综合教程5斜体翻译

咱们吃素吧!如果有一件事，既能增进健康、减少患上食物引起的疾病的危险，又有助于保护环境、保护千万动物安全生存，你做不做？我说的这件事就是每次坐下来就餐时挑选菜肴。

一百多万加拿大人已经行动起来：他们决定不吃肉。

变化速度之快令人惊叹。

素食品的销售额大大增加，前所未有。

尤受欢迎的是无肉汉堡包和热狗，以及以蔬为主的印度、中国、墨西哥、意大利和日本的菜肴。

推动人们转向素食的是医学研究提出的关于如何增进健康的建议。

一项又一项的研究都揭示了同样的基本事实：果蔬降低患慢性病的危险；肉类食品则增加这种危险。

美国饮食学协会指出，“科学资料表明，素食与降低多种慢性变性疾病的患病危险肯定有关系。

”去年秋天，在检验了4500个饮食与癌症的研究报告之后，世界癌症研究基金会直截了当地指出：“我们一向利用不合适的养料来维持人类生理引擎的运转。

”据威尔夫大学营养科学教授布鲁斯·霍拉勃称，这一“不合适的养料”致使加拿大每年用于治疗变性疾病的费用高达4000亿（加）元。

肉类食品存在严重的营养缺陷：它们不含纤维，含有过多的饱和脂肪和胆固醇，甚至可能含有微量的激素、类固醇和抗菌素。

牛肉、猪肉、鸡肉或鱼肉都一样。

肉类食品也是越来越广为人知的大肠杆菌、弯曲菌以及其他致病细菌的孳生地。

据加拿大食品检验机构称，十分之六的鸡染有沙门氏菌。

吃肉无异于玩俄式轮盘赌，拿你的健康做赌资。

既然如此，政府为什么不采取任何措施？很遗憾，政府屈服于强有力的院外活动集团的压力，如牛肉信息中心、加拿大禽蛋营销公司、加拿大乳牛场场主协会等。

根据信息自由法案获得的有关文件记载，这些集团迫使加拿大最新食品指南在1993年公布前作出修改。

这并不奇怪。

即使建议动物蛋白质的摄入量减少一丁点儿都会给这些企业带来每年数十亿元的损失。

健康和食品安全是选择素食生活方式令人信服的理由，但此外还有更为重大的因素要考虑。

以饲养动物为基础的农业是世界上对环境破坏最严重的产业之一。

想一想培育、饲养、建牲畜栏、运输、加工和包装加拿大每年宰杀的5亿头牲畜所需的巨大资源。

Unit1：IV1.Perhaps it would go away, deprived of her attention.Mother meant to deliberately overlook whatever she did not like and could not change.2.School let out in June to the end of July.From June to the end of July school closed for the summer vacation.3.I spent the afternoon squinting up at monuments to freedom and past presidencies anddemocracy.Literarily, the writer was unable to open wide her eyes due to the dazzling sunlight as well as her eyes defect. Figuratively, the freedom, equality and democracy all American citizens were allegedly entitled to were simply distorted images in the author’s eyes.4.Mother was bright and father was brown, the three of us girls step-standards in between.Mother was bright and father brown, and the three of us girls represented gradations from bright to brown.5.Indoors, the soda fountain was dim and fan-cooled, deliciously relieving to my scorchedeyes.Inside the Breyer’s, the soda fountain was so dim and the air so cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully lessened.6.No one would answer my emphatic questions with anything other than a guilty silence.My forcefully question got no response from my family; they remained silent as if they had done something wrong and shameful walking into Breyer’s.7.My fury was not going to be acknowledged by like fury:My anger was not going to be noticed or sympathized with by my family members who were similarly angry, though.I1.On the edge of the summer: at the beginning of2.Preparations were in the air around our house before school was even over: the wholefamily were already either actually busy making preparations or enjoying the ambience.3.In fact, my first trip to Washington was a mobile feast: a large enjoyable meal on the train4.…as if we had never been black before: as if we had never been mistreated for being Black5.My parents wouldn’t speak of this injustice, not because they had contributed to it: hadpartially caused6.My fury was not going to be acknowledged by like fury: was not going to be noticed orsympathized with by people feeling a similar anger.Unit 2IV1.instead of…sneaking out to the empty lot to hunt ghosts and animal bones, my brother andI had to go to Chinese school.My brother and I were unable to walk out quietly and secretly, like other children, to the open field to play kid’s games, for we were forced to go to Chinese school.2.No amount of kicking, screaming, or pleading could dissuade my mother.Our kicking, screaming and pleading could not in the least make our mother change her mindabout sending us to Chinese school.3.Forcibly, she walked us the 7 long, hilly blocks from our home to school, depositing ourdefiant tearful faces before the stern principal.She dragged us by force all the way from our home to school, a long hilly distance of 7 blocks, finally leaving us, hostile and tearful, in front of the severe headmaster.4.In Chinatown, the comings and goings of hundreds of Chinese on their daily tasks soundedchaotic and frenzied.In Chinatown, large crowds of Chinese were coming and going with their routine responsibilities in a disorderly, overexcited way.5.He was especially hard on my mother.He was fastidiously particular about my mother’s English.6.I finally was granted a cultural divorce.Ultimately I was permitted to stop learning Chinese culture.7.At last, I was one of you; I wasn’t one of them. Sadly, I still am.Finally I assumed that I was one of the Americans and that I was not one of the Chinese.Unfortunately, I am, as a matter of fact, still Chinese.I1.Forcibly, she walked us the 7 long, hilly blocks from our home to school, depositing ourdefiant tearful faces before the stern principal.Escorted on foot; leaving the 2 of us, hostile and tearful2.The room smelled like Chinese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness.Unfamiliar exotic stale damp smell3.Being ten years old, I had better things to learn than ideographs…Would rather learn other things than4.More times than not, I had tried to disassociate myself from the nagging loud voice..Fairly frequently5.Chinese sounded pedestrian. Public.Dull and, what’s more, lacking individuals6.No matter how hard she tried, “Ruth” always ended up“Roof”.Eventually became the unintendedUnit3:IV1.We were waiting outside the condemned cells.We were waiting outside the cells, where prisoners under the death sentence were jailed. 