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Unit One
第一课
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课文
It is a humorous essay.
这是一篇幽默的文章。
But after reading it you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it.
但是读过之后你将会发现作者写这篇文章的时候是很严肃的。
IS THERE LIFE ON EARTH?
地球上有生命吗？
Art Buchwald
阿特.布奇沃德
There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week.
金星上本周异常热闹。
For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the planet Earth,
那里的科学家首次成功地将一颗卫星送上了地球，
and it has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.
从此卫星便一直不断地发回信号和照片。
The satellite was directed into an area known as Manhattan
卫星被发射到一个叫曼哈顿的地区
(named after the great Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan,
（它是用金星上伟大的天文学家曼哈顿教授的名字命名的,
who first discovered it with his telescope 20,000 light years ago).
两万光年前是他首次用望远镜发现了该地区）。
Because of excellent weather conditions and extremely strong signals,
由于良好的天气条件以及高质量的信号，
Venusian scientists were able to get valuable information
使得金星上的科学家们能够获得宝贵资料
as to the feasibility of a manned flying saucer landing on Earth.
有关载人飞碟能否在地球上着陆。
A press conference was held at the Venus Institute of Technology.
一次有关记者招待会在金星理工学院举行。
“We have come to the conclusion,
“我们得出以下结论，
based on last week's satellite landing ,”Prof. Zog said,
根据一周进行的卫星地球着陆，”佐格教授说，
that there is no life on Earth.”
地球上不存在生命现象。”
“How do you know this?”
“何以见得呢？”
the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked.
《金星晚报》的科学记者问。
“For one thing,
“首先，
Earth's surface in the area of Manhattan is composed of solid concrete
构成曼哈顿地区地表的物质是坚硬的混凝土，
and nothing can grow there.
那里当然什么也不生长。
For another,
再者，
the atmosphere is filled with carbon monoxide and other deadly gases
大气层中充满一氧化碳以及其他致命气体，
and nobody could possibly breathe this air and survive.”
没人能呼吸这种空气而生存。”
“What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?”
“这对我们的飞蝶计划意味着什么呢？”
“We shall have to take our own oxygen with us,
“我们将不得不自带氧气，
which means a much heavier flying saucer than we originally planned.”
这就使飞碟比原计划重了许多。”
“Are there any other hazards that you discovered in your studies?”
“在您的研
究中是否发现其他危险因素？”
“Take a look at this photo.
“请看这张照片。
You see this dark black cloud hovering over the surface of Earth?
你们是否看到这块飘浮在地球表面上空的深黑色云层？
We call this the Consolidated Edison Belt.
我们称其为爱迪生联合公司带。
We don't know what it is made of,
我们不知道它由什么成份组成，
but it could give us a lot of trouble
然而它却给我们带来很多麻烦
and we shall have to make further tests before we send a Venus Being there.”
在将卫星送上地球之前我们还将做进一步的探索。”
“Over here you will notice what seems to be a river ,
“在这里你们将注意到一条像河流似的水道，
but the satellite findings indicate it is polluted
但卫星情报显示该水道被污染了，
and the water is unfit to drink.
水不能饮用。
This means we shall have to carry our own water,
这意味着我们将不得不自带饮用水。
which will add even greater weight to the saucer.”
这样一来就将进一步增加飞碟的重量。”
“Sir, what are all those tiny black spots on the photographs?”
“先生，那些照片上的小黑点是什么？”
“We're not certain.
“我们还不太清楚。
They seem to be metal particles that move along certain paths.
它们好像是沿某些通道移动的金属颗粒。
They emit gases,
它们能释放气体，
make noise and keep crashing into each other.
产生噪声并且不断互相撞击。
There are so many of these paths
地球上存在着太多的这种通道
and so many metal particles
和太多的这种颗粒，
that it is impossible to land a flying saucer without its being smashed by one.”
以致于要想使飞碟在那里着陆而不被某颗粒子撞毁简直是不可能的。”
“What are those stalagmite projections sticking up?”
“那些直立的石笋状凸出物是什么东西？”
“They're some type of granite formations that give off light at night.
“那是些可夜间发光的花岗岩构造。
Prof. Glom has named them skyscrapers
格洛姆教授称其为摩天大楼，
since they seem to be scraping the skies.”
因为它们好像擦到了天。”
“If all you say is true,
“如果您说的这一切都是真的，
won't this set back the flying saucer program several years?”
那么这是否会使飞碟计划拖延好多年？”
“Yes, but we shall proceed as soon as the Grubstart gives us the added funds.”
“是的，但只要格拉布基金会提供的追加款项一到，我们将立即着手该计划。”
“Prof. Zog, why are we spending billions and billions of zilches
“佐格教授，我们为什么还要花费亿万兹尔其
to land a flying saucer on Earth when there is no life there?”
来实施飞碟着陆计划？既然地球上并不存在生命。”
“Because if we Venusians can learn to br
eathe in an Earth atmosphere.
“因为如果我们金星人能学会在地球上呼吸那里的空气，
then we can live anywhere.”
我们就能在任何地方生存了。”
New Words
新单词
humorous a.
幽默的
humor n.
幽默
essay n.
散文，随笔
excitement n.
刺激,兴奋，激动，骚动，刺激的事物
planet n.
行星
Venusian a. & n.
金星的
satellite n.
（人造）卫星
signal n.
信号；暗号
astronomer n.
天文学家
telescope n.
望远镜
extremely n.
极端，非常
extreme a.
极度的
feasibility n.
可行性
feasible a.
可能的
manned a.
载人的
saucer n.
浅碟；茶托
flying saucer n.
飞碟
conference n.
会议
press conference n.
记者招待会
technology n.
技术
conclusion n.
结论
conclude v.
下结论
reporter n.
记者
compose vt.
组成，结构
concrete n.
混凝土
atmosphere n.
大气，空气
carbon n.
碳
monoxide n.
一氧化物
deadly a.
致命的
gas n.
气体
survive vi & vt
活下来；幸存
survival n.
幸存者
program n.
计划
concern vt.
涉及，关系到
oxygen n.
氧气
originally ad.
起初，原来
original a.
最初的
hazard n.
危险
hover vi.
盘旋
consolidated a.
联合的
consolidate vt.
