现代大学英语精读1 UNIT6 The Green Banana 课文翻译

Unit OneSection AThe Green Banana 参考译文青香蕉[1] 我与青香蕉的邂逅始于巴西内地一条陡峭的山路上，尽管这样的事也可能发生在其它任何地方。

正当我的老掉牙的吉普车吃力地爬着坡，穿过风景迷人的乡野时，车子散热器开始漏水了，而那里距最近的修理铺有十英里路。

发动机温度太高，逼得我在下一个村庄边把车停下。

村里有一家小店和零散的一些房屋。

人们过来围观。

三股细细的热水从散热器外壳的漏洞喷出。

“这好修理，”一个男人说。

他叫一男孩跑去拿几根青香蕉来。

这人拍着我的肩膀要我相信一切都会解决的。

“青香蕉，”他微笑着说。

周围的人表示赞同。

[2] 我们互相寒暄的同时，我琢磨着青香蕉能会有什么用。

要是追问的话就显得我无知。

所以我就评论起这一带的美景了。

巨大的岩石构造像里约热内卢的糖塔山一样耸立在我们的周围。

“你看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗？”这位要帮我忙的男人指着一座细长高耸的黑色岩块的尖顶问道。

“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。

”[3] 我看着他，想知道他是否在开我玩笑，但他满脸严肃的表情。

这时他也仔细地盯着我，看我是否理解了他那话的含义。

此时此刻需要我做出认可的表示。

“世界的中心？”我重复着。

尽管我不是全然相信，仍竭力表示出我很感兴趣。

他点点头，“绝对是中心。

这一带，人人皆知。

”[4] 这时一个男孩拿着为我摘的青香蕉回来了。

那个人把香蕉掰成两半，把断面压在散热器的外壳上。

香蕉碰在热金属上后，化成了胶状物，立即就把漏洞堵住了。

所有人都被我惊讶的神态逗乐了。

他们重新灌满了我的散热器，并给我了一些备用的香蕉带上。

路上我又用青香蕉堵了一次。

一小时后，我和我的散热器到达了目的地。

当地的机修工笑着对我说：“谁教你用青香蕉的？”我说出了那个村子。

”“他们让你看标志着世界中心的那块岩石了吗？”他问道。

我作了肯定的回答。

“我的爷爷是那儿人。

”他说，“那儿是正中心，这一带的所有人都知道。

”[5] 作为美国高等教育的产物，我还从未对青香蕉发生过一丁点儿兴趣，只不过把它作为一种成熟时机未到的水果。

第六单元Translation of Text A青香蕉1尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生，但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。

我那老式吉普车正吃力地穿过景色优美的乡村，这时，水箱突然漏水了，而离我最近的汽车修理站也还要十英里。

发动机过热迫使我在临近的村庄停了下来。

村里有一个小商店和分布在四处的几座房子。

有村民围过来看，三股细细的热水柱从水箱外壳上的小孔喷出来。

“这容易解决，”一个人说到。

他让一个小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉来。

这个人还拍了拍我的肩膀，安慰我问题会解决的。

“青香蕉。

”他笑了，其余的人都这么说着。

2我和他们闲聊起来，心里却一直在想他们用这青香蕉怎么能修补好水箱。

毫无疑问，提问会暴露我的无知，因此我开始赞叹眼前美丽的乡村景色。

耸立在我们周围巨大的岩石群，很像里约热内卢著名的糖面包山。

“看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗？”那人指着一块特别高而且细长的黑色石柱问我，“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。