2.The rest of us, magistrates and the like, followed behind.We, government officials and inspectors, walked behind the warders and the prisoner.3.I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting life short when it is in full tide.I found the inexplicable injustice that was being done in putting to an end a prisoner’s life,which is still in its prime.4.In two minutes, with a sudden snap, one of us would be gone.The prisoner, who belonged to us now, would be promptly put to death.5.One felt an impulse to sing, to break into a run, to snigger.People had a strong desire to sing, to run and to snigger(after the hanging was over).6.You will scarcely credit that it took six warders to dislodge him.You can hardly believe that it took as many as six warders to remove him from the cage bars.I1.These were the condemned men, due to be hanged tithing the next week or two.Who were scheduled to be hanged2.He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.Who was a small, thin, and weak man3.They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressinggrip.Holding him firmly and continuously in a careful manner4.Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope.Carrying rifles that tilted over their shoulders5.At each step his muscles slid neatly into place.His muscles appeared to be functioning normally6.…and in two minutes, with a sudden snap, one of us would be gone——one mind less, oneworld less.We will lose a man who can also think and reason like us, and who is also a unique individual like each of usUnit 4:IV1.Her animated expression and warm smile were an invitation for me to go on.Her vivid expression and tender smile encouraged me to continue my lecture.2.We are all so much together and yet we are all dying of loneliness.Although we seem to be living and studying so closely, we are virtually behaving like strangers.3.If we find no models of live, then we grow up love-starved and unloving.If we have no models of love to follow, we will be growing up lacking in love and not knowing how to love others.4.If you are afraid of being misunderstood, verbalize your feelings to the person you arehugging.If you are afraid of being misunderstood, explain your feelings in words to the person you’re embracing.5.His father’s eyes welled up with tears as he muttered.Tears rolled down his father’s cheeks as he spoke in a quiet voice.6.While attempting to open doors to love for others, I found that the doors were opening forme.As I am trying to ask others to offer love and feel loved, I am actually experiencing the same.7.The pursuit of love has made wonder of my life.The continual efforts I have made to seek love have made my life richer and more meaningful.I1.For few moments, I fussed with my notes.Fiddled with…nervously and anxiously2.This stunning young woman had pulled me through.Saved me out of the difficult situation3.After class, I scanned the roll to find her name: Liani.Examined the students’ name list4.If we find no models of live, then we grow up love-starved and unloving.Without having received sufficient love and not intending to show our love towards others5.…the class often continued until well past midnightA long time ( before or after )6.One of the first things I tried to get across was the importance of touching.Communicate and make understood.Unit 5IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1.I was just a girl with little direction, more drawn to words and made-up stories than toformulas and lab experiments.I was then a young girl without a clear idea of what to do in the future; but I was keener onliterature than on natural science.2.I think I admired that photo so much, not because of Marie Curie and what she stood forbut because she seemed so exotic.I think the reason why I enjoyed looking at the photo was not because Marie Curie herselfwas in the photo, nor because she represented a great woman, but because her imageappealed to me.3.Marie Curie’s own daughters grew into accomplished women in their own right.Marie Curie's own daughters distinguished themselves in their respective field due to their own efforts and competence.4.She wound up falling in love with Casimir Zorawski.Finally she fell in love with Casimir Zorawski.5.She was beneath his station, poor, a common nursemaid.She, a poor, common nursemaid, was much lower in social status than her young master.6.The reality was a lot grittier—and a lot less romantic.The reality was much harder, not as romantic as shown in the 1943 film Madame Curie. 7.They were the toast of the European scientific community, feted lavishly and visited athome in Paris by acolytes to pay homage.They were highly respected in the European scientific community, entertainedexuberantly and visited by acolytes to show their reverence to the Curies at home in Paris.8.The metamorphosis was less simple, more serious. A cape of solitude and secrecy fellupon her shoulders forever.The changes in Madame Curie brought about by the loss of her husband were much more profound than the simple change from a happy young wife to an inconsolable widow. Theshadow of loneliness and introversion hung over her for the rest of her life.9.The Marie Curie that I discovered was no icon but a flesh-and-blood woman.The Madame Curie I discovered was not an image of a holy saint, but a woman existing in real life.I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.1. I didn’t know very much about Curie beyond the basics：except the most important aspects of her life2. I was just a girl with little direction…：having no concrete goals or purposes to attain3. Marie Curie’s own daughters grew into accomplished women in their own light：because of their own efforts and talents4. … for months she’d find places to hide so she could cry her eyes out：cry to her heart's content5. … where she changed her name, enrolled at the Sorbonne—and