新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程第四册课文翻译(最新完整版)

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译（1~5单元）新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译1.a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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

1A An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction."Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on.The lure of drowning in fame's imperial glory is not easily resisted.Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent for singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc.They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur.Most would be hard-pressed to tell you how they even got there.Artists cannot remain idle, though.When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public.After their enthusiasm has dissolved, the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month.Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience's favor.The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous.Famous authors' styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S. Eliot—are easily recognizable.The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou. Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune.However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.Fame's spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to endure.It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be.The performer, like the politician, must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not mean or fully believe.One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man's soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing.You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not compromised and still succeeded in the fame game.An example, the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, known for his uncompromising behavior, both social and sexual, to which the public objected, paid heavily for remaining true to himself.The mother of a young man Oscar was intimate with accused him at a banquet in front of his friends and fans of sexually influencing her son. Extremely angered by her remarks, he sued the young man's mother, asserting that she had damaged his "good" name.He should have hired a better attorney, though.The judge did not second Wilde's call to have the woman pay for damaging his name, and instead fined Wilde.He ended up in jail after refusing to pay, and even worse, was permanently expelled from the wider circle of public favor.When things were at their worst, he found that no one was willing to risk his or her name in his defense.His price for remaining true to himself was to be left alone when he needed his fans the most.Curiously enough, it is those who fail that reap the greatest reward: freedom!They enjoy the freedom to express themselves in unique and original ways without fear of losing the support of fans.Failed artists may find comfort in knowing that many great artists never found fame until well after they had passed away or in knowing thatthey did not sell out.They may justify their failure by convincing themselves their genius is too sophisticated for contemporary audiences.Single-minded artists who continue their quest for fame even after failure might also like to know that failure has motivated some famous people to work even harder to succeed.Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published. Beethoven overcame his father, who did not believe that he had any potential as a musician, to become the greatest musician in the world. And Pestalozzi, the famous Swiss educator in the 19th century, failed at every job he ever had until he came upon the idea of teaching children and developing the fundamental theories to produce a new form of education.Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in the fourth grade, because he seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.Unfortunately for most people, however, failure is the end of their struggle, not the beginning.I say to those who desperately seek fame and fortune: good luck.But alas, you may find that it was not what you wanted.The dog who catches his tail discovers that it is only a tail.The person who achieves success often discovers that it does more harm than good.So instead of trying so hard to achieve success, try to be happy with who you are and what you do.Try to do work that you can be proud of.Maybe you won't be famous in your own lifetime, but you may create better art.1B One summer day my father sent me to buy some wire and fencing to put around our barn to pen up the bull.At 16, I liked nothing better than getting behind the wheel of our truck and driving into town on the old mill road.Water from the mill's wheel sprayed in the sunshine making a rainbow over the canal and I often stopped there on my way to bathe and cool off for a spell—natural air conditioning.The sun was so hot, I did not need a towel as I was dry by the time I climbed the clay banks and crossed the road ditch to the truck.Just before town, the road shot along the sea where I would collect seashells or gather seaweed beneath the giant crane unloading the ships. This trip was different, though.My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit at the store.It was 1976, and the ugly shadow of racism was still a fact of life.I'd seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while a storeowner enquired into whether they were "good for it".Many store clerks watched black youths with the assumption that they were thieves every time they even went into a grocery.My family was honest.We paid our debts.But just before harvest, all the money flowed out.There were no new deposits at the bank.Cash was short.At Davis Brothers' General Store, Buck Davis stood behind the register, talking to a middle-aged farmer.Buck was a tall, weathered man in a red hunting shirt and I nodded as I passed him on my way to the hardware section to get a container of nails, a coil of binding wire and fencing.I pulled my purchases up to the counter and placed the nails in the tray of the scale, saying carefully, "I need to put this on credit."My brow was moist with nervous sweat and I wiped it away with the back of my arm.The farmer gave me an amused, cynical look, but Buck's face didn't change."Sure," he said easily, reaching for his booklet where he kept records for credit.I gave a sigh of relief."Your daddy is always good for it."He turned to the farmer."This here is one of James Williams' sons.They broke the mold when they made that man."The farmer nodded in a neighborly way.I was filled with pride."James Williams' son."Those three words had opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.As I heaved the heavy freight into the bed of the truck, I did so with ease, feeling like a stronger man than the one that left the farm that morning.I had discovered that a good name could furnish a capital of good will of great value.Everyone knew what to expect from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself too much to do wrong.My great grandfather may have been sold as a slave at auction, but this was not an excuse to do wrong to others.Instead my father believed the only way to honor him was through hard work and respect for all men.We children—eight brothers and two sisters—could enjoy our good name, unearned, unless and until we did something to lose it.We had an interest in how one another behaved and our own actions as well, lest we destroy the name my father had created.Our good name was and still is the glue that holds our family tight together.The desire to honor my father's good name spurred me to become the first in our family to go to university.I worked my way through college as a porter at a four-star hotel. Eventually, that good name provided the initiative to start my own successful public relations firm in Washington, D.C.America needs to restore a sense of shame in its neighborhoods.Doing drugs, spending all your money at the liquor store, stealing, or getting a young woman pregnant with no intent to marry her should induce a deep sense of embarrassment.But it doesn't.Nearly one out of three births in America is to a single mother. Many of these children will grow up without the security and guidance they need to become honorable members of society.Once the social ties and mutual obligations of the family melt away, communities fall apart.While the population has increased only 40 percent since 1960, violent crime in America has increased a staggering 550 percent—and we've become exceedingly used to it. Teen drug use has also risen.In one North Carolina County, police arrested 73 students from 12 secondary schools for dealing drugs, some of them right in the classroom.Meanwhile, the small signs of civility and respect that hold up civilization are vanishing from schools, stores and streets.Phrases like "yes, ma'am", "no, sir", "thank you" and "please" get a yawn from kids today who are encouraged instead by cursing on television and in music.They simply shrug off the rewards of a good name.The good name passed on by my father and maintained to this day by my brothers and sisters and me is worth as much now as ever.Even today, when I stop into Buck Davis' shop or my hometown <49>barbershop</49> for a haircut, I am still greeted as James Williams' son.My family's good name did <50>pave</50> the way for me.2A He was born in a poor area of South London.He wore his mother's old red stockings cut down for ankle socks.His mother was temporarily declared mad.Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplin's childhood.But only Charlie Chaplin could have created the great comic character of "the Tramp", the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame.Other countries—France, Italy, Spain, even Japan—have provided more applause (and profit) where Chaplin is concerned than the land of his birth.Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of performers to do his comedy act on the stage, where talent scouts recruited him to work for Mack Sennett, the king of Hollywood comedy films.Sad to say, many English people in the 1920s and 1930s thought Chaplin's Tramp a bit, well, "crude".Certainly middle-class audiences did; the working-class audiences were more likely to clap for a character who revolted against authority, using his wicked little cane to trip it up, or aiming the heel of his boot for a well-placed kick at its broad rear.All the same, Chaplin's comic beggar didn't seem all that English or even working-class.English tramps didn't sport tiny moustaches, huge pants or tail coats: European leaders and Italian waiters wore things like that.Then again, the Tramp's quick eye for a pretty girl had a coarse way about it that was considered, well, not quite nice by English audiences—that's how foreigners behaved, wasn't it?But for over half of his screen career, Chaplin had no screen voice to confirm his British nationality.Indeed, it was a headache for Chaplin when he could no longer resist the talking movies and had to find "the right voice" for his Tramp.He postponed that day as long as possible: In Modern Times in 1936, the first film in which he was heard as a singing waiter, he made up a nonsense language which sounded like no known nationality.He later said he imagined the Tramp to be a college-educated gentleman who'd come down in the world.But if he'd been able to speak with an educated accent in those early short comedies, it's doubtful if he would have achieved world fame. And the English would have been sure to find it "odd". No one was certain whether Chaplin did it on purpose but this helped to bring about his huge success.He was an immensely talented man, determined to a degree unusual even in the ranks of Hollywood stars.His huge fame gave him the freedom—and, more importantly, the money—to be his own master.He already had the urge to explore and extend a talent he discovered in himself as he went along."It can't be me. Is that possible? How extraordinary," is how he greeted the first sight of himself as the Tramp on the screen.But that shock roused his imagination.Chaplin didn't have his jokes written into a script in advance; he was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along.Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin make "contact" with himself as an artist.He turned them into other kinds of objects.Thus, a broken alarm clock in the movie The Pawnbroker became a "sick" patient undergoing surgery; boots were boiled in his film The Gold Rush and their soles eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being removed like fish bones).This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, is surely the secret of Chaplin's great comedy.He also had a deep need to be loved—and a corresponding fear of being betrayed.The two were hard to combine and sometimes—as in his early marriages—the collision between them resulted in disaster.Yet even this painfully-bought self-knowledge found its way into his comic creations.The Tramp never loses his faith in the flower girl who'll be waiting to walk into the sunset with him; while the other side of Chaplin makes Monsieur Verdoux, the French wife killer, into a symbol of hatred for women.It's a relief to know that life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stability and happiness it had earlier denied him.In Oona O'Neill Chaplin, he found a partner whose stability and affection spanned the 37 years age difference between them, which hadseemed so threatening, that when the official who was marrying them in 1942 turned to the beautiful girl of 17 who'd given notice of their wedding date, he said, "And where is the young man? "—Chaplin, then 54, had cautiously waited outside.As Oona herself was the child of a large family with its own problems, she was well prepared for the battle that Chaplin's life became as many unfounded rumors surrounded them both—and, later on, she was the center of calm in the quarrels that Chaplin sometimes sparked in his own large family of talented children.Chaplin died on Christmas Day 1977.A few months later, a couple of almost comic body thieves stole his body from the family burial chamber and held it for money.The police recovered it with more efficiency than Mack Sennett's clumsy Keystone Cops would have done, but one can't help feeling Chaplin would have regarded this strange incident as a fitting memorial—his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so many. 2B Modest and soft-spoken, Agatha Muthoni Mbogo, 24, is hardly the image of a revolutionary.Yet, six months ago, she did a most revolutionary thing: She ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won.Ms. Mbogo's victory was even more surprising because she was voted in by her colleagues on the District Council, all men.For the thousands of women in this farming area two hours northeast of Nairobi, Ms. Mbogo suddenly became a symbol of the increasingly powerful political force women have become in Kenya and across Africa.Ms. Mbogo launched her dream of a career in politics in 1992 by running for the Embu Council, facing the obstacles that often trouble African women running for political office.She had little money.She had no political experience.She faced ridiculous questions about her personal life."My opponent kept insisting that I was going to get married to somebody in another town and move away," Ms. Mbogo said.Ms. Mbogo also faced misunderstanding among the town's women, many of whom initially were unwilling to vote for her.She became an ambassador for women's political rights, giving speeches before women's groups and going from door to door, handbag in hand, spending hours at a time giving a combination of speech and government lesson."I was delighted when she won the election, because men elected her," said Lydiah Kimani, an Embu farmer and political activist."It was the answer to my prayers because it seemed to be a victory over this idea that 'women can't lead'."Education of African women has become a top priority for political activists.One organization has held dozens of workshops in rural Kenya to help women understand the nation's constitution and the procedures and theory behind a democratic political system.One veteran female political activist said that many women had not been taught the basics of political participation.They are taught to vote for the one who "gives you a half kilo sack of flour, 200 grams of salt, or a loaf of bread" during the campaign, said the activist.Women politicians and activists say they are fighting deeply-held cultural traditions.Those traditions teach that African women cook, clean, take care of children, sow and harvest crops and support their husbands.They typically do not inherit land, divorce their husband, control their finances or hold political office.Yet, political activity among Kenyan women is not a new phenomenon.During the struggle for independence in the 1950s, Kenyan women often secretly provided troops with weapons and spied on the positions of colonial forces.But after independence, leaders jealous to protect their power shut them out of politics, a situation repeated across the continent.Today, men still have the upper hand.Women in Kenya make up 60 percent of the people who vote, but only 3 percent of the National Assembly.No Kenyan woman has ever held a cabinet post.Against that background, Agatha Mbogo began her political career.After winning her council seat, she declined a spot on the education and social services committee after a colleague called it "a woman's committee".She instead joined the town planning committee, a much more visible assignment.Then last year, she decided to challenge Embu's mayor, a veteran politician.Ms. Mbogo said she had become frustrated because the donor groups that provide substantial aid to Kenya's rural areas "did not want to come here"."We weren't seeing things done for the community," she said."It was a scandal—the donors' money seemed to be going to individuals."After a fierce campaign, the council elected her, 7 to 6.She said women in Embu celebrated.Men were puzzled; some were hostile.They asked, "How could all of those men vote for a woman? " she recalled.Ms. Mbogo has not met with the kinds of abuse that other female politicians have been subjected to, however.Some have said their supporters are sometimes attacked with clubs after rallies.Last June, Kenyan police attempted to break up a women's political meeting northwest of Nairobi, insisting it was illegal and might start a riot.When the 100 women, including a member of the National Assembly, refused to go, officers tore down their banners and beat them with clubs and fists, witnesses reported.In contrast, Ms. Mbogo generally receives warm greetings from the men of Embu, and many say they are now glad the council chose her.Donor groups are now funding projects in Embu in earnest.A new market is going up downtown.A 200-bed section for new mothers is being added to the hospital.A dormitory-style home has been built for the dozens of homeless street children who once wandered the city.Ms. Mbogo is especially proud of the market and the hospital because "they have an impact on women".At the current market, where hundreds of people, shaded by umbrellas, lay out fruits and vegetables, one person who sells lemons said she liked the new mayor."I feel like if I have a problem, I can go to her office," she said."The other mayor shouted. He acted like an emperor. He did not want to hear my problems."Nearby, a man said he found Ms. Mbogo a refreshing change."I'm tired of men," he said, watching over his pile of onions."They give us so many promises, but they don't deliver the goods. As long as she keeps giving us what we want, she is all right."3A A welfare client is supposed to cheat. Everybody expects it.Faced with sharing a dinner of raw pet food with the cat, many people in wheelchairs I know bleed the system for a few extra dollars.They tell the government that they are getting two hundred dollars less than their real pension so they can get a little extra welfare money. Or, they tell the caseworker that the landlord raised the rent by a hundred dollars.I have opted to live a life of complete honesty.So instead, I go out and drum up some business and draw cartoons.I even tell welfare how much I make!Oh, I'm tempted to get paid under the table.But even if I yielded to that temptation, big magazines are not going to get involved in some sticky situation.They keep my records, and that information goes right into the government's computer.Very high-profile.As a welfare client I'm expected to bow before the caseworker.Deep down, caseworkers know that they are being made fools of by many of their clients, and they feel they are entitled to have clients bow to them as compensation. I'm not being bitter.Most caseworkers begin as college-educated liberals with high ideals.But after a few years in a system that practically requires people to lie, they become like the one I shall call "Suzanne", a detective in shorts.Not long after Christmas last year, Suzanne came to inspect my apartment and saw some new posters pasted on the wall."Where'd you get the money for those? " she wanted to know."Friends and family.""Well, you'd better have a receipt for it, by God. You have to report any donations or gifts."This was my cue to beg.Instead, I talked back."I got a cigarette from somebody on the street the other day. Do I have to report that? ""Well, I'm sorry, but I don't make the rules, Mr. Callahan."Suzanne tries to lecture me about repairs to my wheelchair, which is always breaking down because welfare won't spend money maintaining it properly."You know, Mr. Callahan, I've heard that you put a lot more miles on that wheelchair than average."Of course I do.I'm an active worker, not a vegetable.I live near downtown, so I can get around in a wheelchair.I wonder what she'd think if she suddenly broke her hip and had to crawl to work.Government cuts in welfare have resulted in hunger and suffering for a lot of people, not just me.But people with spinal cord injuries felt the cuts in a unique way: The government stopped taking care of our chairs.Each time mine broke down, lost a screw, needed a new roller bearing, the brake wouldn't work, etc., and I called Suzanne, I had to endure a little lecture.Finally, she'd say, "Well, if I can find time today, I'll call the medical worker."She was supposed to notify the medical worker, who would certify that there was a problem.Then the medical worker called the wheelchair repair companies to get the cheapest bid.Then the medical worker alerted the main welfare office at the state capital.They considered the matter for days while I lay in bed, unable to move.Finally, if I was lucky, they called back and approved the repair.When welfare learned I was making money on my cartoons, Suzanne started "visiting" every fortnight instead of every two months.She looked into every corner in search of unreported appliances, or maids, or a roast pig in the oven, or a new helicopter parked out back. She never found anything, but there was always a thick pile of forms to fill out at the end of each visit, accounting for every penny.There is no provision in the law for a gradual shift away from welfare.I am an independent businessman, slowly building up my market.It's impossible to jump off welfare and suddenly be making two thousand dollars a month. But I would love to be able to pay for some of my living and not have to go through an embarrassing situation every time I need a spare part for my wheelchair.There needs to be a lawyer who can act as a champion for the rights of welfare clients, because the system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients.Welfare sent Suzanne to look around in my apartment the other day because the chemist said I was using a larger than usual amount of medical supplies.I was, indeed: The hole that has been surgically cut to drain urine had changed size and the connection to my urine bag was leaking.While she was taking notes, my phone rang and Suzanne answered it.The caller was a state senator, which scared Suzanne a little.Would I sit on the governor's committee and try to do something about the thousands of welfare clients who, like me, could earn part or all of their own livings if they were allowed to do so, one step at a time?Hell, yes, I would!Someday people like me will thrive under a new system that will encourage them, not seek to convict them of cheating.They will be free to develop their talents without guilt or fear—or just hold a good, steady job.3B It was late afternoon when the chairman of our Bangkok-based company gave me an assignment: I would leave the next day to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand.Silently angry, I stared at my desk.The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work waiting to be done, even though I had been working seven days a week.How will I ever catch up? I wondered.After a one-hour flight the next morning, we spent the day visiting attractions along with hundreds of other tourists, most of them loaded with cameras and small gifts.I remember feeling annoyed at this dense collection of humanity.That evening my Chinese companion and I climbed into a chartered van to go to dinner and a show, one which I had attended many times before.While he chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite conversation in the dark with a man seated in front of me, a Belgian who spoke fluent English.I wondered why he held his head motionless at an odd angle, as though he were in prayer.Then the truth struck me.He was blind.Behind me someone switched on a light, and I could see his thick silvery hair and strong, square jaw.His eyes seemed to contain a white mist."Could I please sit beside you at the dinner?" he asked."And I'd love it if you'd describe a little of what you see.""I'd be happy to," I replied.。