巩固，统一
belt n.
（地）带
indicate vt.
指示，指出，表示
indication n.
暗示；迹象
pollute vt.
污染
pollution n.
污染
unfit a.
不合适的
particle n.
粒子；徽粒
emit vt.
散发，射出
emission n.
散发，发射；放射
crash v.
落；猛撞
smash v.
（使）碎裂
stalagmite n.
石笋
projection n.
凸出物
project v.
伸出
type n.
类型，种类
granite n.
花岗岩
formation n.
形成（物）
skyscraper n.
摩天大楼
scrape vt.
刮，擦
proceed vi.
（停顿后）继续进行
fund n.
资金；基金
billion n.
十亿
zilch n.
零
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
(be) known as
以…闻名，通常名叫
name after
以…名字命名
as to
关于
base on
以…为基础，
base upon
把…基于
for one thing...(for another)
首先…其次
be composed of
由…组成
as far as...be concerned
就……而言
stick up
直立；突出
give off
发出；散发出
set back
耽搁；阻碍
Proper Names
专有名词
Art Buchwald
阿特.布奇沃德
Venus
金星
Manhattan
曼哈顿（纽约市中心区）
Zog
佐格（姓氏）
Edison
爱迪生（姓氏）
Glom
格洛姆（姓氏）
Unit Two
第二课
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课文
A heated discussion about whether men are braver than women
一场关于男人是否比女人勇敢的激烈的讨论
is settled in a rather unexpected way.
以一个意外的方式。
THE DINNER PARTY
晚宴
Mona Gardner
莫娜.加德纳
I first heard this tale in India,
我最初听到这个故事
是在印度，
where it is told as if true
那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像实有其事似的
--though any naturalist would know it couldn't be.
——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。
Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the the First World War.
后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之后不久就出现在一本杂志上。
That magazine story,
但登在杂志上的那篇故事,
and the person who wrote it,
以及写那篇故事的人，
I have never been able to track down.
我却一直未能找到。
The country is India.
故事发生在印度。
A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party.
某殖民官员和他的夫人举行盛行的晚宴。
They are seated with their guests
跟他们一起就座的客人有
--officers and their wives,
——军官和他人的夫人，
and a visiting American naturalist
另外还有一位来访的美国博物学家
--in their spacious dining room,
——筵席设在他们家宽敞的餐室里，
which has a bare marble floor,
室内大理石地板上没有铺地毯；
open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.
屋顶明椽裸露；宽大的玻璃门外便是阳台。
A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl
席间，一位年轻的女士同一位少校展开了热烈的讨论。
who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era
年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；
and a major who says that they haven't.
少校则不以为然。
"A woman's reaction in any crisis," the major says,
“女人一遇到危急情况，”少校说，
"is to scream.
反应便是尖叫。
And while a man may feel like it,
而男人虽然也可能想叫，
he has that ounce more of control than a woman has.
但比起女人来，自制力却略胜一筹。
And that last ounce is what really counts.”
这多出来的一点自制力正是真正起作用的东西。”
The American does not join in the argument
那个美国人没有参加这场争论，
but watches the other guests.
他只是注视着在座的其他客人。
As he looks,
在他这样观察时，
he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess.
他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。
She is staring straight ahead,
她两眼盯着正前方，
her muscles contracting slightly.
脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。
She motions to the native boy standing behind her chair
她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，
and whispers something to him.
对他耳语了几句。
The boy's eyes widen:
男仆两眼睁得大大的，
he quickly leaves the room.
迅速地离开了餐室。
Of the guests,
在座的客人中，
none except the American notices this
除了那位美国人以外论证也没有注意到这一
幕，
or sees the boy place a bowl of milk on the veravda just outside the open doors.
也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的阳台上。
The American comes to with a start.
那个美国人突然醒悟过来。
In India,
在印度，
milk in a bowl means only one thing
碗中的牛奶只有一个意思
bait for a snake.
——引蛇的诱饵。
He realizes there must be a cobra in the room.
他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。
He looks up at the rafters
他抬头看了看屋顶上的椽子
--the likeliest place
——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方
--but they are bare.
——但那上面空荡荡的。
Three corners of the room are empty,
室内的三个角落里也是空的，
and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course.
而在第四个角落里，仆人们正在等着下一道菜。
There is only one place left
这样，剩下的就只有一个地方了
—--under the table.
餐桌下面。
His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others,
他首先想到的是往后一跳，并向其他人发警告。
but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking.
但他知道这样会引起骚乱，致使眼镜索受惊咬人。
He speaks quickly,
于是他很快讲了一通话，
the tone of his voice so commanding that it silences everyone.
其语气非常威严，竟使所有的人安静了下来。
“I want to know just what control everyone at this table has.
我想了解一下在座的诸位到底有多大的克制能力，
i will count three hundred
我数三百下
--that's five minutes
——也就五分钟
--and not one of you is to move a muscle.
——你们谁都不许动一动。
Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees. Ready!”
动者将罚款五十卢比。准备好！”
The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts.
在他数数的过程中，那20个人像一尊尊石雕一样端坐在那儿。
He is saying“…two hundred and eighty...”
当他数到“……280……”时，
when, out of the corner of his eye,
突然从眼然处看到
he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk.
那条眼镜蛇钻了出来，向那碗牛奶爬去。
Screams ring out as he jumps to slam the veranda doors safely shut.
在他跳起来把通往阳台的门全都砰砰地牢牢关上时，室内响起了一片尖叫声。
“You were right,Major!”the host exclaims.
“你刚才说得很对，少校！”男主人大声说。
“A man has just shown us an example of perfect self-control.”
一个男子刚刚为我们显示了从容不迫、镇定自若的范例。”
“Just a minute,”the American says,
“且慢”，那位美国人一边说着
turning to his hostess.
一边转向女主人。
“Mrs. Wynnes, how did you know that cobra was in the room?”
温兹太太，你怎么知道那条眼镜蛇是在屋子里呢？”
A faint smile lights up the woman's face as she replies:
女
主人的脸上闪现出一丝淡淡的微笑，回答说：
“because it was crawling across my foot.”
“因为它当时正从我的脚背上爬过去。”
New Words
新单词
heated a.
热烈的；激烈的
unexpected a.
意外的
naturalist n.