”3我看着他，想知道他是否在和我开玩笑，但他却表情严肃，反过来认真地审视着我，似乎想确定我是否领会了他那句话的深刻含义。

这种情况要求我必须表现出认同。

他点头说：“绝对是中心。

这儿的人都知道。

”4这时，小男孩抱着青香蕉回来了。

那个男子把其中一根掰成两半，将其断口处按在水箱的外壳上。

香蕉遇到炙热的金属融成了胶，立刻就堵住了漏洞。

面对如此情景，我惊呆了，我当时的表情一定是傻傻的，所有的人都笑了起来。

他们把我的水箱装满水，又让我带上一些香蕉，以防沿途中水箱再出问题。

路上，我又用了一次青香蕉，一个小时后，我开着车到达了目的地。

当地的一修理工笑着问我：“谁教你用青香蕉的？”我告诉了他那个村子的名字。

“他们有没有指给你看标志世界中心的那块岩石?”他问道。

我告诉他，他们指给我看了。

“我祖父就是那儿的人，”他说，“那的确是中心。

一直以来这儿的人都知道。

”5作为美国教育的产物，除了把青香蕉当作还没长熟的水果，我从来就没注意过它。

green banana 译文
咱先来说说“green banana”这个词儿。

“green”就是“绿色的”，“banana”就是“香蕉”，合起来就是“绿色的香蕉”。

这要是翻译成咱平时唠嗑的大白话，那就是“没熟的香蕉”或者“青香蕉”。

为啥这么说呢？您想啊，一般咱见到的能直接吃的香蕉都是黄澄澄的，又软又甜。

这绿色的香蕉，那肯定还没熟透呢，硬邦邦的，口感也不好，所以就是没熟的或者青的呗。

比如说，“I don't like green bananas. They are too hard to eat." （我不喜欢青香蕉，它们太难吃了。

）这要是用咱平常的话说，那就是“我可不喜欢没熟的香蕉，咬都咬不动，没法吃！”
再比如，“The store has a lot of green bananas for sale." （这家商店有很多青香蕉在出售。

）咱给它翻成大白话就是“这商店里有老多没熟的香蕉在卖呢。

”
还有啊，“She picked some green bananas from the tree." （她从树上摘了一些青香蕉。

）那咱平常唠嗑就可以说成“她从树上摘下来好些没熟的香蕉。

”
您看，这“green banana”翻译成咱平常的话，是不是简单明了，就跟咱跟朋友聊天儿似的，一点儿也不费劲。

以后再看到“green banana”，您就知道是啥意思啦，准不会搞错！出处嘛，这就是常见的英语词汇组合啦。

Half a Day半日Naguib Mahfouz纳吉布·马哈福兹I walked alongside my father, clutching his righthand. All my clothes were new: the black shoes, thegreen school uniform, and the red cap. They did notmake me happy, however, as this was the day I wasto be thrown into school for the first time.我走在父亲的一侧，牢牢地抓着他的右手。

我穿着一新:黑鞋子、绿校服、红帽子。

然而我一点儿都高兴不起来，因为今天是我第一次被送去上学。

My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towardsher from time totime, hoping she would help. We walked along a street linedwith gardens and fields plantedwith crops, pears, and date palms.母亲站在窗前，望着我们缓缓前行，我不时地回头看她，希望她会救我。

我们沿着街道走着，街道两旁是花园和田野，田野里种了庄稼、梨树和椰枣树。

"Why school?" I asked my father. "What have I done?"“我为什么要去上学？”我问父亲，“是我做错了什么吗? ”"I'm not punishing you," he said, laughing."School's not a punishment. It's a place that makesuseful men out of boys. Don't you want to be useful like your brothers?"“我不是在惩罚你，”父亲笑着说道，“上学不是一种惩罚。