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译a他出生在伦敦南部的一个贫困地区。

他穿的短袜是从妈妈的红色长袜上剪下来的。

他的妈妈一度被诊断为精神失常。

狄更斯或许能创作出查理·卓别林的童年故事，但只有查理·卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色“流浪汉”，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。

就卓别林而言，其他国家，如法国、意大利、西班牙，甚至日本，都比他的出生地给予了他更多的掌声（和更多的收益）。

在1913年，卓别林永久地离开了英国，与一些演员一起启程到美国进行舞台喜剧表演。

在那里，他被星探招募到好莱坞喜剧片之王麦克·塞纳特的旗下工作。

令人遗憾的是，20世纪二、三十年代的很多英国人认为卓别林的“流浪汉”多少有点“粗俗”。

中产阶级当然这样认为。

劳动阶层反倒更有可能为这样一个反抗权势的角色拍手喝彩：他以顽皮的小拐杖使绊子，或用皮靴后跟对准权势者肥大的臀部踢一下。

尽管如此，卓别林的滑稽乞丐形象并不那么像英国人，甚至也不像劳动阶级的人。

英国流浪者并不留小胡子，也不穿肥大的裤子或燕尾服：欧洲的领导人和意大利的侍者才那样穿戴。

另外，“流浪汉”瞟着漂亮女孩的眼神也有些粗俗，被英国观众认为不太正派──只有外国人才那样，不是吗？而在卓别林大半的银幕生涯中，银幕上的他是不出声的，也就无从证明他是英国人。

