新视野大学英语第二版1 4单元课文翻译中英对照

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英语第二册课文翻译，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。

新视野大学英语（第二版）第一册Unit1VIII.对于网络课程，学生不仅可以选择何时何地地学习，在回答问题之前他们还可以有时间思考问题。

1. Not only can students choose when and where to learn for an online course, but theycan also take time to think through answers before making a reply.网上学习的想法使她非常兴奋，而他认为网上学习毫无意义和用处。

2. She is excited by the idea of online learning while be considers it meaningless anduseless.与以英语为母语的人交谈是非常有益的体验，从中我们能学到许多东西。

3. Communicating with native English speakers is a very rewarding experience fromwhich we can learn a lot.如今，越来越多的人可以利用互联网查找他们需要的信息。

4. Today, more and more people have access to the Internet through which they look forthe information they need.他要她放弃工作在家啊照顾孩子，但是他觉得这个要求太过分了。

5. He wants her to give up working and stayhome to look after the children. She feels, however, that this is too much for her.既然我们已经学完这门课程，就应该多做些复习。

6. Now that we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.IX.I’ll never forget the teacher who showed me that1. 我永远都不会忘记那位老师，是他告诉我学外语是有趣的、有价值的。

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。

Unit11.她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

（much less）She 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。

(whereas)He 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？(account for)How do you account for the fact that you have been late every daythis week?4.他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The increase in their profits is due partly to their new marketstrategy.5.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

(result in)Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of workefficiency.6.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。

(pour into)We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, sowe have to carry on.Unit 21.尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从来不溺爱她.(despite) Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, her parentsnever baby her.2.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释.(nor)Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give any justification.3.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 Time-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".Unit 2 Learning the Olympic Standard for LoveNikolai Petrovich Anikin was not half as intimidating as I had imagined he would be. No, this surely was not the ex-Soviet coach my father had shipped me out to meet.But Nikolai he was, Petrovich and all. He invited me inside and sat down on the couch, patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit next to him. I was so nervous in his presence."You are young," he began in his Russian-style English. "If you like to try for Olympic Games, I guess you will be able to do this. Nagano Olympics too soon for you, but for 2002 in Salt Lake City, you could be ready.""Yes, why not?" he replied to the shocked look on my face. I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country. "Of course, there will be many hard training sessions, and you will cry, but you will improve."To be sure, there were countless training sessions full of pain and more than a few tears, but in the five years that followed I could always count on being encouraged by Nikolai's amusing stories and sense of humor."My friends, they go in the movies, they go in the dance, they go out with girls," he would start. "But I," he would continue, lowering his voice, "I am practice, practice, practice in the stadium. And by the next year, I had cut 1-1/2 minutes off my time in the 15-kilometer race!"My friends asked me, 'Nikolai, how did you do it?' And I replied, 'You go in the movies, you go in the dance, you go out with girls, but I am practice, practice, practice.'Here the story usually ended, but on one occasion, which we later learned was his 25th wedding anniversary, he stood proudly in a worn woolen sweater and smiled and whispered, "And I tell you, I am 26 years old before I ever kiss a girl! She was the woman I later marry."Romantic and otherwise, Nikolai knew love. His consistent good humor, quiet gratitude, perceptivity, and sincerity set an Olympic standard for love that I continue to reach for, even though my skiing days are over.Still, he never babied me. One February day I had a massive headache and felt quite fatigued. I came upon him in a clearing, and after approximately 15 minutes of striding into the cold breeze over the white powder to catch him, I fussed, "Oh, Nikolai, I feel like I am going to die.""When you are a hundred years old, everybody dies," he said, indifferent to my pain. "But now," he continued firmly. "Now must be ski, ski, ski."And, on skis, I did what he said. On other matters, though, I was rebellious. Once, he packed 10 of us into a Finnish bachelor's tiny home for a low-budget ski camp. We awoke the first morning to find Nikolai making breakfast and then made quick work with our spoons while sitting on makeshift chairs around a tiny card table. When we were finished, Nikolai stacked the sticky bowls in front of my sole female teammate and me, asserting, "Now, girls do dishes!"I threw my napkin on the floor and swore at him, "Ask the damn boys! This is unfair." He never asked this of me again, nor did he take much notice of my outburst. He saved his passion for skiing.When coaching, he would sing out his instructions keeping rhythm with our stride: "Yes, yes, one-two-three, one-two-three." A dear lady friend of my grandfather, after viewing a copy of a video of me training with Nikolai, asked, "Does he also teach dance?"In training, I worked without rest to correct mistakes that Nikolai pointed out and I asked after each pass if it was better."Yes, it's OK. But the faster knee down, the better.""But is it fast enough?" I'd persist.Finally he would frown and say, "Billion times you make motion—then be perfect," reminding me in an I've-told-you-a-billion-times tone, "You must be patient."Nikolai's patience and my hard work earned me a fourth-place national ranking heading into the pre-Olympic season, but then I missed the cut for the 2002 Olympics.Last summer, I returned to visit Nikolai. He made me tea... and did the dishes! We talked while sitting on his couch. Missing the Olympic Team the previous year had made me pause and reflect on what I had gained—not the least of which was a quiet, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt.Nikolai taught me to have the courage, heart, and discipline to persist, even if it takes a billion tries. He taught me to be thankful in advance for a century of life on earth, and to remind myself every day that despite the challenges at hand, "Now must be love, love, love."Unit3Marriage Across the NationsGail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other's characters.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. The continual source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren. Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing."So it was all right for me to date him, but it's wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?" Gail subsequently told me she had asked her mother."To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So,color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you're doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark's color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.""But Mark and I have been together more than two years," Gail railed. "We've been through so much together. We've seen each other at our worst many times. I'm sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.""You may be right. But I still think that waiting won't hurt. You're only twenty-five."Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail's mother: "Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What's his citizenship status?" And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States."But Dad, that's harsh," Gail said."Then why the rush? Buy time, buy time," he remarked repeatedly."Mark has had problems with citizenship before and has always taken care of them himself," Gail defended." In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans."Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties."Have you thought about the hardships your children would go through?" he asked."Dad, are you a racist?""No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.""Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don't? But one thing they'll always have: our love and devotion.""That's idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.""Dad, we'll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.""Remember, it's never too late to change your mind."Unit 4 A Test of True LoveSix minutes to six, said the digital clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail.Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into enemy territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and again.For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. During the difficult days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together.But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explained her objection: "If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like won't matter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain. Then I'd always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after that—if that's what we choose..."One minute to six... Blandford's heart leaped.A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive.He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasn't wearing a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips."Going my way, soldier?" she asked.Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat.The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished into the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a small cement ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gentle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindly look.Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This would not be love. However, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than love—a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful.He held the book out toward the woman."I'm John Blandford, and you—you are Ms. Meynell. I'm so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner?" The woman smiled. "I don't know what this is all about, son," she answered. "That young lady in the green suit—the one who just went by—begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that she's waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. She said it was some kind of a test."Unit5 Weeping for My Smoking DaughterMy daughter smokes. While she is doing her homework, her feet on the bench in front of her and her calculator clicking out answ ers to her geometry problems, I am looking at the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take t hem into the kitchen, where the light is better, and study them -- they are filtered, for which I am grateful. My heart feels terrible. I wa nt to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that coul d cause my daughter's death. When she smoked Marlboros and Players I hardened myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever s moked these brands.She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by manu facturers -- when he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyes -- he smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled hims elf. I remember the bright-red tobacco tin, with a picture of Queen Victoria's partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and c arrying a cane .By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georg ia. The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys, completely w on over people like my father, who were hopelessly hooked by cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck i n his mouth.I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was unnoticeable at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he cou ld not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.My father died from "the poor man's friend", pneumonia, one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all, after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last years, he was always leaning on som ething. I remembered once, at a family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for a minute -- long enough for me to photograph them -- but the effort was obvious. Near the very end of his life, and largely because he had no more lungs, he qu it smoking. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was so slim that no one noticed.When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father and daughter. There are large advertisement signs directe d at them both: the tough, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woman, both dragging away. In these po or countries, as in American inner cities and on reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco compani es; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing them selves. I read in the newspaper and in my gardening magazine that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boiled water from a bunch of them makes an effective insecticide.There is a deep hurt that I feel as a mother. Some days it is a feeling of uselessness. I remember how carefully I ate when I was pr egnant, how patiently I taught my daughter how to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to brea the through most of her life feeling half her strength, and then die of self-poisoning, as her grandfather did?There is a quotation from a battered women's shelter that I especially like: "Peace on earth begins at home." I believe everything d oes. I think of a quotation for people trying to stop smoking: "Every home is a no smoking zone." Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch. I realize now that as a child I sat by, throu gh the years, and literally watched my father kill himself: surely one such victory in my family, for the prosperous leaders who own th e tobacco companies, is enoughUnit 6 As His Name Is, So Is He!For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie."One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," she says now. "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself... and other people started to take me more seriously." Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne.Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. "As his name is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Names become attached to specific images, as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J. S., instead. I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.Of course, names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new acquaintances. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening. "Oh," I said. "You mean Harry." She was ill at ease.Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions, we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some extent. Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery school's group of four-year-olds. "There I was, trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play ball. I had their personalities confused because of their names!"Apparently, such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as well. In a study conducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University, and John McDavid of Georgia State University, teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarded to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and David. However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference. Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol, and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for boys.)Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match yours. If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label. Movie stars regularly change their names, and with some determination, you can, too.Unit 7 Lighten Your Load and Save Your LifeIf you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, then you may be hurting your heart.If you don't want to break your own heart, you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can—and recognize there are many things beyond your control.So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life. He's a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska.Eliot says there are people in this world that he calls "hot reactors". For these people, being tense may cause tremendous and rapid increases in their blood pressure.Eliot says researchers have found that stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. "We've done years of work in showing that excess alarm or stress chemicals can literally burst heart muscle fibers. When that happens it happens very。