博物学家
shortly ad.
不久，马上
colonial a.
殖民地的
spacious a.
广阔的；宽敞的
dining n.
餐厅
bare a.
不铺地毯的；赤裸的；光秃的
marble n.
大理石
rafter n.
椽
onto prep.
到……之上；向……之上
veranda n.
阳台
spirited a.
精神饱满的
outgrow vt.
长大得使……不再适用；成长得不再要
mouse n.
鼠
era n.
时代；年代
major n.
少校
crisis n.
危机
ounce n.
盎司；少量
argument n.
争论；辩论
hostess n.
女主人
muscle n.
肌肉
contract vi. & contraction n
收缩
slightly ad. & slight a.
稍微的
motion vi.
打手势；点（或摇）头示意
widen v.
变宽
bait n.
诱饵
cobra n.
眼镜蛇
likely a.
可能的
impulse n.
冲动
commotion n.
混乱；骚动
tone n.
语气；音调
commanding a.
威严的
forfeit vt.
（作为惩罚而）失去
rupee n.
卢比
image n.
雕像
emerge vi. & emergence n.
显露，出现
slam vt.
砰地关上
host n.
男主人
faint a.
微弱的 ，不明显的
crawl vi.
爬行
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
track down
追捕到，追查到
be seated
就座
spring up
突然开始；迅速生长
at the sight of
一看见
feel like
想要
come to
苏醒
make for
走向
ring out
突然响起
light up
照亮；变亮
Proper Names
专有名词
Mona Gardner
莫娜加德纳
India
印度
Wynnes
温兹（姓氏）
Unit Three
第三课
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课文
Jefferson died long ago,
杰斐逊很久以前就死了，
but many of his ideas are still of great interest to us.
但是我们仍然对他的一些思想很感兴趣
LESSONS FROM JEFFERSON
杰斐逊的箴言
Bruce Bliven
布鲁斯.布利文
Thomas Jefferson,
托马斯.杰斐逊
the third President of the United States,
美国第三任总统
may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln,
也许不像乔治.华盛顿和亚伯拉罕.林肯那样著名，
but most people remember at least one fact about him :
但大多数人至少记得有关他的一件事实：
he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
《独立宣言》是他起草的。
Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago,
虽然杰斐逊生活在二百多年以前，
there is much that we can learn form him today.
但我们今天仍可以从他身上学到很多东西。
Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth.
他的许多思想对当代青年特别有意义。
here are some of the things he said and wrote:
下面就是他讲过和写到过的一些观点：
Go and see.
自己去看。
Jefferson bel
ieved that
杰斐逊认为，
a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books
一个自由的人除了从书本中获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识；
and that personal investigation is important.
亲自做调查是很重要的。
When still a young man,
当他还年轻的时候，
he was appointed to a committee
他就被任命为一个委员会的成员，
to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats.
去调查詹姆斯河南部支流的水深是否可以通行大型船只。
While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol
委员会的其他成员都坐在州议会大厦内
and studied papers on the subject,
研究有关这一问题的文件，
Jefferson got into a canoe
而杰斐逊却跳进一只独木舟
and made on-the -spot observations.
去做现场观测。
You can learn from everyone.
你可以向任何人学习。
By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class.
按出身及其所受的教育，杰斐逊均属于最高的社会阶层。
Yet, in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins
然而很少跟出身卑贱的人说话的年代，
except to give an order.
在那个贵人们除了发号施令以外。
Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners, servants,and waiters.
杰斐逊却想尽办法跟园丁、仆人和侍者交谈。
Jefferson once said to the French nobleman, Lafayette.
有一次杰斐逊曾这样对法国贵族拉斐特说：
“you must go into the people's homes as I have done,
你必须像我那样到平民百性的家里去，
look into their cooking pots
看看他们的烧饭锅，
and eat their bread.
吃吃他们的面包。
If you will only do this,
只要你肯这样做，
you may find out why people are dissatisfied
你就会发现老百姓为什么会不满意，
and understand the revolution that is threatening France.”
你就会理解正在威胁着法国的革命。”
Judge for yourself.
自已作判断。
Jefferson refused to accept other people's opinions without careful thought.
未经过认真的思考，杰斐逊绝不接受别人的意见。
“Neither believe nor reject anything,”he wrote to his nephew,
“不要相信它或拒绝它。”他在给侄子的信中写道，
“because any other person has rejected or believed it.
“因为别的人相信或拒绝了什么东西。
Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it.”
上帝赐予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。那你就运用它吧。”
Jefferson felt that the people
杰斐逊觉得人民是
“may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false,
“完全可以依赖的，应该让它们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，
and to form a correct judgment.
然后作出正确的判断。
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without
newspapers
倘使让我来决定，我们是应该有一个政府而不要报纸呢，
or newspapers without a government,
还是应该有报纸而不要政府，
I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
我会豪不犹豫地选择后者。”
Do what you believe is right.
做你认为是正确的事。
In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas,
在一个自由的国家里总会有各种相互冲突的思想，
and this is a source of strength.
而这正是力量的源泉。
It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive.
使自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致。
Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism,
虽然有好多年杰斐逊一直受到激烈的批评，
he never answered his critics.
但他从不回答那些批评他的人。
He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend,
他在想写给一位朋友的信中表达他自己的观点：
“There are two sides to every question.
“每个问题都有两面。
If you take one side with decision and act on it with effect,
如果你坚持站在一面，根据它有效地采取行动，
those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.”
那么，站在另一面的那些人当然会对你的行动怨恨不满。”
Trust the future; trust the young.
相信未来，相信青年。
Jefferson felt that the preset
杰斐逊认为，
should never be chaines to customs which have lost their usefulness.
绝不可以用那些已经无用的习俗来束缚住“现在”的手脚。
“No society,”he said,
“没有哪个社会，”他说，
“can make a perpetual constitution,
“可以制订一部永远适用的宪法，
or even a perpetual law.
甚至连一条永远适用的法律也制订不出来。
The earth belongs to the living generation.
地球是属于活着的一代的。
He did not fear new ideas,
他不害怕新的思想，
nor did he fear the future.
也不害怕未来。
“How much pain,” he remarked,
“有多少痛苦，”他评论说，
“has been caused by evils which have never happened!