事实上，当卓别林再也无法抵制有声电影，不得不为他的“流浪汉”寻找“合适的声音”时，他确实很头疼。

他尽可能地推迟那一天的到来：在 1936 的《摩登时代》里，他第一次在影片里发声唱歌。

在片中，他扮演一名侍者，满口胡言乱语，听起来不像任何国家的语言。

后来他说，他想象中的“流浪汉”是一位受过大学教育，但已经没落的绅士。

但假如他在早期那些短小的喜剧电影中能操一口受教育人的口音，那么他是否会闻名世界就难说了，而英国人也肯定会觉得这很“古怪”。

没有人知道卓别林这么干是不是有意的，但这促使他获得了巨大的成功。

他是一个才能非凡的人，他的决心之大甚至在好莱坞明星中也十分少见。

TranslationUnite 11这种植物只有在培育他的土壤中才能很好地成长The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one in which it has been developed2研究结果表明，无论我们白天做了什么事情，晚上都会做大约两个小时的梦.Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we may have done during the day.3有些人往往责怪别人没有尽最大努力，以此来为自己的失败辩护Some people tend to justify their failure by blaming others for not trying their best.4我们忠于我们的承诺，凡是答应做的，我们都会做到We remain tree to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do; we would do it.5连贝多芬的父亲都不相信自己儿子日后有一天可能成为世界上最伟大的音乐家。

爱迪生也同样如此，他的老师觉得他似乎过于迟钝Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that his son would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.6当局控告他们威胁国家安全They were accused by authorities of threatening the state security.Unite 21要是这部戏剧中的人物更幽默些的话，就会吸引更多的观众If the characters in this comedy had been more humorous，it would have attracted a larger audience．2她从未对自己的能力失去信心，因此她有可能成为一名成功的演员‘She has never lost faith in her own ability, so it is a possibility for her to become a successful actress.3我从未受过正式培训，我只是边干边学I never had formal training，I just learned as I went along?4随着产品进入国际市场，他们的品牌知名度越来越高了. As their products find their way into the international market，their brand is gaining in popularity.5她可以编造一个故事，说自己被窃贼打昏，所有的钱都没了，但她怀疑自己是否能让这个故事听起来可信．She could make up a story by saying she was knocked unconscious by thieves and that all her money was gone，but she doubted whether she could make it sound believable.6谁都不清楚他是否故意推迟了这次访问，可是这引起了对他更多地批评．No one was certain whether he postponed the visit on purpose, but this brought more criticism of himUnite 3XI.1据报道有七八位官员收受贿赂，市长决定亲自出马调查这件事Seven or eight officials are reported to have taken bribes and the mayor has decided to look into theaffair in person.2这些工人后悔当时接受管理部门的意见重新回去工作，现在他们再次面临事业的危险了These workers regret yielding to the management's advice and going back to work. Now they areagain faced with the threat of losing their jobs.3你只需填写一张表格就可以取得会员资格，它可以使你在买东西时享受打折的优惠You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.4不知为什么他们的汽车在半路坏掉了，结果他们比原计划晚到了三个小时. Their car broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived three hours laterthan they had planned.5那位官员卷入了一场丑闻，数周后被迫辞职. The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later.6这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢地建立起自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆. The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one step at a time and his business is thriving.Unit4XI.1我父母不是对我的教育投资，而是把钱花在了买新住房上. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a new house.2如今，人们用于休闲娱乐的开支是过去的两倍. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment and relaxation as they did in the past.3一家公司要成功，它必须跟上市场的发展. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace.4与申请这个职位的其他女孩相比，她流利的英语是个优势. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job.5对于学生而言没有任何地方比图书馆更好了，在那里所有的图书都任由他们使用. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal.6我们要充分利用好这个平台，加强交流，拓展合作领域，共谋发展大计. We should make full use of the platform to strengthen communication, expand cooperation in more areas and seek further development through joint efforts.Unite 51这位小个子男子不如他看上去那么单纯. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2对这个问题我已经束手无策了，所以你不妨去求助于王教授吧. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3双方高度评价了在不同领域合作取得的成果，并希望合作进一步加深. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.4一方面，亲民形象能使新政策更易于被民众接受，另一方面，它也能“广直言之路，启尽善之门”. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted..On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructive suggestions".5他孤独的感觉时起时落，他有时会对自己对宠物，对电视机唠叨不休. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pets and the television.6毕竟，金钱不是万能的，最富有的人不一定是最幸福的. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.Unite 61假设你发现了你自己的同事受贿，你会不会无动于衷呢. Suppose you found out that your colleague takes bribes, would you just ignore it?2他如此固执，我们已对他失望了，跟他争论一点意义都没有. We've given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him.3他突然想到了一个加速实验进程的好办法，但组里的成员却对此意见不一. He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.4今天我能够使自己的职业和兴趣相符，之前我是做不到的. Today I'm able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasn't able to do before.5要成为一名驾驶员，视觉上分辨红色和绿色的能力是必不可少的. The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to becoming a driver.6这个组由七个人组成，他们经常见面，分享彼此的信息. The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with each other.Unite 71这些科学家在创建基因图谱过程中体会到：合作不仅仅是一种有吸引力的选择，它还是一种责任. In the process of creating the genetic map, these scientists realized that cooperation was more thanan attractive option; it was a responsibility.2他们的研究发现简直就是一个奇迹，由于他们的发现，人们对人类基因的历史优乐新的了解. Their research findings were nothing less than a miracle. As a result of their findings, new light has been shed on the history of human genes.3事实上，只有勤奋加方法得当才能使你在学习上比他人有优势. In fact, only hard work in combination with proper methods will give you an advantage over others.4法官说这种惩罚将起到杀一儆百的作用. The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.5感染的危险只限于那些与病人有亲密接触的人. The risk of infection is confined to those who have close contact with the patients.6从这一分析中我们可以更好地知道发生了什么以及要做些什么. From such an analysis we are in a better position to understand what has happened and what to do about it. Unite 81只要他守规矩，我倒不在乎他晚上在外呆的那么晚. 1 don't mind his staying out so late as long as he behaves himself.2与其他计划相比，我更新喜欢他的计划，因为我觉得没有任何一个计划比他的计划更实际. 1 prefer his plan to others in that I think no plan is more practical than his.3他们与那家公司中断了生意来往，因为那家公司上一个财政年度损失惨重，已经破产了. They broke off business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last fiscal year and went bankrupt.4既然你不喜欢他当初为什么还要邀请他参加你的生日晚会呢. Now that you don't like him, why did you invite him to your birthday party in the first place?5虽然知道获胜的可能性不大，但比赛失败后，我们多少还是有点沮丧. Though we knew our chances to win were slim, we were more or less depressed when we lost in the game. 6也许这是为进步而付出的代价，谁知道呢. Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for progress-who knows?Unite 91. 尽管他们做出了巨大的努力，但目前为止，博物馆每天的参观者仍然还是很少。