The Generation Gap at WorkAs offices go, the editorial suites at Time Inc. are pretty laid back. T-shirts are fine. Shave if you like. Slides, sneakers or heels - your choice. Yet there's a limit to what passes for acceptable appearance, and I was sure a recent bunch of college interns had breached it spectacularly with their nose rings, tattoos and low-rise pants. These were bright, ambitious kids. Why the blatant show of disrespect?My younger colleagues wondered too. But they were more amused than aghast, and it occurred to me that there is a widening generation gap when it comes to interpreting casual Fridays. And that's not all: Young folks are putting their stamp on the workplace in ways far more reaching than their wardrobe. And we boomers don't necessarily like it.We're all part of a new-age experiment: four generations working side by side yet often speaking a different language. Think that's an exaggeration? Go ahead. Try to decipher this twentysomething text message: WU CMIW that was CLM or maybe CS. (What's up? Correct me if I'm wrong. That was a career-limiting move or maybe career suicide.)Boomers, the older "silent" generation, and younger ones known as X and Y bring vastly different histories, values and work habits to the job. These gaps have led to stereotypes that hinder our ability to get things done.Nearly 60 percent of HR managers at large companies say they've observed office conflicts that flow from generational differences, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Tensions typically stem from perceptions of loyalty and respect - as in, we think the kids don't have any. Yet the latest research shows that we may be compatible after all. Debunking some key myths may help you get past the tattoos and belly buttons in your office.Myth No. 1: Young workers love changeIt's commonly thought that young people embrace change as enthusiastically as older workers resist it. Not so. In a study of 3,200 workers, only 12 across the generations said they liked change at the office, reports the Center for Creative Leadership."Resistance to change isn't about age, it's about how much you stand to gain or lose," says the Center's Jennifer Deal, author of "Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground." In general, older workers have more to lose. But many younger workers have identical anxieties.Don't make assumptions based on age, says Deal. Ask your young colleagues how a shift would change their life. If it's for the better, can you blame them for loving it? But it might be as upsetting to them as it is to you - and it could be a bonding moment.Myth No. 2: Gen X- and Y-ers lack a strong work ethic(职业道德)Not true. But coming of age under very different circumstances has affected our work styles. Boomers had to scrape and claw for jobs and work long hours to keep them and get ahead because there were so many of us. Competition was keen. Work became central to our identities, and with two-earner households, we did much of our socializing in professional circles.But Gen X is much smaller and has never known job scarcity. They can demand more or move on. They've seen their parents get downsized, seeming victims of company loyalty, and watched them strain to juggle career and family.That different history has led to marked differences in how we work. Younger generations are willing to move every two or three years to get the job experience and work-life balance they want. Ask them to come into the office over the weekend and they are apt to resist."Their time off is their time off," says Gary Westerman, a former employment consultant. Yet that doesn't mean they won't get the job done. If they must, they'll work from the beach on their laptop. And they're more apt to come in promptly and eschew the water-cooler chats so popular among boomers. They focus, finish and leave. Boomers need to appreciate these style differences. Look at the results, not the process.Myth No. 3: They disrespect eldersThis gets back to the dress issue. When boomers entered the work force, tattoos and body piercings were for bikers and lowlifes. Yet Gen X and Gen Y see these expressions (in tastefully modest doses) as normal, even alluring - not a way to thumb their nose at authority.The question of respect goes beyond a dress code. Boomers got ahead by doing what they were told and expect younger workers to similarly fall in line. But with their leverage in the workplace, twenty- and thirtysomethings don't have to take what you say on faith. They want to know why they're being asked to perform a task.This isn't disrespect. They have more options than you did at that age. But if you are clear in what you expect and explain the reasons behind a particular assignment, they'll respond.Myth No. 4: Younger workers prefer to go it alone"Boomers like to call a meeting," says Robert Wendover, managing director for the Center for Generational Studies. "X- ers would rather e-mail or text." But while younger workers are more accepting of technology, corresponding via text message and preferring to communicate online instead of in a meeting hardly qualifies as going it alone.All generations value working with capable colleagues despite age, says Deal of the Center for Creative Leadership. Boomers accustomed to face time may misread young workers' preference for tech time as isolationist（孤立主义者）. It's anything but - if you know how to use the tools.So learn them. And then give the kid a chance. Soon you won't even notice the silver stud in her tongue.在工作中的代沟作为办公室，在时代公司的编辑套房都相当悠闲。