“是有一些从未发生的灾难引起的啊！
I expect the best,
我期待的是最好的东西，
not the worst.
而不是最坏的东西。
I steer my ship with hope,
我满怀希望地驾驶着自已的航船，
leaving fear behind.”
而把恐惧抛在后面。”
Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge.
杰斐逊的勇气和理想主义是以知识为基础的。
He probably knew more than any other man of his age.
他懂得的东西也许比同时代的任何人都要多。
He was an expert in agriculture archeology, and medicine.
在农业、考古学和医学方面他都是专家。
He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice,
在人人普遍采用农作物轮作和土壤保持的作法以前一个世纪，他就这样做
了。
and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence.
他还发明了一种比当时任何一种都好的耕犁。
He influenced architecture throughout America,
他影响了整个美国的建筑业，
and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.
他还不断地制造出各种器械的装置，使日常生活中需要做的许多工作变得更加容易。
Of all Jefferson's many talents,
在杰斐逊的众多才能中，
one is central.
有一种是最主要的：
He was above all a good and tireless writer.
他首先是一位优秀的、不知疲倦的作家。
His complete works,
他的全集，
now being published for the first time,
目前正在第一次出版的，
will fill more than fifty volumes.
将超过五十卷。
His talent as an author was soon discovered,
他作为一个作家的才能很快便被发现了，
and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776,
所以，当1776年在费城要撰写《独立宣言》的时刻来到时，
the task of writing it was his.
这一任务便落在了他的肩上。
Millions have thrilled to his words:
数以百万计的人们读到他写的下列词句都激动不已：
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,
我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的；
that all men are created equal...”
一切人生来就是平等的……”
When Jefferson died on July 4,1826,
杰斐逊在1826年7月4日与世长辞，
the 50th anniversary of American independence,
正值美国独立五十周年纪念日之际，
he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples.
他给他的同胞留下了一份丰富的思想遗产和众多的榜样。
American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson,
托马斯 杰斐逊对美国的教育事业作出了巨大的贡献，
who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.
他认为，只有受过教育的人民组成的国家才能保持自由。
New Words
新单词
declaration n.
宣言
independence n.
独立
obtain vt.
获得
source n.
（来）源；源头
personal a.
亲自的；个人的
investigation n.
调查
investigate vt.
调查
appoint vt.
任命
appointment n.
指定；任命
committee n.
委员会
capitol n.
（美国）州议会大厦
canoe n.
独木舟
on-the-spot a.
现场的
humble a.
地位低下的
origin n.
血统；出身；起源
gardener n.
园丁
waiter n.
（男）侍者
nobleman n.
贵族
dissatisfy vt.
使不满
threaten vt.
威胁
threat n.
恐吓
reject vt.
拒绝
rejection n.
拒绝
nephew n.
侄子
error n.
谬见
false a.
错误的
judgment n.
判断，看法
hesitate vi.
犹豫，迟疑不决
hesibation n.
迟疑
prefer vt.
更喜欢；宁愿
preference n.
优待
latter a.
后面的；后半的
latter n.
后者
conflict
vi.
冲突
conflict n.
矛盾，冲突
unquestioning a.
无疑的；绝对的
agreement n.
同意；一致
criticism n.
批评
critic n.
评论家；批评者
criticize vt.
批评
philosophy n.
哲学
resent vt.
对……忿恨；对……不满
action n.
行动过程；行动
custom n.
习惯，风俗
perpetual a.
永恒的；连续不断的
constitution n.
宪法；章程
living a.
活（着）的
remark vt. & remark n.
说；评论说
evil n. & evil a.
邪恶，罪恶
idealism n.
理想主义；唯心主义
arch(a)eology n.
考古学
rotation n.
轮作；旋转
rotate v.
（使）旋转
conservation n.
保护，保存
conserve vt.
保存，保全
superior a.
较好的；优的
superiority n.
优越，优秀
existence n.
存在
influence vt.
影响
architecture n.
建筑术；建筑学
constantly ad.
不断地；经常地
constant a.
不间断的
perform vt.
做，履行
talent a.
才能；天资
central a.
主要的
tireless a.
不知疲倦的
writer n.
作家
qublish vt.
出版
volume n.
卷；册
thrill vi.
非常激动
self-evident a.
不言而喻的
create vt.
创造
creation n.
产生，创造
anniversary n.
周年纪念日
countryman n.
同胞
legacy n.
遗产
owe vt.
欠（债等）；应把……归功于
debt n.
债（务）
educate vt.
教育
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
go out of one' way (to do sth.)
特地
leave...to
交托，委托
act on
按照……行事
leave behind
丢弃；留下，忘带
in existence
存在
above all
首先，尤其是
Proper Names
专有名词
Bruce Bliven
布鲁斯 布利文
Thomas Jefferson
托马斯 杰斐逊
George Wachington
乔治 华盛顿
Abraham Lincoln
亚伯拉罕 林肯
the Declaration of Independence
《独立宣言》
the James River
詹姆斯河
Lafayette
拉斐特
France
法国
Heaven
上帝；天堂
Philadelphia
费城（美国港市）
Unit Four
第四课
Text
课文
Trying to make some money before entering university,
进入大学之前，尽力去攒一些钱。
the author applies for a teaching job.
作者申请了一个教书职业。
But the interview goes from bad to worse...
但是面试变得越来越糟。
MY FIRST JOB
我的第一份工作
Robert Best
Robert Best
While I was waiting to enter university,
在我等着进大学期间，
I saw advertised in a local newspaper
我在一份地方报纸上看到一张广告，
a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London
说是在伦敦某郊区有所学样要招聘一名教师
about ten miles from where I lived.
离我住处大约十英里
Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful,
我因为手头很拮据，同时也想干点有用的事，
I applied,
于是便提出了申请，
fearing as I did so,
在提出申请的同时我也担心
，
that without a degree and with no experience in teaching
自己一无学位，二无教学经验，
my chances of getting the job were slim.
得到这份工作的可能性是微乎其微的。
However, there days later a letter arrived,
然而，三天之后，却来了一封信，
asking me to go to Croydon for an interview.