第一课半日1我走在父亲的一侧，牢牢地抓着他的右手。

我身上穿的，戴的全是新的：黑鞋子，绿校服，红帽子。

然儿我一点儿也高兴不起来，因为今天我将第一次被扔到学校里去。

2母亲站在窗前望着我们缓缓前行，我也不时的回头看她，希望她会救我。

我们沿着街道走着，街道两旁是花园和田野，田野里栽满了梨树和椰枣树。

3“我为什么要去上学？”我问父亲，“是我做错了什么了吗？”4“我不是在惩罚你，”父亲笑着说道，“上学不是一种惩罚。

学校是把孩子培养成才的地方。

难道你不想象你哥哥们那样，成为一个有用的人吗？”5我不相信他的话。

我才不相信把我从家里拽出来，扔进那个大大的，高墙围绕的建筑里对我有什么真正的好处呢。

6到了学校门口，我们看到了宽阔的庭院，站满了孩子。

“自己进去吧，”我父亲说，“加入他们。

笑一笑，给其他的孩子做个好榜样。

”7我紧抓着父亲的手，犹豫不决。

但是父亲却把我轻轻地推开了。

“拿出点男子气概来，”他说，“从今天起你就要真正开始自己的生活了。

放学时我会在这等你的。

”8我走了几步，便看见了一些孩子的面孔。

他们中我一个也不认识。

他们也没有一个认识我的。

我感觉自己像是一个迷了路的陌生人。

然而这时有些男孩开始好奇的打量我，其中一个走过来问到，“谁带你来的？”9“我爸爸”我小声说道。

10“我爸爸死了，”他简短地说。

11我不知道该说些什么。

这时学校的门已经关上了，有些孩子哭了起来。

接着，铃响了，一位女士走了过来，后面跟着一群男人。

那些人把我们排成几行。

使我们形成一个错综复杂的队行，站在那四周高楼耸立的院子里。

每层楼都有长长的阳台，阳台上带有木制顶棚，从阳台上可以俯视到我们。

12“这是你们的新家，”那位女士说道，“这儿有你们的父母。

一切能带给你们快乐，对你们有益的事物，这儿都有。

因此擦干你们的眼泪，快快乐乐地面对生活。

”13这样看来我之前的顾虑都是毫无根据的了。

从一开始我就结交了许多朋友，并且爱上了许多女孩。

我从未想过学校的生活是如此丰富多彩。

现代大学英语精读6 课文翻译1如何使我们不为穷人的存在而内疚约翰·肯尼斯·高伯瑞(加尔布雷斯 )1.我很愿意严肃地考虑一种人类最古老的活动，这项活动持续了多年，实际上已经超过了几个世纪，那就是尝试怎样使我们不为穷人的存在而内疚。

2. 贫穷和富有从一开始就共生在一起，彼此很不愉快有时还充满危险。

普鲁塔克曾说，“贫富失衡乃共和政体最致命的宿疾。

”富有和贫穷持续共存产生的问题，特别是如何证明在其他人还贫穷时我们富有是有道理的这一问题，成为有思想有学问的人几百年来孜孜不倦地思考探索的问题。

直至当代状况依然如此。

3. 《圣经》提出了最初的解决之道，在现世遭受贫穷的人来世会得到更好的回报。

他们的贫穷是暂时的灾难，如果贫穷但却能顺从，他们将来就会成为世界的主人。

在某种程度上这就是最理想的解决办法。

由此，富人就可以一边嫉妒穷人的美好前途一边享受他们的财富。

4.很长时间之后，即在 1776 年《国富论》发表的二三十年之后——在英国工业革命开始之后，贫富不均的问题及其解决办法开始具有了现代的形式。

杰罗米· 边沁，这位与亚当·斯密几乎是同时代的人，提出了这样一种准则，在某种程度上，美国人认为这一准则在英国几乎 50 年来一直影响显著。

这就是实用主义学说。

“通过实用的原则，”边沁在1789 年指出，“也就是通过这一原则来赞成或否定任何一种应运而生的看来似乎必定会增加或减少政党幸福的行为或做法，尽管政党的利益总是在讨论之中。