第一单元注重时间的美国人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。

Unit 11.She wouldn't take a drink, much less could she stay for dinner.(她连水都不愿意喝一口,更别提留下来吃饭了.)2.He thought I was lying to him,whereas I was telling the truth.(他认为我在对他说谎,但实际上我讲的是实话.)3.How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?(这个星期你每天都迟到,对此你怎么解释?)4.The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.(他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略.)5.Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.(这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高.)6.We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.(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.)Unit 21.Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.(尽管她是家里的独生女,她父母也从不溺爱她.)2.Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation. (迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会,也没给我打电话作任何解释.)3.The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer.(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.)4.He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins to loses.(他对足球不感兴趣,也从不关心谁赢谁输.)5.The manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care of problems in his absence.(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.)6.This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so large an audience.(这是他第一次当着那么多观众演讲.)Unit 31.You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.(你再怎么有经验,也得学习新技术.)2.There remains one problem,namely,who should be sent to head the research there. (还存在一个问题,那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作.)3.Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences.(由于文化的不同,他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难.)4.Though he has had ups and downs,I believed all along that he would succeed someday. (虽然他历经沉浮,但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的.)5.I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.(我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法.)6.She isn't particularly tall,but her slim figure gives an illusion of height.(她长得并不特别高,但是她身材瘦,给人一种高个子的错觉.)Unit 41.It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.(有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎?)2.It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice. (不管黑猫白猫,能抓住老鼠就是好猫.)3.You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.(你必须明天上午十点之前把那笔钱还给我.)4.Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it. (请允许我参加这个项目,我对这个项目非常感兴趣.)5.Everyone knows that he is special:He is free to come and go as he pleases.(人人都知道他比较特殊:他来去随意.)6.Watching the unhappy look on her face,I felt as though she wishes to say something to me.(看她脸上不悦的神色,我觉得她似乎有什么话想跟我说.)Unit 51.He spoke confidently,which impressed me most.(他说话很自信,给我留下了很深的印象.)2.My father is so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys.(我的父亲太爱忘事,总是在找钥匙.)3.I'm very grateful to you for all the help you have given me.(我十分感激你给我的帮助.)4.The bad light,coupled with the wet ground,made driving very difficult.(光线不足,加上地面潮湿,使得驾驶十分困难.)5.Being starved of funds,they had to cancel their plan to start a business.(由于缺乏资金,他们不得不取消了创业计划.)6.They always lean on us whenever they are in trouble.(每当有了麻烦,他们总是依靠我们)Unit 61. (Just) as a machine needs regular running, so does the body need regular exercise. (就像机器需要经常运转一样,身体也需要经常锻炼.)2. He learned to play the piano while studying in the United States.(在美国学习时,他学会了弹钢琴.)3. To our disappointment, he turned down our invitation.(令我们失望的是,他拒绝了我们的邀请.)4. The reality is that, for better or worse, the world has changed with advance of new technologies.(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.)5. Most of the female students in my class appear to be ill at ease when (they are) required to answer questions.(我班里的大多数女生在被要求回答问题时都似乎感到不自在.)6. The local government took charge of the security for the sports meeting.(当地政府负责运动会的安全.)Unit 71.At the meeting they discussed, among other things, the present economic situation. (在会上除了其他事情,他们还讨论了目前的经济形势.)2.The more I learned about the nature,the more absorbed I became in its mystery. (我对大自然了解得越多,就越痴迷于大自然的奥秘.)3.The doctor recommends that those stressed people should try something new,interesting and challenging in order to give their negative feelings an outlet.(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.)4.The teacher gives more homework to the student who has bad grades instead of cutting it down.(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.)5.By contrast,American parents are more likely to attribute their children's success to natural talent.(相比之下,美国的父母更趋向于把孩子的成功归因于天赋.)6.One of a teacher's priorities is to stimulate students' interests and their creativity.(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.)Unit 81. Little did she know that this picture would one day be worth more than a million dollars. (她一点儿也不知道这幅画有一天居然会价值100多万美金.)2. While I understand what you say, I don’t agree with you on the issue.(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.)3. I think the police are meant to protect people.(我认为警察的职责就是保护人民.)4. I went to see him yesterday, only to find that he had gone abroad several days before. (昨天我去看他,却发现他已于几天前出国了.)5. At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.(在每周例会上,每个人的发言都不能偏离会议议题.)6. If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong.(要是我没说那些愚蠢的话该多好!那时我太年轻,不能明辨是非.)Unit 91. I am sure that I will make something of myself, even though I have not achieved any major success so far.(我相信自己一定会有出息,即使还没有做出大的成绩)2. I have been working hard for so many years; I feel I am entitled to a good future. (我这么多年来如此努力,我觉得自己应该有一个好的前途.)3.When her husband deserted her, leaving her with nothing but scattered pieces of life to pick up, she went insane.(当她丈夫离他而去,只留给她生活的残局去收拾,她的心智失常)4. From my standpoint, Mother was too hard on me then, without taking my feelings into account.(从我的立场上看,母亲当时过于严厉,并没有顾及我的感受)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.(当我事业登上顶峰的时候,常常萦绕在我心头的是母亲说过的话:”面对生活不放弃.”)6. You should know better than to play football in the street.(你应该知道,不能在大街上踢足球)。

