新视野大学英语第三册Unit4课文翻译

Work in corporate America1 It is not surprising that modern children tend to look blank and dispiritedwhen in formed that they will someday have to "go to work and make a liv in g".The problem is that they cannot visualize what work is in corporate America.2 Not so long ago, whe n a pare nt said he was off to work, the child knew very well what was about to happe n. His pare nt was going to make somethi ng orfix somethi ng. The pare nt could take his and let him watch while he repaired a3 When a child asked, "What kind ofan swer in terms that a child could come to engin es" or "I make horse collars".offspri ng to his place of bus in ess buggy or built a table.work do you do, Daddy?" his father could grips with, such as "I fix steam4 Well, a few fathers still fix steam engines and build tables, but most do not. Nowadays, most fathers sit in glass buildi ngs doing thi ngs that areabsolutely incomprehensible to children. The answers they give when asked, "What kind of work do you do, Daddy?" are likely to be utterly mystifying to a child.5 "I sell space." "I do market research." "I am a data processor ." "I amin public relations ." "I am a systems analyst ." Such explanations must seemnonsense to a child. How can he possibly en visi on anyone an alyz ing a systemor researchi ng a market?6 Eve n grow n men who do market research have trouble visualiz ing what a public relations man does with his day, and it is a safe bet that the averagesystems an alyst is as baffled about what a space salesma n does at the shop as the average space salesma n is about the tools n eeded to an alyze a system.7 In the commoneveryday job, nothing is made any more. Things are now made by machines. Very little is repaired. The machines that make things make themin such a fashi on that they will quickly fall apart in such a way that repairswill be prohibitively expensive. Thus the buyer is encouraged to throw the thing away and buy a new one. In effect, the machi nes are mak ing junk.8 The handful of people remotely associated with these machines can, ofcourse, tell their inquisitive children "Daddy makesjunk". Most of the workforce, however, is too remote from junk product ion to sense any con tributi on to thein dustry. What do these people do?9 Consider the typical 12-story glass building in the typical American city.Nothing is being made in this building and nothing is being repaired, including the buildi ng itself. Con structed as a piece of j unk, the buildi ng will be discarded when it wears out, and another piece of junk will be set in its place.10 Still, the building is filled with people who think of themselves aswork ing. At any give n mome nt duri ng the day perhaps on e-third of them will be talk ing into teleph on es. Most of these con versati ons will be about paper, for paper is what occupies n early every one in this buildi ng.11 Some jobs in the building require men to fill paper with words. Thereare persons who type neatly on paper and persons who read paper and jot notes in the margins . Some persons make copies of paper and other persons deliver paper. There are persons who file paper and persons who unfile paper.12 Some pers ons mail paper. Some pers ons teleph one other pers ons and askthat paper be sent to them. Others telephone to ascertain the whereabouts of paper. Some persons confer about paper. In the grandest offices, men approveof some paper and disapprove of other paper.13 The elevators are filled throughout the day with young men carrying paper from floor to floor and with vital men carrying paper to be discussed with other vital men.14 What is a child to make of all this? His father may be so eminent that he lun ches with other men about paper. Suppose he brings his son to work togive the boy some idea of what work is all about. What does the boy see happening?15 His father calls for paper. He reads paper. Perhaps he scowls at paper. Perhaps he makes an angry red mark on paper. He telephones another man and says they had better lunch over paper.16 At lunch they talk about paper. Back at the office, the father ordersthe paper retyped and reproduced in quin tuplicate , and the n sent to ano therman for comparis on with paper that was reproduced in triplicate last year.17 Imagine his poor son afterwards mulling over the mysteries of work witha frie nd, who asks him, "What's your father do?" What can the boy reply? "It beats me," perhaps, if he is not very observant . Or if he is, "Something thathas to do with mak ing jun k, I thi nk. Same as everybody else."在美国大公司工作要是有人跟现在的孩子说他们长大后要“去工作以谋生”，他们往往会表现出一脸的茫然和沮丧，这并不奇怪。

新视野大学英语第三版第三册课文A翻译Unit 1 The Way to Success 课文ANever, ever give up!永不言弃！英国的伟大首相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士，小时候在哈罗公学上学。

当时他可不是个好学生，要不是出身名门，他可能早就因为违反纪律被开除了。

谢天谢地，他总算从哈罗毕业了，在那里犯下的错误并没影响到他上大学。

后来，他凭着军旅生涯中的杰出表现当选为英国首相。

他的才思、智慧、公民责任感以及在二战痛苦而黑暗的时期拒绝投降的无畏勇气，为他赢得了美名。

他非凡的决心，不仅激励了整个民族，还鼓舞了全世界。

在他首相任期即将结束时，他应邀前往母校哈罗公学，为满怀报国之志的同学们作演讲。

校长说：“年轻的先生们，当代最伟大的演说家过几天就会来为你们演讲，他提出的任何中肯的建议，你们都要听从。

”那个激动人心的日子终于到了。

温斯顿爵士站了起来——他只有 5 英尺 5 英寸高，体重却有 107 公斤。

他作了言简意赅的讲话：“年轻人，要永不放弃。

永不放弃！永不放弃！永不，永不，永不，永不！”个人经历、教育机会、个人困境，这些都不能阻挡一个全力以赴追求成功的、有着坚强意志的人。

任务再苦，准备再长，难度再大，都不能让他放弃自己的追求。

就以本时代最有学问的两位科学家——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和托马斯·爱迪生为例，他们都曾面临巨大的障碍和极端的批评，都曾被说成“不开窍”，被老师当成笨蛋而放弃。