（第二版）新视野大学英语读写教程第四册unit2中文翻译他出生在伦敦南部的一个贫困地区。

他穿的短袜是从妈妈的红色长袜上剪下来的。

他的妈妈一度被诊断为精神失常。

狄更斯或许能创作出查理·卓别林的童年故事，但只有查理·卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色“流浪汉”，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。

就卓别林而言，其他国家，如法国、意大利、西班牙，甚至日本，都比他的出生地给予了他更多的掌声（和更多的收益）。

在1913年，卓别林永久地离开了英国，与一些演员一起启程到美国进行舞台喜剧表演。

在那里，他被星探招募到好莱坞喜剧片之王麦克·塞纳特的旗下工作。

令人遗憾的是，20世纪二、三十年代的很多英国人认为卓别林的“流浪汉”多少有点“粗俗”。

中产阶级当然这样认为。

劳动阶层反倒更有可能为这样一个反抗权势的角色拍手喝彩：他以顽皮的小拐杖使绊子，或用皮靴后跟对准权势者肥大的臀部踢一下。

尽管如此，卓别林的滑稽乞丐形象并不那么像英国人，甚至也不像劳动阶级的人。

英国流浪者并不留小胡子，也不穿肥大的裤子或燕尾服：欧洲的领导人和意大利的侍者才那样穿戴。

另外，“流浪汉”瞟着漂亮女孩的眼神也有些粗俗，被英国观众认为不太正派──只有外国人才那样，不是吗？而在卓别林大半的银幕生涯中，银幕上的他是不出声的，也就无从证明他是英国人。

事实上，当卓别林再也无法抵制有声电影，不得不为他的“流浪汉”寻找“合适的声音”时，他确实很头疼。

他尽可能地推迟那一天的到来：在1936 的《摩登时代》里，他第一次在影片里发声唱歌。

在片中，他扮演一名侍者，满口胡言乱语，听起来不像任何国家的语言。

后来他说，他想象中的“流浪汉”是一位受过大学教育，但已经没落的绅士。

但假如他在早期那些短小的喜剧电影中能操一口受教育人的口音，那么他是否会闻名世界就难说了，而英国人也肯定会觉得这很“古怪”。

没有人知道卓别林这么干是不是有意的，但这促使他获得了巨大的成功。

Unit 1An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.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。

The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction.成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。

"Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.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。

The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.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。

Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on.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。

新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程第四册课文翻译(最新完整版)Unit 1section A名气之尾艺术家追求成名，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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

新版新视野大学英语读写教程第四册答案及课文翻译答案部分:Unit OneIII.1. idle2. justify3. discount4. distinct5. minute6.accused7. object8. contaminate9. sustain 10. worship IV.1. accusing... of2. end up3. came upon4. at her worst5. pay for6. run a risk of7. participate in8. other than9. object to/objected 10. at best V1. K2. G3. C4. E5. N6.O7.I8. L9. A 10. D CollocationVI.1. delay2. pain3. hardship4. suffering5. fever6. defeat7. poverty8. treatment9. noise 10. agonyWord buildingVII.1. justify2. glorify3. exemplifies4. classified5. purified6. intensify7. identify8. terrifiedVIII.1. bravery2. jewelry3. delivery4. machinery5. robbery6. nursery7. scenery8. discoverySentence StructureIX.1. other than for funerals and weddings2. other than to live an independent life3. other than that they appealed to his eye . . `4. but other than that, he'll eat just about everything .5. other than that it's somewhere in the town centerX.1. shouldn't have been to the cinema last night2. would have; told him the answer3. they needn't have gone at all4. must have had too much work to do5. might have been injured seriouslyTranslationXI. -1. The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one in which it has been developed.2. Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what wemay have done during the day.3.Some people tend to justify their failure by blaming others for not trying their best.4.We remain tree to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do; we would do it.5.Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that his son would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.6. They were accused by authorities of threatening the state security.XII.l.出入除自己家以外的任何场所时，如果你带有宠物，一定要了解有关宠物的规定。

新视野大学英语读写教程4第二版课后翻译UNIT 1(1) 汉译英1.The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one inwhich it has been developed.这种植物只有在培育它的土壤中才能很好地成长。

(other than)2.Research findings show that we spend about two hoursdreaming every night, no matter what we may have doneduring the day.研究结果表明，无论我们白天做了什么事情，晚上都会做大约两个小时的梦。

(may have done)3.Some people tend to justify their failure by blaming othersfor not trying their best.有些人往往责怪别人没有尽最大努力，以此来为自己的失败辩护。

(justify sth. by)4.We remain true to our commitment: Whatever we promisedto do, we would do it.我们忠于我们的承诺：凡是答应做的，我们都会做到。

(remain true to)5.Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that hisson would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.连贝多芬的父亲都不相信自己儿子日后有一天可能成为世界上最伟大的音乐家。

爱迪生也同样如此，他的老师觉得他似乎过于迟钝。

新视野大学英语课文翻译第四册Unit 1TextA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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

艺人，就像政客一样，必须常常说些违心或连自己都不完全相信的话来取悦听众。

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译第一课：环境污染原文Environmental Pollution翻译环境污染第二课：全球变暖原文Global Warming翻译全球变暖第三课：可持续发展原文Sustainable Development翻译可持续发展第四课：塑料污染原文Plastic Pollution 翻译塑料污染第五课：水污染原文Water Pollution 翻译水污染第六课：空气污染原文Air Pollution翻译空气污染第七课：土地退化原文Land Degradation翻译土地退化第八课：生态系统破坏原文Ecosystem Destruction翻译生态系统破坏第九课：自然资源枯竭原文Depletion of Natural Resources翻译自然资源枯竭第十课：环境保护的重要性原文The Importance of Environmental Protection 翻译环境保护的重要性第十一课：环境问题的解决方案原文Solutions to Environmental Problems翻译环境问题的解决方案第十二课：个人责任与环境保护原文Individual Responsibility and Environmental Protection 翻译个人责任与环境保护第十三课：节能减排原文Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction节能减排第十四课：低碳生活原文Low-carbon Lifestyle 翻译低碳生活第十五课：可再生能源原文Renewable Energy翻译可再生能源本文档为《新视野大学英语读写教程第四册》课文翻译的标题列表，总共包含15个主题。

每个主题都是关于环境保护和可持续发展的重要议题。

阅读这些课文翻译可以帮助我们了解环境问题的严重性以及应对这些问题的方法和策略。

促进环境保护与可持续发展是我们每个人的责任，通过教育和行动，我们可以共同努力保护我们的地球家园。

新视野大学英语_读写教程4课文翻译●UNIT 1●第一段翻译：（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。