Unit1Learning a foreign language was one of the most difficult yet most rewarding experiences of my life.学习外语是我一生中最艰苦也是最有意义的经历之一.Although at times learning a language was frustrating, it was well worth the effort.虽然时常遭遇挫折,但却非常有价值.My experience with learning a foreign language began in <4>junior</4> middle school, when I took my first English class.我学外语的经历始于初中的第一堂英语课.I had a kind and patient teacher who often praised all of the students.老师很慈祥耐心,时常表扬学生.Because of this positive method, I eagerly answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes.由于这种积极的教学方法,我踊跃回答各种问题,从不怕答错.I was at the top of my class for two years.两年中,我的成绩一直名列前茅When I went to senior middle school, I was eager to continue studying English; however, my experience in senior middle school was very different from before.到了高中后,我渴望继续学习英语.然而,高中时的经历与以前大不相同.While my former teacher had been patient with all of the students, my new teacher quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers.以前,老师对所有的学生都很耐心,而新老师则总是惩罚答错的学生.Whenever we answered incorrectly, she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, "No! No! No!"每当有谁回答错了,她就会用长教鞭指着我们,上下挥舞大喊："错！错！错！〞It didn't take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions.没有多久,我便不再渴望回答问题了Not only did I lose my joy in answering questions, but I also lost my desire to say anything at all in English.我不仅失去了回答问题的乐趣,而且根本就不想再用英语说半个字.However, that state didn't last long.好在这种情况没持续多久.When I went to college, I learned that all students were required to take an English course.到了大学,我了解到所有学生必须上英语课.Unlike my senior middle school teacher, my college English teachers were patient and kind, and none of them carried long, pointed sticks!与高中老师不同,大学英语老师非常耐心和蔼,而且从来不带教鞭！The situation was far from perfect, though.不过情况却远不尽如人意.As our classes were very large, I was only able to answer a couple of questions in each class period.由于班大,每堂课能轮到我回答的问题寥寥无几.Also, after a few weeks of classes, I noticed there were many students who spoke much better than I did.上了几周课后,我还发现许多同学的英语说得比我要好得多.I began to feel intimidated.我开始产生一种畏惧感.So, once again, although for different reasons, I was afraid to speak.虽然原因与高中时不同,但我却又一次不敢开口了.It seemed my English was going to stay at the same level forever.看来我的英语水平要永远停步不前了That was the situation until a couple of years later when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course.直到几年后我有机会参加远程英语课程,情况才有所改善.The communicationmedium was a computer, a phone line, and a modem这种课程的媒介是一台电脑、一条线和一个调制解调器.. I soon got access to the necessary equipment, learned how to use the technology from a friend and participated in the virtual classroom 5 to 7 days a week.我很快配齐了必要的设备并跟一个朋友学会了电脑操作技术,于是我每周用5到7天在网上的虚拟课堂里学习英语.Online learning is not easier than regular classroom study;网上学习并不比普通的课堂学习容易.it requires a lot of time, commitment and discipline to keep up with the flow of the course.它需要花许多的时间,需要学习者专心自律,以跟上课程进度.I worked hard to meet the minimum standards set by the course and to complete assignments on time.我尽力达到课程的最低要求,并按时完成作业.I practiced all the time.我随时随地都在学习.I carried a little dictionary with me everywhere I went, as well as a notebook in which I listed any new words I heard.不管去哪里,我都随身携带一本袖珍字典和笔记本,笔记本上记着我遇到的生词.I made many, sometimes embarrassing, mistakes.我学习中出过许多错,有时是令人尴尬的错误.Once in a while I cried out of frustration, and sometimes I felt like giving up.有时我会因挫折而哭泣,有时甚至想放弃.But I didn't feel intimidated by students who spoke faster than I did because I took all the time I needed to think out my ideas and wrote a reply before posting it on the screen.但我从未因别的同学英语说得比我快而感到畏惧,因为在电脑屏幕上作出回答之前,我可以根据自己的需要花时间去琢磨自己的想法.Then, one day I realized I could understand just about everything I came across, and most importantly, I could "say" anything I wanted to in English.突然有一天我发现自己什么都懂了,更重要的是,我说起英语来灵活自如.Although I was still making many mistakes and was continually learning new ways to say things, I had finally reaped the benefits of all of my hard work.尽管我还是常常出错,还有很多东西要学,但我已尝到了刻苦学习的甜头.Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldn't trade for anything.学习外语对我来说是非常艰辛的经历,但它又无比珍贵.Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing things.它不仅使我懂得了艰苦努力的意义,而且让我了解了不同的文化,让我以一种全新的思维去看待事物.The most wonderful result of having learned a foreign language was that I could communicate with manymore people than before.学习一门外语最令人兴奋的收获是我能与更多的人交流.Talking with people is one of my favorite activities, so being able to speak a new language lets me meet new people, participate in conversations, and form new, unforgettable friendships.与人交谈是我最喜欢的一项活动,新的语言使我能与陌生人交往,参与他们的谈话,并建立新的难以忘怀的友谊.Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of staring into space when English is being spoken,I can participate and make friends.由于我已能说英语,别人讲英语时我不再茫然不解了.我能够参与其中,并结交朋友.I am able to reach out to others and bridge the gap between my language and culture and theirs.我能与人交流,并能够弥合我所说的语言和所处的文化与他们的语言和文化之间的鸿沟.Unit2The radio clicked on. Rock music blastedorth收音机"咔嗒〞一声,摇滚乐就大声地响开了..Like a shot, the music woke Sandy.音乐像枪声似的将桑迪吵醒.She looked at the clock; it was 6:15 A.M.她看了一下钟,早上6点一刻.Sandy sang along with the words as she lay listening to her favorite radio station.她躺在床上,听着她喜欢的电台广播,嘴里哼着歌词."Sandy," shouted her father. "Sandy, turn that music off!""桑迪,〞她父亲喊道,"桑迪,把音乐关了！〞Steve Finch burst nto her room.史蒂夫·芬奇冲进她的卧室.Why do you have to listen to such horribleuff?"你为什么一定要听这么糟糕的音乐？It's the same thing over and over.还听了一遍又一遍.I'm not sure it is really music, though it does have rhythm."虽然有节奏,可恐怕不是真正的音乐."I like that music, Dad; it's my favorite."我喜欢这种音乐,爸爸.这是我最喜欢的.Listen for a minute; I'm sure you'll like it."您听一下吧,您肯定会喜欢的.〞Sandy reached for the radio to turn it up louder.桑迪伸手把音乐开得更响."No, no, don't do that. I can't stand it."别,别开那么响,我受不了Turn that radio down so your mother and I can't hear it.把收音机音量调低点,这样我和你妈妈就听不到了.I'm sure that music is hurting your ears as well as your brain."我敢肯定,那音乐既伤你的耳朵,又伤你的大脑.〞Sandy walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower.桑迪走进浴室,打开淋浴喷头.Then she grabbed the soap and washed thoroughly, including her hair.然后她抓起香皂,浑身上下洗个遍,连头发也洗了.After her shower, Sandy brushed her hair, put on her old, green T-shirt and some jeans.淋浴后,桑迪梳了梳头发,穿上一件旧的绿色圆领衫和一条牛仔裤.Then she put on her makeup and went to the kitchen.接着她化好妆,走进了厨房As usual, she didn't know what to have for breakfast, so she grabbed a glass of milk and ate a piece of toast while standing by the sink.和往常一样,她不知道早餐该吃什么,便抓了杯牛奶,站在洗涤槽旁吃烤面包.Just then, her mother, Jane, entered the kitchen.