新世纪大学英语综合教程4课文翻译Unit5
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5A1|声誉| 梅尔文·霍华兹声誉极像一个追逐自己尾巴的动物,抓住了以后除继续穷追不舍外,再也不知道还能做什么。
声誉以及随之而来的名气迫使名人陷入穷途末路。
真有点讽刺意味,不是吗?2名人有名多因有一技之长,如唱歌、跳舞、绘画、写作等等。
成功的表演者展示出一种风格,获得声誉。
而且这种声誉常常使这位表演者确信,必须把这种风格发扬光大,因为这就是大众所需要和喜爱的。
可是随着时间的推移,如果歌手年复一年地用老调唱老歌,画师画千篇一律的风景或画像,演员反复饰演同一角色,他们势必都会感到厌烦。
由于公众的要求,艺人竟变成了自己功名的奴隶。
倘若他或她想改变笔调、舞步、唱腔的话,大众就会弃他而去,转而把那飘忽不定的声誉赐予他人,一段时间后再转给他人,这样不停地转下去。
3一个人有了名誉,就有了名气,就能赢得忠实的追捧者的高度关注,在任何领域都是这样。
一个表演者很容易相信,自己的成就当真和新闻报道的一样大。
可是大多数人、大多数艺人并没有得到美誉和财富。
那些失败的表演者又如何呢?其他任何一个失败者又会如何呢?奇怪的是,对许多人而言,失败往往就是对失败的回报!有些人对你表示怜悯,他们庆幸自己不是你。
你的亲朋好友也会降低对你的期望,使你不必去和那些比你有天赋并获得成功的人较量。
他们会找出种种借口来解释你不能功成名就的原因:你太敏感了呀;你对金钱没有兴趣呀;你对声誉所能带来的权利不感兴趣呀;因为声望要使你丧失隐私,所以你不感兴趣呀;等等。
所有这些都是借口,但对失败者或假装不在意自己失败的人来说,却是安慰。
4历史充分证明,有些人在一生的某个时刻遭遇失败,的确能激发他们更加努力地追求成功,继续对自己充满信心。
美国小说家托马斯·沃尔夫的第一部小说《安琪儿,往家里看吧!》被退稿39次才得以出版,才使他开始了他的写作生涯并赢得了声誉。
贝多芬不屈服于他残暴、专横的父亲,还忍气吞声当过乐师,但终于克服一切,成为世界上最伟大、最著名的音乐家。
Unit 1Active reading (1)大学毕业找工作的第一要义:别躺在沙发上做梦今年夏天,超过65万的大学生毕业离校,其中有许多人根本不知道怎么找工作。
在当今金融危机的背景下,做父母的该如何激励他们?七月,你看着21岁英俊的儿子穿上学士袍,戴上四方帽,骄傲地握着优等学士学位证书,拍毕业照。
这时,记忆中每年支付几千英镑,好让儿子吃好、能偶尔参加聚会的印象开始消退。
但现在,你又不得不再考虑钱的问题。
等到暑假快要结束,全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候,你发现大学毕业的儿子还歪躺在沙发上看电视。
他只是偶尔走开去发短信,浏览社交网站Facebook,去酒吧喝酒。
这位前“千禧一代”的后裔一夜之间变成了“哼哼一代”的成员。
他能找到工作吗?这就是成千上万家庭所面临的景象:今年夏天,超过65万大学生毕业,在当今金融危机的背景下他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。
父母只会唠叨,而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆者,他们知道自己该找份工作,但却不知道如何去找。
来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克·古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业,获得二级一等荣誉学士学位。
他走进大学就业服务中心,又径直走了出来,因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。
跟他一起住的另外5个男孩也都跟他一样,进去又出来了。
找工作的压力不大,虽然他所认识的大多数女生都有更明确的计划。
他说:“我申请政治学研究工作,但被拒了。
他们给的年薪是1万8千镑,交完房租后所剩无几,也就够买一罐煮豆子,可他们还要有研究经历或硕士学位的人。
然后我又申请了公务员速升计划,并通过了笔试。
但在面试时,他们说我‘太冷漠’了,谈吐‘太像专家治国论者’。
我觉得自己不可能那样,但我显然就是那样的。
”打那以后他整个夏天都在“躲”。
他能够轻松复述《交通警察》中的若干片段,他白天看电视的时间太多,已经到了影响健康的地步。
跟朋友谈自己漫无目标的日子时,他才发现他们的处境和自己的并没有两样。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课后翻译Unit 11. Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm.多尔蒂先生和他的家人目前正在农场忙于秋收。
2. We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most sophisticatedweapons.我们不能低估敌人,他们装备了最先进的武器。
3. Having been cut of a job/Not having had a job for 3months, Phil is getting increasinglydesperate.菲尔已经三个月没有找到工作了,正在变得越来越绝望。
4. Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment.作为项目经理,山姆办事果断,工作效率高,且判断准确。
5. Since the chemical plant was identified as the source of solution, the village neighborhoodcommittee decided to close it down at the cost of 100 jobs.既然已经证实这家化工厂是污染源,村委会决定将其关闭,为此损失了一百个工作岗位。
Unit 21.There was an unusual quietness in the air, except for the sound of artillery in the distance.空气有一种不寻常的寂静,只有远处响着大炮的声音。
2. The expansion of urban areas in some African countries has been causing a significant fall inliving standards and an increase in social problems.在某些非洲国家城市的扩展已经引起生活水平相当大的下降和社会问题的增多。
Unit5Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive.有些人似乎容易了解:他们的个性在初次交往时就表露无遗。
然而,外表可能具有欺骗性。
A Friend in NeedSomerset Maugham1 For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.患难之交萨默塞特·毛姆三十年来,我一直研究我的人类同胞,但至今了解不多。
每当有人跟我说他对一个人的第一次印象向来不错的时候,我就耸耸肩。
我想这种人不是无知,就是自大。
拿我自己来说,我发现,认识一个人的时间越长,我就越感到困惑。
2 These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interested me because once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action. It was more startling because both in appearance and manner he suggested a very definite type. Here if ever was a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he was about sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and station.我产生这些想法,是因为我在今天早上的报纸上看到爱德华·海德·伯顿在神户去世的消息。
全新版大学英语综合教程四Unit1-5精选课文句子英翻中UNIT1 Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life多尔蒂先生创建自己的理想生活 1.And after years of frustration with city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally found contentment here in the country.在城市以及郊区历经多年的怅惘失望之后,我和妻子桑迪终于在这里的乡村寻觅到心灵的满足。