叫我到克罗伊顿去面试。
It proved an awkward journey:
这上路去那儿原来还真麻烦：
a train to Croydon station;
先乘火车到克罗伊顿车站，
a ten-minute bus ride
再乘十分钟公共汽车，
and then a walk of at least a quarter of a mile.
然后还要步行至少四分之一英里。
As a result I arrived on a hot June morning
结果，我在六月一个炎热的上午到了那儿，
too depressed to feel nervous.
因为心情非常沮丧，竟不感到紧张了。
The school was a red brick house with big windows.
学校是一座装着大窗户了红砖房子。
The front garden was a gravel square;
前庭园是个铺着砾的正方形：
four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner,
四个角上各有一丛冬青灌木，
where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road.
它们经受着从繁忙的大街一吹来的尘烟，挣扎着活下去。
It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door.
开门的显然是校长本人。
He was short and fat.
他又矮又胖，
he had a sandy-coloured moustache,
留着沙色的小胡子，
a wrinkled forehead and hardly and hair.
前额上布满皱纹，头发差不多已经秃光。
He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval,
他带着一种吃惊的、不以为然的神态看着我，
as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone.
就像一位上校看着一名没系好靴带的二等兵一样。
‘Ah yes,’he grunted.
“哦，”他咕哝着说。
‘You’d better come inside.’
“你最好到里面来。”
the narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage;
那狭窄的，不见阳光的走廊里散发出一股腐烂的卷心菜味，闻上去很不舒服；
the walls were dirty with ink marks;
墙上墨迹斑斑，显行很脏，
it was all silent.
周围一片静寂。
His study,
他的书房，
judging by the crumbs on the carpet
从地毯上的面包屑来判断，
was also his diningroom.
也是他的餐室。
‘You’d better sit down,’he said,
“你最好坐下，”他说，
and proceeded to ask me a number of questions:
接着便问了我许多问题：
what subject I had taken in my General School Certificate;
为了得到普通学校证书我学过哪些课程；
how old I was;
我多大岁数了；
what games I played;
我会玩些什么游戏；
then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes,
问到这里他突然用他那双充满血丝的眼睛盯住我，
he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy’s education.
问我是否认为游戏是儿童教育的
一个极为重要的组成部分。
I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them.
我含含糊糊地说了些不必太重视游戏之类的话。
He grunted.
他咕哝了几句。
I had said the wrong thing.
我说了错话。
The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.
我和校长显然没有多少共同语言。
The school, he said,
他说，学校
consisted of one class of twenty-four boys,
只有一个班，二十四名男生，
ranging in age from seven to thirteen.
年龄从七岁到十三风不等，
I should have to teach all subjects except art,
除了美术课他亲自教以外，
which he taught himself.
其余所有的课程都得由我来教。
Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
星期三和星期六的下午要到一英里以外的公园去踢足球、打板球。
The teaching set-up filed me with fear.
整个教学计划把我吓坏了。
I should have to divide the class into three groups
我得把全班学生分成三个组，
and teach them in turn at three different levels;
按三种不同的程度轮流给他们上课；
and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry -- two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school.
想到要教代数和几何这两门我在读书时学得极差的科目，我感到很害怕。
Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket;
更糟糕的也许是星期六下午打板球的安排，
most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.
因为这时候我的朋友大都会在悠闲地自得其乐。
I said shyly,
我羞羞答答地问，
‘What would my salary be?’
“我的薪水是多少？”
‘Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.’
“每周十二镑外加中饭。”
Before I could protest, he got to his feet.
还没等我来得及提出异议，他已经站了起来。
‘Now’, he said,
“好了，”他说，
'you'd better meet my wife.
“你最好见见我的妻子。
She's the one who really runs this school.’
她才是这所学校真正的主管人。”
This was the last straw.
我再也无法忍受了。
I was very young:
我当时很年轻，
the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.
想到将在一个女人手下干活，就觉得是最大的侮辱。
New Words
新单词
apply vi.
申请
application n.
请求，申请 ，应用，申请表
interview n.
面试；接见；会见
advertise vt.
为……做广告
advertisement n.
广告，公告
local a.
当地的；地方性的
post n.
职位
suburb n.
郊区
slim a.
微小的；苗条的
depress vt.
使沮丧
depression n.
沮丧，消沉
brick n.
砖
gravel n.
砾石
evergreen a.
常绿的
shrub n.
灌木
fume n.
浓烈难闻的烟、气、汽
headmaster n.
（中、小学的）校长
sandy-coloured a.
沙色的，黄
中带红的
moustache n.
小胡子
diaspproval n.
不赞成；不满
colonel n.
上校
private n.
列兵；土兵
bootlace n.
靴带
undo vt.
解开；松开
ah interj.
啊
grunt vt.
咕哝着说出
unpleasantly ad.
令人不愉快地
stale a.
不新鲜的
cabbage n.
卷心菜
crumb n.
面包屑；糕饼屑
carpet n.
地毯
certificate n.
证（明）书
bloodshot a.
（眼睛）充血的
vital a.
必不可少的，极其重要的
mumble vt.
含糊地说
attach vt.
把……给予；系，贴
importance n.
重要性，重要，价值
obviously ad.
明显地，显然
obvious a.
显而易见的
consist (of) vi.
组成，构成
range vi.
（在一定范围内）变动
cricket n.
板球
set-up n.
装置，布景
dismay vt.
使灰心；使害怕
algebra n.
代数学
geometry n.
几何学
incompetent a.
无能力的，不胜任的
competent a.
有能力的，胜任的
leisure n.
闲暇；悠闲
salary n.
薪水
plus prep.
加（上）
protest vi.
抗议；反对
straw n.
稻草；麦杆
prospect n.
期望中的事；展望；前景
constitute vt.
组成，构成
ultimate a.
最大的；终极的
indignity n.
侮辱
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
be short of
缺少
smell of
有……的气味
judging by
由···判断
attach importance to
重视
in common
共有的，共同的
consist of
由···组成
in turn
轮流
Proper Names
专有名词
London
伦敦
Croydon
克洛伊登
Unit Five
第五单元
Text
课文
Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple,
从一个青年朋友的眼光来看，爱因斯坦是一个简单的，
modest and ordinary man.
谦虚普通的人。
THE PROFESSOR AND THE YO-YO
教授与玩具悠悠
Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank
Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank
My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein.