就在此时,她妈妈简走进了厨房."Sandy, why don't you sit down and eat your breakfast? <p9>It isn't healthy to eat standing up.""桑迪,你怎么不坐下吃饭？站着吃饭对身体不好.〞"I know, Mom, but I don't have time to sit down and eat.""我知道,妈妈,可我没时间坐着吃.〞"Did you finish your homework, dear?""昨天做作业了吧,宝贝？〞"Yes.""Did you brush your teeth?""刷过牙了？〞"Mom, I haven't finished eating breakfast yet. <p10>I'll brush my teeth when I'm done.""妈妈,我还没吃完饭呢.吃完了再刷.〞"Sandy, why are you wearing that old T-shirt? It's disgusting.""桑迪,你怎么穿那件旧圆领衫呢？难看死了.〞"Mom, please stop.""妈妈,请别这样.〞"Stop what, dear?""别怎么样？〞"Stopbugging me.""别这样烦我."Sandy, are you wearing eyeliner?""桑迪,你怎么描起眼线来了？〞"Yes, Mom, I've been wearing eyeliner for months. Isn't it pretty? ""我是描了,妈妈.我都描了几个月了.难道不漂亮？〞"Sandy Finch, you're too young to wear that much makeup.""桑迪·芬奇,你还小,不能化这么浓的妆.〞"Mom, I'm fifteen. I'm old enough to wear makeup."妈妈,我都15岁了,到了可以化妆的年龄了.Believe me, all the girls at school wear makeup. Some have tattoos and pierced ears, and noses and tongues, too.给您说实话吧,学校的女孩子都化妆,有些还文身,有的还戴耳环、鼻环、舌环呢.Mom, I don't have time to talk about this now—I'm late. I've got to go. See you later."妈妈,我现在没时间给您说,我快迟到了,得走了.再见.〞Sandy kissed her mother quickly on the cheek, picked up her books, and bolted out of the house.桑迪匆匆吻了一下妈妈的脸颊,拿起书冲出了屋子.After Sandy had left for school, Jane Finch sat down in peace and quiet to drink her coffee.桑迪离家上学后,简·芬奇平静地坐下来喝咖啡.Soon her husband joined her.没过一会儿,她丈夫走了进来"Would you like some coffee, Steve?" asked Jane."史蒂夫,喝点咖啡吧？〞简问道."No, thanks, honey. My stomach feels upset—like it's full of knots."不,谢谢,亲爱的.我胃不舒服,心乱如麻.It's probably that awful music that wakes me up every morning.可能是因为那讨厌的音乐每天早上把我吵醒.I don't think I'm old-fashioned, but hearing those tuneless<, offensiveyrics repeatedly makes my blood boil."我想我还不至于老得落伍吧,可没完没了地听那毫无韵律、令人讨厌的歌曲实在让我生气.〞"You know, honey, different music appeals to different generations," reasoned Jane."你知道,亲爱的,不同年龄的人喜欢不同的音乐,〞简劝说道."Remember some of the music we listened to?""还记得我们听过的一些音乐吗？〞Steve smiled. "You're right. Maybe eating breakfast will help me get rid of some of the knots in my stomach."史蒂夫笑了,"你说得有道理.也许吃点早饭能让我感觉好一点."Did you notice how much makeup our fifteen-year-old daughter was wearing this morning?I can't believe I didn't notice."你注意到了吗,今天早晨我们15岁的女儿都化了什么样的妆？I suppose we should feel lucky because makeup is our biggest problem with her.我真不敢相信自己以前没有注意到.I've seen other teenagers walking around town with tattoos and piercings all over their bodies."我想我们应该感到幸运,因为我们女儿的最大问题还只是化妆."What worries me," said Steve, "is that music could have a negativ e influence on Sandy."令我担心的是,〞史蒂夫说,"那种音乐对桑迪可能有负面的影响.I don't know what's happening to our little girl.我不知道我们的女儿到底怎么回事.She's changing and I'm concerned about her.她在变,我很担心她.Makeup, terrible music—who knows what will be next?化妆品,糟糕的音乐,谁知道以后还会有什么花样？We need to have a talk with her.The news is full of stories about teenagers in trouble whose parents hardly know anything about their problems."我们得和她谈谈.新闻里报道的尽是惹上麻烦的青少年,可他们的父母却不知道自己的孩子有什么问题."Oh, I don't think her music is so terrible.〞"哦,我倒不认为她的音乐如此糟糕.But in any case, you're right. We need to have a talk with Sandy," said Jane.但不管怎么说,你还是说得对,我们需要和桑迪谈谈,〞简说道.As Jane Finch drove to work, she thought about her Sandy.去上班的路上,简·芬奇一面开着车,一面想着她的桑迪.She knew what she wanted to say, what she had to say to Sandy.她知道自己想说什么,得对桑迪说什么.She was so glad that she and Sandy could still talk things over.她和桑迪之间还可以进行交流,这令她很高兴.She knew she had to have patience and keep the lines of communication with her daughter open.她知道自己得有耐心,得保持自己和桑迪之间沟通的渠道畅通.She wanted to be there as an anchor for her, but at the same time she would give her freedom to find her own identity她想在桑迪的身边,做她的保护人,同时又给她寻找自我的自由.When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father.在我还未成年时,如果有人看到我和父亲在一块儿,我就会觉得难堪.He was everelycrippled and very short, and when we walked together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare.他腿瘸得很厉害,个子又矮.我们一起走路时,他的手搭在我臂上以保持平衡,人们就会盯着看.I would nwardly struggle at the unwanted attention.对于这种讨厌的注视,我打心眼里感到别扭.If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on.即使父亲注意到这些或感到不安,他也从不表露出来.It was difficult to coordinate our steps—his halting, mine impatient—and because of that, we didn't say much as we went along.我们的步伐难以协调一致——他常常停下脚步,而我的步子却显得不耐烦.正因为如此,我们一路很少说话.But as we started out, he always said, "You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you."但每次出门时,他总说："你按你的步速走,我跟着你.〞Our usual walk was to or from the subway on which he traveled to work.我们通常就在地铁口和家门口之间来回,那是他上班的路线He went to work sick, and despitenasty weather.他生病或天气恶劣时也坚持上班,几乎从不缺勤.He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not.他总是准点到办公室,即使别人做不到.It was a matter of pride.这是件可以引以为荣的事.When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help.当路上覆盖冰雪时,即使有人搀扶,他也难以行走.At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child's wagon with steel runners to the subway entrance.这种时候,我或者我的姐妹们就用一辆带有钢轮的儿童推车拉着他穿过纽约布鲁克林的街道到地铁站口.Once there, he would cling to the handrai l until he reached <p12>the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept free of ice.一到那儿,他就紧抓着地铁口的扶手一直往下走,因为地铁内比较暖和,下面几级台阶没有冰雪.In Manhattan the subway station was in the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.曼哈顿的地铁站直通他们办公楼的地下室,他不用出站〔就可到办公室〕.下班回家时,我们会去布鲁克林的地铁站口接他.When I think of it now, I am amazed at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such shame and stress. And at how he did it—without bitterness or complaint.现在回想起来,我不禁惊叹：像他那样一个成年人,得有多大的勇气才能承受这样的屈辱和压力,而当时他却显得毫无痛苦,也没怨言.He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able.他从不说自己可怜,也从不表现出对那些比他幸运或健康的人的羡慕.What he looked for in others was a "good heart", and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.他从别人那儿寻找的是一颗"好心〞.一旦找到了,那人在他心目中就是个大好人.Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don't know precisely what a "good heart" is.现在我长大了,我相信这是判断一个人的标准.虽然我还没有确切理解什么是"好心〞,But I know at times I don't have one myself.但我知道自己有时候并没有这么一颗"好心〞Unable to engage in many activities, my father still tried to participate in some way.虽说很多活动父亲都不能参加,但他还是试着以某种方式来参与.When a l ocal baseball team found itself without a manager, he kept it going.当地一个棒球队缺少一个经理时,是他使球队正常运转He was a knowledgeable baseball fan and often took me to Ebbets Field to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play.他是一个见多识广的棒球迷,常常带我到埃贝茨球场,观看布鲁克林道奇队的比赛.He liked to go to dances and parties, where he could have a good time just sitting and watching.他喜欢参加各种舞会和聚会,虽然在那儿他只能坐着观看,却也能享受一番乐趣On one occasion a fight broke out at a beach party, with everyone punching and shoving记得在一次沙滩聚会上,进行了一场殴斗,人人挥拳上阵,相互推撞.He wasn't content to sit and watch, but he couldn't stand unaided on the soft sand.