walked into history：and thus became somebody to remember6. … Pierre’s death marked the defining moment in her mother’s life：started a complete characteristic changeUnit 6VI1.Different men often see the same objects in different lights.The same object may be observed and judged from different perspectives by different people.2.This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to thiscountry.No time should be wasted on ceremonial procedures because the house, at present, is encountering an extremely crucial problem for the nation.3.We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren tillshe transforms us into beasts.We tend to close our eyes when facing a painful truth, and be intoxicated by the song of the sea nymph that will eventually turn us into animals.4.For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I’m willing to know the whole truth; toknow the worst and to provide for it.As for me, I’m willing to know the whole truth and be prepared for the worst that might happen, no matter how much pain I may endure.5.The insidious smile will prove a snare to your feet.The cunning smile, with which the British recently received our petition, will be a trap for you to fall into.6.These are the implements of war and subjugation—the last arguments to which kingsresort.These are the tools for war and suppression, the last means kings will turn to when all arguments fall flat.7.We have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition toarrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.We have been humble and submissive in front of the British Kings, and have begged hisMajesty to intervene（插手）and stop the cruelty and injustice of the British colonial ministry and Parliament(议会、国会).8.The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.The victory of the battle is determined not just by strength, but by vigilance, activeness(积极性), and courage.9.It is in vain to extenuate the matter.It is useless to underestimate(低估) the severity（严重性）of the situation.I1.For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery.The very same thing as2.And in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.Appropriately in agreement with3.We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable.Considered and tried every means in order to deal with the subject4.…if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in ourpower.Has given us at our disposal5.There millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, …With liberty as our ultimate aim to fight for6.The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone.Is not destined to be won byUnit 7IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1.The 1980 election…signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and socialattitudes were concerned.The 1980 election indicated that the country resolved to become more conservative in regard to political and social attitudes.2.Some kind of social welfare assistance must be doled out to those who cannot find jobs.Social welfare assistance must be offered to the jobless.3.I am appalled that the condition has been allowed to develop.I am shocked to find that the problem is getting more and more serious.4.This dreadful social sickness has now overtaken the United States.The United States has now been knocked out by this terrible social problem -- failure to house its young people.5.For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failurethat must be corrected.America must correct the problem that, a superpower as it is in the world, it is incapable of providing houses for its young people.I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.1. They belong to churches, even though they attend somewhat less frequently.believe in Christianity and are members of the Christian churches2. The 1980 election… signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were concerned.insofar as: to the extent that; were concerned: were involved3. Without reservation, I applaud the freer patterns of today.With whole-hearted support4. For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected.to display its inability5. We have a physical setting of remarkable intedrity.an extraordinarily complete system of physical environmentUnit 8VI1.Did you get too bogged down in the details trying to come up with the “exactly right”answer?Did you get so tied up in these complex math figures that you were unable to give the “exactly right” answer?2.Did you zero in on the two most important problems… then hazard a guesstimate?Did you focus all your attention on the two most important problems, and then make an estimation which may not be exactly right?3.Your mistakes will frequently balance out.Your mistakes will often average out, i.e. the extremely high estimations and the extremely low estimations which you make will eventually become equal in amount, value, or effect. 4.The black being warmed most by the sun, was sunk so low as to be below the stroke ofsun’s rays.The black cloth absorbed the heat of the sun most. So, it sank so deep below that the sunrays could not reach it.I1.Did you make a completely wild guess…：a simply groundless prediction far from beingcorrect.2.Did you get too bogged down in the details trying to come up with the “exactly right”answer?Stumped or baffled; work out3.Or did you zero in on the two most important problems…：come to concentrate on and dealwith.4.To answer the question. He recommended breaking it down into smaller, more manageablequestions.：analyzing it by dividing it into5.He had come up with resourceful way…：discovered。