托马斯·爱迪生还曾逃学，因为老师嫌他问的问题太多而经常鞭打他。

爱因斯坦一直到将近 9 岁才能流利地说话，学习成绩太差，有些人认为他都已经学不好了。

然而，这两个男孩的父母都相信他们。

他们坚持不懈地每天和儿子一起努力，孩子们也了解到，要想成功，就绝不要怕付出长期而艰辛的努力。

最终，爱因斯坦和爱迪生都摆脱了童年的困扰，进而作出了造福当今全世界的伟大发现。

再如亚伯拉罕·林肯这个英雄的典范，他一生面临了无数艰辛、失败和接二连三的不幸。

Unit 4Section APre-reading activities一1 Nowadays, travelers arriving at the airport are welcomed by 11 tall earthen mounds, the tombs of emperors in Western Han Dynasty, built around the 1st century.2 Thus the year 841 BC marked the beginning of conscious and systematic record keeping.3 The beacon tower above the Lishan Mountain, where Huaqing Hot Spring is located, is an eternal reminder of the story of “ themost expensive smile" that caused the disappearance of the dynasty.4 It exhibits over 3,000 historical antiques, the main attractions being the bronze ware, ceramics and beautiful wall painting from the Tang Dynasty tombs.Language focusWord in use三1compulsory 2contemplate 3imprisoned 4globalize 5offset 6groan 7stubborn8cluster 9ambiguity 10consoledWord building四Word learned New words formed-ableRespect RespectableNegotiate NegotiableDistinguish DistinguishableAvailable AvailAttribute AttributableProfit ProfitableRenew Renewable-izeMemory MemorizeAuthor AuthorizeVisual VisualizeStable StabilizeSocial Socialize五1profitable 2renewable 3authorized 4negotiable 5visualize 6socialize7attributable 8respectable 9avail 10stabilize 11distinguishable 12memorizeBanked cloze六1E 2M 3K 4I 5F 6A 7C 8H 9L 10NExpression in use七1settle for 2more often than not 3mingled with 4 traded for5was saturated with 6are open to 7endowed with 8make upfor Translation威尼斯是意大利北部一座世界闻名的岛城。

Unit1 爱情与逻辑：谬误的故事1 在我和室友罗伯的交易成功之后，我和波莉有了第一次约会。

那一年校园里每个人都有件皮夹克，而罗伯是校足球队员中唯一一个没有皮夹克的，他一想到这个就受不了，于是他和我达成了一项协议，用他的女友换取我的夹克。

他可不那么聪明，而他的女友波莉也不太精明。

2 但她漂亮而且富有，也没有把头发染成奇怪的颜色或是化很浓的妆。

她拥有合适的家庭背景，足以胜任一名坚忍而睿智的律师的女友。

如果我能够让我所申请的顶尖律师事务所看到我身边伴随着一位光彩照人、谈吐优雅的另一半，我就很有可能在竞聘中以微弱优势获胜。

3 “光彩照人”，她已经是了。

而我也能施予她足够多的“智慧之珠”，让她变得“谈吐优雅”。

4 在一起外出度过了美好的一天之后，我驱车来到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡树下。

我的想法有些怪异。

而这个地方能够俯瞰灯火灿烂的城区，我觉得它会使人的心情变轻松。

我们呆在车子里，我调低了音响并把脚从刹车上挪开。

“我们要谈些什么？”她问道。

5 “逻辑学。

”6 “好酷啊，”她一边嚼着口香糖一边说。

7 “逻辑学的原理，”我说道，“即清晰思考的主要原则。

逻辑上出现的问题会歪曲事实，其中有些还很普遍。

我们先来看看一种叫做‘绝对判断’的逻辑谬误。

”8 “好啊，”她表示同意。

9 “‘绝对判断’是指在证据不足的情况下所作出的推断。

比方说：运动是有益的，所以每个人都应该运动。

”10 她点头表示赞同。

11 我看得出她没弄明白。

“波莉，”我解释说，“这个推断太过简单化了。

如果你有心脏病或者超级肥胖症什么的，运动就变得有害而不是有益。

所以你应该说，运动对大多数人来说是有益的。

”12 “接下来是‘草率结论’。

这似乎不言自明，对吧？仔细听好了：你不会说法语，罗伯也不会说法语，那么这所学校里好像是没有人会说法语。

”13 “是吗？”波莉吃惊地说。

“没有人吗？”14 “这也是一种逻辑谬误，”我说，“这一结论太草率了，因为能够支持这一结论的例证太少了。