他不满足只是坐着观看,然而在松软的沙地上如果没人帮助,他又站不起来.In frustration he began to shout, "I'll fight anyone who will sit down with me! I'll fight anyone who will sit down with me!"于是在极度无助的情况下,他高声喊道："谁坐下来和我对打! 谁愿意坐下来和我对打!Nobody did.没有人坐下来和他对打.But the next day people kidded him by saying it was the first time any fighter was urged to take a dive before the fight began.第二天,人们和他开玩笑,说是第一次听到拳击手在开打之前,就有人要求他倒地服输.I now know he participated in some things through me, his only son.如今我知道他是通过我,他唯一的儿子,间接地参与了一些事情.When I played ball <poorly>, he "played" too. When I joined the Navy, he "joined" too.我打球时〔球技很糟〕,他也"打〞；后来我加入海军,他也"加入〞了.And when I came home on leave, he saw to it that I visited his office.我休假回家时,他一定要让我去参观他的办公室.Introducing me, he was really saying, "This is my son, but it is also me, and I could have done this, too, if things had been different." Those words were never said aloud.在介绍我时,虽然没有说出口,但他实际上在说："这是我儿子,但也是我.如果我没瘸,我也会和他一样.〞He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often.如今父亲已去世多年,但我时常想起他.I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks.不知他当时是否留意在我们同行时,我不愿意被人看到.If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it.若他确实注意到了,那我真惭愧当时没能对他说我是多么对不起他,我是多么不孝,我有多么后悔.I think of him when I complain about trifles, when I am envious of another's good fortune, when I don't havea "good heart".现在,每当我因一些琐事而怨天尤人的时候,每当我嫉妒别人运气比我好的时候,每当我没有一颗"好心〞的时候,我就会想起他.At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance, and say, "You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you."每逢此时,我就设想自己将手搭在他的臂上,重新找回自己的平衡,我会说："你按你的步速走,我跟着你.〞Uit4Research shows we make up our minds about people through unspoken communication within seven seconds of meeting them.有研究显示,我们对他人的判断是根据我们最初遇到他们的七秒钟里所进行的无声交流形成的.Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from comfort to fear.无论是有意识还是无意识,我们都会用我们的眼神、面部表情、形体动作和态度来表现我们的真实情感,从而使他人产生从舒适到害怕等一连串反应.Think about some of your most unforgettable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse, a job i nterview, an encounter with a stranger.想想那些让你最为难忘的会面：被介绍给你未来的妻子或丈夫、一次求职面试、与陌生人的一次邂逅.Focus on the first seven seconds. What did you feel and think?将注意力集中在最初的七秒钟,你当时有何感想？How did you "read" the other person?你是如何"解读〞他人的？How do you think he read you?你认为他又是如何解读你的？You are the message.你本人就是信息.For 25 years I've worked with thousands who want to be successful.25年来,我在工作中和数千个想要成功的人打过交道.I've helped them make persuasivepresentations, answer unfriendly questions, communicate more effectively.我帮助他们,使他们所作的演讲有说服力,教他们如何回答不友好的提问,以与如何与人更有效地沟通.The secret has always been you are the message.而所有这一切的秘诀都在于要懂得你本人就是信息.Others will want to be with you and help you if you use your good qualities.如果你能利用你的优点,别人就会愿意跟你在一起,并且愿意帮助你.They include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expression through the eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others.这些优点包括：外表、活力、语速、语音语调、手势、眼神,以与使他人对你保持兴趣的能力.Others form an impression about you based on these.别人对你的印象就是根据这些因素形成的.Think of times when you know you made a good impression.想想有哪几次你确切知道你给人留下了好印象.What made you successful?你成功的原因又是什么？You were committed to what you were talking about and so absorbed in the moment you lost all self-consciousness.那是因为你对你所谈论的事情非常投入,你当时完全沉浸其中,以至于完全没有了羞涩的感觉.Be yourself.保持自我.Many how-to books advise you to stride into a room and impress others with your qualities.许多指导性的书籍会建议你大步走进一个房间,用你的优点给别人留下深刻印象.They instruct you to greet them with "power handshakes" and tell you to fix your eyes on the other person.他们会教你以"有力的握手〞问候他人,并且告诉你要用双眼注视对方.If you follow all this advice, you'll drive everyone crazy—including yourself.可你如果遵循了所有这些建议,你会让所有的人都受不了——包括你自己.The trick is to be consistently you, at your best.诀窍在于要始终如一地保持自我,保持最佳状态的自我.The most effective people never change from one situation to another.给人印象最深的那些人从不随着情境的变化而改变自己.They're the same whether they're having a conversation, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job.无论是在与人交谈时,在园艺俱乐部上发表演说时,还是在求职面试中,他们的表现都是一样的They communicate with their whole being; the tones of their voices and their gestures match their words.他们全身心地与人交流；他们的音调和手势与他们说的话保持着一致Public speakers, however, often send mixed messages.然而,演说家常常会传递一些混合不清的信息.My favorite is the kind who say, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm very happy to be here"—while looking at their shoes.我最喜欢用来作例子的一类演说家是那些边看自己的鞋子边说"女士们、先生们,我很高兴来到这里〞的人.They don't look happy.他们看上去并不高兴.They look angry, frightened or depressed.他们看上去气愤、恐惧或沮丧.The audience always believe what they see over what they hear.听众总是相信自己的亲眼所见胜过耳闻.They think, "He's telling me he's happy, but he's not.他们会想,"他告诉我他很高兴,可他并不是这样.He's not being honest."他并没有说实话.Use your eyes.用你的眼睛.Whether you're talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them.不管你是和一个人交谈,还是对一百个人发表讲话,始终记住你要看着他们.Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window.有些人在开始说话时会直视你,但一句话刚说了几个字,他就会中断与你目光的接触,把目光移向窗外.As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably; then look straight at those in the room and smile.当你走进房间时,目光从容地扫视；然后直视房间里的人,并对他们微笑.Smiling is important. It shows you are relaxed.微笑是很重要的,它表明你很放松.Some think entering a room full of people is like going into a lion's cage.有人认为走进一个有很多人的房间就像走进一个狮子笼.I disagree.我不同意这种说法.If I did agree, I certainly wouldn't look at my feet or at the ceiling.就算我同意,我也肯定不会看着自己的脚或是天花板.I'd keep my eyes on the lion!我会注视那头狮子.Lighten up.别太当真.Once in a staff meeting, one of the most powerful chairmen in the entertainment industry became very angry over tiny problems, scolded each worker and enjoyed making them fear him.一次在员工会议上,一位娱乐业最有影响的董事长由于一些微不足道的问题大发雷霆,责备每一位员工,为能使员工害怕自己而感到满足.When he got to me, he shouted, "And you, Ailes, what are you doing?"当他走向我,对我喊道,"还有你,艾尔斯,你在忙些什么？〞I said, "Do you mean now, this evening or for the rest of my life?" There was a moment of silence.我说："你是说现在？今晚？还是在我的余生中？〞之后有片刻的沉默.Then the chairman threw back his head and roared< with laughter.接着董事长仰头放声大笑.Others laughed too.其他人也跟着笑起来.Humor broke the stress of a very uncomfortable scene.幽默可以打破尴尬场合中的紧X气氛.If I had to give advice in two words, it would be "lighten up"!如果一定要我用几个字说出我的建议的话,那就是"别太当真〞!You can always see people who take themselves too seriously.你总会发现有一些人对待自己太过认真.Usually they are either brooding< or talking a great deal about themselves.他们通常不是在沉思,就是在滔滔不绝地谈论自己.Take a good hard look at yourself. Do you say "I" too often?仔细地观察一下你自己,你说"我〞的次数是否过多？Are you usually focused on your own problems?你通常是否将注意力集中在你个人的问题上？Do you complain frequently?。