）●第二段翻译：（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。

）●UNIT 2●第六段翻译：（这种震惊唤起了他的想象。

卓别林并没有把他的笑料事先写成文字。

他是那种边表演边根据感觉去创造艺术的喜剧演员。

没有生命的物体特别有助于卓别林发挥自己艺术家的天赋。

他将这些物体想象成其他东西。

因此在《当铺老板》中，一个坏闹钟变成了正在接受手术的“病人”.在《淘金记》中，靴子被放在锅里煮，靴底被蘸着盐和胡椒吃掉，就像上好的鱼片一样（鞋钉就像鱼骨那样被剔除）。

这种对事物的转化，以及他一次又一次做出这种转化的技巧，正是卓别林伟大喜剧的奥秘所在。

）●UNIT 4●第一段翻译：（一个将会大大提高发展中国家生活水准的转变正方兴未艾。

一些不久前还是信息闭塞的地方正在迅速获得最新的通信技术，这将促进他们吸纳国内外投资。

亚洲、拉丁美洲和东欧的许多国家也许需要10年时间来改善其交通、电力供应和其他公用设施。

但是只一根直径小于半毫米的光纤电缆就可以比由铜丝制成的粗电缆承载更多的信息。

由于安装了光纤电缆、数字转换器和最新的无线传输系统，从北京到布达佩斯的一系列城区和工业区正在直接步入信息时代。

一个蛛网般的数字和无线通信网络已经发展到亚洲的大部分地区和东欧的部分地区。

）●第二段翻译：（所有这些发展中地区都把先进的通信技术看作一种跨越经济发展诸阶段的途径。

例如，信息技术的广泛应用有望缩短劳动密集型的组装工业转向涉及工程、营销和设计的那些产业所需的时间。

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译1.a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。

a成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻消灭。

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！”他们的担忧不无道理。

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。

享受成功的无上荣耀，这种诱惑不是能轻易抵挡的。

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。

假设表演者、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。

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。

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。

艺人，就像政客一样，必须常常说些违心或连自己都不完全相信的话来取悦听众。

Chase 追踪fine 罚款rent 租用width 宽度cruelty 残酷justify 证明道理bow 鞠躬nowhere任何地方都不worship 崇拜applause 鼓掌paste 粘贴disposal 处理drown 沉浸于coarse 粗鲁的receipt 收据tame 驯服idle 闲着的postpone 推迟alert 提醒inspiration 灵感bored 厌烦的immense 无限的roast 烤commodity 必需品sustain 维持extraordinary不寻常provision 条款cushion 坐垫4.We remain tree to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do; we woulddo it.我们忠于我们的承诺，凡是答应做的，我们都会做会5.Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that his son would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.贝多芬父亲都不相信儿子会在以后成为世界上最伟大的音乐剧，爱迪生也是如此，他老师觉得他似乎过于迟钝6. They were accused by authorities of threatening the state security.当局控告他们威胁国家安全1 ．If the characters in this comedy had been more humorous，it would have attracted a larger audience．‘要是这部喜剧的人物更幽默，会吸引更多的观众2. She has never lost faith in her own ability, so it is a possibility for her to4. Their car broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived threehours later than they had planned.不造为什么他们的汽车在半路坏掉了，结果他们比原计划晚到3个小时5. The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later.哪位官员卷入了一场丑闻，数周后被迫辞职6. The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one step at atime and his business is thriving.这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢建立自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆1. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a newhouse.我父母不是对我的教育投资，而是把钱花在了买新的住房上2. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment and relaxation as they did in the past.如今人们用于休闲娱乐的开支是过去的2倍3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace.一家公司要成功，它必须跟上市场的发展4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job.与申请这个职位的其他女孩相比，她流利的英语是个优势5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at。

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课文翻译1.a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。