2.In the summer we canoe on the river, go picnicking in the woods and take long bicyclerides. In the winter we ski and skate.日里我们在河上荡舟,在林子里野餐,骑着自行车长时间漫游。
冬日里我们滑雪溜冰。
3.Three months from now, it will be 95 above and we will be cultivating corn, weedingstrawberries and killing chickens.再过三个月,气温会升到95度,我们就要给玉米松土,在草莓地除草,还要ter this month, we'll spray the orchard, paint the barn, plant the garden and clean thehen house before the new chicks arrive.这个月晚些时候,我们要给果树喷洒药水,要油漆谷仓,要给菜园播种,要赶在新的小鸡运到之前清扫鸡舍。
5.In between such chores, I manage to spend 50 to 60 hours a week at the typewriter ordoing reporting for the freelance articles I sell to magazines and newspapers.在这些活计之间,我每周要抽空花五、六十个小时,不是打字撰文,就是为作为自由撰稿人投给报刊的文章进行采访。
UNIT5 The Land Where There Were No Old MenP11.BrainstormingPrejudices against women:a nag, capricious, emotional,illogical, having longer hair than insight,talkative, wordy,mouthy, nagging,rigid, less intelligent than men,whimsical, inconsistent,fretful, bossyPrejudices against men:rough,selfish,careless,indifferent,unfeeling,cold-blooded,irresponsible,unreliable,domineering,headstrongPrejudices against old people:senile,over-the-hill,stubborn,out-dated,old-fashioned,old foggy,dogmatic,boringPrejudices against young people:wasting time by fooling around,cheeky,good-for-nothing,unreliable,immature,green,inexperiencedPrejudices against poor people:lazy,inferior,stupid,dishonest,dirty,idiot,the needyPrejudices against wealthy people:greedy,selfish,verse,pompous,pretentious,ostentatious,arrogant,heartlessPrejudices against successful people:join the rat race,workaholic,sell-out(betrayal),winning is everything,the ruthless succeed,sell one’s soulPrejudices against unsuccessful people:failure,loser,humble,beaten,good-for-nothing,stupid,lazy,incompetent2.Listening1. What kind of teachers did the speaker have in high school and why didn’t they get the chance to teach at college?Her teachers in high school were mostly unmarried women with brilliant minds, and were excellent teachers. Because of the Depression and the fact that they were women, they had no chance to teach at the college level.2. How were woman students treated at Radcliffe College?At Radcliffe College, women students were not taken seriously at all. They got the message that they were intelligent and able women but destined to marry and raise children.3. As a teacher, what prejudices did she find existing in higher education?She found that higher education was biased towards white males.4. What advice does the speaker offer women?She advised women to refuse to be passive and obedient but to develop critical and creative thinking, to keep their standards very high and support risk-taking, to demand more of themselves, and to take themselves seriously.P2Text Translation没有老人的国度有一个国家,那儿离我们罗马尼亚人住的地方肯定非常遥远,那里所有的年轻人决定杀死所有的老人。
If you ask me1If you ask me, real life is not all it's cracked up to be. Twelve years at school and three years at university, teachers banging on about opportunities in the big wide world beyond our sheltered life as students, and what do I find?2 Try as I might to stay cheerful, all I ever get is hassle, sometimes with people (especially boys, god, when will they grow up?), but mostly with money. It's just so expensive out here! Everyone wants a slice off you. The Inland Revenue wants to deduct income tax, the bank manager wants repayments on my student loan, the landlord wants the rent, gas, water, electricity and my mobile bills keep coming in, and all that's before I've had anything to eat. And then some bright spark calls me out of the blue, asking if I'm interested in buying a pension. At this rate, I won't even last till the end of the year, let alone till I'm 60.3 I didn't really want to go out to work just yet. I mean, I wasn't