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。

新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第四册课文翻译Unit 1 Section A1. 艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。

成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。

2. 对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家，其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢！”他们的担心不无道理。

追求出人头地，最乐观地说也困难重重，许多人到最后即使不是穷困潦倒，也是几近精神崩溃。

尽管如此，希望赢得追星族追捧和同行赞扬之类的不太纯洁的动机却在激励着他们向前。

享受成功的无上光荣，这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。

3. 成名者之所以成名，大多是因为发挥了自己在歌唱、舞蹈、绘画或写作等方面的特长，并能形成自己的风格。

为了能迅速走红，代理人会极力吹捧他们这种风格。

他们青云直上的过程让人看不清楚。

他们究竟是怎么成功的，大多数人也都说不上来。

尽管如此，艺术家仍然不能闲下来。

若表演者、画家或作家感到无聊，他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力，也就难以保持公众的注意力。

公众的热情消磨以后，就会去追捧下一个走红的人。

有些艺术家为了不落伍，会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动，但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。

公众对于他们藉以成名的艺术风格以外的任何形式都将不屑一顾。

4. 知名作家的文风一眼就能看出来，如田纳西·威廉斯的戏剧、欧内斯特·海明威的情节安排、罗伯特·弗罗斯特或T.S.艾略特的诗歌等。

同样，像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家，希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。

他们鲜明独特的艺术风格标志着与别人不同的艺术形式上的重大变革，这让他们名利双收，但也让他们付出了代价，那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。

5. 名气这盏聚光灯可比热带丛林还要炙热。

骗局很快会被揭穿，过多的关注带来的压力会让大多数人难以承受。

它让你失去自我。

你必须是公众认可的那个你，而不是真实的你或是可能的你。

Unit 1注重时间的美国人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。

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册(1-10单元)翻译Unit 11. 她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

(much less)She 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。

(whereas)He 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?(account for)How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4. 他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

(due to)The 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。

(result in)Such 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时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。

(pour into)We 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。

(despite)Despite 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，也没给我打电话作任何解释。

Unit1Learning a foreign language was one of the most difficult yet most rewarding experiences of my life.学习外语是我一生中最艰苦也是最有意义的经历之一。

Although at times learning a language was frustrating, it was well worth the effort.虽然时常遭遇挫折，但却非常有价值。

My experience with learning a foreign language began in <4>junior</4> middle school, when I took my first English class.我学外语的经历始于初中的第一堂英语课。