我父亲是阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦的密友。
As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home,
小时候有一次我去爱因斯坦家拜访时很腼腆，
I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said,
我感到无拘无束时他说，
“I have something to show you.”
“我有样东西拿给你看。”
He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo.
他走到书桌旁拿回来一只悠悠。
He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't made it roll back up the string.
他试图做给我看这种玩具怎么个玩法；但他没法使它顺着线再转上去。
When my turn came,
轮到我时，
I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him
我露了几手并向他指出，
that the incorrectly looped string had ghrown the toy off balance.
绕错的线圈使玩具失去了平衡。
Einstein nodded,
爱因斯坦点点头，
properly impressed by my skill and knowledge.
对的技能和知识留下了颇深的印象。
later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to
the Professor as a Christmas present,
后来，我买了一只悠悠，把它作为圣诞物寄给出教授，
and received a poem of thanks.
并收到他一首表示感谢的诗。
As a boy and then as an adult,
作为一个孩子，以后又作为一个成人，
I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein.
我一直对爱因斯坦的个性惊叹不已。
He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him.
他是我所认识的人中唯一能跟自己及周围世界达成妥协的人。
He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this:
他知道自己想要什么，而他想要的只是：
to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning.
在他作为一个人的能力范围之内理解宇宙的性质以及宇宙运行的逻辑和单纯。
He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach.
他知道有许多问题的答案超出了他智力所及的范围。
But this did not frustrate him.
但这并不使他感到灰心丧气。
He was content to go as far as he could.
只要在能力许可的范围内取得最大的成功他就心满意足了。
In the 23 years of our friendship,
在我们二十三年的友谊中，
I never saw him show jealousy,
我从未见他表现妨忌，
vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition.
虚荣、痛苦、愤怒、怨恨或个人野心。
He seemed immune to these emotions.
他好像对这些感情具有免疫能力似的。
He was beyond any pretension.
他毫无矫揉之心，虚荣之意。
Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people,
虽然他与世界上的许多要人通信，
his stationery caried only a watermark--W--for Woolworth's.
他用的信笺上却只有一个拍纸簿。
To do his work he needed only a pencil and a pad of paper.
为了他的工作他只需要铅笔和纸张。
Material things meant nothing to him.
物质东西的对他毫无意义。
I never knew him to carry money
我知道他身上从不带钱，
because he never had any use for it.
因为他从来不需要用钱。
He believed in simplicity,
他信奉简朴，
so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave.
甚至于只用一把保安剃刀和水刮胡子。
When I suggested that he try shaving cream,he said,
当我建议他用一下刮胡膏时，他说，
“The razor and water do the job.”
“剃刀和水就够了。”
“But Professor,
“但是，教授，
why don't you try the cream just once?”I argued.
为什么，你就不能仅仅试用一次刮胡膏呢？”我争辩说。
“It makes shaving smoother and less painful.”
“它可以让你刮起胡子来又平滑又不痛。”
He shrugged.
他耸了耸肩。
Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream.
最后，我终于拿给他一管刮胡膏。
The next morning when he came down to breakfast,
第二天早上，当他下楼来用早餐时，
he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery.
他因为有一大新发现而高兴得满脸含笑。
“You know,
“你知道，
that cream really works,”he announced.
那种刮胡膏还真有效，”他说。
“It doesn't pull the beard.
“它不扯胡子，
It feels wonerful.”
感觉好极了。”
Thereafter,
打那以后，
he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty.
他每天早晨都用那管刮胡膏，直到那一管用完为止。
Then he reverted to using plain water.
然后他又回复到只用水刮胡子了。
Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist.
爱因斯坦完完全全是个理论家。
He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories.
他对自己思想和理论的实际应用丝毫不感兴趣。
His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history
他提出的 E=mc2 也许是有史以来最著名的公式
-- yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy.
——然而爱因斯坦却不愿费举中之劳去看反应堆产生原子能。
He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory,
他因其光电理论而获得诺贝尔奖金，
a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance,
他认为比较次要的一系列公式
but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.
但对于观察他的理论怎样使得电视得以产生却没有一点好奇心。
My brother once gave the Professor a toy,
我兄弟曾送给教授一个玩具，
a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water
那是一只立在盛水的碗边保持平衡
and repeatedly dunked its head in the water.
并把脑袋反复浸入水中的鸟。
Einstein watched it in delight,
爱因斯坦高兴地注视着它，
trying to deduce the operating principle.
一边试图推断出它的运动原理。
But he couldn't.
但是他没有。
The next morning he announced,
第二天早晨他宣布说，
“I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way...”
“关于那只鸟我想过了，它一定是这样运转的……”
He began a long explanation.
他开始做起了长篇解释。
Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning .
后来他意识到自己推理中的一个漏洞便停了下来。
“No, I guess that's not it ,”he said.
“不，我相不是那么回事。”他说。
he pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work.
他连续几天试着用各种理论来加以解释，后来我建议把玩具拆开来看看它是怎么运转的。
His quick expression of desapproval told me，
他迅速表现出的不赞成的表情告诉我，
he did not agree with this practical approach.
他并不同意这种切实可行的作法。
He never did work out th
e solution.
他一直没有研究出这个答案。
Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame.
爱因斯坦一直没能理解的另外一个谜是他自己的名望。
He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively fwe scientists.
他提出的理论都是些非常深奥的，只能使比较少的科学家感到兴趣的理论。
Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world.
然而他的名字想，别人也有一些很好的思想。
“I've had good ideas, and so have other men,”he once said.
“我有一些很好的思想，别人也有一些很好的思想，”有一次他说。
“But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted.”
“但由于我运气好，我的思想才接受了。”
He was bewildered by his fame:
他的名望使他迷惑不解：
people wanted to meet him;
人们想去会见他。
strangers stared at him on the street;
在街上陌生人盯着他看。
scientists,statesmen,students,and housewives wrote him letters.
科学家、政治家、学生和家庭主妇都给他写信。
He never cold understand why he received this attention,
他一直不能理解为什么他会受到这种注意，
why he was singled out as something special.
为什么单单把他挑出来当作特殊人物对待。
New Words
新单词
modest a.
谦虚的
yo-yo n.