狱中学习今天，许多在什么地方直接听我讲话的人，或在电视上听我讲话的人，或读过我写的东西的人，都会以为我上学远不止只读到8年级。

这一印象完全归之于我在监狱里的学习。

2 It had really begun back in the Charlestown Prison, when Bimbi first made me fe el envy of his stock of knowledge. Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversati on he was in, and I had tried to emulate him. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didn’t contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well hav e been in Chinese[2 … the words that might as well have been in Chinese: … it would have made no difference if the English words had been in Chi nese, because I didn’t have the slightest knowledge of either.]2. When I just skippe d those words, of course, I really ended up with little idea of what the book said. So I had come to the Norfolk Prison Colony still going through only book-reading m otions. Pretty soon, I would have quit even these motions, unless I had received th e motivation that I did.其实这事要从查尔斯顿监狱说起，一开始宾比就让我对他的知识渊博羡慕不已。

你说你是一个全球变暖的怀疑者?也许你不住在沿着海岸的弗洛里达洲或者希什马瑞芙洲，阿拉斯加州吧：住在那些地区的人们通常都相信全球变暖。

弗洛里达洲在2004年时遭遇了四场魔鬼般的飓风，在一年后，卡特里娜袭击了新奥尔良和密西西比州的沿岸地区。

许多科学家相信，这些飓风时节的超强破坏力应该归因于全球变暖。

大风暴加强了墨西哥州沿岸的暖流，一年一年，这些纬度地区变得越来越暖。

You say you'are a skept c on globa lwarmi rg?至于，希什马瑞福州的一个小镇(人口600),它是一个因纽皮亚克的爱斯基摩小村庄，坐落于一个细长的屏障岛屿，在安克雷奇北边625英里处。

当《时代》记者Mar gt Roose vl在2004年参观它时，她发现在它正在“融入海洋”。

它已经少了10至30英尺的海岸线，而这数字中的一半发生在1997以后。

在沙滩下的永久冻土开始消融，海面上的冰也正不断减少，这使得居民对于凶猛的暴风雨来说，显得越来越脆弱。

一间房子倒了，18间其他的房子就得带着镇上大量的油桶，搬到更高的地方去。

巨浪冲走了学校的操场，毁灭了价值10000美元的船只，打猎与晒鱼的装备。

“这太可怕了，”村里的官员Iri Ening owuk告诉Roos evelt 。

“每一年我们都非常害怕，下一场暴风雨会把我们都冲走。

”由于海面结冰得越来越晚，希什马瑞福州通常开始于10月的冰钓季，现在开始于2 月。

浆果采摘开始于7月而非8月。

对于因纽皮亚克人来说最令人绝望的就是稀薄的冰面似的猎捕髯海豹变得非常困难，一种长胡须的海报，那是他们饮食和文化的重要组成部分。

什么正在继续?全球变暖，一部分是由石油和汽油的燃烧造成的，它使墨西哥沿岸甚至极地地区都受到创伤，而在极地地区，复杂的气候进程与雪、永久冻土和冰联系在一起，放大了全球变暖的影响。