I had a kind and patient teacher who often praised all of the students.老师很慈祥耐心，时常表扬学生。

Because of this positive method, I eagerly answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes.由于这种积极的教学方法，我踊跃回答各种问题，从不怕答错。

I was at the top of my class for two years.两年中，我的成绩一直名列前茅When I went to senior middle school, I was eager to continue studying English; however, my experience in senior middle school was very different from before.到了高中后，我渴望继续学习英语。

新视野⼤学英语读写教程第⼆版第⼆册课⽂翻译【1-10单元全】UNIT 5 SECTION A我为⼥⼉抽烟哭泣我的⼥⼉会抽烟。

她做家庭作业时，脚搁在前⾯的长凳上，计算机嗒嗒地跳出⼏何题的答案。

我看着那包已抽了⼀半、她随意扔在紧靠⼿边处的骆驼牌⾹烟。

我拿起⾹烟，⾛到厨房⾥去仔细察看，那⾥的光线好⼀点——谢天谢地，那是有过滤嘴的。

可我⼼⾥却感到⼗分难过。

我想哭。

事实上，站在炉⼦旁边, 我确实哭过。

我⼿⾥捏着⼀⽀雪⽩雪⽩的⾹烟，制作得⾮常精致。

那可是会致我⼥⼉于死地的东西啊。

当她抽?万宝路?及?运动员?牌⾹烟时，我硬起⼼肠, 不让⾃⼰感到难过。

我认识的⼈当中没有哪个抽过这两种牌⼦的⾹烟。

她不知道我⽗亲、也就是她外公⽣前抽的就是骆驼牌⾹烟。

但是在他开始抽机制卷烟之前——那时他很年轻、也很穷，但眼睛炯炯有神——他抽的是⽤阿尔伯特亲王牌烟丝⾃⼰⼿⼯卷制的⾹烟。

我还记得那鲜红的烟丝罐头，上⾯有⼀张维多利亚⼥王的丈夫阿尔伯特亲王⾝穿⿊⾊燕尾服、⼿拿⼀⽀⼿杖的图⽚。

到40年代末、50年代初，我的家乡佐治亚州的伊腾顿镇上已没有⼈再⾃⼰⼿⼯制作卷烟了（⽽且⼏乎没有⼥⼈抽烟）。

烟草业，再加上好莱坞电影——影⽚中的男⼥主⾓都是⽼烟⿁——把像我⽗亲那样的⼈完完全全争取了过去, 他们⽆可救药地抽烟上了瘾。

然⽽我⽗亲看上去从来就没有像阿尔伯特亲王那样时髦。

他还是⼀个贫穷、过于肥胖、为养活⼀⼤家⼈⽽拼命⼲活的男⼈。

他浑⾝漆⿊，嘴⾥却总叼着⼀⽀雪⽩的⾹烟。

我记不清⽗亲是什么时候开始咳嗽的, 也许开始时并不明显, 他早晨⼀下床点燃第⼀⽀⾹烟时才有点微咳。

到我16岁, 也就是我⼥⼉现在这般年龄时，他⼀呼吸就呼哧呼哧的，让⼈感到不安；他上楼时每⾛三、四级楼梯就得停下来休息⼀会⼉。

他常常⼀连咳上⼀个来⼩时。

肺病把我⽗亲折磨得虚弱不堪, ⼀个严冬，他死于被叫做?穷⼈的朋友?的疾病—肺炎。

他咳嗽了这么多年，我想他的肺部已没有什么完好的地⽅了。

去世前⼏年，他的呼吸已经很虚弱了，他总得倚靠着某个东西。

Unit 4Section AA Test of True LoveSix minutes to six, said the digital clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail.Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into enemy territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and again.For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. During the difficult days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together.But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explained her objection: "If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like won't matter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain. Then I'd always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after that—if that's what we choose..."One minute to six... Blandford's heart leaped.A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive.He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasn't wearing a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips."Going my way, soldier?" she asked.Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat.The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished into the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a small cement ball, so strong washis desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gentle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindly look.Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This would not be love. However, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than love—a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful.He held the book out toward the woman."I'm John Blandford, and you—you are Ms. Meynell. I'm so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner?" The woman smiled. "I don't know what this is all about, son," she answered. "That young lady in the green suit—the one who just went by—begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that she's waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. She said it was some kind of a test."(Words: 815)。

Unit 1 Section A 时间观念强的美国人Para. 1 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，另一个是劳力。

Para. 2 人们一直说：“只有时间才能支配我们。

”人们似乎是把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待的。

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。

Para. 3 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。

工作时间被认为是宝贵的。

Para. 3b 在公共用餐场所，人们都等着别人吃完后用餐，以便按时赶回去工作。

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。

Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6Para. 7差一些。

Para. 8Unit2Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4手。

Para. 5 的确，后来我经历了无数痛苦的训练，还为此流了不少眼泪。

但在后来的五年里，我总能从尼克莱讲的有趣故事和他的幽默感中得到鼓励。

Para. 6 他开始总是说：“我的朋友们常去看电影，去跳舞，去和女孩子约会，”然后他会降低声音接着说：“我就在运动场上训练、训练、再训练。

第二年，我的15公里滑雪比赛成绩缩短了1.5分钟。

”Para. 7 “朋友们问我：‘尼克莱，你怎么做到的呢?’我回答：‘你们去看电影、跳舞、和女孩子约会，而我一直在训练、训练、再训练。

Unit1她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

wouldn'ttakeadrink,muchlesswouldshestayfordinner.他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。

thoughtIwaslyingtohim,whereasIwastellingthetruth.这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？doyouaccountforthefactthatyouhavebeenlateeverydaythisweek?他们利润增长的局部原因是采用了新的市场策略。

increaseintheirprofitsisduepartlytotheirnewmarketstrategy.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

measuresarelikelytoresultintheimprovementofworkefficiency.我们已经在这个工程上投入了大量的时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。

havealreadypouredalotoftimeandenergyintotheproject,sowehavetocarryon.Unit2尽管她是家里的独生女，她父母也从不溺爱她。

thefactthatsheistheonlychildinherfamily,sheisneverbabiedbyherparents.迈克没来参加昨晚的聚会，也没给我打做任何解释。

didn'tcometothepartylastnight,nordidhecallmetogiveanexplanation.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。

personsittingnexttohimdidpublishsomenovels,butheisbynomeansagreatwriter.他对足球不感兴趣，也从不关心谁输谁赢。

hasnointerestinfootballandisindifferenttowhowinsorloses.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。