游游（一种用线扯动使忽上忽下的轮形玩具）
ease n.
悠闲；舒适；自在；安心
display vt.
展示
loop vt. & lonp n.
把（绳等）打成环
string n.
细绳，线；弦
balance n. & balance v..
平衡
properly ad.
非常；完全地
impress vt.
给……深刻的印象
mail vt.
邮寄
poem n.
诗
personality n.
个性
logic n.
逻辑（学）；推理（法）
simplicity n.
简单；简朴；单纯
function vi.
活动，运行，行使职责
imtellectual a.
智力的
frustrate vt.
使沮丧；挫败
frustration n.
挫折，受挫
jealousy n.
妒忌
jealous a.
嫉妒的，警惕的
vanity n.
虚荣心
bitterness n.
苦；痛苦
resentment n.
怨恨
ambition n.
野心；抱负
ambitious a.
有野心的，雄心勃勃的。
immune a.
有免疫力的；不受影响的
immunity n.
免疫性
emotion n.
情绪，感情
pretension n.
矫饰，做作，虚荣
correspond vi.
通信
stationery n.
信笺；文具
watermark n.
水印
pad n.
便笺薄
razor n.
剃刀
shave vt.
剃，刮
cream n.
膏状物
argue vt.
争辩
painful a.
疼痛的，使痛苦的
shrug v.
耸肩
present vt.
赠送；提供
tube n.
管；软管
beam vi.
面露喜色；高兴地微笑
beard n.
胡须
thereafter ad.
从那时以后
revert vi.
回复，回返
exclusively ad.
排外地，专有地
exclusive a.
排外的，独占的，唯一的
theorist n.
理论家
equation n.
方程
式
slight a.
微小的，轻微的
application n.
应用
theory n.
理论
theoretical a.
理论的
reactor n.
反应堆
atomic a.
原子的
atom n.
原子
photoelecric a.
光电的
series n.
系列；套，组
relatively ad.
相对地；比较地
relative a.
有关系的，相对的
relativety n.
相对性
curiosity n.
好奇心
observe v.
观察，评述
repeatedly ad.
重复地，再三地
dunk vt.
把……浸一浸
deduce vt.
演绎，推断
deduction n.
减除，扣除，推论，演绎
principle n.
原理，原则
flaw n.
缺点，瑕疵
reasoning n.
推理
pursue vt.
从事；忙于；继续
apart ad.
分离，分开
approach n.
方式，方法
solution n.
解答，解决方法。
puzzle n.
谜
fame n.
深奥的；深刻的
profound a.
深刻的，渊博的
capable a.
有能力的，可以的，
capability n.
能力，容量，接受力
household n. & horsehold a.
家庭，家族
household word n.
家喻户晓的词或名字
civilized a.
文明的
civilize vt.
使文明，使开化
civilization n.
文明，文化，文明社会
fortune n.
财富，运气，好运
bewilder vt.
把……弄糊涂；使迷惑
statesman n.
政治家
housewife n.
家庭主妇
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
at ease
安逸，休闲
off balance
失去平衡的
come to terms with
与……达成协议；与……妥协
as far as
到……程度
mean nothing to
一点也不重要，毫无价值
believe in
相信，信仰
so much so that
到那样的程度以致··2
a series of
一系列，一连串
take apart
拆开
work out
解决；算出；想出
capable of
可以的，能干的，可能的
single out
选出，挑出
Proper Names
志有名词
Thomas Lee Bucky
托马斯 李 巴基
Joseph Blank
约瑟夫 布兰克
Albert Einstein
阿伯特 爱因斯坦
Woolworth
伍尔沃思（姓氏）
Nobel Prize
诺贝尔奖金
Unit six
第六课
Text
课文
A famous surgeon tells about the importance of self-confidence from his own experience.
一个著名的外科医生从他自己的经验中得知自信的重要性。
THE MAKING OF A SURGEON
外科医师的成功之道
Dr. Nolen
诺兰先生
How does a doctor recognize the point in time
一个医生怎要确认那一时刻
when he is finally a “surgeon”?
当自己终于成了一名“外科医师”？
As my year as chief resident drew to a close
在我任住院主任医师的那一年快要结束的时候，
I asked myself this question on more than one occasion.
我曾不止一次地问过自己这问题。
The answer, I concluded,
我最后认定，问题的答案
was self-confidence.
在于“自信”二字。
When you can say to yourself,
当你能够对自己说，
“There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently,
“没有一个外科病人我不能治好。
treat just as well as or better than any other surgeon”
我的医术跟其他外科医生一样高明，甚至比他们都更高明”
-- then, and not until then,
——那时，而且只有到了那时，
you are indeed a surgeon.
你才真正成了一名外科医师。
I was nearing that point.
当时我正接近那个时刻。
Take, for example, the emergency situations that we encountered almost every night.
就以我们几乎每晚都会碰到的急诊情况为例吧。
The first few months of the year I had dreaded the ringing of the telephone.
在那一年的最初几个月，我一直害怕听到电话铃响。
I knew it meant another critical decisiion to be made.
我知道电话铃声意味着又要作出一个生死攸关的决定。
Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular situation,
事情往往是这样，在我告诉沃尔特或拉里对于某一特殊情况应如何处理之后，
I'd have trouble getting back to sleep.
我就很难再重新入睡了。
I'd review all the facts of the case and,
我会重温那位急诊病人的整个病情，
not infrequently,
不止一次，
wonder if I hadn't made a poor decision.
常常会怀疑自己是否作出了不妥的决定。
More than once at two or three in the morning,
在凌晨两、三点钟
after lying awake for an hour,
在我躺了一个小时还睡不着之后，
I'd get out of bed,
我会从床上跳起来，
dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself.
穿好衣服，驾车去医院亲自探视病人。
It was the only way I could find the peace of mind I needed to relax.
唯有这样我才能找到安心何处所需要的内心平静。
Now, in the last month of my residency,
然而，在我做住院医生的最后一个月，
sleeping was no longer a problem.
睡眠已不再是一个问题了。
There were still situations in which I couldn't be certain my decision had been the right one,
在有些情况下我仍然不能确定自己的决定是否正确，
but I had learned to accept this as a constant problem for a surgeon,
但我已学会把这看作一个外科医师经常会遇到的问题，
one that could never be completely resolved
一个永远也不能完全解决的问题
--and I could live with it.
