新视野大学英语第二版第二册课文翻译【1-10单元全】

Unit 1 Text A一堂难忘的英语课1如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。

对他而言，我是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子似乎颇为反感。

2我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。

这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。

我满怀着诚挚期待问她：“欧洲之行如何？”3她点了三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：“真是，哇！”4没了。

所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语句之中！我的学生以“哇！”来表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强烈的忧虑。

5关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。

学生的确本应该能够区分诸如their/there/they're 之间的不同，或区别complimentary 跟complementary 之间显而易见的差异。

由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受着大部分不该承受的批评和指责，因为舆论认为他们应该学得更好。

6学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。

举例来说，杂货店的指示牌会把他们引向stationary（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的stationery （文具用品）并没有被钉在那儿。

朋友和亲人常宣称 They've just ate。

实际上，他们应该说They've just eaten。

因此，批评学生不合乎情理。

7对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。

学校应对英语熟练程度制定出更高的标准。

可相反，学校只教零星的语法，高级词汇更是少之又少。

还有就是，学校的年轻教师显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识，因为他们过去也没接触过。

学校有责任教会年轻人进行有效的语言沟通，可他们并没把语言的基本框架——准确的语法和恰当的词汇——充分地传授给学生。

8因为语法对大多数年轻学生而言枯燥且乏味，所以我觉得讲授语法得一步一步、注重技巧地进行。

Unit 11.?房子着火了，里面的人面临着死亡的危险。

(in danger of)The house was on fireand the people inside were in danger of losing their lives.2.?他买不起这么好的房子。

(afford to do)He cannot afford tobuy such a nice house.3.?这个主意听起来也许有些怪，不过还真有点道理。

(make sense)Although this idea maysound strange, it does make sense.4.?约翰看起来是个好人。

即便如此，我还是不信任他。

(even so)John seems (to be) anice person. Even so, I don’t trust him.5. Even though thefirst McDonald’s restaurant sold only hamburgers and French fries, it stillbecame a cultural symbol.虽说第一家麦当劳餐馆只售汉堡包和薯条，它还是成为了一种文化象征。

6. These people areangry that the building is now in danger of being destroyed, along with theirmemories.这些人想到餐馆连同他们的美好回忆一起将被摧毁，感到很气愤。

7. They are using theearthquake as an excuse.他们在利用那次地震作借口。

8. Some think thatMcDona ld’s real reason for wanting to close down the restaurant has nothing todo with money.有人认为麦当劳想关闭这家餐馆的真正原因与金钱无关。