2004年，在《科学》上出版的一篇文章发现，南极洲西部的冰川正以二十世纪九十年代两倍的速度消融。

One Writer's Beginnings1 I learned from the age of two or three that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there to read in, or to be read to. My mother read to me.She'd read to me in the big bedroom in the mornings, when we were in her rocker together, which ticked in rhythm as we rocked, as though we had a cricket accompanying the story. She'd read to me in the dining room on winterafternoons in front of the coal fire, with our cuckoo clock ending the story with "Cuckoo", and at night when I'd got in my own bed. I must have given herno peace. Sometimes she read to me in the kitchen while she sat churning, and the churning sobbed along with any story. It was my ambition to have her readto me while I churned; once she granted my wish, but she read off my story before I brought her butter. She was an expressive reader. When she was reading "Puss in Boots," for instance, it was impossible not to know that shedistrusted all cats.作家起步时我从两三岁起就知道，家中随便在哪个房间里，白天无论在什么时间，都可以念书或听人念书。

新编大学英语综合教程Unit 5 课文翻译Passage ABefore You ReadWhat do you know about the cultural conflict between China and the West？conflict：[ˈkɒnflɪkt , kənˈflɪkt] n.冲突;争执;争论;矛盾;不一致。

v.(两种思想、信仰等)冲突，抵触。

Cultural:[ˈkʌltʃərəl]adj. 与文化有关的;文化的;与艺术、文学、音乐等有关的。

你对中西文化冲突了解多少Differences between American and Chinese Classes美国和中国的课堂差异We hear about the informality in American classes from time to time. For instance, American professors/teachers do not dress up very formally and they generally call students by their first names. Students can speak out in class, where they do not even need to raise their hands. In addition, in many schools, students can eat or drink during class. American students sometimes argue with their teachers in class, give teachers suggestions on things that need changing, or even criticize their ideas.hear about 得知; 听到关于from time to time 不时地;间或;偶尔For instance 例如;譬如。

综合教程第五册课文翻译Unit1 The Fourth of July我第一次到华盛顿的时候是初夏那时我想我不应该再当一个孩子。

至少这是他们在八年级的毕业典礼上对我们说的。

我的姐姐菲利斯在同一时间从高中毕业。

我不知道她应该不再当一个什么。

但当作是送给我们俩的毕业礼物,我们全家在国庆日前往华盛顿旅游,那是传奇而著名的我国首都。

这是我第一次真正意义上在白天时乘坐火车。

当我还小的时候我们总是在夜晚乘坐运奶火车去康涅狄格海岸,因为它更便宜。

学期还没结束前家里就开始忙着准备旅行的事。

我们准备了两个星期。

父亲拿了两个大箱子和一个装满食物的盒子。

事实上,我第一次到华盛顿的旅途可以说是一个移动盛宴一在位子上安顿下来我就开始吃东西直到我们到了费城往后的某个地方才停下来。

我记得那是费城,是因为我们没有经过自由之钟对此我很失望。

母亲烤了两只鸡,然后把它们切成恰好一口一片的大小。

她打包了黑面包和黄油切片,青椒和胡萝卜条。

有来自Cushman面包店的亮黄色的周围有一圈扇贝形状的小冰蛋糕叫做“金盏花“。

有来自牛顿面包店的香辛小面包和岩皮饼,还有包裹着蛋黄酱的冰茶那是一家雷诺克斯大街上圣马可学校对面的西印度面包店。

还有母亲为我们准备的蜜桃和给父亲准备的莳萝腌菜,桃子上还有绒毛,单独包装,以免它们碰伤。

为了干净,母亲还准备了成堆的餐巾纸和一个小锡盒子里面装有浸了玫瑰水和甘油的毛巾,可以用来擦拭发粘的嘴巴。

我想要在餐车吃饭,因为我已经从书上读到过关于它们的一切,但母亲提醒了我无数次,餐车食品太贵,而且,你根本没法辨别那些食物上有谁的手在上面动过,也不知道, 之前他们的手碰过什么地方。