”实用，实际上一定是以自我为中心的。

然而，社会中只有少数人拥有大量财富，却有更多人没有财富。

只要遵循边沁的话——“最大的利益给最多的人” ，就能够解决社会问题。

社会尽力满足更多的人，人们接受对于很多利益没被满足的人来说，结果极其不幸。

5. 在19世纪30年代，一种新的准则成为使我们不为穷人的存在感到内疚的有效办法，迄今为止它的影响也丝毫没有减弱。

这是与股票家大卫·李嘉图和T· R·马尔萨斯神父联系在一起的。

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现代大学英语精读1课本内容及翻译Lesson One Half a DayNaguib Mahfous1. I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. All my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school uniform, and the red cap. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time.2. My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help.We walked along a street lined with gardens, and fields planted with crops: pears, and date palms.3. "Why school ?" I asked my father. "What have I done ?"4. "I'm not punishing you, " he said, laughing. "School's nota punishment. It's a place that makes useful men out of boys.Don' t you want to be useful like your brothers?"5. I was not convinced. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.6. When we arrived at the gate we could see the courtyard, vast and full of boys and girls. "Go in by yourself, " said my father, "and join them. Put a smile on your face and be a good example to others. "7. I hesitated and clung to his hand, but he gently pushed me from him. "Be a man, " he said. "Today you truly begin life.You will find me waiting for you when it's time to leave. "8. I took a few steps. Then the faces of the boys and girls came into view. I did not know a single one of them, and none of them knew me. I felt I was a stranger who had lost his way.But then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity, and one of them came over and asked, "Who brought you?"9. "My father, " I whispered.10. "My father's dead, " he said simply.11. I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed. Some of the children burst into tears. The bell rang. A lady came along, followed by a group of men. The men began sorting us into ranks. We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high buildings; from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood.12. "This is your new home, "said the woman. "There are mothers and fathers here, too. Everything that is enjoyable and beneficial is here. So dry your tears and face life joyfully. "13. Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. From the first moments I made many friends and fell in love with many girls. I had never imagined school would have this rich variety of experiences.14. We played all sorts of games. In the music room we sang our first songs. We also had our first introduction to language.We saw a globe of the Earth, which revolved and showed the various continents and countries. We started learning numbers, and we were told the story of the Creator of the universe. We ate delicious food, took a little nap, and woke up to go on with friendship and love, playing and learning.15. Our path, however, was not totally sweet and unclouded. We had to be observant and patient. It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around. Rivalries could bring about pain and hatred or give rise to fighting. And while the lady would sometimes smile, she would often yell and scold. Even more frequently she would resort to physical punishment.16. In addition, the time for changing one' s mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance. Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves.17. The bell rang, announcing the passing of the day and the end of work. The children rushed toward the gate, which was opened again. I said goodbye to friends and sweethearts and passed through the gate. I looked around but found no trace of my father, who had promised to be there. I stepped aside to wait. When I had waited for a long time in vain, I decided to return home on my own. I walked a few steps, then came to a startled halt. Good Lord! Where was the street lined with gardens? Where had it disappeared to? When did all these cars invade it? And when did all these people come to rest on its surface? How did these hills of rubbish find their way to cover its sides? And where were the fields that bordered it? High buildings had taken over, the street was full of children, and disturbing noises shook the air. Here and there stood conjurers showing off their tricks or making snakes appear from baskets. Then there was a band announcing the opening of a circus, with clowns and weight lifters walking in front.18. Good God! I was in a daze. My head spun. I almost went crazy. How could all this have happened in half a day, between early morning and sunset? I would find the answer at home with my father. But where was my home? I hurried towards the crossroads, because I remembered that I had to cross the street to reach our house, but the stream of cars would not let up.Extremely irritated, I wondered when I would be able to cross.19. I stood there a long time, until the young boy employed at the ironing shop on the corner came up to me.20. He stretched out his arm and said, "Grandpa, let me take you across."第一课半日1我走在父亲的一侧，牢牢地抓着他的右手。

现代大学英语精读1unit6课文翻译第六单元青香蕉1.尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生，但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。

我那老式吉普车正吃力地穿过景色优美的乡村，这时，水箱突然漏水了，而离我最近的汽车修理站也还要十英里。

发动机过热迫使我在临近的村庄停了下来。

村里有一个小商店和分布在四处的几座房子。

有村民围过来看，三股细细的热水柱从水箱外壳上的小孔喷出来。

“这容易解决，”一个人说到。

他让一个小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉来。

这个人还拍了拍我的肩膀，安慰我问题会解决的。

“青香蕉。

”他笑了，其余的人都这么说着。

2.我和他们闲聊起来，心里却一直在想他们用这青香蕉怎么能修补好水箱。

毫无疑问，提问会暴露我的无知，因此我开始赞叹眼前美丽的乡村景色。

耸立在我们周围巨大的岩石群，很像里约热内卢著名的糖面包山。

“看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗？”那人指着一块特别高而且细长的黑色石柱问我，“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。

”3.我看着他，想知道他是否在和我开玩笑，但他却表情严肃，反过来认真地审视着我，似乎想确定我是否领会了他那句话的深刻含义。

这种情况要求我必须表现出认同。

他点头说：“绝对是中心。

这儿的人都知道。

”4.这时，小男孩抱着青香蕉回来了。

那个男子把其中一根掰成两半，将其断口处按在水箱的外壳上。

香蕉遇到炙热的金属融成了胶，立刻就堵住了漏洞。

面对如此情景，我惊呆了，我当时的表情一定是傻傻的，所有的人都笑了起来。

他们把我的水箱装满水，又让我带上一些香蕉，以防沿途中水箱再出问题。

路上，我又用了一次青香蕉，一个小时后，我开着车到达了目的地。

当地的一修理工笑着问我：“谁教你用青香蕉的？”我告诉了他那个村子的名字。

“他们有没有指给你看标志世界中心的那块岩石?”他问道。

我告诉他，他们指给我看了。

“我祖父就是那儿的人，”他说，“那的确是中心。

一直以来这儿的人都知道。

”5.作为美国教育的产物，除了把青香蕉当作还没长熟的水果，我从来就没注意过它。

Unit 6 Text AThe Green Bananait might have happened anywhere, my encounter with the green banana started on a steep mountain road in the central area of Brazil. My ancient jeep was straining up through beautiful countryside when the radiator began to leak, and I was ten miles from the nearest mechanic. The over-heated engine forced me to stop at the next village, which consisted of a small store and a few houses that we are scattered here and there. People came over to look. They could see three fine streams of hot water spouting from holes in the jacket of the radiator. "That's easy to fix, a man said. He sent a boy running for some green bananas. He patted me on the shoulder, assuring me that everything would work out. "Green bananas," he smiled. Everyone agreed.尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生，但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。