Unit 11她连水都不愿喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了;wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话;thought I was lying to him,whereas I was telling the truth.3这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week4他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略;increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高;measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量的时间和精力,所以我们只能继续;have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on. Unit 21尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她;the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents. 2迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话做任何解释;didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation.3坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说,但绝不是什么大作家;person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer. 4他对足球不感兴趣,也从不关心谁输谁赢;has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins or loses.5经理需要一个可以信赖的助手,在他外出时,由助手负责处理问题;manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care of problems in his absence. 6这是他第一次当着那么多观众演讲;is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so large an audience. Unit 31你再怎么有经验,也得学习新技术;are never too experienced to learn new techniques.2还存在一个问题,那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作;remains one problem,namely,who should be sent to head the research there.3由于文化的不同,他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难;relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences. 4虽然他历经沉浮,但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的;he has had ups and downs,I believed all along that he would succeed someday.5我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法;have some reservations about the truth of your claim.6她长得并不特别高,但是她身材瘦,给人一种个子高的错觉;isn't particularly tall,but her slim figure gives an illusion of height.Unit 41有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.2不管黑猫白猫,能抓住老鼠就是好猫;doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.3你必须明天上午十点之前把那笔钱还给我;must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.4请允许我参加这个项目,我对这个项目非常感兴趣;me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it.5人人都知道他比较特殊：他来去随意;knows that he is special:He is free to come and go as he pleases.6看她脸上不悦的神色,我觉得她似乎有什么话想跟我说;the unhappy look on her face,I felt as though she wishes to say something to me.Unit 51他说话很自信,给我留下了很深的印象;spoke confidently,which impressed me most.2我父亲太爱忘事,总是在找钥匙;father is so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys.3我十分感激你给我的帮助;'m very grateful to you for all the help you have given me.4光线不足,加上地面潮湿,使得驾驶十分困难;bad light,coupled with the wet ground,made driving very difficult.5由于缺乏资金,他们不得不取消了创业计划;starved of funds,they had to cancel their plan to start a business.6每当有了麻烦,他们总是依靠我们;always lean on us whenever they are in trouble.Unit 61就像机器需要经常运转一样,身体也需要经常锻炼;1. Just as a machine needs regular running, so does the body need regular exercise.2在美国学习时,他学会了弹钢琴;2. He learned to play the piano while studying in the United States.3令我们失望的是,他拒绝了我们的邀请;3. To our disappointment, he turned down our invitation.4真实情况是,不管是好是坏,随着新科技的进步,世界发生了变化;4. The reality is that, for better or worse, the world has changed with the advance of new technologies.5我班里的大多数女生在被要求回答问题是都似乎感到不自在;5. Most of the female students in my class appear to be ill at ease when they are required to answer questions.6当地政府负责运动会的安全;6. The local government took charge of the security for the sports meeting.Unit 71在会上,除了其他事情,他们还讨论了目前的经济形势;the meeting they discussed, among other things, the present economic situation.2我对大自然了解得越多,就越痴迷于大自然的奥秘;more I learned about the nature,the more absorbed I became in its mystery.3医生建议说,有压力的人要学会做一些新鲜有趣、富有挑战性的事情,好让自己的负面情绪有发泄的渠道;doctor recommends that those stressed people should try something new,interesting and challenging in order to give their negative feelings an outlet.4那个学生的成绩差,但老师给他布置了更多的作业,而不是减少作业量;teacher gives more homework to the student who has bad grades instead of cutting it down.5相比之下,美国的父母更趋向于把孩子的成功归因于天赋;contrast,American parents are more likely to attribute their children's success to natural talent.6教师首先要考虑的事情之一是唤起学生的兴趣,激发他们的创造性;of a teacher's priorities is to stimulate students' interests and their creativity.Unit 81她一点儿也不知道这幅画有一天居然会价值100多万美金;1. Little did she know that this picture would one day be worth more than a million dollars. 2虽然我理解你说的话,但是我不同意你在这个问题上的看法;2. While I underst and what you say, I don’t agree with you on the issue.3我认为警察的职责就是保护人民;3. I think the police are meant to protect people.4昨天我去看他,却发现他已于几天前出国了;4. I went to see him yesterday, only to find that he had gone abroad several days before. 5在每周例会上,每个人的发言都不能偏离会议议题;5. At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.6要是我没说那些愚蠢的话该多好那是我太年轻,不能明辨是非;6. If only I hadn’t said those silly words I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong.Unit 91我确信自己一定会有出息,即使今天我还没做出大的成绩;1. I am sure that I will make something of myself, even though I have not achieved any major success so far.2我这么多年来如此努力,我觉得自己应该有个好的前途;2. I have been working hard for so many years; I feel I am entitled to a good future.3当她丈夫离她而去,只留给她生活的残局去收拾时,她的心智失常了;3. When her husband deserted her, leaving her with nothing but scattered pieces of life to pick up, she went insane.4从我的立场看,母亲当时过于严厉,并没有顾及我的感受;4. From my standpoint, Mother was too hard on me then, without taking my feelings into account. 5当我登上事业的顶峰时,常萦绕在我心头的是母亲说过的话：“面对生活,不放弃;”5. When I reached the summit of my professional career, mother's words "Never be a quitter in face of life" were constantly in my mind.6你应该知道,不应该在大街上踢足球;6. You should know better than to play football in the street.Unit 101整个事情我记得清清楚楚,就好像昨天发生的一样;1. I remember the whole thing clearly as though it had happened yesterday.2他们中哪个文章写得最好,哪个就获奖;2. Whichever of them writes the best essay will win the prize.3事实证明,那次预算为一年后工资上调做好了准备;3. It turned out that the budget provided for a salary increase one year later.4日复一日,年复一年,她做着同样的工作,但从不抱怨;4. She did the same job day after day and year after year, but she never complained.5途中她忍受了种种艰难困苦,但什么都不能阻止她寻找失散的女儿;5. She endured all kinds of hardships on the journey; nothing could keep her from finding her lost daughter.6别跟那帮人混在一起;他们在光天化日之下干了很多坏事;6. Don't get mixed up with that gang. They have committed many bad things in broad daylight..。

Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野大学英语第二册Unit 1课文翻译美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

如果你不求进取，你就会落伍。

这种态度造就了一个投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人注意节约的两个要素之一，另一要素是劳力。

人们一直说：“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待。

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的利用作出解释；我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

时间是一种宝贵的资源，许多人都深感人生的短暂。

时光一去不复返。

我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

外国人对美国的第一印象很可能是：每个人都匆匆忙忙──常常处于压力之下。

城里人看上去总是在匆匆地赶往他们要去的地方，在商店里他们焦躁不安地指望店员能马上来为他们服务，或者为了赶快买完东西，用肘来推搡他人。

白天吃饭时人们也都匆匆忙忙，这部分地反映出这个国家的生活节奏。

人们认为工作时间是宝贵的。

在公共用餐场所，人们都等着别人尽快吃完，以便他们也能及时用餐，你还会发现司机开车很鲁莽，人们推搡着在你身边过去。

你会怀念微笑、简短的交谈以及与陌生人的随意闲聊。

不要觉得这是针对你个人的，这是因为人们都非常珍惜时间，而且也不喜欢他人“浪费”时间到不恰当的地步。

许多刚到美国的人会怀念诸如商务拜访等场合开始时的寒暄。

他们也会怀念那种一边喝茶或喝咖啡一边进行的礼节性交流，这也许是他们自己国家的一种习俗。

他们也许还会怀念在饭店或咖啡馆里谈生意时的那种轻松悠闲的交谈。

一般说来，美国人是不会在如此轻松的环境里通过长时间的闲聊来评价他们的客人的，更不用说会在增进相互间信任的过程中带他们出去吃饭，或带他们去打高尔夫球。

既然我们通常是通过工作而不是社交来评估和了解他人，我们就开门见山地谈正事。

因此，时间老是在我们心中滴滴答答地响着。

因此，我们千方百计地节约时间。

我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置；我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流，而不是通过直接接触。

新视野英语第二册课文翻译新视野英语第二册课文翻译如果您想要新视野第二册课文翻译，来这里就对了，下面已经整理好了以下翻译资料，希望对您有帮助~Unit 1An impressive English lesson1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to.2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. "How was it?" I asked, full of earnest anticipation.3 She nodded three or four times, searched the heavens for the right words, and then exclaimed, "It was, like, whoa!"4 And that was it. The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in a condensed non-statement. My student's "whoa!" was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress.5 There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of English. Surely students should be able to distinguish between their/there/they're or the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary. They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better.6 Students are not dumb, but they are being misled everywhere they look and listen. For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though the actual stationery items — pads, albums and notebooks — are not naileddown. Friends and loved ones often proclaim they've just ate when, in fact, they've just eaten. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to criticize our students.7 Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our schools, which should be setting high standards of English language proficiency. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less advanced vocabulary. Moreover, the younger teachers themselves evidently have little knowledge of these vital structures of language because they also went without exposure to them. Schools fail to adequately teach the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary, while they should take the responsibility of pushing the young onto the path of competent communication.8 Since grammar is boring to most of the young students, I think that it must be handled delicately, step by step. The chance came when one day I was driving with my son. As we set out on our trip, he noticed a bird in jerky flight and said, "It's flying so unsteady." I carefully asked, "My son, how is the bird flying?" "What's wrong? Did I say anything incorrectly?" He got lost. "Great! You said incorrectly instead of incorrect. We use adverbs to describe verbs. Therefore, it's flying so unsteadily but not so unsteady."9 Curious about my correction, he asked me what an adverb was. Slowly, I said, "It's a word that tells you something about a verb." It led to his asking me what a verb was. I explained, "Verbs are action words; for example, Dad drives the truck. Drive is the verb because it's the thing Dad is doing."10 He became attracted to the idea of action words, so we listed a few more: fly, swim, dive, run. Then, out of his own curiosity, he asked me if other words had names for their use andfunctions. This led to a discussion of nouns, adjectives, and articles. Within the span of a 10-minute drive, he had learned from scratch to the major parts of speech in a sentence. It was painless learning and great fun!11 Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a road map and a valuable possession: often study the road map (check grammar) and tune up the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving witha road map in a well-conditioned car.12 The road map provides the framework and guidance you need for your trip, but it won't tell you exactly what trees or flowers you will see, what kind of people you will encounter, or what types of feelings you will be experiencing on your journey. Here, the vocabulary makes the journey's true colors come alive!A good vocabulary enables you to enjoy whatever you see as you drive along. Equipped with grammar and a good vocabulary, you have flexibility and excellent control. While the road map guides your journey to your destination, an excellent vehicle helps you to fully enjoy all of the sights, sounds and experiences along the way.13 Effective, precise, and beneficial communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two essential assets for students, but they are not being taught in schools.14 Just this morning, my son and I were eating breakfast when I attempted to add milk to my tea. "Dad," he said, "If I were you, I wouldn't do that. It's sour."15 "Oh my!" I said, swelling with pride toward my son, "That'sa grammatically perfect sentence. You used were instead of was."16 "I know, I know," he said with a long agreeable sigh. "It's the subjunctive mood."17 I was, like, whoa!Translation一堂难忘的英语课1 如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。

Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。

新视野英语第二册翻译汉译英01.她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

She wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner. 02.他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。

He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth. 03.这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?04.他们利润增长，部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.05.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.06..我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。

We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.07. 尽管她是家里的独生女，她父母也从不溺爱她。

Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.08. 迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会，也没给我打电话作任何解释。

Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation.09.坐在他旁边的那个人确实发表过一些小说，但决不是什么大作家。

Unit 1 section A我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产，因为缺氧导致大脑受损。

两年后，我出生了。

从此以后，我的生活便围绕我哥哥转。

伴随我成长的，是“到外面去玩，把你哥哥也带上。

”不带上他，我是哪里也去不了的。

因此，我怂恿邻居的孩子到我家来，尽情地玩孩子们玩的游戏。

我母亲教吉米学习日常自理，比如刷牙或系皮带什么的。

我父亲宅心仁厚，他的耐心和理解使一家人心贴着心。

我则负责外面的事，找到那些欺负我哥哥的孩子们的父母，告他们的状，为我哥哥讨回公道。

父亲和吉米形影不离。

他们一道吃早饭，平时每天早上一道开车去海军航运中心，他们都在那里工作，吉米在那搬卸标有彩色代号的箱子。

晚饭后，他们一道交谈，玩游戏，直到深夜。

他们甚至用口哨吹相同的曲调。

所以，父亲1991年因心脏病去世时，吉米几乎崩溃了，尽管他尽量不表现出来。

他就是不能相信父亲去世这一事实。

通常，他是一个令人愉快的人，现在却一言不发，无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。

我雇了一个人和他住在一起，开车送他去上班。

然而，不管我怎么努力地维持原状，吉米还是认为他熟悉的世界已经消失了。

有一天，我问他：“你是不是想念爸爸？”他的嘴唇颤抖了几下，然后问我：“你怎么看，玛格丽特？他是我最好的朋友。

”接着，我俩都流下了眼泪。

六个月后，母亲因肺癌去世，剩下我一人来照顾吉米。

吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有父亲陪着，因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。

我走到哪里他就跟到哪里，他好像适应得很好。

但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里，继续干他原来的工作。

我答应把他送回去。

此事最后做成了。

如今，他在那里生活了11年，在许多人的照料下，同时依靠自己生活得有声有色。

他已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。

如果你有邮件要收，或有狗要遛，他就是你所要的人。

当然，母亲的话没错：可以有一个家，既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。

事实上，关照像吉米这样一个深爱又感激我的人，更加丰富了我的生活，其他任何东西都不能与之相比。

新视野大学英语2全部课文中英文翻译Unit1Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.美国人相信没有人会停滞不前。

如果你不前进，你就落后了。

这种态度造就了一个致力于研究、试验和探索的民族。

时间是美国人谨慎节约的两个要素之一，另一个是劳动。

"We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sandshave run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.有人说：“我们只是时钟的奴隶。