——我已能适应它了。
So, once I had made a considered decision,
所以，我一旦经过深思熟虑作出某一决定，
I no longer dwelt on it.
就不再去多想它了。
Reviewing it wasn't going to help
多想也不会有什么帮助，
and I knew that with my knowledge and experience,
而且我知道凭我的知识和经验，
any decision I'd made was bound to be a sound one.
我作出的任何决定肯定都是稳定的。
It was a nice feeling.
这是一种令人愉快的感觉。
In the operating room I was equally confident .
在手术室里我也同样充满信心。
I knew I had the knowledge,
我知道自己的知识，
the skill,
技术
，
the experience to handle any surgical situation I'd even encounter in practice.
经验足能对付我在开业行医中将会碰到的任何外科病例。
There were no more butterflies in my stomach
我不再紧张得瑟瑟发抖了，
when I opened up an abdomen or a chest.
当我切开病人的腹部或胸腔时，
I knew that even if the case was one in which it was impossible to anticipate the problem in advance,
我知道即将碰上事先无法预见其问题所在的病例，
I could handle whatever I found.
我也能处置我发现的任何情况。
I'd sweated through my share of stab wounds of the belly,
我战战战兢兢地治疗过由我负责的腹部刺伤，
of punctured lungs,
肺部穿孔，
of compound fractures.
以及复合性骨折等病例。
I had sweated over them for five years.
这类外科手术我已经战战兢兢地干了五年。
I didn't need to sweat any more.
我再也不必担惊受怕了。
Nor was I afraid of making mistakes.
而且，我也不再怕犯错误了。
I knew that when I was out in practice
我知道在我出去开业行医时，
I would inevitably err at one time or another
说不定什么时候我就会不可避免地出差错，
and operate on someone who didn't need surgery，
我会给不需要手术治疗的病人开刀，
or sit on someone who did.
也可能会把需要动手术的病人忽略过去。
Five years earlier--
五年前——
even one year earlier
甚至一年前
-- I wouldn't have been able to live with myself
——我是没法容忍自己的，
if I had had to take sole responsibility for a mistake in judgment.
如果我不得不为一次一次判断上的失误负全部责任的话。
Now I could.
现在我能了。
I still dreaded errors
我仍然害怕犯错误
--would do my best to avoid them
——愿意竭尽全力避免出错
-- but I knew they were part of a surgeon's life.
——但我知道这是外科医师生活的一部分。
I could accept this fact with calmness
我之所以能够平静地接受这一事实。
because I knew that if I wasn't able to avoid a mistake,
是因为我知道如果我不能避免出差错，
chances were that no other surgeon could have, either.
那么换了任何别的外科医生很可能也不能避免。
This all sounds conceited and I guess it is
这些话听上去很自负，而且我以为这的确是自负
-- but a surgeon needs conceit.
——但外科医生需要这种自负。
He needs it to encourage him in trying moments
他需要“自负”来支撑自己度过这些令人难受的时刻，
when he's bothered by the doubts and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine.
当他在行医中必定会遇到的种种疑虑的煎熬时，
He has to feel that he's as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world.
他必须觉得他与世上任何一位外科医生相比都毫不逊色，甚至还技高一筹。
Call it conce
it
你管他叫自负也好，
-- call it self-confidence;
——叫它自信也罢；
whatever it was,
不管你叫它什么，
I had it.
反正我都有。
New Words
新单词
surgeon n.
外科医生
self-confidence n.
自信心
making n.
成功之道
resident n.
住院医生
conclude vt.
得出结论
surgical a.
外科的；手术的
competently ad.
称职地；胜任地
competent a.
有能力的，胜任的
near vt.
接近，走近
emergency n.
紧急情况；急症
encounter vt.
遭到；意外地遇见
dread vt.
惧怕，担心
critical a.
紧要的；关键性的
particular a.
特定的
case n.
病例
infrequently ad.
罕见地，很少发生地
relax vi.
放松
relaxation n.
松弛，放宽
residency n.
高级专科住院实习（期）
constant a.
不断的；始终如一的
resolve vt.
解决
resolution n.
坚定，决心
considered a.
经过深思熟虑的
dwell vi.
居住
bound a.
一定的；必然的
sound a.
正确的；合理的
confident a.
自信的
confidence n.
信心
handle vt.
处理
butterfly n.
蝴蝶
abdomen n.
腹部
anticipate vt.
预期
anticipation n.
预期，预料
sweat n. & sweat vt.
汗
stab n.
刺，戳
belly n.
肚，腹部
puncture vt.
刺穿
compound a.
复合的
fracture n.
骨折
compound fracture n.
复合性骨折
ineviably ad.
不可避免地
inevitable a.
不可避免的，必然的
err vi.
犯错，做错，犯罪
operate vi.
动手术
surgery n.
外科；外科手术
sole a.
唯一的
responsibility n.
责任，责任心
avoid vt.
避免
conceited a.
自负的
conceit n.
自负，意见，原意
trying a.
难受的；恼人的
bother vt.
烦扰，麻烦
uncertainty n.
不确定，不可靠，半信半疑
Phrases & Expressions
短语和句子
draw to a close
结束
live with
学会适应；容忍
dwell on
老是想着；详述；强调
(be)bound to (do)
一定……；必然……
in practice
（医师、律师等）在开业中；在实践中
butterflies in the stomach
忐忑不安
open up
切开，给……开刀
in advance
预先，事前
at one time or another
早晚
sit on
拖延；搁置
Proper Names
专有名词
Nolen
诺兰（姓氏）
Walt
沃尔特（男子名Walter的呢称）
Larry
拉里（男子名Lawrence的昵称）
Unit Seven
第七课
Text
课文
In this article the author describes what happened to her one night
在这篇文章里，作者描述了有天晚上在她身上发生的事情。
and her fellings about it.
和她的感觉。
THERE'S ONLY LUCK
全凭运气
Ruth Reichl
露丝 赖克尔
My mind went numb when I saw the gun pointing against the car window
当我看见那支手枪顶住了车窗玻璃顿时我的脑子便麻木了
as we pulled out of the garage:
我们刚把车开出车库：
This can'