a成功之残酷正在于它常常让那些追逐成功者自寻毁灭。

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。

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。

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。

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。

SectionBunit1夏日的一天，父亲让我去买些铁丝网和栅栏，用来围畜棚，把牛圈起来。

那时我16岁，最喜欢开上货车，沿着老磨坊路到城里去。

研磨机轮子上的水花在阳光下喷洒，在河道上空形成一道彩虹。

我常在半路上把车停下来，在河里洗个澡，凉快一会，享受一下天然空调。

太阳火辣辣的，不用毛巾擦，等我爬上岸边的土坡，穿过路边的壕沟，到达货车时，身上已经都干了。

快进城时，有一段沿着海滩的路，我会在那儿拣贝壳，拣海藻，头顶就是正从轮船上卸货的巨大的起重机。

但是，这次却有所不同。

父亲告诉我，我得向店里要求赊账。

那是1976年，种族主义的丑陋阴影仍然是生活的现实。

我曾目睹我的朋友要求赊账，然后就低着头站在那里，等着店主查询他“配不配赊账”。

许多店员只要一看见年轻的黑人走进商店，就盯着他们，疑心他们是小偷。

我们家人诚实正派，有债必还。

但在庄稼收割之前，所有的钱都已经花光了。

银行里也没有新的存款，现金不够。

在戴维斯兄弟杂货店，巴克·戴维斯站在收银机后面，正和一个中年农夫说着话。

巴克个子高高的，穿着一件红色的狩猎衬衫，显得饱经风霜。

我冲他点了点头，经过他的身边，向五金柜台走去，拿了一盒钉子，一卷用于捆扎的铁丝网和栅栏。

我把要买的东西拖到柜台前，把钉子放进秤盘，小心翼翼地说道：“我要赊账。

”一边抬起胳膊去擦额头上紧张的汗珠。

那个农夫像寻开心般怀疑地看着我，但是巴克的脸色却没有变。

他随和地说道：“当然可以，你老爹总能有借有还，”一边伸手去拿记账的账本。

我舒了一口气。

他转过头，对那个农夫说：“这是詹姆士·威廉的儿子。

像詹姆士·威廉这样讲信用的人是很少的。

”那个农夫友善地点了点头。

我的心里顿时充满了自豪。

“詹姆士·威廉的儿子”，这句话打开了通往成年人的尊敬和信任的大门。

当我把沉重的货物拉进货车车厢时，觉得轻而易举，感到比早上离开农庄时更有劲了。

我发现，一个好名声所带来的友好是一笔无价之宝。

The Temptation of a Respectable WomanMrs.Baroda was a little annoyed to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation.Gouvernail's quiet personality puzzled Mrs.Baroda. After a few days with him, she could understand him no better than at first. She left her husband and his guest, for the most part, alone together, only to find that Gouvernail hardly noticed her absence. Then she imposed her company upon him, accompanying him in his idle walks to the mill to press her attempt to penetrate the silence in which he had unconsciously covered himself. But it hardly worked."When is he going — your friend?" she one day asked her husband. "For my part, I find him a terrible nuisance.""Not for a week yet, dear. I can't understand; he gives you no trouble.""No. I should like him better if he did — if he were more like others, and I had to plan somewhat for his comfort and enjoyment."Gaston pulled the sleeve of his wife's dress, gathered his arms around her waist and looked merrily into her troubled eyes."You are full of surprises," he said to her. "Even I can never count upon how you are going to act under given conditions. Here you are," he went on, "taking poor Gouvernail seriously and making a fuss about him, the last thing he would desire or expect.""Fuss!" she hotly replied. "Nonsense! How can you say such a thing! Fuss, indeed! But, you know, you said he was clever.""So he is. But the poor fellow is run down by too much work now. That's why I asked him here to take a rest.""You used to say he was a man of wit," she said, still annoyed. "I expected him to be interesting, at least. I'm going to the city in the morning to have my spring dresses fitted. Let me know when Mr.Gouvernail is gone; until that time I shall be at my aunt's house."That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath an oak tree at the edge of the walk. She had never known her thoughts to be so confused; like the bats now above her, her thoughts quickly flew this way and that. She could gather nothing from them but the feeling of a distinct necessity to leave her home in the next morning.Mrs.Baroda heard footsteps coming from the direction of the barn; she knew it was Gouvernail. She hoped to remain unnoticed, but her white gown revealed her to him. He seated himself upon the bench beside her, without a suspicion that she might object to his presence."Your husband told me to bring this to you, Mrs.Baroda," he said, handing her a length of sheer white fabric with which she sometimes covered her head and shoulders. She accepted it from him and let it lie in her lap.He made some routine observations upon the unhealthy effect of the night breeze at that season. Then as his gaze reached out into the darkness, hebegan to talk.Gouvernail was in no sense a shy man. His periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods. When he was sitting there beside Mrs.Baroda, his silence melted for the time.He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating voice that was not unpleasant to hear. He talked of the old college days when he and Gaston had been best friends, of the days of keen ambitions and large intentions. Now, all there was left with him was a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.Her mind only vaguely grasped what he was saying. His words became a meaningless succession of verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives; she only drank in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him — which she might have done if she had not been a respectable woman.The stronger the desire grew to bring herself near him, the further, in fact, did she move away from him. As soon as she could do so without an appearance of being rude, she pretended to yawn, rose, and left him there alone.Mrs.Baroda was greatly tempted that night to tell her husband — who was also her friend — of this foolishness that had seized her. But she did not yield to the temptation. Besides being an upright and respectable woman she was also a very sensible one.When Gaston arose the next morning, his wife had already departed, without even saying farewell. A porter had carried her trunk to the station and she had taken an early morning train to the city. She did not return until Gouvernail was gone from under her roof.There was some talk of having him back during the summer that followed. That is, Gaston greatly desired it; but this desire yielded to his honorable wife's vigorous opposition.However, before the year ended, she proposed, wholly from herself, to have Gouvernail visit them again. Her husband was surprised and delighted with the suggestion coming from her."I am glad, my dear, to know that you have finally overcome your dislike for him; truly he did not deserve it.""Oh," she told him, laughingly, after pressing a long, tender kiss upon his lips, "I have overcome everything! You will see. This time I shall be very nice to him."一个正派女人受到的诱惑得知丈夫请了他的朋友古韦内尔来种植园小住一两周，巴罗达太太有点不快。