a dropout and I knew I'd have to some day. According to any number of people "life's not a picnic", "there's no such thing as a free lunch". But given that I'd got a good degree, I thought I'd like to go on to get my master's. Actually, I had my eye on the course at the London School of Economics (LSE) . Top school, very good for my CV. But I talked to my mum about it, and she said she couldn't afford to support me any more. I kind of understand it, and not just because my degree is in economics. She'd worked hard for 15 years to give me an education. My dad wasn't around most of the time, and when he was, he didn't have any money. He'd spent it gambling on the dogs or down the pub. So it came to the point when I just agreed with Mum, and bowed myself towards the inevitable.4 If you ask me, and despite everything you hear, fortunately there are some really nice people out there. Take Mike, for example. When I left university, what I thought was that my mum would feel obliged to look after me if I returned home. So I packed up my belongings and went to London to get a job. I wanted something in finance and investments, because you know, maybe with a job like that, I could use my degree. But by that time, there were no jobs left, and I didn't really want to end up in some boring office, doing photocopies and making the tea.5 Go anywhere you like in London and there's usually a good pub. The day I realized no one in the city was going to offer me a job, I went into The Salisbury on Leadenhall Street for a drink and something to eat. Mike the landlord was at the bar, pouring pints with one hand, making sandwiches with the other, and washing the glasses all at the same time—it's true, he really did seem to have three hands. He also seemed to know everyone, and greeted the regulars by name, getting their drinks ready with the question, "The usual today, is it?" I thought he looked kind of cool, he was doing what he did best, serving thirsty clients, and no one did it better. So I went up to him and asked him whether there was a job for me.6 Well, to cut a long story short, I started work in the pub one Friday lunch time. It was quite demanding work, but I liked it. People seemed to find me amusing and it made me feel better too. There was one middle-aged regular in a suit who always had a half of bitter and a ham and pickle sandwich, with the crusts cut off. When I saw Tony coming, I tried to have his lunch ready for him even before he asked. He was another one of those really nice people.7 If you ask me, spending money when you don't have any is dead easy. I began to think about how I'd spend my first month's wages. The flat where I was staying was expensive, and I just about had enough to cover the first month's substantial bills. But I calculated that there'dbe just enough money over to treat myself to something. Why not get a CD or maybe a plant to cheer up the flat? I thought.8 It was my birthday on pay day. Apart from Mike and Tony, I didn't have any friends in London. Seeing that I didn't have a boyfriend either, you can understand why I began to feel sorry for myself. So I ordered myself some flowers, and asked them to be sent with a little card, saying "With all my love Anon." The highlight of my birthday would be the confused look on the florist's eyes when he delivered them.9 Later that week, Tony came in as usual and sat down at the bar. "What's wrong with you? Where's that smile gone today?" I talked to him about... well, about pretty well everything, money, the master's, my birthday, the lot. He sympathized with me.10 Tony got up from his stool, and went over to talk to some of the others. Remember: The Salisbury is right in the heart of the city, so all the customers were in banking or insurance or the stock market. Next day he turned up with cheques to the value of £20,000. "This is