Lesson Eight The Kindness of StrangersMike Mclntyre1. One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City, Calif, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I cameupon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you' d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, "I don't want to get involved" has become a national motto.2. Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.3. Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line: "I have always depended on thekindness of strangers." Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road?4. The idea intrigued me.5. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life. So I decided to travel from the Pacific to theAtlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip.6. I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a signdisplaying my destination to passing vehicles: "America."7. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning meabout someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming, In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went. I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.8. One day in Nebraska a car pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed intheir Sunday finest." I know you're not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but it's so far between towns out here, you feel bad passing a person," said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. I didn't know whether to kiss them or scold them forstopping. This woman was telling me she'd rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road.9. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on thegrass shoulder. The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker. "But I hate to see a man stand out in the rain," he added. "People don't have no heart anymore."10. I found, however, that people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people boughtme food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. Those who had the least to give often gave the most. In Oregon a house painter named Mike noted the chilly weather and asked if I had a coat. When he learned that I had "a light one," he drove me to his house, and handed me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me his tent. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family's most valuable possessions. But Tim was determined that I have it, and finally I agreed to take it.11. I was grateful to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. But what I found most touchingwas the fact that they all did it as a matter of course.12. One day I walked into the chamber of commerce in Jamestown, Tenn. to find out about camping in the area. The executivedirector, Baxter Wilson, 59, handed me a brochure for a local campground. Seeing that it cost $12, I replied, "No, that's all right. I'll try something else." Then he saw my backpack. "Most people around here will let you pitch a tent on their land, if that's what you want," he said. Now we're talking, I thought. "Any particular direction?" I asked. "Tell you what. I've got a big farm about ten miles south of here. If you're here at 5:30, you can ride with me."13. I accepted, and we drove out to a magnificent country house. Suddenly I realized he'd invited me to spend the night in hishome. His wife, Carol, a seventh-grade science teacher, was cooking a pot roast when we walked into the kitchen. Baxter explained that local folks were "mountain stay-at-home people" who rarely entertained in their house. "When we do," he said, "it's usually kin." This revelation made my night there all the more special.14. The next morning when I came downstairs, Carol asked if I'd come to their school and talk to her class about my trip. Iagreed, and before long had been scheduled to talk to every class in the school. The kids were attentive and kept asking all kinds of questions: Where were people the kindest? How many pairs of shoes did you have? Did anybody try to run you over? Did you fall in love with someone? What were you most afraid of?15. Although I hadn't planned it this way, I discovered that a patriotic tone ran through the talks I gave that afternoon. I told thestudents how my faith in America had been renewed. I told them how proud I was to live in a country where people were still willing to help. I told them that the question I had had in mind when I planned this journey was now clearly answered.In spite of everything, you can still depend on the kindness of strangers.第八课陌生人的仁慈1一个夏天，我正驱车从我的家乡加利福尼亚州的塔霍湖市前往新奥尔良。