新视野大学英语读写教程第四册课后翻译Unit 1尽管她反复暗示想单独待一会，他仍执意要陪她He imposed his company upon her in spite of her repeated hints of hoping to be left alone.他的朋友从来拿不准他什么时候会怎么做，因为他总是做些出人意料的事His friends can never count upon how he is going to act under given conditions, as he is always full of surprises.别为这点小事大惊小怪的，这可是我最不希望看到的事Don’t make a fuss about such a small thing because that is the last thing I expected.巴罗达太太不仅是位正派体面的女子，也是位非常明知的女子Besides being an upright and respectable woman Mrs. Baroda was also a very sensible one.她的思绪从未这么乱过，丝毫理不出头绪She had never known her thoughts to be so confused, unable to gather anything from them.从古韦内尔的谈话中，巴罗达太太了解到他有时的沉没寡言并非天性，而是情绪使然From Gouvernail’s talk, Mrs. Baroda came to know that his periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods.令加斯顿高兴的是，他妻子终于不讨厌古韦内尔，主动提出邀请他再来To Gaston’s delight, his wife had finally overcome her dislike for Gouvernail and invited Gouvernail to visit them again wholly from herself.巴罗达太太对古韦内尔令人迷惑的性格颇为不解，并觉得很难打破他这种有意的沉没Mrs. Baroda felt confu sed with Gouvernail’s puzzling nature and found it hard to penetrate the sil ence in which he had unconsciously covered himself.Unit 2或许别的作家也会写出关于伦敦的故事，可是只有他才能创造出大卫这样一个使其创造者声名永驻的人物Other writers might have written stories about London. But only he could have created the ch aracter David, who gave his creator permanent fame.比起其他的国家，就这位科学家而言，中国给予了他更多的掌声，更多的荣誉，当然更多的收益China has provided more applause, more honor and, of course, more profit where this scientist is concerned than any other countries.他感觉到了一种冲动，要将这个技巧运用得完美无缺He had an urge to execute this skill perfectly.这种对具体事物的发展转化，以及他一次又一次做出这种转化的技巧，正式卓别林伟大喜剧的奥秘This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, are sur ely the secrets of Chaplin’s great comedy.而这种吃惊唤起了他的想象，卓别林卓别林并没有把他的笑料事先写成文字，他是那种边表演边根据身体感觉去创造艺术的喜剧演员But that shock roused his imagination. Chaplin didn’t have his jokes written into a script in a dvance; he was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along.他也深切的渴望被爱，也相应的害怕遭到背叛，这两这很难结合在一起，有时候这种冲突导致了灾难就像他早期的几次婚姻那样He also had a deep need to be loved—and a corresponding fear of being betrayed. The twowere hard to combine and sometimes—as in his early marriages—the collision between them resulted in disaster.尽管她从未对自己的能力失去信心，但她能否进入最佳演出状态还值得怀疑It’s doubtful whether she can find her way into perfect acting, though she never loses her fait h in her own ability.令人宽慰的是，他终于在临终前写完了这本被看作其写作生涯最好纪念的书It was a relief to know that he finally finished the book before his death, which was regarded as a fitting memorial to his life as a writer.Unit 3从法律上说，你完全可以将质量不过关的商品退还给那家商店，但是应该解释清楚为什么You are legally entitled to take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased them, but you are supposed to account for why you want to do so.你只需填写一张表格就取得了会员资格，它可以使在买东西时享受打折的优惠You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.一年前，那位汽车经销商以优质服务来招揽顾客，如今他的生意十分红火One year ago, the car dealer tried to drum up buyers by offering good services. Now, his bus iness is thriving.这桩刑事案件经过仔细调查后，他被证明犯了谋杀罪The crime was looked into carefully before he was convicted of murder.我的车子在高速公路是行抛锚后，我打电话向高速公路巡逻队求助，20分钟后他们傍晚解了围，留下了一张150美元的收据I called the Freeway Service Patrol for help after my car broke down on the freeway. Twenty minutes later, they came to my rescue and left a $ 150 receipt.由于面临失业的危险，这些工人只好接受管理部门的意见，重新回去工作Faced with the threat of losing their jobs, these workers yielded to the management’s advice a nd went back to work .拐走孩子的那名中年男子向男孩的父亲敲诈2万美金，来补偿他公司的损失The middle-aged man who took the boy bled the father for $20,000 as a compensation for the loss of his company.这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢的建立了自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆The man living on welfare began to set up his own market, one step at a time and his busine ss is thriving.Unit 4通过安装最新的无线传输系统，从北京到布达佩斯的一系列城区和工业区正在直接步入信息时代By installing the latest wireless transmission systems, a parade of urban centers and industrial zones from Beijing to Budapest are stepping directly into the Information Age.信息技术的广泛使用有望缩短从劳动密集型的组装工作转向涉及工程，营销，设计等行业所需的时间Widespread access to information technology promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing and desig n.现代通讯技术使得像中国，越南那样的国家比那些困于旧技术的国家更具有优势Modern communications will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technologies.毋庸争辩，通信技术将成为决定是赢家还是输家的关键因素There is little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from th e losers.这个国家经济陷于于低迷，几乎资金来着手解决基本问题The economy of the country is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to scratch the surface of the problem.急切想得到可靠服务的企业乐于花费可观的高价来换取无绳电话Businesses eager for reliable service are willing to pay a significantly high price tag for a wir eless call.在那里开办一家企业就好象有一堆无穷无尽供你使用的钞票Having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal.对于那些长期落后的国家，一跃而名列前茅的诱惑难以抵御For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist.Unit 5诗人和哲学家都因能够独处而自视清高，从独处中他们能获取灵感Poets and philosophers all speak highly of themselves for seeking out solitude, from which they c an draw inspiration.感觉谦卑的人往往易受孤独的折磨，感到仅仅与自己相处远远不够，渴望有人做伴A humble person tends to suffer from solitude, feeling himself inadequate company, longing for ot hers to be around.那位寡居的老太太实在太孤独了，她会和在超市遇到的陌生人唠唠叨叨的说上老半天她的宠物The widowed old lady was so lonely that she would talk at length to the strangers in the superm arket about her pets.孤独的感觉时起时落，但我们却永远需要与人交谈，把每日看到的和想到的琐事向人倾诉The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but our need to talk goes on forever —the need of te lling someone the daily succession of small observations and opinions.对一个独居的人来说，重要的是保持理性，安顿下来，使自己过得舒服，并在自身的条件下发现一些幽雅和乐趣To a person living alone, it’s important to s tay rational and settle down and make himself comfort able, and find some grace and pleasure in his condition.若与别人同往，你会在与他们小别时感觉耳目一新If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing.科学调查表明，独居的人会对着自己，对着宠物，对着电视几唠叨不休Scientific surveys show that those who live alone talk at length to themselves and their pets and the television.重要的是不在等待，安顿下来，使自己过得舒服，至少暂时这样It’s important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least for the ti me being.Unit 6我们不会听凭形形色色的贿赂行为不断增加而无动于衷We would not stand by and let bribery in various forms be on the increase.我在把那一大比钱借给你的时候就跟你讲清楚了，如果你不能及时还钱，你也许会被指控受贿While lending you the substantial sum of money, I made it clear to you that if you couldn’t pay it off in time, you might be accused of taking bribes财力竞争已成为政治生活中的一个事实，但是如果你为此接受可疑的政治捐款，你很快就会受到调查Competition of financial power has become a fact of political life; but if you receive question able political contributions for this reason, you will soon be under investigation.为获取大宗武器交易合同，他们给执政党的银行帐户捐了一大比钱To secure major arms deal contracts, they have made a substantial donation to the bank accou nt of the party in power.他突然想到一个加速实验进程的好办法，但组里的成员却对此意见不一He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.新法律很难实施，因为人们不愿意遵守It’s difficult to enforce the new law because people are not ready to act on it.我们认为，在该地区实施停火是联合国部队的职责，而当地政府的责任是准备重建法律和秩序We think it’s the business of the United Nations troops to enforce a ceasefi re in that area, wh ile the job of the local government is to prepare to restore law and order.做出了这个决定后，她就加入了那个支持妇女权利的组织Having made this decision, she joined the organization, which is in support of woman’s rights. Unit 7到现在为止，除了一个可疑的包裹，我们还收到3封匿名的来自巴勒斯坦的信件We have received three anonymous letters from Palestine to date, in addition to one suspicious p ackage.他们的梦想仅仅是一个没有种族偏见的更加平等的社会Their dream was nothing less than a more equal society where there is no racial prejudice.他读莎士比亚的戏剧，更喜欢现代音乐He read more th an Shakespeare’s plays; he liked modern music.她说，她在上一次选举中的命运将提醒所有的政治家，声望不是持久的His fate in the last election, she said, would serve as a reminder to all politicians that popularity does not last.事实上，只有勤奋加方法得当才能使在学习上始终比他人有优势In effect, only hard work in combination with proper methods will always give you an advantage over others in study.技术本身，以及它的有效应用，不会局限于传统的科学主题Technology itself, and its effective use, is not to be confined to the traditional science subjects. 既然这篇报告的真实性要打折扣，我不能给你发表Since the truth of this report was discounted, I was not in a position to publish it for you.许多软件公司改变通用程序以适应新的操作系统Many software companies have adapted general programs to the new operating system.Unit 8直到昨天，我们还不知道战争是否会爆发Up to yesterday, we had no idea whether the war would break out or not.身边总有人不断使我想到自己是个奴隶的后裔，但这并没有使我沮丧Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am a descendent of slaves, but it fails t o register depression with me.我不想给那么讲那个故事，我只是顺便说起的I do not want to tell you that story; I have just mentioned that in passing.比起你的计划，我更喜欢他的，因为我觉得他的计划更实际I prefer his plan to yours in that I think it is more practical.她脸上流露的不同意的神情是那么真实，连我都差点信以为真The disapproval registered on her face was so real that even I would have thought it genuine. 他们与那家公司中断了生意来往，因为该公司上一个财政年度损失惨重，已经破产了They broke off the business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last financial year and went bankrupt.也许那就是当初为进步而付出的代价，谁知道呢Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for the progress in the first place—who knows? 她准备行李时，行李包的物品被装进拿出好几次When she was preparing her luggage, the bag was emptied and refilled several times.Unit 9他剃完胡子后，看上去要年轻10岁When he shaved his beard off, he looked ten years younger.这次延误是个很好的例证，说明了为什么我们需要新的计算机系统The delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.尽管她现在拥有特权和财富，但是过去生活一直很艰辛。