Text B (新视野)重要句子

Unit 1

1. He was not much of a pianist, but he knew the love of song and family. （Para 1 ）

他算不上一个钢琴家，可他知道歌中的情、家中的爱。

2. This love is comparable to the beginning of a long road up a mountain with many ups and downs. （Para 3 ）

但是这样的爱，相当于刚开始爬山，而这漫长的爬山之路充满着起起落落。

3. It is sad when divorces are caused by small provocations, when parents and children give up on one another, when friendships fall apart at the first injury, when we give up on love. （Para 3 ）如果因小怒而离婚，父母孩子相互不信任，在第一次受伤害后中断友谊，或不再相信爱，那是令人痛心的事情。

4. Too often we say “farewell” to someone we have loved without due thought and end up paying an emotional toll that is quite costly. （Para 4 ）

我们常常未经深思熟虑就向某人说“再见”，结果付出了非常昂贵的感情代价。

5. Love needs another harder-to-find quality as well, the ability to let go. （Para 7 ）

爱也需要另一种更为难得的能力——放手的能力。

Unit 3

1. It means trying to measure the impact of these forces on contemporary life, and also coming to grips with changes now taking place. （Para.1）

它意味着设法评估这些因素对现代生活的影响，也意味着把握目前正在发生的变化。

2. While we differ in many ways, such differences are neither superior nor inferior to each other. （Para.3）

尽管我们在许多方面存在差异，但这些差异并无优劣之分。

3. By that I mean that the Japanese take great pride in doing a job well and getting it done no matter how much time is required. （Para.13）

我这么说的意思是，日本人引以为豪的是，无论需要多少时间，他们都会把一项工作做完并做好。

4. There is a commitment and sense of responsibility, which have not yet been discarded in this age of machines. （Para.13）

这需要有奉献精神和责任感，在这个机械时代里，它们仍然没有被抛弃。

5.This willingness to help in a pinch is an important aspect of Japanese problem-solving, and you

find it at every level. （Para.16）

“紧要关头，鼎力相助” 是日本人处理问题时的一个重要方面，存在于日本社会的各个阶层。

Unit 4

1. Once you know her distinctive style, you can recognize her cards from 20 paces away—bright, funny, and with an eye to the past. Para 4

一旦你熟悉了她的独特风格，在20 步开外你也能认出她的贺卡：色彩艳丽、趣味盎然、充满怀旧气息。

2. Her cards usually have elaborate border designs comprised of repeated images: hearts, flowers, peaches, and teapots, for example. Para 4

她的贺卡边缘通常有精巧的图饰，常重复使用这样一些形象，如桃心、花、桃子或茶壶等。

3.She is cheerful, down-to-earth, humorous, and always cute. “I think the world could use more cuteness,” she explains. Indeed, it’s her trademark. Para 5

她乐观、质朴、幽默、十分可爱。“我觉得这个世界应该再多一些可爱的东西，” 她解释道。实际上，可爱是她的重要标志。

4.As the world gets more complicated, it’s nice to have old-fashioned stuff around to help people cope with the demands of modern life. It’s like comfort food. This is comfort art. Para 5

世界变得越来越复杂，身边有点传统的东西能帮人们应付现代生活的挑战，这不失为一件好事。犹如令人愉悦的食物一样，这是舒心的艺术。”

5. Despite her success, Engelbreit’s feet are planted firmly on the ground. She still lives 16 kilometres from where she grew up, has many friends dating back to school years. Para 12

尽管获得了成功，恩格尔布赖特依然脚踏实地。她仍住在离自己成长的地方16 公里远的地方，依然拥有很多学生时代的旧友。

Unit 7

1.In 1968, the bullet of an evil man, who wanted to silence the leader, ended his life, but his

dream and the fight for justice and equality live on.

1968年，一个邪恶的人想让这位领袖永远保持沉默，开枪结束了他的生命。但是他的梦想以及为正义、平等而战的斗争却留存了下来。

2.His power of persuasion gave the movement an injection of force that could neither be stopped

nor slowed down.Para. 1

他的能言善劝给这场运动注入势不可挡的力量。

3.In November 1956 the United States Supreme Court shot an arrow into the heart of racial discrimination declaring that Alabama laws that supported the practice of segregation did not accord with the Constitution. Para. 3

1956年11月，美国最高法院给与种族歧视致命一击，宣布支持种族隔离行为的亚拉巴马州法律违背了联邦宪法。

4. On that day, King gave his glorious speech to tell the world of his faith in the brotherhood of man. Para.5