我的母亲从未提及过直到1947年黑人还是不被允许进入前往南部的火车餐车。

通常,无论母亲是不喜欢的或无法改变的事她都会忽视。

可能她觉得如果把注意力转开事情就会过去。

后来我知道菲利斯的高中班级旅行去的就是华盛顿,但老师们私底下又把费用还回给了她,跟她解释说,班上的孩子除了菲利斯都是白人他们将住的那家旅馆会让菲利斯不高兴。

全新版《大学英语》综合教程5 1-6单元课后翻译Unit 1 Love of Reading我的祖母不识字，可是她有一箩筐的神话和传奇故事。

小时候我总是缠着她，要她给我讲故事。

而她在忙完家务后，总会把我抱在膝上，一边讲故事一边有节奏地晃动我。

这些故事加上她丰富的表情，深深地吸引住了我。

我父母发现了我对故事的浓厚兴趣，不失时机地引导我进行阅读。

他们给我买了许多带插图的故事书，有空的时候就一遍遍地读给我听。

慢慢地我认识了很多字，能自行阅读了。

直到今天，我还要感谢祖母和双亲。

没有他们，我今天不可能成为一名作家。

Although my grandmother was illiterate, she had a good stack of myths and legends. When I was young I gave her no peace, constantly asking her to tell me stories. After she had finished her housework, she would lift me onto her lap and tell stories, all the while rocking me in rhythm. These stories and her expressive face appealed profoundly to me.Having noticed my interest in stories, my parents lost no time in initiating me into reading. They bought many storybooks with illustrations, and whenever free, they would read these stories to me over and over again. By and by I had a vocabulary large to read on my own.Today, I still live in gratitude to my grandmother and my parents. Without them, I could never have become a writer.Unit 2 Diet一项又一项的研究发现，食物和一些慢性病之间有密切关系。

Unit 3PartⅡTextA The Truth About Lying关于说谎的真相朱迪斯?维奥斯特我一直想写一个令我深感兴趣的话题：关于说谎的问题。

我觉得这个题目很难写。

所有我交谈过的人都对什么事情可以说谎——什么事情绝对不可以说谎——持有强烈的、常常不容别人分说的个人意见。

最后我得出结论，我不能下任何定论，因为这样做就会有太多的人立即反对。

我想我还是提出若干都与说谎有关的道义上的难题吧。

我将向读者阐明我对这些难题的个人看法。

你们觉得对吗？社交性谎言和我交谈过的大多数人都说，他们认为旨在促进社会交际的谎言是可以接受的，也是必要的。

他们认为这是一种文明的行为。

他们说，要不是这类无关紧要的谎言，人与人之间的关系就会变得粗野不快，无法持久。

他们说，如果你要做到十二分正直、十二分无畏，不由自主地用你的诚实使他人陷入不必要的窘境或痛苦之中，这只能说你是傲慢自大。

对此，我基本赞同。

你呢？你会不会跟人说：“我喜欢你的新发型，”“你气色好多了，”“见到你真高兴，”“我玩得很尽兴，”而实际上根本不是这么回事儿？你会不会对令人憎厌的礼物，或相貌平平的孩子称赞有加？你婉辞邀请时会不会说“那天晚上我们正好没空——真对不起，我们不能来，”而实际上你是宁肯呆在家里也不想跟某某夫妇一起进餐？虽然像我那样，你也想用“太丰盛了”这种委婉的托辞，而不是盛赞“那汤味道好极了”(其实味同重新热过的咖啡)，但如果你必须赞美那汤，你会说它鲜美吗?我认识一个人，他完全拒绝说这类社交性谎言。

“我不会那一套，”他说，“我生来就不会那一套。

”讲到对人家说几句好听的话并不失去什么，他的回答是：“不对，当然有损失——那会损害你的诚信度。

”因此你不问他，他不会对你刚买来的画发表意见，但除非你想听老实话，否则你也不会去问他的真实想法。

当我们这些说谎者轻声称赞着“多美啊”的时候，他的沉默往往是极能说明问题的。

我的这位朋友从来不讲他所说的“奉承话、虚假的赞美话和动听话”。

⼤学英语综合教程5课⽂翻译One Writer's Beginnings1 I learned from the age of two or three that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there to read in, or to be read to. My mother read to me. She'd read to me in the big bedroom in the mornings, when we were in her rocker together, which ticked in rhythm as we rocked, as though we had a cricket accompanying the story. She'd read to me in the dining room on winter afternoons in front of the coal fire, with our cuckoo clock ending the story with "Cuckoo", and at night when I'd got in my own bed. I must have given her no peace. Sometimes she read to me in the kitchen while she sat churning, and the churning sobbed along with any story. It was my ambition to have her read to me while I churned; once she granted my wish, but she read off my story before I brought her butter. She was an expressive reader. When she was reading "Puss in Boots," for instance, it was impossible not to know that she distrusted all cats.作家起步时我从两三岁起就知道，家中随便在哪个房间⾥，⽩天⽆论在什么时间，都可以念书或听⼈念书。