a loan for you to set up your business. The only collateral you have is my trust in you that one day, you'll pay us back—if you can. And if you can't, too bad, that's the finance business for you. But I think you will."11 I didn't say anything for fear that I was going to cry. What were the odds on anyone being so nice?12 And the flowers? I redirected them to my mum, and they arrived for her on my birthday. She deserved them, don't you think?13 If you ask me, looking back after all these years, you only need one or two breaks in your life to succeed. The fact that the rest is hard work doesn't matter, it's still worth it.14 After a year working at The Salisbury, I got a place at the LSE, did my master's and found a job in an investment bank. I in vested the £20,000, and sold out before the 2008 crash.I paid back Tony and the other investors, with ten per cent annual interest, and set up my own firm. It exceeded all my expectations and is still a thriving business.15 Tony wrote me a thank-you note. He'd been in a car accident, and couldn't walk. The money I paid back would allow him to adapt his house so he could move around it in his wheelchair. This is what he wrote:16 "Thirty-five years in banking, and I've never made a better investment than the loan to you. You've repaid the money with interest, and my trust in you and your honesty 100-fold. If you ask me, investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope for."17 If you ask me, he's right. What do you think?依我看依我看,现实生活并没有人们想象的那么好。
Unit 4 When we abuse animals, we debase ourselves人类虐待动物就是在贬损自己Moving a cow by chaining it to a tractor and dragging it by its leg says a lot about how we perceive and value animals. When the Humane Society video that showed this and other brutal slaughterhouse treatment made the rounds on the Internet a few weeks ago, it caused public shock and led to a federal investigation. But there's a deeper lesson that all of us – whether or not we eat meat – need to take to heart: we degrade ourselves when we degrade animals.将一头牛锁在一辆拖拉机上然后拖动很好地说明了我们对动物的看法和感受。
当人道协会的这个展现了这样场面等其它屠宰场里残忍对待的录像片在数周前网上散布后它引起了公众的震惊,导致联邦政府开展调查。
但是对我们所有人来说这还是一个更为深刻的教训--不论我们是否吃肉--应该铭刻在心中:在贬低动物的同时我们在贬低自己。
Much as bullies demoralize themselves when they dominate or ride roughshod over those who are meek, vulnerable, or defenseless, it should be obvious that human beings are the ones demoralized by the commission of inhumane acts.正如那些欺负者们当控制那些温顺、脆弱或没有抵抗力的人们或骑在他们头上是在将自己的道德败坏一样去进行那些残忍的虐待动物的活动中人类的道德也被这种非人道的行为所败坏。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文原文及翻译Unit 1 Text A: Fighting with the Forces of NatureAmong the forces of nature, wind and water are perhaps the two that have most effect on the land Wind and water, working together, are constantly changing the shape of the land Sometimes the wind blows very hard for a long time This is called a windstorm When a windstorm hits an area, it can cause a lot of damage It can blow away soil and destroy crops It can even destroy buildings and kill peopleWater also plays an important role in changing the land Rivers carry soil and sand from one place to another When the river slows down, the soil and sand are deposited Over time, this can form new land Sometimes a river can change its course This can cause problems for people who live near the riverPeople have always tried to control the forces of nature They have built dams to hold back water and prevent floods They have also planted trees to stop the wind from blowing away the soil But sometimes our efforts to control nature can have unexpected resultsFor example, when a dam is built, it may stop the flow of a river This can cause problems for fish and other animals that live in the river It can also change the climate of the area Sometimes our attempts to control nature can cause more harm than goodTranslation:在自然力量中,风和水也许是对陆地影响最大的两种力量。