Unit 1两个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。

男孩们很快就明白，如果事情看起来好得不像真的，那多半确实不是真的。

轻轻松松赚大钱约翰·G·哈贝尔“你们该看看这个，”我向我们的两个读大学的儿子建议道。

“你们若想避免因为老是向人讨钱而有失尊严的话，这兴许是一种办法。

”我将挂在我们门把手上的、装在一个塑料袋里的几本杂志拿给他们。

塑料袋上印着一条信息说，需要招聘人投递这样的袋子，这活儿既轻松又赚钱。

（“轻轻松松赚大钱!”）“我不在乎失不失尊严，”大儿子回答说。

“我可以忍受，”他的弟弟附和道。

“看到你们俩伸手讨钱讨惯了一点也不感到尴尬的样子，真使我痛心，”我说。

孩子们说他们可以考虑考虑投递杂志的事。

我听了很高兴，便离城出差去了。

午夜时分，我已远离家门，在一家旅馆的房间里舒舒服服住了下来。

电话铃响了，是妻子打来的。

她想知道我这一天过得可好。

“好极了!”我兴高采烈地说。

“你过得怎么样?”我问道。

“棒极了!”她大声挖苦道。

“真棒!而且这还仅仅是个开始。

又一辆卡车刚在门前停下。

”“又一辆卡车?”“今晚第三辆了。

第一辆运来了四千份蒙哥马利-沃德百货公司的广告；第二辆运来四千份西尔斯-罗伯克百货公司的广告。

我不知道这一辆装的啥，但我肯定又是四千份什么的。

既然这事是你促成的，我想你或许想了解事情的进展。

”我之所以受到指责，事情原来是这样：由于发生了一起报业工人罢工，通常夹在星期日报纸里的广告插页，必须派人直接投送出去。

公司答应给我们的孩子六百美金，任务是将这些广告插页在星期天早晨之前投递到四千户人家去。

“不费吹灰之力!”我们上大学的大儿子嚷道。

“六百块!”他的弟弟应声道，“我们两个钟点就能干完!”“西尔斯和沃德的广告通常都是报纸那么大的四页，”妻子告诉我说，“现在我们门廊上堆着三万二千页广告。

就在我们说话的当儿，两个大个子正各抱着一大捆广告走过来。

这么多广告，我们可怎么办?”“你让孩子们快干，”我指示说。

绿香蕉英语文章大意概括
The Green Banana《青香蕉》是新编《大学英语》（2002年版）第一册中的一篇课文，作者是美国学者Donald Batch elder，摘选自Donald Batchelder 和Elizabeth G. Warner 于1974年编写的An Experiential Approach to Cross-cultural Education，在原文的基础上略作了修改。

文章讲的是对待世界上各种不同文化应采取何种态度的问题。

随着国际交往的不断发展，我们的世界越来越像一个地球村(the global village)，各种风格迥异的文化彼此遭遇、碰撞(culture shock)，文明之间的冲突大有愈演愈烈之势，如何看待异域文化和文化差异成了值得人们认真思考的重要问题。

本文的作者通过一个小故事，向我们展示了他本人对这个问题的深入思考。

2014101018第六单元Translation of Text A青香蕉1尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生，但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。

我那老式吉普车正吃力地穿过景色优美的乡村，这时，水箱突然漏水了，而离我最近的汽车修理站也还要十英里。

发动机过热迫使我在临近的村庄停了下来。

村里有一个小商店和分布在四处的几座房子。

有村民围过来看，三股细细的热水柱从水箱外壳上的小孔喷出来。

“这容易解决，”一个人说到。

他让一个小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉来。

这个人还拍了拍我的肩膀，安慰我问题会解决的。

“青香蕉。

”他笑了，其余的人都这么说着。

2我和他们闲聊起来，心里却一直在想他们用这青香蕉怎么能修补好水箱。

毫无疑问，提问会暴露我的无知，因此我开始赞叹眼前美丽的乡村景色。

耸立在我们周围巨大的岩石群，很像里约热内卢著名的糖面包山。

“看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗？”那人指着一块特别高而且细长的黑色石柱问我，“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。

”3我看着他，想知道他是否在和我开玩笑，但他却表情严肃，反过来认真地审视着我，似乎想确定我是否领会了他那句话的深刻含义。

这种情况要求我必须表现出认同。

他点头说：“绝对是中心。

这儿的人都知道。

”4这时，小男孩抱着青香蕉回来了。

那个男子把其中一根掰成两半，将其断口处按在水箱的外壳上。

香蕉遇到炙热的金属融成了胶，立刻就堵住了漏洞。

面对如此情景，我惊呆了，我当时的表情一定是傻傻的，所有的人都笑了起来。

他们把我的水箱装满水，又让我带上一些香蕉，以防沿途中水箱再出问题。

路上，我又用了一次青香蕉，一个小时后，我开着车到达了目的地。

当地的一修理工笑着问我：“谁教你用青香蕉的？”我告诉了他那个村子的名字。

“他们有没有指给你看标志世界中心的那块岩石?”他问道。

我告诉他，他们指给我看了。

“我祖父就是那儿的人，”他说，“那的确是中心。

一直以来这儿的人都知道。

”5作为美国教育的产物，除了把青香蕉当作还没长熟的水果，我从来就没注意过它。