了一封信，信中谈及他的一些不安。Shortly before his graduation, Jim Binns, president of the senior class at Stanford University, wrote me about some of his misgivings. 他写道：“与其他任何一代人相比，我们这一代人在看待成人世界时抱有更大的疑虑……同时越来越倾向于全盘否定成人世界。” “More than any other generation,”he said, “our generation views the adult world with great skepticism…there is also an increased tendency to reject completely that world.” 很明显，他的话代表了许多同龄人的看法。 Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries. 在过去的几年里，我倾听过许多年轻人的谈话，他们有的还在大学读书，有的已经毕业，他们对于成人的世界同样感到不安。 During the last few years, I have listened to scores of young people, in college and out, who were just as nervous about the grown world. 大致来说，他们的态度可归纳如下：“这个世界乱糟糟的，到处充满了不平等、贫困和战争。对此该负责的大概应是那些管理这个世界的成年人吧。如果他们不能做得比这些更好，他们又能拿什么来教育我们呢？这样的教导，我们根本不需要。” Roughly, their attitude might be summed up about like this: “The world is in pretty much of a mess, full of injustice, poverty, and war. The people responsible are, presumably, the adults who have been running thing. If they can’t do better than that, what have they got to teach our generation? That kind of lesson we can do without.” 我觉得这些结论合情合理，至少从他们的角度来看是这样的。 There conclusions strike me as reasonable, at least from their point of view. 对成长中的一代人来说，相关的问题不是我们的社会是否完美（我们可以想当然地认为是这样），而是应该如何去应付它。 The relevant question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imperfect (we can take that for granted), but how to deal with it. 尽管这个社会严酷而不合情理，但它毕竟是我们惟一拥有的世界。 For all its harshness and irrationality, it is the only world we’ve got. 因此，选择一个办法去应付这个社会是刚刚步入成年的年轻人必须作出的第一个决定，这通常是他们一生中最重要的决定。 Choosing a strategy to cope with it, then, is the first decision young adults have to make, and usually the most important decision of their lifetime. 根据我的发现，他们的基本选择只有四种： So far as I have been able to discover, there are only four basic alternatives: 1）脱离传统社会
―Hiroshima! Everybody off!‖ That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did not understand what he was saying. First of all, because he was shouting in Japanese. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I'd previously taken. Was I not at the scene of the crime? The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had. From the sidewalk outside the station, things seemed much the same as in other Japanese cities. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress. Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them, and bobbed up and down re-heatedly in little bows, as they exchanged the ritual formula of gratitude and respect: "Tomo aligato gozayimas." Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and tobacco shops. "Hi! Hi!" said the cab driver, whose door popped open at the very sight of a traveler. "Hi", or something that sounds very much like it, means "yes". "Can you take me to City Hall?" He grinned at me in the rear-view mirror and repeated "Hi!" "Hi! ’ We se t off at top speed through the narrow streets of Hiroshima. The tall buildings of the martyred city flashed by as we lurched from side to side in response to the driver's sharp twists of the wheel. Just as I was beginning to find the ride long, the taxi screeched to a halt, and the driver got out and went over to a policeman to ask the way. As in Tokyo, taxi drivers in Hiroshima often know little of their city, but to avoid loss of face before foreigners, will not admit their ignorance, and will accept any destination without concern for how long it may take them to find it. At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall. The usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh, when I showed him the invitation which the mayor had sent me in response to my request for an interview. "That is not here, sir," he said in English. "The mayor expects you tonight for dinner with other foreigners or, the restaurant boat. See? This is where it is.‖ He sketched a little map for me on the back of my invitation. Thanks to his map, I was able to find a taxi driver who could take me straight to the canal
第三单元 While waiting to enter university….1) advertised2) local3) slim4) apply5) disapproval6) consisted of7) attached importance8) Obviously9) in common10) salary11) prospect● A gentleman put an advertisement in a ….1) Out2) apply3) others4) know5) preferred/chose/select6) single7) a8) at9) behind10) careful11) to12) considerate/thoughtful13) when14) questions15) polite16) rest/others17) floor18) placed19) turn20) When21) noticed22) brushed23) nails24) excellent25) more 翻译1. She got a post as a cashier at a local bank. But she was soon fired because she proved to be incompetent.她在当地…2. It is obviously/clearly his young assistant who is running the book store.很明显…3. No sooner had the proposal been announced at the meeting than she got to her feet to protest.这项建议…4. Bill has applied to Harvard University for a teaching assistantship, but his chances of getting it are slim.比尔已向…5. Being short of funds, they are trying to attract foreign capital. 由于缺乏资…6. The room smells of stale air. It must have been vacant for a long time. 这个房间…7. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister have little in common.就业余爱好…8. It is self-evident that the education of the young is vital to the future of a country.不言而喻，青年… 第思单元 As a boy and as an …1) bewildered2) impressed3) modest4) profound5) displayed6) ambition7) singled out8) puzzle9) capable10) at ease ●At one time einstein traveled all…1) by2) with3) listened4) gave5) told6) lecture7) sure8) Why9) for10) agreed11) two12) hall13) before14) place15) began16) single17) success18) people19) shaking20) followed21) before22) stopped23) a24) listened25) not26) nodded27) did28) thought29) but30) order31) was32) answer 翻译 1) 那小女孩…The little girl ran so fast that she was thrown off balance and fell over / down.2) 他致力于研究…I was impressed by his devotion to research but I did not have the slightest interest in his profound theories.3) 千万别说可…Be sure not to say anything capable of being misunderstood.4) 我被他们互相…I was so bewildered by their conflicting advice that I did not know how to act/what to do.5) 起初，这个复杂问…At first this complicated problem frustrated them, but after thinking it over carefully they finally worked out a solution.6) 体育代表团团…The head of the sports delegation beamed with delight when a young pioneer presented him with a bunch of flowers.7) 这学期我们都学习得不错，…I really don't see why our English teacher should single out our monitor for praise since we have all done quite well this term.8) 我相信比较高级的…I believe in the theory that the higher animals developed from the lower ones.\ 第五单元、 It is__that the ….1) apparent2) disappear3) pressure4) widespread5) collapse 6) alternative7) does us no harm8) tissue9) liberate10) visible11) radiation12) by itself13) consume14) in all likelihood ●As the concentration of carbon… 1) grow2) hotter3) seem4) run5) fall6) melt7)